The 2022 Pinkorama Round-Up

Calling all 2022 Pinkorama participants to take a bow!  It’s time for the 2022 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got sepia toned memories of Edwardian England, a nativity play plagued with pudding, and two best friends hiding behind a shrubbery (shrubbus verdantus, anyone?). Before we go further– I know, I know, you’re waiting for…

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Pinkorama #2: “Puddings, Performances, and Peeps”

Our second Pinkorama of 2022 comes from returning champions Carrie and Laura and features fan favorite Turnip Fitzhugh in all his sugary glory in “Puddings, Performances, and Peeps; or, The Havey Cavey Nativity Where Turnip Makes His Move” with captions by the artistes (and interpolations by the author). The Scene: Mrs Climpson’s Annual Christmas Pageant,…

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Pink Carnation Read Along Month 7: THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISTLETOE!

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in to discuss The Betrayal of the Blood Lily last week! Who’s ready for Christmas in August?   It’s time for the one we’ve all been waiting for, the escapades of that beloved root vegetable, Turnip Fitzhugh, in the Austen-inspired madcap holiday romp, The Mischief of the Mistletoe. Take one unexpected…

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The 2020 Pinkorama Round-Up

Calling all 2020 Pinkorama participants to take a bow!  (Or curtsy.) After six days of superlative sugary creations, it’s time for the 2020 Pinkorama Round Up!  This year, we’ve got nativity plays gone wrong, a pirate as parson, flying attack stoats, an unusually tongue-tied poet, a Victorian parlor in Barbados, and a botched elopement in the…

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Pinkorama #1: The Mischief of the Mistlepeep

It is with the greatest delight that I present to you the first of the 2020 Pinkoramae! May I just say that in the midst of all the fear and worry, it fills me with such joy that there are still Pinkoramae?  It’s become as sure a sign of spring as the lengthening days and…

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The "Lost" Introduction to THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISTLETOE

It’s that time of year again: time for the annual posting of the Lost Intro to The Mischief of the Mistletoe. Why “lost”, you say? I’d like to claim that Turnip misplaced it somewhere between his carnation-embroidered handkerchiefs and his private stash of Christmas puddings. But that would be unfair to Turnip (and Arabella complained).…

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"Peepmas at Girdings": a MISTLETOE Pinkorama

On the Twelfth Day of Turnip, Candace and Cassandra present… “Peepmas at Girdings”. I love that this combines both The Temptation of the Night Jasmine and The Mischief of the Mistletoe. As the house party at Girdings goes out into the woods to collect the Yuletide greenery on Christmas Eve, we can find Charlotte, in…

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MISTLETOE Outtakes, aka The Drafts of MISTLETOE Past

A Pink book wouldn’t be a Pink book without outtakes! I tend to be something of a trial and error writer (er, okay, entirely a trial and error writer), so there are always scenes that wind up on the cutting room floor, some because they just aren’t very good and others because the book is…

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MISTLETOE Fun Facts

Every book has its own behind the scenes quirks and oddities. Admittedly, Turnip is a quirk all by himself, but here are a few other Mistletoe oddities, aka fun facts. — Like The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, this was an accidental book. In the spring of 2009, I’d started writing The Orchid Affair— but…

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A Very Mistletoe Q&A

On the ninth day of Turnip, we have… some Mistletoe miscellany. While I was scrolling through my files, looking for Mistletoe trivia to share, I stumbled across this Q&A I scribbled up back in 2011 for the UK launch of The Mischief of the Mistletoe. You can find the full interview below, along with an…

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