The winner of the Kindle Fire is Tammy S!! (chosen by Random.org blind number picker) I will be contacting her by email.
We had 374 entries! Thank you, everyone, for sharing your “accidents” as part of my celebration of the publication of The Accidental Duchess.
–Madeline
The title of The Accidental Duchess refers to a series of situations in the book that throw Lydia and the Duke of Penthurst together, much to Lydia’s dismay. She has a mission to complete and he keeps interfering, unaware of the trouble he is causing her. Finally he interferes at time she really needs help, but they both end up compromised. So Lydia finds herself a duchess essentially by accident. It is an accident that leads to something wonderful, however.
Life is full of accidents— those developments that are unplanned and unforeseen, that can have conclusions least expected. Luck or chance play their roles in everyone’s life. Ideally the accidents are happy ones, and we look back on them fondly. Sometimes they are not fortunate, but as with Lydia’s marriage to Penthurst, they lead to good things in the end.
What about you? Have you experienced accidents that made a difference in your life? Share one here in a comment (or comment in some other way), and be entered into a random drawing for a Kindle Fire (apps for B & N and Kobo can be side-loaded, so it can serve all ereaders’ libraries.) Giveaway ends June 6.
This is to celebrate The Accidental Duchess, coming June 3. If you have not ordered your copy yet, but would like to, links to online vendors can be found in the left margin of this page <—–
JUNE 7 UPDATE: I have turned off the comments because the giveaway is over. Thank you, everyone, who participated! The stories about your accidents that led to good things were amazing. I read them all, and some of the experiences really touched me, or made me laugh, or left me so impressed with how life works its magic. Again, Thank YOU.
The winner will be drawn and posted later today.
I am joining in Brenda Novak’s fight against juvenile diabetes again this year. I have a critique up for auction. If you win, I critique 50 pages and a synopsis, and we can also meet in San Antonio to discuss the work, if you are going to the RWA conference this summer. Not a writer? Drop by the auction for lots of goodies, everything from signed books to vacation getaways, all being auctioned for a very good cause. http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/
Yes, it is here, after more years than I want to admit! Fresh, new, easier to navigate, and easier for me to update. I am excited and revved up to go, and I hope you will click around to see how it has all been arranged.
I cannot wait to use this page’s feature, which works like a blog. Some entries will be quick and newsy, and others will be more like blog articles, depending on what I feel like musing about.
I am also very excited that my Parlor Talk community now has its own private space. Current Parlor Talk members will receive the log in info in an email newsletter soon. If you want to join, just click on the link in the menu at the top and follow the directions.
As for current news, I am now writing a column for the Happy Ever After blog on USAToday.com I hope that you will visit and look for it. Titled Romance Unlaced, my column is put up every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Links to my published columns can be found on the left margin of this page.
There is still work to be done in some of the content, but we are on our way. Let me know what you think of my new cyber home!
