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Today in the Comfy Chair – Sam Starbuck.

My interogatee today is Sam Starbuck – dreamer of dreams, spinner of stories, teller of tales short and tall. Sam’s blog, a winner in the 2010 Author Blog Awards, is so well attended that he laid on refreshments in Sam’s Café and he has pioneered a unique method of novel writing using peer group appraisal that led to the founding of Extribulum Press. He has recently published a novella by a more traditional method – The City War, part of Riptide Press’s “Warriors of Rome” series – and since R...

Six Sentence Sunday

It’s Sunday!!

Time for another bunch of sixes from authors near and far. Just go here and read your socks off. There are erotic romances, sweet romances, action adventure military gritty distopian futures, sweet YA comedies and some stuff that is, to my taste, compellingly wierd just love it.

So – last week in my six we left Cynfal with a warm armful and his nose in Gwion’s ear. Gwion seemed to be getting a little tense. Again I’m going to put it under a cut just because I quite like doing tha...

So Excited!

Registration for this years UK Meet is open. Just click on the image to get to the website.

This year the UK’s foremost conventiion for readers/writers/lovers of LGBT fiction will be held in Manchester from July 12th to 14th, with a full weekend’s worth of activities! Last years Meet in Brighton was a blast. I’m sure that this years will be even better!

Hope to see you there.

Just to welcome in the new year I joined the IWSG!

Let’s face it – there are times when we all need help. If you have water spurting out under your sink you call a plumber. If the lights go out and won’t come back on again, you call the electrician. If you’ve got this funny rash that seems to be spreading … well you get my drift.

For worried writers the ‘go to’ place is the Insecure Writer’s Support Group [website and sign up here] which was started and is administered by best selling author Alex J Cavanaugh. The first Wednesday of each month...

Happy New Year

Hello peeps! Today I’m quite enjoying the sensation of being the only person in the house without a hangover. It’s a trade off, you see. In return for not dancing on the tables at a party, I enjoy being able to see and do things without my hands shaking for the next three days. My hangovers are EPIC and to be avoided if at all possible.

Getting roaring drunk and spending New Years Day in a haze of pain and aspirin is a tradition almost everywhere but in Wales we used to have something else to...

Six Sentence Sunday

How did it go then? I hope you all enjoyed a pleasant stress free Crimbo and that you had fun. Now we’re back to normal and it’s time for another six sentences.

Six Sunday is on its last few weeks and that is a very sad thing, but Skye Warren is interested in setting up an alternative, depending on levels of interest. I’ve signed up, how about you? [I'm sort of making the assumption that it's only other authors who read these posts, but I think it's quite a fair one.]

Anyhow – to business. Last...

Six Sentence Sunday

Here we go again. Six Sundayand a chance to romp around the ‘net reading bits of fiction. There might not be as many authors as usual this week – it’s almost Christmas and anyone with a bit of sense will be scrubbing floors and stuffing poultry – but there will be a LOT.

I’ve almost run out of bits of A Fierce Reaping so I’m gong to leave you with a little bit where Cynfal’s plans begin to pay off. Gwion’s scrap with Moried was more dangerous than they thought and Cynfal managed to persuade Cy...

Another new release!! Welcome Charley Descoteaux

I’m very pleased today to hand my blog over to Charley Descoteaux whose novella, Comfort and Joy, is releaed today from Etopia Press.

Charley has provided musical links for your listening pleasure so just click on the pictures to be taken to the videos.

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Thanks for having me, Elin. I love your historical hunks so visiting your blog is a special thrill.

A lot of writers listen to music while they write, to get into the right mood. I love music so I’ve tried this too—many times—but it just doesn...

A New Release for Charlie!!

I’m so pleased and excited to welcome Chalie Cochrane to take over my blog today in honour of her new release “The Angel In The Window”, a stirring age of sail story set in the late 18th Century.

Take it away Charlie!!

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There’s something about a man in uniform that gets us all of a lather, isn’t there? Especially a historical uniform – the film “Master and Commander” always gets my heart going pitter-patter, with all those dark blue coats and the gold braid and the tight white britches…*fans...

Today in the Comfy Chair – Cameron Lawton

My guest today is Cameron Lawton – a Scots-Irish, French citizen, ex-RAF, ex Merchant Navy, ex- teacher and all round fascinating person.

Cameron’s latest M/M romance, Cancel Christmas, was published on 15th December.

It continues the story of Captain Rory Sumner and his colleague Sgt Jack Jones who continue to deepen their relationship while investigating the death of a soldier in Germany.

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Elin: Thanks for visiting Cameron.

Cameron: My pleasure, Elin – thanks for inviting me.

Elin: Short vs lo...