Shehanne Moore's Blog, page 36
April 18, 2014
It’s been just over a year now of no kissing
Ok….Do let me join you. Head for them there hills
and HIDE……
Now you see me. Now you don’t.
But instead, do allow me to disappear stand my ground. It has been just over a year now since……..
WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
And of course…
(Sorry Ralpha-man if you thought this blog was going to be about something else……)
All the little marketing strategies one employs to promo a book, which of course, Lady Fury being shockingly salacious, interviewing candidates page one, to fulfil a certain task…. Me being a nice, respectable girl, how could I possibly ask her here to interview?
See, I found out something the other day which is why I’m ducking for cover.
Since I was seven and all the normal kids on the block were vandalising car aerials and spray painting the neighbour’s walls, I have dreamt of that moment. The great
fairy dust moment when I’d have a book out in actual print.
So you know it happened 6 weeks back and the first I knew was two days ago. Yes….
The discipline in writing is working on the next book.
But hey, so I don’t get my arm broken in six places and I can write the next one, I am gonna devote some celebratory time to her ladyship….
And I am gonna be blogging…hmm…. all sorts…….
Not to mention saying a big thank you to the awesome Jane Hunt, author of The Dragon Legacy for flagging this up today .http://jolliffe01.com/blog/ and for sharing on Facebook. You can read Jane’s review here.
http://jolliffe01.com/2014/01/13/5-review-the-unraveling-of-lady-fury-shehanne-moore/
Captain Flint is an enigma whose piratical ways leave devastation in his wake from plundered treasure and ladies’ hearts.
And the amazing Ausi authors Noelle Clark and E.E Carter for sharing on their facebook pages too. Love yah ladies. Sure Lady Eff does too.
April 14, 2014
Of Dead Crows and Jute City.
Settle PETals. It is indeed a map. A twitter percentage breakdown map of where your twitter followers are from. I must say for a wee lassie from Dundee, and not just anyplace in Dundee either. No. I feel well travelled. Which is why it is pure dead brilliant, to be able to introduce this pure, dead brave gentleman. (The Dundee-isms are creeping in already, a few kens now and we’ll be there).
The brilliant, the unsuspecting, when I think about the last time a guy was brave enough to step on here… Paul Kennedy.
What? Were you expecting a dead crow? Well, hang about. Forrest Gump’s box of choccies ain’t got nothing on not knowing what you gonna git on this blog..ahem.
Paul has a new book out which he’s going to talk about…if he gets the chance. But do you really think I am passing the pure dead brilliant chance for a blether with a pure, dead brilliant fellow Dundonian? We can get to the pure dead crows in a mo.
Shey. It’s awfie bra tae meet ye the day. Whaur are ye fae? Ok..Allow me to translate for our readers. It is wonderful to meet you today, Paul. Dundee, of course has such a turbulent history, having been sacked and razed, please let me show a little painting here of the defence of St Mary’s steeple…
it’s a wonder there’s anywhere left in it to come from. Then of course there was all the moving of people to the hinterland. A bit like growing up in a frontier outpost I must say.
(Remind me to blog it sometime.) So naturally, while the answer to the question where you come from may seem to many of you to speak for itself, it doesn’t.
Paul. First of all, it’s an honour to meet YOU, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for promoting my new book.
Shey. just give this time….
Paul. I was a Charleston/Lochee lad, 
Shey. Being a Fintry girl, I am seriously behaving here. We want no fights between the Fleet and the Shimmy and the Shams. That is Lochee’s Cox’s Stack above.
Paul. But my gang of friends were from the Ardler and St. Mary’s areas; and that’s where I misspent my youth. I’ve probably lived in every scheme in Dundee at one time or another though and I’m a proud Dundonian first and foremost.
Shey. Yay! just like Desperate Dan.
So come on then, William Wallace, Mary Slessor, Captain Kydd, Bonnie Dundee, Admiral Duncan, the whalers, the shipbuilders, even those associated with the town like Captain Scott, Mary Shelley, give us the gen on your favourite historical character.
Paul. My favourite historical character, associated with Dundee; is the jute worker. And I have always said there should be a statue erected in the city square to show our respects.
Shey. Well, I don’t know Dan’s gonna move over and I don’t fancy shoving him out the way. He’s a size 100 chest for a start. But yeah, the city also has that past. Does a picture of Verdant Works jute museum suffice?
No doubt, like me you have some Irish Tatty famers who worked the mills. Now are you going to give us that favourite….. childhood memory. (See how tidy I am keeping this today?)
Paul. All my favourite childhood memories centre around my late, great, granny Kennedy. My book is dedicated to both her, and my cousin. If I had to pick out one memory, it would be eating fish suppers from St. Mary’s chippie, while my gran let me stay up late to watch “The Sweeney,” or “The Professionals”.
Shey. See that? What did I say last post about fish’n chips? I don’t suppose you’ll give us the futba team you support? Hmmm?
Paul. Given my Irish ancestry, and Charleston background, my futba team is Celtic. A lot of my pals however. are true-blue, Dundee fc fans, and in my teens I tagged along with them, and followed Dundee all over the country. 
Shey. Mr Shey sees this and he will go titz but not to worry.
Paul. I had some great times and I still have a soft spot for them. The city should also be proud of United, who have a great history over the last forty years; and lay claim to some remarkable achievements.
Shey. Oh okay….to be fair and keep Mr Shey happy…..
Paul. Celtic are my team though, always will be, and until now, I’ve been a season ticket holder; but I’ve decided I’m getting along to Tannadice and Dens to lend my support next season; and would encourage the many thousands of blue noses and Arabs to do the same. They’re two great clubs with a unique, sporting rivalry.
