Posting on the LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers blog
with a rant called Holding the Left Hand of Darkness, in which I talk somewhat angrily and incoherently about the subject of gender in this, one of my favourite books ever.
with a rant called Holding the Left Hand of Darkness, in which I talk somewhat angrily and incoherently about the subject of gender in this, one of my favourite books ever.
G.K Chesterton knew a thing or two about the great opening line. How about this, from “The Napoleon of Notting Hill.” The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children’s games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the…
This was a great do! I’m still not quite up to dancing, but I can now breathe well enough to play the whistle. As my ladies’ side, Ely and Littleport Riot, had decided to come even though they did not have any of their musicians, that wasn’t a problem – I just turned up as…
After I posted that “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” contained gratuitous scenes of Daniel Craig in a Greek mini-skirt, the astute Sarah F pointed out that whoever was playing Poseidon, it wasn’t Daniel Craig. This threw me into a three day ferment of “so who was it then? I’m sure I know his face…
Which we weren’t 😉 I’ve just blogged on Samhain’s blog about my problem with bad guys. The trouble is, there’s rarely a villain I can’t sympathise with, or a hero I can’t despise. Can you help me get over this terrible affliction? http://www.samhainpublishing.com/2012/05/oh-villain-vile-lets-talk-about-the-bad-guys/ Sorry about the continuing lack of blogging on here. I have the…
I know Jay from my old Livejournal days, but I didn’t know that she had been busily writing exactly the sort of books that I love to read. Seriously? Elves! Elven private investigators. Queer main characters? Right there in the middle of the Venn diagram with me, where m/m romance, Fantasy/Mystery and adventure overlaps. How…
To celebrate a combined Easter and my relaunch of my Riptide books, I thought I would run a giveaway. If you fancy getting Trowchester Blues for free, it is now available for a bargain price of absolutely zero on Amazon, and will be available for nothing until April the 4th. GET IT HERE Michael May…