Kim Fielding 
Defining Distance in a Relationship Long-distance relationships are nothing new, just ask Antony and Cleopatra. But with the advent of internet and the infinite ease of communication, they have gotten a lot more common and rather less fraught with angst (well, theoretically). Most people take “long-distance” to mean that a couple is in separate states, …
Have you preordered Housekeeping yet? It releases in 4 days. To celebrate, there will be a tweetaway very soon. You should follow @dreamspinners on Twitter right away and keep your eyes open, especially if you’re in a European time zone (or you’re a nightowl or early bird in the USA). Roughly 800,000 people live in …
Thanks for having me as a guest on your blog, Kim! I’ve been keeping up with all your gorgeous photos from Zagreb and Warsaw, and I have to say I have a little bit of travel envy. The biggest trip on my radar right now is a ten-hour drive to Columbia, South Carolina, for Thanksgiving. …
This afternoon I was talking to a Croatian colleague who’d just returned from Vienna–less than a 4 hour drive from here. Her boyfriend lives there so she goes often. She likes Vienna, but complained because there aren’t enough cafes. Really. So this brings me to a discussion of three of Croatia’s biggest obsessions. The country …
I have arrived in Zagreb, so now Blogger insists on speaking to me in Croatian instead of Polish. Luckily for me, I’m better at not speaking Croatian than I am at not speaking Polish. In fact, today I got through my entire day–grocery shopping, my favorite bakery, buying tram tickets, ordering espresso at a cafe–without …
Boy, I wish Blogger wouldn’t insist on being in Polish. Here are photos from a beautiful Warsaw Sunday. Wilanow Palace. Look! I sell Polish pottery! Chopin in Lazienki Park. What a gorgeous day! Spike crashes a wedding photo. I don’t know what these are called. They’re crispy and slightly sweet. We …
Hello from Poland! Here are a few photos from Warsaw, where the weather has been beautiful so far. Copernicus. Old Town. It’s hard to believe, but this area (along with most of the city) was demolished during WWII. They rebuilt it very faithfully. This mermaid is on the city’s seal. I love …
Thank you, Kim, for this opportunity to be a guest on your blog! Hello all, I’m CJane Elliott and my novel Serpentine Walls is being released by Dreamspinner Press on October 30th. I’ve published three novellas through Dreamspinner but this is my first novel-length work and I’m excited to share it with everyone. The novel …
I hope you’ll excuse the long post. But I have lots of things in the works right now and I wanted to give you a rundown of what to expect. Mark your calendars and warm up your credit cards! 😉 **October 21, 2013 Steamed Up, a steampunk anthology, releases from Dreamspinner Press. You can preorder …
I’ve already mentioned that one of my inspirations for The Tin Box was a former mental hospital. Other pieces of the story came from a family road trip. I recently drove that same route, so I thought I’d share a few pictures. This is the very real town of Cathey’s Valley, California. Population 300 or …