Anne Gracie here, introducing our latest guest, Michelle Diener, who writes historical fiction, historical mystery, science fiction and fantasy, space opera,and various combinations of those. 
I first heard about Michelle and her books in the best way possible — word of mouth. I bought the first in her self-published "Dark" series — kind of space opera/science fiction romance. I loved it, bought the rest in the series, then discovered she was also a traditionally published historical writer, and a writer of historical mysteries, so I bought those too. And that's not all she writes. Find out more about Michelle here.
Anne: Michelle, you were born in the United Kingdom, grew up in South Africa, then moved to Western Australia with your husband and children. Growing up, what books and authors influenced you most?
Michelle: I can genuinely say I almost always had my nose in a book, so that list is very long. Here's a very abridged version, and I've probably left lots of favorites out: As a child I loved CS Lewis and Tolkien, Malcom Saville's Lone Pine Mysteries, Robin McKinley (The Door in the Hedge was a favorite) & Nancy Drew to name just a very few. As a young adult I inhaled Sharon Penman, Mary Stewart, Dick Francis, Tolkien again, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen. And then my university major for my first undergraduate degree was English, so I devoured Rushdie, Austen again, Margaret Atwood and for fun, Terry Pratchett, AS Byatt, and Iain M. Banks.
Anne: Lots of favorites in common there. Your earliest published novels were richly textured historical novels, published by Simon and Schuster. Why history?
Michelle: I love history, is the easy answer. I studied it at university, and I find it fascinating.
(There's a link here to Michelle talking about her fascination with history.)
Anne: Your move into paranormal romance was quite a departure from the historical novels — what prompted it?
Michelle: I've always loved fantasy as much as I love history (and science fiction, too). For me, historical novels, fantasies and science fiction all inhabit the same space as true escape novels. They all require the same intricate world-building and a recognition that you're taking the reader to a place neither you nor they have ever been, or can go, in real life.
Anne: That's so true. The first books I read of yours were your self-published science fiction romances, the "Dark" series, which got huge word-of-mouth buzz (and a Goodreads average of 4.17 from 2715 ratings.) In fact Dark Horse won a Prism Award for Best Futuristic at the San Diego RWA conference, though I hadn't come across them at that point. Tell us a little about the "dark" series.
Michelle: The Class 5 series (Dark Horse, Dark Deeds and Dark Minds) came to me while I was writing a 1920s romantic thriller. I was struggling through some research for the 1920s book, and the characters of Rose and Sazo just burst into my brain. I already had a number of science fiction novels outlined, but this one really pulled at me, and I decided to stop the 1920s book temporarily and get down a few chapters of Dark Horse. I ended up never going back to the 1920s book, I just kept writing Dark Horse, it had me in its grip and didn't let go. :)
Anne: It didn't let me go, either — I glommed all the "Dark" books, one after the other. And I loved this quote you made on another site: "It’s such a fun genre, especially the sub-genre that I write, space opera, which has all the action, adventure, and romance of Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy and Serenity. There is nothing not to love about it."
I think a lot of readers here would also enjoy your "Regency London" series. What's that series about?
Michelle: The Regency London series is a connected series of three books, each a complete story within itself, but with overlapping characters. The books are set chronologically at an extremely interesting time in British history, during the Napoleonic Wars. The first book, The Emperor's Conspiracy, focuses on the real, and almost unbelievable, plot by Napoleon to smuggle as many of England's gold guineas out of the country as possible, and cause the British economy to collapse.
The second book, Banquet of Lies, focuses on the secret deals and spying going on between countries involved in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly the secret deal the British did with the Russians (who were in an alliance with Napoleon, but then switched sides), and the final book, A Dangerous Madness, centers around the biggest news story of the Regency period, the assassination of the English Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval. It was the JFK assassination of its day, and with just as many conspiracy theories. Each book is a romantic thriller / mystery, and I give author notes at the end to discuss what I made up and what's real.
Anne: How have you found the difference between self-publishing and being traditionally published?
Michelle: Never say never, but I'd think long and hard before going back to being traditionally published. I know it's not for everyone, but I've worked as both an editor and a publisher for an academic publishing house, so I've always known what goes into getting a book to market, and I love the control over all aspects of the process. I also love that I make a good living as a self-published author, while still being able to offer my books to readers at a lower price than my traditionally published books are priced.
Anne: Could you share a snippet of your writing please?
Michelle: Here's the start of A Dangerous Madness.
Chapter One
Sunday, 10 May, 1812
Phoebe stood next to the portrait of Sir Harold Fitzpatrick as instructed, the note the footman had given her crumpled in her fist.
She hadn't seen Sheldrake all evening, had had to endure hours on her own of being either snubbed or fawned over, but he must have seen her―the note was evidence of that. Just one more odd instance in a string of them.
A waving motion caught her eye and she turned slightly to see a hand reach out from behind aquamarine velvet curtains. A man's hand.
He grabbed her sleeve and pulled her into an enclosed nook that by day was a perfectly innocent bay window. Phoebe blinked, trying to adjust to the sudden dark after the well-lit gallery.
“Sheldrake?” She peered at the man taking up most of the small space.
“Good grief, keep it down, would you?” Phoebe’s betrothed's forceful whisper was as loud as her soft-spoken question, but she bit her tongue.
She wondered what her tongue would look like after they’d spent a lifetime together. Maybe one day she’d bite it in half.
To read more, here's a link to a five chapter excerpt on Book Funnel or if you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, you can access the book from here .
Anne: You can read more about Michelle and her books on her website, and here's her Goodreads page. And there's a blog here where Michelle talks about science fiction romance. Michelle, anything else you'd like to mention?
Michelle: If you love fairy tale retellings and fantasy romances, I'm happy to say that the ebook version of my retelling of the fairy tale East of the Wind, West of the Moon, entitled Mistress of the Wind, is free on Amazon today (May 29th) and tomorrow (May 30th) before it goes back to its normal price. You can download it here.
Anne: Thanks so much for joining us on Word Wenches, Michelle. It's been lovely.
Michelle: Thank you so much for having me, Anne. It's an honor to be invited 🙂
Anne: Michelle will be giving away a book to someone who leaves a comment, or who answers this question: "If you could go back (or forward) in time, where and when would you go to? And why?"
I love Michelle’s books, especially Class 5 series and Sky Riders( I can’t wait for the second book in this series).I would like to go to the future. I’m curious to see what would become of our world, if we achieved going into space.
I love Michelle’s books, especially Class 5 series and Sky Riders( I can’t wait for the second book in this series).I would like to go to the future. I’m curious to see what would become of our world, if we achieved going into space.
I love Michelle’s books, especially Class 5 series and Sky Riders( I can’t wait for the second book in this series).I would like to go to the future. I’m curious to see what would become of our world, if we achieved going into space.
I love Michelle’s books, especially Class 5 series and Sky Riders( I can’t wait for the second book in this series).I would like to go to the future. I’m curious to see what would become of our world, if we achieved going into space.
I love Michelle’s books, especially Class 5 series and Sky Riders( I can’t wait for the second book in this series).I would like to go to the future. I’m curious to see what would become of our world, if we achieved going into space.
Hi Anca! Thank you! I would love to get a peek at the future, too.
Hi Anca! Thank you! I would love to get a peek at the future, too.
Hi Anca! Thank you! I would love to get a peek at the future, too.
Hi Anca! Thank you! I would love to get a peek at the future, too.
Hi Anca! Thank you! I would love to get a peek at the future, too.
Somewhere in the past. Middle ages. Rome. Something and just experience it and then hurry vack
Somewhere in the past. Middle ages. Rome. Something and just experience it and then hurry vack
Somewhere in the past. Middle ages. Rome. Something and just experience it and then hurry vack
Somewhere in the past. Middle ages. Rome. Something and just experience it and then hurry vack
Somewhere in the past. Middle ages. Rome. Something and just experience it and then hurry vack
I always want to go back in time, but only with the caveat that I somehow get to keep all my creature comforts.
I always want to go back in time, but only with the caveat that I somehow get to keep all my creature comforts.
I always want to go back in time, but only with the caveat that I somehow get to keep all my creature comforts.
I always want to go back in time, but only with the caveat that I somehow get to keep all my creature comforts.
I always want to go back in time, but only with the caveat that I somehow get to keep all my creature comforts.
LOL, Blodeuedd, yes. The bathroom facilities, misogyny and lack of medical advancements mean I’d also like an easy way back 🙂
LOL, Blodeuedd, yes. The bathroom facilities, misogyny and lack of medical advancements mean I’d also like an easy way back 🙂
LOL, Blodeuedd, yes. The bathroom facilities, misogyny and lack of medical advancements mean I’d also like an easy way back 🙂
LOL, Blodeuedd, yes. The bathroom facilities, misogyny and lack of medical advancements mean I’d also like an easy way back 🙂
LOL, Blodeuedd, yes. The bathroom facilities, misogyny and lack of medical advancements mean I’d also like an easy way back 🙂
Join the club with Blodeuedd and me, Julie 🙂
Join the club with Blodeuedd and me, Julie 🙂
Join the club with Blodeuedd and me, Julie 🙂
Join the club with Blodeuedd and me, Julie 🙂
Join the club with Blodeuedd and me, Julie 🙂
I’d like to go back to the 1920s in the US. I don’t know much about my parents’ families or lives before I was born, and I’d like to get a look at them all. If I could change anything, I’d take along a kit of vaccines for my oldest brother who died before I was born of the cumulative effect of a bunch of childhood diseases that we now vaccinate for. I’d like to see my city before it got so crowded. In short, it would be personal, not historical — unless there really was a King Arthur and I could visit Camelot!
I’d like to go back to the 1920s in the US. I don’t know much about my parents’ families or lives before I was born, and I’d like to get a look at them all. If I could change anything, I’d take along a kit of vaccines for my oldest brother who died before I was born of the cumulative effect of a bunch of childhood diseases that we now vaccinate for. I’d like to see my city before it got so crowded. In short, it would be personal, not historical — unless there really was a King Arthur and I could visit Camelot!
I’d like to go back to the 1920s in the US. I don’t know much about my parents’ families or lives before I was born, and I’d like to get a look at them all. If I could change anything, I’d take along a kit of vaccines for my oldest brother who died before I was born of the cumulative effect of a bunch of childhood diseases that we now vaccinate for. I’d like to see my city before it got so crowded. In short, it would be personal, not historical — unless there really was a King Arthur and I could visit Camelot!
I’d like to go back to the 1920s in the US. I don’t know much about my parents’ families or lives before I was born, and I’d like to get a look at them all. If I could change anything, I’d take along a kit of vaccines for my oldest brother who died before I was born of the cumulative effect of a bunch of childhood diseases that we now vaccinate for. I’d like to see my city before it got so crowded. In short, it would be personal, not historical — unless there really was a King Arthur and I could visit Camelot!
I’d like to go back to the 1920s in the US. I don’t know much about my parents’ families or lives before I was born, and I’d like to get a look at them all. If I could change anything, I’d take along a kit of vaccines for my oldest brother who died before I was born of the cumulative effect of a bunch of childhood diseases that we now vaccinate for. I’d like to see my city before it got so crowded. In short, it would be personal, not historical — unless there really was a King Arthur and I could visit Camelot!
Hi Michelle. Always great to hear a new-to-me author recommended.
I’m interested in the Class 5 series, especially as the audios are available in the UK. Dark Horse seems to involve artificial intelligence and I wonder whether the book is a work of pure imagination or has its roots based in current scientific understanding. Authors like Asimov and Hoyle used the novel as a medium for glimpsing into the future (laws of robotics etc). Others like Anne McCaffrey take a middle road with a blend of pure imagination and scientific speculation …. eg her dragon books involve genetically engineered creatures to help planetary settlers. Do you see yourself glimpsing into the future or are the books SciFi adventure with little regard for scientific plausibility. I also enjoy a strong romantic theme and wonder whether this features strongly in the books.
