I’ve been reading a book called ‘Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination’, by Peter Ackroyd, in which he examines popular thought and literature in Britain since the Saxons in order to identify common threads. That’s a book which deserves a post of its own, but more on that later. For now, I thought it…
There’s a great discussion going on here at the ‘Romancing the Blog‘ blog about one of the reasons NY publishers have for being unwilling to risk publishing m/m romance. Namely the idea that the female reader needs a female heroine to identify with. Someone’s also raised the ‘well it won’t sell as romance, but if…
Servant of the Seasons: Winter, by Lee Benoit I think I raved about the first episode of this series; Autumn, but Winter is even better. To sum up what happens so far: ex-dome dweller Edor has been ‘turfed’ – thrown out of his high tech world in the domes to survive, or not, in the…
I was browsing for something to read in WHSmiths and saw issue 5 of the Torchwood Magazine. Normally I’m not one for buying the tie-in magazines for TV shows, but the front cover story of this one was the Jack/Ianto relationship. Or, as they call it, ‘Jack & Jones’. ‘Go you!’ I thought. ‘Finally an…
I spent most of the day so far in Addenbrookes hospital, where I’d been drafted to drive my husband home after he’d had his kidney stone zapped with ultrasonic rays. Something which apparently leaves the victim patient literally shaken up. Unfortunately after x-rays it turned out that the stone had moved and was now being…
I’ve just got to squee about this fantastic review of ‘Captain’s Surrender’ from a reader who loved it so much she’s almost written an essay 🙂 She says: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602020892/ref=cm_arms_pdp_dp and scroll down. “Captain’s Surrender is a romance for those of us who are unabashedly romantic at heart and know a good love story when we…
I know several of my friends were really interested in getting this book, but wished it was available in ebook form. The good news is that now it is! HEAR! HEAR! HEAR! “LIEUTENANT SAMUEL BLACKWOOD (deceased)” is now available on Lulu as an ebook in .pdf format! And, even better news – the electronic version…
I was tagged by Sheila Stuart Tell seven random and/or interesting things about myself. Get five blog buddies to play, too and link to their blogs. Don’t forget to post the rules. Of course I don’t have seven interesting things to tell! I’m a writer, all the interest in my life, thank God, goes on…
In a thrilling move, I blogged on the Britwriters blog about the necessity of getting an ITIN tax number if you’re being published in America. Possibly not everyone’s cup of tea, but of considerable importance if you’re a British writer, being paid by an American publisher: Your ITIN and You.
I hate blurb writing! I’ve got a theme which can be summarized in about a sentence ‘this book is about true love conquering all. Also it’s about how banning homosexuality is bad for society.’ And I’ve got a plot that stretches over a couple of pages of synopsis. But finding something to say in the…
