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Diverse Stories – free books on Kobo
Duck and Dive has been selected for a special Kobo free promotion highlighting diverse stories! According to Kobo, this is “a category meant to highlight the stories of marginalized groups (e.g. Black stories, indigenous stories, mental health stories, stories with disabled protagonists, LGBTQIA+ stories, etc.).” There are some fantastic reads in this week’s giveaway – […]
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Live, laugh, LUST.
The boys just want to have a nice time this Valentine’s Day 🏳️🌈😘 Dive into this light, fun, gay romcom novella series for 🇺🇸 99c / 🇬🇧 99p / 🇨🇦 1.99 / 🇦🇺🇳🇿 1.99
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2021 reading recap (with charts!)
A few weeks ago I summarised my year of writing, so today I’m turning things around and looking at the books I read in 2021! I’m looking at total books read, moods, pace, length, and genre. The headlines I shifted from Goodreads+spreadsheets to The StoryGraph for analysing my reading. 69 titles read in total (or […]
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My holiday reading and summer snaps
While my beta readers ripped one book to shreds and I left another to stew away quietly, I took a break! It was so nice to catch up with friends and family as we’d been separated from them for months. We relaxed, read books, ate, swam at the beach (it’s our summer here in Aotearoa New Zealand!), sampled […]
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Merry Christmas 🎄
First up, I want to say a huge thank you for joining me on this ride, whether you’ve only recently arrived or you’ve been on board for ages! I know I love a good story, and it’s been such a joy sharing some of my own. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading as […]
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Happy Jólabókaflóðið!
The Christmas book flood is an Icelandic tradition of gifting newly published books on Christmas Eve, to be read into the night while drinking hot chocolate. The wonderful Robyn Sarty coordinated a remote, international version of this tradition for fellow Bestseller Experiment podcast listeners this year. As you can see, mine is all ready to […]
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Holiday reading: 99p/99c for a quick, light, fun gay romcom
We love our families dearly, but they can be a bit much at this time of year… Hide away in the other room for an hour or two and get stuck into this quick, light and fun read. It’s as cheap as it gets across all countries and retailers. Grab your copy from Amazon (US, […]
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The Office Affair – a pre-lockdown short story
This short story is a scandalous bite-sized tale which can be devoured in only a few minutes. I’ve included a little preview here for Day 22 of my bookish Advent calendar, and you can read the whole thing by jumping on my mailing list. It’s totally free, and you’ll get this story and another right […]
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Arthur and Gabriel are now on Apple Books
Our boys are getting around this festive season 😳 First it was Kobo, and now it’s Apple Books 🍏📚 These gay romcom novellas are light and fun, and they’re now available worldwide on Apple Books – just in time for Christmas. So, if you’ve got an iPhone or iPad, you can check them out here. […]
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