Pink I got a shout-out in the “Great Reads” section of today’s Shelf Awareness! Shelf Awareness calls The Secret History of the Pink Carnation “pure Regency delight”. Thank you!!

Come visit the party at the Ballroom Blog, where Turnip has unexpectedly blundered in… much to the indignation of his hostess and Miss Gwen!

Tomorrow, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation comes out in a special Read Pink edition for the benefit of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. So, instead of our usual Monday “if you like”, I thought it might be appropriate to list our favorite pink (and Pink) items. Here are some of mine: – pink [...]

With so many books out over the next few months, I keep forgetting what’s happening when. Here’s a little Pink publication refresher for me and for you: – September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink” edition in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. – October 11: “A Night at [...]

Thanks so much to everyone for all the Garden Intrigue contest ideas! I only wish I had more ARCs to give away, now that I have so many creative ways to do it. We will quite definitely be having a second contest in which there will be poetry involved. (Given Augustus, how could there not [...]

Between August 29th and February 16th, we have Pink-mania, Pink, Pink and more Pink, as far as the bookshelf can stretch. Here’s the Pink publication schedule for the next few months: – August 29: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, UK edition. – September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink” [...]

I am thrilled to announce a very special guest appearance. Dr. Andrea Bonior, author of the recent book, The Friendship Fix, and the wildly popular Washington Post column, “Baggage Check“, will be here on the site next week. Ever wondered whether Charlotte and Penelope have a destructive relationship? Or why Richard can’t just get over [...]

Thanks so much to everyone who suggested bits for the Pink I quotation page! The randomly chosen winner of the Pink Carnation comic scene is… Vanessa! (Of Comment #12.) Congrats, Vanessa! Just email me letting me know which of the three comic scenes you’d like and where to send it. If you have more quotation [...]

Happy Monday! As part of my ongoing effort to update the website, I’m gathering Pink quotes for a book-by-book Pink Quotation Compedium, which will find a permanent home on the Diversions page. This is proving a more complex project than I had envisioned. So, once again, I appeal to you for aid. Each Monday, I’ll [...]

With six days to go until 2011, here’s a blast from the past, an excerpt from The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, which made its debut back in the snowy early days of 2005. This is my favorite bit from Pink, but please feel free to chime in with your own!