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May 22, 2017
Today in the Comfy Chair – Alexa Milne
My guest today, Alexa Milne, isn’t known to me personally but I would so love to rectify that. How about it Alexa? Do you think you might make Queer Company 3 in 2018?
Meantime, many thanks for playing along and answering my questions.
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Can you tell me a little about yourself? For instance, do you have to have a day job as well as being a writer?
I was born in Wales in the area where my latest book, While You See a Chance is set. I’ve lived in the north of England for a long time but am s...
May 15, 2017
Today in the Comfy Chair – Chris Quinton
[image error]My guest today is one of my favourite writers in this multifaceted genre and also, coincidentally, one of my favourite people 
May 9, 2017
Update
I’m off to my compulsory Welsh class shortly – aka dosbarth Cymraeg gorfodol – but first I’m going to allow myself a bit of a squee. The Bones of Our Fathers [contemp m/m] is finally finished bar the annoying whizz through to insert missing commas and work out why Scrivener has exported it with all my italics as underscores instead. It’s a shade under 80k words and will probably be 80k when I’ve looked it over and added the inevitable “OMG they never mentioned that again” bits.
And because t...
April 14, 2017
Autism Awareness Blog Tour
[image error]Today is my turn to play host for RJ Scott’s annual Autism Awareness blog hop.
Previous hosts and those that cover the dates for the rest of the month may be found here on RJ’s blog.
As you will know by now, if you have followed all the posts in the blog hop, autism manifests in a lot of different ways. For some people, like Andy Warhol and Tim Burton, it gives them a unique view of the world that brings them celebrity, for others its a challenge to be faced but there are still joys to be ex...
April 2, 2017
New Release – Renaissance by Lillian Francis
Out today!! The second in the Village Love series. I read this when it was under construction and it really rocks!
Here’s the blurb:
Smudge really needs to get laid, if only to stop himself wondering about the softness of Raleigh’s curls and why he keeps running away.
After his tumultuous teenage years, Smudge has settled into his quiet life in the sleepy English village of Slopy Bottom. He’s his own boss with the time and space to indulge his artistic creativity. And he has friends. He’s ha...
March 31, 2017
Autism Awareness Month
R J Scott’s Autism Awareness Blog Hop is kicking off today with a terrific line up of authors, most of whom are offering prizes.
Don’t forget to check the masterlist, daily, to be taken on a tour of some of the best authors’ and bloggers’ sites on the web. You can find a link HERE.
Transgender Day of Visibility
March 31st is the annual Transgender Day of Visibility and I think that it’s more important to celebrate it this year than ever.
If you don’t already know, here is an easy peasy infographic to tell you why:
I would be very interested in hearing how the experiences described in that picture compare with the experiences of transgender individuals in the UK. I would hate to think that things are as bad here, especially since, according to the Independent, the number of British people who wish t...
March 19, 2017
Today in the Comfy Chair – Charlie Cochrane
My guest today isn’t just a blinkin’ good author but also a dear friend and mentor, a fellow UK Meet Committee member, a stalwart of the writing community and an all round good egg.
Charlie is here today to celebrate her brand new release – In the Spotlight. a bundle of two stories about men who tread the boards.
Charlie, what inspired you to write these stories?
My love of sport and the theatre. In the case of All That Jazz, I was once going to a rugby match at London Irish and I saw two bl...
March 5, 2017
Read an Ebook Week
Smashwords are celebrating Read an Ebook Week from 5 to 11 March 2017 – and what that means for readers is deep discounts on awesome titles!
Manifold Press is participating, with all of our titles, backlist and new, discounted by 25%. (The only exception is our charity anthology, A Pride of Poppies.) Now is the time to stock up that TBR pile, and maybe try some new stories you’ve been pondering.
Browse the Manifold Press catalogue on Smashwords – or browse the full catalogue of all the di...
February 20, 2017
Today in the Comfy Chair – Heloise West
[image error] My guest today is an old friend and a person whose work I adore, so please join me in welcoming Heloise West to the Comfy Chair.
Welcome, Heloise and thanks for answering my questions.
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In that crucial inspiration stage of a new story which comes first? Plot, situation or character?
Situation and character strike me first. For Ardent, the origin scene was Benedetto working to make that fine pigment wash, sandwiched between two situations—the death of the master painter and the arrival of a...
