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 [...]

Hi, all! The winners of yesterday’s mini-contest, chosen at random, are….

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 [...]