I have a number of cool books waiting for me to read them — in the name of research, of course!Research is definitely the Step 2 in my writing process. Step 1 is inspiration and a rough outline of an idea.Research tells you if your original idea is po…

I just read “Scandal” by Amanda Quick over the weekend. It’s a regency romance, sexier than Heyer, but a lot of fun. Amanda Quick is one of several names Jayne Ann Krentz publishes under (Jayne Castle is her futuristic romances. She’s also written as …

I’m living in Australia, so I don’t really need to fly to Britain to experience it at the British Museum. Still, the collection of exhibitions fascinates me, as does the Museum’s use of social media. I love how they’ve shared photos of the garden build…

I understand that when you’re starving you’ll eat anything … but frog legs on a fine dining menu? *shudder*What is it about frogs that humans pick on them so? The first electrical experiments involved reanimating frogs (or at least, making their legs…