tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21833057125802296642024-03-05T14:51:09.320+00:00Elin GregoryElin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-30915345317379601472012-12-15T17:59:00.000+00:002012-12-15T17:59:05.173+00:00Apologies but no excusesBlogging is a BIG thing these days but it's possible to do too much of it. In the summer, I found I was trying to maintain several different blogging platforms as well as Facebook and Twitter and I had almost stopped writing. Or, if I wrote, I didn't blog.
Decisions - not writing wasn't an option so I decided to cut back the social media to a manageable amount.
I still use Facebook and Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-51944067024963302102012-07-21T15:24:00.000+01:002012-07-21T15:24:04.554+01:00Comfy Chair PostI have a new victim in my Comfy Chair - Paula Sophia, author of Shadowboxer and Hystericus.
Shadowboxer, the story of a police officer who has to juggle his jb and his pride in his profession with his long suppressed desire to be a woman, blew me away. Highly recommended.
Paula Sophia is a serving police officer, a poet and a very fascinating lady.
Find out more here.Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-33148582614794272302012-07-16T21:04:00.001+01:002012-07-16T21:04:29.825+01:00Six Sunday - a bit late
I have been forgetting to cross post my Six Sunday posts, so here is this weeks:
My six this week are taken from my WIP A Fierce Reaping – a story about a Romano-Celtic warband preparing to ride south to tackle Aethelfrith, a Saxon warleader who is pushing the boundaries north to threaten the lands of the Gododdin. War and mayhem is good fun to write but I think it’s more fun to read when a Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-38632546508612055102012-07-04T08:56:00.000+01:002012-07-04T08:56:08.173+01:00Editing Pirates
I’ve been busy for the past month editing and revising my pirate novel “On A Lee Shore” and, wouldn’t you know it, the damn thing has got bigger instead of shrinking. This is because as I read it through I’ve realised that I have missed out bits that I knew about the characters that the reader has no way of knowing.
I’m at a bit of a loss to know what to do with it when it’s finished because IElin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-75439226053229043982012-06-25T07:48:00.000+01:002012-06-25T07:48:06.385+01:00New Release
Lashings of Sauce - an anthology of LGBT stories by authors attending the 2012 UK Meet.
Available from 22nd July, 2012 from JMS Books.
We Brits love our sauce, whether it’s what we lash on our food, read on our seaside postcards, or write in our stories. Come and enjoy a buffet of tasty LGBTQ treats!
From marriages to reunions, via practical jokes and football matches, to weresloths and Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-33240756306887021252012-05-22T18:38:00.001+01:002012-05-22T18:38:14.930+01:00Hop Against Homophobia winnerThe name out of the hat was Yvette!
I've been in touch to send a .mobi of Alike As Two Bees and the AKT are better off by a donation plus gift aid!
Many thanks to all the people who took the time and trouble to comment on my blog. I was surprised to see so many of you! I just wish I could have made a donation in each and every name but we have managed to send enough to take one young person offElin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-48473520234668894512012-05-20T18:46:00.001+01:002012-05-20T18:46:14.605+01:00Proper Six SundayLast week I forgot to register but this week I remembered! Pasting the 6 here, as usual, for the people who don't like Wordpress.
Last weeks neglect was useful because it introduced Moried, no friend to the scruffy bunch in Troop Three.
This weeks Sunday Six is from my WIP A Fierce Reaping, a story of the Gododdin, set in Scotland and Northumbria in the 7th century AD. A reminder of the Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-17219226688741444092012-05-17T08:24:00.001+01:002012-05-17T11:32:51.153+01:00Hop Against Homophobia - no place like home
At the end of the day it's brilliant to be able to go home, shut the door and relax. Home is where you are safe. Home is where you are sure of a welcome. Home is the place, as the poet said, where if you have to go there they have to let you in.
But what if that isn't the case. What if home suddenly becomes a place of danger - somewhere that isn't welcoming - what if the door is shut in your Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-87925269155509477622012-05-15T22:52:00.000+01:002012-05-15T22:54:57.779+01:00Too late and too long
I’ve been so sick this week that I forgot to register for Six Sentence Sunday! then I forgot to link to my regular post from this one.
I have just about got a working brain again so sincere thanks to everyone who commented last week and apologies for not replying individually to you. Next time, I promise I will do better.
Six Sentence Sunday – lots of opportunities to sample a range of worksElin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-76486786303972027042012-05-11T19:09:00.002+01:002012-05-11T19:09:28.091+01:00Today in the Comfy Chair - Stevie Carroll
Today my guest in the Comfy Chair is my friend Stevie Carroll, author of ‘The Monitors’, in Noble Romance’s Echoes of Possibilities, which was longlisted by the Tiptree Awards in 2010. She has also written short stories that appeared in British Flash and Tea and Crumpet, anthologies published by the UK Meet organisation. Her first solo collection of short stories, A Series of Ordinary Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-15191344066311421692012-05-05T12:55:00.001+01:002012-05-05T12:55:10.359+01:00New Comfy Chair post
My guest today is Sue Roebuck, author of Perfect Score, who is chatting about her latest release - Hewhay Hall, a horror novel about good, evil, cowardice and courage - also bog wights!!
Please drop by and say 'hi'.Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-33912827549800589462012-04-19T15:15:00.000+01:002012-04-19T15:15:26.824+01:00Guest post - Charlie Cochrane.My guest today is the very lovely Charlie Cochrane, author of the Cambridge Fellows Mysteries and one of the organising team for the UK Meet – a convention for readers and writers of LGBTQ fiction [this year it is being held inBrighton on the weekend of 15th and 16th September! I'll be there, will you?] Charlie has the facility of being able to write the most deliciously amusing prose then Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-25529661704780199862012-04-17T15:47:00.001+01:002012-04-17T15:48:14.185+01:00Another Comfy Chair post!
Today my guest is B G Thomas, an author of M/M romance, whose latest release, Meant to Fly, is part of Dreamspinner's "Men of Steel" anthology. Come and join us to hear BG's views of gay superheroes and why there can't be enough of them.Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-72842535301178949192012-04-15T10:02:00.000+01:002012-04-15T10:02:39.004+01:00Six Sentence Sunday
Yes, it’s that time of week again, folkies! Six Sunday is an opportunity to try bitesized samples of work in a dozen different genres. Just click on the links to see the authors offerings. If you like the idea a new sign up post will be put up about Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Unpublished authors are welcome to register as well
Set in Scotland and Northumbria in the late 7th century AD, A Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-77776277525534515862012-04-13T22:10:00.000+01:002012-04-13T22:10:33.203+01:00SqueeeeA couple of weeks ago I made a 'hey guys, congrats on the new releases' post on a blog and now it turns out that there was a giveaway and I've 'won' no less than SIX m/m novellas from Carina by cracking authors too - Erastes and Ava March amongst them.
So not only have I some brilliant reading in store but I can use them as a primer for excellent writing. *cracks knuckles and looks forward to Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-85354760535988511982012-04-12T13:16:00.003+01:002012-04-12T13:17:07.983+01:00Today in the Comfy Chair - Tristram La RocheOver on my Otherblog today I have an interview with Tristram La Roche, fellow Etopia author who has penned sure classics of raunchy gay erotica as "On my Knees", "Fixed" and, my personal interest, "The Hun and the General".
Why not come over and say "Hi" and read an excerpt from "Fixed" that will rock your socks?Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-81544542679930756292012-04-08T18:32:00.000+01:002012-04-08T18:32:49.783+01:00Six Sentence SundaySix Sentence Sunday – I’ve borrowed their nice graphic but I wish they had a nice manly one of a big hairy bloke with a sword or something. Posting here to save people having to go to Wordpress.
6 sentences from WIP, A Fierce Reaping, set in Scotland and Northumbria in the late 7th century AD. Accepted into Troop Three, aka The Misbegotten, or Cynon’s Hounds, Cynfal is beginning to gather the Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-64075146254087333242012-04-07T09:59:00.000+01:002012-04-07T09:59:39.390+01:00Saturday visitor!Alex Beecroft is on my otherblog today, answering questions about elves, Saxons and her latest release Under the Hill: Bomber's Moon, which is a fantastic read! I finished it about 5 this morning - a compensation for insomnia - and just WOW!
Please come and say hi :D [or say 'hi' here if the damned site won't let you post :(]
Happy Saturday!Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-70418264307158916542012-04-06T15:22:00.000+01:002012-04-06T15:22:50.198+01:00Another guest!!Yes, tomorrow I will be playing host to Alex Beecroft whose latest release Bomber's Moon is currently making my head explode - Lancaster bombers and ELVES, me dears!! Just fabulous.
I will post links!
Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-78858926680961874902012-04-01T17:02:00.000+01:002012-04-01T17:02:23.064+01:00Six Sentence Sunday againYes, it's that time of the week again. My sentences are here.
Also, I joined in with the April fool's daft flashfic challenge for the Macaronis. My offering is just under 1000 words, was written in one sitting and is based on the prompt "Bugger Bognor" - famously reputed to be the last words of George 5th.Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-45389899009190143922012-03-31T10:13:00.002+01:002012-03-31T10:24:56.352+01:00Guest blogger!!
Today I'm lucky enough to have Erastes on my otherblog answering questions as diverse as what city would she like to set a story in and dump, snog or marry.
Please come and say "Hi".Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-67187349240776816562012-03-30T15:15:00.000+01:002012-03-30T15:15:12.441+01:00Guess what!I'm having a visitor on my other blog tomorrow.
Erastes will be here to answer questions about history, cities and 'dump, snog or marry'!
Cool, eh?Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-89501314782299286392012-03-25T09:39:00.000+01:002012-03-25T09:39:02.484+01:00Six Sentence SundayHere's my first attempt at it:
6 sentences from WIP, A Fierce Reaping, set in Scotland and Northumbria in the late 7th century AD. Cynfal wishes to join a war band but has been challenged to wrestle a champion for his place.
Cynfal met his eyes and they held each others gaze for a long minute before both leaped to grab and hold. Chest to chest they heaved and twisted, feet scrabbled in the Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-55994510612712273122012-03-23T17:54:00.000+00:002012-03-23T17:54:38.149+00:00Visiting again!Today I'm being entertained by Kiran Hunter here. Kiran asks some very interesting questions - not at all easy to trot out an answer. How about clicking that link? Then you can check out Kiran's novel Bedevil, a M/M paranormal about a stressed relationship and a 'haunted' house.Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183305712580229664.post-2992675898092634902012-03-23T08:14:00.000+00:002012-03-23T08:14:01.628+00:00The end is nighAs of this morning I have cracked the 100 thousand word mark on my novel “On A Lee Shore”. this is good because the end is nigh but bad because I’ve written two chapter that are pretty much continuous action and now have to find a way of ending the damned story in a way that isn’t a damp little fizzle after lots of KABOOMs.
So there’s still a cause for concern and still a lot of work to be done Elin Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467512757347720397noreply@blogger.com0