Ahoy and well met my fine friends!
We have our second book signing scheduled for my young adult pirate novel 
Date: April 10th, 2010
Location: The Pirate Ship Restaurant, 495 Greenbrae Drive, Reno, NV.
Apr 042010
Mar 052010
Thank you to everyone who joined me at the Pirate Ship Restaurant for the first reading and signing of Hoist the Colors. The beer was good and food delicious. Thank you to Serena and Jerry Wagner for allowing us to come aboard!
I am currently looking for a new location to do another reading and signing before April.
So far, my husband and I are enjoying our lazy Sunday afternoon. After the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Virginia City and standing out in the sub-freezing temperatures, a day indoors is exactly what the doctor has ordered. Besides a bit of breakfast and maybe gardening if the day improves, our plans are non-existent.
Again, thank you to everyone who came down to hear Chapter 3 at the Pirate Ship.
Mar 012010
March 13th (7:00-8:00pm)- The Pirate Ship Restaurant
495 Greenbrae Drive
Sparks, NV 89431-3136
(775) 331-7203
for more information visit PiratesHarbor.net
April 18th (3:00-3:30pm) – Grassroots Books
660 E. Grove Street
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 828.BOOK
for more information visit PiratesHarbor.net
Feb 072010
March 13, 2010 : I will be at the Pirate Ship Restaurant on 495 Greenbrae Drive, Sparks, Nevada from 7 -8pm. For more information please visit the link here
Reading Chapter 1 of Hoist the Colors.
Synopsis:
Madeleine and Nicholas Valmont are the only children of the governor of Port Royal, Jamaica. Madeleine is fifteen-years-old and six months away from being brought out into society. She daydreams of a different life, wanting to learn more about the outside world. Nicholas, three years older, returns from being a soldier with a hand wound and a desire sail the seas. While his mother is trying desperately to arrange a suitable match, Nicholas carouses in taverns and seduces young bar maids in his free time.
One night, during the Spring Ball, pirates looting the governor’s mansion unsuspectingly carry off Madeleine in a grain barrel. Feeling as though it is his fault, since it was his idea to put her there, Nicholas goes to rescue his sister. Once on board the pirates’ ship, Nicholas finds himself on the wrong end of a flintlock pistol where he meets Captain Redbeard, a fierce-looking beast of a man.
Once a fearsome pirate, Redbeard leads a crew of outcasts, driven into the life of piracy through mistakes society could not forgive. Now, they steal what they need in order to keep the innocent and the condemned alive. As their paths cross, Redbeard must decide the fates of the young Madeleine and her headstrong brother.
Can the Captain keep both of them safe when ghosts from his past resurface, demanding his blood?
Jan 302010
Edit: I added a snippet of Hoist the Colors – I hope you enjoy it!
With my pirates novel in publishing limbo, I started a new story set in late 19th century England. The summary so far is Amelia Holloway is at a boarding school in France when she receives word of her parents’ death. Her godfather, Harold Mendenhall, a man she barely remembers, has become her new guardian and bringing her back to London. Before Amelia arrives, the Dean of Oxford is murdered and all of Harold’s research notes are stolen. After Christmas, he is planning an archaeological dig to Egypt and has plans of taking Amelia with him.
On the boat ride over, Amelia meets a handsome Egyptian named Samir Mubarak and after a dead body is found, she isn’t sure whether to trust him or declare him a murderer.
That is all I have so far. I have mapped out the rough parts of my Amelia blockage and planned the Egypt trip to come at the end of the story so the following installment would have her there. Recently, I have been watching Upstairs Downstairs and even though the story line begins about 1903, the ideas are a continuation from the previous century. The series ran for 10 years (I think) and well worth watching if you enjoyed Gosford Park. Tells the story of a (post) Victorian family from the view of their servants. I love it. Leaning on the plot from Northanger Abbey and Victorian Society for Amelia, I want to bring the era into the story. The mannerisms, the etiquette, the expectations and the downfalls of marrying for love and position. Also, the poverty and class distinction.
Amelia Goes to Egypt is now Season of Mists.
