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NaNoWriMo, Week Two: 15 Practical Character Creation Tips

NaNoWriMo, Week Two: 15 Practical Character Creation Tips

When it comes to writing a book, your most important ingredient in the whole mix is going to be your characters. Some may dispute this, but generally speaking, if your characters fall flat, readers lose interest very quickly. As a storyteller, your characters are the most important element to your novel because they are theContinue Reading

Genre Fiction: May Contain Queer

Genre Fiction: May Contain Queer

At risk of further alienating my straight male and female audiences (don’t worry, there’s stuff for you all as well!), I am here today to rant about one of my greatest passions/peeves – the way in that people generally expect genre fiction to be automatically heterosexual in theme, whereas ‘LGBT fiction’ is not fiction whichContinue Reading

Duende: Part Three

Duende: Part Three

Part Three of Six. Duende is a Gay erotic  scifi-fantasy/horror story cowritten with MJB’s lover and partner in crime, the amazing canth?Decided. The Alexi of this story is  indeed the one and many Alexi Sokolsky, and while this story may hint at his future directions, it in no way gives away the end of HollowContinue Reading

Duende: Part Two

Duende: Part Two

A continuation of Duende: Part One: Duende is a long and brilliant Gay erotic  scifi-fantasy/horror story cowritten with my lover and partner in crime, the amazing canth?Decided. The Alexi of this story is  indeed the one and many Alexi Sokolsky, and while this story may hint at his future directions, it in no way givesContinue Reading

Duende: Part One

Starting from this week, I will be publishing 6 chapters from a long and brilliant Gay erotic  scifi-fantasy/horror story cowritten with my lover and partner in crime, the amazing canth?Decided. The Alexi of this story is  indeed the one and many Alexi Sokolsky, and while this story may hint at future directions, it in noContinue Reading

Review of Diana Tree’s ‘Divine Wine’ and Stories of the Week!

The paranormal erotica and romance genres have bloomed in recent years, and as anyone will tell you, much of the fare offered up is… well, pretty bland. The werewolves are emo, the vampires sparkle, everyone has flowing tresses and wears a lot of lace. Then comes along Diana Tree with ‘Divine Wine’, and – joyContinue Reading