Shey. Now Paul at last…tell us about your book, A Murder of Crows…I just want to assure Ranting Crow this is not about an attempt on his life.
Paul. I am now 38, and although this is my first book (not including my small collection of poetry last year “The Black Crow”) it’s not something I’ve just turned to.
I’ve written since Primary school, but for various reasons, only now find myself breaking into the publishing world. I think there are far more opportunities for unknown writers out there now, with things like CreateSpace for example and this explains why I’m now in a position to release my work. I can assure your follower that unless he is the man I spoke to on the Dundee-St Andrew’s bus in the late 1980s when I should have been at school; then the book’s definitely not about him!!
Shey. All right Ranting, you can come out of hiding now. So, what’s the inspiration behind the book which I hear famous Dundee institution Grouchos ha some signed copies of this week? 
Paul. For inspiration behind the book, see my last couple of sentences on question 5 haha.
Shey. But Paul..you promised…
Paul. Seriously, my friend and I had a strange experience on a trip to St.Andrew’s one day, involving a man who transformed into a crow.
Shey. I’m not going to ask what you were on.
Paul. We were subsequently bothered by crows for a while, and the whole thing stayed with me. I liked the eerie, macabre side of it all and how it could be tied in with other things that I wanted to talk about. A Murder of Crows” is about Gavenia.
She’s twenty years old and grew up in care, after both parents abandoned or rejected her. She has no idea who her father is and little memory of her mother. Steffan is a handsome and enigmatic stranger, who’s entered her world, at a time when she’s already struggling, and things are about to get a whole lot worse. He takes her on a dark journey of the soul, pushing her to the very edge of sanity…and beyond?..as she’s forced to face her demons.
The story is set between the spirit world, the physical realm, and Hell, and I feel that I’ve created some interesting characters and given myself a lot of scope for their development.
Shey. OOH.. Sounds fabulous. What’s next for Paul Kennedy? Apart from attending futba matches?
And scaring poor Tinkerbelle hamster there?
Paul. Next, I am working on the sequel to a “A Murder of Crows” which will be much longer, and far more in-depth. I hope to publish that next year, followed by a gritty Scottish-based novel (provisionally titled ‘Damaged’) following the misfortunes of a lad who grows up in care, then ends up in the prison system. It’s looking at the cycle of abuse from a different angle.
Shey. A lot of aspiring authors follow this blog. Any advice for them? 
Paul. Advice for aspiring writers?…write! Read anything and everything you can get your hands on. Don’t let praise go to your head and don’t let negative reactions to your work bring you down. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Write what YOU want to write. Write what YOU need to write. 
Take advice 
and do whatever it takes (within reason) to get your work out there, but ultimately, be yourself. Break rules if you need to. Some people will love it and ‘get it’ most people probably won’t, there are billions of people on the planet, you can’t please them all, so please yourself, build up a genuine wee readership, and please them too.
Search out blogs such as this.
Shey OOH HALO.
Paul. Research, edit and promote your work. Don’t rush anything out there until you are satisfied with it, and excited by it. Write about your deepest, darkest fears and secrets. Things you would never talk about. Or write about love, peace, hope and joy. Whatever it is you are compelled to say. Whatever it is you need to exorcise – And take it easy on the alcohol.
Shey…. Sure you can ignore the last!!!! Thank you Paul. And good luck. You can buy the book here…
And follow him here. https://www.facebook.com/paul.kennedy.908
Or if you are in Dundee….just pop into Grouchos.
Filed under: Author Interviews, blogging, writing Tagged: A Murder of Crows, Desperate Dan, Dundee, Dundee FC, Dundee United, Dundee's history, ebook, Jute and Dundee, Kindle, Paul Kennedy, Verdant Works
April 10, 2014
A Jolly Lobster Award
You think that didn’t happen? Read on Macduff… But firstly let me show you this… 
No. It’s from Her steal the Liebster and turn it into a Lobster, Ladyship http://furiousunravelings.wordpress.com/ And who am I to argue with that? Especially some of the rounds it is doing. Her own Skipper Jane and Crow landed a nomination…not from her. Then there’s all the bloggers who only do weird… While Noelle Clark got so excited she forgot to answer the questions. Or name 7 recipients. The award is for those who enter fully into the FUN of blogging. Either by being nutz themselves, or supporting those who are. Anyway, being Lady Fury there are rules. Amazingly, only five. 
Tah dah! So the first two are dealt with. While I am sure you would rather I gave an interesting fact about the Cabin Boy…like did they survive…I am sticking to the rules. You have no idea how interesting lobsters are. Incy Black uncovered their interesting mating ritual. This bit of it made me wonder if Lady Fury was a lobster.
To mate, the female chooses the male in his den, usually after checking out many male dens.
Oooh… You can picture the fellahs making their pitch….
That brings us to Fury’s 7 questions.
1 Have you ever written a book involving sea scenes?(That is sea. Do please make sure there are no typos here). If not why not and do you intend to?
Indeed I have. It is called – 
and it is all about you. Your plank walking escapade, your posing as another woman, all these fights, some physical, you had with Flint on board both the Calypso and the Palerna, what you did to his shirt, oh and that business of climbing over the side.
2 What is your current WIP?
Well, would you believe it, it also has sex…sorry sea scenes in it. Quite stormy ones involving a ship wreck. ( I never planned that honest). A ship like this. 
and folks who look like this.
It’s finished and I am pillaging editing my words.
