Anne Stuart's Blog

Sometime I'm really going to have to learn how to use Squarespace, but I'm like most people - I jump right into a program or a piece of technology and it's only under duress that I RTFM (Read The Fucking Manual).  But I digress.

That's a very old book of mine - Banish Misfortune (which belatedly all the editors realized you said Banish Mishfortune if you weren't careful)l.  When Harlequin was finally going to reprint it they were going to change the title, but then we took it back and I'm goi...

That's my earnest look.
I have so freaking much work to do, so many things I have to do, so many things I want to do. Revisions on an old book, writing on a new one, swimming, working on finances, finishing up the AG (American Girl) outfit I'm sewing (in honor of K-dramas, which I've been watching, I'm making her a ... forget the terms. Anyway a traditional Korean outfit - pictures later). Plus, I have an appointment with my therapist.

And you know what I'm going to do? Blow off everything. It...

That's my earnest look.
I have so freaking much work to do, so many things I have to do, so many things I want to do. Revisions on an old book, writing on a new one, swimming, working on finances, finishing up the AG (American Girl) outfit I'm sewing (in honor of K-dramas, which I've been watching, I'm making her a ... forget the terms. Anyway a traditional Korean outfit - pictures later). Plus, I have an appointment with my therapist.

And you know what I'm going to do? Blow off everything. It...

See, I actually used to write my books on a typewriter.  That photo was taken when I was on my fifth or sixth published book, and needless to say I was a baby.    In some ways I miss my typewriter - I liked the neat little clack of the keys, the pile of papers that would accumulate.  I don't miss typos and corrections and having to type three drafts (which I did in the beginning) or having to consider whether one small change was worth having to retype the whole damned page.  And I adore tec...

Well, you know, I could come on here and try to push my books, which is probably what anyone who reads my blog is interested in, but that's why I never post.  I have another place where I talk about everything under the sun, and you know, I think I'm gonna do it here too.  I'll tag the writing posts, but in the meantime I'm not big on commercial relationships.  I like friends, and whether you like it or not, my children, I consider you friends.

So, anyway, how did you guys survive the blizzar...

Hello, my children!  What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with a new book?  WILDFIRE is the latest in the FIRE and ICE books - a member of Committee travels undercover to a private island in the Gulf of Mexico.  His job is to terminate the megalomaniac who lives there who's trafficking in weapons of mass destruction.  Getting in his way will be Sophie, the man's wife, and a former agent herself.  She'd had the original mission, and instead she'd fallen in love with the man and b...

I live in one of the most beautiful areas of the country - northern Vermont - and autumn is amazing. The leaves have the most astounding colors - crimson, orange, flame, coral. Everywhere you go there is enough color to make your eyes bleed, and we all talk about when "peak" is - the day when the color is at its height. Once that's past and the color starts fading and leaves start falling to the ground people tend to think it's all over and nothing but winter ahead. But that's when one of my...

I spend my summers acting. Sometimes I'm a Shakespearian court member or a soprano in the chorus, sometimes I've got something juicier. I don't really care -- I just love being a part of our wonderful group. I'm greedy, so this year I'm in both productions, Annie Get Your Gun and To Kill a Mockingbird. For Annie I'm Chief Eagle Feather, complete with blonde hair and Danish complexion, as well as singing as high as an A (below high C). Don't think I could sing a B or a C, but fortunately I'm n...

Yes, we know I'm evil and I don't come here often enough, but I've decided it's time to stop being a good girl and let my freak flag fly. I'm going to say what I want and do what I want and damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead, etc. etc.

But you already do that, Sister Krissie, you say. I know, I know, and I've gotten into a lot of trouble for it over the years. But you know, that's one good thing about getting older - it puts everything in perspective, and things that were devastating a few y...

I've had a lovely new year, having had my shoulder sawed apart and a new joint implanted (ouch!). It's been a literal pain, and it seems all I do is go to physical therapy and do exercises, but in between I've been writing like made. First I reread my second Regency, THE SPINSTER AND THE RAKE, and was very happily surprised. It's a bit Old Skool, but still felt fresh, so I cut back on the Georgette Heyerisms (just a bit, because that's the flavor of the book) and added pages and pages of sex,...