Pinkorama
Pinkorama #4: "Can the World Buy Such a Peep?"
For our fourth Pinkorama, Freya brings us Lord Vaughn and Miss Mary Alsworthy in “Can the World Buy Such a Peep?”, taken from Chapter Ten of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose. (Text by Freya with occasional parenthetical interpolations by the author.) Sebastian, Lord Vaughn appears dramatically in the Chinese chamber. (Because, of course, Lord…
Read MorePinkorama #3: "The English Peep"
Our third Pinkorama takes us to upstate New York in the bitter cold winter of 1899. Kayse brings us “The English Peep”, from the stand alone novel, The English Wife. Kayse writes: “The scene is, of course, the wintery gardens of Illyria, during the Van Duyvils’ Twelfth Night masquerade ball.” Check out those amazing Renaissance…
Read MorePinkorama #2: The Secret History of the Peep Carnation
In our second Pinkorama, Carla and Rowan bring you Miss Gwendolyn Meadows, her parasol at the ready, in The Secret History of the Peep Carnation. It’s 1803. After many stifling years in her brother’s home (is that chimney smoking?), Miss Gwendolyn Meadows is seizing her chance to escape into the world as chaperone to her…
Read MorePinkorama #1: "The Peep of Belliston Hall," or, "Those aren't daisies."
I am delighted to present the 2018 Pinkoramae! The first of this year’s amazing Peep creations comes from Carrie and Laura. Without further ado, I present to you, “The Peep of Belliston Hall,” or, “Those aren’t daisies,” taken from Pink XI, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla. At a ball at the home of the…
Read MorePinkorama 2018: Last Call!
It’s the last chance to enter this year’s Pink Carnation Peep Diorama Contest! (aka Pinkorama.) For the full contest rules, just click here. If you’re looking for some Peep inspiration, check out 2017’s and 2016’s peeptastic entries or the Pinkorama Gallery! The official deadline is tomorrow– but I’m willing to extend it over the weekend…
Read MoreReady… Set… Peep!
It’s March today, which means… it’s Pinkorama time! Yes, that’s right: it’s the 8th Annual Pinkorama (aka Pink Carnation Peep Diorama) Contest. The rules are simple: using those sugary, marshmallowy goodies (Peeps), recreate your favorite scene from any one of my books, novellas, or short stories. There are the Pink books, for Napoleonic Peeps; The…
Read MorePinkorama Winners!
The grand prize winner of this year’s Pinkorama is… The Eagle Peeps Only Once, by Carrie and Laura! Take a bow, ladies! Those costumes were unpeepably amazing. Who knew a sugary confection could look quite so military and French? As soon as I have ARCs of The English Wife, one will be wending your way!…
Read MoreThe 2017 Pinkorama Round-Up
In the order in which I received them, I bring you… the 2017 Pinkoramae! 1) That Summer, by Randy. Fresh off the plane from New York, Julia encounters a mysterious portrait in the house she inherited in a London suburb. Who is that mysterious peep in the portrait? Click here for a full description and…
Read MorePinkorama #5: POET PEEP
For our fifth Pinkorama, Candace and Cassandra bring us… “Oh no! It’s a highway-peep…oh wait it’s worse it’s a poet-peep!” Yes, you guessed it: the one, the only Augustus Whittlesby. And now over to Candace and Cassandra, who write: In this scene from The Garden Intrigue, we visualize a moment detailed from the correspondence from…
Read MorePinkorama #4: THE PASSION OF THE PURPLE PEEPMARIA
For our fourth Pinkorama, Terrie brings us… The Passion of the Purple Peepmaria Or My Life As a Lizard, by Miss Gwendolyn Meadows. It’s spring of 1805. After a close encounter with the Naughty Hellfire Club in the Roman ruins beneath Bath, Miss Gwendolyn Meadows and Colonel Reid share a heated moment in a theatre…
Read More