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Friday Interviews-Jonathan Hopkins author of Walls of Jericho and Leopardkill

Friday Interviews-Jonathan Hopkins author of Walls of Jericho and Leopardkill.

John Hopkins is THE man for information on period saddlery and Napoleonic War cavalry! He also once delivered flowers to his wife dressed as a Regency hussar. Who says romance is dead?

Guest Post – Ciaran Dwynvil

Today I am handing my blog over to Ciaran Dwynvil in celebration of the re;ease of the next book in the Blue Poppy Fields series.

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“Let a real life dominant tell you an electrifying story of dominance & submission.”

Thank you for having me as your guest, Elin. I’m really excited to be here today to share In Blue Poppy Fields Parts 1&2 with you and your readers. But first a little bit of housekeeping: everything in this blog post is intended for adult readers only. If anybody younger than eigh...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Julian Griffith

My guest today is someone I first got to know through our mutual interest in Nelson’s Navy and all things Age of Sail and I was absolutely delighted to hear that she had bitten the bullet and had written her own novel and published it through Storm Moon Press, release date August 2nd.

Welcome Julian and thank you for joining me today.

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

Julian: I’m currently studying for my cert...

Good grief is it August already?

I haven’t been blogging much lately. Most of my blog posts used to be written during my lunch breaks at work but things have changed big time and now there’s not only no time to do that but when I get home I go to sleep on the sofa. I quite like sleeping on the sofa but it’s not time well spent blog-wise. Time for an update, I think

First of all – the Humpday Hook giveaway. Four people provided links so I put their names in the hat and drew Savannah Miller. Congratulations, I’ll be in touch.

Co...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Hans Hirschi

My guest today is Hans Hirschi, who is currently dipping his toe into the choppy waters of published fiction for the first time. I hope it turns out to be clear and sweet and the perfect temperature rather than murky and filled with eels! His first two novels were published this month so please join me in helping him to celebrate.

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

Hans : I’m currently enjoying a few months o...

Love in a time of zombies with Patient Z – comment to win!

The latest romance from fellow-Brit author Becky Black was released on Tuesday and it looks like a doozey!

Patient Z

Two years ago the zombie apocalypse wiped out the world police officer Mitch Kennedy had a role in. But he’s found a way to continue doing his duty, serving as guardian of a small community of survivors, living in the safest place they can find. When the group takes in Cal Richardson Mitch can’t help but be attracted to the first available–and incidentally, gorgeous–man to cross...

Hump Day Hook – Summer Fun Giveaway event.

This week on Humpday Hook, we’re doing something a little bit different – a giveaway event.

If you go to this linkthere’s a list of authors all of whom are offering something to their readers in return for either answering a question or simply commenting. We will be posting a summery snippet from our work in progress and explaining why we look forward to summer so much.

So, straight away I’m going to fail because I don’t have a WIP with anything summery in it. Instead here’s a bit of A Fierce R...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Andrew Peters

My guest today is Andrew Peters, an author who is causing a stir amongst those readers devoted to shifter fiction and whose novel about the last days of Atlantis is getting close to the top of my TBR pile.

Welcome, Andrew, and thanks for answering my questions.

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

Andrew: Well, I wanted to be a writer from the time I started reading. I used to make my own picture books, and when...

Sunday snippets and recommendations

I suck in quite a big way. I completely forgot to sign up for any of the weekly posting thingies and I didn’t get round to post my recommendations yesterday.

So here’s a bit of everything!

First of all my recommendation for this week.

I am very keen on historicals – obviously – and also very keen on hearing bits of authentic voices of the time. I also like work with a bit of a harder edge to it than I usually find in stories aimed at the romance market.

Elliot Mackle is a writer who provides all...

Today in the Comfy Chair – L A Witt

My guest today is a best-selling author best known for scorching erotica and erotic romance, writing both M/F as Lauren Gallagher and M/M as L A Witt. Her series of novels – Rules of Engagement, Cover Me, The Distance Between Us, Changing Plans and, with Aleksandr Voinov, The Market Garden – all have an avid following. In addition she has written many standalone works to delight her readers ranging from speculative fiction to steampunk and back via historical and contemporary romance. She is...