​Congratulations to fellow MuseItUp author Caitlyn Callery, whose regency romance Incognito is one of the finalists in the 2017 UK Romantic Novel Awards. See www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org/news for more details. It’s the second year in succession a MuseItUp author has been in the running. Last year MuseItUp writer Lesley Field was shortlisted for her regency story Dangerous Entrapment. Selection is on the basis of assessment by panels of readers, so check them out, you may enjoy them too.

Thinking of trying your hand at writing? MuseItUp is open to new approaches, without needing to go through an agent. Check out using the link on my Home page to MuseItUp Authors’ blog (scroll down to Feb 26th 2017).

Catchup to Ketchup: Here’s how they made it in the regency period—and a use for stale beer!
 From Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery, first published in 1747!