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Jan.29.2013
I know I did a story-by-story wander through Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction when it first came along back in 2009 - and can we just take a moment to be stunned that that was four years ago? But if you click that link there, you'll see a publication date of this month - for the audiobook.
I had no...
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Jan.28.2013
I have a forthcoming rant bubbling up, but I also have a vodka cooler and as such the two are cancelling each out out. So far. Today was just horrendous. Deep breath, exhale, continue.
The nuts and bolts of today's frustrations were people. Mostly nuts. I have a genuine desire to see the best...
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Jan.27.2013
Last night, my fella and I went to the grand re-opening of After Stonewall, our local GLBT bookstore, which has expanded to include handmade functional art (pottery, glassware, woodwork, textile, metalware) and handcrafted jewellery for both men and women - all from Ontario and Quebec artists....
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Jan.26.2013
Evil can be fun.
Now, before you jump to conclusions, let me clarify a wee bit. Sexy demons, in the hands of clever authors, can be fun. You can put down the pitchforks and holy water now.
In the last month or so, I've mentioned Jerry L. Wheeler quite a bit. This Short Story 365 project has...
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Jan.25.2013
It's cold out there. We're having some seriously impactful wind chill right now, and the end result is a lot of time under a blanket with a hot cup of tea and as much not-going-outside as I can manage around work. I'm certainly getting a lot of reading done. Winter is definitely good at...
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Jan.24.2013
It's no secret that I love stories with a paranormal twist. I don't have the math on-hand, but the vast majority of things I've written have at least a trace of something psychic, magical, or otherwise otherworldly to them. When Richard Labonté collected Erotica Exotica I was very hyper to be a...
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Jan.23.2013
I'm not a cook - though I do love to bake.
I like my slow-cooker. My slow-cooker is usually how I make a big meal, and have leftovers for lunch for a few days. This Christmas, I got a new slow-cooker recipe book with some recipes in it that are a bit more complicated or involved than the ones I...
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Jan.22.2013
I may have mentioned this before, but I have to - constantly - bite down on my revenge streak. It's not a pretty party of my personality (and I'm not sure where it came from) but I mostly get my fill of enjoying stories where the wronged are avenged via fiction. Rarely, I get to enjoy it in the...
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Jan.21.2013
Trains will always evoke a kind of historical weight for me. When I wrote my own tale for Riding the Rails it was the closest I've ever come to writing a piece not set in the general here-and-now - and even then I cheated a bit and tucked in the there-and-then alongside a more real here-and-now....
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Jan.20.2013
I went out with friends last night for a birthday party, and we were out much later than I usually stay up. The end result was waking up this morning (read: late this morning) and feeling like the morning had done a vanishing act. Along with my energy and my ability to think in fully formed...
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Jan.19.2013
The Goodreads giveaway ended and I have the two winners - congratulations to Chelsea (Saskatchewan) and Jacque (Illinois) - I'll be packing and mailing the two copies off on Monday. I ended up with 500 people entering the draw, which is huge, and more than 180 people ended up adding it to their...
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Jan.18.2013
I'm going to keep doing stories from Mortis Operandi for the next few days until the Goodreads giveaway closes. Click said link for a chance to win a copy of the book - today is the last day to enter.
Murder is messy.
That's one thing that's often put on display in most murder stories (be they...
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Jan.17.2013
I'm going to keep doing stories from Mortis Operandi for the next few days until the Goodreads giveaway closes. Click said link for a chance to win a copy of the book - still over a day left to go.
Alternate history is something of a joy to me. Often I have to take to the internet and find out more...
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Jan.16.2013
I'm going to keep doing stories from Mortis Operandi for the next few days until the Goodreads giveaway closes. Click said link for a chance to win a copy of the book - still two and a half days to go.
When I first saw the call for Mortis Operandi, I sat down and made a quick mental list of the...
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Jan.15.2013
I'm going to keep doing stories from Mortis Operandi for the next few days until the Goodreads giveaway closes. Click said link for a chance to win a copy of the book.
My husband had a Rogers-related meltdown over Christmas and we now have Netflix and a larger television. I'm not actually much of...
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Burgoine’s characters are as sharp as the points on their teeth and their dialogue snaps like breaking spines.”
—Out in Print Queer Book Reviews
About Nathan
‘Nathan Burgoine grew up a reader and studied literature in university while making a living as a bookseller—a job he still does, and still loves. His first published short story was “Heart” in the collection Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction. Since then, he has...
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Nathan’s Favorite Books
It Had To Be You (Timothy James Beck), Straight Lies (Rob Byrnes), A Coventry Christmas (Becky Cochrane), Murder in the Rue Ursulines (Greg Herren), Practical...