Wednesday, September 8, 2010  The Makings of a Wall-Banger  You
know what I mean. Some books are just destined to become
projectiles. But what is it that makes us want to hurl a book
across a room?  For me, it's a blatant historical error. Now, no
one is perfect, and I'm sure I've committed a few faux pas in my
body of work. But getting the history right is something I
always aspire to. Research is what I do for fun, so I may set a
rather high bar of expectation for other historical writers and
for the most part, I'm not disappointed. Historical writers are
meticulous because we have to be. Our readership is probably the
most knowledgable, most sophisticated of all the romance sub-
genres.  That's why I was shocked to my curled toes to find a
glaring error in the novel I started yesterday. Nothing will
induce me to name the author, but she is a well-known NYTimes
Bestseller with plenty of experience under her belt. You would
recognize her name. I'll bet you've read her books.  But within
the first few pages of