We're delighted to welcome Jacqueline Webb to the blog. Jacqueline's first historical romance, The Scarlet Queen, was published by R...

Recently, there’s been yet another discussion about accuracy and “wallpaper historicals” on a forum, so I thought I’d tell you my story. ...

Actors are supposedly reluctant to share the limelight with animals and children. I'm not sure if that should apply to fiction as well,...

Last weekend Margaret Muir, also a writer for Robert Hale, came all the way from Australia to stay with me. Margaret and I had met, via anot...

Darcy's letter from Pride and Prejudice is one of the pivotal moments of the book. Up until this point, Elizabeth has believed Wickham...

The wonderful summer weather has started me thinking about fans – at the recent RNA Conference I noticed that Louise Allen had taken advice ...

April 3rd 1812 Today Mama told me that it was time I learned how to manage the stillroom. We spent the morning preparing lotions and creams ...

One of the many things I really enjoy doing yet occasionally find extremely difficult is finding the right names for my characters. It soun...

My second book, Duty's Destiny, is due to be published by Robert Hale in November. That seemed a long time away, until I received the a...

Regular blog readers will know that this is a Regency satire of Bridget Jones's Diary. Parts 1-8 can be found by following links on the ...

On Saturday morning it was time for workshops, which were given by a number of inspiring speakers including our very own Kate Allan. The wor...

This carriage, a brougham, was not around in the Regency as it did not appear until 1834. However as it was used to convey the bride at a w...

I've just got back from Penrith, tired but happy. It's in Cumbria , in the north of England, and as you can see from the photos it...

The Romantic Novelists' Association conference is the highlight of the writing year for many of us. It gives us a chance to catch up wit...

One of the most romantic letters in the English language is Captain Wentworth's letter to Anne, again from Persuasion. She had only time...

Jane Austen was a prolific letter writer and, perhaps not surprisingly, letters play an important part in her novels. In this, the first of ...

There's an interesting article in the Telegraph today about assembly rooms around the UK. "Funded through subscription, these ori...

I have just read Deceieved by Nicola Cornick HQN and had to post my congratulations. I think this is one of the best, if not the best Regen...

How do you make an author blush? Easy, it can be accomplished in three steps: 1 - You tell her you are putting out her latest book as a 4 C...

My latest book, Gentlemen in Question , was launched this weekend with champagne and one of the most violent thunder storms I have seen for ...