Reading 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…
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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!)…
Read MoreIf you didn't make it to the reading…
… you can read about it here, in this lovely recap of Tuesday’s reading and Q&A by journalist Elizabeth Willse.
Read MoreReading at Lady Jane's Salon Monday
If you missed my reading of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily at Borders this week, fear not! There’s another chance to come see me ham it up at the podium coming up next Monday, February 1st, at 7:00 at Madame X on 94 West Houston Street. This, however, is a little different from your…
Read MoreThe Making of BLOOD LILY
You know those documentaries where they show you how they made the movie? Well, consider this a very brief equivalent.
Read MoreThe "Difficult" Heroine
Write Chic just posted an excellent article discussing the career of the anti-heroine in fiction. She uses Mary, from The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, and our very own Penelope of Blood Lily as two of her prime examples. The first ones who come to mind for me are Scarlett, from Gone With the Wind,…
Read MoreContest Winners!
Alex’s sisters are… Kat and Lizzy. We’ll be seeing Lizzy in the next book, The Mischief of the Mistletoe, where she plays a peripheral but not insignificant role. The twenty-five winners of the preview of The Mischief of the Mistletoe are listed below. Those whose names are listed here will receive a pdf of the…
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