I decided to put my icon making experience to work and see how I was at producing book covers. I’m hoping to have ‘The Boys of Summer’ finished by Christmas, so I thought there would be no harm done if I made a mockup of a cover for it which I could have at hand,…
(Not quite ‘see below’, but if you click on the picture it will take you to the ITV Lost in Austen page.) So, did anyone see ‘Lost in Austen’ last night? What did you think? I admit I arrived a little late and the modern girl had already switched places with Lizzie Bennett. But as…
Wages of Sin – novella – written So that’s the first chapter done. I’m planning to have about 11 chapters in total, each somewhere around 2500 to 3000 words long. In this one I have introduced the hero, knocked him down with a carriage, half suffocated him and killed his father. Next time I plan…
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…
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…
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…
How can I not have posted this?! My only excuse has to be that this week has been beyond manic with the launch of the Britwriters’ blog, which took off absurdly and needed fifty times more administration than I thought it would. I haven’t even had time to squee about this fantastic review for ‘The…
Rainbow Reviews is doing what looks like a fun promo-come-book-giveaway in June, called the Rainbow Reviews Scavenger Hunt if you’re a big fan of m/m books and fancy an attempt to get a whole load of them for free, you can check out how to play using the link above. I’m giving away a copy…
