Purple Plumeria
Only three days until PURPLE PLUMERIA!
Pink X, aka The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, arrives in stores this Tuesday! (How is it August already?) In the meantime, what have you been reading?
Read MorePurple Plumeria FAQs
With less than a week to go until The Passion of the Purple Plumeria pops up in stores, here are some questions that have popped up in my inbox rather a lot over the past few months: Q. Where’s the hardcover? A. Short answer: there isn’t one. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria is being…
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… until The Passion of the Purple Plumeria!
Read MoreThe Lineage of Miss Gwen
When I say the lineage of Miss Gwen, I don’t mean in the direct genealogical sense (although we’ll be learning a bit more about that in The Passion of the Purple Plumeria). No. I refer to her literary antecedents. Someone asked me recently whether Miss Gwen was based on anyone I know. In the literal…
Read MorePink X: The Passion of the Purple Plumeria
After a long and meandering journey down Pink memory lane, we’re almost there! Just a week (and two days) until The Passion of the Purple Plumeria appears in stores…. Of course, Miss Gwen couldn’t countenance the thought of hers being the only book left out of the Pink round-up. Who: Miss Gwendolyn Meadows and Colonel…
Read MorePURPLE PLUMERIA Mug Winners
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Pink Carnation Countdown to announce the winners of the Purple Plumeria mug contest! The most popular mug, hands down, was “Speak loudly and carry a large parasol”. Miss Gwen’s little life lessons? In second place, “Keep Calm and Carry a Parasol”. Do I detect a parasol theme? And in third…
Read MorePURPLE PLUMERIA Mugs– and Contest
After last week’s contest, I received the impression that people rather liked the idea of these Passion of the Purple Plumeria mugs. The talented Sharlene has designed a whole range of Purple Plumeria e-cards like this one for me, all of which can, similarly, be applied to a mug. Below, you can find (almost) the…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Miss Gwen in action
Over the years (and ten Pink books), Miss Gwen has gotten rather good at this whole spying thing. When we first run into her at the beginning of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, she’s on the trail of a particularly big fish, Napoleon’s twisty foreign minister, Talleyrand. (p.s. seasoned Pink readers will also recognize…
Read MorePersonalized PLUMERIA: Final Call
Stack of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria? Check. Special Miss Gwen signing pen? Check. Tomorrow, I head over to the Penguin offices to pre-sign a bunch of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria for the Poisoned Pen bookstore. Since I’m not going on tour this time, the Poisoned Pen has graciously offered to deal…
Read MoreLast chance for signed PURPLE PLUMERIA!
Since I’m not going on book tour for The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, the wonderful people at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore have graciously arranged for long-distance signing: they’re shipping me a pile of books to sign and then I’m sending them back to send to the intended recipients. As you can see, I have…
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