Today’s the Day! Join fellow award-winning historical fiction author Linda Ulleseit and me TODAY, Saturday, 2/22/25, for a One-of-a-Kind Book Fair at Pier 23 Café in San Francisco! 📚✨ (FUN FACT…Pier 23 is about a mile from Alcatraz Island, one of the locales in my latest historical mystery THE RED-HOT BLUES CHANTEUSE.) Love books, good… Read More

Saturday February 22, I’m joining 20+ other Bay Area women authors in a One-of-a-Kind Book Fair at Pier 23 Café in San Francisco! 📚✨ Come on by and pick up your copies of THE RED-HOT BLUES CHANTEUSE and FANNY NEWCOMB AND THE IRISH CHANNEL RIPPER. If you’re not ready for a book, then come get… Read More

I’m thrilled to share that my short story “Millie and Loretta at the Desert Oasis” is one of twelve short stories accepted for the Historical Novel Society North America‘s first conference anthology!!!! Whoo-hoo! It’s so exciting to have a short story I’ve written and love resonate with readers! Even more Whoo-hoo, I’m a finalist for… Read More

Thanks to everyone who attended the BOOK LAUNCH panel at yesterday’s THE HISTORY QUILL Convention! I had a few glitches with my ZOOM connection (grrrrrrrrr….) but Linda, Jonathan, and Alina stepped up to make sure you got all the content we prepared. I hope you got some ideas to ease you through your next book… Read More

Getting your book launched into the reading world can be overwhelming. So many options, so many decisions, and so easy to miss something. Well never fear, the Paper Lantern Writers are here! Join Ana, Linda Ulleseit, Alina Rubin, and Jonathan Posner at Day Two (Sunday February 4) of THE HISTORY QUILL 2024 Convention as they… Read More

Whoo-Hoo! It’s Release Day! I’m so thrilled to share that UNLOCKED, the Paper Lantern Writer’s anthology of historical fiction short stories, releases TODAY! And I hope that you enjoy my World War II story Trust No One. Available on kindle & paperback!* Who knows what treasures will be found when this ancient trunk is finally… Read More

…at the Bay Area Book Festival at Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California! Stop by the Paper Lantern Writers booth to chat about reading, writing, and loving Historical Fiction. We’ll have lots of books to sell and sign. Plus some other fun giveaways!  

The Historical Novel Society North American Conference is this week and not surprisingly, it’s online. I’m excited to be on TWO panels, and here’s a link to the teaser for the first, Setting the Scene: Exploring Historical Settings through Genres. And here’s the teaser for the second panel, Author Marketing Collectives. If you’re at the conference… Read More

In a minute or so…links later!

Thanks, Prose & the Pandemic,  for including me and FANNY NEWCOMB & THE IRISH CHANNEL RIPPER in this event!   !