Weekly Reading Round-Up
It’s been a very YA-heavy week for me. Here’s what I’ve been reading: — Meg Cabot, Abandon Book 2: Underworld. This was one of the freebies from the Romantic Times Convention. The plus side of freebies? I get to read books I might not otherwise have stumbled upon. The downside? Sometimes I come into series…
Read MorePinkorama Winners
This year’s Pinkoramas were, in a word, peeptastic. Every single one was amazing, from Richard’s tiny eye mask in Amy Meets the Purple Peeptian to Delaroche’s curled mustache in The Extra Special Inpeepogation Chamber to the hilarious intro to Peep Inception to the candy Axminster carpet in The Ambush on the Peep Aimee. Take a…
Read More"Too Tempting" Winner
The Too Tempting to Resist winner is… … Kylene! (Of Comment 11.) Congrats, Kylene! If you email me with the details, I’ll pop the ARC in the mail to you. In the meantime, stay tuned for: — Pinkorama winners later today; — Cosmo Contest entries revealed on Saturday; — and a give-away of Beatriz Williams’…
Read MoreGrass Huts and Coronets
Come find me on History Hoydens today, talking about the (now re-titled!) 1920’s book….
Read More"Tempting" Give Away
If I’m being accurate, it’s really a “Too Tempting” give away– as in Cara Elliott’s upcoming novel, Too Tempting to Resist, the latest in her Lords of Midnight series. Determined to stop her wayward brother from squandering their dwindling fortune, Lady Eliza Brentford decides to follow him to his favorite den of depravity. There, among…
Read MoreWebinar!
I am thrilled to announce that I am going to be teaching an on-line seminar for Writer’s Digest University. I’m particularly thrilled because… yes, I was that pre-teen with a stack of Writer’s Digest in my bedroom. When other people were buying Seventeen for “Five Tricks to Tighter Abs”, I was reading “Five Tricks to…
Read MoreIf You Like….
If you like gothic tales with a hint of the ghostly and a literary slant, you’ll probably like…. — John Harwood’s The Ghost Writer, which combines turn of the century ghost stories, a creepy inherited house, and a mysterious pen pal; — Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale, in which a dark and twisted past is…
Read MoreMore Downton….
Just in case you’re missing your Sunday evening Downton Abbey fix, here’s the latest of the spoofs: Thanks, Miss Eliza, for sending me the link!
Read MorePick Your Pinkorama
The Peeps have been posed…. The entries are all in…. It’s time for you to vote for your favorite Pinkorama! We have four strong contestants this year: — Amy Meets the Purple Peeptian by Julie & Casey; — Delaroche’s Extra Special Inpeepogation Chamber, by Nikki B; — Peep Inception, by Christine & Jean; — and…
Read MoreGroup Signing– Today
Want to see what it looks like to have three hundred authors all in one room? Venture out to the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel (just don’t try to say that three times fast) in Rosement, IL today between 11:00 and 2:00. Authors will be seated alphabetically, so bring your favorite Pink books and come visit…
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