I guess I will have to read them to find out but would appreciate some indication of the mix of imagination and plausibility that you favour.
If I had a time machine I would definitely want to visit the future. Science is in a fascinating period right now with many mysteries baffling the best minds. For example cosmology is in turmoil. The universe is expanding faster than it should with dark energy and dark matter everywhere. The nature of consciousness is puzzling many, can AI achieve a state of consciousness. The list is endless. I would like to glimpse into the future to see how some of these issues are resolved; or whether humanity destroys itself or perhaps is replaced through evolution.
Hi Michelle. Always great to hear a new-to-me author recommended.
I’m interested in the Class 5 series, especially as the audios are available in the UK. Dark Horse seems to involve artificial intelligence and I wonder whether the book is a work of pure imagination or has its roots based in current scientific understanding. Authors like Asimov and Hoyle used the novel as a medium for glimpsing into the future (laws of robotics etc). Others like Anne McCaffrey take a middle road with a blend of pure imagination and scientific speculation …. eg her dragon books involve genetically engineered creatures to help planetary settlers. Do you see yourself glimpsing into the future or are the books SciFi adventure with little regard for scientific plausibility. I also enjoy a strong romantic theme and wonder whether this features strongly in the books.
I guess I will have to read them to find out but would appreciate some indication of the mix of imagination and plausibility that you favour.
If I had a time machine I would definitely want to visit the future. Science is in a fascinating period right now with many mysteries baffling the best minds. For example cosmology is in turmoil. The universe is expanding faster than it should with dark energy and dark matter everywhere. The nature of consciousness is puzzling many, can AI achieve a state of consciousness. The list is endless. I would like to glimpse into the future to see how some of these issues are resolved; or whether humanity destroys itself or perhaps is replaced through evolution.
Hi Michelle. Always great to hear a new-to-me author recommended.
I’m interested in the Class 5 series, especially as the audios are available in the UK. Dark Horse seems to involve artificial intelligence and I wonder whether the book is a work of pure imagination or has its roots based in current scientific understanding. Authors like Asimov and Hoyle used the novel as a medium for glimpsing into the future (laws of robotics etc). Others like Anne McCaffrey take a middle road with a blend of pure imagination and scientific speculation …. eg her dragon books involve genetically engineered creatures to help planetary settlers. Do you see yourself glimpsing into the future or are the books SciFi adventure with little regard for scientific plausibility. I also enjoy a strong romantic theme and wonder whether this features strongly in the books.
I guess I will have to read them to find out but would appreciate some indication of the mix of imagination and plausibility that you favour.
If I had a time machine I would definitely want to visit the future. Science is in a fascinating period right now with many mysteries baffling the best minds. For example cosmology is in turmoil. The universe is expanding faster than it should with dark energy and dark matter everywhere. The nature of consciousness is puzzling many, can AI achieve a state of consciousness. The list is endless. I would like to glimpse into the future to see how some of these issues are resolved; or whether humanity destroys itself or perhaps is replaced through evolution.
Hi Michelle. Always great to hear a new-to-me author recommended.
I’m interested in the Class 5 series, especially as the audios are available in the UK. Dark Horse seems to involve artificial intelligence and I wonder whether the book is a work of pure imagination or has its roots based in current scientific understanding. Authors like Asimov and Hoyle used the novel as a medium for glimpsing into the future (laws of robotics etc). Others like Anne McCaffrey take a middle road with a blend of pure imagination and scientific speculation …. eg her dragon books involve genetically engineered creatures to help planetary settlers. Do you see yourself glimpsing into the future or are the books SciFi adventure with little regard for scientific plausibility. I also enjoy a strong romantic theme and wonder whether this features strongly in the books.
I guess I will have to read them to find out but would appreciate some indication of the mix of imagination and plausibility that you favour.
If I had a time machine I would definitely want to visit the future. Science is in a fascinating period right now with many mysteries baffling the best minds. For example cosmology is in turmoil. The universe is expanding faster than it should with dark energy and dark matter everywhere. The nature of consciousness is puzzling many, can AI achieve a state of consciousness. The list is endless. I would like to glimpse into the future to see how some of these issues are resolved; or whether humanity destroys itself or perhaps is replaced through evolution.
Hi Michelle. Always great to hear a new-to-me author recommended.
I’m interested in the Class 5 series, especially as the audios are available in the UK. Dark Horse seems to involve artificial intelligence and I wonder whether the book is a work of pure imagination or has its roots based in current scientific understanding. Authors like Asimov and Hoyle used the novel as a medium for glimpsing into the future (laws of robotics etc). Others like Anne McCaffrey take a middle road with a blend of pure imagination and scientific speculation …. eg her dragon books involve genetically engineered creatures to help planetary settlers. Do you see yourself glimpsing into the future or are the books SciFi adventure with little regard for scientific plausibility. I also enjoy a strong romantic theme and wonder whether this features strongly in the books.
I guess I will have to read them to find out but would appreciate some indication of the mix of imagination and plausibility that you favour.
If I had a time machine I would definitely want to visit the future. Science is in a fascinating period right now with many mysteries baffling the best minds. For example cosmology is in turmoil. The universe is expanding faster than it should with dark energy and dark matter everywhere. The nature of consciousness is puzzling many, can AI achieve a state of consciousness. The list is endless. I would like to glimpse into the future to see how some of these issues are resolved; or whether humanity destroys itself or perhaps is replaced through evolution.
Hi Michelle
I haven’t read any of your books. How remiss of me. But I’m glad I could start enjoying your novels now. I read Historicals mostly but will pick up paranormal and other genre recommend by favourite authors.
You’ve lived in different parts of the world, how fascinating. That would make an interesting read, should you write an autobiography.
I would like to visit post-war Britain. That would be gut-wrenching to be in I’m sure. But re-building the country and lives would have displayed the Brits’ bulldog spirit. I’ll forever be grateful to our soldiers and their families, past, present and future.
Hi Michelle
I haven’t read any of your books. How remiss of me. But I’m glad I could start enjoying your novels now. I read Historicals mostly but will pick up paranormal and other genre recommend by favourite authors.
You’ve lived in different parts of the world, how fascinating. That would make an interesting read, should you write an autobiography.
I would like to visit post-war Britain. That would be gut-wrenching to be in I’m sure. But re-building the country and lives would have displayed the Brits’ bulldog spirit. I’ll forever be grateful to our soldiers and their families, past, present and future.
Hi Michelle
I haven’t read any of your books. How remiss of me. But I’m glad I could start enjoying your novels now. I read Historicals mostly but will pick up paranormal and other genre recommend by favourite authors.
You’ve lived in different parts of the world, how fascinating. That would make an interesting read, should you write an autobiography.
I would like to visit post-war Britain. That would be gut-wrenching to be in I’m sure. But re-building the country and lives would have displayed the Brits’ bulldog spirit. I’ll forever be grateful to our soldiers and their families, past, present and future.
Hi Michelle
I haven’t read any of your books. How remiss of me. But I’m glad I could start enjoying your novels now. I read Historicals mostly but will pick up paranormal and other genre recommend by favourite authors.
You’ve lived in different parts of the world, how fascinating. That would make an interesting read, should you write an autobiography.
I would like to visit post-war Britain. That would be gut-wrenching to be in I’m sure. But re-building the country and lives would have displayed the Brits’ bulldog spirit. I’ll forever be grateful to our soldiers and their families, past, present and future.
Hi Michelle
I haven’t read any of your books. How remiss of me. But I’m glad I could start enjoying your novels now. I read Historicals mostly but will pick up paranormal and other genre recommend by favourite authors.
You’ve lived in different parts of the world, how fascinating. That would make an interesting read, should you write an autobiography.
I would like to visit post-war Britain. That would be gut-wrenching to be in I’m sure. But re-building the country and lives would have displayed the Brits’ bulldog spirit. I’ll forever be grateful to our soldiers and their families, past, present and future.
Wow, what a thoughtful comment, Janice. The 1920s would be a time I’d love
to go to NY in the 1920s, as well.
Wow, what a thoughtful comment, Janice. The 1920s would be a time I’d love
to go to NY in the 1920s, as well.
Wow, what a thoughtful comment, Janice. The 1920s would be a time I’d love
to go to NY in the 1920s, as well.
Wow, what a thoughtful comment, Janice. The 1920s would be a time I’d love
to go to NY in the 1920s, as well.
Wow, what a thoughtful comment, Janice. The 1920s would be a time I’d love
to go to NY in the 1920s, as well.
Luci, have you been watching The Halcyon — a Brit TV show about a hotel and its people during WW2?
Really good.
Luci, have you been watching The Halcyon — a Brit TV show about a hotel and its people during WW2?
Really good.
Luci, have you been watching The Halcyon — a Brit TV show about a hotel and its people during WW2?
Really good.
Luci, have you been watching The Halcyon — a Brit TV show about a hotel and its people during WW2?
Really good.
Luci, have you been watching The Halcyon — a Brit TV show about a hotel and its people during WW2?
Really good.
Hi Quantum, with regard to the Class 5 series, I did do some research into AI,
but I am not a scientist. I also don’t go into the nitty gritty of scientific detail.
My books are action-orientated, and space opera more than hard science fiction.
The rules of the universe as we know them are followed in the books, but
no one explains at length to anyone else how things work 🙂
There is a strong romantic element to the books!
Hi Quantum, with regard to the Class 5 series, I did do some research into AI,
but I am not a scientist. I also don’t go into the nitty gritty of scientific detail.
My books are action-orientated, and space opera more than hard science fiction.
The rules of the universe as we know them are followed in the books, but
no one explains at length to anyone else how things work 🙂
There is a strong romantic element to the books!
Hi Quantum, with regard to the Class 5 series, I did do some research into AI,
but I am not a scientist. I also don’t go into the nitty gritty of scientific detail.
My books are action-orientated, and space opera more than hard science fiction.
The rules of the universe as we know them are followed in the books, but
no one explains at length to anyone else how things work 🙂
There is a strong romantic element to the books!
Hi Quantum, with regard to the Class 5 series, I did do some research into AI,
but I am not a scientist. I also don’t go into the nitty gritty of scientific detail.
My books are action-orientated, and space opera more than hard science fiction.
The rules of the universe as we know them are followed in the books, but
no one explains at length to anyone else how things work 🙂
There is a strong romantic element to the books!
Hi Quantum, with regard to the Class 5 series, I did do some research into AI,
but I am not a scientist. I also don’t go into the nitty gritty of scientific detail.
My books are action-orientated, and space opera more than hard science fiction.
The rules of the universe as we know them are followed in the books, but
no one explains at length to anyone else how things work 🙂
There is a strong romantic element to the books!
Hi Luci! Post-war Britain is a very interesting choice! I have always been interested
in both WWI and WWII and you’re right, it would be fascinating to get a look
at the mood and spirit of a country after such a crisis.
Hi Luci! Post-war Britain is a very interesting choice! I have always been interested
in both WWI and WWII and you’re right, it would be fascinating to get a look
at the mood and spirit of a country after such a crisis.
Hi Luci! Post-war Britain is a very interesting choice! I have always been interested
in both WWI and WWII and you’re right, it would be fascinating to get a look
at the mood and spirit of a country after such a crisis.
Hi Luci! Post-war Britain is a very interesting choice! I have always been interested
in both WWI and WWII and you’re right, it would be fascinating to get a look
at the mood and spirit of a country after such a crisis.