3 Do you have a favorite sea film? And why?
Titanic. Oh come on, gotta love Leo and Kate and all that nothing can keep them apart …..MUCH…stuff. 
Leo gives me the young, free as the wind guy. She seduces him. What’s not to like?
4 A favouite fish recipe to share?
Well. Hmm.. I am not a big fish fan. Though I do like Basa fillet done in Cajun and I would go to the ends of the ocean for a Scottish fish supper. Or maybe to Bridge of Allan and the Allanwater café, or the Petergate Chippy in York. Fish done in batter with chips on the side after a York pub crawl. YES.
5 Your favourite sea going book?
Oh come on. As a kid it was 
Arr mateys. Then there was a point where it was 
Heaving bosoms. Now…now I could probably list a dozen. Obvi I have to put my fav writer in 
cos there’s a sea going bit. Tastes change. I’m just looking back a bit here.
6 Can you share a fav sea-side memory?
Oh GAWD again. Probably just going to Sonehaven. To think we were regarded as posh cos where I grew up people just didn’t have!
But the harbour beach there was brilliant. The Old Tolbooth sold ice drinks. And then there was Dunottar Castle, boat trips in the bay. So yeah!
7 Most memorable sea-going journey?
Well…I’ve had a few. But I guess overall it would be the time a group of us thought it would be a blast to take a cruiser on the Norfolk Broads. Yes. That was until we got there and saw the size of the boat. None of us could drive. 
But hey, as everyone stood there generally, looking at the deck, considering the railway timetable back home and listening to the mechanic explaining the technicalities of turning on, driving, steering, reversing, I just thought…How hard can this be? You know what they say re greatest strengths, biggest flaws, right. 
Well, after leaving one of our party stranded on a sand bank in the middle of the river, on my first attempt to park and spending our first night with half a tree coming through the cabin window, 
heaving up and down every time another boat passed, I thought hard indeed. I could go on all day about the time the engine caught fire, the time we lost the anchor…it wasn’t attached… the time we had to be rescued and towed in, after nearly hitting the private yachts. (This is one of the party here afterwards, you can see she was wet and obviously getting wetter. ) 
The time we did nearly lose the cabin boy. Oh all right I nearly lost the cabin boy.
(Me looking tired and emotional between nearly losing the cabin boy and bashing the bejesus out the boat of a lady from Dunbar, trying to get out of our berth. Note the mop in the background. We were now using that as an anchor. I can’t swim by the way which made the whole trip really stupid, especially the moment the anchor rope went right through the Admiral and my hands in the middle of a storm.) But hey, it’s time to write my 7 questions and name my 7 nominees.
Questions
1 What do mermaids comb their hair with? 2 Which song from The Little Mermaid would you choose for your karaoke number at the Admiral Benbow? 3 Most memorable sea going journey? (Sorry got to keep that one) 4 What is your favourite sea going film? (This one too) 5 What fish recipe would you rather swallow uncrushed mussel shells than eat? 6 Who would you rather be? Long John Silver? Or Captain Hook? 7 If you had a pet lobster what would you call it?
I hereby nominate
Sharon Struth http://t.co/fwHWRlJXmk Kate Furnivall http://www.katefurnivall.com/ Catherine Cavendish http://t.co/NekQqtJiEc Jane Austen http://t.co/giVRPd6POV Mishka Jenkins https://awriterslifeformeblog.wordpress.com/ Anne Lange http://authorannelange.com/ Aubrey Wynne http://t.co/QmoxBcf3rD
Filed under: Author Interviews, blogging Tagged: blog awards, boats, cruisers, Jolly Lobster award, Lady Fury, Norfolk Broads, ships, Vikings, writing
April 7, 2014
As simple as ABC..not. Blog hop
Anne Lange the 12 Days Blog Hop Buddy, I don’t know about dah hamsters, I’d be thinking twice. Do you know she pinched two of my guys for a ménage…
http://authorannelange.com/2014/04/04/interview-with-flint-and-callm/
She called it an interview….but do we ask for water in the middle of interviews? Still maybe her stays were too tight….so, okay I’ll believe her although hundreds…… MIGHTN’T. Sharon Struth and Incy Black to name two.
Anyway the lovely Kate Furnivall….presently in Italy, researching, so maybe I might not forgive her either… Oh okay I sent her a Maximus Decimus Meridius hamster…
to show there were no hard feelings. The lovely Kate, author of
to name but a few of her fabulous books, passed me the Writing Processes Blog Hop baton, last Monday. http://www.katefurnivall.com/blog-hop/
Yay! So now the hammies and I are going to answer some questies for you. Oh, it’s only four, you can take it. I’ve so much doing getting the PC back in order I am not even going to delay.
Obviously this blog. But then there’s the trying to get the younger daughter out of the hair and the emails answered etc etc etc. I am working hard on that you understand, so just maybe I can ratchet a newly added scene up several notches in my recently completed WIP, which I don’t want to say too much about…other than it has a Viking in it with a name that sums him up. And an equally delightfully named heroine who has a big choice to make.
Sil and Bobsleigh here, they are working on holding up placards.
Er… Well, I guess I just can’t do frills and flounces. Or nice people, from nice backgrounds either.
Because I was that desperate to break into writing and I was tired of rejection, of being told I could write but… But even then I HAD to have my characters my way. And I have to say that while genre romance isn’t my first love, or choice, I do love writing about what makes people tick, and I do love having them knock all the lumps off each other. I leave the bedroom door open because I feel you’re seeing all their hopes and dreams and vulnerabilities there and because sex is a great bargaining counter. And I guess at one stage or another in each of my books my characters use it for just that. Naturally. it backfires.
