I found a review for my novella, The Keeper, this morning and whilst the reviewer was disappointed in the book, and marked it quite low, I have to say that this is the kind of review that I, as a writer, appreciate. Both the review, and the comments on it gave me much to think about and learn from and that's always a good thing!

I am always ( Read more... )

I read an interesting post from erastes this evening relating to a discussion taking place on Remittance Girl's blog about eroticism of rape in fiction. I have also read the posts on said blog and followed some of the discussion there about the subject. This is a subject which interests me, because, apparently I wrote a novella which eroticizes, not only ( Read more... )

The winner of the Christmas Carol Contest, and a free copy of my novella, The Keeper is Jessica Freely. Congratulations, Jessica I hope you enjoy the book. Thanks to everyone who played.

Now to answer the burning question. Which Christmas song makes me think of D/s?

It is an old carol dating from the 10th century which tells the story of a good ( Read more... )

I just found this review of my novella, The Keeper at the Lincoln Heights Literary Society. it's a nice one, and made me smile.  Especially the following comment:

Thomas's complete and total purity and innocence, both to sex and violence, was a bit of a turn off (I may like my fictional guys somewhat effeminate, but not totally weak and helpless), ( Read more... )

Kris Jones at Romance Junkies gives The Keeper 4 Blue Ribbons! It is so good when a reader GETS what you're trying to do. I don't even mind that my last name is mispelled in the body of the review.


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Frost's Fancy at Rainbow Reviews has given The Keeper 5 stars.

Quoted from Frost's Fancy's Review: Young Thomas is well apprenticed as a cobbler for the past decade and life is about as good as can be expected in his role in a London Quaker household in the second half of the 18th century. But events take a turn for the worst when he is kidnapped ( Read more... )

I just discovered that The Keeper is ranked #8 in the Historical top ten on the torquere books site. This is pretty exciting. Today the category, tomorrow the world...

Well a girl can dream.

Thanks to everyone who's bought it.

I've received two reviews for my novella, the keeper today.

This one from Elisa Rolle is good, and had me grinning from ear to ear because she referred to the story as a "breeches ripper."

Edited to add: The comments on this review are every bit as interesting as the review itself. :)

http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/359679.html

The second review is ( Read more... )

My historical novella, The Keeper is now available from Torquere Books! It already has a wonderful review from Stevie Woods.

BlurbCobbler's apprentice Thomas Williams is on his way out for the night when he's stuffed into a carriage and whisked away from the staid life he's always known. Stolen away from his Quaker master, Thomas is sold into the ( Read more... )

Okay, I don't know what happened there, but I tried to post an answer to today's LJ writer's block here and it went a bit skewiff.

The question is what foods do you associate with romance or something like that.

I bet most people would say Strawberries and Chocolate, and I would have to agree that those are two sexy foods, especially when you combine ( Read more... )