BETRAYED

I wanted to share this wonderful interview with blogger Jorie of Jorie Loves a Story (great rhyming title, eh?). What I love about this format is that it isn’t just straight question and answer; Jorie includes a little rejoinder to each of my responses before moving on. It makes for a really nice, intimate interview. I’m so grateful that Jorie took the time to come up with such specific questions. I hope you’ll enjoy...

  I saw this photograph of a French chateau in the Wall Street Journal Magazine and taped it above my desk for inspiration while I was working on Betrayed. I think it’s important to have visual cues to provide atmosphere. I also culled images from my many books about Versailles. This particular image is the main entrance to a chateau in the French city of Pouy-sur-Vannes. The photo’s caption states that it’s...

Those of you who are reading Betrayed, I have a lot of wonderful travel photographs to share with you in the upcoming weeks. Mention of the Marlborough Tower begins on page 37. Here I am, years ago, with the tower in the background behind me, stairs winding enticely up. I certainly wish I’d combed my hair for this shot, but windblown tourists just don’t care. The neat thing about the tower is that it was built to look...

The yew tree appears in my Arnaud Legacy series with great import, so when I recently saw something on Facebook from fellow author Margaret Evans Porter about yew trees, I asked her if she’d be willing to guest post here. She very graciously said yes, and included a plethora of gorgeous photographs. This is going to be a pleasure…pour a cup of tea and enjoy learning more about these trees with a fascinating history! Thank...

It was a fun night at Barnes & Noble Natomas for their inaugural B-Fest, a young adult festival that took place in Barnes & Nobles across the nation. I was so happy to be invited to participate and give a major shout-out to Lisa Savage at the store for leading us in fun trivia! The questions were indeed very hard, and I was impressed with the level of commitment and fortitude shown by all contestants. I had brought...

I’ll be appearing with several other authors at the Natomas (California) Barnes and Noble. So fun to be part of this B-Fest. I’ll be there Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. to meet, greet and sign books! This is the awesome picture they’ve been tweeting. By the way, you can find me on Twitter @LynnCarthage. Hopefully see you...