Joy Lynn Fielding's Blog, page 5
May 25, 2015
Full steam ahead!
The Blowing Off Steam blog tour starts today! It lasts for a week, with a $20 Amazon gift card on offer, as well as posts about trains, spiders, and my favourite couples from literature (somehow Pongo and Missis made their way onto that list).
It will be lovely to see people at any of the stops, where I’ll be popping in and out all day if you have any questions for me. I’ll post the links on a daily basis as they go live (and you get a Rafflecopter entry for every blog you leave a comment on). A Rafflecopter giveaway
Today’s stops:
Bayou Book Junkie (where the book has received a 5 star review!)
My very grateful thanks to all of the bloggers who are hosting me and to Will at Pride Promotions for his exemplary organisational skills.
May 20, 2015
RT Magazine review and a mystery (possibly) solved
RT Magazine has given Blowing Off Steam a great 4.5 star review:
“…Watching these two fall in love is the best thing that’s happened to UK railroads since Thomas the Tank Engine.”
The review has cleared up something that’s been puzzling me, which is precisely where my desire to write about trains originated from. Several people have asked and until now I’ve had no idea. But I forgot about Thomas.
Ah, Thomas the Tank Engine. I remember pestering my dad at an airshow until he gave in and bought a ticket for us all to ride the motorised Thomas that was zipping up and down the runways. Of course it broke down at the furthest point from anywhere and we had to walk about a mile in the blazing midday sun. I was not overly popular with the rest of my family.
Later, when I was a rock and roll chick (hey, it was the eighties. Everyone listened to Bon Jovi and Metallica and had big hair) I still loved Thomas – the leather jacket I wore to countless gigs at the Marquee club sported a James the Red Engine pin. It’s even possible that I had a brief foray into writing fanfiction for Thomas. Don’t tell me no one else sees the unresolved sexual tension between Thomas and that cheeky little chappie Percy.
Blowing Off Steam is released next week, and Samhain is currently offering it at a 30% discount.
April 29, 2015
Blowing Off Steam blog tour dates
The Blowing Off Steam blog tour is getting closer (it starts 25th May, with the book released 26th May), and I can’t wait any longer to share the wonderful artwork that Will at Pride Promotions has produced for the tour. I’m really excited about the tour, and very grateful to Will for his hard work and to all the bloggers who are so generously hosting me.
While I’m sharing things, Blowing Off Steam has been named one of the best books of the month at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words, where it’s received a phenomenal review which includes a bonus video of steam trains. Sam would be in heaven watching it! I’m thrilled the reviewer enjoyed the book so much, as well as Syneca’s lovely cover.
I think that sending books out into the world is a little how it must be packing one’s child off to school. You’ve done everything you can to make sure it’s properly dressed, well-mannered, and has its lunch, but nothing can stop the worry that people won’t like it. I mean, nobody is liked by everyone, and the same holds true for books, but when you’ve grown fond of characters, you hope other people will enjoy being around them too. On my first day at ‘big school’, I firmly informed my mother that if I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t be going back. She agreed, presumably so she didn’t have to drag a tantrumming daughter through the school gates. I’m thankful I did enjoy it, because I’m not sure what she’d have done otherwise. And I think I have it tough trying to corral fictional characters!
April 2, 2015
Tumbleweeds, trains, and half-naked men
It���s been a little quiet round here of late, by
which I mean the tumbleweeds bowling through an apparently deserted blog have been a little hard to miss!
My absence has been due to health issues. I���m very glad to report they���re now on the way to being resolved, with an underactive thyroid at the root of it all.
But it is taking time, and some days I feel like one of the professional invalids in Georgette Heyer���s novels, reclining gracefully on the chaise longue while half-dressed muscular attendants fan with me palm fronds and feed me…�� Wait, I think I may be getting my genres confused.
The good news is that I am recovering, and hope to be well enough to start writing again before too much longer. In the meantime, the wonderful Will at Pride Promotions has been lining up a blog tour for the release of Blowing Off Steam at the end of May. More details to follow on that closer to the time!
I���ve also taken the plunge and signed up for Twitter at long last. If anybody would like to follow me there, I���m @JoyLynnFielding.
December 10, 2014
A holiday party – with gifts!
The lovely Emily at the Sharing Links and Wisdom blog is running a holiday party all this month, with a grand prize draw for a $50 Amazon gift certificate!
I’m there today, with one of my Strength of the Pack books up for grabs, talking about Christmas – and seeking tips on how to prevent a Labrador from rooting through all the presents before anyone else can get to them.
