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Manifold Press – A Great New UK e-Publishing Group

6th May 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

1. What are your aims with Manifold?
We felt that the UK was under-represented in the e-publishing market and wanted among other things to provide a forum for British-based authors. We also wanted to emphasise plot and romance as opposed to graphic sexuality, which is already abundantly available in other publications.
2. What do you do that other people don't?
We are prepared to explore unusual or unconventional scenarios which may not be...

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Free Fiction: Carleton And The Penguins

8th April 2010 | 2 comments | 2 people like this

I'm a fiction writer, so I thought "Why not post a bit of fiction on this blog?" Here's a ficlet I wrote using the following prompt words: penguins, rain, flash, corset, slippery, riding crop, lantern, apostrophe, tricycle, spaghetti and deosil

Any word prompts for further free ficlets will be happily accepted!

Carleton always blamed the penguins.

He had a good defence for the story, whenever anyone challenged him on this explanation. He had gone to...

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I Do Two – The Charity Anthology Promoting GLBT Right To Marriage

1st March 2010 | 4 comments | 1 person likes this

1. So, the “I Do” anthologies in general – what's the idea behind them?

Alex:

Well, it all goes back to the passing of Proposition 8 in California, which not only forbade same sex couples from marrying, it actually made many marriages which had taken place before the ruling invalid.  I think that little extra twist of cruelty was the straw that broke the camel's back and provoked a massive outcry amongst...

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Chris Power (Chris Quinton) – The Interview

25th February 2010 | 2 comments | 1 person likes this

 1. What made you decide to be a writer?
It wasn't a decision, really. It was something I've been doing for as long as I can remember. Even my school essays turned into adventure stories whenever I was given a free rein. And sometimes when I wasn't...
 2. What do you write?
Strewth – um, practically everything. Mysteries, gay fiction, contemporary stories, historical fiction - all plus Sci Fi, fantasy, and...

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Cassidy Ryan – The Interview

25th January 2010 | 4 comments | 2 people like this

So, you're an erotic writer. What made you decide to write erotica rather than anything else?

I don’t think it was ever really a conscious decision. I always wanted to write romance, and sex was an element of that. When I started writing Sleeping with the Past I always had in the back of my mind that I would have to write a sex scene, and I was nervous that I wouldn’t...

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JL Merrow – The Interview

21st December 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

I'm a writer of romance and erotica, mostly but not exclusively m/m (gay male).  I'm quite new to published fiction; my first story came out in June 2009, although I'd been dabbling in writing for a couple of years prior to that.  Although most of my published stuff so far has been contemporary short fiction, I've also written a couple of
historicals and some urban...

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