Kate Aaron's Blog, page 25
April 5, 2013
The Magic Bullet; or, Why Don’t My Books Sell?
It’s question every author wants to know the answer to -Why aren’t my books selling? Some people struggle to get any traction, some struggle to get recognition, and whatever we’re selling, we all want to sell more. I have spent two years now lurking and participating in the places where authors (indie or not) congregate [...]
April 2, 2013
Feminising the Male
Someone (who shall remain nameless…) started me onSupernatural. Yes I know I’m about eight seasons too late but in the last couple of weeks I have rectified that and am halfway though season six already. It has become something of an obsession and I am just about in love with Cas…but I digress. The purpose [...]
March 26, 2013
SCOTUS Hearing Prop 8 and DOMA Cases
Yes, it’s finally here. The US Supreme Court is hearing two major cases this week – first on California’s Proposition 8 (that particularly nasty piece of legislation which took marriage equality away from people to whom it had already been granted) and tomorrow DOMA itself. Firstly, Prop (H)8. This was a California voter initiative that [...]
March 18, 2013
The Real Point of Marriage Equality
I’ve banged on rather a lot about equal marriage. About the importance of having the right to use that word, of having the right to stand up before your friends and family – and God, if you believe – and affirm your love to Mr or Mrs Right, whoever you are. But it’s about more [...]
March 13, 2013
What He Wants Paperback Giveaway!!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the long awaited day has arrived! I received a parcel in the post containing the single collection of sexiest things I have ever seen in my life. The first paperbacks ofWhat He Wants. To celebrate, I’m hosting a giveaway of not one or two butfive copies over on Goodreads. Entry closes [...]
March 5, 2013
Police Brutality at Sydney Mardi Gras
It takes a lot to make me feel sick. I’ve got a pretty strong stomach; I’ve drank from a stream while hiking, gone further uphill and found a rotting sheep carcass in said stream and still held onto my lunch. But something I saw today induced a wave of rolling nausea so great I feel [...]
March 4, 2013
“The World’s Shame”: Catholicism and Sexuality
You’d have to have been living under a rock not to have heard about the downfall of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the Catholic church’s highest ranking UK official. A week ago, four men (three priests; one ex-priest) came forwardallegingthe Cardinal had behaved inappropriately towards them. The claims dated back to the 1980s. The Cardinal denied [...]
March 3, 2013
A Sale, A New Vendor, and Other Exciting Stuff
It’s Read an Ebook week over at Smashwords, and to celebrate I’ve enrolled not one but two books in the promotion. Get 25% off What He Wantsor a whopping 50% off Blood & Ashbefore the 9th March! I also last week signed a contract with RainbowEbooks, and all my titles are now available there. They [...]
February 26, 2013
Serial Killers and the Ex-Gay Movement
I’ve broached this subject before. Ex-gay organisations are up in arms over an episode of Criminal Minds that this week featured a serial killer who’d undergone sexual conversion therapy. The show portrays members of the ex-”gay” community as ticking time bombs who are potential serial killers…It is obvious that the ex-gay movement has become such [...]
February 21, 2013
GayRomLit and ‘Must-Have’ Authors
Apologies for the double-post today, but this one couldn’t wait. I’m sure some of you by now have seen the recent press release from GRL regarding the registration for October’s con in Atlanta. For those of you who haven’t see it yet, here’s the highlights. GayRomLit is an annual reader-focused retreat dedicated to the celebration [...]
