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I met Michael Jensen online. He was part of a trio who organised a unique promotional opportunity for gay themed writers like myself. It was a fiction giveaway which resulted in gaining subscribers to our newsletters (so as a bit of shameless self promotion, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter - click here). But …
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You meet a lot of people through social media. Whether you ever meet them for real is another story, but this week's author sharing writer's tips is someone I know through Twitter. And she's a fan of a romance novella of mine so I know she has taste. Meet Erin O’Quinn (Bonita Franks), a writer of …
Last year I had the pleasure of inviting several authors to my blog to share their writing tips. We began with erotic author, Max Vos, and finished with a post that summarised the best tips from all the guest bloggers. This year we're about to do it all again and we'll even include tips for writing historical fiction, …
Curiosity led me there. Back in 2014 I wanted to know more about fellow Australian author, Christian Baines, so I googled. I discovered he had a short ebook titled The Prince and the Practitioner. What struck me first was its cover. I'm a visual person and the quality of the artwork sparked my interest. Who was the publisher? Art …
"You're mixing genres." This wasn't said to me as a negative. It was an observation from an editor when I had the initial draft of my first novel assessed. At the time, I didn't realise this was such a big deal. Cinema had made an art of combining genres for a long time. Surely, literature was equally as experimental. But …
Fellow LGBT themed author, Nic Starr, did a series of guest interviews with other Australian writers on celebrating Christmas down under. In these interviews she asked us what public holiday we liked best. I answered that time between Christmas and New Year. Why? Everyone has finished the mad rush up to Christmas. Now, there's time to breathe. …
A friend of mine is big on numerology. She told me that since my last birthday I have entered a year where I'm going to be more proactive. She's right. Something has definitely changed. If you're familiar with my blogs you'll probably know two things. The first is that between each draft of any of …
Recently we subscribed to Dekkoo, an online gay streaming service. While it doesn't have the big name movies or television shows, what it does offer is an insight to the up and coming filmmakers with the web at their disposal. Most of the content is already free online elsewhere, but finding it curated in one …
Two things upset me this week. One was the sad fact that a Donald Trump supporter thought it was okay to hang two black dummies from a tree in his front yard. The second was the announcement from our government to not allow visas to Australia to those seeking asylum but are currently trapped in off-shore detention, …
Back in 2011 I worked with my first editor. It was my book, Drama Queens with Love Scenes, which had not only been professionally assessed three times when I scored my initial publishing contract, but had been developed over eight drafts over as many years. This is not uncommon for first novels. I was assigned erotic writer and …
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