by Arla | Apr 14, 2014 | Book 1 - The Mark
Throughout the history of witches and witch hunts, women, more than men, were accused of the crime, tried, convicted, and executed. A book called the Malleus Mallificarum, or The Hammer of Witches, written by Heinrick Kramer, a German Catholic bishop, didn’t help...
by Arla | Apr 12, 2014 | Book 1 - The Mark
My debut novella, THE MARK, is a gritty erotic tale of what examinations could have been like during the witch trial madness of the 1600’s. Since it’s erotica not horror, it completely turns history upside down. In history, accused witches were not granted pleasures...
by Arla | Apr 10, 2014 | Throwback Thursday - Salem Village
On this day in Salem Village in 1692, poor Mercy Lewis endured a terrible seizure, during which, she clearly named Sarah Cloyse – sister to Rebecca Nurse – as her tormentor. Just days before, warrants for Sarah’s arrest were issued because her...
by Arla | Apr 3, 2014 | Throwback Thursday - Salem Village
On this day, April 3rd, in 1692, Reverend Parris read yet another note to the Salem congregation. This note was written by Mary Warren after her terrible afflictions, like those of Abigail Williams and Betty Parris, had finally been lifted from her. Warnings, threats...
by Arla | Mar 27, 2014 | Throwback Thursday - Salem Village
On this day, March 27th, in 1692, the Reverend Samuel Parris stood before the Salem Village congregation and read a prepared letter of apology from one Mary Sibley. In this letter, it was stated how Mary assisted Tituba in preparing a witch cake and how that cake made...
by Arla | Mar 20, 2014 | Throwback Thursday - Salem Village
On this day, March 20th, in 1692, Abigail Williams interrupted the Reverend Lawson’s sermon with shouts and screams. She cried and pointed, shivered and sputtered. Her terror gripped the congregation as she gasped and gestured, insisting that she watched as...
by Arla | Mar 20, 2014 | On a Personal Note...
When I decided I needed a pen name for my erotic fiction, I realized I wanted one that I could ‘wear’ with ease. One with which I could grow and not be ashamed. Many of my first attempts at names were catchy but… typical. Boring. Others sounded eerily similar to...
by Arla | Feb 20, 2014 | On a Personal Note...
Branding – An Author by any other Name When I decided to write in a new genre, I worried how it would affect the brand (as author of Romantic Suspense) I’d worked on for years. I had a website I absolutely loved which ‘felt’ like my work. How could I suddenly...
by Arla | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Who doesn’t enjoy a good love scene? What makes a love scene good? Is it the raw animalistic actions of a couple so enamored by one another they care not for propriety but rip at each other’s clothes, utter coarse phrases as endearments, break out the blindfolds and...
by Arla | Dec 20, 2013 | Genre Hopping
I have a love of romantic fiction – suspenseful romantic fiction to be precise – and I read it voraciously. I am also intrigued by the who-done-it quality of a cozy mystery, and I am spellbound by the heart-pounding effect of a great thriller. Erotica? Well, of...
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