Teaser Tuesday: On Titles

I was asked recently about the title for the Victorian Work-in-Progress. The short answer: it doesn’t have one yet. Titles are tricky beasts. I know some authors who come up with a title before they start writing the book. I tend to do it the opposite way around. I don’t really know what a book…

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Ready… Set… Pinkorama!

It’s that time of year again…. Can’t you just smell the sugar and the marshmallow? Yes, you guessed right: it’s time for the Third 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.) The rules are simple: using…

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Thursday Give Away Winner

The winner of Tracy Grant’s The Paris Affair is… Sara B! (Of Comment #16.) Congrats, Sara! If you email Tracy with your info, she’ll see that your book gets to you. And for those who didn’t win, at least the wait isn’t too long now! The Paris Affair comes out just one month from Tuesday,…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

While I’ve been powering through the Victorian Book (100,000 words down, 20,000 more to go!), I’ve been re-reading favorite old mystery novels, since they retain my interest without distracting me too much from the manuscript at hand. This week I revisited Dorothy Sayers’s The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club and The Nine Tailors, followed by…

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Thursday Give Away

We have a special treat for Thursday give away today: a copy of Tracy Grant’s upcoming novel, The Paris Affair! Here’s the official blurb: From the ashes of war rise the secrets of its darkest hearts. . . . In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is a house divided. The triumphant Bourbons…

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Teaser Tuesday: Eloise & Colin

I promised you an Eloise and Colin snippet from The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, didn’t I? Voila the complete, unabridged first Colin and Eloise chapter! Confession: After some poking around in the website archives, I discovered that I had already shared this chapter with you several months ago. Since it was a while ago…

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Happy Valentine's Day!

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m re-posting a piece I wrote way back in 2009, for the (now defunct) All-A-Blog. “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you….” They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. With that as my excuse, I plan to shamelessly imitate one…

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Out and About on the Internet

It’s been a busy web-hopping week for me. This week, you can find me: — answering questions about The Ashford Affair on Sammy the Bookworm’s site; — over at Sarah MacLean’s webpage, talking about girls who wear glasses, and, in particular, Emma of The Garden Intrigue; — and, at the Ballroom Blog, discussing some of…

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Thursday Give Away Winner

Many apologies! I completely forgot to post the winner for this past week’s Thursday give away. The winner of Donna Thorland’s debut novel, The Turncoat, is… … Megan! (Of Comment #53.) Congrats, Megan! If you’ll email me with the necessary information, I’ll make sure your copy wends its way to you. The Turncoat makes its…

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Teaser Tuesday: the WIP

The vote is in, and an overwhelming number of you voted for an excerpt from the new, Victorian-set work in progress. The runner up was a Colin and Eloise portion from The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, so I’ll be posting that for next week’s Teaser Tuesday. Today’s teaser comes with a caveat: this work…

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