Olivia, my heroine in A Note of Scandal, is a high-born lady (daughter of a marquess), so you’d think she had it made. But what she longs to do – write music and perform it – was considered déclassé, and her parents feel so strongly about it she would never even think to do it. [...]
No not the book, sorry, but postcards! Send me your snail-mail address (nicky@nickypenttila.com) [email fixed, sorry sorry] and I’ll send one right out; if you promise to share I’ll send you more than one.
In less than 24 hours, I’ll be a published author, and the anticipation is bracingly sweet. Strangers took a chance on my writing by agreeing to publish it (thanks, Evernight Publishing!). And now strangers will read it and (please, please) love it and want more. How great is that? Here’s a taste: Wellington snapped his [...]
Today’s six are from A Note of Scandal, which will release next week from Evernight Publishing. Remember to check out the other Six Sentence Sunday posts–and as always remember that some are not appropriate for under 18. “Merry, I told you not to come,” he said. His voice carried no trace of the pure tenor [...]
You might wonder at the idea of a newspaper publisher being the hero of a regency-set novel, but once I learned of John Walter II and what he did, I knew I had to at least try to tell the story. Newspapers in the 1700s and early 1800s practiced a form of “advocacy journalism,” a [...]
Last week I attended a Learning & the Brain conference and a Neuro-education summit, and I’m still processing all I heard. Two things stood out: We’re not so much multitaskers — Try this out loud: 1. As fast as you can, say out loud the numbers 1 through 10. 2. As fast as you can, [...]
A Note of Scandal has a release date — May 17 — and a new page all its own. You can’t buy it anywhere yet, but you can check out the first excerpt.
I’m on the road this month, traveling in Catalonia, Andalusia, and Galicia in Spain. I plan to post a photo or two each day on my author page on Facebook. Try out the cool FB tab on the left of this page to see some, or just go straight to the page to see them [...]
So, I sold my first romance novel! To Evernight Publishing, which publishes primarily e-books; if mine someday sell enough, they might get a print run, too. We’ve not fixed on a release date, but it might be as soon as May. While many of Evernight’s offerings are erotic and mine’s only “heat level 2,” I’d [...]
I thought I’d miss cherry blossom time this year, as I’m leaving for Spain in a week. But the blossoms are two weeks early! Hard on the allergies, but lovely to look at. I went with one of my sisters-in-law to see them Thursday after work, warm and busy but not as rushed as the [...]
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