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Now the story can be told

Jun 292010

I used to write mostly short stories. Now I write novels and edit anthologies. But it’s good to keep your hand in the short story market. A couple of months ago I spied a call for submissions for an anthology from Torquere Press, which publishes my longer work. Continue reading »

Review of “The Memorial Garden”

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Mar 082010

The Memorial Garden, a novella I wrote for Torquere, has been overshadowed more recently by my other books. The Erotica Readers and Writers Association has given it the attention it deserves with this nice little review.

Review of Wishbone

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Feb 122010

Wishbone was reviewed over at GoodReads. I thought I’d posted this before, but it doesn’t look like I had.

This was a very strange, but interesting story. Honestly, I probably would have skipped it had I known it was set in a historical-like setting. In spite of that, I found myself enjoying the main character, Wishbone, and learning more about the Shih-aan species introduced here. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy historical and paranormal themes.

Review of Wishbone

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Feb 102010

I just got one of the best reviews evar on the LiveJournal of Elisa Rolle.

Wishbone is at the same time classic and innovative. It’s classic where it retells the story of Pygmalion, or My Fair Lady, or Pretty Woman (see how many time it was told?): a wealthy and cultured man picks a filthy whore from the streets and teaches him how to behave. It’s innovative since, what the wealthy man teaches to the whore it’s a totally different thing from the usual lessons on good manners or polished language, but is instead the power you have in surrendering.

Torquere LiveJournal Chat

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Jan 272010

I’m hosting today’s Torquere Social LiveJournal Chat in honor of the recent publication of the publication of my novel Wishbone. Come on over and chat.

“Featured Author”

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Jan 242010

I don’t think I’ve mentioned, but Torquere Press is presenting me as the featured author this week. There is an interesting interview with me somewhere that I suspect most people couldn’t find if they went looking.

Edit: the week has passed, and the interview is down.

A Review of Wishbone

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Jan 132010

Torquere’s in-house review of the book is right here. It pleased me that the author enjoyed it, though that isn’t surprising. They don’t find an in-hourse reviewer who hates the book. What did surprise me is how well the reviewer got it. As an Aspie, knowing that I’ve communicated successfully with people is a powerful positive experience. Almost as positive as hearing from people who told me they had to go home early from work after reading my fiction.

Edit: Ok, now all the url’s are fixed.

Wishbone is out

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Jan 132010

Wishbone Cover

My first novel-length work to hit publication is now available from Torquere Books.

This calls for an excerpt. Why look. Here’s one now.

We now pause for a moment of Squee!

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Jul 262009

I just received a piece of mail from Torquere Books. They’re buying Wishbone.

I’ll never look at Cheetos the same way again

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Jun 032009

My author chat is ongoing today at Torquere Press’s LJ. I posted the first chapter of Wishbone (which you can also find at an earlier post here). One of the comments says “Holy cheetos, that was eye-crossing hott!:D”

I suppose I have to get off my butt, get the final edits into Wishbone, and send that baby off to the publisher.