Remember the 18th Century Cosmo cover? It has been suggested by a very clever person that it would be rather fun to recreate some of the articles. So here’s your challenge: write your own piece for 18th Century Cosmo. It doesn’t have to be one of the topics listed on the cover; in fact, it’s…

Thanks so much to everyone for helping me to celebrate on Wednesday! I loved your birthday stories. The winners of the copies of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, chosen at random, are: — Jane, of Comment #35 — Becky, of Comment #8 — Rachel, of Comment #53 — Lindsey, of Comment #50 —…

I am thrilled to announce that we’ll have three guest give aways here on the site in April. Cara Elliot has generously provided an advance copy of her April release, Too Tempting to Resist, the second book in her Lords of Midnight series. I also have in my clutches not one but two– two!– copies…

The winner of an advance copy of Tracy Grant’s Imperial Scandal is… … Jodi K, of Comment #11! Congrats, Jodi! If you email me with your snail mail address, I’ll pop the ARC in the mail to you. And, as an added bonus, I’m seeing Tracy today, so I can have her autograph it to…

Thanks so much to everyone who weighed in with amusing Pink/Austen combos. Among my favorites were: — Lady Catherine de Burgh duking it out with the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale; — Charlotte Lucas and Laura Grey putting their shadowy heads together; — Bingley and Miles as BFFs (can’t you just see that?); — likewise, “Mr.…

Today is the last chance to enter the website contest (click here to enter): which Austen character and which Pink character would you throw together? One entrant, chosen at random, will receive a copy of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, in which Miss Austen makes a cameo appearance. If you already have a copy of…

What with everything else going on, I’ve completely forgotten to post reminders about the current website contest, in which we combine Austen with Pink for the most amusing combinations. (I don’t think Miss Gwen would get along terribly well with Lady Catherine de Burgh– although Turnip might have fun talking fashion with Sir Walter Elliot.)…

Thanks so much to everyone for the wonderful “Very Dorrington Valentine’s Day” titles! Miles and Henrietta would have been thrilled. This wound up being a very tough contest to tally, since almost every title had its partisans, leading to a three way tie for third place. Without further ado, in fourth place we have: —…