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Fiction Friday - All She Wrote

My read of the week was actually an audiobook and a re-read.
All SheWrote (audiobook) by Josh Lanyon
Giving screwball mystery a whole deadly new meaning.
A murderous fall down icy stairs is nearly the death of Anna Hitchcock, the much-beloved American Agatha Christie and Christopher Holmes s former mentor. Anna s plea for him to host her annual winter writing retreat touches all Kit s sore spots traveling, teaching writing classes, and separation from his new lover, J.X. Moriarity.
For J.X., Kit...

World Autism Awareness Day

I’m taking part in RJ Scott’s Blog Hop for World Autism Awareness Day. Click the link to see all the other great authors and bloggers taking part.

Since this isn’t the first time I’ve taken part in RJ’s blog hop to raise awareness for autism I decided that I would look more deeply into the history of autism and when it became a recognised condition.
The following pocket history was taken from this site. 
Where Did the Term "Autism" Come From?
From the early 1900s, autism has referred to a ra...

I wouldn't normally do this

I came across a 4.5 star review for Theory Unproven on Goodreads the other day. Now, normally I would do a little fist pump and move on. But this review was eloquent, well thought out, and perfectly presented and I pegged the reader as a more than casual reviewer. So after much deliberation I dropped Tina a message and enquired if she reviewed for a particular site so that I could comfortably share her review.

Turns out she doesn't anymore but she did give me permission to share her review wit...

Fiction Friday - Raining Men & Somebody Killed his Editor (audio)

Raining Men by Rick R Reed 

Sequel to Chaser 

The character you loved to hate in Chaser becomes the character you will simply love in Raining Men. 

It’s been raining men for most of Bobby Nelson’s adult life. Normally, he wouldn’t have it any other way, but lately something’s missing. Now, he wants the deluge to slow to a single special drop. But is it even possible for Bobby to find “the one” after endless years of hooking up? 

When Bobby’s father passes away, Bobby finally e...

February's reads

Following on from my last post I have February's reads.

Series: I finished the Lang Downs series by Ariel Tachna. I only had the one book left to read in this series, Conquer the Flames (Lang Downs #4) - 4 stars.   Revisiting Lang Downs is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket and meeting up with your favourite people (not that I often wear a blanket for that.) I know what to expect and Ariel Tachna doesn't disappoint. It's been a while since this book was published (2013) so I'm...

Tut, tut, tut

Yes, it appears I have already fallen foul of my plans for regular blog posts, namely the 'What I read last month' feature. I think the problem is that it takes some time to collate the information into a format I can use easily here. So my plan going forward is to highlight my favourite book or books of the previous week and to post on fridays (I already have a Fiction Friday tag I can reappropriate).

In the meantime I'm going to run through my reading for January and February in this post.

I...

Playing on picmonkey

Jay Northcote introduced me to this great site called picmonkey. It's a free photo editing site and it's really easy to use.

I posted one promo photo on Facebook the other day. This was made up from my FB banner and a quote from a review.

I also tried to make some using my book cover. Here's one using a quote from the book.



What do you think?

Do you consider it as an effective as a way of promoting a book?

Lovers Entwined

Just a quick note to let you know that the rights to Lovers Entwined have now reverted back to me. 

As of the 14th March the book will no longer be available from Ellora's Cave and should be removed from third party sites over the next few days.

I'm currently considering whether to self publish this title. If it is something you were hoping to purchase please bear with me, I will make a decision in the next few weeks.

Woo woo, all aboard

for the last stop on the blog tour.

For this final stop I'm discussing what you do when stumbling across unfamilar words and how readers prefer the author to deal with such things.




The giveaway link is still active for anyone that hasn't entered yet. You've got another couple of days. Go on, what have you got to lose.

Coming to the end of the blog tour

And I'm over at UK Gay Romance discussing Pinterest and how I discovered its uses--and downfalls--while writing Theory Unproven.

Pop on over there and let me know about any online tools you use for your writing, reading, or other hobbies.