The Musa has come to Aonia
Well as Aonia is where the muses live, I’m very happy to announce that I’ve signed a contract with Musa Publishing. They will be working with me, and I them, on Calm and Chaos: Acting Out, the first of what I hope will be two companion books. The first features the story of Nick and [...]
A few points of interest
For those who missed out on the last opportunity for some book freebies, for another chance to get one of my Changeling novellas (All Washed Up m/m contemporary) head over to The Romance Studio’s massive giveaway: http://www.theromancestudio.com/extra_drawing.php I also simply must draw attention to an absolutely brilliant rant on the often abused word ‘was’ and [...]
Let’s not mention the P word
You know — the ‘P’ word. The one that rhymes with horn and tends to send warning bots into overdrive. There’s an age long argument, one I suspect will last for eternity: what constitutes erotica vs the word we dare not mention? Of course, these days these two definitions are too limiting. There’s P***; there’s [...]
Deals at Untreed Reads
Woot! There are some great deals at Untreed Reads and on top of that I just got Mark Michalowski’s installment for Space 1889 “The Ghosts of Mercury”. So looking forward to reading it. Will be part of my holiday reading when I take a break next week. 30% Off All Thanksgiving Titles (http://bit.ly/tFb2V2) The Killer [...]
Writing writing writing
I’ve not said much writing wise because I’ve got so much writing I want to get on with this year. I wanted to start work on revamping my fantasy trilogy, but there are a couple of books I want to read first. I want to see how other fantasy writers have handled certain tricky elements, [...]
Not a great start to 2011
Fellow author Lena Austin lost her beloved husband last night after a long battle to save his life over the holidays. Lena helped me with some research not so long ago, and is a lovely and gracious lady who so didn’t deserve this. Our love, thoughts, and heartfelt wishes are with her.
End of year news
It’s way past time I posted an end of year news item, but it’s not been easy. Truth is, I’m waiting on ‘news’ and have nothing much to tell you.Writing wise, ‘Marooned’ was published at Changeling as anticipated. I’ve nothing else subbed to them at present. I’m still waiting on edits for ‘Toasted Almond’ with [...]
So you think it’s cold out.
Well, yes, that’s because it is, but every time I feel like moaning, I spare a thought for those who are homeless and those, who for whatever reason, don’t have access to central heating. I also spare a thought for my grandparents now no longer with us, and of how ‘being cold’ was something they [...]
New
I’m in a quiet phase of reading and writing at present, so I thought this a good time to introduce a couple of items to the site. Both via the ‘Everything Else’ page in the main index you can find ‘First Lines’ where I’ve simply listed a number of opening lines from various examples of [...]
Remember the 5th of November
There’s more than one reason to celebrate the 5th of November. One is the release of my book ‘Marooned’ from Changeling Press. Nip along to read the blurb and an except. Go on, you know you want to. When you’ve done that you can carry on reading here regarding the UK tradition of celebrating Guy [...]