Monthly Archives: June 2010

Fun Writing Competition – The Rules

June 16, 2010 35 Admin

Things are moving quickly. We now have our judges who are: Wren, Kris, TJ, Tam, Simsala, Ingrid, Lily, Pam, Jenre and Beth C. John will be an alternate in the paranormal/historical/science fiction category. THE RULES 1. Anyone can enter as long…

M/M Romance Book Reviews

Pinky Swear

June 15, 2010 8 Admin

Title: Pinky Swear Author: Lynn Lorenz Publisher: Amber Allure Genre: Contemporary M/M Length: Novella (25K words, 113 pages) Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5 Summary Review: The protagonists were engaging and the plot worked for the most part, but I had a few…

M/M Romance Book Reviews

Fugitive Color

June 15, 2010 9 Jenre

Title: Fugitive Color Author: Z.A. Maxfield Publisher: Loose Id Genre: M/M contemporary romance, mystery Length: Novel Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 A guest review by Jenre Summary Review A mystery with an initially interesting premise and characters but which…

Fun Writing Competition

Fun Writing Competition – Looking for Judges

June 15, 2010 14 Admin

Many of you thought that the idea of a writing competition this summer would be a really fun thing. So the first step, before I invite you to submit your wonderful entries and set up a special email contact, is…

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Ins and Outs of M/M Romance: Writing About Real Gay Men by Rick R. Reed

June 15, 2010 45 Admin

When I asked Rick R. Reed, horror author, and lately M/M romance author to participate in our series offering advice to new M/M authors I knew that he would have strong views about writing gay characters and I wasn’t disappointed. Here,…

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Art Critic for A Day

June 15, 2010 23 Admin

How would you readers like to help out by giving your opinion on the enclosed cover? It’s for A Twist of Grimm, a collection of gay erotic fairy tales. In return for your assistance the publisher will pick one commentor…

M/M Romance Book Reviews

Task Force

June 14, 2010 5 Aunt Lynn

Title: Task Force Author: John Simpson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Contemporary Crime Thriller Length: Novel (229 pages) Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 A Guest Review by Aunt Lynn One Sentence Review: Better than the first book, but I still…

M/M Romance Book Reviews

Kindred Hearts

June 13, 2010 13 Jenre

Title: Kindred Hearts Author: G.S. Wiley Publisher: Torquere Books Genre: M/M historical romance Length: 37 pages Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 A guest review by Jenre Summary Review A sweet historical romance between a shy, theatre loving gentleman and…

M/M Romance Book Reviews

Downed Fences

June 13, 2010 12 Admin

Title: Downed Fences Author: Kate Roman Publisher: Torquere Books Genre: Contemporary M/M Length: novella (31K words, 67 pages) Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Summary Review: I would have liked this story much more if the characters had been fully…

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Readers’ Favourite YAOI Books

June 13, 2010 40 Admin

A few weeks ago Tam did a post about YAOI here. There was a lot of interest by readers and so many titles of favourite books listed on the post that Ingrid volunteered, by raising her hand in the air, 🙂 when…