RUTHLESS IN AUDIO
RUTHLESS is out in unabridged audio, narrated by the divine Susan Ericksen (who usually does J.D. Robb) and I'm happy happy happy. It's at Audible.com or direct from Tantor Media, and it will be...
View ArticleSAVE "OFF THE MAP"!
So I have a favorite new tv show and it's in danger of being cancelled. Anyone watch "Off the Map"? It's perfect inspiration for the first section of ON THIN ICE, the book (an Ice book, natch) that I'm...
View ArticleMarathon Redux
I don’t actually know what redux means. I assume it means again — lemme check friendly old google. Aha. It doesn’t actually mean again, it means revisiting, so I don’t mean redux, but WTF. I like the...
View ArticleWhy I Write
I do happen to have the best job in the world. I get to spend the day immersing myself in fantasy, spinning it out, shutting out all the nasty, fretful, wicked stuff that likes to beset me (such as the...
View ArticleTIRED
I really am not Superwoman, even though I often think I am. Having delusions of omnipotence usually serves me well — I just think I can write or do whatever interests me.However, as the advanced age of...
View ArticleGONE WITH THE WIND (and good riddance)
It’s the 75th anniversary of the publication of Gone With the Wind. Those were the good old days when a historical romance could win a Pulitzer Prize. As I remember I loved the book much more than I...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name?
Shakespeare. You gotta love him. At least, I certainly do. When I was young I memorized the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet (that's where the quote from above comes from). I collected Hamlets...
View ArticleRESEARCH
My darling niece Jenny is lucky enough to live at Lake Tahoe. She's a ski instructor in the winter and a wedding planner (among other things) in the summer, and she just brought something fascinating...
View ArticleSafe and Sound
My darlings! I'm safe and sound in storm-battled Vermont. I live on a hill, a bit away from running water, so we've had to deal with nothing more than a little inconvenience. The rest of the state is a...
View ArticleKindled
Countdown to the amazing Kindle release and release of my books, but first, a word about my mother. She's spent all her life writing -- got her degree in Journalism from Columbia, worked as a speech...
View ArticleAMAZON
Oh, the wonders of Amazon! Okay, I know some people don’t like them, because there’s an ugly American trait to despise success. People adored Titantic when it first came out (and I guess the comparison...
View ArticleNANOWRIMO TIME
It’s NANO time again. No, not time to play your iPod, though that’s certainly the case as well. It’s National Novel Writing Month, the brainchild of Chris Baty, wherein forty-three gazillion people...
View ArticleMrs. Grouchy Pants
In honor of the late, exceedingly grumpy Andy Rooney, I'm going to give in to my inner bitch. She's well-hidden, is Bad Krissie, partly because I had a raging virago of a mother (when she was in her...
View ArticleBreaking the Rules
I once broke the cardinal rule of romance writing. It wasn’t my fault. Back in the day, it seemed impossible to carry a believable, interesting romance over a number of books. If you followed up a love...
View ArticleIVORY TOWER
I need one. An ivory tower, that is. I'll need an elevator if I plan to leave, since I don't do massive flights of stairs that well. Then again, if I'm up there long enough and grow my hair down to the...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
I just read two absolutely fabulous historical romances. They made me laugh, made me cry, turned me on. They were glorious.And I happened to write them. So long ago that reading them felt like reading...
View ArticleREINVENTING FABULOUS
It's time for a change. I'm 63 years old and fat fat fat (I hate that word). I feel bad. My back hurts, my knees hurt, my stomach hurts. I want to live forever. I want to be as glorious as I can...
View ArticleSupernatural Chat with Crusie and Rich
This is the second in a series of Three Goddess Chats, brought to you by Krissie (aka Anne Stuart and Kristina Douglas), Lucy (Lucy March aka Lani Diane Rich), and Jenny (Jenny Crusie), who meet in a...
View ArticleHeroines
This is the third in a series of Three Goddess Chats, brought to you by Krissie (aka Anne Stuart and Kristina Douglas), Lucy (Lucy March aka Lani Diane Rich), and Jenny (Jenny Crusie), who meet in a...
View ArticleAudio books
God, so I love audio books. I love them with a fierce passion, and it's probably easy enough to understand. I assume everyone who reads this is either a reader or a writer and a reader. We all started...
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