GAWD.. Well, I’ve said before with a lot of
and
and hair tearing.
I don’t know how it works. Works… if only! Okay. I get an idea flash first. In His Judas Bride, it was Kara trying to get into Lochalpin. 
Loving Lady Lazuli, it was the coach on Christmas Eve and her planting these emeralds on him. In The Unraveling of Lady Fury it was her former lover turning up just as she’s ..er..interviewing suitable candidates, I won’t say for what.
Then I think a bit about the characters, their goal, motivation, conflict, what kind of people they are and start. But the thing is what goes on the page is never what I was hoping. Captain Flint was meant to be a nice helpful ex lover. Honestly. 
The Black Wolf was meant to be patient and Hawley a poor, much abused soul….
Marveling at him too, that when he suffered so much…it did nothing to stop him making other people doing the same.
SO that’s where the trouble starts when they .come off the page the exact opposite. Then I never have any idea of the plot. I just run with it. I usually end with roughly 100000 words. That’s really when I start thinking what is the main theme here. I go through and cut 20 thou to centre stage that theme. Then I add 10 thou of what is missing regarding the theme.
I do not set out to do any of that. It just happens. What I know is it is like being on a tightrope. I never look ahead. I never look down. I just put the next foot on the rope and hope. This far my faith has been rewarded.
I can but I have to pass the baton so I am.
To
Catherine Cavendish http://www.catherinecavendish.com/
and
Noelle Clark http://www.noelleclark.net/
both lovely ladies, both fabulous authors, Catherine of horror, and Noelle of romance set in exotic locations. So please pop over and visit them. Their blogs will go up next Monday BUT they always have some fabulous posts. I’m just heading over to catch the last few of Cat’s, which I kissed with having no pc last week!
Filed under: blogging, heroes, heroines, writing Tagged: Anne Lange, Catherine Cavendish, Kate Furnicall, Noelle Clark, writing, writing processes blog
April 2, 2014
Snow and Dusky Maidens, the April author interview with Lindsay Townsend
What’s wif de hamsters sort of not just cowering but not waving their usual placards…..? Well, not only is SolMage and her other ego after them–enough to cause the most emancipated hamtster to quake in its claws– my PC is again sur le blink and the Flinstonian artefact has been booted back into service. DO not ask me how to use photo edit. I think this artifact was invented before cameras. Oh not quite but…
However, this historical aspect to my present life, where it takes an hour for a webpage to load, is just what is needed to welcome today’s lovely guest. Yes. Historical writer–oh and contemporary–Lindsay Townsend. Excuse me while I nip off for 30 mins to upload a picture of her. 
Did I say 30? You know Lindsay is just hot off the trail to York …oooh a favorite place of mine….where she was doing some research. I think she could have done it again, the time it’s taken to get that pic. That’s why I must be NUTZ to show this.
YORK…did I tell you how Mount Grace Priory provided some of the inspiration for Lazuli? No. But I will another time.
Today I’m going to tell you how, like my last guest, the lovely Kate Furnivall, Lindsay has written more books than I can safely name. She’s been publised by an impressuve list including
Ellora’s Cave Kensington MuseItUp and her books are also available everywhere you care to name.
SIMEXY huh? Lindsay…first of all.. is there any publisher you haven’t worked with?
LINDSAY . Lots and lots! I’ve not yet worked for Avon or Harlequin. I’d love to work with either or both of those. How about you, Shey?
SHEY. Oh, I’m a fledgie. Happy to work. But Avon…hmmm. A girl can dream. 
A hamster can too. There’s such a question of fit. Lindz, I’m a history girl, which is why I’m knocking myself out at having you here today–
…….just fabulous to meet another history girl. You also write contemporary under the same name. How do you find that works?
LINDSAY. I love writing about characters under stress, especially ‘normal’ characters who have to do extraordinary things in order to win through and survive. History gives writers a wonderful chance to put characters in very dangerous, stressful situations. So, I find, do thrillers. So I write mainly historical romance and some romantic thrillers, both my action and adventure and romance.
SHEY. Are you going to spill secrets on which genre you prefer?
LINDSAY. Do I have to choose?
SHEY. Have you seen this……
Heavens Linz you don’t think I am nice to my guests to you? We also have avery nice chair Faith Ashlinn sat in once and never recovered from.
LINDSAY. Errr…. my hubby will tell you I hate having to make a choice… the dithering will go on for a while! Honestly, I love both genres and often blend the two in my writing, so that there’s a mystery in ‘Flavia’s Secret’
What’s she done and….er….. why is it dangerous?
SHEY. Oh, it’s all right Lindsay. I’m not going to do anything. Of cousre I don’t speak for the hamsters….
LINDSAY. There’s a historical mystery in my romantic thriller, ‘Palace of the Fountains’ (Why is a sword called the Moon Lily so important?)
SHEY. Hmmm.Oh…okay…We’ll let you off. Provided you tell us….within the historical genre do you have a favourite time period? And why?
LINDSAY . I love the Crusades! I love the blend of motives, the spiritual and the very mundane, that attracted people to go on crusade. I studied the Crusades at university as a special subject. I love all the medieval period – it was such a crucial time, when many nation states were born. 
SHEY. Oh my, Lindz, you have surpassed yourself with that answer! I’ve a sprawling epic of an oldie I mean to dig out and revamp now I have an idea for the focus. What fascinated me was that it started out with these ‘pilgrims’ and was marked by savagery and insanity. Is there any other period of history that you find enthralling?
