More good reviews for BLOOD LILY
In all the Pink I birthday excitement, poor Blood Lily has been getting rather short shrift. Not so on the part of the Historical Novels Review. In their latest issue, they write, “Willig masterfully captures India and its allure at the beginning of the 19th century.” Huzzah! Thank you, HNR!
Read MoreMini-Contest #3
As we ramble down memory lane with The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, I have a secret to share.
Read MoreMini-Contest #2 Winners
Okay, I will confess, I didn’t do an actual count. But, using the very subjective “hey, didn’t I just read this?” method, the phrase that seemed to come up most as I read through the comments was:
Read MoreMini-Contest #2
As you can see, I really like this whole “fifth line” thing…. Lines that make perfect sense in context become wonderfully ridiculous out of it. So here’s the question for today: Of all of yesterday’s fifth lines, which was your favorite and why? (You can find the list of lines here.) In honor of Pink…
Read MoreMini-Contest #1 Winners
Hi, all! The winners of yesterday’s mini-contest, chosen at random, are….
Read MoreReading the Historical Romance
As many of you know, Andrea DaRif (aka Cara Elliott) and I are teaching a seminar together at Yale this term, on the origins and development of the Regency romance novel from its inception in Austen to the more outre offshoots of the genre today. We are having an absolute ball. For those who are…
Read MoreMini-Contest #1
It’s time to celebrate five years of Pink Carnation! Yes, for almost five years the Pink Carnation has been foiling those dastardly French plots. Napoleon never had it so bad. In honor of Pink’s fifth birthday on February 7th, I’m holding a five day countdown, with a mini-contest every day. Winners of the mini-contests will…
Read MoreReading & Signing Tonight
I’ll be reading and signing at Lady Jane’s Salon tonight at Madame X (94 W Houston Street) in New York. If you missed last Tuesday’s Borders reading (or even if you didn’t), please do stop by. Sara Linsday will also be reading from her new book, Promise Me Tonight, while our emcee, author of the…
Read MoreLady Jane's Salon– Monday!
New York’s only romance reading series is now one year old! To be honest, I never thought it would take– but it did, and in a big and wonderful way. I’ve written a piece about the first year of Lady Jane here, on Lady Jane’s website. On Monday, as part of Lady Jane’s birthday celebration,…
Read MoreFive Years of Pink!
Believe it or not, February 7th marks the anniversary of five years of flowery spies. The first of the Pink books, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, made its official debut on February 7th, 2005. Since then, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation has spawned five sequels (with three more in the works!)…
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