Walk with Fragrance

I'm blogging about something close to my heart today over at Britwriters: http://wulfwaru.wordpress.com/

Amazingly, for once, it has nothing to do with writing or books.

Do drop by to read up on camomile lawns. I've also posted a couple of garden photos.

Want a peek at where I write?

Fellow Brit author, Fiona Glass, is running a series of writer's desks and mine is up now. If you'd like to see where I sit and pen...um...I mean type my stories then drop by her blog at: http://fionaglass.blogspot.com/

I've also explained, or rather 'attempted' to explain some of the strange things on there. :o)

A first review for NIPS

Elisa Rolle may have started off as a reader but she's become quite a respected reviewer among writers, although I don't know if she's aware of that. Being that she hails from Italy and English is not her native language, she surprises us by managing to write both eloquent and enlightening reviews. I'm not just saying that because she almost always find something to praise in my books. I'm not the only writer to feel that way. So let me start by saying a collected thank you to Elisa.

I also need to thank her for the wonderful review she has given me for Nights in Pink Satin, available from Changeling Press.

She starts by saying, "The normal level of Changeling Press' books is good but seldom they are "deep"." She calls my book "a gothic romance with a touch of urban fantasy." Then she goes on to say: "Martin has probably had enough bad experiences of rejection when he was a man due to the fact that he is gay, and now as a vampire he is re-living all of that, now he has another reason, even more scaring, to hide from people. It's so sad to see his life through Vincent's eyes when he is spying in the apartment, all the objects tell a life of loneliness and lost hopes. Even if I was really wishing that Vincent would have been starstruck by Martin at first sight, his reluctance makes for an even more interesting reading, I loved to see the innocent seduction of Martin, and the sex in the closet was hot and "symbolic"."

You read the whole review by clicking here: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/690193.html

Want to ask me some questions?

Someone has done it for you. Yes, I've been interviewed!

Author and editor, Barbara Custer, has interviewed me on her Night To Dawn blog.

Some of you may know I had a short story of mine "Effigy in Garnet" appear as a re-print in NTD magazine. Barbara has since contacted me with some very interesting questions.

Do drop by to check out my replies at: http://barbaracuster.wordpress.com/

Thanks!
Shaz

Slip into pink...

Vincent is a vampire of world renown, even if most people believe his story is a fable, but with age comes boredom. Seeking out new silk to line his coffin for his annual ball, he comes across a bolt of pink fabric. Curiosity leads him to seek out who ordered the cloth and in so doing, Vincent makes a mistake that is about to change his existence.

Martin is a newly turned vampire and a lonely gay man. When he returns to find a famous vampire in his humble abode, he’s glad of the company even though he’s also afraid. Moreover, he’s excited for this vampire is extremely good looking.

When trapped by the sun together for an entire day leads to an explosion of unexpected intimacy, Vincent is left wondering what has come over him and has to decide if such choices carry the same type of angst or consequences for one who has lived for so many decades, even centuries. Martin is left wondering if he’ll get what he hoped for — one night of passion — or if Vincent’s interested enough to see where their relationship might lead.

Setting doubts aside, Vincent and Martin have the opportunity to turn their back on their very different but equally lonely existences. As soon as Martin get rid of his ridiculous pink-lined coffin, Vincent and Martin can then look forward to many nights between sheets of pink satin.

When a simple mistake leads to a day of explosive passion, what’s a vampire to do, but look forward to a future of gay nights between sheets of pink satin?

Release date 19th June 2009. Check out the publisher's site right now for an excerpt and the author's site from the 19th.