First Tuesday Winner!
Hi, all! Henrietta’s stuffed animal is, indeed, Bunny-the-Bunny. Bunny’s long ears must be burning after all those mentions of his name last night. But, hey, that’s what happens when you’re the Official Stuffed Animal of The Most Popular Pink Carnation Character (TM). As a side note, I was terribly touched that so many people remembered…
Read MoreFirst Tuesday Trivia Contest
My little sister called me up last night, crowing over being the most popular Pink Carnation character. When pressed, Brooke admitted that she might not actually be Henrietta, but insisted the relationship was near enough as to make very little difference. In honor of Henrietta (yes, Brooke, that’s Henrietta), here’s this week’s Pink Carnation trivia…
Read MoreThe Five ARCS of NIGHT JASMINE
As I may have mentioned before, there is a little pile of advance copies of Night Jasmine on one of my kitchen chairs. (The reason they’re living on my kitchen chair is that the place under my cocktail table is already occupied by a pile of research books. Isn’t everyone’s? And the space under the…
Read MoreFrabjous Joy!
The very first review of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine is in. According to Publishers Weekly, Night Jasmine is “an elegant and grandly entertaining book”. Huzzah! For those who are interested, you can read the full text of the review here (just scroll down a bit– Night Jasmine is the ninth book down). They…
Read MoreThe Vote is In!
The winner of the Pink Carnation popularity contest is… Second Runner Up (shocker!): Lord Vaughn, hero of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose. First Runner Up: Letty Alsworthy, heroine of The Deception of the Emerald Ring. And the Winner: Lady Henrietta Selwick, heroine of The Masque of the Black Tulip. Can’t you just hear Henrietta…
Read MoreThey Seek Him Here, They Knit Him There….
Little did Lord Richard Selwick realize when he set out to attain fame and glory that, one day, he would become… yarn. A friend of mine just passed on this link from Etsy. It was too, too cool not to share. The Purple Gentian now has his very own shade of merino wool. Isn’t it…
Read MoreMore Distractions–er, Diversions
over at History Hoydens, where I’m rambling on about the more ridiculous bits of history. You can sort of see where that mindset comes to play in the Pink Carnation books…. For reasons of space, I left out one of my favorite moments of historical slapstick: Napoleon’s wedding night, in which the future master of…
Read MoreGood Books, Bright Side
Hi, all! For those who are interested (i.e. looking for ways to procrastinate), there is a Q&A up on Good Books, Bright Side, in which I opine on such important topics of the day as which fictional hero I would most like to date and what sort of series I might write once the Pink…
Read MoreContest Winners!
First of all, a HUGE thank you to everyone who took the time to put in a vote for your favorite Pink Carnation character. I haven’t tallied the votes yet, but I was touched to see that even the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale got a shout-out. And Turnip Fitzhugh has a small but exceedingly vehement…
Read MoreWin an ARC of NIGHT JASMINE
Hi, all! Just a quick heads-up to remind you that this is that last week to enter the current contest to win an advance copy of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. The contest closes on Halloween, both because I like Halloween (it’s the combination of getting to wear a tiara every year and having…
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