I’d like to welcome author, Barbara Monajem, to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

A few of your favorite things: Books, books, books.

Things you need to throw out: Ditto. I got rid of some but so far can’t bring myself to cull any more.

Things you need for your writing sessions: My computer. It doesn’t matter where I am. I used to be able to write on paper, too, but my handwriting has deteriorated steadily and is now almost illegible.

Things that hamper your writing: Not having any idea what will happen in the next scene. Having a great idea about the next scene but not having time to write it.

Things you love about writing: I’m a pantser, so I just start writing and see what happens. It’s a thrill when the story comes together despite my complete lack of planning.

Things you hate about writing: Hate is too strong a word, but I don’t like promotion much. This is partly because I’m introverted and partly because I haven’t figured out how to do it without losing writing time, which is already hard to find.

Things you never want to run out of: Food and water.

Things you wish you’d never bought: Yarn that I will never use, especially if the moths have gotten to it.

Words that describe you: Introverted.

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Ditto. Being introverted is inconvenient. I have learned to introduce myself to people at meetings and conferences, but I don’t think I’ll ever be comfortable doing so.

Favorite foods: Cheese, almost any kind. Raw oysters. Most kinds of fruit. Arugula. Chocolate. And many more…

Things that make you want to gag: Baked beans. They don’t make me gag anymore, but I found them disgusting when I was a kid. I remember eating at a friend’s house, and dinner proved to be a big plate of…baked beans! Aaaagh! I was way too shy to complain, so I mastered the urge to gag and swallowed every mouthful.

Favorite beverage: Tea, especially with a bit of rose or cardamom flavor.

Something that gives you a sour face: Lemon juice, but it’s a good kind of sour.

Something you wish you could do: Speak several languages fluently.

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: I don’t regret learning anything!

The last thing you ordered online: One of my own books. By accident – I clicked the wrong button.

The last thing you regret buying: See above.

Things you always put in your books: Romance, although in mysteries it’s either secondary or a slowly building relationship over several stories.

Things you never put in your books: Graphic violence

Favorite things to do: Writing. Cooking. Walking.

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Well, I hate making phone calls. I would eat bugs if they were prepared properly. However, I’ll take a pass on running through a fire. Phone calls are much easier, when in put in perspective.

Most embarrassing moment: We ate at Olive Garden, and I was so full that I undid the button on the waistband of my skirt. I forgot to button it up again, so when I stood up to go, my skirt fell down! But it was actually pretty funny rather than embarrassing.

Proudest moment: I don’t think much in terms of pride. Maybe when my first paperback was published, eons ago?? It was a children’s fantasy, and I was thrilled, although I didn’t write anything else for ages after that.

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About Barbara:

USA Today bestselling author Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. She published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young, then moved on to mystery, fantasy, and Regency romance for adults. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.

Let’s Be Social:

Lady Rosamund and the Poison Pen:

Lady Rosamund Phipps, daughter of an earl, has a secret. Well, more than one. Such as the fact that she purposely married a man who promised to leave her alone and stick to his mistress. And a secret only her family knows—the mortifying compulsion to check things over and over. Society condemns people like her to asylums. But when she discovers the dead body of a footman on the stairs, everything she’s tried to hide for years may be spilled out in broad daylight.

First the anonymous caricaturist, Corvus, implicates Lady Rosamund in a series of scandalous prints. Worse, though, are the poison pen letters that indicate someone knows the shameful secret of her compulsions. She cannot do detective work on her own without seeming odder than she already is, but she has no choice if she is to unmask both Corvus and the poison pen. Her sanity—and her life—are at stake.

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087BBLLNL/

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087BBLLNL/

Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B087BBLLNL/

Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B087BBLLNL/

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lady-rosamund-and-the-poison-pen-barbara-monajem/1136829963

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/lady-rosamund-and-the-poison-pen

Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/lady-rosamund-and-the-poison-pen/id1507264864

Lord Bellweather’s Lady:

How does a lady escape a fate worse than death? She runs away to the fairies...

When Augusta Furlough flees her vile brother to plead with the fairies to take her in, she’s rescued by a handsome stranger on a huge, dark charger, and whisked away to his home. Grateful but suspicious of his motives, she’s determined to leave and try the fairies once again.

Lord Bellweather, the half-human liaison with the fairies, spent most of his youth in their realm. Now he’s taking his place in the human world and must adapt to its peculiar customs. What better prospect for marriage than a delightful lady who understands human society and also believes in fairies?

But it’s not that simple, for Augusta is branded a madwoman, and Bellweather is also part hellhound, a ferocious otherworldly beast with which not even a desperate madwoman could fall in love.

Buy links:

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Bellweathers-Lady-Magical-Regency-ebook/dp/B08HSHKYBM

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Bellweathers-Lady-Magical-Regency-ebook/dp/B08HSHKYBM

Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Lord-Bellweathers-Lady-Magical-Regency-ebook/dp/B08HSHKYBM

Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Lord-Bellweathers-Lady-Magical-Regency-ebook/dp/B08HSHKYBM

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/lord-bellweather-s-lady

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lord-bellweathers-lady-barbara-monajem/1137618360