Cheyenne Publishing and Bristlecone Pine Press are throwing a celebration on Thursday November 5th to introduce Hidden Conflict: Tales from Lost Voices in Battle
Bristlecone Pine Press will give away a free eBook of each title, and Cheyenne Publishing has a brand new paperback of Hidden Conflict with a bookplate signed by all four authors, and a paperback copy of Speak Its Name with a bookplate signed by all three authors. Everyone who enters the drawings will be eligible to win Hidden Conflict bookmarks. Come on by for full details on how to enter.
I remember growing up with the message that women never fought in wars. I was taught that! And the more I learn about history, the more I realise it was an utter flat out lie.
Amazing story of Soviet Russia’s three regiments of women fighter pilots, dive bombers and night bombers, the “Night Witches”…
who flew more than 3,000 missions along the ‘eastern front’ in WW2 and were not provided with parachutes – so if they were shot down, they all died.
Thanks to catdancerz for the link 🙂
Even Britain had its “Spitfire Women” of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying the planes that took vital supplies between Britain’s airfields. They may have been non-combatant, but they died just the same. So why was I never taught about any of this? Why was I specifically taught that heroism was only for the boys? (That’s a rhetorical question, by the way. I know why.)
Overall this is a great anthology that highlights historical men in the military in realistic and moving ways. Since the collection of stories is so dark and intense, I’d suggest reading them individually rather than the entire anthology at once. Their depth and emotion will not overwhelm then. Either way, this well written collection will appeal to literature fans easily.
We (the authors of the anthology) have been discussing that “dark and intense” ever since we read the review this morning, and it lead onto some reminiscences which reminded me of this article, which always makes me laugh:
And on an even more positive note, the I Do anthology (the first one) is a Dark Diva reviewer’s top pick this month, and is up for “book of the month”. I’d hesitate to hustle for my own books, but getting people to buy this one = more money for the campaign for equal marriage. So if you fancy going over to the review
As of now, Hidden Conflict is available to buy in print form from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, in Kindle from Amazon, and in ebook form from All Romance ebooks.
Also it has a fantastic trailer put together by the multi-talented Jordan Taylor, who also did the cover:
which I’ve been watching and watching ever since she uploaded it. Hee! I wish I knew how she’d done it – it’s a cut above the usual “slideshow plus music” trailer. And Garnet has a face (or, at least, half of one.) 🙂
False Colors has won the Rainbow Awards popularity contest in its category (Historical Fiction)
And it’s also been selected as a Jury’s Choice book to go on to the next (and I believe final) round, where the winners of each category, and the Jury Choice selections compete against each other to produce one single overall Best Book winner.
I’m dealing with my anxiety about the final round by trying to pretend that none of it is happening at all, so that I don’t bite my nails down to the knuckles, but I am absolutely overjoyed to have got this far 😀
And it’s a good one 🙂 More than that, it’s a good review from Victor Banis, who is one of the founders of the gay romance genre, a legend in his own lifetime, and a real gentleman. Hurray!
I finished Alex Beecroft’s Blessed Isle (set in 1790, the British Age of Sail) convinced that she is some kind of sea witch, who had kept me in thrall from the first word onward. Although hers is the first story chronologically in the book, I’ve saved it till last because, notwithstanding the uniformly excellent work from the other contributors, I personally feel this one is the jewel in a very splendid crown.
After a certain amount of sneering from the musicians who play for the Riot, it dawned on me that my largely ornamental bodhran, which I bought years ago from some unknown location, was regarded by the musos as “not a real instrument.” So I decided that this Christmas I would ask for a proper bodhran by a respected bodhran maker – one which did not immediately proclaim me to be a completely ignorant amateur.
I got some advice from our resident bodhran player, John, and I’ve decided to pass it on in case anyone else is thinking of buying a bodhran.
Well, we have only a month to go to the deadline for submissions on I Do Two. We have received some stunning m/m stories already – and wouldn’t object to receiving more. (The more quality submissions we get, the higher the quality of the anthology at the end). However, we are a little concerned that we’ve not had the breadth of f/f, bi or transgender stories to choose from, yet. So if there’s anyone out there who can help us with that, please send us your stories! There’s still a month to go, and here are the submission guidelines:
I just heard from Mark at Cheyenne Publishing that Hidden Conflict has gone to the printers. This means that it should be available to buy at places like Amazon and the B&N website by the 1st of November. The ‘official’ launch date is still 11/11/2009, but I’m looking forward to getting my own copy earlier 🙂
The Boat of Small Mysteries - A cozy mystery aboard a narrowboat, in which a murder and a disappearance keep our aroace detective from fully relaxing into the idyll of country life.
