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boxty

Helen Klein Ross2018-07-24T14:45:07+00:00July 24th, 2018|The Latecomers, Writing a Book|

Bridey, the protagonist in THE LATECOMERS, hails from West Ireland where boxty made frequent appearances at her family's dinner table. I discovered boxty (pancakes made with potatoes) in my research

first Goodreads review for THE LATECOMERS

Helen Klein Ross2018-07-10T12:42:44+00:00July 10th, 2018|book review, The Latecomers|

Thanks to this Goodreader for a five star review. (Hooray!) And thanks to my publisher for making early books available. If you'd like a free copy, click here to put

free sneak preview copies of The Latecomers!

Helen Klein Ross2018-07-08T15:46:46+00:00July 8th, 2018|launching a book, The Latecomers|

Big gratitude to my publisher who is giving away 30 free copies of THE LATECOMERS months before the November 6 publication date. These aren't finally produced copies--there's still a few

hooray! spring is in bloom and THE LATECOMERS is available for pre-order

Helen Klein Ross2018-04-14T14:24:41+00:00April 14th, 2018|launching a book, The Latecomers, Uncategorized, Writing a Book|

Spring is finally bustin' out all over, even in this cool little video that Little, Brown made out of THE LATECOMERS cover. (Late spring, latecomers, seems apt to me.) The

a sad anniversary

Lorena Iturrino2018-03-26T23:10:23+00:00March 26th, 2018|book research, history, The Latecomers, Victoriana|

Today is the 107th anniversary of the 1911 fire at the Shirtwaist Factory in New York. 146 garment workers died because the owners locked doors to stairwells and exits to

ARCs are in!

Lorena Iturrino2018-03-26T22:03:58+00:00March 24th, 2018|launching a book, publishing, The Latecomers, Writing a Book|

Advanced Readers Copies are manuscripts bound with the cover image. An ARC is the first version of the novel--before it's copyedited, designed and produced. THE LATECOMERS isn't due out until

meeting the team at Little, Brown

Lorena Iturrino2018-03-26T21:33:28+00:00March 13th, 2018|launching a book, publishing, The Latecomers, Writing a Book|

When I published my first book, I was surprised to learn that making a book involved so much more than writing it. Of course, writing a book isn't nothing--no book

Hawthornden

Lorena Iturrino2018-02-17T17:27:42+00:00February 16th, 2018|book research, Hawthornden, Uncategorized, Victoriana, Writing a Book|

Greetings from Scotland where I'm finishing THE LATECOMERS in a 15th century castle--there isn't any place more conducive to finishing a novel set in yesteryear. I'm here with four other

when a book reviewer is a serial skewerer

Lorena Iturrino2017-10-09T12:29:21+00:00October 8th, 2017|book review, launching a book|

Here is the review by William Logan in the (aptly named) Tourniquet Review that accuses Jill Bialosky of plagiarism in her new memoir Poetry Will Save Your Life. I don't

maternity corsets

Lorena Iturrino2017-10-08T12:06:51+00:00September 8th, 2017|book research, Victoriana, Writing a Book|

The new novel I'm working on (Hollingworth) is set in an ancestral house in Connecticut where a crime that took place in the 1920s comes to light when something is