Hi Luci! Post-war Britain is a very interesting choice! I have always been interested
in both WWI and WWII and you’re right, it would be fascinating to get a look
at the mood and spirit of a country after such a crisis.
I have a Pinterest 1920s board, and I absolutely love adding new images to it from the 1920s.
I have a Pinterest 1920s board, and I absolutely love adding new images to it from the 1920s.
I have a Pinterest 1920s board, and I absolutely love adding new images to it from the 1920s.
I have a Pinterest 1920s board, and I absolutely love adding new images to it from the 1920s.
I have a Pinterest 1920s board, and I absolutely love adding new images to it from the 1920s.
I have always thought the time period between 1890 and 1930 would have been an interesting time to visit. There were enough conveniences to make life bearable but not so many that life was a such a rat race.
This is probably because as a child I would listen to my mother and aunts and uncles reminisce about those times. In the evenings they would often just get together and sing all evening to entertain themselves. When they would all start singing together at family reunions, it just seemed so joyful that I wished I could have been there with them when they were young.
I have always thought the time period between 1890 and 1930 would have been an interesting time to visit. There were enough conveniences to make life bearable but not so many that life was a such a rat race.
This is probably because as a child I would listen to my mother and aunts and uncles reminisce about those times. In the evenings they would often just get together and sing all evening to entertain themselves. When they would all start singing together at family reunions, it just seemed so joyful that I wished I could have been there with them when they were young.
I have always thought the time period between 1890 and 1930 would have been an interesting time to visit. There were enough conveniences to make life bearable but not so many that life was a such a rat race.
This is probably because as a child I would listen to my mother and aunts and uncles reminisce about those times. In the evenings they would often just get together and sing all evening to entertain themselves. When they would all start singing together at family reunions, it just seemed so joyful that I wished I could have been there with them when they were young.
I have always thought the time period between 1890 and 1930 would have been an interesting time to visit. There were enough conveniences to make life bearable but not so many that life was a such a rat race.
This is probably because as a child I would listen to my mother and aunts and uncles reminisce about those times. In the evenings they would often just get together and sing all evening to entertain themselves. When they would all start singing together at family reunions, it just seemed so joyful that I wished I could have been there with them when they were young.
I have always thought the time period between 1890 and 1930 would have been an interesting time to visit. There were enough conveniences to make life bearable but not so many that life was a such a rat race.
This is probably because as a child I would listen to my mother and aunts and uncles reminisce about those times. In the evenings they would often just get together and sing all evening to entertain themselves. When they would all start singing together at family reunions, it just seemed so joyful that I wished I could have been there with them when they were young.
Mary T, it’s wonderful that time has been made so evocative for you by your family stories. That is a real gift, in my opinion.
Mary T, it’s wonderful that time has been made so evocative for you by your family stories. That is a real gift, in my opinion.
Mary T, it’s wonderful that time has been made so evocative for you by your family stories. That is a real gift, in my opinion.
Mary T, it’s wonderful that time has been made so evocative for you by your family stories. That is a real gift, in my opinion.
Mary T, it’s wonderful that time has been made so evocative for you by your family stories. That is a real gift, in my opinion.
Add me to the I’ll-go-back,-but-I-want-access-to-indoor-plumbing,-antibiotics,-plenty-of-coffee,-etc. club. Assuming that, I’d love to go back to see ancient cultures such as Egypt, Sumeria, etc. I want to see them in their prime. (Since I’m assuming creature comforts, can I also assume an “Classical Cultures tour?” I’ll take that.) I want to see the pyramids when they were new.
I’d also like to go back for a Jazz concert tour. I want to see Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman LIVE.
Michelle, I’ve loved ALL your stories. Do you have any plans to revisit the regency series? I was really hoping (with sad puppy-dog eyes) for a Dervish book.
Add me to the I’ll-go-back,-but-I-want-access-to-indoor-plumbing,-antibiotics,-plenty-of-coffee,-etc. club. Assuming that, I’d love to go back to see ancient cultures such as Egypt, Sumeria, etc. I want to see them in their prime. (Since I’m assuming creature comforts, can I also assume an “Classical Cultures tour?” I’ll take that.) I want to see the pyramids when they were new.
I’d also like to go back for a Jazz concert tour. I want to see Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman LIVE.
Michelle, I’ve loved ALL your stories. Do you have any plans to revisit the regency series? I was really hoping (with sad puppy-dog eyes) for a Dervish book.
Add me to the I’ll-go-back,-but-I-want-access-to-indoor-plumbing,-antibiotics,-plenty-of-coffee,-etc. club. Assuming that, I’d love to go back to see ancient cultures such as Egypt, Sumeria, etc. I want to see them in their prime. (Since I’m assuming creature comforts, can I also assume an “Classical Cultures tour?” I’ll take that.) I want to see the pyramids when they were new.
I’d also like to go back for a Jazz concert tour. I want to see Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman LIVE.
Michelle, I’ve loved ALL your stories. Do you have any plans to revisit the regency series? I was really hoping (with sad puppy-dog eyes) for a Dervish book.
Add me to the I’ll-go-back,-but-I-want-access-to-indoor-plumbing,-antibiotics,-plenty-of-coffee,-etc. club. Assuming that, I’d love to go back to see ancient cultures such as Egypt, Sumeria, etc. I want to see them in their prime. (Since I’m assuming creature comforts, can I also assume an “Classical Cultures tour?” I’ll take that.) I want to see the pyramids when they were new.
I’d also like to go back for a Jazz concert tour. I want to see Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman LIVE.
Michelle, I’ve loved ALL your stories. Do you have any plans to revisit the regency series? I was really hoping (with sad puppy-dog eyes) for a Dervish book.
Add me to the I’ll-go-back,-but-I-want-access-to-indoor-plumbing,-antibiotics,-plenty-of-coffee,-etc. club. Assuming that, I’d love to go back to see ancient cultures such as Egypt, Sumeria, etc. I want to see them in their prime. (Since I’m assuming creature comforts, can I also assume an “Classical Cultures tour?” I’ll take that.) I want to see the pyramids when they were new.
I’d also like to go back for a Jazz concert tour. I want to see Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman LIVE.
Michelle, I’ve loved ALL your stories. Do you have any plans to revisit the regency series? I was really hoping (with sad puppy-dog eyes) for a Dervish book.
I’m glad to be introduced to another author of a genre I very much enjoy. I plan to purchase the Dark series and get started. Medical advances are so important, I’d not like to go back to the times when they had not yet been discovered. So I’d go to the future, but probably not too far ahead, maybe 50-100 years. Because language shifts so much over time going too much further might leave me unable to communicate and that wouldn’t do at all.
I’m glad to be introduced to another author of a genre I very much enjoy. I plan to purchase the Dark series and get started. Medical advances are so important, I’d not like to go back to the times when they had not yet been discovered. So I’d go to the future, but probably not too far ahead, maybe 50-100 years. Because language shifts so much over time going too much further might leave me unable to communicate and that wouldn’t do at all.
I’m glad to be introduced to another author of a genre I very much enjoy. I plan to purchase the Dark series and get started. Medical advances are so important, I’d not like to go back to the times when they had not yet been discovered. So I’d go to the future, but probably not too far ahead, maybe 50-100 years. Because language shifts so much over time going too much further might leave me unable to communicate and that wouldn’t do at all.
I’m glad to be introduced to another author of a genre I very much enjoy. I plan to purchase the Dark series and get started. Medical advances are so important, I’d not like to go back to the times when they had not yet been discovered. So I’d go to the future, but probably not too far ahead, maybe 50-100 years. Because language shifts so much over time going too much further might leave me unable to communicate and that wouldn’t do at all.
I’m glad to be introduced to another author of a genre I very much enjoy. I plan to purchase the Dark series and get started. Medical advances are so important, I’d not like to go back to the times when they had not yet been discovered. So I’d go to the future, but probably not too far ahead, maybe 50-100 years. Because language shifts so much over time going too much further might leave me unable to communicate and that wouldn’t do at all.
In the Edwardian period. I love the elegance and glamour.
In the Edwardian period. I love the elegance and glamour.
In the Edwardian period. I love the elegance and glamour.
In the Edwardian period. I love the elegance and glamour.
In the Edwardian period. I love the elegance and glamour.
Welcome, Michelle! I’ve read and re-read the Dark series … (cough, cough) … a few times.
If I were to travel in time I’d like to meet my parents before they had children. I think it would be interesting to see them as people rather than as parents. It might also be informative to go back and meet myself as a twenty-some year old; I could pass on some life advice that would be be useful (if I didn’t think I was hallucinating!).
Welcome, Michelle! I’ve read and re-read the Dark series … (cough, cough) … a few times.
If I were to travel in time I’d like to meet my parents before they had children. I think it would be interesting to see them as people rather than as parents. It might also be informative to go back and meet myself as a twenty-some year old; I could pass on some life advice that would be be useful (if I didn’t think I was hallucinating!).
Welcome, Michelle! I’ve read and re-read the Dark series … (cough, cough) … a few times.
If I were to travel in time I’d like to meet my parents before they had children. I think it would be interesting to see them as people rather than as parents. It might also be informative to go back and meet myself as a twenty-some year old; I could pass on some life advice that would be be useful (if I didn’t think I was hallucinating!).
Welcome, Michelle! I’ve read and re-read the Dark series … (cough, cough) … a few times.
If I were to travel in time I’d like to meet my parents before they had children. I think it would be interesting to see them as people rather than as parents. It might also be informative to go back and meet myself as a twenty-some year old; I could pass on some life advice that would be be useful (if I didn’t think I was hallucinating!).
Welcome, Michelle! I’ve read and re-read the Dark series … (cough, cough) … a few times.
If I were to travel in time I’d like to meet my parents before they had children. I think it would be interesting to see them as people rather than as parents. It might also be informative to go back and meet myself as a twenty-some year old; I could pass on some life advice that would be be useful (if I didn’t think I was hallucinating!).
I would go backward and be in Italy when my great grandparents were there. I’d like to know what it was like where they grew up and why they came to America.
I would go backward and be in Italy when my great grandparents were there. I’d like to know what it was like where they grew up and why they came to America.
I would go backward and be in Italy when my great grandparents were there. I’d like to know what it was like where they grew up and why they came to America.
I would go backward and be in Italy when my great grandparents were there. I’d like to know what it was like where they grew up and why they came to America.
I would go backward and be in Italy when my great grandparents were there. I’d like to know what it was like where they grew up and why they came to America.
I will be looking for your books, Michelle! I’ve always loved SyFy, my first books which I didn’t realize they were romance, too. I think I would go forward. The future looks amazing. I would love the past, but I don’t think I’d want the inconveniences for a long amount of time. It would be great to flit between the times anytime you pleased!
I will be looking for your books, Michelle! I’ve always loved SyFy, my first books which I didn’t realize they were romance, too. I think I would go forward. The future looks amazing. I would love the past, but I don’t think I’d want the inconveniences for a long amount of time. It would be great to flit between the times anytime you pleased!
I will be looking for your books, Michelle! I’ve always loved SyFy, my first books which I didn’t realize they were romance, too. I think I would go forward. The future looks amazing. I would love the past, but I don’t think I’d want the inconveniences for a long amount of time. It would be great to flit between the times anytime you pleased!
I will be looking for your books, Michelle! I’ve always loved SyFy, my first books which I didn’t realize they were romance, too. I think I would go forward. The future looks amazing. I would love the past, but I don’t think I’d want the inconveniences for a long amount of time. It would be great to flit between the times anytime you pleased!
I will be looking for your books, Michelle! I’ve always loved SyFy, my first books which I didn’t realize they were romance, too. I think I would go forward. The future looks amazing. I would love the past, but I don’t think I’d want the inconveniences for a long amount of time. It would be great to flit between the times anytime you pleased!