LINDSAY. I also enjoy the ancient world – ancient Greece, Italy, Britain, Egypt, China, India. Really, I can be drawn in by any historical period. I find the research so interesting and the differences between then and now so intriguing.
SHEY . Do you have a heroine and hero it’s been hard to let go of?
LINDSAY. All of them! But especially my ‘Beauty and Beast’ pair of Elfrida and Magnus. Elfrida is a medieval witch and Magnus a knight who has been knocked about and wounded in the crusades. I found they kept ‘talking’ to me even after I’d finished writing about them in ‘The Snow Bride’ so I wrote a sequel, ‘A Summer Bewitchment’.
SHEY. Do you know I abso love that title, The Snow Bride and your tagline about beauty and beast too? Oh and the title — Dark Maiden. Both convey the book at a glance. What’s your title coining process?
LINDSAY. Thank you! Sometimes I find titles come easily – it did with The Snow Bride. And with Dark Maiden I had a mental picture of Yolande, my exorcist heroine, and wanted to create a title that captured part of her. I jot down images and themes of my stories and try to conceive a title that will incorporate them. I also try to give a strong visual sense, for the cover artist.
SHEY. Lindsay I know a lot about your books but what about you? That’s harder to come by. Can you tell us a bit?
LINDSAY. I’m married to a wonderful man. I live and work in England, in Yorkshire. I like walking, the countryside, gardening, reading and music.
SHEY. Yorkshire? OMG! I knew I did well meeting a history gal! Yes! FOlks Yorkshire is an amazing place. From the Dales…
to the abbeys
to the villages
to the moors
So got a mention of a village in my present. WIP Have you always wanted to be a writer?
LINDSAY. From when I was eleven, when a Classics tutor said I could write and should think about it as a career when I was older.
SHEY. Lol. I had a Classics teacher too but thta’ not what he said to me. What’s next for Lindsay Townsend?
LINDSAY. A Medieval whodunit, the third part of my Widow of Bath series.
SHEY. OOOH. Can’t wait. There’s something about that period sure enough. Lastly a lot of very talented aspiring writers read this blog. Do you have any advice for them?
LINDSAY. Read widely, fiction and non-fiction, all kinds of genres. See how a fellow writer draws a reader in with the first line, the first chapter, how a fellow writer creates tension and cliff-hangers, how a fellow writer uses dialogue. Write what inspires you, what you love. Don’t worry at the start about markets — write so that you become used to writing and develop your own unique voice. Polish throughout and set your completed work aside, if only for a day or two, before reading through it again and editing it carefully. Look for plot holes, dropped threads, characters who perhaps act so wildly out of character it’s impossible, and change those. Have fun! Also, if it works for you, join a writing group. (You don’t have to, but if you find the support useful, then do so.) When it comes to sending work out, research your publishers carefully, send your most polished work and be patient. (I know that one is hard!)
Good luck.
Thanks again, Shey, for such a wonderful interview and such interesting questions!
Lindsay
SHEY. My absolute pleasure to see you here today Linds and thank you for sharing both your wonderful work AND your tips. Lindsay can be found here folks. Pay her a visit. I swear she is worth it. From here you can visit ALL her amazing sites.
www.lindsaytownsend.net/
https://twitter.com/lindsayromantic
Their love breaks all bounds. Richard is lord of Wykeford—and Eleanor’s lord. She is a former bondswoman, now free. When they meet, their lives change forever as a love that can’t be denied burns between them. She is strong and fierce. He is a gentle warrior. Together, they fight for their future against all odds.But there is one in the lord’s household who’s not pleased and who will stop at nothing to break Richard and Eleanor apart, even at the cost of murder.
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Filed under: Author Interviews, heroes, heroines, writing Tagged: Ellora's Cave, Historical Fiction, Historical romance, Kensington, Lindsay Townsend, Romantic Suspense, The Crusades, writing, Writing tips, York, Yorkshire
March 26, 2014
THEY fly through the air…….
‘Fury stared at the rain gleaming down the uneven glass of the café window, obscuring almost all of the bustling harbor front. Not that Fury felt able to take in much of her surroundings. It had taken Lady Margaret less than a minute to recommence berating her. The instant they sat down in fact. Something about a delay finding a porter.
“Of course, it is all my fault, Mama.”
After all, they had traveled for over five months across France. Most things were.’ (The Unravelling of lady Fury)
‘Rain drummed ceaselessly on the coach roof, much as it had on the journey there. Not that Cass felt any better now than then, especially given the fact the blinds had already been rolled down, so she couldn’t see a thing of her surroundings.
“Pourquoi ne font pas vous me bandez les yeux? Ce serait plus simple,” she muttered as the coach door opened. Not especially graciously. Was it any wonder? Colonel Caruthers had kept her here—wherever here was—under lock and key for four months now.
The French she had learned and the geography, the codes, and the ciphers. It was all very interesting if she was meaning to learn these things. She wasn’t. And she objected to not being able to escape, even if there was nothing to escape for. Owned? It made her time with Devorlane Hawley seem rosy by comparison. Damnable and all as he was, at least he had never insisted she eat frog legs. ‘ (Loving Lady Lazuli)
TO……
Hard, isn’t it, that moment where you’ve cliff-hung, or thrown the story pieces in the air and now you teleport it forward. Maybe you don’t want to but you need to keep the momentum going. Your lovers are apart, or maybe they are together but nothing much is happening. How do you cover this?
Frankly don’t look at me, I’m only the writer. Rain…in case you’ve noticed from both these extracts… is purely co-incidental. A scene setter.
