A good friend of mine,
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thdancingferret, is having a rotten time at the moment, and in the online version of helping out, we're having an auction to raise some funds for her. If you'd like to find out more about Chris, her life, and the auction, click on through here.I've offered the following: Professional editing of up to ten thousand words. I will work with you to prepare a short story, or sample chapters, for submission for publication. (Starting bid is $25.) My auction item is at the bottom of the list here. And I know I've said ten thousand words, but if you'd like to bid large amounts, I'll edit large numbers of words for you.
Even if you're not interested in bidding on the chance to be edited by me, please consider bidding on one of the other auction items. Chris' friends are offering knitted goods! And art! And fic!
[2009/12/20 5:38 pm]
When I checked my PO Box on Friday, it contained something I'd been waiting for eagerly, the CD Forget to Breathe, by James Butterworth.
That's James. *points up* The CD is full of gorgeous songs like "3 Days", all written and sung by James with the same direct honesty, and recorded professionally.
If you want to have a listen to more of the album, there are teasers up on James' myspace page.
Email James at jb-cd-sales@hotmail.com to order the CD, which is $17 Aus, plus postage.
[2009/12/07 7:11 am]
Last year, I posted about
bunnymcfoo's Christmas project to raise money to buy underwear for teenagers in a homeless shelter in Spokane. That project was hugely successful, and she raised over $3000, which enough to buy a lot of underwear, warm clothes and toiletries.She running the same appeal again this year. You can find her post here. Please drop past and leave her a dollar or two, if you have anything in your paypal account.
[2009/12/03 8:51 am]
Who'd like a Seasonal-type card from me? Comments are screened, so leave me a postal address.
[2009/11/28 7:07 am]
Torquere Books are having a Black Friday sale. They've reduced some of their print titles, including Spiked, which contains my novella "Marginalia". Print specials are while stocks last.
There's also 15% off all ebooks, and the discount code is thanks09
The sale runs until midnight Saturday, EST.
[2009/09/19 8:49 am]
Torquere Press are offering 15% off all purchases through the Torquere site, from now until midnight Monday (est). Just put anniv09 in the coupon code box at the checkout.
Also, don't forget to enter the Month long Torquere Press birthday contest!.
And Carole at Rainbow Reviews says kind things about Droit de Seigneur.
[2009/09/06 9:22 am]
Droit de Seigneur is now available on the Torquere site.
Accolon despises the tedious politics of Arthur's Court, but as a knight, he is obliged to attend. His new squire, Derryn, is sharp-tongued and clever, and takes very good care of Accolon. The pair of them wind up in the middle of a Court conspiracy, holding an enchanted blade and ensnared by a sorceress. Treason, betrayal, gossip and love--Accolon has never known Court to be so dangerous.
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Can we all agree that none of you tell my Medieval Literature professor about this novella? Right? Because I don't think he'd be very amused.
( work safe snippet behind the cut )
[2009/09/05 10:05 pm]
I'm over on
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torquere_social, posting Not Safe For Work excerpts from an abandoned novel that some of you will have seen in an earlier draft. Later on today (well, tomorrow my time), I've got an Arcana, the Ace of Swords called "Droit de Seigneur", due to be released. Wander over, check out the excerpt, heckle from the back row if you like, and I'll be back with a purchase link for the Arcana later.[2009/09/02 7:47 am]
It's Torquere Press' birthday this month, and to celebrate, they're running an awesome birthday present competition.
And you get to try for lots of small presents, and one really big present. Head on over to the contest form, here on their website, and you'll see you have the options of entering just once, for an e-book reader, as well as hitting the form every day for a month, for the daily prize.
You can find the list of the daily prizes and the names of authors--like myself and Winnie Jerome--who are participating, over here, along with more information.
[2009/08/16 8:11 am]
Torquere Press are having a sale, up until Monday midnight, US EST. 15% off everything, just put beatheat into the coupon slot when you check out.