I haven’t read the Class 5 series yet, but absolutely loved both the Regency London series and the historical mystery series. They are both so true to their times. I’m looking forward to the space opera.
I haven’t read the Class 5 series yet, but absolutely loved both the Regency London series and the historical mystery series. They are both so true to their times. I’m looking forward to the space opera.
I haven’t read the Class 5 series yet, but absolutely loved both the Regency London series and the historical mystery series. They are both so true to their times. I’m looking forward to the space opera.
I haven’t read the Class 5 series yet, but absolutely loved both the Regency London series and the historical mystery series. They are both so true to their times. I’m looking forward to the space opera.
I haven’t read the Class 5 series yet, but absolutely loved both the Regency London series and the historical mystery series. They are both so true to their times. I’m looking forward to the space opera.
I think I might be afraid to go forward in case I bump into a dystopian future. And I certainly don’t want to go so far back in time that hygiene is an issue. (Read sewers). I do have a fascination for WWI and the immediate aftermath. I have a book The Uppingham School Role, which lists all the boys who went there up to the sixties and what happened to them. So many of the boys from the early nineteen hundreds ended up dead. It really brought home to me what it must have been like to lose half your school mates in a matter of not much more than four years.
I think I might be afraid to go forward in case I bump into a dystopian future. And I certainly don’t want to go so far back in time that hygiene is an issue. (Read sewers). I do have a fascination for WWI and the immediate aftermath. I have a book The Uppingham School Role, which lists all the boys who went there up to the sixties and what happened to them. So many of the boys from the early nineteen hundreds ended up dead. It really brought home to me what it must have been like to lose half your school mates in a matter of not much more than four years.
I think I might be afraid to go forward in case I bump into a dystopian future. And I certainly don’t want to go so far back in time that hygiene is an issue. (Read sewers). I do have a fascination for WWI and the immediate aftermath. I have a book The Uppingham School Role, which lists all the boys who went there up to the sixties and what happened to them. So many of the boys from the early nineteen hundreds ended up dead. It really brought home to me what it must have been like to lose half your school mates in a matter of not much more than four years.
I think I might be afraid to go forward in case I bump into a dystopian future. And I certainly don’t want to go so far back in time that hygiene is an issue. (Read sewers). I do have a fascination for WWI and the immediate aftermath. I have a book The Uppingham School Role, which lists all the boys who went there up to the sixties and what happened to them. So many of the boys from the early nineteen hundreds ended up dead. It really brought home to me what it must have been like to lose half your school mates in a matter of not much more than four years.
I think I might be afraid to go forward in case I bump into a dystopian future. And I certainly don’t want to go so far back in time that hygiene is an issue. (Read sewers). I do have a fascination for WWI and the immediate aftermath. I have a book The Uppingham School Role, which lists all the boys who went there up to the sixties and what happened to them. So many of the boys from the early nineteen hundreds ended up dead. It really brought home to me what it must have been like to lose half your school mates in a matter of not much more than four years.
It would have to be the future. Maybe one hundred years ahead. I’d like to see if a change in consciousness of a critical mass of people creates a more spiritual and tolerant society. It would be wonderful to experience it, even though I would have to come back to the present to finish my life here.
It would have to be the future. Maybe one hundred years ahead. I’d like to see if a change in consciousness of a critical mass of people creates a more spiritual and tolerant society. It would be wonderful to experience it, even though I would have to come back to the present to finish my life here.
It would have to be the future. Maybe one hundred years ahead. I’d like to see if a change in consciousness of a critical mass of people creates a more spiritual and tolerant society. It would be wonderful to experience it, even though I would have to come back to the present to finish my life here.
It would have to be the future. Maybe one hundred years ahead. I’d like to see if a change in consciousness of a critical mass of people creates a more spiritual and tolerant society. It would be wonderful to experience it, even though I would have to come back to the present to finish my life here.
It would have to be the future. Maybe one hundred years ahead. I’d like to see if a change in consciousness of a critical mass of people creates a more spiritual and tolerant society. It would be wonderful to experience it, even though I would have to come back to the present to finish my life here.
Hi Michelle!
I’m ashamed to say I had neither heard of you nor read any of your books before today. I have, of course, jumped over to Amazon to snag Mistress of the Wind, as well as your regency trio. I love history though my passion was England under Cromwell and Charles II. I didn’t know about Napoleon’s conspiracy to bankrupt England, and while I’d read about Percival’s assassination, I had glossed over it. Your stories around those themes sound fascinating and I’m very much looking forward to reading them.
Hi Michelle!
I’m ashamed to say I had neither heard of you nor read any of your books before today. I have, of course, jumped over to Amazon to snag Mistress of the Wind, as well as your regency trio. I love history though my passion was England under Cromwell and Charles II. I didn’t know about Napoleon’s conspiracy to bankrupt England, and while I’d read about Percival’s assassination, I had glossed over it. Your stories around those themes sound fascinating and I’m very much looking forward to reading them.
Hi Michelle!
I’m ashamed to say I had neither heard of you nor read any of your books before today. I have, of course, jumped over to Amazon to snag Mistress of the Wind, as well as your regency trio. I love history though my passion was England under Cromwell and Charles II. I didn’t know about Napoleon’s conspiracy to bankrupt England, and while I’d read about Percival’s assassination, I had glossed over it. Your stories around those themes sound fascinating and I’m very much looking forward to reading them.
Hi Michelle!
I’m ashamed to say I had neither heard of you nor read any of your books before today. I have, of course, jumped over to Amazon to snag Mistress of the Wind, as well as your regency trio. I love history though my passion was England under Cromwell and Charles II. I didn’t know about Napoleon’s conspiracy to bankrupt England, and while I’d read about Percival’s assassination, I had glossed over it. Your stories around those themes sound fascinating and I’m very much looking forward to reading them.
Hi Michelle!
I’m ashamed to say I had neither heard of you nor read any of your books before today. I have, of course, jumped over to Amazon to snag Mistress of the Wind, as well as your regency trio. I love history though my passion was England under Cromwell and Charles II. I didn’t know about Napoleon’s conspiracy to bankrupt England, and while I’d read about Percival’s assassination, I had glossed over it. Your stories around those themes sound fascinating and I’m very much looking forward to reading them.
Yes, its so tragic, Fiona — almost a whole generation of young men slaughtered. And then a generation of women who never married, never had kids . . .
I remember when my nephew visited a war cemetery — he was 19 — and he *really* realized just how old most of those dead soldiers were — the gut realization, as opposed to simply knowing the facts. And then he realized his grandfather had gone to war at 19, and his maternal great-uncles, and both his maternal great-greandfathers. Quite a shock to him, I think, to realize how much was lost beneath that green, ordered field of crosses.
Yes, its so tragic, Fiona — almost a whole generation of young men slaughtered. And then a generation of women who never married, never had kids . . .
I remember when my nephew visited a war cemetery — he was 19 — and he *really* realized just how old most of those dead soldiers were — the gut realization, as opposed to simply knowing the facts. And then he realized his grandfather had gone to war at 19, and his maternal great-uncles, and both his maternal great-greandfathers. Quite a shock to him, I think, to realize how much was lost beneath that green, ordered field of crosses.
Yes, its so tragic, Fiona — almost a whole generation of young men slaughtered. And then a generation of women who never married, never had kids . . .
I remember when my nephew visited a war cemetery — he was 19 — and he *really* realized just how old most of those dead soldiers were — the gut realization, as opposed to simply knowing the facts. And then he realized his grandfather had gone to war at 19, and his maternal great-uncles, and both his maternal great-greandfathers. Quite a shock to him, I think, to realize how much was lost beneath that green, ordered field of crosses.
Yes, its so tragic, Fiona — almost a whole generation of young men slaughtered. And then a generation of women who never married, never had kids . . .
I remember when my nephew visited a war cemetery — he was 19 — and he *really* realized just how old most of those dead soldiers were — the gut realization, as opposed to simply knowing the facts. And then he realized his grandfather had gone to war at 19, and his maternal great-uncles, and both his maternal great-greandfathers. Quite a shock to him, I think, to realize how much was lost beneath that green, ordered field of crosses.
Yes, its so tragic, Fiona — almost a whole generation of young men slaughtered. And then a generation of women who never married, never had kids . . .
I remember when my nephew visited a war cemetery — he was 19 — and he *really* realized just how old most of those dead soldiers were — the gut realization, as opposed to simply knowing the facts. And then he realized his grandfather had gone to war at 19, and his maternal great-uncles, and both his maternal great-greandfathers. Quite a shock to him, I think, to realize how much was lost beneath that green, ordered field of crosses.
Shelagh, I think youll enjoy Michelles books. As I said, I found her by word-of-mouth buzz about her books — weve never actually met — different sides of the continent — but I fell for her books and gobbled them up.
Shelagh, I think youll enjoy Michelles books. As I said, I found her by word-of-mouth buzz about her books — weve never actually met — different sides of the continent — but I fell for her books and gobbled them up.
Shelagh, I think youll enjoy Michelles books. As I said, I found her by word-of-mouth buzz about her books — weve never actually met — different sides of the continent — but I fell for her books and gobbled them up.
Shelagh, I think youll enjoy Michelles books. As I said, I found her by word-of-mouth buzz about her books — weve never actually met — different sides of the continent — but I fell for her books and gobbled them up.
Shelagh, I think youll enjoy Michelles books. As I said, I found her by word-of-mouth buzz about her books — weve never actually met — different sides of the continent — but I fell for her books and gobbled them up.
Wonderful interview Michelle and Anne! Michelle, thanks so much for visiting the Wenches. Your books all sound fabulously interesting. (The TBR has a new stack added to it castle-like heights.) I’m especially fascinated by the Regency trilogy—the mystery element and tie to historical events has me hooked! (And what absolutely stunning cover you have for The Emperor’s Conspiracy.)
Wonderful interview Michelle and Anne! Michelle, thanks so much for visiting the Wenches. Your books all sound fabulously interesting. (The TBR has a new stack added to it castle-like heights.) I’m especially fascinated by the Regency trilogy—the mystery element and tie to historical events has me hooked! (And what absolutely stunning cover you have for The Emperor’s Conspiracy.)
Wonderful interview Michelle and Anne! Michelle, thanks so much for visiting the Wenches. Your books all sound fabulously interesting. (The TBR has a new stack added to it castle-like heights.) I’m especially fascinated by the Regency trilogy—the mystery element and tie to historical events has me hooked! (And what absolutely stunning cover you have for The Emperor’s Conspiracy.)
Wonderful interview Michelle and Anne! Michelle, thanks so much for visiting the Wenches. Your books all sound fabulously interesting. (The TBR has a new stack added to it castle-like heights.) I’m especially fascinated by the Regency trilogy—the mystery element and tie to historical events has me hooked! (And what absolutely stunning cover you have for The Emperor’s Conspiracy.)
Wonderful interview Michelle and Anne! Michelle, thanks so much for visiting the Wenches. Your books all sound fabulously interesting. (The TBR has a new stack added to it castle-like heights.) I’m especially fascinated by the Regency trilogy—the mystery element and tie to historical events has me hooked! (And what absolutely stunning cover you have for The Emperor’s Conspiracy.)
I don’t think I can pick a period. Anything would be interesting (as the modern comforts and safety factors were somehow available).
But I (and every U. S. genealogist I know of) have one great wish. To go back in time and somehow save the 1890 U. S. census. Its loss to fire leaves SUCH a hole in our ancestors’ lives. For example, some older person appears in the 1880 census but fails to appear in the 1900 one. Dead?, moved? Sometimes there isn’t any evidence outside the census.
