Marooned up for a Best Book Honour this weekend!
My story “Marooned” was reviewed this week by Whipped Cream erotic romance reviews and is up for Best Book honour this weekend (voting runs from Saturday, January 15th through Sunday January 16th). Check it out from Saturday by clicking HERE. Edited to add: Voting is now over but you can still read the review.
An icy little offering
Pop along to http://www.paragraphplanet.com/ today, January 4th, for an icy little offering perfect for this time of year. If you miss it, ‘Jack Frost Visits’ will be in the archives at the end of the month.
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 [...]
Another Paragraph
Paragraph Planet have accepted and published another short paragraph of mine. I know they are only 75 words, but they are good exercises and rather fun to do. I also intend to collect these and do something more with them at some point in the future. Today’s offering is called Solemn Obsequies: http://www.paragraphplanet.com/ and is [...]
Late News
This is a little bit late news, time wise — mostly my fault for not realising the issue was out — but I’m very pleased to announce that my Sleepy Hollow tribute, a sestina poem called ‘Ichabod, Ichabod, Ichabod’ went out this the Halloween edition of Fantasy Ezine. Unfortunately, only subscribers can read this, but [...]
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 [...]
Marooned has it covered
If you’re looking for something different to read post Halloween, leading up to Guy Fawkes, then how about something out of this world? Keep your eyes peeled (now there’s a thought for Halloween) for Marooned, aka The Sexual Evolution of the Marooned Spaceman, coming soon from Changeling Press:
Be ‘Marooned’ soon
Marooned a.k.a. The Sexual Evolution of the Marooned Spaceman When he’s marooned on a strange planet, cosmonaut Vernon Attwater thinks his only problem is one of possibly ending up as reptile poo — especially when the reptile chasing him looks like something out of an old science fiction movie. Little does he know that the [...]
How did that happen?
(Or: How I Came to Write All Sorts of Things, Including Gay Romance.) Ever wondered how I came to write gay romance? Drop by Andy Frankham’s blog for his Writers’ Wednesday. http://frankhamallen.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/writers-wednesday-2-how-did-that-happen/ That’s an order. I’m not messing around. Go read…NOW! Leave a comment.