by Gemma Snow | Aug 17, 2020 | Excerpt/Preview
Chapter One May 1804 South Framley, England “The menus are planned, Winston.” Her voice cut through the morning stillness. “The far wings are dusted, and I’ve finalized, edited, and refinalized the guest list three times now.” Winston, her young Andalusian, his rich...
by Gemma Snow | Aug 3, 2020 | Author, Books, Inspiration, Intersectionality, my books, Writing
The truth is, I can’t do it all. As creative professionals living in a chaotic world, we can feel a lot of pressure to complete every project, accept every opportunity, and allow our personal and professional lives to cross over more than they should. Today, I’m...
by Gemma Snow | Jul 27, 2020 | Author, Inspiration, Writing
I recently finished the novel Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, the story of Achilles’s and Patrocles’s eternal love that ultimately led to the end of the Trojan War. The story is brilliant, beautiful and incredibly told and when I was planning the next...
by Gemma Snow | Jul 20, 2020 | Author, Inspiration, my books
An MFRW Author Post – And check out the other blogs on the hop! Okay, moving into a new apartment has been great! There are a million things I love about Nashville and my partner and I finally have the chance to be on our own. No complaints at all about living here!...
by Gemma Snow | Jul 16, 2020 | Author, Inspiration, my books, Writing
Alright, I’m sorry I made that terrible title a thing. I love puns more than is advisable. This atrocity is in reference to my characters’ relationships with the cars they drive, or would drive, had they been invented yet. I’m a dyed in the wool classic car...
by Gemma Snow | Jul 6, 2020 | Author, Blog Challenge, Books, Inspiration, Writing
An MFRW Post – And check out the other blogs on the hop! I tried to pick just one Juliet Marillier quote, I really did. But as I scanned pages of her quotes, from books I’ve read and reread, stories that have stayed with me through the easy times and the hard, I...
by Gemma Snow | Jul 2, 2020 | Author, Books, Inspiration, my books, Writing
An MFRWAuthor Post- and check out the other posts on the hop! I don’t do it on purpose. I don’t sit down at the computer and say ‘hmm, what’s the important message of the day and how can I squeeze it into chapter three?” It doesn’t work that way, at least not for me....
by Gemma Snow | Jun 22, 2020 | Author, Blog Challenge, Books, Feminism, Inspiration
An MFRW Author Post — and check out the other blogs on the hop! I make a concerted effort to broaden my range of romance novels, but it seems I keep finding myself back in the age of corsets, rakes, and scandal, in or around the Regency era. For many reasons, I love...
by Gemma Snow | Jun 15, 2020 | Author, Blog Challenge, Books, Inspiration, my books, Writing
An MFRW Post – and check out the other blogs on the hop! “I impaled my friend’s ex-husband on a fence post during a tornado,” Beverly Jenkins tells us. “He doesn’t know. He’s still walking around living and breathing like he hasn’t been dead and buried.” The year is...
by Gemma Snow | Jun 8, 2020 | Books
I initially wrote this piece almost two years ago and, while a lot has changed in romance and in politics, far too much remains the same. I am no longer a member of the Romance Writers of America community, which saddens me deeply, but I am working to create more...
