Mini-Contest #3 Winners

I’m still laughing over The Reluctant Rogue’s Rustic Bride! Do you think she’ll take the Rogue to Mandalay? Or just go On the Rogue Again? Today’s winners, chosen at random, are….

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Mini-Contest #3

As we ramble down memory lane with The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, I have a secret to share.

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Mini-Contest #2 Winners

Okay, I will confess, I didn’t do an actual count. But, using the very subjective “hey, didn’t I just read this?” method, the phrase that seemed to come up most as I read through the comments was:

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Mini-Contest #2

As you can see, I really like this whole “fifth line” thing…. Lines that make perfect sense in context become wonderfully ridiculous out of it. So here’s the question for today: Of all of yesterday’s fifth lines, which was your favorite and why? (You can find the list of lines here.) In honor of Pink…

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Five Years of Pink!

Believe it or not, February 7th marks the anniversary of five years of flowery spies. The first of the Pink books, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, made its official debut on February 7th, 2005. Since then, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation has spawned five sequels (with three more in the works!)…

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Contests, Various

Hi, all! Just a reminder that the current website contest closes this coming Tuesday, January 26th. So get your answers in now! In the meantime, elsewhere on the web, The Reader is having a contest for a (now out of print) hardcover copy of the book that started it all, The Secret History of the…

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Fun with Casting

Check out Miss Eliza’s blog, where she makes a very convincing argument for casting Felicity Jones (Catherine Morland in the recent BBC adaptation of Northanger Abbey) as Amy Balcourt.

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Pink Carnation Playlist

A couple of weeks ago, I was bopping along on the elliptical instrument of torture at the gym when I Ran by Flock of Seagulls came on the 80’s music channel (listening to peppy music at the gym is the only way I can get myself to go). The lyrics, which I had never really…

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Pink the Paperback Arrives in England!

Pink the Paperback officially makes its British debut today! Look for it at Waterstone’s and WH Smith. My spies across the Pond inform me that it’s part of their summer sales.

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