Giveaway Game

Let's have a little contest! It's been awhile since I've held a contest and I can only afford a little one right now. But maybe we can have fun anyway.

How about this? I'll throw two $5 Amazon gift certificates up for grabs. All you have to do is visit my new Quill to Quill blogs and answer the following questions:

(1) What are two subjects Perrin would learn if he attended the University of Paris? Read Siri's September 21, 1179 letter to Heléne at Quill to Quill (click on the corresponding link in the left hand sidebar), then email the answer to me at jdipastena@yahoo.com.  Please type: "Quill to Quill" in the subject line. This will be an email certificate, so I'll only need your name and email address.

(2) What two things did Gunthar do to cheer Therri up? Read Heléne's June 5, 1176 letter to her father at Quill to Quill and Heart to Heart (again, click on the corresponding link in the left hand sidebar), then email the answer to me at jdipastena@yahoo.com. Please type: "Quill to Quill and Heart to Heart" in the subject line. Again, all I'll need is your name and email address.

We'll let this contest run for two weeks. Send me your answers by midnight PST, September 8. I'll draw one winner for each gift certificate on September 9th, using Random.org.

Good luck! Have fun! That's what it's all about. :-)

Quill to Quill: Heléne and Siri

Heléne has sent another letter to Siri on Quill to Quill!

Introducing "Quill to Quill and Heart to Heart"

Yes, yet another new blog! This is a sister blog I've begun to Quill to Quill.

Whereas Quill to Quill focuses on correspondence between the heroines of Loyalty's Web and Illuminations of the Heart, focusing on events that occur after the end of the latter (i.e., after 1179), Quill to Quill and Heart to Heart is designed to answer the question: "What happened next?" to Heléne and Gunthar at the close of Loyalty's Web in 1176.

As with Quill to Quill, Quill to Quill and Heart to Heart is also composed of correspondence, in this case, letters written from Heléne to the three men in her life she most loves: her husband, Hugh de Bury, Earl of Gunthar; her father, Lord Laurant; and her brother, Therri. When royal business draws them apart, Gunthar's letters to Heléne will also appear under the tab, "Quill to Quill: Heléne and Gunthar".

But the tale begins with a letter from Heléne to her father, shortly after her arrival in England as Gunthar's new bride.

If you read and enjoyed Loyalty's Web, I hope you will visit Heléne and Gunthar at Quill to Quill and Heart to Heart!

Introducing "Quill to Quill"

Hi All!

I've begun a new blog, called "Quill to Quill". Here is the blog description:

Quill to Quill is a place where the women of my medieval novels reach out to one another in written correspondence. Some of these women are related by blood, others drawn together through ties to men they both love. Ultimately, all are bound to one another by a deep and abiding friendship.

This blog will be most meaningful to those who have read my novels. SPOILERS ABOUND for those who have not. But for those who read and reached “the end” and wondered to themselves, “What happened next?”, some answers will be found in these letters written by my heroines themselves. More heroines will be added as future books are published.

To read the letters, click on the Quill to Quill tabs above. (Example: Quill to Quill: Heléne and Siri)

If any of you have read and enjoyed Loyalty's Web and/or Illuminations of the Heart, I hope you'll enjoy Quill to Quill!