I don’t think I can pick a period. Anything would be interesting (as the modern comforts and safety factors were somehow available).
But I (and every U. S. genealogist I know of) have one great wish. To go back in time and somehow save the 1890 U. S. census. Its loss to fire leaves SUCH a hole in our ancestors’ lives. For example, some older person appears in the 1880 census but fails to appear in the 1900 one. Dead?, moved? Sometimes there isn’t any evidence outside the census.
I don’t think I can pick a period. Anything would be interesting (as the modern comforts and safety factors were somehow available).
But I (and every U. S. genealogist I know of) have one great wish. To go back in time and somehow save the 1890 U. S. census. Its loss to fire leaves SUCH a hole in our ancestors’ lives. For example, some older person appears in the 1880 census but fails to appear in the 1900 one. Dead?, moved? Sometimes there isn’t any evidence outside the census.
I don’t think I can pick a period. Anything would be interesting (as the modern comforts and safety factors were somehow available).
But I (and every U. S. genealogist I know of) have one great wish. To go back in time and somehow save the 1890 U. S. census. Its loss to fire leaves SUCH a hole in our ancestors’ lives. For example, some older person appears in the 1880 census but fails to appear in the 1900 one. Dead?, moved? Sometimes there isn’t any evidence outside the census.
I don’t think I can pick a period. Anything would be interesting (as the modern comforts and safety factors were somehow available).
But I (and every U. S. genealogist I know of) have one great wish. To go back in time and somehow save the 1890 U. S. census. Its loss to fire leaves SUCH a hole in our ancestors’ lives. For example, some older person appears in the 1880 census but fails to appear in the 1900 one. Dead?, moved? Sometimes there isn’t any evidence outside the census.
Wow, Sue, there speaks a dedicated genealogist! Go back in time to save the census. Wonderful. I can hear genealogists all over the US cheering you on.
Wow, Sue, there speaks a dedicated genealogist! Go back in time to save the census. Wonderful. I can hear genealogists all over the US cheering you on.
Wow, Sue, there speaks a dedicated genealogist! Go back in time to save the census. Wonderful. I can hear genealogists all over the US cheering you on.
Wow, Sue, there speaks a dedicated genealogist! Go back in time to save the census. Wonderful. I can hear genealogists all over the US cheering you on.
Wow, Sue, there speaks a dedicated genealogist! Go back in time to save the census. Wonderful. I can hear genealogists all over the US cheering you on.
Quantum, do you know about libivox.org? It’s a free audio book site, with books read by volunteers (so of variable quality) but still, for those who enjoy audio, it might provide a good source of books. I only came across it the other day, so I don’t know much about it, but worth investigating, I think. https://librivox.org
Quantum, do you know about libivox.org? It’s a free audio book site, with books read by volunteers (so of variable quality) but still, for those who enjoy audio, it might provide a good source of books. I only came across it the other day, so I don’t know much about it, but worth investigating, I think. https://librivox.org
Quantum, do you know about libivox.org? It’s a free audio book site, with books read by volunteers (so of variable quality) but still, for those who enjoy audio, it might provide a good source of books. I only came across it the other day, so I don’t know much about it, but worth investigating, I think. https://librivox.org
Quantum, do you know about libivox.org? It’s a free audio book site, with books read by volunteers (so of variable quality) but still, for those who enjoy audio, it might provide a good source of books. I only came across it the other day, so I don’t know much about it, but worth investigating, I think. https://librivox.org
Quantum, do you know about libivox.org? It’s a free audio book site, with books read by volunteers (so of variable quality) but still, for those who enjoy audio, it might provide a good source of books. I only came across it the other day, so I don’t know much about it, but worth investigating, I think. https://librivox.org
Hi Tempest! Welcome to the historical creature comforts club 🙂 All those places you mention would be amazing to see at their height. I’d love a peek at the library of Alexandria, as well. My daughter studies jazz at school, and we’ve been listening to a lot of it recently, so I’d second that jazz concert tour. I’m so honoured you’ve loved all my books, thank you! I actually had a Dervish short story planned, but the space opera stories sort of shouldered that out of the way. I’ll see what I can do some time in the future 🙂
Hi Tempest! Welcome to the historical creature comforts club 🙂 All those places you mention would be amazing to see at their height. I’d love a peek at the library of Alexandria, as well. My daughter studies jazz at school, and we’ve been listening to a lot of it recently, so I’d second that jazz concert tour. I’m so honoured you’ve loved all my books, thank you! I actually had a Dervish short story planned, but the space opera stories sort of shouldered that out of the way. I’ll see what I can do some time in the future 🙂
Hi Tempest! Welcome to the historical creature comforts club 🙂 All those places you mention would be amazing to see at their height. I’d love a peek at the library of Alexandria, as well. My daughter studies jazz at school, and we’ve been listening to a lot of it recently, so I’d second that jazz concert tour. I’m so honoured you’ve loved all my books, thank you! I actually had a Dervish short story planned, but the space opera stories sort of shouldered that out of the way. I’ll see what I can do some time in the future 🙂
Hi Tempest! Welcome to the historical creature comforts club 🙂 All those places you mention would be amazing to see at their height. I’d love a peek at the library of Alexandria, as well. My daughter studies jazz at school, and we’ve been listening to a lot of it recently, so I’d second that jazz concert tour. I’m so honoured you’ve loved all my books, thank you! I actually had a Dervish short story planned, but the space opera stories sort of shouldered that out of the way. I’ll see what I can do some time in the future 🙂
Hi Tempest! Welcome to the historical creature comforts club 🙂 All those places you mention would be amazing to see at their height. I’d love a peek at the library of Alexandria, as well. My daughter studies jazz at school, and we’ve been listening to a lot of it recently, so I’d second that jazz concert tour. I’m so honoured you’ve loved all my books, thank you! I actually had a Dervish short story planned, but the space opera stories sort of shouldered that out of the way. I’ll see what I can do some time in the future 🙂
Hello, Kathy! I think going forward a half century or so would be absolutely fascinating. You would certainly get a long term view of the consequences of various decisions being made right now. I studied linguistics as part of my MA, so I’d actually love to see how language had changed in that time 🙂
Hello, Kathy! I think going forward a half century or so would be absolutely fascinating. You would certainly get a long term view of the consequences of various decisions being made right now. I studied linguistics as part of my MA, so I’d actually love to see how language had changed in that time 🙂
Hello, Kathy! I think going forward a half century or so would be absolutely fascinating. You would certainly get a long term view of the consequences of various decisions being made right now. I studied linguistics as part of my MA, so I’d actually love to see how language had changed in that time 🙂
Hello, Kathy! I think going forward a half century or so would be absolutely fascinating. You would certainly get a long term view of the consequences of various decisions being made right now. I studied linguistics as part of my MA, so I’d actually love to see how language had changed in that time 🙂
Hello, Kathy! I think going forward a half century or so would be absolutely fascinating. You would certainly get a long term view of the consequences of various decisions being made right now. I studied linguistics as part of my MA, so I’d actually love to see how language had changed in that time 🙂
Andra, you are so right. I think the Edwardian period was the precursor to art deco, which I absolutely adore, so I’d go with you, if I could 🙂
Andra, you are so right. I think the Edwardian period was the precursor to art deco, which I absolutely adore, so I’d go with you, if I could 🙂
Andra, you are so right. I think the Edwardian period was the precursor to art deco, which I absolutely adore, so I’d go with you, if I could 🙂
Andra, you are so right. I think the Edwardian period was the precursor to art deco, which I absolutely adore, so I’d go with you, if I could 🙂
Andra, you are so right. I think the Edwardian period was the precursor to art deco, which I absolutely adore, so I’d go with you, if I could 🙂
Hi Kareni. Wow, I’m thrilled you’ve enjoyed the Class 5 series so much. Thank you!
I love your idea of going back to get a look at your parents, pre-kids. I recently read an interesting article, I think in the NY Times, which explored the lives of mothers before they became mothers. It was very well written and poignant.
Hi Kareni. Wow, I’m thrilled you’ve enjoyed the Class 5 series so much. Thank you!
I love your idea of going back to get a look at your parents, pre-kids. I recently read an interesting article, I think in the NY Times, which explored the lives of mothers before they became mothers. It was very well written and poignant.
Hi Kareni. Wow, I’m thrilled you’ve enjoyed the Class 5 series so much. Thank you!
I love your idea of going back to get a look at your parents, pre-kids. I recently read an interesting article, I think in the NY Times, which explored the lives of mothers before they became mothers. It was very well written and poignant.
Hi Kareni. Wow, I’m thrilled you’ve enjoyed the Class 5 series so much. Thank you!
I love your idea of going back to get a look at your parents, pre-kids. I recently read an interesting article, I think in the NY Times, which explored the lives of mothers before they became mothers. It was very well written and poignant.
Hi Kareni. Wow, I’m thrilled you’ve enjoyed the Class 5 series so much. Thank you!
I love your idea of going back to get a look at your parents, pre-kids. I recently read an interesting article, I think in the NY Times, which explored the lives of mothers before they became mothers. It was very well written and poignant.
Hi Sabrina. Italy at any time is a good idea, in my opinion 🙂 But looking back at your grandparents’ lives would be fascinating.
Hi Sabrina. Italy at any time is a good idea, in my opinion 🙂 But looking back at your grandparents’ lives would be fascinating.
Hi Sabrina. Italy at any time is a good idea, in my opinion 🙂 But looking back at your grandparents’ lives would be fascinating.
Hi Sabrina. Italy at any time is a good idea, in my opinion 🙂 But looking back at your grandparents’ lives would be fascinating.
Hi Sabrina. Italy at any time is a good idea, in my opinion 🙂 But looking back at your grandparents’ lives would be fascinating.
Cindy, I hear you. Oh, for a handy time machine, which went in either direction 🙂 I think the future will be amazing. It’s amazing how much technological change has happened just in the last thirty years. And I hope, if you do pick up my books, that you enjoy them 🙂
Cindy, I hear you. Oh, for a handy time machine, which went in either direction 🙂 I think the future will be amazing. It’s amazing how much technological change has happened just in the last thirty years. And I hope, if you do pick up my books, that you enjoy them 🙂
Cindy, I hear you. Oh, for a handy time machine, which went in either direction 🙂 I think the future will be amazing. It’s amazing how much technological change has happened just in the last thirty years. And I hope, if you do pick up my books, that you enjoy them 🙂
Cindy, I hear you. Oh, for a handy time machine, which went in either direction 🙂 I think the future will be amazing. It’s amazing how much technological change has happened just in the last thirty years. And I hope, if you do pick up my books, that you enjoy them 🙂
Cindy, I hear you. Oh, for a handy time machine, which went in either direction 🙂 I think the future will be amazing. It’s amazing how much technological change has happened just in the last thirty years. And I hope, if you do pick up my books, that you enjoy them 🙂
Thank you, Jan, for the lovely compliment. I am so glad you enjoyed my historicals, and I hope you enjoy the space operas just as much!
Thank you, Jan, for the lovely compliment. I am so glad you enjoyed my historicals, and I hope you enjoy the space operas just as much!
Thank you, Jan, for the lovely compliment. I am so glad you enjoyed my historicals, and I hope you enjoy the space operas just as much!
Thank you, Jan, for the lovely compliment. I am so glad you enjoyed my historicals, and I hope you enjoy the space operas just as much!
Thank you, Jan, for the lovely compliment. I am so glad you enjoyed my historicals, and I hope you enjoy the space operas just as much!
Fiona, I think the fascination of WWI and the era afterwards is that it embodied a sort of massive shake-up of society, politics and economy. So much was happening, and times were not easy, so people threw themselves into life. I think that makes it absolutely riveting.
