“Adina’s resourceful, gutsy and vulnerable heroine, Lady Claire Trevelyan, is back in this third and more exciting adventure. Rife with airborne gondolas, pirates, flash floods, pinnacle rocks and a number of villains in the American Wild West, her deft handling of the “Age of Steam” is glorious — and not too overblown as other books…
Four days ahead of schedule. I’m still waiting on Apple iBooks, but for now, it’s available at these fine establishments: Amazon Barnes & Noble Smashwords Kobo I hope you enjoy it! If you do, be sure to leave a review on amazon, B&N, or Goodreads. I’d really appreciate it!
Have you ever had that moment of deja vu when you recognize someone you’ve never met before? I had it last night, when browsing around in a collection of drawings by my favorite Belle Epoque artist, Alphonse Mucha. There, on Plate 18 of the Documents Decoratifs of 1902, were Maggie and Lizzie! (See left, bottom…
It’s been a while since I posted, mostly due to technical difficulties. I’ve grown so dependent on technology to communicate that when it doesn’t work, I’m hobbled! We’ve been busy in the last couple of days: a walking tour of Royal London, and an afternoon of beach combing on the Thames at low tide, much…
Characters are the engine that drives any plot—which makes the question, “Which is more important? Character or plot?” redundant. You can’t have one without the other. The next question is, “Where do your characters come from?” And the answer is, “From just about anywhere.” Case in point: Alice Chalmers, the grungy girl mechanic who appeared…