Pics for Irish Tea Brack and 3-Legged Cat

A terrible photo of tea brack by a terrible photographer (me). It's much darker and more beautiful. The recipe will be up tomorrow on the Harlequin Historical Authors blog.

This is the Three-Legged Cat that belongs to our friends in Ireland, about to walk away...

And at rest.

Ireland pics for my blog on eharlequin

A view in Northern Ireland, in the countryside south of Derry.

On the old city wall of Derry

The Peace Bridge over the River Foyle

The Ireland blog is now up -- go here.

Argh! Testing to see if all my setups are gone

I'm late as usual remembering to post things here, but since some of my Facebook setups have disappeared, I will post anyway to see if this post shows up there. Or on Twitter. Or both!

Today, I'm having fun at Ellis Vidler's Unpredictable Muse talking about taking my Muse for a ride.

This month, I'm a spotlighted author at Nights and Weekends. Thank you, Margaret Marr!

The Wanton Goveness -- Release Day!

Today is release day for my new Regency e-novella, The Wanton Governess! Pompeia, the heroine, was a hoot to write, and the cover conveys her nature beautifully. (Kudos to Harlequin's art department:)). I've posted an excerpt in two places today, at the Pink Fuzzy Slipper Writers and the Harlequin Historical Authors blog. (Same excerpt, different sorts of blogs. The Pink Fuzzies blog on all sorts of random topics as well as their books; the Harlequin historical authors post lots of cool stuff about history. Take your pick, if you'd like a peek into Pompeia's wanton heart!)

The Wanton Governess is available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, eHarlequin, and other places where e-books are sold.

Okay now -- here's the blog to go with Saturday's pics:

The Two Faces of Masquerade

or, if you have difficulty navigating and commenting on the eharlequin site, it's also up here, at the Harlequin Historical Authors independent blog:

http://harlequinhistoricalauthors.blogspot.com/2011/07/two-faces-of-masquerade.html

I've asked a philosophical sort of question about why masquerades were so enticing, in spite of (or maybe because of) their dangers. I'd love to write a Harlequin Undone where the lovers meet at a masquerade. Would you like to read one?

Pics for Masquerade Blog

Miss Chudleigh as Iphigenia, 1849

Rowlandson, Dance of Death: The Masquerade

Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall! Astonishingly, I managed to post all four pics to the eHarlequin blog. (Maybe I'm finally getting the hang of it.:) My blog about this gorgeous Elizabethan house is here.