Pinkorama #1: THE CONVENT OF PEEPSINO
Miss Gwen is having a good gloat. (And no one gloats like Miss Gwen.) Our first Pinkorama of 2016 is her very own Convent of Orsino, brought delightfully to peep by Kayse. Some background: in Pink X, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (aka Miss Gwen Explains Everything), each chapter begins with a snippet from…
Read MoreLast Chance to Enter the 6th Annual Pinkorama Contest!
It’s your last chance to enter the 6th Annual Pinkorama contest! Do you have slightly stale Peeps with theatrical tendencies? Have you been itching to render a Pink Carnation scene in sugar form? Now’s your chance! You can find all of the Pinkorama rules and details here. For inspiration, check out the Pinkorama Gallery, here.…
Read MoreDABWAHA!
It sounds like evil laughter, doesn’t it? Dabwahahahahah…. Which is not so far from the mark. The DABWAHA is an annual novel face-off determined by reader votes. Right now, The Other Daughter is locked in battle with Susanna Kearsley’s A Desperate Fortune. Voting is open at the DABWAHA site from now until midnight!
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve had a really remarkable run of good books. Hopefully, saying that won’t jinx it! This week, I took a chance on a few new (well, new to me) books: — Helen Simonson’s Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. Where has this book been all my life? I was a little surprised to find it set in…
Read MorePutting the "Her" back in History….
… over at Women’s History Month on the RAR website! I’m so grateful to Bobbi Dumas for giving me the chance to orate from my internet soapbox on a topic that means so much to me: giving women in history the credit they deserve, from the monarchs who defeated Armadas (yes, Elizabeth I, I’m looking…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Between the Fall of Poppies tour and working on Stand Alone #4, I’ve been very remiss with the Weekly Reading Round-Ups! So here’s a bit of a catch-up. I can’t remember everything I’ve read over the past few weeks, but here are some of the highlights: — Josephine Tey’s Miss Pym Disposes. Don’t laugh, but…
Read MoreReady… Peep… Go!
It’s time for the 6th Annual Pink Carnation Peep Diorama Contest! In other words? It’s Pinkorama time. The rules are simple: using those sugary, marshmallowy goodies (Peeps), recreate your favorite scene from the Pink Carnation novels. Any of the Pink books, novellas, or bonus chapters are up for grabs. Even though it’s not technically Pink,…
Read MoreFarewell, Poppies!
My lap of the Fall of Poppies tour ended last night, with our final East Coast group appearance at WORD Jersey City, but you can still find us all together between the pages of Fall of Poppies! For more Poppy fun, you can join a bunch of the gang at Anderson’s in Chicago next Wednesday…
Read MoreJersey City– Tonight!
Watch out, New Jersey! A Fall of Poppies is heading your way. You can find Jessica Brockmole, Hazel Gaynor, Marci Jefferson, Jennifer Robson, Heather Webb, and me tonight at WORD Bookstore in Jersey City (7:30pm, 123 Newark Avenue). As always, if you can’t make it to the event, but would like a personalized book or…
Read MorePOPPIES in Madison, CT– Tonight!
Seven of the nine authors of Fall of Poppies will be appearing at RJ Julia in Madison, CT tonight! Come join Jessica Brockmole, Hazel Gaynor, Marci Jefferson, Jennifer Robson, Heather Webb, Beatriz Williams, and me tonight at 7:00 at RJ Julia booksellers for discussions of World War I, writing, and just how hard it is…
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