Archives for “historical novels”
Let me tell you how I met Lori Handeland/Austin. We were at an RWA conference in New Orleans. We were on a sight-seeing/research trip to The Oaks plantation. We started talking in the gift shop, realized she had my first agent and I had her second agent, and that my second agent had been her [...]
41 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 5:58 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, My Life As A Plebe, bestselling romance writer, blogs by women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, cyber friends, female friendships, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, humorous blog, romance novels, romance writer, the goddess blogs.
I went to my nephew’s elementary school talent show last night. He played The Pink Panther theme on his electric guitar, and in my opinion, he was awesome. There were other cute acts: comic karate, a boy who solved a Rubik’s Cube in less than two minutes, a third-grader who played the Jurassic Park theme [...]
41 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 4:21 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, America's Got Talent, american idol, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, handsome men, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, talent show, the goddess blogs, The Gong Show, The Voice.
Every now and then I do a blog on words that have suddenly become popular, but that I had rarely seen in print before. They are all good words, mind you. However, after decades, even centuries, of rarely being used in everyday speech or writing, they turn into “hot words” and seem to be everywhere. [...]
37 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 3:42 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, On Writing!, alpha males, handsome guys, historical novels, historical romance, love stories, memes, trends, vocabulary, women's fiction, words, writing.
I have a cat named Ivan who is about six years old. Ivan is an indoor cat. He got out once when he was a kitten and was gone for three days. That cured him. He never tried to get out again, and this was fine by me. One reason it was fine was my belief that [...]
49 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 2:37 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, cats, historical novels, historical romance, pets, romance books, romance writer.
So I’ve got a new list of things I just don’t get. Is it just me? Here’s my top three things: 1. With almost every purchase, someone wants my email address. Sephora, Best Buy, Office Max, Nordstrom’s — the only place that hasn’t asked me for my email address is the grocery store. I [...]
84 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 4:12 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dogs, girls, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Reese's Peanut butter Eggs, romance books, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, The Last Debutante, women's fiction, yoga.
I have been home from a month in New Zealand for exactly 47 hours of this writing. Christopher Robin and I traveled there to see his brother and family, and while we were there we saw a world of wonders, including a whale and dolphins and seals, glow worms (best to know less than more) [...]
59 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 1:20 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, books, bookstores, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, new zealand, Rachel Gibson, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, travel.
So last Tuesday, I woke up with rosy red cheeks, some major aches, and a raging headache. Allergies, I said. But as I was due to get on a plane Wednesday, I thought I better go check it out. You guessed it – I had the flu (and no, I didn’t get flu shot this [...]
83 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:20 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Welch, flu, flu shot, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
In my family three of us are fairly adventurous when it comes to trying new foods. One of us is not. My younger sons eats about ten things, with variations. That makes cooking a challenge, and I increasingly tell him to make something for himself. I have noticed that either an experimental or picky attitude [...]
165 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 3:27 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, bizarre food, blog for women, foreign food traditions, historical novels, historical romance, Madeline Hunter, romance writer, travel, trying new foods, writing.
When I was a child, you were expected to make it to dinner every night as much as possible. Sometimes, my father worked late, but mostly he was there. We had a table that was small by today’s standards, white with a gold pattern in leaves around the edge, and avocado metal legs to go [...]
56 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dinner, family rituals, goddess blogs, historical novels, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, romance, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
A couple of days ago my good friend and fellow writer Teresa Medeiros ( http://www.teresamedeiros.com/ ) posted this picture on her Facebook page. It went viral. (As of this writing she’s had over 251,000 likes on her commentary.) This is model Robyn Lawley. Ralph Lauren has hired her, calling her their first “plus-sized” model. Now, [...]
97 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 4:25 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, models, plus-sized, Rachel Gibson, Robyn Lawley, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
For several months now I have been the proud owner of an iphone. I really splurged and got the fancy one with Siri and all that other jazz. Actually I was going to get one that was two generations old, but DH insisted I go for top of the line (which last week became obsolete [...]
69 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 3:38 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, alpha males, apps, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, handsome men, historical novels, historical romance, iPhone, iTunes, romance novels, romance writer, smart phone, technology.
I hate flying. No, let me correct that. I love actually flying. I just hate everything that flying entails now. I hate the airports and their lines. I hate the long concourses that go on for miles. They just keep adding on to them, stringing them out in either direction. Whoever designs them sits there [...]
87 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 3:27 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, airline seats, airports, alpha males, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, flying, handsome guys, historical novels, historical romance, love stories, travel.
We’ve all heard of vegetarians and vegans, gluton-freers and the dairy-less. Well, my friends, I am an anti-dangerian. Don’t laugh. Aside from the whole endangered species thing, and the fact that I love animals of all (okay, most) kinds, this is a blog about hypothetical meals. For instance, I would never really eat a baby [...]
