After reading all your comments yesterday, I wanted to hijack a time machine and take off for obscure historical locations. The problem would be figuring out which first! So I’ll just have to stick with writing about lots of different times and places. In the meantime, we have a book to give away. The copy…

… for your favorite 18th Century Cosmo articles! I’ll be tallying up the votes and posting winners tomorrow. Thanks to the generosity of one of the participants, it looks like we might be able to get all the articles formatted into “magazine” form! If that happens, 18th Century Cosmo will have a permanent home on…

As those of you who are regular visitors to this page know, I’ve been raving (in a good way!) about Beatriz Williams’ Overseas for quite some time. I’m not usually a fan of time travel, but I make a few major exceptions: Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, Susanna Kearsley’s The Rose Garden, and Beatriz Williams’ Overseas. Amiens,…

Ever wondered how to make your Empire-waisted dress work for you? Or needed some of Lady Henrietta’s Advice for the Lovelorn? Below the fold, you can drool over the (watercolor) centerfold and take the 18th Century Cosmo Quiz as you learn how to entice your rake and freshen up quickly at a ball. As always,…

It’s your last chance to send in your entry for the 18th Century Cosmo Contest! Submissions end tonight and the voting will start tomorrow. You can’t imagine how hard it’s been to wait to share these entries with you all…. Check back tomorrow for the full panoply of 18th Century Cosmo wisdom!

The Too Tempting to Resist winner is… … Kylene! (Of Comment 11.) Congrats, Kylene! If you email me with the details, I’ll pop the ARC in the mail to you. In the meantime, stay tuned for: — Pinkorama winners later today; — Cosmo Contest entries revealed on Saturday; — and a give-away of Beatriz Williams’…

If I’m being accurate, it’s really a “Too Tempting” give away– as in Cara Elliott’s upcoming novel, Too Tempting to Resist, the latest in her Lords of Midnight series. Determined to stop her wayward brother from squandering their dwindling fortune, Lady Eliza Brentford decides to follow him to his favorite den of depravity. There, among…

The Peeps have been posed…. The entries are all in…. It’s time for you to vote for your favorite Pinkorama! We have four strong contestants this year: — Amy Meets the Purple Peeptian by Julie & Casey; — Delaroche’s Extra Special Inpeepogation Chamber, by Nikki B; — Peep Inception, by Christine & Jean; — and…

Somehow, I’ve wound up with two contests running at once: Pinkorama and 18th Century Cosmo! Ooops. In order to avoid confusion, I’m changing some dates around…. The Pinkorama shall henceforth be open to entries until this Friday, April 13. I’ll post all the entries on Saturday. Votes will be tallied and winners announced on Thursday,…