Well no…..because that’s not what the overall story is about.
Maybe I don’t know much about this and maybe I have always been a panster right down to flying by the seat of them but I think a checklist is in order.
1. Where did you leave off and why?
2 Where do you want to get to?
3 What was your leads’ state of emotional play then and why?
4 What was going down between them?
5 How do they view one another now?
6 What have they done for each other in the meantime?
7 What is your leads state of emotional play now and why?
Now, start the scene, filling a few details of the time gap. Where are we now exactly. And move it forward touching briefly on your answers as you do, to the next important story point. Open this section the same way you do a story, with the protagonist’s life about to change for better…or for worse….
extracts copyright Shehanne Moore Etopia Press.
Filed under: heroes, heroines, writing Tagged: Loving Lady Lazuli, The Unraveling of Lady Fury, writing, Writing tips
March 22, 2014
Yay, let the lighthouse shine a light.
Aren’t the hammies on their best behaviour today? So far anyway. It’s only 10.am.
The reason? The lovely fabulous CeeLee, author and pool attendant and proud companion of the duck, gave them a Lighthouse Award. Oooh. This is her here….
and here by the way.
http://swimintheadultpool.com/2014/03/14/its-been-a-star-studded-week-the-lighthouse-award/
She’s a fabulous writer. She’d a great short the other day, http://swimintheadultpool.com/2014/03/20/prompted-home-is-where-the-harpy-is/
So I’m telling you now…Keep your eye on this lady. Nudge, nudge and wink, wink, don’t say you didn’t read it here first, she is going to make it…
Okay….so the hammies and I are thrilled to accept a Lighthouse Award. What’s more Her Furyship hasn’t pinched it….yet. Quelle’s the roolz?
I must say Bobsleigh there is really brave coming out here, given some of the Great White Temptress, Solmage, Magic Maker and Dragon Tamer’s tweets this week….
SolMage @SolMage Mar 21
RT @ShehanneMoore
Hello, Grey Claw! Gee, it’s #FF, and I haven’t had any hamsters 2 eat 4 AGES! Send some my way!
Oh hamster up Lovelace, do you really think I ‘d let SolMage away with that?
EXACTLY. That’s what I said.
I think we should actually ask SolMage for a nice talk…. Hell, SolMage is a Wolf. Ok maybe not a Hot Scot Brotherhood one but nobody’s perfect. Now, the rest of the rules…
DONE.
Okay so 3 ways I like to help others?
Oh I know! To finish their chockiesTo finish their bopze.
As for the hamsters, they just like to tell others to hamster up. Isn’t that so dudes?
Dudes??????
And here’s the nominees
Puleaze check them out.
Antonia Van Zandt. http://t.co/AIE1TeSqXL
Harliqueen https://awriterslifeformeblog.wordpress.com/
Susana Ellis http://t.co/1hrfAD9n
SolMage http://t.co/gcMXdmDlnH
Noelle Clark http://t.co/f36t0xR1dx
Tracey Rogers http://t.co/a7Z0OZABI2
And the lovely Aubrey Wynne whose featuring my books on her blog today! http://t.co/QmoxBcf3rD
Just the sort of thing she does for others.
Filed under: blogging Tagged: A lighthouse award, blogging
March 18, 2014
He flies through the Air…..
You can tell they’re getting bolshie. But that’s just tough. Especially when my Naughty 12 Days of Christmas buddy …here kitted in Regency gear, Anne Lange, needs a favour. Yep. It’s okay we’re not about to land any Christmas songs on you. Anne has gone onto other things since we decked your halls. Circuses in fact.
Who doesn’t love them…the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd…except maybe the poor guy above. WHo hasn’t wanted to be the pretty trapeze star? 
Sorry…wrong picture..
the funny clown?
Oh…okay..the not just scary, the downright terrifying clown.
Anne hasn’t joined a circus… Heavens…things aren’t that bad for us authors. …YET…
But look at tall the inspiration a circus can provide. the potential for love, for horror… for everything really. 
I have a crumby manuscript somewhere about a lion tamer and a knife thrower in this beat up, down on its luck outfit in the depression. So, it’s no wonder oor Annie …..and her bunch of writing buddies have mined the seam cos circuses are sumexy… . Naturally I’ve brought out the whip and cracked it 
to ensure she does more than show us dah cover… OR rather
Fez has……..
So with no more ado…. Let’s welcome Anne Lange to the…..
Greatest Show on Earth
Hey there, Shehanne. I’m so happy to be here today. You know, I should have known you would be the one person who wouldn’t be satisfied with doing a simple straight-forward ta-da cover reveal. LOL J I love to spend time with you and answer your questions. Because quite frankly, I just love to see how you respond. And your pictures. I LOVE your pictures. And, of course I’d never let my 12-days of Christmas bud down. Never. Ever. Ever J
ANNE, Right……There are eight authors involved in this adventure. I’m so lucky to have had the opportunity to work with them on it, especially with Rachel Firasek. When she asked, I dropped everything to say yes. She’s the best. Did you know she’s the one who helped me get Worth the Risk out?
the dominating Ringmaster, a lion tamer’s bratty kittens, and a dark Harlequin King?
ANNE. Absolutely NOT. I mean…the overall idea was Rachel’s. But each of us came up with our own storylines using the various performers or other people you’d see involved in a circus. Until I started thinking about it, I didn’t realize there are so many.
ANNE. You think? Let’s just say this isn’t your typical small town carnival. This one is for a mature audience only. Sure, you may see a few clowns. You’ll definitely see a few animals of the strong, dominant variety…
you know…lionsJ.
