Rome, 300 and all things ancient

I am a historian by trade which means, yes, I am a cliche, I love all things ancient. Be it books, movies, tv shows, vacations...

Nothing has captivated my attention so much as the HBO series Rome. I missed this first time around on tv and recently purchased the box set. By the end of episode one I was hooked. There are a few historical boo-boos, Ciaran Hinds' Caesar is not how I expected him to be, but there are good things. Good things in the shape of Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson).

He is a real man's man. A dominating soldier, a fierce lover, yet deep down he has a tender heart. This is why I write. This is the kind of character I love to create - the Titus Pullo's of the literary world.


Moving onto movies. I saw the trailer for 300 today. The visual effects look stunning. I cannot wait to see it.

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful and happy Merry Christmas!

May Santa bring you everything you wished for this holiday season.

Best wishes and every happiness for the New Year ahead.

This is me signing out for a few days to eat, eat and eat some more ;) Whatever you are doing for the holidays, stay safe!

Scarlett x

Devil's Dance and my latest man candy

The title of Snow White Queen has now been changed to Devil's Dance. As my ever present beta reader told me, the new title is more in keeping with the theme of the story. I think she may be right, Luc Campbell is definitely more of a Devil ;)

My latest inspiration for the loveable devil is Matt Schulze:

Chatting with Fallen Angel Review Chatters

Join me on December 18th at Fallen Angel Reviews!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FallenAngelReviewChatters/

Between 10am-12pm EST, come join me and the other author of The Wild Rose Press for an author chat. As always there will be exerpts, synopsis and most likely a ton of goodies up for grabs.

I would love to see you there :)

A Writer's Embarassing Confession

That's right, time for me to own up to something extremely embarassing. I cannot spell. No, really, spelling and grammar are my nemesis. I'm awful at both of those things. I can throw together a few chapters, but as for spelling - thank god for spell checker! We won't even mention grammar! Those apostrophes, colons, semi colons ...just thinking about them brings me out in cold sweats!

No matter how much I try, I cannot seem to muster the courage and over come those dreadful grammatical errors. *blushes*

Does any one else suffers from a writing nemesis?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Someone asked me the other day how I can be so organized. To be honest, I have no idea. All I can say is thank god for my palm pilot! I make tons of 'to do' lists and gradually I seem to get down all the holiday and daily chores. Previous I've written all these lists on pieces of paper, only to find they disappear as the week move on.

Palm pilot, Scarlett salutes you!

My halls are decked, my presents are almost (not quite) wrapped, my christmas cards are sent. As for baking, ahhhh, lets avoid that subject.

Writing wise, I'm working on a Scarlet rose, hopefully once it's finished TWRP will want to contract it. *fingers crossed*

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all who joined and chatted with us Wild Rose Press authors at Joyfully Reviewed. I, for one, had a blast.

Chatting at Joyfully Reviewed today

Whew! Well I am finally back from vacation. I had three weeks of being pampered, and now I'm trying to find the delicate balance of work, work and did I mention, work?!

Just a reminder I will be chatting at Joyfully Reviewed today:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chatting_with_Joyfully_Reviewed/

It's a yahoo group, so please come by and say hi! This is my first official chat...or even participation in anything author based (lol). I'm nervous to say the least.

Hope your holiday plans are all going well. *looks over at huge pile of gifts yet to be wrapped and decorations to deal with* Mine are going just swell ;)

The Invitation - release date and cover

It's finally here! The release date for The Invitation is today! December 1st.

Here is the wonderful cover-

Evie Ward lives in her head. As a writer she weaves magical tales of timeless love, things that go bump in the night and seductive, charismatic heroes. When an invitation to the most prestigious Christmas Eve ball in the country arrives, Evie is stunned. Personally signed by the handsome, yet elusive, Gabriel Longthorn, she begins to wonder what a man like him could possibly want with her. Could it be her wildest fantasies of Christmas at Longthorn Manor are finally coming true? Whisked into a fairytale world where everything she can imagine is real, Evie must take a leap of faith this Christmas if she is to change her life forever…

Available from The Wild Rose Press Now!!!!

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