Lillian Francis's Blog, page 153

How important is a title?

Titles, much like the dreaded synopsis, can be the bane of a writer’s life. For me, titles either come to me immediately or have to be dragged from the text, kicking and protesting all the while. These second type are often barely satisfactory and rarely my favourites.Take my recently sold Christmas story, as an example.When Love Flue InThe title is, I hope, frivolous, amusing and gives an indication to the type of tale you will find within the book’s pages.It hit me in a lightning flash, wit...

Ho, Ho, Ho... Merry Christmas!

Yes, I know it’s May and you may be excused for thinking that the rain we’ve been experiencing has seeped into my brain. But it hasn’t.No, I have Christmas news. My story ‘When Love Flue In’ has been accepted by Silver Publishing as a release in their 2012 Christmas range ‘Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow’.Look out for future posts over the coming months when I'll be sharing more details about this story.

Lesson Learned Giveaway

Head over to Stumbling over chaos where I'm offering a chance to win a copy of Lesson Learned.

http://www.stumblingoverchaos.com/archives/17605

Lesson Learned - Now available from Amazon

So the title pretty much says it all and really I should have posted this ages ago.

Lesson Learned is now available to buy from other vendors.

Here at Amazon UK

Here at Amazon.com

Here at Barnes & Noble

And from All Romance ebooks where it is hugely expensive.

If you like you can leave a review at these sites to encourage others to enjoy it.

Guest Blogger - Katherine Halle

When Lillian asked if I wanted to blog over here on my release day, I jumped at the chance and then immediately was faced with the "Oh my god what do I talk about!" fear.  And so we started e-mailing about what I could write about. I kicked around a few ideas. Then I had an epiphany in the shower.  So without further ado, let me introduce you to Lane and let him tell you the top ten things he loves about Greg and maybe even share one of his recipes.
So there are a lot of things about Greg...

Lesson Learned

Published by Ellora's CaveNow Available to buy from Ellora's Cave. Click the link to buy.



Blush sensuality level: This is a sensual romance (may have explicit love scenes, but not erotic in frequency or type).
Tired of having been constantly on the move, Drew is determined to make Cardiff his home.  When Drew starts his new job as teacher in Cardiff, he strikes up an immediate friendship with Nathan Morgan, a young History teacher.
Nathan is instantly attracted to Drew, but doesn't want to risk...

Guest blogging

Today, in celebration of the release of Lesson Learned, I make my first foray into the world of guest blogging.

Visit me here at Tina Donahue Presents where I will be babbling on about life as a first time author.

It's all in a name

Or is it?

Are the names of your characters really that important or can you just pluck any name out of thin air and use it?

In a historical story I would say, yes of course names are important. You can't set a story 200 years ago and then use a name that has only come into being in the last 50 years.

In contemporary stories this fact becomes less important. With the world now a global community made smaller and smaller by 24 hour broadcasting and the internet we steal from each others' countries...

New Release

My first book, Lesson Learned, will be available from Ellora's Cave on 2nd February 2012.

Lesson Learned

Tired of having been constantly on the move, Drew is determined to make Cardiff his home.  When Drew starts his new job as teacher in Cardiff, he strikes up an immediate friendship with Nathan Morgan, a young History teacher.
Nathan is instantly attracted to Drew, but doesn't want to risk their fledgling friendship by declaring the extent of his desire. Completely oblivious to Nathan's...