Great post on the origins of fashion during the Regency!
Archive for April, 2014
Peacocks to Penguins, Part I: Hetty St. James
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2014| 4 Comments »
Do You Know Your Novel’s Theme?
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Great post from WITS!

Theme is an often misunderstood and underused aspect of a novel. Years of English classes have made us think that theme is something reserved for literary novels or stories with deep, meaningful messages, not for commercial fiction and good old fashioned stories.
Total bunk.
Theme is a highly useful part of any novel, be it a light-hearted romp or a nail-biting adventure. It’s an element that gives greater meaning to the story and turns background fluff into substance. Basically, it gives a story street cred.
That’s because theme can tie individual pieces of a story together so they work on multiple levels. Descriptive details resonate with a character’s mood, or a plot point becomes a mirror to a internal struggle. Theme makes everything in the story matter.
Unsure what your theme is? Ask yourself…
What larger concepts do you want to explore with your novel?
Odds are…
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I’m Off Visiting
Posted in Blog Tour, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Enticing Miss Euginie Villaret, excerpts, Givaway, Historical, Monday Blogs, Regency, Release, The Marriage Game, tagged #MondayBlogs, Blog Tour, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, Historical Romance, The Marriage Game on April 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I’m on Lyn Horner’s blog today where I’ll giveaway another copy of Desiring Lady Caro. If you have the book, I’ll substitute Enticing Miss Eugénie Villaret. I hope to see you there!!
Monday Excerpts returns next week!! I can’t wait!
Sunday News!
Posted in Congratulations, Contest, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Enticing Miss Euginie Villaret, Givaway, Historical, News!, Regency, The Marriage Game, Uncategorized, tagged Contest, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, Historical Romance, Regency Romance, The Marriage Game on April 27, 2014| 22 Comments »
Happy Sunday! Let’s begin with book winners.
Congratulations to: Tarenn98 who won Gina Danna’s book Love and Vengeance!
Raquel M, who won a copy of Desiring Lady Caro for commenting on The Literary Shed!
And Monica Perry who won a copy of Desiring Lady Caro for commenting on RomCom! Monica, please contact me. I don’t have your email address.
On my Facebook page, I have an ongoing contest. Be the first to post a buy link for Enticing Miss Eugénie Villaret, and win a copy of the book. (Hint: Amazon has sites in the UK, France, and Germany to name a few)
The week has been busy as I got back into work. I will have book #6 finished today, and my editor very helpfully sent me the copy edits for Madeleine’s Christmas Wish, and the galleys for Enticing Miss Eugénie Villaret.
The winners so far are:
Linda Thum: iTunes
Christina Evenson: Amazon US
Nicole Laverdure: Amazon Canada
Lisa Schmidt-Ringsby: Barnes and Noble
Since I was able to walk again, I took these pictures for you.
Hubby took this one of me working.
Have a wonderful Sunday and rest of the week!
Ella
Desiring Lady Caro Giveaway!!
Posted in Blog Tour, Contest, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, excerpts, Givaway, Historical, Regency, Release, tagged Blog Tour, books, Contest, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, Historical Romance on April 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I’m on Harlequin Junkies today with an interview and a two book giveaway!!
The Literary Shed
Posted in Blog Tour, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Enticing Miss Euginie Villaret, Givaway, Historical, Regency, Release, The Marriage Game, tagged books, Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, The Marriage Game on April 23, 2014| 6 Comments »
I’m visiting The Literary Shed today, and I’d really appreciate it if you stopped by! Because they are not hosting a giveaway, I’ll do it here. Make a comment on the Literary Shed site, and I’ll enter you for a copy of your choice of Desiring Lady Caro, or my next book, Enticing Miss Eugénie Villaret.
Happy Easter!!
Posted in Desiring Lady Caro, Ella Quinn, Historical, News!, Regency, The Marriage Game on April 20, 2014| 10 Comments »
Down here we start Easter with a sunrise service at the yacht club, I hope your morning began as nicely.
We have book winners today. If you remember, because RomCom wasn’t doing a giveaway for Desiring Lady Caro, I said I’d have one, and the winner is Monica Perry!! Monica, please contact me as I do not have your email address.
The winner of Wareeze Woodson’s book is Glenda Martillotti!
Congratulations, ladies!!
I’m thrilled to be able to tell you that tomorrow I’ve been invited to be a guest on Word Wenches! I’ll post the link when it goes live!
As you all know, I was rather housebound most of the week. So Hubby, took pictures for me.
Have a wonderful Easter and rest of the week.
Ella