Posting on the LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers blog

Remember when I wrote a really long fantasy novel, set in 18th Century Wallachia and the Ottoman Empire, and then it was accepted for publication by Anglerfish Press, and they decided it was uneconomical to produce in one volume because it was over 400 pages long? So they produced it in two volumes – Sons…

I’m guessing that most people who read my LJ are familiar with the Speak Its Name review site for m/m historical fiction?  It’s an excellent review site where the reviewers actually know about history and care about literary quality and are not afraid to give a bad review if they think one is merited. What…

Excitingly enough, there is a m/m romance in the final round of Dear Author’s DABWAHA competition this year.  It’s not False Colors, but it is the book that False Colors lost to.  I’m thinking “wouldn’t it be brilliant if – out of all the different categories, and against all the m/f romances of this year,…

The big news in the village is that we have decided to resurrect the local morris side. DH and I went to the very first meeting of interested parties last night and discovered that of the 20 people who said they were coming, 14 had begged off because it was Burns Night. However, six is…

it may be a sign that you’re not. I was discussing this with Mirien the other day, both of us observing that we’d known some really poor writers who were convinced they were geniuses, and some really wonderful writers who needed to be encouraged every step of the way, and were always on the verge…

This morning I am still fulfilling my ambition to post something every Monday, but I’m just not doing it here.  Instead, I’m being all bolshy on Jessewave’s blog, with the paradoxical advice to writers not to be too swayed by other people’s advice: Rebellious Thoughts on the New Year.