The Red Arrows have just recruited their first female pilot, Flt Lt Kirsty Moore http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8350286.stm I remember being part of the generation who were told that women just couldn’t bear up to G forces as well as men. Amusingly enough there’s a little aside in the article that says “and then we redesigned the flight…
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
In a spirit of trying to broaden my mind and my experience of the Romance genre (I grew up reading SF/Fantasy, and had never read a romance before writing Captain’s Surrender), I decided to try some of the famous authors I’ve been hearing about. Georgette Heyer was not exactly a disappointment because – aware of…
If you were thinking about getting the new edition of Captain’s Surrender in ebook, then this is a good opportunity to get it cheap 🙂 25% Rebate at All Romance and OmniLit on All Samhain Publishing, Ltd. Titles! This Thanksgiving Season we’re giving something to you. From November 10-November 24 readers will be receiving a…
I’m definitely not much of a collector of anything, except for odd socks. However, a year or so ago I found a book called “Rodney” by David Hannay for sale on abebooks, and as I’m a bit of a fangirl of Admiral Lord Rodney, I bought it, only to find that it was published in…
Word count on “Away with the Faeries” 15085 / 50000 words. 30% done! So, I’ve completed 30% of the novel in the first week. But despite my defense of NaNo on the metawriters site and elsewhere, I think I’ve decided to give up for this year and possibly for good. I’m really not enjoying it…
Cheyenne Publishing and Bristlecone Pine Press are throwing a celebration on Thursday November 5th to introduce Hidden Conflict: Tales from Lost Voices in Battle and re-introduce Speak Its Name: A Trilogy. To read excerpts from the two anthologies, watch the book trailer, or to get details on how to enter the drawings to win some…
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”… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8329676.stm…
Finding a title for blog posts is the hardest bit! I can’t find a unifying theme for this, so I’ll just toss them all together in one bowl: Hidden Conflict gets a great review from Rainbow Reviews Overall this is a great anthology that highlights historical men in the military in realistic and moving ways….
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…
