Lillian Francis's Blog, page 147

Tick tock

Thought it was about time I updated my works in progress page.

http://lillianfrancis.blogspot.co.uk/p/work-in-progress.html

Another day to celebrate

Happy Bisexual Pride Day!

Yes, today is Bisexual Visibility day.

I had just intended to send you guys to a couple of links over to articles at Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-berg/22-reasons-why-bisexuals-_b_5851458.html

&

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/23/celebrate-bisexuality-day_n_5863320.html

And I still want you to go there. In fact I'll pause while you pop off to read, especially the second link because that is important to this post.




I said go and read. At least...

There's a chill in the air

Yes, the temperature is dropping and, for the first time in forever, I tugged on a pair of long trousers yesterday.
Do you know what that means?
I've been able to wear my Converse for the first time since threading my rainbow laces.

Okay, freaky angle to take your own photo, it makes my feet look tiny.
But I could hardly ask somebody else to take a picture of my shoes. Most people IRL already think I'm slightly mad.
Funky, eh? And a great match with my Converse.

But more importantly Rainbow Laces...

Sometimes little things seriously naff * me off

Now I know that much of what you put on the internet is there for all the world to see and that certain sites are just a collecting place for ideas and images meant to be readily shared. One such site is Pinterest, which I use--among other things--to  collect images for various stories that I am writing. To give me an idea of the plane a certain character flies, the clothes another one might wear, or the animals that can be found in certain parts of a particular country.

And therein lies...

Hear me rawr

More bear talk over at the dreamspinner blog today.

I reveal what inspired me to write my story.

Hmm, food.
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See what my fellow authors have to say about their contributions.

Don't forget that 25% off code should still be good through today.

If you go down to the woods today

be sure to take your copy of the brand new anthology A Taste of Honey which is released today.

A collection of 14 stories all about bears and the men in their lives.

Copyright Lillian Francis
No, not that kind of bear. Stuffed or otherwise. These bears.



As you can see from the banner my story is titled Barefoot. Here's the blurb.

A crunching tackle brought Finn’s rugby career to a premature end, shattering his confidence and leaving him shy and insecure about his sexuality, despite his size. Now,...

Rebate

Ellora's Cave are offering a 25% rebate on all their books at All Romance ebooks. So, you can pick up both of my novel length stories there and get money to spend on other books.


In other news, alien pod plants found in Kent. 

copyright Lillian Francis


Maybe I've discovered the place where all those perfect fellas that populate the pages of our favourite gay romances are grown.

Coming soon

a brand new story from yours truly.

Barefoot will be appear in the new Dreamspinner anthology A Taste of Honey.


A Taste of Honey

In the mood to try something sweet? How about a collection of stories about bears and the special men in their lives? Guys don’t have to be in their twenties, perfectly sculpted, and hairless to be hot. Bears are real men with real bodies—and that doesn’t always mean a perfect six-pack or an immaculately smooth chest. With bears, it can mean more man to love. The men i...

A New Home

As some of you may know, my Christmas story 'When Love Flue In' has been out of print since the demise of Silver publishing earlier in the year.

Well, I'm delighted to reveal that the story now has a new home with Totally Bound. It will be released in time for the holiday season.

Important dates:

Preorder: 24th October 2014

Early download: 7th November 2014

General release: 5th December 2014


This story will finally get its own cover.

Yay!

What do you think will/should grace the cover?

Free Read

Well, the UK Meet was a month ago and I've still not written up a report of my time there or action any of plans but I'll talk of those in another post (maybe, you know how flaky I can be in my blogging).

Today I bring you a ficlet, originally written for my little corner of the UK Meet's USB which was provided to delegates. Since many of my friends couldn't attend I decided I would share it with you here.



Since this free story was written for the UKMeet 2014, I though it only fitting to revisi...