If You Like….
Happy 2014! To kick off the new reading year, we have a special guest If You Like post by Miss Eliza of Strange and Random Happenstance— a beginner’s guide to the souped up Victorian intricacies of Steampunk. Without further ado, If You Like…. If you like your tea hot and your men decidedly British, have…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve been immersing myself in the 1920s in anticipation of starting work on the next stand alone novel. This week it’s been D.J. Taylor’s Bright Young People, Mary Lovell’s The Mitford Girls, and Nancy Mitford’s Highland Fling. I’ve just started a re-read of Dorothy Sayers’s Gaudy Night, which is a bit too late for me,…
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Happy New Year! Here’s hoping that 2014 will bring only good things. There’s so much I’m looking forward to this year: the release of That Summer and The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla in the summer; working on my new 1920’s stand alone novel this spring, and, gulp!, Jane’s book in the fall; trips to…
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In between festivities, I’ve been kicking off my research for my next book by reading Paula Byrne’s Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. (Hint: the stand alone that comes out in 2015 will be set in the heavy partying world of the Bright Young Things.) I also received a haul of books…
Read MoreHappy Holidays!
The Pink Carnation gang and I wish you all a very happy holiday, filled with joy, cheer, and plenty of pudding. Merry, merry! And here’s to a wonderful 2014….
Read MoreIn the Ballroom….
Two years ago, Turnip blundered his way into the Ballroom Blog, much to the consternation of Lady B, the proprietress of the ball. For those of you who want a little more Turnip in your life, you can find his antics in the Ballroom here— as well as Miss Gwen’s irate observation that if The…
Read MoreThe Mistletoe Mix!
I’ve been a little bit behind updating the Pink Carnation Playlists here on the website. (I petered out around The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, although there’s a half-finished one for Blood Lily in a file on my computer somewhere.) But, courtesy of Lorri, just in time for Christmas, we have… the Mistletoe Playlist! Huge…
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Usually, around this time of year, I wallow in seasonal stories. I embark on orgies of Christmas reading. This year, what with small person and book deadline, I’m a little off my usual schedule. Since it’s already time to start researching for my next book, another 1920s-set stand alone, I decided to mingle work and…
Read MoreIt's that time of year again….
Time for the Scottish Sock Puppets’ rendition of Twelve Days of Christmas! Can’t you just imagine Turnip’s version?
Read MoreThe 2014 Book Schedule
With the new year almost upon us… here are the books you can expect to see from me in 2014: — March 25, 2014: The Ashford Affair (paperback). — June 3, 2014: That Summer (hardcover). — August 5, 2014: The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (aka Pink XI). Cover for That Summer coming soon!
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