There will be whips, bars, some rope–you know, typical implements of the trade.
There are some very interesting performances, both in the air and on the ground. Ones you probably won’t be able to pull your eyes away from. Some that may get your heart (and other body parts) pumping. And what you see may increase your desire hunger…but not to worry, there are plenty of refreshments. And what’s a circus without cotton candy?
ANNE. Yes. They all relate to The Sin Circus. It travels and stops in various towns throughout the US. You’ll recognize some of the characters throughout the stories.
ANNE ; LOL. Clever title huh? J Yes, we are definitely referring to trapeze. Did you know that the flying trapeze is one of three types of trapeze? There’s also Static Trapeze and Swinging Trapeze. The flying trapeze was first performed by a Frenchman named Jules Leotard at the Cirque Napoleon in 1859. The costume they wear to this day is, obviously, named after him.
My story is about three people raised by families who belonged to the circus. The hero of my story left to pursue other interests, but returns to his roots when he’s needed. Once there he runs into the girl he left behind, along with an old friend, a guy who will do anything to see her happy, even if it means sharing her.
ANNE. (Answering carefully here) Actually, I’ve only been to the circus a time or two in my life. Let’s see, I guess I would say any of the aerial performances. YES…. They’re thrilling to watch and makes you wish you could be up there with them. I imagine it’s quite the rush.
ANNE. The sounds. The gasps. The moans. Oooh, you mean my personal favorite. *blush* sorry. I got caught up re-reading my story. It’s the scene where they’re…well, you’ll have to find out on your own. J For me, I’d say probably the cotton candy; I was a kid after all. Though, now that I’m an adult, I think I’d kind of like to visit The Sin Circus. 
ANNE. Errrrr… Well.. I’d love to wear a sexy costume, be partnered with the sexy man, and I’d love to ride…hmm…I’ll let Shehanne fill folks in on the blanks. And the giveaway!!!!
Everyone remembers their first trip to the circus–the home of fantasy and dreams. Where the idea that anything is possible meets a creative reality of alluring tricks and amazing acts of defiance. The big top is known for inspiring lust, awe, and happy memories, and now you’ll see it like never before.
Some of today’s hottest romance authors combine the decadent memories of the center ring with all the flavors in erotic fiction in The Sin Circus. Whether it’s with a dominating Ringmaster, a lion tamer’s bratty kittens, or a dark Harlequin King, this show is sure to shock the audience with its dazzling dares and tantalizing tales.
Dark Surrender by Rachel Firasek
He stole her control, but she hasn’t completely surrendered her heart…yet.
http://www.rachelfirasek.com
Claimed by the Blade by Mina Carter
He’s waited years to claim her. Tonight, she’s all out of excuses…
http://mina-carter.com
Ring of Fire by Lacey Wolfe
The Ringmaster must figure out his feelings before his ballerina goes up in flames…
http://www.laceywolfe.com
Unmasking Her Dom by Jennifer James
Tormented by touch, the King of the Harlequin resolves to release his bratty sub before she strips away the last barriers between them, and discovers his secret shame.
http://www.authorjenniferjames.com
The Bratty Lioness Tamer by April Angel
Two sexy female lovers. A new master ready to tame them. And the performance they’ll never forget.
http://millytaiden.com/
Sweet & Sticky by Sabrina Garie
Recipe for forever: Mix a flailing writer with a down-on-his-luck agent, toss in a pound of cotton candy and an empty bleacher. Let simmer.
http://sabrinagarie.com/
Twice the Pleasure by Georgina DeBurca
As the bindings unravel, two brothers race to save the woman who has captured their hearts.
https://www.facebook.com/author.deburca
With the Greatest of Ease by Anne Lange
He traded a trapeze and the catch of a lifetime for a life in a courtroom. Now he’ll share her, to catch her, one last time.
http://authorannelange.com/
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Filed under: Author Interviews, heroes, heroines, writing Tagged: Anne Lange. Worth the Risk, April Angel, Circuses, Georgina Deurca, Jennifer James, Lacey Wolfe, Mina Carter, Rachel Firasek, Sabrina Garie, The Sin Circus
March 17, 2014
Happy Paddy’s Day —Any excuse for a Piss Up
.The hordes of
McGurkies had swept in from the sea. On their way from Ireland, they said…..
Shehanne Moore. His Judas Bride.
courtesy of the lovely CeeLee
http://swimintheadultpool.com/2014/03/14/its-been-a-star-studded-week-the-lighthouse-award/
NOT
‘
Your damn crowd of thieving Irish tinkers would want to join in for a start.”
“My crowd—”
Shehanne Moore His Judas Bride.
Well, be still your little beating hamster hearts. That is coming later this week. For goodness sake it’s….
17th March
Even google is decked in green. Begorrah and begor… We got to celebrate …the day not the fact Google is decked.
There now….Better?
Maybe not…give you the tights oh hamster honey you might pass for Robin Hood.
Okay…what is it they say? 
Seriously. Why am I, a Scot celebrating? Is it just any excuse for a knees up with the hamsters? Oh..Hi Fez…
to sing…
While waving a few bottles and getting trolleyed? No. Because Britain is an island and people have always come to that island. Maybe I count the odd Pictish ancestor…probably very odd..primarily my ancestors swept in from the sea. Vikings..yes the hereditary disease is there, Normans, mercenaries…ooh and Irish. They swept in at the height of the famine. 