75 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 4:36 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, alpha males, animals, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, vegan, vegetarian.
Regulars to this blog know that a number of us are regular watchers of House Hunters on HGTV. Recently it was revealed that the shows are scripted, that some of the houses viewed were not really for sale, and that at least one buyer had already chosen the house before the show was filmed. Oh, the betrayal! I [...]
68 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 3:21 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, alpha males, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, gut jobs, gutting kitchen, historical novels, historical romance, house buying, House Hunters, house remodeling, Hugh Jackman, new house, redecorating, romance books, romance writer, romantic fiction.
Are you sick of me yet? I don’t quite know why I had so many blogs scheduled over the past few weeks—we sign up for days, so I did it, but I am not sure what I was thinking. Oh—maybe that by now, The Sleeping Night would be getting some traction. The long tail model [...]
53 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 1:38 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
I have been a very late adapter to the iPod movement. I finally got an iPod as a Christmas gift from Number Two Son, along with a hefty iTunes gift card, and then, because he knows me so well, he “did it” all for me. You know, those techy things that you have to do [...]
57 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Monday, August 6, 2012 at 9:49 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, My Life As A Plebe, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, hard rock, historical novels, historical romance, humorous blog, iPod, iTunes, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, music, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
Magic Mike has a problem. The problem is that it’s a movie trying to appeal to two very different kinds of audiences: the rowdy I want to see some man candy crowd and the give me a compelling story crowd. These two different crowds choose a movie for different reasons. Magic Mike has been marketed [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 5:54 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, On Writing!, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Channing Tatum, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, handsome men, historical novels, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Magic Mike, movie review, Rachel Gibson, Rocky, romance books, romance fiction, romance writer, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know I’ve been battling myself trying to finish up the last book in the Secrets of Hadley Green, The Last Debutante (due Thursday! If not before!). I have discovered that in the last few years, deadlines get harder and harder to meet because I don’t want [...]
66 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 3:22 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I was talking to a longtime reader of romances a couple of weeks ago, and she told me that she was finding books sort of “meh” these days. One of the problems, she thought, was that the heroes were too “nice.” Now, “nice” is right up there with “likeable” as a word that is totally [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 9:22 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Madeline Hunter, alpha heroes, alpha males, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, handsome men, historical novels, Hugh Jackman, hunks, romance heroes, writing novels.
I love forbidden love stories. It started with Romeo and Juliet, which I saw as a thirteen year old in a revival of the Zefferelli version with Olivia Hussey as Juliet, one of the most beautiful Juliets ever with her endlessly long black hair and buxom figure. (Not to mention some seriously great gowns!) For a [...]
36 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Monday, July 2, 2012 at 2:58 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, goddess blogs, historical novels, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance books, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I am starting to remember my dreams again. For years I did not remember them at all. Even immediately on waking I could not remember a single thing about them. For the last six months or so they have been more vivid and I remember enough to note their patterns and qualities. First of all, [...]
46 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 3:31 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dreams, fantasies, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, meaning of dreams, Rachel Gibson, recurrent dreams, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
I have a new obsession. I’ve had it for awhile, now – since I watched the first episode of “Game of Thrones” on HBO. What a bunch of conniving, back-biting, side-stabbing sons of…guns these people are. But at the same time, it’s just awesome to watch. There are quotes aplenty that I love, like “when [...]
75 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 3:06 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, A Song of Fire and Ice, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Clash of Kings, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Eddard Stark, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Jamie Lannister, Jon Snow, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Sean Bean, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, Viserys Targaryen.
Last month marked my four -year Runiversary. Four years ago, I was out for my daily walk, and I decided (after much phone prodding from my sister), to see if I could run to the end of the block. I made it, but it required a few moments of gasping and trying to stuff my [...]
49 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 3:50 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, running, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I had a blog all written for today, but I tossed it because I received some big news over the weekend and I want to talk about it. My son is getting married! I really like his intended. I am thrilled for them both. I think this is very cool. Of course I immediately started thinking [...]
97 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 3:07 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, My Life As A Plebe, alpha males, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, cookie tables, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, mother of the groom, romance books, romance writer, wedding customs, wedding gowns, weddings.
Whenever my nephew plays a video game and has to choose a name to go by, he picks “Viper”. When he had the opportunity to design a character (I don’t let him play “Dragon Age”, but I do let him design people on there), he chose a butch haircut, a big Tom Selleck moustache, a [...]
80 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, April 27, 2012 at 4:12 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, authors behaving badly, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, internet etiquette, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, Taming an Impossible Rogue, the goddess blogs, Tom Selleck.
