What makes a book worthy of the Romance Writers of America’s annual RITA award? I wanted to know from a reader’s perspective. So armed with the cover of the September RWA magazine, Romance Writers Report, I started looking for them, the best of all the novels submitted to the annual contest. There are 13, everything…
I have been living and breathing Annapolis in December 1783 for ages. I wrote the first draft of my early American Cinderella story for Nanowrimo in, major sigh, 2016. I fell in love with my characters right away. Rosalind, in love with a neighbor since they were children playing in the garden, is sent off…
The Queen’s Dollmaker, Christine Trent’s historical novel, set in the final years of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s reign, spins a story of hard work, perseverance and hope. All at the hands of a young orphan girl. Claudette loses everything when fire destroys the neighborhood where she has grown up. Her father, a well-loved dealmaker, and her…
DIVIDED LOYALTIES, my Civil War historical novel is available in paperback and e-book by Black Rose Writing. When war comes, will Maureen side with family or country? I wrote my Civil War novel for my mother and my daughters. I wrote it to honor Clara Barton, a personal heroine and the women with the healing touch. DIVIDED LOYALTIES tells the story…
I almost didn’t read Frontline Angel by Genevieve Jordayne. I’ve been living with a Civil War nurse for more than a year — she’s the main character of my upcoming novel. But in the end, I couldn’t resist. And I couldn’t resist from the moment I opened the first pages where she’s trying to figure out…
Mary K. Tilghman, writer 