A Flower for Sally
It’s that time again: time to pick a flower for the title of the next Pink book. Sometimes, a flower presents itself naturally from the narrative. (For example, The Masque of the Black Tulip). Other times, the endeavor becomes somewhat more symbolic. Pink XI definitely falls on the symbolic side. There is a plant involved…
Read More"Ashford Affair" in the UK!
Exciting news! The Ashford Affair appears to have come out earlier than originally planned in the UK– in fact, it’s available now! You can find The Ashford Affair for sale at Waterstones, W.H. Smith, Amazon.co.uk, or in a UK Kindle edition. Happy reading!
Read MoreIf You Like….
In last week’s Weekly Reading Round-Up, Ashley and Joanne had a great suggestion: books about books. (Not like we’re a little book obsessed over here or anything.) So, if you like books about books, you’ll probably like…. — A.S. Byatt’s Possession, in which a letter stuck in a book starts a scholar off on a…
Read MoreThursday Give Away Winner
The winner of the advance copy of William Dietrich’s The Barbed Crown is… Diya! (Of Comment #8.) Congrats, Diya! If you contact me with your info, I’ll pop the book into the mail to you. Coming up this Thursday, we have a special treat: an interview with Deanna Raybourn and a chance to win a…
Read MoreA Freebie Regency Fashion Guide
Huge thanks to Angela Bliss for posting a link to this Regency fashion guide over on my Facebook page! Just for today, Fashions in the Era of Jane Austen is free in e-version for Kindle. It’s a few years late for the Pink books (and a hundred years too early for The Ashford Affair!), but…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
What with all of the book launch craziness, I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump this past week. In a somewhat distracted frame of mind, I’ve been vacillating back and forth between two very different old favorites: Robin McKinley’s The Blue Sword, a tale of adventure in the mythical kingdom of Damar, as…
Read MoreThursday Give Away
For this week’s Thursday Give Away, I have an advance copy of William Dietrich’s The Barbed Crown, the latest in his Napoleonic-set Ethan Gage series. Here’s the official blurb: In this latest adventure by New York Times bestselling author William Dietrich, Ethan Gage is out to foil Napoleon’s coronation as emperor, play double agent between…
Read MoreThe Coffee Chart
As many of you have heard, my writing process has a great deal to do with caffeine consumption. Just as I swap out music from book to book, I also have a different signature drink for each manuscript– my go to beverage, so to speak. For your amusement, here’s the coffee chart for the last…
Read MoreASHFORD Launch Livestream
The Ashford Affair tour is now officially over! If you weren’t able to make it to any of the stops on the Ashford tour, here’s one delivered to you remotely: the full, unabridged recording of the launch night event at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale. You can also get a signed copy of The Ashford…
Read MoreNew York– Tonight! (Corner Bookstore, 6:00)
I’ll be winding up the Ashford Affair tour tonight with one final appearance: the Corner Bookstore in New York. Where: 93rd & Madison When: 6:00 tonight What: The final Ashford launch event! Why: Because reading The Ashford Affair is much more fun than filing your taxes…. Hope to see you there!
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