Last June ’11, we at Lady Jane’s had a very special group of visitors, Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker, Laurie Kahn and her crew with The Popular Romance Project. With grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mass Humanities, Romance Writers of America, and the Tavris Fund at Brandeis University/Women’s Studies Research Center, [...]
Join us for our next Lady Jane’s Salon as we welcome spring with guest authors Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cara Elliott and Suzanne Brockmann reading from their latest releases. Event sponsor: Little Black Dress Vodka. Admission: $5 or one donated romance novel. Net proceeds support an end-of-year donation to a NYC women’s charity. Lady Jane’s meets [...]
Join me for this Monday’s Lady Jane’s Salon on Monday, March 5th, 7-9PM at Madame X. Along with hosting, I’ll be reading from Tempting and sharing the Salon stage with three great guest readers Lisa Dale, Kate McMurray, and Sarah MacLean. Admission: $5 or one gently used paperback romance novel to benefit a NYC women’s [...]
February 7, 2012 – 4:26 pm
M/our Lady Jane’s Salon, NYC’s first and only monthly romance reading series, turned the Big 0-3 last night, and we pulled out all the stops and then some to celebrate Her Ladyship’s special night. Guest authors were S.b. Sarah Wendell, Lauren Willig, and Eloisa James! As in previous years, we made our annual End of [...]
January 30, 2012 – 1:34 pm
OK, so I was dutifully reading Google’s new Privacy Policy Alert, an action clearly undertaken to avoid line edits on my Work in Progress, when I unearthed this blast from the past 2007 video interview on my then new book, STROKES OF MIDNIGHT. The video, made by Pacific TV for the Romance Writers of America [...]
January 8, 2012 – 3:51 pm
I’d like to start by sharing one of my favorite quotes by another romance writer you may have heard of, Mary Ann Evans. “You’re never too old to be who you might have been.” –George Elliot. You tell ‘em, Mary Ann. 2011 was, in many ways the year in which seeds were sewn for me. [...]
December 2, 2011 – 4:07 pm
Can the winter holidays be upon us already!?! To help get in the holiday swing, please take two ticks and check out these contemporary and historical Christmas romance releases. Print copies may or may not be available but all are available as digital releases on Kindle and Nook. And if you’re in the NYC area, [...]
We’re back from the July break, rested up and restored after The RWA Conference and ready to go with another fab Lady Jane’s Salon. The August Salon welcomes five fabulous guest readers. Returning to the Salon stage: Dee Davis, Mingmei Yip, and Janet Mullany. Appearing for the first time will be Kathleen O’Reilly and Ken [...]
As many of you know from your lovely support both past and present, last fall I ventured into the app front with the release of my first iPhone app, Beer Gardens NYC. Co-created with my partner, Raj Moorjani, Beer Gardens NYC is a guide to more than 50 NYC beer gardens by borough, neighborhood and [...]
Last Monday’s Super Special Lady Jane’s Salon was that (and more), the national Romance Writers of America Conference here in NYC was one of the best ever, and now we’re coming up on a long–and hopefully leisurely–holiday weekend. Ahhh… Look for video and a brief recap of Lady Jane’s coming soon. For now… Happy Fourth [...]