on February 1, 2025
It’s February and that brings another batch of free books! Fifty-One free historical fiction novels or short stories, to be exact. None of mine are included this month, but there are some excellent stories from my PLW historical fiction pals C. V. Lee, Mari Anne Christie, Alina Rubin, Anne M. Beggs, and Jonathan Posner. Enjoy!
on January 17, 2025
I’ll share my historical fiction picks for 2025 if you share yours…. Thanks to Paper Lantern Writer Anne M. Beggs for posing the question!
on January 10, 2025
QUESTION: What do Alison Epstein, Cryssa Bazos, George Saunders, and Laurie King have in common? ANSWER: They all share their love of historical fiction through entertaining newsletters or Substacks. Get the links to these (and many more) fabulous historical fiction authors in my first Link List of 2025: 25+ Historical Fiction Newsletters & Substacks.
on January 5, 2025
Just in time for I-wanna-stay-inside-and-read January, it’s FREE HISTORICAL FICTION, courtesy of the Paper Lantern Writers’ promo on Bookfunnel. We’ve got an incredible cast of characters this month—including dukes, druids, governesses, horse-lovers, wallflowers, highlanders, dragon lords, and yes, even a sassenach! Check out the thirty-one novels and short stories here, before January 31st, of course!
on November 1, 2024
It’s Publication Day for DESTINY COMES DUE, the Paper Lantern Writers’ third historical fiction anthology, which includes my latest story, The Widow Morgan Don’t Take No Moonshine. “Within this fast-paced anthology of historical short stories and novelettes, each protagonist must face their own day of reckoning: a day when decisions must be made and action… Read More
on October 31, 2024
TODAY ONLY! (That’s Thursday October 31st…Halloween, folks!) Today you can win all the stuff PLUS a mug! (And I’ve got my own mug and IT’S GREAT!) As our giveaway progresses, the prize package gets bigger! Join Paper Lantern Readers FB to enter!
on October 25, 2024
Almost every writer I know has a tagline, and mine is “Writing historic crime fiction celebrating bodacious American heroines”. On November 1st, you can meet my latest bodacious American heroine, the Widow Ida Morgan. After her husband is killed in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, grief-stricken Ida Morgan confronts the brash Washington City… Read More
on October 19, 2024
It seems like it was only yesterday, but it was actually FIVE years ago that the “Founding Five” PLW members first met as a group on October 19, 2019 in San Mateo, CA. Well done, my fellow Founding Five…Edie Cay, C. V. Lee, Kathryn Pritchett, and Linda Ulleseit! Long may we all read, write, and… Read More
on September 13, 2024
Here’s my latest PLW List Link…where I share some fabulous historical fiction short story and novella anthologies. Be ready for suffragettes, Sherlock Holmes, civil rights, and mid-winter moons. And if your favorite historical fiction anthology isn’t included, send the title & authors my way….
on August 9, 2024
Hey, have you heard? Or have you read that Keanu Reeves (yes, Neo, John Wick, and Ted himself) has co-authored a novel? Written with best-selling fantasy author China Miéville, The Book of Elsewhere is a “genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die.” All the hubbub about The Book of… Read More