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After being all sad sack about 2023 yesterday, at my age the first day of 2024 is less about hangovers and more about making plans for the coming year. So here are a few things I have planned and am looking forward to in the coming months. Writing Ko-fiI started my Ko-fi last year although …

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I’ve been trying to think of a way to wrap up my experience of 2023 all day and I’m still not sure of what to say. The idea of looking back over the year lies somewhere below ‘gouge my eyes out with a spoon’ on my bucket list. Not that it’s been full of tragedy …

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Something from the archives to kick off the Rainbow Advent Calendar this year. Caleb writes to his sister in the winter between Home Is Where You Are and Returning Home. Don’t forget to check out the other contributions as the month goes on here and over on the Facebook group Nebraska, December 1873 Dearest Sarah, …

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It’s New Year’s Eve and, as usual, social media and my inbox is filling with a flurry of 2022 round ups, people’s achievements, their best moments and heartfelt hopes for the coming year. It’s nice. Although, I can’t help thinking my own experiences feel a little sparse in comparison. I can’t give you a yearly […]

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I like songs. Lots of songs. I’m not one of those people who like a particular genre or artist**or album. I couldn’t tell you the name of most of the songs I like but I probably do know all the words and will singalong badly given half a chance or a glass of wine. Music […]

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tl:dr – If all I can do is write and help take everyone’s minds off this horrible disaster, then I’m going to do that. If we’re friends on social media then you probably already know that I haven’t been around very much, not for the last two weeks particularly, but even since Christmas I’ve been […]

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Don’t know if I’ll do this every month…I’ll see how it goes. It’s as much an aide to my ever dwindling recall as much as to amuse you guys. Oh, and anyone who gets the movie reference can claim a free ebook, if they want one! (don’t comment if you know it, email me so […]

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  If you’re new to Rainbow Snippets, it’s a Facebook group where authors of LGBTQ fiction post a six-sentence snippet (or there abouts) from a WIP, a published story, or a recommendation, every weekend. You can see all the snippets here. Welcome to February! This week… a little (slightly long-ish) something from The Legacy out […]

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Week Three is done and dusted! And it could have been a lot worse. It’s been a bit of a weird one this week. I struggled a bit getting out of bed in the mornings, struggled to concentrate when I did. But I managed to get a bunch of stuff done anyway. Maybe not the […]

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  If you’re new to Rainbow Snippets, it’s a Facebook group where authors of LGBTQ fiction post a six-sentence snippet (or there abouts) from a WIP, a published story, or a recommendation, every weekend. You can see all the snippets here. This week… a little something from the next Homestead Legacy book which should be […]

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