THE STOLEN SUMMER… aka THAT SUMMER in Germany!
My Pre-Raphaelite novel, That Summer, comes out in Germany tomorrow! (Early birthday present for me?) Over there, they call it Der gestohlene Sommer, “The Stolen Summer”– which I rather wish we’d thought of for the American edition. You can find Der gestohlene Sommer for sale in German in hardcover and e-book from Rowohlt, Amazon.de, and,…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: A Tea Shop and an Excerpt
We have Starbucks. In the 1920s, they had Fuller’s. Fuller’s might not have been quite as ubiquitous as Starbucks (when I was living in London several years ago, there was a cartoon in The Spectator in which a pedestrian seeking directions was advised to pass the Starbucks, turn left at the Starbucks, and it would…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
As I await the revision notes for Pink XII, I’ve been finishing up my Laura Resnick-a-thon, with her fifth and sixth Esther Diamond novels (they remind me of a paranormal Vicky Bliss): Polterheist and The Misfortune Cookie. Once I’ve got that out of my system– and the Pink revisions done– I have a truly tantalizing…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: My Mary Stewart Tribute Book
Now that The Lure of the Moonflower, aka Pink XII, is safely in the hands of my editor, I can finally get back to talking about my next book out: The Other Daughter, which appears July 21. My agent likes to call The Other Daughter “1920s Revenge“. I think of it as my Mary Stewart…
Read MoreBooks, Books, Books
The Lure of the Moonflower, aka Pink XII, is now in the hands of my editor! It was a bittersweet moment, typing the last words of the last ever Pink book this past Friday: There are still revisions to be done, and copyedits, and all the other bits and pieces– but there’s a book. By…
Read MoreIt's Pinkorama Time!
It’s the most sugary time of the year…. Can’t you just smell the marshmallow? Yes, you guessed right: it’s time for the Fifth Annual Pinkorama! (That’s really short for Pink Carnation Peep Diorama, but if I had to write that out each time, these would become very long posts.) And, since this is the Tenth…
Read MorePinkorama!
In the midst of Pink XII madness, I’d entirely forgotten that it was Pinkorama time! A quick, unofficial poll: given my extreme tardiness, is anyone still interested in making a Pinkorama (Pink Carnation Peep Diorama) this year? If so, I’ll post the official rules and contest whatnot tomorrow!
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Hi, all! So sorry to be around here so little recently. I’ve been in the final throes of Pink XII, The Lure of the Moonflower (deadline is March 15– wish me luck!). When I haven’t been plugging away at Jack’s and Jane’s story, I’ve been dipping into more of Laura Resnick’s Esther Diamond novels, supernatural…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: the Baths at Caldas da Rainha
It’s always very satisfying when geography works in your favor. Guess what happened to be directly on Jack and Jane’s route in The Lure of the Moonflower, just when I (I mean, they) needed it? A historic hot spring. Here is one of the baths as it would have been in the eighteenth century: And…
Read MorePink XII Reader's Guide
Hi, all! As I finish up the final book in the Pink series, The Lure of the Moonflower, the time has come for me to start thinking about the Reader’s Guide. Most of the time, the Reader’s Guide takes the form of a Q&A. In the past, I’ve been questioned by my characters; my characters…
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