Night Jasmine Book Club: Penelope

Okay, I had meant to talk about Charlotte this week. It is her book, after all. But I have no discipline. I’m dying to know what you thought of Penelope, and I didn’t want to wait another week to ask. Charlotte, being a patient sort, will have no problem waiting until next week to be…

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Pink Carnation Contest on Smart Bitches!

Smart Bitches Trashy Books, one of my absolute favorite sites on the web (i.e. where I waste most of my time when I’m supposed to be writing) is hosting a contest today in honor of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine’s hitting the New York Times Bestseller list. The rules? Come up with the most…

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Night Jasmine Book Club!

Welcome to the inaugural meeting of Night Jasmine Book Club. Since The Temptation of the Night Jasmine just made its official public appearance a very short while ago, I will try to keep any questions with potential spoilers in them beneath the fold– and save the really spoiler heavy questions for next month. In the…

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Risky Regencies

The gracious ladies of Risky Regencies have been kind enough to host me on their website on this sunny Sunday, where I’ve nattered on about the origin of the Pink series, what I liked about researching Night Jasmine, and sundry other topics. Many thanks to Megan Frampton (ace interviewer and Regency writer extraordinaire) and the…

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Title That Blasted Novella! Contest

Typing out “That Still Untitled Selwick Christmas Novella” several times a day is the manual equivalent of dealing with Peter Piper and his pickled peppers. Amusing the first few times, but…. Since the plan is to post the entire story permanently on the website, to be made available through the Diversions page, it needs a…

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Selwick Christmas Novella Outtakes

Brevity has never been one of my virtues. Even in a so-called short story, I found myself producing far more material than I could actually use and wandering down amusing but unnecessary byways. Below are my two favorite deleted scenes from That Still Untitled Christmas Novella. See you on Monday for the Title That Blasted…

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Happy Birthday, NIGHT JASMINE!

Hi, all! Thanks so much for all your lovely comments over the past few days. Due to a weird technical glitch, I’ve been having trouble getting in to comment back, so I just want to say a big, universal THANK YOU (and here’s hoping the server has now decided to behave itself and won’t try…

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A Very Selwick Christmas: Epilogue

All good things must come to an end– but having epilogues helps one put it off longer. See you back here tomorrow for give aways and gaiety in honor of the birthday (bookstore day?) of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine! Without further ado, I give to you the very last installment of That Selwick…

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A Very Selwick Christmas: Prologue

Only one day to go until Night Jasmine! In the meantime, to get you up to speed on Eloise and Colin (who reenter the scene in Night Jasmine in January of 2004), voila the missing link in the Eloise and Colin history, revealed for the first time in the Prologue and Epilogue to That Still…

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