Tag: Christmas
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New festive romcom short story: Cold Cuts and Christmas Cocktails
This is the fourth and final of these gay romcom short stories. At 9,000 words, it’s the longest of the lot! Christmas can be a super busy time of year, but if you find yourself with 30 or 40 minutes to spare – while you’ve got something in the oven, or perhaps putting your feet…
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Paperbacks are here
Some sharp-eyed readers have already spotted that paperbacks are now available, and they’ve received their copies before I even got mine! And what’s that? Christmas is only a month away? How convenient that these paperbacks are now available… Feel free to buy as many copies as you like! You can distribute them as gifts to…
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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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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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Christmas cocktails and mocktails
This is proper fancy festive! Note this is not a promotional post for Waitrose – I just couldn’t go past all these delicious looking drinks without sharing for Day 20 of my bookish Advent calendar! I certainly plan to try my hand at a few over the holiday period. Again, not that cocktails are particularly…
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Festive films = 2 classics + 2 new romcoms
Some Christmas viewing for Day 17 of my bookish Advent calendar 🎬 I know, I know… they’re not books, but they’re still stories! Easy to share and enjoy with friends and family of an evening this festive season 🎄 I’ve got a couple of old favourites of mine, and a couple of brand new festive…
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Santas Unite – Gay Christmas romance novella
It doesn’t get much more festive than a Christmas story, so for Day 13 of my bookish Advent calendar I’ve teamed up with Lydia Guleva to promote each other’s books… Santas Unite is a nativity story retelling turned gay fantasy romance novella about a modern day doctor and a king from a medieval fantasy world.…
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Advent calendar preparation
I’m restocking our advent calendar with: little bottles of booze (in chocolate) chocolate balls gummy bears (sadly no chocolate) chocolate frogs 🐸 In the lead up to Christmas I’ll be doing my own advent, with less chocolate (not good) and more bookish treats (good) 👀 Keep your eyes peeled for daily bookish fun in my…
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