Mmmmm. Chocolates!

[erastes]

Oh - And money.  Two words that will always go straight to the cockles of my greedy heart.  Received a nice fat cheque from PD Publishing this morning, so it seems that after over a year, Standish is still selling as well as ever. If only I could get a few books out, I might be able to consider giving up work!

They also included a load of sweets, which is really nice of them! Hersheys and Reeces and Cadburys ..... mmmm...

Haven't posted much recently because I've been recuperating. Ruddy cold still hanging on. Yesterday I had a bath to warm up about 1pm, fell asleep briefly in the bath and decided to go and have a nap and conked out until six pm! This is not like me. I'm just tired all the time and I'm tired of it. I could easily go to bed right now.

And I've just found this - Here Be Dragons. A challenge to read 3-5 books with Dragons in them by June 2008 - and lookie who's at the top of the list? Only our very own rwday! 



And gehayi has just proved without a shadow of a doubt that the entire saga of Harry Potter could never have actually happened, using JKR's own rules of her own universe. But you'll have to wait until Chapter 17 of the Deathly Hallows spork to find out!

And OMG. Swordspoint.  I don't know why it's taken me so long to pick up this book. Perhaps it was because I thought it was a fantasy and was going to be innundated with elves and fairies or something instead of a Medici-like alternative "Earth" or wherever we are. I'm just loving it. LOVING IT. Richard and Alec have compeltely stolen my heart without me even being aware of it. They are beautifully written and are both very masculine -neither are at all able to TALK to each other and love each other without being able to say why, even to themselves. I adore Richard's honour, his darkness, his utter ruthlessness, his fatalism and the way he lives on the edge of a fight, almost constantly.  Alec I just adore although he needs a slap. They both need a slap.  I've just admitted to gehayi that I'm in that place that Sam Gamgee talks about "close the book, dad, I don't want to hear any more"  I'm terrified it's all going to end badly.  I cried when they took Alec, and I'll be in BITS if anything awful happens to them. Even though it would be realistic if it did.

DON'T TELL ME.   ----->>>>> points to icon

I'm also reading "Honor Bound" by Wheeler Scott which is very disappointing.  The blurb calls it a Traditional Regency and frankly, that's tantamont to breaking the Trade Descriptions Act, as it couldn't be FURTHER from a traditional regency. It's so modernish in style that you could easily substitue "Peninsular War" for "Gulf War" and you'd hardly notice the join.  There is some lovely writing in it though, which is a shame.

Comments

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Oh, Swordspoint. I adore it from the bottom of my heart. But I won't give anything away, so let us all know what you thought of the rest of it!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Going off to finish it now.

*is scared of the ending...*

[rwday.livejournal.com]

Swordspoint is very good - glad you're enjoying it!

Melusine, by Sarah Monette, has a similar type of fantasy world and definite gay content. I didn't much care for it, despite the m/m, but a lot of people really did, so you might, so I'll try and put it in the mail.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I shall wait with bated breath!

[annebrooke.livejournal.com]

Well done, Erastes! Must be lovely to receive any cheque at all from a publisher - I am green with envy but well done!

Hugs

A
xxx

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Well it will happen to you! We need to nag them to pay us via Paypal though, as I'm fed up with the bank charges - the exchange rate is bad enough without the banks ripping us off.

[annebrooke.livejournal.com]

True! Thanks for the tip!

A
xxx

[dea-liberty.livejournal.com]

Swordspoint is absolutely brilliant. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I loved it. loved it. Can't wait to read it again

[ejab62.livejournal.com]

Yay for the money! (And sweets!) You know what they say - it's that first million pounds that's difficult to earn but once you've reached that mark, it will be all smooth sailing.

Still fighting the cold? *Sighs* That sucks. Persistent virus, you've got there.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Well, I've got a way to go then!!

Yes, its the cough that won't go away now. So exhausting.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Swordspoint is my favorite book in the entire world, I am NOT kidding, and is it too spoilery to reassure you that they do not get eaten by the sharks at this time?

really, sometimes I re-read it when I need reassurance that all is right in the world. I told this to ellen_kushner and she looked at me if I were crazy but I reminded her of the last thing Alec says in the book and then she understood what I was talking about.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Finished now! Comments on the book on the next post!

Yes, I know what you mean about Alec's last comment, it's like what JKR was GOING for with "all was well" but she really had major FAIL at.

Kushner has an LJ? *runs over to fangirl*