Fiona, I think the fascination of WWI and the era afterwards is that it embodied a sort of massive shake-up of society, politics and economy. So much was happening, and times were not easy, so people threw themselves into life. I think that makes it absolutely riveting.
Fiona, I think the fascination of WWI and the era afterwards is that it embodied a sort of massive shake-up of society, politics and economy. So much was happening, and times were not easy, so people threw themselves into life. I think that makes it absolutely riveting.
Fiona, I think the fascination of WWI and the era afterwards is that it embodied a sort of massive shake-up of society, politics and economy. So much was happening, and times were not easy, so people threw themselves into life. I think that makes it absolutely riveting.
Fiona, I think the fascination of WWI and the era afterwards is that it embodied a sort of massive shake-up of society, politics and economy. So much was happening, and times were not easy, so people threw themselves into life. I think that makes it absolutely riveting.
Patricia, I just hope like anything you’re right. I’d love my grandchildren to experience that world. That said, we are currently living in the most free, wealthy and peaceful of times, if you look back and take stock.
Patricia, I just hope like anything you’re right. I’d love my grandchildren to experience that world. That said, we are currently living in the most free, wealthy and peaceful of times, if you look back and take stock.
Patricia, I just hope like anything you’re right. I’d love my grandchildren to experience that world. That said, we are currently living in the most free, wealthy and peaceful of times, if you look back and take stock.
Patricia, I just hope like anything you’re right. I’d love my grandchildren to experience that world. That said, we are currently living in the most free, wealthy and peaceful of times, if you look back and take stock.
Patricia, I just hope like anything you’re right. I’d love my grandchildren to experience that world. That said, we are currently living in the most free, wealthy and peaceful of times, if you look back and take stock.
Hi Shelagh, nothing to be ashamed of. We can’t have heard of everyone 🙂 Are you a CJ Sansom fan? I love his Shardlake series!
I came across the Napoleon plot when I was studying smuggling, and ended up reading an economic treatise about interventionist economic policy. The funny thing is a lot of people wrote to me afterward to say they felt they were suspending their disbelief at Napoleon’s plot as they were reading the book, and then they got to the author’s note at the end and found out that it was all true.
Hi Shelagh, nothing to be ashamed of. We can’t have heard of everyone 🙂 Are you a CJ Sansom fan? I love his Shardlake series!
I came across the Napoleon plot when I was studying smuggling, and ended up reading an economic treatise about interventionist economic policy. The funny thing is a lot of people wrote to me afterward to say they felt they were suspending their disbelief at Napoleon’s plot as they were reading the book, and then they got to the author’s note at the end and found out that it was all true.
Hi Shelagh, nothing to be ashamed of. We can’t have heard of everyone 🙂 Are you a CJ Sansom fan? I love his Shardlake series!
I came across the Napoleon plot when I was studying smuggling, and ended up reading an economic treatise about interventionist economic policy. The funny thing is a lot of people wrote to me afterward to say they felt they were suspending their disbelief at Napoleon’s plot as they were reading the book, and then they got to the author’s note at the end and found out that it was all true.
Hi Shelagh, nothing to be ashamed of. We can’t have heard of everyone 🙂 Are you a CJ Sansom fan? I love his Shardlake series!
I came across the Napoleon plot when I was studying smuggling, and ended up reading an economic treatise about interventionist economic policy. The funny thing is a lot of people wrote to me afterward to say they felt they were suspending their disbelief at Napoleon’s plot as they were reading the book, and then they got to the author’s note at the end and found out that it was all true.
Hi Shelagh, nothing to be ashamed of. We can’t have heard of everyone 🙂 Are you a CJ Sansom fan? I love his Shardlake series!
I came across the Napoleon plot when I was studying smuggling, and ended up reading an economic treatise about interventionist economic policy. The funny thing is a lot of people wrote to me afterward to say they felt they were suspending their disbelief at Napoleon’s plot as they were reading the book, and then they got to the author’s note at the end and found out that it was all true.
Thank you, Andrea. I remember when my editor emailed me the cover of The Emperor’s Conspiracy. She said some other editors had seen it, and there was almost a knife fight over it 🙂
Thank you, Andrea. I remember when my editor emailed me the cover of The Emperor’s Conspiracy. She said some other editors had seen it, and there was almost a knife fight over it 🙂
Thank you, Andrea. I remember when my editor emailed me the cover of The Emperor’s Conspiracy. She said some other editors had seen it, and there was almost a knife fight over it 🙂
Thank you, Andrea. I remember when my editor emailed me the cover of The Emperor’s Conspiracy. She said some other editors had seen it, and there was almost a knife fight over it 🙂
Thank you, Andrea. I remember when my editor emailed me the cover of The Emperor’s Conspiracy. She said some other editors had seen it, and there was almost a knife fight over it 🙂
Wow, Sue, that’s a very interesting pick. And a noble one!
Wow, Sue, that’s a very interesting pick. And a noble one!
Wow, Sue, that’s a very interesting pick. And a noble one!
Wow, Sue, that’s a very interesting pick. And a noble one!
Wow, Sue, that’s a very interesting pick. And a noble one!
Hi, Michelle! I just finished enjoying your story, “Sky Raiders” and I hope you are working on its sequel! Along those lines, I would like to go to the future and visit an inhabited planet other than Earth. Thanks for the informative interview and the giveaway opportunity.
Hi, Michelle! I just finished enjoying your story, “Sky Raiders” and I hope you are working on its sequel! Along those lines, I would like to go to the future and visit an inhabited planet other than Earth. Thanks for the informative interview and the giveaway opportunity.
Hi, Michelle! I just finished enjoying your story, “Sky Raiders” and I hope you are working on its sequel! Along those lines, I would like to go to the future and visit an inhabited planet other than Earth. Thanks for the informative interview and the giveaway opportunity.
Hi, Michelle! I just finished enjoying your story, “Sky Raiders” and I hope you are working on its sequel! Along those lines, I would like to go to the future and visit an inhabited planet other than Earth. Thanks for the informative interview and the giveaway opportunity.
Hi, Michelle! I just finished enjoying your story, “Sky Raiders” and I hope you are working on its sequel! Along those lines, I would like to go to the future and visit an inhabited planet other than Earth. Thanks for the informative interview and the giveaway opportunity.
Anne,Thanks for the link. I did use librivox some years ago when my reading vision started to be a problem. It is restricted to classics and other books with no copyright restriction but I remember enjoying the Jane Austen novels from them. Now I tend to make my own audio books using computer voices. There are some excellent voices available and the required software is inexpensive. Unfortunately many publishers, who seem obsessed with piracy issues, tend to encrypt their ebooks making life difficult for readers using text-to-speech software. I doubt that dedicated pirates will be deterred but it can be annoying for readers with vision problems. I see, however, that Amazon now includes a computer voice with kindle books which is good. The main drawback with this is that there is currently no facility to edit pronunciation errors on kindle.No doubt this will be rectified as systems evolve further. Perhaps Amazon will buy TextAloud or one of the other text-to-speech companies and integrate it into the kindle …. I live in hope!
Anne,Thanks for the link. I did use librivox some years ago when my reading vision started to be a problem. It is restricted to classics and other books with no copyright restriction but I remember enjoying the Jane Austen novels from them. Now I tend to make my own audio books using computer voices. There are some excellent voices available and the required software is inexpensive. Unfortunately many publishers, who seem obsessed with piracy issues, tend to encrypt their ebooks making life difficult for readers using text-to-speech software. I doubt that dedicated pirates will be deterred but it can be annoying for readers with vision problems. I see, however, that Amazon now includes a computer voice with kindle books which is good. The main drawback with this is that there is currently no facility to edit pronunciation errors on kindle.No doubt this will be rectified as systems evolve further. Perhaps Amazon will buy TextAloud or one of the other text-to-speech companies and integrate it into the kindle …. I live in hope!
Anne,Thanks for the link. I did use librivox some years ago when my reading vision started to be a problem. It is restricted to classics and other books with no copyright restriction but I remember enjoying the Jane Austen novels from them. Now I tend to make my own audio books using computer voices. There are some excellent voices available and the required software is inexpensive. Unfortunately many publishers, who seem obsessed with piracy issues, tend to encrypt their ebooks making life difficult for readers using text-to-speech software. I doubt that dedicated pirates will be deterred but it can be annoying for readers with vision problems. I see, however, that Amazon now includes a computer voice with kindle books which is good. The main drawback with this is that there is currently no facility to edit pronunciation errors on kindle.No doubt this will be rectified as systems evolve further. Perhaps Amazon will buy TextAloud or one of the other text-to-speech companies and integrate it into the kindle …. I live in hope!
Anne,Thanks for the link. I did use librivox some years ago when my reading vision started to be a problem. It is restricted to classics and other books with no copyright restriction but I remember enjoying the Jane Austen novels from them. Now I tend to make my own audio books using computer voices. There are some excellent voices available and the required software is inexpensive. Unfortunately many publishers, who seem obsessed with piracy issues, tend to encrypt their ebooks making life difficult for readers using text-to-speech software. I doubt that dedicated pirates will be deterred but it can be annoying for readers with vision problems. I see, however, that Amazon now includes a computer voice with kindle books which is good. The main drawback with this is that there is currently no facility to edit pronunciation errors on kindle.No doubt this will be rectified as systems evolve further. Perhaps Amazon will buy TextAloud or one of the other text-to-speech companies and integrate it into the kindle …. I live in hope!
Anne,Thanks for the link. I did use librivox some years ago when my reading vision started to be a problem. It is restricted to classics and other books with no copyright restriction but I remember enjoying the Jane Austen novels from them. Now I tend to make my own audio books using computer voices. There are some excellent voices available and the required software is inexpensive. Unfortunately many publishers, who seem obsessed with piracy issues, tend to encrypt their ebooks making life difficult for readers using text-to-speech software. I doubt that dedicated pirates will be deterred but it can be annoying for readers with vision problems. I see, however, that Amazon now includes a computer voice with kindle books which is good. The main drawback with this is that there is currently no facility to edit pronunciation errors on kindle.No doubt this will be rectified as systems evolve further. Perhaps Amazon will buy TextAloud or one of the other text-to-speech companies and integrate it into the kindle …. I live in hope!
Hi Michelle, I picked up my free copy of “Mistress of the Wind” last night, and it kept me up till the wee hours finishing it!
I would love to go into the future, not too far but just a bit beyond my normal life span, maybe 50 years from now. Or alternatively, I’d like to go back to the 1960’s, a fun, exciting time, when I was alive, but too young to really participate. I’d go to all the rock concerts I missed the first time around!
Is there any chance you’ll be going back to the Tudor world of Susanna Horenbout and John Parker? They’re my favorites of all your books, and it would be great to have another book about them.
Hi Michelle, I picked up my free copy of “Mistress of the Wind” last night, and it kept me up till the wee hours finishing it!
I would love to go into the future, not too far but just a bit beyond my normal life span, maybe 50 years from now. Or alternatively, I’d like to go back to the 1960’s, a fun, exciting time, when I was alive, but too young to really participate. I’d go to all the rock concerts I missed the first time around!
Is there any chance you’ll be going back to the Tudor world of Susanna Horenbout and John Parker? They’re my favorites of all your books, and it would be great to have another book about them.
Hi Michelle, I picked up my free copy of “Mistress of the Wind” last night, and it kept me up till the wee hours finishing it!
I would love to go into the future, not too far but just a bit beyond my normal life span, maybe 50 years from now. Or alternatively, I’d like to go back to the 1960’s, a fun, exciting time, when I was alive, but too young to really participate. I’d go to all the rock concerts I missed the first time around!
