Ann Herendeen sent me a link to this article about the power of love, and the good political reasons why society should stop despising Romance as a genre. The Eroticization of Equality and Social Justice It’s nice to hear something positive about the genre for a change!
I wanted my boys in “Blessed Isle” to be discussing their undoubted attraction for each other in a little smoky club in Rio de Janeiro while being captivated by watching Flamenco dancing. (Because I find Flamenco dancing extremely sexy – all that arrogance and power, and that’s just the women.) Unfortunately there are some drawbacks…
Can anyone help me with research into 18th Century Rio de Janeiro? Specifically things like a map of the city with actual names on, and anything about the culture/food of the place. Or the names of good books on the subject? I’m getting very little useful information by Googling, but surely it must be out…
I found this on the Whosoever Magazine egroup and thought it was interesting, and possibly appropriate for today (being Mother’s Day in the USA, I think). A sermon about the places in the Bible where God is referred to as female; “Trust in God–She will provide.”
So, I abandoned the plan, on the grounds that this was supposed to be fun, and did it really matter if I read the books on the list in the list order? I don’t think so. Instead I read “Lessons in Discovery” by Charlie Cochrane and “Gaveston” by Chris Hunt.
😯 Well, it’s been an interesting sort of week over here! After buying Linden Bay romance about six months ago, Samhain have finally decided what to do with us. They are going to retire the Linden Bay line for a little while, and then relaunch it as a Young Adult line. In the meantime, the…
I have a paid LJ account and ad-blocker, so I don’t see any of LJ’s adverts. But you might want to have a look at this post http://snugglebitch.livejournal.com/54663.html?view=227207#t227207 and roll your eyes because LJ is up to its old tricks again. I’m all for free speech, and I don’t understand the political situation in the…
Just a couple of pictures of us in front of the cathedral at 5.28 this morning while the sun came up:
LOL! This is hilarious 🙂 Someone has clearly fed Speak Its Name’s review of my freebie story ‘Insubordination’ through Babelfish to a different language and then fed it back again. What else can explain such fabulous turns of phrase as: “ Despatches from London. Meatman ‘s measure from the Walrus. Sightings of the Retaliator and…
I’ve had two lovely reviews for False Colors this week. This one from nos4a2no9 http://nos4a2no9.livejournal.com/269348.html who says (among other things, including a very flattering comparison of False Colors and Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade): False Colors was just as thoughtful and emotionally wrenching as Gabaldon’s second Lord John book (which, um, destroyed…