The problem is that on his first Christmas with us, he was very timid and anxious (he’s a rescue dog) and so to reassure him that there was nothing nefarious in all those brightly wrapped parcels, I made sure the first two presents that were unwrapped were for him. That was a disastrous move, because he then thought every present was for him. And he’s still convinced of it now.
In this photo, he was so eager to claim his present that I didn’t even get a chance to remove the tag before he took it back to his basket.
October 24, 2014
Fall Fantasies – and a chance to win a Kindle Fire
Interested in winning a Kindle Fire, loaded with books from more than 30 m/m authors? Hie thee over to Fall Fantasies, where a different m/m author is being hosted each day during the month of October. For every comment you make, you’ll receive an entry into the draw (just remember to put your email address in the comment so you can be contacted).
I’m there today, talking about the things I love about fall/autumn, and the one thing about it that I really don‘t love.
October 18, 2014
Virtual LGBT Fiction party for all not able to attend GRL
The lovely people at Rainbow Gold Reviews are today running a party for those of us unable to attend GayRomLit retreat this weekend. Taking place all day here on Facebook, it’s guaranteed to be fun, with all sorts of people stopping by to chat and oodles of prizes to be won.
October 7, 2014
The summer may be over, but the heat is just beginning���
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It���s that whimsical time of year again when the days grow shorter, the leaves are turning, and the fires are being lit. So why not make yourself comfy and spend your evenings snuggled up with some of the hottest M/M romances around. Fall in love with the sexy men from some of your favorite Manlove writers.
And if that isn���t enough to tempt you to visit the blog, there���s a Kindle Fire HD to be won, containing books from every contributing author! I���m guesting on October 24th .
Contest details: The contest runs from October 1st to October 31st. Each day a new author will be showcased, and each day you will have a chance to enter to win our grand prize of a brand new, just released Kindle Fire HD with an eBook loaded on it from every author in our contest. We will also be offering 2nd and 3rd prizes of swag/gift baskets with carefully chosen items from our wonderful authors.
So, come visit every day to discover which new book is being added to the Kindle and leave a comment to enter.
Rules of the Contest:
You may enter once per day, but only once per day. Each day the contest runs from 12:01am (PST) to 11:59pm (PST). Once that day has ended, no further entries may be added for that day. You must wait for the next day to enter again.
To enter every day, you MUST comment every day, on that given day. Any entries added after the 11:59pm (PST) cutoff time will not be entered.
You MUST leave your email address in your comment or we will have no way to contact you if you win. Any comments left without an email will not be considered.
Please your comment on the author’s page to be counted each day.
You may only win one prize.
Winners will be chosen on November 1st and announced on the blog.
The summer may be over, but the heat is just beginning…
It’s that whimsical time of year again when the days grow shorter, the leaves are turning, and the fires are being lit. So why not make yourself comfy and spend your evenings snuggled up with some of the hottest M/M romances around. Fall in love with the sexy men from some of your favorite Manlove writers.
And if that isn’t enough to tempt you to visit the blog, there’s a Kindle Fire HD to be won, containing books from every contributing author! I’m guesting on October 24th .
Contest details: The contest runs from October 1st to October 31st. Each day a new author will be showcased, and each day you will have a chance to enter to win our grand prize of a brand new, just released Kindle Fire HD with an eBook loaded on it from every author in our contest. We will also be offering 2nd and 3rd prizes of swag/gift baskets with carefully chosen items from our wonderful authors.
So, come visit every day to discover which new book is being added to the Kindle and leave a comment to enter.
Rules of the Contest:
You may enter once per day, but only once per day. Each day the contest runs from 12:01am (PST) to 11:59pm (PST). Once that day has ended, no further entries may be added for that day. You must wait for the next day to enter again.
To enter every day, you MUST comment every day, on that given day. Any entries added after the 11:59pm (PST) cutoff time will not be entered.
You MUST leave your email address in your comment or we will have no way to contact you if you win. Any comments left without an email will not be considered.
Please your comment on the author’s page to be counted each day.
You may only win one prize.
Winners will be chosen on November 1st and announced on the blog.
September 26, 2014
Honorable Mention Rainbow Awards
I’m blown away to learn that Carnevale and A Gilded Cage have been awarded an Honorable Mention in this year’s Rainbow Awards, meaning that a judge has given them a rating of 36 or higher out of 40. Given the exalted company they’re keeping, I don’t expect them to go on to be short-listed, but am thrilled by such an accolade! :D
This pair of short stories was written on a large canvass with vivid imagery. The sights, sounds, and smells of Venice of long ago and the beautiful countryside vineyard are detailed and brief as to let the reader see what they will as the story progresses. What takes center stage is the true sexual awakening of Perry, a young gentleman from England, and his attachment to Jack, the former Englishman that can’t go home.
