Grass 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…
Read MoreHistory Fan Fictionary
Want to see what I’ve been up to these past few days? I posted on History Hoydens today about the game show dreamed up by Susanna Kearsley, “History Fan Fictionary”. Click here to test your historical word knowledge!
Read MorePinkorama #4
From Candace and Cassandra we have… The Ambush on the Peep-Aimee from The Orchid Affair! Also known as The Peeperness Strikes Back, with Captions by the Artists. We present Chapter 33 from The Orchid Affair in which our intrepid governess and cohorts turn the tide against the villainy of Gaston Delaroche. As you can see,…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
One good thing about many hours on airplanes: it provides much time to read. Here were my companions on this week’s flights: — Meredith Duran, At Your Pleasure. Ah, the Hanoverian succession. Always such good fodder for fiction. — John Harwood, The Ghost Writer. I don’t know whether to thank or blame Pam for recommending…
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