"Overseas" Give Away
As those of you who are regular visitors to this page know, I’ve been raving (in a good way!) about Beatriz Williams’ Overseas for quite some time. I’m not usually a fan of time travel, but I make a few major exceptions: Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, Susanna Kearsley’s The Rose Garden, and Beatriz Williams’ Overseas. Amiens,…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Writing Wednesdays
That does sound a little recursive, doesn’t it? Not to mention alarmingly alliterative. (This is the last time I let Augustus Whittlesby write my blog headers!) I’m launching a new feature on the website: Writing Wednesdays. Like everything else on the website, this is a figure-it-out-as-I-go sort of thing, but the idea behind it is…
Read MoreOn the Ballroom Blog….
… Lady B just caught me with a copy of 18th Century Cosmo! But can Lady B resist the watercolor centerfold? Slip over to the Ballroom to find out.
Read MoreIf You Like….
Since Pink X looks like it’s going to be set largely in Bath, if you like books set in Bath, you’ll probably like…. — Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both of which take place partly in Bath; — Georgette Heyer’s Bath Tangle, Lady of Quality, and Black Sheep, among others; — and I know…
Read MoreNew York Reading– Monday, 4/23
Tomorrow night, I’ll be joining three mystery writers for a group reading at 8:00 in the back room of Bar 82 (136 2nd Avenue, near St. Marks, at 10th Street). I’ll be reading from The Garden Intrigue. There won’t be books for sale, so please feel free to bring books from home. I’m happy to…
Read More18th Century Cosmo
Ever wondered how to make your Empire-waisted dress work for you? Or needed some of Lady Henrietta’s Advice for the Lovelorn? Below the fold, you can drool over the (watercolor) centerfold and take the 18th Century Cosmo Quiz as you learn how to entice your rake and freshen up quickly at a ball. As always,…
Read More18th Century Cosmo: Last Call!
It’s your last chance to send in your entry for the 18th Century Cosmo Contest! Submissions end tonight and the voting will start tomorrow. You can’t imagine how hard it’s been to wait to share these entries with you all…. Check back tomorrow for the full panoply of 18th Century Cosmo wisdom!
Read MoreWeekly 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’…
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