Book lovers flock to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor every September for the Baltimore Book Festival. I’ve been a regular for years. Not only did I scoop up as many books as I could carry, I talked to authors. Do you know how exciting it is to speak to one of your favorites? Last year I spoke…
I’ll mark the anniversary of the Battle of Antietam at Greetings and Readings Sunday, Sept. 17, with a book signing. Divided Loyalties—have you heard?—tells the story of a young Irish lass who wants to serve her adopted country as her brother Joe plans to do. It’s a struggle all the way as she strives to…
My two writing obsessions—novels and travel writing—come together next week in Winchester, Virginia. Winchester is the site of this year’s Mid-Atlantic Travel Public Relations Alliance (MATPRA) Media Marketplace, an event I’ve attended as a travel writer for many years. This year, I’ll also be going as a new novelist. I’m going to sign my book…
I had no idea how wonderful it would be to talk to readers about my Maureen, Joe, Patrick and Eliza. It’s as if they have really jumped out of my mind and off the page and entered the world. They are living and breathing and winning the hearts of those who meet them. I’m so…
UPDATE: What fun we had! One of our authors was called away and we missed her. But we had a rollicking good time. The conversation went on long past the closing time. People came from all over the country. So many books, so many talented authors. And lots of readers who sounded like they found…
I finally got my own copies! Hurray!
Even though release day for my book DIVIDED LOYALTIES isn’t for two more weeks, impatient readers can preorder it at a 10 percent discount. It is available only here, on Black Rose Writing’s website For purchases made before the publication date of July 27, use the promo code: PREORDER2017 to receive a 10 percent discount.…
I got up early on Saturday to drive the 60 miles to Boonsboro for a book signing at Turn the Pages Bookstore featuring Nora Roberts, along with bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews and Christine Trent and local authors Ed Maliskas and Steve Heske. I had heard these were major events with long lines and lots of…
I’ve done all the work to build settings that show how I think the countryside around Antietam Creek looked in 1862. I researched the Battle of Antietam, battlefield nurses and medicine (only enough; I’m squeamish). I’ve considered the clothes people wore then, the foods they ate, the names of the roads and churches and when…
Mary K. Tilghman, writer 