Maybe it’s a case of ‘separated by a common language’ again, but how hard can it be to find a single decent picture of an Oxbridge young man in summer flannels (preferably lounging against a wall)? I’m looking for something like this: And I’ve tried Brideshead Revisited (as a sort of theme), Maurice (theme), EM…
Anyone interested in coming along to, or helping to organize a writer’s conference in the UK? If it sounds like something the UK has been missing for years, and you would be very interested in seeing something like that get started, please join us on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writingconference2010/ and we’ll try to hammer out exactly what kind…
I got this birthday card from Kirby Crow this morning and thought you would all enjoy it 🙂 Highly recommended! Thank you Kirby! LOL!
Birthdays are always a bit fraught past 30ish, at least for me. Will anyone remember? Will I have to remind them and then feel miserable because I had to remind them and therefore they would have forgotten if I hadn’t? Where is my cake and ice-cream and party? Some years the day passes in a…
This review of False Colors made me giggle so much M/M Romance through Yaoi Goggles #1 by zehavit_lamasu Then when scrubbing in vinigar doesn’t help chase the gay cooties away – he finally succumb to the fact that he is, indeed a hopeless sodomite … who threw the love of his life away … FOREVAAAAR!!!…
Just a bit swamped with writing Blessed Isle and doing pre-new-release edits on Captain’s Surrender. So I’m not being very chatty. I did find some interesting links though: RWA stats on Romance and romance readership. Some of the best bits – the genre is growing like a russian vine. And, good news for authors, don’t…
I’ve noticed that names are very different in the UK and USA. One of my lovely beta readers for Boys of Summer pointed out to me that, to her, the name “Tony” sounds lower class and probably Italian. To me it sounds posh British (short for Anthony). I would like my hero to have a…
Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?… Susan Cooper (b. 1935) 7 High-Brow, -3 Violent, -11 Experimental and -7 Cynical! Congratulations! You are High-Brow, Peaceful, Traditional and Romantic! These concepts are defined below.
In the UK, civil partnerships are currently not legally permissible in religious buildings or buildings used primarily for religious purposes. Some faith groups (for instance, many Quakers) are open to civil partnerships but are unable to perform legal partnership ceremonies under the current restrictions. An on-line petition has been raised on the Downing Street website,…
Your result for The Despot / Small Woodland Creature Test… Joseph Stalin the Woodchuck 62% Brutality, 19% Wackiness, 26% Playfulness, 81% Strength, 38% Kindness, 43% Agility and 71% Intelligence! During the late 1930s, Stalin launched the Great Purge (also known as the “Great Terror”), a campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of…
