Phew! I have turned the corner and passed the middle of Under the Hill. At 77,555 words I am now officially into the second half of this 150,000 word whopper. It’s slightly frustrating because 77K is long enough for a book on its own, and I’ve still got half to go, but on the other…
and says: Much of what I enjoyed about Shining in the Sun is the balance between issues of sexual and personal identity and strong genre storytelling conventions. While I had a number of issues with the book, I was engaged enough to want to dig through my digital TBR pile for False Colors before another…
Ah well, I thought it was too easy. I’ve just had a reply from Waterstones’ event organizer, who I emailed in an attempt to arrange a book signing. She says “Unfortunately this is not something that would for us here in Piccadilly” and encourages me to try my local branch. However, given that my local…
Says this review from Astrodene’s Historical Naval Fiction website: False Colors was a pleasant surprise. I expected the M/M Romance aspect to dominate but it did not. The naval story was well researched and the ship handling, action, and crew interactions were woven into a very believable naval narrative. It is primarily a love story…
Something nice happens and then I get ill, as if I have to karmically pay for it 🙂 I’m so exhausted today that I haven’t been able to write at all, or even summon up the energy to comment on my FL. Another day of no progress on UtH (though I’m that ¦¦ far away…
Phew! I’ve had two lovely reviews from early readers of SitS, and perhaps now I can stop quaking in my boots over whether my contemporary is any good or not 🙂 Wave of Reviews by Jessewave says: Shining in the Sun is a breath of fresh air and you will love the British and French…
Woohoo! It’s launch day for my third professionally published novel, and my first ever contemporary romance 🙂 I’m doing that “new book out” thing of surfing the net looking for anyone who’s read it already and given it a review. Which is a silly thing to do at this stage, but I can’t help it. …
Heh, well, the net result of the two mile walk in broiling sun on Saturday (part of the saga of getting to London) was that Sunday was spent in bed, poleaxed with heatstroke. At least, I presume that was what caused the splitting headache and nausea. Still, it was worth it 🙂 Yet again I…
After repeatedly saying that I intended to go into London to look at the Queen my books in an actual bookshop, I finally got around to it today. What a thrill! OK, the whole driving into Ely, parking in the free longstay car park and walking a mile in blazing sunshine to the train station,…
False Colors places at no.34 of Elisa Rolle’s Top 100 Gay novels of the year http://www.elisarolle.com/ramblings/top_100_gay_novels_2.htm in some very good company too. I’m thoroughly over the moon and honoured about that. Hee! I’m not quite sure how it’s all worked out, but thank you to whoever is responsible. Elisa, I guess! 🙂 ~ On TV…
