Garden Intrigue
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If you like Jane Austen-inspired stories, you’ll probably like… … excerpts from Jane Austen Made Me Do It, now up on Scribd! Among them, you can find the first few pages of my short story, “A Night at Northanger”. I’ll be writing more about that, and how the heroine, Cate, fits into The Garden Intrigue,…
Read MoreAnother Winner!
Since our judge-winner, Donna, has access to an ARC by other means, she has very generously offered to put her ARC back into the pot (so to speak). Thanks to Donna’s kindness, I’ll be drawing another winner from the list of judges at some point tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Read MoreAnd the winner is….
Thanks so much to everyone who contributed her talent and ingenuity to the Garden Intrigue Pink for Pink Project! Often, in these contests, I’ve noticed that a clear winner emerges early on. In this case, the voting was all over the map– which, I think, speaks to the excellence of all the designs contributed. There…
Read MoreIntrigue by Design: the Contest Entries!
The entries are in! I am blown away by all the creativity and talent exhibited here. There is quite a range of Garden Intrigue products from which to choose, from flip flips to iPhone covers to multi-purpose designs for use on a wide range of items. Thanks so much to everyone who entered! Here’s the…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE Contest
Only two more days to submit your entries to win an advance copy of The Garden Intrigue! You can find the rules here.
Read MorePink Pandemonium
With so many books out over the next few months, I keep forgetting what’s happening when. Here’s a little Pink publication refresher for me and for you: — September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink” edition in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. — October 11: “A Night at…
Read MoreGarden Intrigue: ARC Contest
Thanks so much to everyone for all the Garden Intrigue contest ideas! I only wish I had more ARCs to give away, now that I have so many creative ways to do it. We will quite definitely be having a second contest in which there will be poetry involved. (Given Augustus, how could there not…
Read MoreAn Embarassment of ARCs
There’s something of a book pile-up on my kitchen table right now. Not only are there ten copies of the book version of Ivy & Intrigue, just waiting to find a good home, but a surprise package arrived yesterday, containing ARCs (advance review copies) of The Garden Intrigue. What to do? I need an equitable…
Read MoreSix Months of Pink
Between August 29th and February 16th, we have Pink-mania, Pink, Pink and more Pink, as far as the bookshelf can stretch. Here’s the Pink publication schedule for the next few months: — August 29: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, UK edition. — September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink”…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Augustus
In the midst of all the Mistletoe mania, poor Augustus and Emma have been entirely shuffled to the side. It’s tough competing with Turnip. So, as an apology to them– and to you, for giving you your Teaser Tuesday on a Wednesday!– here’s one of my very favorite scenes from The Garden Intrigue: the ill-fated…
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