Is there any chance you’ll be going back to the Tudor world of Susanna Horenbout and John Parker? They’re my favorites of all your books, and it would be great to have another book about them.
Hi Michelle, I picked up my free copy of “Mistress of the Wind” last night, and it kept me up till the wee hours finishing it!
I would love to go into the future, not too far but just a bit beyond my normal life span, maybe 50 years from now. Or alternatively, I’d like to go back to the 1960’s, a fun, exciting time, when I was alive, but too young to really participate. I’d go to all the rock concerts I missed the first time around!
Is there any chance you’ll be going back to the Tudor world of Susanna Horenbout and John Parker? They’re my favorites of all your books, and it would be great to have another book about them.
Hi Michelle, I picked up my free copy of “Mistress of the Wind” last night, and it kept me up till the wee hours finishing it!
I would love to go into the future, not too far but just a bit beyond my normal life span, maybe 50 years from now. Or alternatively, I’d like to go back to the 1960’s, a fun, exciting time, when I was alive, but too young to really participate. I’d go to all the rock concerts I missed the first time around!
Is there any chance you’ll be going back to the Tudor world of Susanna Horenbout and John Parker? They’re my favorites of all your books, and it would be great to have another book about them.
The Regency series sound very interesting. I am not much for fantasy or medieval courts but am pleased to learn about the Regency London series. If I went back in time I would go to that period and meet Jane Austen and Lord Byron. I have a list of questions I would love to have answered about the period despite years of studying it.
The Regency series sound very interesting. I am not much for fantasy or medieval courts but am pleased to learn about the Regency London series. If I went back in time I would go to that period and meet Jane Austen and Lord Byron. I have a list of questions I would love to have answered about the period despite years of studying it.
The Regency series sound very interesting. I am not much for fantasy or medieval courts but am pleased to learn about the Regency London series. If I went back in time I would go to that period and meet Jane Austen and Lord Byron. I have a list of questions I would love to have answered about the period despite years of studying it.
The Regency series sound very interesting. I am not much for fantasy or medieval courts but am pleased to learn about the Regency London series. If I went back in time I would go to that period and meet Jane Austen and Lord Byron. I have a list of questions I would love to have answered about the period despite years of studying it.
The Regency series sound very interesting. I am not much for fantasy or medieval courts but am pleased to learn about the Regency London series. If I went back in time I would go to that period and meet Jane Austen and Lord Byron. I have a list of questions I would love to have answered about the period despite years of studying it.
I would go back to the Regency without a shadow of a doubt. I would love to meet Jane Austen. It was also a very interesting time in history and I loved the fashion of the time. I adore history too and read as much as I can about it trying to educate myself as I left school early many moons ago.
I’m currently reading a biography of Jane written by Lucy Worsley and it’s brilliant. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s a Jane fan.
I would go back to the Regency without a shadow of a doubt. I would love to meet Jane Austen. It was also a very interesting time in history and I loved the fashion of the time. I adore history too and read as much as I can about it trying to educate myself as I left school early many moons ago.
I’m currently reading a biography of Jane written by Lucy Worsley and it’s brilliant. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s a Jane fan.
I would go back to the Regency without a shadow of a doubt. I would love to meet Jane Austen. It was also a very interesting time in history and I loved the fashion of the time. I adore history too and read as much as I can about it trying to educate myself as I left school early many moons ago.
I’m currently reading a biography of Jane written by Lucy Worsley and it’s brilliant. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s a Jane fan.
I would go back to the Regency without a shadow of a doubt. I would love to meet Jane Austen. It was also a very interesting time in history and I loved the fashion of the time. I adore history too and read as much as I can about it trying to educate myself as I left school early many moons ago.
I’m currently reading a biography of Jane written by Lucy Worsley and it’s brilliant. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s a Jane fan.
I would go back to the Regency without a shadow of a doubt. I would love to meet Jane Austen. It was also a very interesting time in history and I loved the fashion of the time. I adore history too and read as much as I can about it trying to educate myself as I left school early many moons ago.
I’m currently reading a biography of Jane written by Lucy Worsley and it’s brilliant. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s a Jane fan.
I love discovering new authors Anne. It’s so enriching and such a wonderful excuse to procrastinate with my own work, though I do love writing too.
I love discovering new authors Anne. It’s so enriching and such a wonderful excuse to procrastinate with my own work, though I do love writing too.
I love discovering new authors Anne. It’s so enriching and such a wonderful excuse to procrastinate with my own work, though I do love writing too.
I love discovering new authors Anne. It’s so enriching and such a wonderful excuse to procrastinate with my own work, though I do love writing too.
I love discovering new authors Anne. It’s so enriching and such a wonderful excuse to procrastinate with my own work, though I do love writing too.
Oh dear! Another of those I haven’t heard of that author moments. I’ll check him out too. We live in amazing times! The world is positively dripping with authorly goodness and talent.
Oh dear! Another of those I haven’t heard of that author moments. I’ll check him out too. We live in amazing times! The world is positively dripping with authorly goodness and talent.
Oh dear! Another of those I haven’t heard of that author moments. I’ll check him out too. We live in amazing times! The world is positively dripping with authorly goodness and talent.
Oh dear! Another of those I haven’t heard of that author moments. I’ll check him out too. We live in amazing times! The world is positively dripping with authorly goodness and talent.
Oh dear! Another of those I haven’t heard of that author moments. I’ll check him out too. We live in amazing times! The world is positively dripping with authorly goodness and talent.
Me too Andrea! Can’t wait to dive into those!
Me too Andrea! Can’t wait to dive into those!
Me too Andrea! Can’t wait to dive into those!
Me too Andrea! Can’t wait to dive into those!
Me too Andrea! Can’t wait to dive into those!
Hello again: I just went to Barnes and Noble to find the Dark Horse and found that it is not available as a nook book. I’m disappointed but have hope that if enough readers ask for it they will get it converted to an e-book.
Hello again: I just went to Barnes and Noble to find the Dark Horse and found that it is not available as a nook book. I’m disappointed but have hope that if enough readers ask for it they will get it converted to an e-book.
Hello again: I just went to Barnes and Noble to find the Dark Horse and found that it is not available as a nook book. I’m disappointed but have hope that if enough readers ask for it they will get it converted to an e-book.
Hello again: I just went to Barnes and Noble to find the Dark Horse and found that it is not available as a nook book. I’m disappointed but have hope that if enough readers ask for it they will get it converted to an e-book.
Hello again: I just went to Barnes and Noble to find the Dark Horse and found that it is not available as a nook book. I’m disappointed but have hope that if enough readers ask for it they will get it converted to an e-book.
Hey, Michelle! The Dark series is AMAZING.
I would love to go to colonial America, at the time of the US revolution. I’d love to understand more of what the founding fathers were really thinking when they crafted some of the concepts being debated today.
Hey, Michelle! The Dark series is AMAZING.
I would love to go to colonial America, at the time of the US revolution. I’d love to understand more of what the founding fathers were really thinking when they crafted some of the concepts being debated today.
Hey, Michelle! The Dark series is AMAZING.
I would love to go to colonial America, at the time of the US revolution. I’d love to understand more of what the founding fathers were really thinking when they crafted some of the concepts being debated today.
Hey, Michelle! The Dark series is AMAZING.
I would love to go to colonial America, at the time of the US revolution. I’d love to understand more of what the founding fathers were really thinking when they crafted some of the concepts being debated today.
Hey, Michelle! The Dark series is AMAZING.
I would love to go to colonial America, at the time of the US revolution. I’d love to understand more of what the founding fathers were really thinking when they crafted some of the concepts being debated today.
Hi Elf (awesome name!). I am working on the sequel to Sky Raiders, it’s entitled Calling the Change, and it should be out in late June / early July. 🙂 I’m right with you on the new inhabited planet trip. That would be absolutely amazing.
Hi Elf (awesome name!). I am working on the sequel to Sky Raiders, it’s entitled Calling the Change, and it should be out in late June / early July. 🙂 I’m right with you on the new inhabited planet trip. That would be absolutely amazing.
Hi Elf (awesome name!). I am working on the sequel to Sky Raiders, it’s entitled Calling the Change, and it should be out in late June / early July. 🙂 I’m right with you on the new inhabited planet trip. That would be absolutely amazing.
Hi Elf (awesome name!). I am working on the sequel to Sky Raiders, it’s entitled Calling the Change, and it should be out in late June / early July. 🙂 I’m right with you on the new inhabited planet trip. That would be absolutely amazing.
Hi Elf (awesome name!). I am working on the sequel to Sky Raiders, it’s entitled Calling the Change, and it should be out in late June / early July. 🙂 I’m right with you on the new inhabited planet trip. That would be absolutely amazing.
Hi Karin. I am always happy to keep readers up until the wee hours! 🙂 The 60s would be fun.
I think, because they were my first books, I’ll always have a very special place in my heart for Susanna and Parker. I don’t currently have plans to go back to that series, but it is something I’d like to do one day.
Hi Karin. I am always happy to keep readers up until the wee hours! 🙂 The 60s would be fun.
I think, because they were my first books, I’ll always have a very special place in my heart for Susanna and Parker. I don’t currently have plans to go back to that series, but it is something I’d like to do one day.
Hi Karin. I am always happy to keep readers up until the wee hours! 🙂 The 60s would be fun.
I think, because they were my first books, I’ll always have a very special place in my heart for Susanna and Parker. I don’t currently have plans to go back to that series, but it is something I’d like to do one day.
Hi Karin. I am always happy to keep readers up until the wee hours! 🙂 The 60s would be fun.
I think, because they were my first books, I’ll always have a very special place in my heart for Susanna and Parker. I don’t currently have plans to go back to that series, but it is something I’d like to do one day.
Hi Karin. I am always happy to keep readers up until the wee hours! 🙂 The 60s would be fun.
I think, because they were my first books, I’ll always have a very special place in my heart for Susanna and Parker. I don’t currently have plans to go back to that series, but it is something I’d like to do one day.
Nancy, I would LOVE to meet Jane Austen. She is one of my favourite authors. What a great choice.
Nancy, I would LOVE to meet Jane Austen. She is one of my favourite authors. What a great choice.
Nancy, I would LOVE to meet Jane Austen. She is one of my favourite authors. What a great choice.
Nancy, I would LOVE to meet Jane Austen. She is one of my favourite authors. What a great choice.
Nancy, I would LOVE to meet Jane Austen. She is one of my favourite authors. What a great choice.
Teresa, thank you for the recommendation on the Jane bio. I’ll definitely track it down.
Teresa, thank you for the recommendation on the Jane bio. I’ll definitely track it down.
Teresa, thank you for the recommendation on the Jane bio. I’ll definitely track it down.
Teresa, thank you for the recommendation on the Jane bio. I’ll definitely track it down.
Teresa, thank you for the recommendation on the Jane bio. I’ll definitely track it down.
Thank you, ML. So glad you enjoyed the books. And what an interesting pick. Yes, it would be very interesting to see the foundations of liberal democracy being crafted.
Thank you, ML. So glad you enjoyed the books. And what an interesting pick. Yes, it would be very interesting to see the foundations of liberal democracy being crafted.
Thank you, ML. So glad you enjoyed the books. And what an interesting pick. Yes, it would be very interesting to see the foundations of liberal democracy being crafted.
Thank you, ML. So glad you enjoyed the books. And what an interesting pick. Yes, it would be very interesting to see the foundations of liberal democracy being crafted.
Thank you, ML. So glad you enjoyed the books. And what an interesting pick. Yes, it would be very interesting to see the foundations of liberal democracy being crafted.
The Shardlake series is set during the reign of Henry VIII when Thomas Cromwell was his henchman (so your Cromwell’s great great uncle). The hero is a hunchback lawyer, who solves mysteries that are reflections of the political and social reality of the time.
