Weekend Links

 I'm finishing up writing a novella due tomorrow (ugh!!!), so here's a few things to read!  (It's a Christmas novella, weird while it's 90 degrees outside...)

The next book ban target?  Romance

The Battle of Bosworth was on August 22, 1485

Princess Margaret's birthday was August 20, 1930

Downton Abbey auction...  (I would LOVE to own some of those costumes! I could wear them to go to the grocery store and walk the dogs in my glamorous life)

You can sleep in Charlotte Bronte's room!

And finally, one of my publishers is having a .99 sale until the 27th!  It includes the first Flora Flowerdew mystery...

weekend Links

 

Happy mid-August!  It's cooling down a little here (I think), and I am thinking about what project I'd like to write next.  I have been feeling a little burned out lately, and need something I can throw myself into.  Hopefully, once the autumn weather arrives and I'm feeling hygge, long writing/reading days are ahead...

In the meantime, here are a few fun things to read!

I have one more opera to attend before the season is over next week!  I also just watched a fascinating documentary about how this very special place came to be here in Santa Fe

It's also Indian Market weekend here!  I love how we have so many annual events this time of year

The Bennets' house from the '95 P&P is for sale!  I would love to buy it and make a retreat for all my bookish friends...

On August 9, 1588, Elizabeth I made her famous speech at Tilbury

A rare 18th century tapestry has gone on view at Blenheim

Speaking of Blenheim, here's a peek at the real-life miserable marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt, once its duchess!

I also have a Friday Freebie this week, thanks to my publisher!

See you next week...

Weekend Links and a Discount Book Code

 Happy Sunday, everyone!  I can't believe how fast summer is slipping away.  Just one more week of Opera here in Santa Fe, plus school started Friday and Indian Market is next weekend.  Eeek!  But, as much as I love my summer dresses and cocktails on patios, not to mention the gorgeous flowers all around town, I'm looking forward to cooler evenings, Halloween, and getting some hygge coziness in the house.

In the meantime, if you'd like to dive into Millicent Rogers and her glam world, I have a discount link for a hard copy.  Perfect for end-of-summer reading!   You can find it here

And here's a few things to keep us distracted on this hot summer day!!

On August 9 in 1588, Elizabeth I gave her famous speech to the troops at Tillbury...

After decades in storage, an 18th century tapestry goes on view at Blenheim

More about the mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript

On August 9, 1902 was the coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

On August 4, 1557, Anne of Cleves (aka the luckiest of the the six wives) was buried at Westminster Abbey

Ryan Speedo Green in Santa Fe Opera's "Die Walkure" (I thought it was great!)

A "sorcesses' kit" found in the ashes of Pompeii

On August 3, 1553, Mary I made her triumphant entry into London as Queen, after defeating the forces of Jane Grey (this seems to be quite the Tudor month!)

Millicent Rogers' daughter-in-law's NYC apartment up for sale!

Love story of two Edwardian servants on display

Literary tourism

What are we all thinking about "The Gilded Age"???

Or the new Downton Abbey movie???

 

See you next week!

 

Giveaway Time

 

Happy August, everyone!!!  Since it's Jane Austen's 250th birthday year (and because I found some cool stuff) we are having a giveaway.  Enter to win a tin of P&P tea, a Regency coloring book, a bar of Jane Austen soap, and one of my own signed Regencies by singing up for my newsletter here  (if you're already signed up, you're already entered!)

Happy Regency days!