If you ordered a Mischief of the Mistletoe audio CD, you’ve probably received a cancellation notice by now. This is because, although Mistletoe is being recorded (read by the wonderful Kate Reading!), the audio version is only being made available via download, rather than actual, physical CD. This only affects Mistletoe. The Orchid Affair, also [...]

Many apologies for the internet silence recently…. There’s been a lot of off-line writing going on. In the meantime, save the date for a New York reading of The Mischief of the Mistletoe on December 6th! I’ll be reading at Lady Jane’s Salon, along with Hope Tarr and Jacquie D’Alessandro. Other tour locations for Mistletoe [...]

As someone who grew up believing that the Beatles’ Paperback Writer was a vocational theme song, I’m counting down the days until The Secret History of the Pink Carnation makes its mass market paperback debut. Today? After a long stretch of “no image available”, Amazon just posted the new paperback cover of Pink I. It’s [...]

After that last minute excursion to the bookstore last week, here’s what wound up in the book pile:

I had never heard of the site Polyvore before, but the talented Tara just sent me a link to her Pink Carnation-inspired collage: Pretty, no?

It shouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that Turnip Fitzhugh, hero of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, has something of a sweet tooth. Turnip may not be so keen on mince pie, but he has a distinct taste for raspberry jam (both as comestible and metaphor). There’s a bit of art/life confluence here. After a bout [...]

The winner of the last copy of the UK edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring is… … Shannon C. (of comment #94). Congrats, Shannon! Many thanks to my fabulous friend, the mysterious “chbs”, for ceding her share of the spoils….

I was amazed and amused to hear that there’s already a cast for The Orchid Affair up on Storycasting, even though the book won’t be on shelves until January. For those curious, you can find the first chapter (and the relevant characters) of The Orchid Affair here and the current Storycasting line-up

In an amusing twist, it turns out that one of the randomly chosen winners of the UK edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring was, in fact, an old friend. Since she has perpetual access to me and my Closet o’ Books, she has generously offered to toss her copy back into the pool. [...]

What with covers and contests and all sorts of other things (ahem, Pink IX, ahem) this has been a relatively anemic reading week for me. Here’s my meager list: