'Thou art no Poet may'st not tell thy dreams?'
Since every man whose soul is not a clod,
Hath visions, and would speak, if he had loved
And been well nurtured in his mother tongue."
Spaceships and galaxy spanning empires, conversations with angels, viking villages, haunted mansions and forbidden love in the Age of Sail... I love a good strong plot in an exotic setting, with characters you can admire, and a happy ending.
Coming soon:
My third novel, an Age of Sail m/m romance called 'False Colors' has been accepted for publication by Perseus Books. As of today (2nd July 2008) the contract is in the post, and the book is finished and ready to email to the editor as soon as contract and advance arrive. I'll be putting up a new page for 'False Colors' very soon :)
I also have a short story, called 90% Proof, under contract to Freya's Bower to appear in an upcoming anthology of m/m fiction called 'Inherently Sexual.' That is being unfortunately delayed by editorial illness.
Out Now
(click on the book cover to go to the corresponding page)
News 2/4/2008
The Witch's Boy is also available from Amazon.com. Also, check out the great new review on the Witch's Boy page:)
23rd of February 2008: The Witch's Boy is available in print and ebook
HERE
When it's this early in the
year--the first week of February--it's not saying much to call
Captain's Surrender the best gay Age of Sail book of the year, but I
have to say it anyway. The m/m romance is captivating, the secondary
m/f plot is the ideal rebuttal to the 'defenders' of marriage, and the
look at other cultural norms a refreshing counterpoint to the onerous
weight of fundamentalist prejudice.
That doesn't sound much like a hot love story, does it? But it is.
Captain's Surrender works on many levels. The horrifying opening scene
leaps quickly into a ripping adventure yarn and an absorbing love
story, but, like many of the best stories, it's also a timeless
reflection on our own day and age. It rings true both historically and
emotionally; one scene near the end is a microcosm of the moral and
emotional epiphany every coming-out involves.
It's great to see a gay love story that has fully-drawn,
sympathetic heterosexual characters, too, and I'm always thrilled to
find an historical that has such consistent attention to period
detail--the wire-wrapped hilt of a sword, the tiny details of shipboard
life...I'm trying to finish a manuscript and had only meant to skim
through CS, but that first scene shanghaied me, and by the time I got
to 'the end,' the morning was gone.
This story is full of vivid sailing images, and I'd love to see it
filmed. The emotional pitch of the fireship scene reminded me strongly
of the seppuku scene in James Clavell's SHOGUN, and ... I had better
stop now before this review turns into something longer than the book
itself. For die-hard romance fans, the 'happily ever after' is
conditional on the heroes' caution and luck, but that's still true
today in too many places.
Captain's Surrender is a book I would recommend to anyone; it surpasses genre and is absolutely superb.
Oh, squee! Val Kovalin has reviewed my free short story 'Insubordination' on her wonderful review site 'Obsidian Bookshelf'. It's always a total delight when you read a review from someone who really gets under the skin of what you were trying to do with a book or story, and Val really has the gift for that.
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