|
|
|
|
If you visit the blog or my website this weekend, you may find it temporarily offline. The fabulous Frauke at CrocoDesigns is helping me sharpen up my WordPress template and make the whole site a little easier to use (for both me and others). I’ve decided to convert the non-blog part of my site to WordPress, too, so the conversion is going to take place this weekend. See you next week, all spiffy and updated!
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!… Read More »
|
Okay, it hasn’t been raining quite that long, but it sure feels like we’re going to float away. Southern California is having what’s being called “our biggest storm of the year”, which to someone who grew up in the Midwest feels odd, because I think of a storm as a quick, crashing downpour accompanied by lightning and scary winds, and a California “storm” is more like…rain. And more rain. And a bit of a break, and then more rain.
Rain is good! (Unless you live in one of those areas where the brushfires were burning a few months ago, so now you’re in danger of mudslides. We don’t.) We always need water here. And once upon a time, I loved a rainy day. Rainy days meant cozying up with my favorite sweatshirt and blankets and tea and a good book. Mmmmm, nice.
At this stage in my life, however, rainy days mean two darelings literally bouncing off the walls with pent-up energy. In recent days, we’ve made cupcakes, done craft projects, used up every last piece of construction paper, and played lots of board and card games the darelings are really too young to understand. (My eldest’s idea of playing crazy eights is to spend ten minutes divvying up the cards so that she gets all the eights. Unsurprisingly, it’s a no-fail strategy!)
So here we are facing yet another rainy day with no school… Um, help? Please? What do I do with these kids?… Read More »
|
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
One of the best things about being a romance writer is that I often feel like I’m living Valentine’s Day all year round. So setting aside one separate day to celebrate romance seems a little odd, given my profession. Maybe kinda like being the presidential biographer on Presidents’ Day? Everyone else is suddenly paying attention to your field, but for you, it’s just another day of business as usual.
But there are all kinds of love stories in the world. Especially after I’ve become a mother, true stories like this one touch my heart in ways no Regency-era courtship can.
Read the full story here--it’s worth your time.
And here are my three favorite Valentine’s Day cards so far: Coverflats arrived this week!
When you twist them in the light, those oval medallions shimmer. I can’t stop looking at them. Ooooh, shiny.… Read More »
|
Okay, I promised this post a few weeks ago now. I’d been holding off, hoping I could get the blurb of my soon-to-be-epubbed novella together, but it’s still in the works. Darn if that isn’t proving to be the hardest book ever to blurb.
Anyhow, I posted a few weeks ago about my belief that e-publishing is good for the romance genre. And today I’m posting about why I think it’s a good move for me. I have a NY print contract and three books coming out this year. In terms of royalties and readership, realistically speaking, my e-pub novella is not going to come anywhere close to my print figures. So what’s in it for me?… Read More »
|
Note: If you’re looking for information about The Bride Bet, please look for updates on the book’s page.
Join my mailing list to receive reminders when my books release, event announcements, and sneak peeks. I promise not to flood you with emails, and I’ll never share or sell your email address.
While I deeply appreciate readers taking the time to send a message, at this time I am not able to personally respond. However, I do have a page with answers to many Frequently Asked Questions.
Please come join me on Facebook by liking my page or joining my reader group, The Secret Society of Damsels Who Dare.
I can also be found on Twitter and Instagram.
While I’m only too happy to receive actual-factual letters and postcards, I do not respond to them. No packages, please! The box is too small, and they will be returned by the post office.
Tessa Dare
P.O. Box 8668
Brea, CA 92822… Read More »
|
The site was designed by Croco Designs. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell or transmit any of these images without permission.
Photos of Tessa are the courtesy of Raphael Maglonzo.
All cover art and copy is copyrighted by the respective publisher, and all rights are reserved by the respective publisher. All book excerpts contained in this site are copyrighted by the author.
The site and blog are powered by WordPress.
Privacy Policy » | Cookie Policy »
If you have questions or comments about the site, please contact Tessa directly.… Read More »
|
Tessa Dare is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty historical romances.
Mixing wit, sensuality, and emotion, Tessa writes Regency-set romance novels that feel relatable to modern readers. With her bestselling “Spindle Cove”, “Castles Ever After”, and “Girl Meets Duke” series, she has had great fun creating heroines who defy the conventions of their time—engaging in “unladylike” pursuits that range from paleontology to beer-making—and dreaming up the strong-willed, sexy heroes who find their hearts ensnared by them.
A librarian by training and a booklover at heart, Tessa makes her home in Southern California, where she lives with her husband, their two children, and a trio of cosmic kitties.
Click here for Tessa’s Upcoming Book Signings & Appearances
Tessa is represented by Steve Axelrod of The Axelrod Agency. Please email rights inquiries to Steve @ AxelrodAgency.com
Clicking on thumbnail will download the larger, high-resolution file.
Photo credit: Jenn LeBlanc for Studio Smexy.
|
It’s Tuesday, and I try to always blog on Tuesdays. And usually I blog about something related to writing, because…uh, because I really have no life. Seriously. I write, I take care of my kids, I work at the library from time to time, I spend some time with Mr. Dare, and I try to keep the laundry pile from growing large enough to develop sentience. That’s about it.
But wow – this week, I had a social life! I went to a movie. I went to a wine-tasting party on Saturday, and then a Super Bowl party on Sunday. Whee!!
The movie I saw was Slumdog Millionaire. And if you only see one movie this year (says the girl who only sees one movie a year), I suggest you make it this one. Wow. So gutwrenching and so heartwarming, so awful and wonderful, all at once. It reminded me of that oft-repeated writing advice: Make your characters suffer. (Oops, I’m blogging about writing after all. Oh, well.) The protagonist, a Mumbai orphan named Jamal, has to go through so much crap (literally and figuratively) in this movie, by the last half-hour I just wanted to find director Danny Boyle and wring his guts until they felt as knotted as mine did. But oh, how deeply it made me care. And ah, how sweet the ending was, after all that pain. As I left the theater, I felt resolved to put my characters through hell in this next book–and … Read More »
