A Slight Delay….
Gremlins appear to have attacked my website. All posts more recent than last Tuesday’s have disappeared into the electronic ether. My valiant webmistress is looking into the gremlin attack– shoring up defenses and all that sort of thing– but until we have the problem worked out, I don’t want to risk posting the next Monday…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: THAT SUMMER in Pictures, Part II
It’s Part II of That Summer in Pictures: the Mariana in the Moated Grange edition. Not to give too much away, one of the pictures that plays a large role in That Summer is Mariana in the Moated Grange by Gavin Thorne, my imaginary Preraphaelite painter. In the book, it’s displayed at the Royal Academy…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE TIME BETWEEN
For today’s Monday give away, we have… a paperback copy of Karen White’s bestselling The Time Between. Here’s the official blurb: New York Times bestselling author Karen White delivers a novel of two generations of sisters and secrets set in the stunning South Carolina Lowcountry. Eleanor Murray will always remember her childhood on Edisto Island,…
Read MoreNew City, NY on Wednesday!
This Wednesday, I’ll be heading out to New City (New York) to the New City Public Library to speak about writing historical fiction– and whatever else you’d like me to speak about. Here are the details: What: Talk and Signing Where: New City Public Library, 220 N Main Street, New City, NY When: Wednesday, April…
Read MoreASHFORD in the Wild!
One of the great joys of having a new book out is seeing it out there in the world. So far, The Ashford Affair has been spotted… At Sam’s Club: On the front table at the B&N in Union Square: And sporting a snazzy “Staff Pick” recommendation at Powell’s in Portland: (Many thanks to Bridget…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week, the Thirkell-a-thon continued with The Brandons (my first ever Thirkell) and August Folly (arguably my favorite Thirkell). I think I’m all Thirkell-ed out now. I also picked up Mary Stewart’s Thunder on the Right but the fact that it was third person rather than her usual first person bothered me so much that…
Read MorePinkorama Round-Up
The entries are in. (And all about Miss Gwen!) We’ve seen…. The Convent of Peepsino, by Candace and Cassandra: The Lost Jewels of Peepar, by Karen: The Naughty Peepfire Club, by Winter: As Grand Pooh-Bah of this Website, I hereby declare all three winners– because, really, how can one pick? Candace, Cassandra, Karen, and Winter,…
Read MorePinkorama #3: The Naughty Peepfire Club
Last but not least, we have Winter’s dramatic rendition of Miss Gwen and Colonel Reid spying on a meeting of the Naughty Hellfire Club. (Did I mention that Miss Gwen is currently gloating SO hard over the fact that she inspired all three Pinkoramae this year?) I cannot improve upon the caption that came with…
Read MorePinkorama #2: The Missing Jewels of Peepar
In this wonderful Pinkorama, by Karen, we visit the last scene of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (if you haven’t read it yet, avert your eyes!). Journey with me to the drawing room of Selwick Hall, where the location of the lost jewels of Berar (or Peepar) has just been discovered…. There is Miss…
Read MorePinkorama #1: The Convent of Peepsino
Some sculpt in marble. Others sculpt in marshmallow. It gives me the greatest pleasure to present to you the 2014 crop of Pink Carnation Peep Dioramas (Dioramae?). Miss Gwen is having a good gloat right now. All three of this year’s Pinkorama entries have their inspiration in The Passion of the Purple Plumeria— and one…
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