Shelf Love Challenge: Why do I read the books I do?
This month’s question is: Why do you read the books you read? Why do you gravitate towards certain genres and/or authors. How do you pick the next book you will… Read more »
Tag Archives: authors
Copyediting: the agony and the… whatever.
This month, I have got no writing done whatsoever. This is because I’ve been copyediting someone else’s book. Well, copyediting sounds a bit posh; what I was actually doing was… Read more »
Setting up the kill
Sometimes, it has to be admitted, a character’s only reason to be in the book at all is to die; their death is the event that pushes the protagonist into… Read more »
Power, weakness and vulnerability
I’ve just finished reading Kim Harrison’s new book, The Drafter. And damn, it was good. I stayed up later than I should have reading it, and that hasn’t happened for a while…. Read more »
Review: Spell Blind
Spell Blind by David B. Coe My rating: 5 of 5 stars I knew I was going to enjoy this book within the first couple of pages; with a hiatus… Read more »
Character connections
I haven’t had much time lately for either reading or writing – I’ve quit one job with long hours and low pay, and got a better one with less work,… Read more »
Who has the right to write?
Just lately, I’ve been thinking about gay romances. I read them. I also read heterosexual romances. The reason I read the romances I do, and the reason I like reading… Read more »
Gay fiction vs m/m romance
Today, I came across a blog post written by a gay male author, bemoaning the proliferation of ‘m/m romance’ (which is, apparently, a very different thing to ‘gay romance’). The… Read more »
We Need Diverse Books…
I came across the “We Need Diverse Books” campaign recently. Two thoughts sprang to mind: I really hate this use of the word “diverse”. Hate it hate it hate it. This is… Read more »
Feedback: Bad is the new Good
Today, I had a short but thought-provoking conversation with a colleague. I forget how we got onto the subject, but he told me that his wife was keen on watching… Read more »