Getting Started – the tools of the trade. Hoards of people want to write a novel. Just as doctors find that everyone they meet tells them about their ailments, authors find that everyone tells them about the novel they intend to write. Authors generally nod politely, say “oh, how interesting!” and go home secure in…
Well, I’m going to have to stop being all passive-aggressive about RT now, as I have found out that not only have they been reviewing m/m romance for a few months now, but that this month they chose Under the Hill: Bomber’s Moon as one of their top picks. Huzzah!
Firstly, thank you to Kaetrin for this lovely review of Blessed Isle http://www.kaetrinsmusings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/blessed-isle-by-alex-beecroft.html Their story is full of adventure on the high seas, personal sacrifice and joyful love, in a time when they could not be open about it, where, if caught, they would face death by hanging. It was bitter that they could…
This was not the post I was looking for: http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/happy-writers-society-love-lists-by.html The one I remember reading, which made me think “I must do that for my WIP!” was a different post which I can’t seem to find any more. And I clearly remember the title wrong, because when I googled it, this was the one I…
Lillian Francis tagged me to do this meme, saying that as I’d already done one for The Glass Floor, maybe I could do it for one of my other books. Actually, she tagged me ages ago, but things have been somewhat dire over the new year and I’ve only just started catching up. So here’s…
This one is from someone who calls herself the mean fat old bat, which gives me the impression that she isn’t automatically this nice about everything 😉 http://meanfatoldbat.blogspot.com/2013/01/blessed-isle-by-alex-beecroft-novellamm.html “I don’t know how to tell you how much I loved this book. You know I don’t care for novellas as a rule, but this is a…
So, months after I started my petition to ask the Archbishop of Canterbury to intervene in the plans of Uganda to bring in the death penalty for gay people, I still haven’t reached 100 signatures. I have to admit, I am disappointed and perturbed. Fortunately, other secular petitions have had much more success and…
Another lovely review of Blessed Isle http://www.bookloversinc.com/2013/01/17/review-blessed-isle-by-alex-beecroft/ This one from Caro at Book Lovers Inc. She says Blessed Isle embarks you on a grand adventure around the world. The delivery is inventive and full of humor. You will fall under the spell of this poetic forbidden love story. I will definitely read more books by…
This week I have mostly been… ill. It started off on Saturday, which was unfortunately also the day of this year’s Straw Bear festival. I was in that half way state where you know you’re ill but you don’t yet know what it’s going to be when it’s fully manifested itself. So I dressed for…
on “Delighted Reader” http://www.delightedreader.com/posts/review-blessed-isle-by-alex-beecroft/ Thank you to Sophia Rose!
