Getting Older Isn’t All Bad

Rarely does a day go by when I’m not reminded that I’m getting older. Whether it’s…

All Finished Young Ladies Have Chatelaines the Carte de Bal (Finishing School Special Extras)

One of the tools Sophronia and her friends often wear in my Finishing School series is…

Becky Lee Weyrich’s TAINTED LILIES –Old New Orleans and the Pirate Jean Laffite in the time of the War of 1812

This is a wonderful novel from a winner of the Romantic Time Lifetime Achievement Award. Set…

Guest Author Bobby Nash of Bethlehem, Georgia.

He’s back! The Scribbler has the pleasure of hosting Mr. Nash previously when he shared an…

As You Were…

The last time my back catalogue looked like this was summertime 2017, before I went with…

Shooting In First Period

***READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED*** Posts about real school tragedy, crime and/or events can be upsetting. BLOG…

KidLit Write-in & sketch-in – april 13, 2019

​For the first time ever, Western Washington SCBWI is offering a KidLit Write-In Sketch-In event. I…

Playing Catch Up

Bear with me, guys. There’s been a ton going on this year (how is it almost…

Never Give up, General Byng Barons!

Ready to go! Prepping for a school visit is no small feat. I like to customize…

“I have Rosacea”

“Rosacea (roe-ZAY-she-uh) is a common skin condition that causes redness and visible blood vessels in your…

When It All Goes Wrong!

Taken from PENNIES FROM HEAVEN – HOW TO GET THEM AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM…

Life Plus 70 by Ethan Ellenberg

I’m sure you recognize the provenance of that title—current Copyright law grants authors a term of…

Plotters vs. Pantsers and Real Life

There’s a funny story about a man visiting Iceland and relying only on his GPS to…

Playing with Covers

So, first of all, as you’ll know, I’ve got an Omnibus edition of the first three…

Summoning demons with love for centuries…

Everybody Wants to Rune the World: A Happily Everlasting World Novel (Bewitchingly Ever After) by NY…

The joys of research

What’s not to love about research? My next book, A Summer to Remember (2 May 2019),…

HIS LAST GREAT SPLENDID

A poem of exile this post. Not sure where it arrived from but I give thanks…

Flight from Fernilee – Chapters 2 & 3

“Let’s set fire to the place! We’ll smoke the beggars out!”Although feeling uneasy for a couple…

#WATWB – We are the World Blogfest – Here is the story of Becca Schofield | #BeccaToldMeTo

  Today is the last Friday of the month, and for #WATWB where we post about…

Accidents Happen Part #1

Accidents happen. Just ask Willa Carson. In my latest thriller, Night Justice, Judge Willa Carson is horrified…

Overdue Book Review–Yule Be Sorry

Having just recently finished reading (and reviewing) Baking Bad, Kim M. Watt’s delicious cozy mystery-with-dragons-and-cake, I…

How To Write A Book…by Jennifer Probst

It’s time to share the secret sauce that writers have been protecting for YEARS. Yep, I’m…

3 weeks in to Facebook ads

I have now spent £600 on Facebook ads! You may remember from my analysis a week…

Derailing Bedlam: Flirty Fish Tails Part 2 #fiction #adventure

As usual, here is your warning that this story has cursing, sex (not graphic), innuendo, and…

Thriller Thursday with Author Tee O’Fallon

This week on Thriller Thursday I’m excited to introduce author Tee O’Fallon. If you haven’t read…