Writing a Book

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

welcome to my new office

Lorena Iturrino2018-04-25T11:27:08+00:00March 29th, 2017|New York Public Libfrary, The Latecomers, Writing a Book|

Big thanks to Melanie Locay, research director, who just gave me a key to The Allen Room where I've got a year's residency to write my next chapters in one of the best

Greetings from the Turn of the Other Century

Lorena Iturrino2017-04-13T15:33:13+00:00March 8th, 2017|Writing a Book|

The novel I'm writing takes place over the course three centuries. Two of the centuries are easy for me to set scenes in--I have a pretty good idea of what's going on

Reading at The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center

Helen Klein Ross2017-04-13T15:33:14+00:00April 18th, 2016|launching a book, Readings, Writing a Book|

Honored to read with poets Danniel Schoonbeek and Desirée Alvarez in celebration of Desirée's remarkable new collection Devil's Paintbrush. Can there be any more beautiful place for a launch party than a sunset-filled room overlooking Broadway and Lincoln Center?

Cover Reveal for Large Print

Helen Klein Ross2017-04-13T15:33:15+00:00February 20th, 2016|Writing a Book|

I didn't think I could like any cover better than the one we have. But I love what they're doing for the large print version.

5 days til pub date

Helen Klein Ross2016-01-01T01:32:30+00:00December 31st, 2015|Writing a Book|

Choice that My Book is Tagged “Twisted” & “Socksunday”

Helen Klein Ross2017-04-13T15:33:16+00:00December 28th, 2015|Writing a Book|

Grateful to @booksrmyworld on Instagram.

First Sentence-gram

Helen Klein Ross2017-04-13T15:33:17+00:00December 24th, 2015|Writing a Book|

Thanks to @darlingkels on Instagram for noticing the intro, a sentence that was buried in the middle of the original manuscript until one of my daughters, upon reading the book,

Where I Write

Helen Klein Ross2017-04-13T15:33:17+00:00December 12th, 2015|Writing a Book|

A few years ago, my husband and I bought a falling-down Governor's mansion in Connecticut. It's a crazy story. We're not even handy. But I fell in love with it the moment