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New Release – A Taste of Copper by me!

A Taste of Copper by Elin Gregory



Your master has the field for today, but his name, whatever it might be, is without honour.



Olivier the squire worships the Black Knight and takes a fierce joy in his prowess as he defends a bridge against all comers. Olivier only wishes that his master loved him as much in return instead of treating him as a servant and occasional plaything.

Then word comes that the King desires to cross the bridge. With an army approaching, a bright eyed archer enticing Olivie...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Jayson James

My guest today is multi-talented educator, author and artist, Jayson James.

Welcome Jayson and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed today. Can you tell me a little about yourself? For instance, do you have to have a day job as well as being a writer?

Yes, I am a teacher. I work with other teachers, teaching workshops and trainings as well as doing teacher observations.

When you aren’t writing, is there any other creative activity you enjoy? Have you ever written about it?



I like to draw. Mor...

New Release – Ben Raphael’s All-Star Virgins by K Z Snow

Ben Raphael’s All-Star Virgins

by K Z Snow

Available from today from Harmony Ink Press.

Blurb:

Sixteen-year-old Jake McCullough and his friends Rider, Brody, Carlton, and Tim are the invisible boys of Ben Raphael Academy, an exclusive coed prep school. Brody decides they need “mystique” to garner attention. “Nobody has more mystique than a desirable virgin,” he declares. Thus is born Ben Raphael’s All-Star Virgin Order or BRAVO.

The boys polish their appearances. Brody launches a subtle but canny...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Taylin Clavelli

My guest today is Taylin Clavelli, whom I had the pleasure of meeting for the first time this year at the UK Meet. A lady of many talents, as you will see, she currently has 4 short stories published within anthologies fro Dreamspinner Press and Wayward Ink and a lovely old school Western novel, Dakota Skies, recently released by Wayward Ink Publishing.

Hi Taylin and welcome.

Can you tell me a little about yourself? For instance, do you have to have a day job as well as being a writer?

No I don...

New Release – Project X by Nephylim

Title: Project X

Author: Nephylim

Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing

Synopsys

Morgan Bentley is a bastard. Always was and always will be.

At least that’s what Matthew Hopkins thinks. Unfortunately, Morgan is also a brilliant law student, and easily eclipses Matthew, academically and socially.

Matthew insists he hates Morgan. According to Matthew’s best friend, Cory, perhaps he doth protest a bit too much.

Cory has received the chance of a lifetime in the form of an internship with ITM—Information Tec...

Belts and braces

In llight of recent stuff on Facebook, where the Powers That Be seem intent on driving anyone with an alternate identity used either for professional reasons – in my case my name is just so damned common – or for self protection, either off the site completely or to fan pages that we all know just don’t work even when paid for I’m going to try to post here a bit more frequently and check G+ more often.

The beauty of Facebook was that everyone was there. Way to go to split up a lovely communit...

Talk like a Pirate Day?

In case you didn’t know today, September 19th, is the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day. Why Sept 19th? Blowed if I know. Why NOT Sept 19th?

Anyhow, just because I like pirates, here’s a long piratey snippet from On A Lee Shore:

Amidships the party was getting rowdy as the musicians sawed, pounded, or whistled. One crew challenged the other to wrestle and made wagers on the outcome. It looked like anarchy, but there were men in the waist of the ship who stepped in if the struggle got too aggressive...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Josephine Myles

My guest today is a favourite author and a leading light in the formation of UK Meet as we know and love it. Jo Myles lives in Somerset, England, with her eight-year-old daughter and another bun in the oven (due Dec 23rd!). She has been writing gay erotic romance for the last five years, mostly published by Samhain. Her books are all set in England and are deliciously humorous, sexy contemporary romances with the occasional dabble in ménage and kink. Her next novel, How To Train Your Dom in F...

All change

For the past couple of months I have been flailing. There’s no more dignified word I can use to describe it. I dislike change – if it isn’t actually broken I see no reason to mend or replace it.Why wallpaper when bookcases and paintingscover the walls much more cheerfully? Why replace tried and tested systems at work with something described as ‘dynamic’ and ‘use friendly’ that actually takes 4 times as long? I grieve when a pen runs out and has to be discarded. Silly, I know, but that’s the...

One of those days

I won’t go into detail but it’s a day when I need the comfort of writing about sun sea and shenanigans. also I miss Kit and Griffin quite a lot, so here’s a bit of story that may or may not end up in Lee Shore 2.



The eerie moan carried well on the still air. Even at this distance – a good hundred paces away over rocks and a strip of still azure sea – Griffin winced at the sound.

“I’m sorry.” Kit didn’t look as though he knew whether to laugh or be apprehensive. “I didn’t realise how single mind...