misslj_author | Novella and a Mini-Meme.

Some wonderful news - my novella, Life And Nothing But, has been accepted for publication by Noble Romance Publishers. It has a release date of April 25th, 2011 and I'm very excited. I rather suspect as the date gets closer and the cover art is done that there will be more posts about it. And, no doubt, about other projects that I have on the go as well. My brain is full of ideas but alas, between pain and weather, the body is not so willing. There really needs to be a way to plug my brain directly into my laptop so I can think my ideas into a Word document. That would be awesome.

For something a little different now, a mini-meme:

Name: L.J., although my friends call me Star.
Favorite genre to write: Historical m/m (predominantly medieval and Byzantine eras), paranormal m/m.
Favorite genre to read: Fantasy (witches, wizards, magic, dragons, etc.), history text books and biographies... actually, if the blurb sounds interesting, chances are I'll read it.
General location: Adelaide, South Australia.
One Professional goal: To finish my very long novel without pulling out all of my hair. To finish the co-written novel (Chiaroscuro.) and get it out this year.
One Personal goal: To visit New Zealand this year.
One interesting fact about you: I used to manage a local punk rock band. They never really made any money, but it was a lot of fun. What's another one that isn't so well known... hrm. Oh. My next mobile phone will most likely be a smartphone (Nokia), as my current Nokia's buttons are too small for me to use easily with one very bad, almost non-working hand. It makes me sad, as it's a very pretty phone.
And anything else you want to add: I lurk on mailing lists, therefore I am? :)

Tell me about yourselves, dear flist. I'm curious and interested in what you all read/write/aspire to do/like to do/interesting things.

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Name: Rowena ;)

Favorite genre to write: Historical m/m, and I too love Medieval more than any other time period.

Favorite genre to read: I also read history texts...but the one thing I end up reading the most of is children's literature.

General location: Southern California

One Professional goal: To complete the triology that started with The King's Tale. I am midway through writing book two.

One Personal goal: I would love to visit Cornwall and Wales some day.

One interesting fact about you: I always freeze at this question, I'm not sure that I'm all that interesting really. ;) I've hiked to the top of the same mountain in California twice after vowing the first time I'd never do it again since it nearly killed me!

And anything else you want to add: I'm glad to meet you! :)

Historical m/m, and I too love Medieval more than any other time period.

Ooh, what era? My pet love is 1150-1250 Europe with a big dollop of 9th-12th century Byzantium. I'm actually working on background material for a piece set in the Holy Lands during the Third Crusade, although I'm torn - I know one of my guys will be French, but I can't decide if I want his lover to be German/HRE or Cyprian Byzantine.

I've hiked to the top of the same mountain in California twice after vowing the first time I'd never do it again since it nearly killed me!

Which mountain? I saw my first *real* mountain last year - Mount St Helens - as Australia doesn't have a *real* mountain. Not like that. It's HUGE!

I'm glad to meet you! :)

I'm glad to meet you, too. :D

My first novel The King's Tale is set in Cornwall during the late 1200s, the reign of Henry III. I recently bought a book on homosexual history, and I've been poring over it thinking about what era to write next. I have a strong fascination for Cornwall...I've always loved it. :)

The mountain I've hiked up to the top of 2 times is Mt. Lassen, at the top of California. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Lassen). It is also a volcano, just like Mt St Helens. The hike is two and a half miles long, but you gain 2000 feet in elevation during that hike, so it's a tough hike. And, I get altitude sickness, so it's even harder for me. I literally had to lie on the ground for half an hour after we got up there...both times! :O

Cornwall is gorgeous. Places like Chun Coit (I know I've spelled that wrong) are really amazing. I can't imagine there'd be many stories set in Cornwall, actually. I'm always delighted when I find one set in the Byzantine Empire.

WOW, that's beautiful. I don't think my knees would ever forgive me if I tried that. The incline looks scarily steep.

I read some wonderful traditional romances by Roberta Gellis set in Cornwall. I initially got hooked on Cornwall when PBS made The Poldark Saga into a Masterpiece Theater. Then after that I found a few other books that take place there...but I seriously hunt them out because I'm so fascinated with the area :) Byzantine is another era I have found fascinating, it just seems mind-boggling to me when I think about trying to write it.

Lassen is beautiful...but it is a very difficult hike. My whole body protested for a week after I did it the 2nd time :)

Poldark was lovely, I really enjoyed that series. I took Byzantine history at university and have a lot of friends who do Byzantine re-enactment, so I often pick their brains if something comes up. I'd love to do a full m/m novel set in the Byzantine Empire, around the 11th century.

I can imagine, wow. Mt Lofty is the tallest mountain in my area - and it's more like a really tall hill. :)

I've read and re-read the Poldark novels a bunch of times, I love it so much. Right now I can't remember the exact titles of books I have read that fit in the Byzantine time frame, but I know I've read a few. I think the reason I chose to write in English medieval is because that's where my base was. I am not a history major, but I love reading actual history books when a novel piques my interest.

California has very tall mountains of course...I am amazed by the fact that in our state we have the tallest peak in the continental US (ie: the states that are connected to one another) and a few hours drive away is the lowest point (below sea level) in all of North America. You could drive from the base of the Mount Whitney to Death Valley in the same day!

That's great news! But so with you on the plug brain into laptop thing. Or at least, plug notebook into laptop. I tend to write manuscript and then struggle to find the time/motivation to type things up.

Name: Angharad
Favorite genre to write: Fantasy; also poetry both mundane and fantastical
Favorite genre to read: Fantasy, sci-fi, literary fiction, non-fiction on maths, science, politics (anything really - I am one of those annoying people who will read your book over your shoulder on the bus)
General location: Adelaide, South Australia.
One Professional goal: Finishing a book, publication
One Personal goal: Finish book (obsessed much?)
One interesting fact about you: Hmm, where to start...I work fulltime while my husband is a stay at home parent; I once cooked for 150 people (not all by myself thankfully!); I have double-jointed fingers and toes
And anything else you want to add: Hi Star!

If I could plug my brain into the laptop, it would make things SO much easier!

I didn't know you had double-jointed fingers and toes! That's a neat party trick. :)

Yeah, but most people go 'ewww' when I bend my fingers backwards.

I used to be able to bend all my fingers back to touch the back of my hand when I was playing the piano, but I think I've probably lost the ability to do that now.

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