The writings and ramblings of Colette Saucier

Good morning, dear readers!   I am thrilled to be having this fellow Austen Variations Author  join me for Coffee again so I can get to know her even better. My guest today is the gorgeous and talented Shannon Winslow , who has not one but TWO new releases to share! (Meanwhile, my muse has been on vacation...) Of course, we share a love of all things Darcy, and I know that Shannon is an amazing writer; but can someone from Seattle really know how to make jambalaya? (Being from Southeast Louisiana, I much prefer the paella-inspired Creole jambalaya created in New Orleans over the Cajun variety, which is more like dirty rice in my opinion.) I suppose I shall have to ask her preference! Although readers have already devoured her Pride and Prejudice sequels and variations ( The Darcy's of Pemberley , Return to Longbourne , Mr. Collins' Last Supper ) and her Austen inspired novels ( For Myself Alone , and my personal favourite The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen ), now Shannon is...

Gentle readers~ I know I have become a terribly neglectful blogger. I have gone from posting dozens of blogs each year to only seven last year; and I think this may be only my third of 2017! What can I say? Blogging requires two items of which I am in short supply:  time and patience. If it also required money, I would have the trifecta! Yet I have not completely disappeared. For anyone in the Gulf Coast area: I will be signing books this Saturday, March 25th, at the IP Casino Resort in Biloxi with over fifty other authors - and tickets are on $5! If you are able, I hope you will come see me. I will also have my novels available as eBooks - both ePub and mobi - on flash drives with darling little book charms! I may be having a difficult time blogging, but fortunately I do know quite a few other authors; and I love to host them on my blog ( check them out here ). I hate to promote myself, although it probably doesn't seem that way; but I think writers need to stick toge...

Greetings, dear readers! I have exciting news for all of you who prefer to have and to hold an actual book -book rather than a Kindle , iPad , Nook , or whatever: The intense psychological noir thriller  The Widow    is now available in paperback, in addition to all eBook formats and the gorgeous hardcover edition. For a limited time, you can order the paperback edition directly from the Southern Girl Press bookstore for only $12.99 , although it is also available at the regular price from Amazon  (coming soon to all online and "brick & mortar" booksellers). PLUS A GIVEAWAY- Leave a comment below and you could win your very own copy! The Widow is a noir romantic thriller ( What is Noir Fiction? ) with Catherine as the troubled, disillusioned, self-destructive heroine and David, the anti-hero, an undercover DEA agent, who cannot bring himself to trust Catherine nor ignore his obsession with her, which haunts his dreams. The Widow begins with...