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Book Giveaway - Miles and the Magic Flute

The wonderful Heidi Cullinan was kind enough to donate a copy of her newest release Miles and the Magic Flute to be given away!

Here's the blurb for her book:
When the forest behind a Minnesota pawn shop turns out to be the doorway into a faerie paradise, Miles Larson doesn't see any reason to complain. He's bankrupt, single, and living in a trailer in his backwoods hometown after being laid off from his big city job: yes, he could use a little downtime in a homoerotic dreamland.

But Miles...

Interview with Noah Bogdonoff

The Dancing Dove: Hello, Noah! Welcome to The Dancing Dove. Thank you for joining us today!
Noah Bogdonoff: Thanks for having me! It's always nice to think that there are people reading my writing.

TDD: Where/When was your first book published? What was it about?
NB: "Number Theory", my recently-released short story, was actually my first published work. It's available in eBook form from Untreed Reads (more about that later). "Number Theory" is a story that I think needed telling. It's about s...

Monday Mini Reviews - June 14

Welcome to our second Monday Mini Reviews! I've got five short stories to review this week, four of which are from my Study of Fiction course.

Stay tuned later this week for an interview with the author of Number Theory, Noah Bohdonoff.


Cathedral by Raymond Carver - 3/5 Stars
There wasn't really anything special about this one. It felt like the author was trying to portray a value or theme, but to me all I saw was a guy who likes to complain and smoke pot.





Everything That Rises Must Converge...

Amazon Links

At the bottom of some of my posts now you may see a link that says "You can purchase BOOKTITLE at Amazon.com." These are new links that are part of the "Amazon Associates" program. Each time someone buys a book through those links, I'll get a percentage of the sale. My goal for this program is to make some extra money to put into the blog for a domain name and a new, professional layout. I figured these links would be more relevant to my readers than just spamming the page with ads. (Plus, if...

Interview with Raev Gray

Today I'd like to welcome author Raev Gray to The Dancing Dove!

The Dancing Dove: When was your first book published?
Raev GrayThe ink is still wet on my m/m cred! "Test of Faith" was my first bound book published. It came out officially on May 3 of this year. Before that, we (Aleks and I) released "Spoils of War," our Greek myth-inspired short, on Smashwords.

TDD: How does the co-writing with Aleks work? Do you alternate between chapters, does one person write it and the other go in and edit i...

Promote Literacy

I stumbled upon a charity called We Give Books today. Through their website, you select a charity to sponsor, and then you get to read free books online to and with your child. With every book you read, a book is donated to the charity you chose. The best part? It's completely free to you.

There are a mix of different books for all children from infants to age 10. If you have children, or just enjoy reading children's books, check out the site for yourself. You can visit We Give Books here and...

Interview with Aleksandr Voinov

The Dancing Dove would like to welcome author Aleksandr Voinov! Aleks was kind enough to take a few moments out of his busy schedule to do an interview with us! I hope you enjoy it. =)

Aleks is the author and co-author of many popular M/M romance books including "Test of Faith," "Special Forces," "Spoils of War" and many others. Aleks has written about 13 novels and has published with five German publishers. He has been called a "workaholic speed-writing freak."

The Dancing Dove: When/where was...

Everything Under the Sun - Review

Title: Everything Under the Sun
Author: Rachel West
Series: N/A
Rating: 4/5 stars
Review:
What do you do when you have every choice in the world at your fingertips and no idea what you want? 
Ever since Chris Bennett graduated high school a year ago, he's been trying to figure out what's next. His lifeguarding job has kept him busy, and in southern California, poolside isn't a bad place to be. But he's spent most of his time thinking about Seth, the former classmate who became something more for a ...

Interview with Anne Brooke

Today I'd like to welcome author Anne Brooke to The Dancing Dove! Anne was kind enough to take the time out of her busy writing schedule to do an interview with me.

Short bio:
Anne Brooke's fiction has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Novel Award, the Royal Literary Fund Awards and the Asham Award for Women Writers. She has also twice been the winner of the DSJT Charitable Trust Open Poetry Competition. Her latest novel is The Hit List, a romantic comedy about friends, family and fantasy...

Interview with Kate Cotoner

Today, I'd like to welcome author Kate Cotoner to The Dancing Dove. Kate was kind enough to stop by and do an interview with me.

The Dancing Dove: What was it like when your first book was published?
Kate Cotoner: It's a terribly unglamorous answer, I'm afraid *g* As is usual with small presses, release dates aren't set in stone and I didn't know when the story would be published. I went on holiday well out of range of the internet and when I came back I'd had a series of increasingly worried ...