999 Pink Fans
No, it’s nothing to do with red balloons, floating in the summer sky. (Although that was only 99, right?) I have 999 fans on Facebook. If you haven’t already joined the page, come on over and become #1000!
Read MoreThe Pink Top Ten– Extended!
I know, I know, I said that the Pink Top Ten List Challenge was closing on Sunday night, along with the T-shirt contest. But since the mini-contest was overshadowed by the Mini-Contest (and a couple of people emailed me to tell me they hadn’t seen it in time), I’m leaving up the Pink Top Ten…
Read MoreNow on the Runway… Pink T-Shirts!
At last, the long-awaited fashion event of the Season: the Pink T-Shirt Competition! Below, you can find a number of elegant entries for the title of Official Pink Carnation T-Shirt. The rules are simple: just vote for your top three (i.e. 1. #62, 2. #105, 3. #2), with your favorite first and so on. Voting…
Read MoreMini-Contest #2 Winners
I’m so thrilled by all the snazzy shirts and hysterical top ten lists! Thank you all so much for contributing your time and ingenuity to the Official Pink Carnation T-Shirt Project, in both its forms. The winners of the ARCs of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, chosen at random from among the entrants, are…. —…
Read MoreMini-Contest #2 Still Open!
It ain’t over… until the author wakes up tomorrow morning. If you have a late night burst of inspiration tonight for either Mini-Contest #2 (designing the official Pink T-shirt) or the mini-contest in the Mini-Contest (coming up with a top ten list for the back of the T-shirt), feel free to put in that last…
Read MoreNew on the Website
You may have noticed that the Have Author Will Travel panel on the side bar has been updated to reflect new places, dates, and times. Debuting in its new, permanent place on the Diversions page, we also have the Pink Carnation Playlists, musical accompaniment for each Pink book, with your suggestions as well as my…
Read MoreORCHID AFFAIR has a new cover!
After the equivocal response to the last cover, my publisher went back to the drawing board for The Orchid Affair. Hot off the presses, here’s the new cover of The Orchid Affair! The Orchid Affair comes out on January 20, 2011. It’s already available for preorder on Amazon, B&N, Borders, Booksamillion, Indiebound, and presumably other…
Read MoreOrchid ARC Update
For those waiting for advance copies of The Orchid Affair, I’ve just heard from my publisher that the ARCs are still in the pre-printing stage. They should be ready sometime in early October.
Read MoreThe Author Bio Unabridged
In anticipation of the re-release of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation next month, I’ve been going through my personal Pink Carnation archives. Among the drafts and the outtakes and the Q&A’s, I stumbled upon a document I hadn’t thought about in years and years– the bio my publisher asked me to write right…
Read MoreMini-Contest #2 Addendum
As Cho just wisely pointed out, many great T-shirts have lists. Like “How To Lose a Spy in Ten Days” or “You Know You’re Obsessed with the Pink Carnation When….” So I’m adding another level to the contest. (Insert evil laughter here.) For those of you not artistically inclined, here’s your chance to score an…
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