At that time Dundee was probably a quite nice place to live. Its population in 1830 was 40000. A new jute mill had been opened. It needed 5000 workers. It got them overnight. And more. From the hunger fields across the sea. The affect on the infrastructure of a town unprepared for what hit it was horrendous. I look at the census records of 1851 and see my famine ancestors living 12 to a shed in the arse-end of some ‘land’ (what the makeshift boarding hours that sprung up were called) and doing 14 housr a day, or whatever the hell they were, stints in jute mills
and think…obviously their situation had not improved much. By 1900 the population was 170000.
Anyway, the important thing….the point of this blog, like the city itself they were survivors. So yeah, Morgans, Lees, Colemans and MOORES, hell yes, I do feel entitled to raise a glass to you. Did I just say one? Time to get green….
As a writer, when it comes to inspiration I firmly believe
Erin go bragh!
Filed under: writing Tagged: Ireland, Irish, Irish Famine, St Patrick's Day
March 15, 2014
Most definitely…it’s a Liebster
Cue…..the Dook.
Crack the bubbly……Fez
Why?
Okay…technically speaking, I’m breaking a few rules here on follower numbers but to quote Lady Fury who went and nominated herself for this award yesterday…..
Some rules are made to be broken
It is an absolute pleasure to receive an award and an even bigger one to pass it on. Puhew, it takes care of the next two blogs for a start! So, what are the rules? Well, display the logo …DUH, obvi to quote Fury again and link to the blogger who nominated me. That is the lovely Harliqueen,
/https://awriterslifeformeblog.wordpress.com/
Mishka Jenkins. Mishka has a fabulous blog, not just sharing her journey to publication but writing processes and she’s well worth checking out.
Mishka set ten questions for me and the hamsters to answer. We then need to set a different ten for those we nominate. So, here goes…
1. Who is your favourite author and why?
Right? Next question please……. Okay.. This is difficult I mean the hamsters probably like 
Rabbie cos he wrote a poem about a mouse- -close–or maybe even Steinbeck…of Mice and Men ….close again. I love so many authors, but probably one I read and read again is 
James M Cain. Why? Cos I love the way he wrote women. I love the fact he wasn’t afraid to write not just flawed characters but tackle taboos. Most of all I love his tight prose. Hard-boiled yes but creamy centred.
2. Do you have a favourite type of character?
Oh yes. Gimme flawed, gimme bad, every time. I need the reason to keep reading. The hamsters I can’t speak for but I guess they like furry. 
3. Is there a part of writing that you struggle with and want to improve?
All of it quite frankly.
4. Apart from writing, what are you most passionate about?
Oooh.. You’ve not asked me an erotic writer that have you? My giawwd when I think of muses…..Okay being PC like Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality…
The hamsters now..they just like their food. it helps them scamper up them there hills.
5. Favourite colour?
At the risk of sounding chronic, all colour is beautiful. Being gothy in some respects, probably black.
6. Are you currently working on anything? e.g. Novel, novella, short story, poem, etc.
I’m editing one just completed manuscript about a very sumexy Viking and half way through writing my second London Jewel Thieves book, Splendor. 
The hamsters are just busy on the wheel. Like I am looking at muses..
7. Do you remember your favourite childhood book?
Okay….Sorry. Obviously that was the hamsters. But it was interesting…
Oh..Okay. you twisted my arm,
Tough choice here…. .I can’t make it.
8. Have you ever cried over a book? If so, which one?
I’m a tough cookie. But I tell you now, it was. 
That shit about how the dying swallow stands by him. And, let’s not even go there re how traumatized I was trying to read this stuff in my best ooncle Paul Scofield…your mother cannot be with you any more Bambi bloody accent. To a kid of three? 
The hamsters now….they cry all the time.
9. Your favourite song of the moment?
Hmm… The hamsters like… a Hamster lived in a Windmill in Old Amsterdam…
Me? Right now? I’ve been loving listening to Vogel Im Kafig. Oh not a song I know but nicely inspiring
10. Is there anything you do particularly to get inspiration for writing?
Think of the deadline.
Okay… now we have the hamsters questions….. for their nominees… Lady Fury better be holding her breath here after what she did yesterday, I tell you.
1 Which fictional character would you most fancy having a fling with and why?
2 You’ve been shipwrecked on a desert island, what book can’t you be without?
3 Do you have a favorite literary series?
4 What are you working on right now?
5 Who is your favourite author and why?
6 Favourite colour?
7 Are you a plotter or a pantser
8 Have you been known to ‘torture’ a character and if so why?
9 Do you prefer sweet or angsty?
10 Which part of the craft have you found hardest to learn? 
Ellis Vidler http://t.co/aBdBygwLCX
Sharon Struth http://t.co/fwHWRlJXmk
Christine Elaine Black http://t.co/0mtcFYgj53
Noelle Clark http://t.co/f36t0xR1dx
Catherine Cavendish http://t.co/un1uiotgNq
Aubrey Wynne http://t.co/QmoxBcf3rD
Amelia Curzon. http://t.co/G9CmQkNot9
EE Carter http://t.co/PnzIrl890o
CeeLee http://swimintheadultpool.com/2014/03/14/its-been-a-star-studded-week-the-lighthouse-award/
Renea Mason http://reneamason.com
Poet Quinn http://perspiringpoet.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/no-be-lang-noo
Faith Ashlin http://t.co/uoOgTgVyXY
Oh,,,very well… as she already pinched it and nominated people, what can I do. And NO Fury, do not think cos the hamsters like FURRY, that means you.
Lady Fury http://furiousunravelings.wordpress.com
Filed under: blogging, heroes, heroines, writing Tagged: A Liebster Award, Blogaward, books, reading, writing
