Category: Book Matters
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My kids sometimes reminisce about their childhood years. They remember when I used to blast rock ‘n’ roll music and we’d dance while we were cleaning the house. Music is a natural accompaniment to the rhythms of life. My son-in-law still smiles about the time when my husband and I were there with them after…
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I am no stranger to publishing. As a historian and college professor, I published two books and several journal articles with academic presses. These provided copy-editing. But it was I who had to make the final edits to complete the manuscripts. For the contemporary romances in the Providence Office Series, I did extensive copy-editing on…
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If you were to google my name, another woman named Margaret Manchester, a writer of historical romances, would be the first to appear. What are the odds? We have the same name, we were both academics before we turned to writing fiction—she lives in northern England, I live in New England. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be…
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I am a historian, specializing in Cold War history and the history of American Foreign Relations. I have published two books and several articles. I never had formal training as a writer. I remember my mentor at Clark University, Dr. Douglas Little. When I first submitted drafts of my work, Doug would wring his hands…
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”Write what you know! That’’s the advice often given to new writers. In the Providence Office Series, I strive to create characters who are believable and speak with an authentic voice. My travels have inspired some of the scenes in my books. For example, In the Public Eye starts on a bike-and-barge excursion in Provence,…
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As you may know, I have been writing a series of contemporary romances set in historic Rhode Island. When I started the first one, I was interested by the notion of “modern monogamy”—the new ways in which men and women are defining their exclusive relationships. In some cases, individuals will be in a series of…