Novella and a Mini-Meme.

[misslj_author]

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.

Comments

[misslj-author.livejournal.com]

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. :)

[rowenasudbury.livejournal.com]

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!