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Spot the Agenda

I’m bored of hearing about the ‘homosexual agenda’. It seems we can’t turn on the TV anymore without hearing someone from the right wing spluttering about agendas and liberalism and the sheer unfairness of it all. Well let’s talk about agendas, shall we. Agenda, n. “A campaign, programme, or plan of action arising from a […]

#WIN a Paperback Copy of The Dead Past – Closes 25/05

I’m giving away a paperback copy of The Dead Past over on Goodreads — competition closes at midnight on the 25th. One click to enter. Good luck! Goodreads Book Giveaway The Dead Past by Kate Aaron Giveaway ends May 25, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

Share Your Story for #IDAHOT

It’s the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and the UN is urging people to share their own stories. Here’s mine. I love that meme.One day we won’t come out, we’ll just say that we’re in love and that’ll be all that matters. It seems so simple, doesn’t it? Straight people don’t come out […]

#WIN a Paperback Copy of Match – Closes 18/05

I’m giving away a paperback copy of Match over on Goodreads — competition closes at midnight on the 18th, so hurry! One click to enter. Goodreads Book Giveaway Match by Kate Aaron Giveaway ends May 18, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

Give me Latte, Watch me Write

Writer:noun. A person who transforms coffee into words. So I got tagged by the lovely Anna Butler, whom I had the pleasure of spending time with at last year’s UK LGBTQ Romance Meet,in a post about writing methods. Apparently I’m supposed to tell you all about how I do what I do, and “wing it” […]

THE DEAD PAST ~ Release Day and a #SALE

Puddledown, England The year is 1948, the war is over and the evacuees have gone home, although rationing continues. For Hugo Wainwright, who escaped conscription and never had to fight for his country, very little has changed. He lives a quiet life away from the big cities, knowing his desires for other men will […]

The Truth About Religious Freedom

I keep seeing news stories centered around the protection of religious freedom in America: indeed, there’s a case being heard by SCOTUS right now, brought by the chain Hobby Lobby, who want to exclude the provision of two contraceptive pills from their mandatory health care plan as the owners deem them abortifacients whichviolate their religious […]

Don’t Destroy Fred’s Legacy #WBC #FredPhelps

So Fred Phelps is dead. Ever since Nate Phelps, his estranged son, broke the news of his imminent demise, there’s been an outpouring of viciousness from our community, delighting in his death. Honestly, it’s a little bit sickening. The WBC made a name for themselves by picketing funerals, first of Matthew Shepard and any other […]

Just Do It!

Imagine the situation. You’ve got authors desperate for reviews on one hand, and review bloggers desperate for new books on the other. You’d think they’d talk to each other, right? Wrong. Only this week I saw a bunch of m/m bloggers talking on Facebook about how nervous they got approaching authors to request review copies […]

Cover Reveal: THE DEAD PAST #mmromance #gayromance

I’ve been a busy bee working on an entirely new series,Puddledown Mysteries. Set in England during the years following WWII, cozy mystery meets historical m/m romance in THE DEAD PAST, Book 1, anticipated release 21 April 2014. Puddledown, England The year is 1948, the war is over and the evacuees have gone home, although […]