A hasty post as I’m still entertaining my delightful guests, who seem to be having a good time. I know I am, though I’m also aware of my shortcomings as a hostess. I’m used to living on my own, never paying attention to clocks (except once a week 🙂 and not planning ahead. But there’s…
Category: The Mangrove Legacy
Six Sentence Sunday: The Mangrove Legacy
I nearly forgot about the Six Sentence Sunday meme: perish the thought. I have since discovered that there is also a Tuesday Serial meme, so I have to also remember to add Airships & Alchemy to that. As usual, be sure to drop by and see all the other six sentences — it’s a great…
Authors After Dark
There’s a wonderful exchange near the beginning of Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women (1939) that I’ve always enjoyed although it kind of stabs me in the heart, too. If you don’t know this film, you need to see it at once: Edith Potter: Weren’t you going to Africa to shoot, Nancy? Nancy Blake: As soon as my…
Buy a Signed Copy of The Mangrove Legacy
Available now! Let me know if you want it signed and/or personalised. In case you need a refresher on the subject matter: A gothic novel of mystery, romance, and pockets. Follow cousins Alice and Lizzie as they are kidnapped from Lord Mangrove’s funeral cortege, spirited away by highwaymen, then sold to nefarious seamen until they’re…
They’re Here
A nice surprise awaited me when I got home tonight, thanks to my neighbour who must have met the FedEx deliverer. Usually they just ring the doorbell that doesn’t work and then leave. It’s always a lovely feeling to open a box full of your books. Stella’s lovely cover looks good in print, too. I…
Kit Marlowe Speaks / TOF: Impromptu
Kit Marlowe makes a visit over at JoJo’s Book Corner today where she reads from The Mangrove Legacy and gives away prizes including an exclusive mug! This is all part of the building excitement for Authors After Dark where Kit and I and a whole host of lovely writers will be converging on Philadelphia for…
Things to Celebrate
UPDATE: I’ll be reading as the narrator for the College of Saint Rose Women’s Initiative’s presentation of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues Saturday night at 7pm. The show plays on Sunday at 3pm with my fabulous colleague and friend Angela Ledford as narrator. Tickets benefit Equinox. Girls Next Door will be performing at the interval….
How I Came to Write this Book
I’m hosted over at Patti Abbott’s blog where I reveal: “How I Came To Write This Book” How I Came to Write this Book, K. A. Laity THE MANGROVE LEGACY Kit Marlowe, Tease Publishing, Dec 2010, ISBN 9781607671275, $5.99 In 2002, I moved to Houston, Texas with my husband. I hadn’t quite got around to…
BitchBuzz and a Contest
Yes, up to my usual anti-social behavior in my column this week: No Ho-Ho Holiday Films! By K.A. Laity When you’ve seen too many cheery reindeer, children singing and hearts growing three sizes, it’s time to strike back. I know there are many who can’t wait to pull out that pile of Christmas DVDs every…
The Mangrove Legacy ON SALE NOW!
Kit Marlowe‘s novel The Mangrove Legacy is out! For sale now at All Romance eBooks — just $5.99. Two English girls, pirates, kidnappers, orphans, disguises, a ghost, interesting facts about insects, cheese, the King of Naples and at least one improving book:This ain’t your mama’s Gothic! Yes, very pleased to have this out. Thanks for…
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