First off, I want to say hello.  This is my first post here at Romancing the Past and I'm thrilled to be here. I don't live in Eng...

If there’s one thing at which the British excel, it’s inventing nicknames. (My favorite will always be the twentieth-century brain child of...

Recently, I moved a ton of books from my den into my writing. In the process of moving, I came across book I've had for many years. Rev...

The modern idea of romantic love, as the most causal of history buffs know, has not been well embraced across the ages.   Over the centu...

That’s what all my friends ask me. “How do you do it? How do you write so many stories? How do you consistently put out huge numbers of...

Longer ago than I'd like to admit, when I was a teenager just beginning to read romance, I regularly encountered all the following scena...

We’ve been travelling the English West Country this last fortnight and what a feast of historical discovery it’s been. Let’s say straight ...

Scenery is not only important in a story for your reader to "see" the setting of the book, but its also important for writers to b...

My debut romance, Ruined by Rumor , comes out this Monday, May 21. It’s the story of a shy, dutiful politician in love with the acknowledged...

The new season of America's Got Talent started this week. I don't watch that much TV but this has always been one of my favorite sum...

Today we're fortunate to have fellow Carina author Juliana Ross on the blog, telling us about her work as a guide in a living history ...

When I visited the British National Gallery a few years ago, one portrait really caught my attention. It was Don Justino de Neve by Bartol...

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, it might be fun to take a look at the history of tequila. First, let’s dispense with the myth of the worm in t...

Now that I've got a total of four completed manuscripts under my belt (three published or contracted, one under the bed), not to mention...

Writer's Block. I am blocked. I think I can stop using other excuses after a year and five months and admit to myself that I am goo...

I’m having fun writing the second in my series, The Forster Dynasty. The hero is a barrister struggling to make a living by defending co...

LIFE IS CHANGE. GROWTH IS OPTIONAL. CHOOSE WISELY. Anonymous We’ve all know that there are two things we can rely on in life: death an...