A Pink Collage

I had never heard of the site Polyvore before, but the talented Tara just sent me a link to her Pink Carnation-inspired collage: Pretty, no?

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Turnip's Raspberry Jam

It shouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that Turnip Fitzhugh, hero of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, has something of a sweet tooth. Turnip may not be so keen on mince pie, but he has a distinct taste for raspberry jam (both as comestible and metaphor). There’s a bit of art/life confluence here. After a bout…

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Extra EMERALD winner!

The winner of the last copy of the UK edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring is… … Shannon C. (of comment #94). Congrats, Shannon! Many thanks to my fabulous friend, the mysterious “chbs”, for ceding her share of the spoils….

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Pre-Casting ORCHID AFFAIR

I was amazed and amused to hear that there’s already a cast for The Orchid Affair up on Storycasting, even though the book won’t be on shelves until January. For those curious, you can find the first chapter (and the relevant characters) of The Orchid Affair here and the current Storycasting line-up

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Extra EMERALD winner to be announced….

In an amusing twist, it turns out that one of the randomly chosen winners of the UK edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring was, in fact, an old friend. Since she has perpetual access to me and my Closet o’ Books, she has generously offered to toss her copy back into the pool.…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

What with covers and contests and all sorts of other things (ahem, Pink IX, ahem) this has been a relatively anemic reading week for me. Here’s my meager list:

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More Winners!

I apologize for the delay in announcing the winners of The Deception of the Emerald Ring (UK) and The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Technological gremlins took over the site for a bit. Fortunately, they seem to have been vanquished (i.e. I was able to log in.) The winners of the British edition of The…

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Cover Contest Winners!

Words fail to express how impressed I was by the inventive and eye-catching covers that came my way during the Orchid Affair Cover Contest. To everyone who participated, I thank you for your creativity, your talent, and your time. And now for the part we’ve all been waiting for… the unveiling of the winning covers!…

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Stay Tuned….

The winners of the Orchid Affair Cover Contest will be announced in just a couple of hours! Winners of the secondary and tertiary prizes (aka Emerald Ring and Night Jasmine) will be announced on Thursday, just because it’s more fun to break it up a bit.

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