I’d completely forgotten that Penguin (the publishing house, not the Batman villain) had filmed me last year at RWA, talking about The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. Here’s that little snippet:

That sort of counts as a teaser, doesn’t it? Thanks so much to everyone who suggested flowers for the title of Pink IX. It was a tough one. We’d already used roses; lilies weren’t quite right… and so on. The action of Pink IX takes place largely at Josephine’s country house, Malmaison, with its famous [...]

First, may I say how blown away I was by all the entries for the first ever Pink Carnation peep diorama contest? When I posted the contest a little over a month ago, I had no idea that sort of historical accuracy and emotional resonance could be achieved with bits of marshmallow dusted with colored [...]