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farzana-versey's picture
Apr.15.2010
That albatross round your neck is a loyal dog, but adultery rules in the avian kingdom. Bird-watching has got a fresh connotation in an upcoming book The Bird Detective by Bridget Stutchbury. This might not have ruffled my human feathers at all for the simple reason that the concept of...
anne-brooke's picture
Apr.11.2010
Writing News: I'm pleased to say that my gay erotic short story, The Delaneys and Me, is now up at Amber Allure Press although it's not published until Sunday 18 April. I'm noting it now as I'll be away on holiday at that point so won't be blogging until I get back. I'm also happy to say that Give...
anne-brooke's picture
Apr.05.2010
Writing News: I'm happy to say that The Hit List has received a very thorough 4-star review at Goodreads and I'm immensely pleased with that. Thanks, Kassa. At the same time, Give and Take gained an "Excellent" grade at The Well-Read Book Blog so that's been a nice boost too. I was also...
beverley-bie-brahic's picture
Apr.04.2010
A piece of tinsel is caught in the birch tree outside my window.  How long has it been there?  When I catch sight of it out of the corner of my eye, I look up.  I think someone's coming up the path to the front door of the two downstairs condo, maybe up the stairs to the two upstairs ones, one of...
anne-brooke's picture
Mar.14.2010
Let's start with the sad news. Which is that, unfortunately, our middle neighbour in our block of 3 flats died of heart troubles earlier this week. He'd been waiting for a heart operation in hospital and we've visited a couple of times, but he never made it to have the actual op. I'll miss him - he...
anne-brooke's picture
Mar.07.2010
Good news for ebook lovers and ebook enquirers this week, as it'sRead An Ebook Week. As part of this exciting prospect, two of my short stories published by Untreed Reads will be free for one week only at Smashwords. So, you can find my literary love story How To Eat Fruit at Smashwords here. And...
anne-brooke's picture
Mar.07.2010
Good news for ebook lovers and ebook enquirers this week, as it'sRead An Ebook Week. As part of this exciting prospect, two of my short stories published by Untreed Reads will be free for one week only at Smashwords. So, you can find my literary love story How To Eat Fruit at Smashwords here. And...
jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Mar.06.2010
As my dream progressed in a mother's nightmare--child flying down hill in baby walker while eating a poisonous fruit--I was awakened by the call of one distressed turkey. No, this is not part of the dream, but reality, and reality became even more unreal as I opened my deck door, walked out, and...
anne-brooke's picture
Feb.28.2010
I'm very happy to announce that my latest novel, m/m romantic comedy The Hit List, is now published by Amber Allure, where you can also read a brief extract.  The blurb is: Jamie Chadwick is straight. Determinedlystraight. Or so he keeps telling himself. His small conference business is doing okay...
kasmik-zenter's picture
Feb.27.2010
Yesterday, I was awakened at 7 am by the bright loud 'caw' of a crow near my bedroom window. Alarmed, but groggy, I hopped out of bed, stumbled into the bathroom, and got ready for a full day of work at home. Excited about completing my latest art venture, I gathered my materials, set up the studio...