A Friday Visit with Joanna Chambers

Alix Rickloff by Alix Rickloff December 30th, 2011

Today the Musers are happy to welcome Joanna Chambers  for a visit in our guest chair to talk about her latest book, The Lady’s Secret just out from Carina Press.  Joanna is a fellow Carina author, and I’m delighted she could take time to sit down with us.

A little bit about her before we begin:

Joanna always wanted to write.  She spent over 20 years staring at blank sheets of paper and despairing of ever writing a single word.  In between staring at blank sheets of paper, she studied law, met her husband and had two children.  Whilst nursing her first child, she rediscovered her love of romance and found her muse.  Joanna lives in Scotland with her family and finds time to write by eschewing sleep and popular culture.

So, with no further ado, pull up a chair, have some leftover Christmas fudge and a cup of your beverage of choice, and we’ll let Joanna take it away! Read the rest of this entry »

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A Friday Visit With Ruth A. Casie

Alix Rickloff by Alix Rickloff December 9th, 2011

For twenty-five years Ruth A. Casie has been writing for corporate America. Encouraged by her family and friends this ballroom dancing, Sudoku playing, aspiring gourmet cook gave way to her inner muse, let her creative juices flow, and started writing a series of historical time travel romance stories. Her debut novel, Knight of Runes published by Carina Press is now available. Today she is here visiting the Muse to talk with us about her new release and letting go, so without further ado today’s fabulous Friday guest … Ruth A. Casie

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A Friday Visit With Angela Campbell

Alix Rickloff by Alix Rickloff November 25th, 2011

It’s Friday at the Muse and that means another visit from another great guest blogger! Today we have Angela Campbell taking time from her chaotic holiday weekend to chat with us about her recent Carina Press release CRY WOLF.

Welcome, Angela, and thanks for coming by!

First of all, I’d like to say thanks to the group here at Blame It On The Muse for hosting me today. I have to admit I’m quite exhausted on this Black Friday after eating waaay too much yesterday and shopping waaay too early this morning. Rather than risk babbling away like some hyped-up coffee junkie on only three hours sleep, I thought I’d extend an invitation to Andrea Lockhart, the main character of my recently released book, “Cry Wolf,” to keep things interesting. You see, Andrea is a reporter for a tabloid, so if anyone knows how to keep things entertaining, it’s her. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Writer’s 3 R’s – Readin’, Ritin’ and Research

Alix Rickloff by Alix Rickloff November 18th, 2011

I spent yesterday at the Alamo, asking docents so many weird questions they began looking at me askance. I also bought so many reference books that The Husband looked despairingly at me. I’m still not sure how we’re going to get them home, but they are essential. Finally I sat around the Alamo a lot, in different places, simply trying to absorb the atmosphere, the feeling of the place – at least, as much as possible when surrounded by a gazillion badly dressed and worse mannered tourists.

All this when I’ve already been to the Alamo probably 40-50 times in my life. So why the assault now? Because before it was for pleasure. This time it is for research for a book that has been determinedly bubbling in the back of my brain for a while, and that’s totally different. Research is important! Read the rest of this entry »

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The Great Debate by Alix Rickloff

Alix Rickloff by Alix Rickloff November 15th, 2011

The Great Debate — at least among historical writers — always seems to be; how do we balance accurately depicting our era while at the same time making it accessible to the average reader? Read the rest of this entry »

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