The Shardlake series is set during the reign of Henry VIII when Thomas Cromwell was his henchman (so your Cromwell’s great great uncle). The hero is a hunchback lawyer, who solves mysteries that are reflections of the political and social reality of the time.
The Shardlake series is set during the reign of Henry VIII when Thomas Cromwell was his henchman (so your Cromwell’s great great uncle). The hero is a hunchback lawyer, who solves mysteries that are reflections of the political and social reality of the time.
The Shardlake series is set during the reign of Henry VIII when Thomas Cromwell was his henchman (so your Cromwell’s great great uncle). The hero is a hunchback lawyer, who solves mysteries that are reflections of the political and social reality of the time.
The Shardlake series is set during the reign of Henry VIII when Thomas Cromwell was his henchman (so your Cromwell’s great great uncle). The hero is a hunchback lawyer, who solves mysteries that are reflections of the political and social reality of the time.
Your books are so well written, I really enjoyed them.
Your books are so well written, I really enjoyed them.
Your books are so well written, I really enjoyed them.
Your books are so well written, I really enjoyed them.
Your books are so well written, I really enjoyed them.
I thought you’d probably know about it, Quantum. The good news is that audio books are becoming more popular and more books are being recorded, so it should get easier. As long as the rights get sold on to the UK.
I use the “speech” facility on my computer to read scenes back to me. Amazing what you pick up — repetition, clunky dialogue, overly wordy sentences etc. I used to read them aloud, but it’s easier — and I think more effective–with the computer reading it.
I thought you’d probably know about it, Quantum. The good news is that audio books are becoming more popular and more books are being recorded, so it should get easier. As long as the rights get sold on to the UK.
I use the “speech” facility on my computer to read scenes back to me. Amazing what you pick up — repetition, clunky dialogue, overly wordy sentences etc. I used to read them aloud, but it’s easier — and I think more effective–with the computer reading it.
I thought you’d probably know about it, Quantum. The good news is that audio books are becoming more popular and more books are being recorded, so it should get easier. As long as the rights get sold on to the UK.
I use the “speech” facility on my computer to read scenes back to me. Amazing what you pick up — repetition, clunky dialogue, overly wordy sentences etc. I used to read them aloud, but it’s easier — and I think more effective–with the computer reading it.
I thought you’d probably know about it, Quantum. The good news is that audio books are becoming more popular and more books are being recorded, so it should get easier. As long as the rights get sold on to the UK.
I use the “speech” facility on my computer to read scenes back to me. Amazing what you pick up — repetition, clunky dialogue, overly wordy sentences etc. I used to read them aloud, but it’s easier — and I think more effective–with the computer reading it.
I thought you’d probably know about it, Quantum. The good news is that audio books are becoming more popular and more books are being recorded, so it should get easier. As long as the rights get sold on to the UK.
I use the “speech” facility on my computer to read scenes back to me. Amazing what you pick up — repetition, clunky dialogue, overly wordy sentences etc. I used to read them aloud, but it’s easier — and I think more effective–with the computer reading it.
Thank you so much, Florine. What a wonderful compliment!
Thank you so much, Florine. What a wonderful compliment!
Thank you so much, Florine. What a wonderful compliment!
Thank you so much, Florine. What a wonderful compliment!
Thank you so much, Florine. What a wonderful compliment!
I haven’t read any of Michelle’s books yet, but I love historical romance.
I’d got back to the early 1900’s to meet my grandparents as young people and see how life was for them.
I haven’t read any of Michelle’s books yet, but I love historical romance.
I’d got back to the early 1900’s to meet my grandparents as young people and see how life was for them.
I haven’t read any of Michelle’s books yet, but I love historical romance.
I’d got back to the early 1900’s to meet my grandparents as young people and see how life was for them.
I haven’t read any of Michelle’s books yet, but I love historical romance.
I’d got back to the early 1900’s to meet my grandparents as young people and see how life was for them.
I haven’t read any of Michelle’s books yet, but I love historical romance.
I’d got back to the early 1900’s to meet my grandparents as young people and see how life was for them.
Wow, these books sound fascinating — both the scifi and the historicals. Two genres I love. Michelle, you may become my new favourite author! 😀
Wow, these books sound fascinating — both the scifi and the historicals. Two genres I love. Michelle, you may become my new favourite author! 😀
Wow, these books sound fascinating — both the scifi and the historicals. Two genres I love. Michelle, you may become my new favourite author! 😀
Wow, these books sound fascinating — both the scifi and the historicals. Two genres I love. Michelle, you may become my new favourite author! 😀
Wow, these books sound fascinating — both the scifi and the historicals. Two genres I love. Michelle, you may become my new favourite author! 😀
I think youll really enjoy Michelles books, Emily — and BTW, congratulations on your Desert Island Keeper Review from All About Romance. Also, your books keep popping up in readers comments on our Wenchly end-of-the-month What Were reading posts. *g*
I think youll really enjoy Michelles books, Emily — and BTW, congratulations on your Desert Island Keeper Review from All About Romance. Also, your books keep popping up in readers comments on our Wenchly end-of-the-month What Were reading posts. *g*
I think youll really enjoy Michelles books, Emily — and BTW, congratulations on your Desert Island Keeper Review from All About Romance. Also, your books keep popping up in readers comments on our Wenchly end-of-the-month What Were reading posts. *g*
I think youll really enjoy Michelles books, Emily — and BTW, congratulations on your Desert Island Keeper Review from All About Romance. Also, your books keep popping up in readers comments on our Wenchly end-of-the-month What Were reading posts. *g*
I think youll really enjoy Michelles books, Emily — and BTW, congratulations on your Desert Island Keeper Review from All About Romance. Also, your books keep popping up in readers comments on our Wenchly end-of-the-month What Were reading posts. *g*
Hi Michelle, Your books have been an auto buy for me since first reading In A Treacherous Court. John Parker made me think of a Tudor James Bond. I’m another reader hoping you will one day revisit both the John Parker and the regency series, although I also love the Dark series. It reminded me of Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree which has always been one of my favorite SF stories.
Hi Michelle, Your books have been an auto buy for me since first reading In A Treacherous Court. John Parker made me think of a Tudor James Bond. I’m another reader hoping you will one day revisit both the John Parker and the regency series, although I also love the Dark series. It reminded me of Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree which has always been one of my favorite SF stories.
Hi Michelle, Your books have been an auto buy for me since first reading In A Treacherous Court. John Parker made me think of a Tudor James Bond. I’m another reader hoping you will one day revisit both the John Parker and the regency series, although I also love the Dark series. It reminded me of Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree which has always been one of my favorite SF stories.
Hi Michelle, Your books have been an auto buy for me since first reading In A Treacherous Court. John Parker made me think of a Tudor James Bond. I’m another reader hoping you will one day revisit both the John Parker and the regency series, although I also love the Dark series. It reminded me of Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree which has always been one of my favorite SF stories.
Hi Michelle, Your books have been an auto buy for me since first reading In A Treacherous Court. John Parker made me think of a Tudor James Bond. I’m another reader hoping you will one day revisit both the John Parker and the regency series, although I also love the Dark series. It reminded me of Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree which has always been one of my favorite SF stories.
Hi Diane 🙂 My grandfather was born in Copenhagen in 1900 (he was a lot older than my grandmother) and then travelled to Australia to live on a sheep station, then went to South Africa. Now that I live in Australia, I’d love to know where he stayed when he was here as a boy, but I don’t, unfortunately, so like you, I’d love to go back and find out.
Hi Diane 🙂 My grandfather was born in Copenhagen in 1900 (he was a lot older than my grandmother) and then travelled to Australia to live on a sheep station, then went to South Africa. Now that I live in Australia, I’d love to know where he stayed when he was here as a boy, but I don’t, unfortunately, so like you, I’d love to go back and find out.
Hi Diane 🙂 My grandfather was born in Copenhagen in 1900 (he was a lot older than my grandmother) and then travelled to Australia to live on a sheep station, then went to South Africa. Now that I live in Australia, I’d love to know where he stayed when he was here as a boy, but I don’t, unfortunately, so like you, I’d love to go back and find out.
Hi Diane 🙂 My grandfather was born in Copenhagen in 1900 (he was a lot older than my grandmother) and then travelled to Australia to live on a sheep station, then went to South Africa. Now that I live in Australia, I’d love to know where he stayed when he was here as a boy, but I don’t, unfortunately, so like you, I’d love to go back and find out.
Hi Diane 🙂 My grandfather was born in Copenhagen in 1900 (he was a lot older than my grandmother) and then travelled to Australia to live on a sheep station, then went to South Africa. Now that I live in Australia, I’d love to know where he stayed when he was here as a boy, but I don’t, unfortunately, so like you, I’d love to go back and find out.
Thanks, Emily! I love both genres, too, so you’re a reader after my own heart 🙂
Thanks, Emily! I love both genres, too, so you’re a reader after my own heart 🙂
Thanks, Emily! I love both genres, too, so you’re a reader after my own heart 🙂
Thanks, Emily! I love both genres, too, so you’re a reader after my own heart 🙂
Thanks, Emily! I love both genres, too, so you’re a reader after my own heart 🙂
Glenarose, thank you so much! What a lovely thing to hear from a reader, and yes, John Parker is just the right amount of dark and dangerous, isn’t he? 😉
Glenarose, thank you so much! What a lovely thing to hear from a reader, and yes, John Parker is just the right amount of dark and dangerous, isn’t he? 😉
Glenarose, thank you so much! What a lovely thing to hear from a reader, and yes, John Parker is just the right amount of dark and dangerous, isn’t he? 😉
Glenarose, thank you so much! What a lovely thing to hear from a reader, and yes, John Parker is just the right amount of dark and dangerous, isn’t he? 😉
Glenarose, thank you so much! What a lovely thing to hear from a reader, and yes, John Parker is just the right amount of dark and dangerous, isn’t he? 😉
1825 or 1840, I adore the clothing, would be in Scotland with my medical books! Michelle Diener is a new author for me and her stories are intriguing, they sound as if they are filled with suspense.
1825 or 1840, I adore the clothing, would be in Scotland with my medical books! Michelle Diener is a new author for me and her stories are intriguing, they sound as if they are filled with suspense.
1825 or 1840, I adore the clothing, would be in Scotland with my medical books! Michelle Diener is a new author for me and her stories are intriguing, they sound as if they are filled with suspense.
1825 or 1840, I adore the clothing, would be in Scotland with my medical books! Michelle Diener is a new author for me and her stories are intriguing, they sound as if they are filled with suspense.
1825 or 1840, I adore the clothing, would be in Scotland with my medical books! Michelle Diener is a new author for me and her stories are intriguing, they sound as if they are filled with suspense.
Juanita, rather you than me with the corsets, but they did look lovely 🙂
Juanita, rather you than me with the corsets, but they did look lovely 🙂
Juanita, rather you than me with the corsets, but they did look lovely 🙂
Juanita, rather you than me with the corsets, but they did look lovely 🙂
Juanita, rather you than me with the corsets, but they did look lovely 🙂
Thanks, Anne — and congrats right back at you for the DIK review of Marry in Haste. MIH is on my teetering To Read pile!
Thanks, Anne — and congrats right back at you for the DIK review of Marry in Haste. MIH is on my teetering To Read pile!
Thanks, Anne — and congrats right back at you for the DIK review of Marry in Haste. MIH is on my teetering To Read pile!
Thanks, Anne — and congrats right back at you for the DIK review of Marry in Haste. MIH is on my teetering To Read pile!
Thanks, Anne — and congrats right back at you for the DIK review of Marry in Haste. MIH is on my teetering To Read pile!