Cari Hunter's Blog, page 15

In preparation for this weekend’s UK BSB Bash (possibly not its official title) there’s been a blog hop going on over here. I’m up today, trying to figure out exactly what genre my books fit into. And mainly failing. But I had fun anyway…

When people think of romance as a genre, they tend to envision bouquets of flowers, posh dinners in restaurants, a nice box of chocolates, a certain amount of candlelit wooing, and cosy breakfasts of croissants amidst the rumpled sheets of the night before. G...

I am quite useless and scatter-brained and forgot that I hadn’t mentioned the fourth annual BSB UK Fest on here. So, this is my make-amends pimping post!

The festival runs next Saturday and Sunday (8th & 9th June) in the lovely and hopefully sunny city of Nottingham. Loads of UK – and a couple of not so UK – Bold Strokes authors will be going along for a weekend of panels, chats, readings, signings, sneak-peeks, BBQs, beers and mucking about. There might also be fish and chips – well, there wi...

Just a quickie to link to a couple of interviews I’ve done of late.

Last weekend, I poured myself a lager shandy (which is about as alcoholic as my drinks ever get!) and sat down to chat with Andy and Cheri on The Cocktail Hour podcast. Anyone who fancies deciphering my accent can download or listen live at that link.

Meanwhile, Hannah, over at her blog Hannah’s Nook, has been sweet enough to put together a Q&A with me. She asked some cracking questions and, as an added bonus, there are more fa...

A few folks have been asking about the release date of Desolation Point, its availability as an eBook etc, and some of the details have changed quite recently, so here’s my DP release date Public Service Announcement

Both the paperback and the eBook will be released on April 1st, 2013, via the Bold StrokesBookswebsite. The paperbacks will ship on this date, and the files will be available for e-readers. The BSBeBooks are compatible with every reader, tablet, and smartphone, and BSB will have...

It’s just gone noon o’clock and we have winners in the Desolation Point, Kendal Mint Cake Grand Giveaway! (Draw conducted via random number generator with the missus as designated UN Observer *g*)

The signed books and mint cake are heading to: Jo Wrench, Kelley Gordon and Deb Shapiro.

Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to those of you who didn’t get picked, but mostly a huge thank you to all 98of you who put your names in the hat!

I always reckon that good news calls for celebration. Good news one: Desolation Point‘s release date is just around the corner. Good news two: BSB recently picked up its sequel, Tumbledown, for publication in 2014

So, to celebrate, I have three signed (or unsigned if you prefer!) copies of Desolation Point up for grabs, along with some delicious, only slightly tooth-rotting bars of Kendal Mint Cake.

To enter, just say hallo in this post, or, if you’re shy, head over here to my Facebook page a...

Find all of the above and more, over here at the UK Lesfic site, where I’ve been busy blogging about our recent jolly to Palm Springs for the annual BSB LGBT Book Festival.

Got home safe and sound after having a wonderful time in sunny California. I’m working on a bit of a write-up about the Palm Springs BSB Bash, but in the meantime, here’s me confusing the hell out of Carsen Taite, whilst wearing a pair of shorts, and giggling a lot.

The annual BSB Palm Springs bash is fast approaching. Held in the beautiful desert resort of Palm Springs, California, the event is a four-day extravaganza of author readings, Q&As, signings, discussions, casual get-togethers, and general shenanigans! It all kicks off on February 28th, and I’ll be going along to read from Desolation Point, frighten the hell out of folk by wearing shorts, and confound them by speaking in an impenetrable northern-English accent. Can’t bloody wait

Loads more de...

My favourite comment left in the margins during the editing of my upcoming novel, Desolation Point, was a slightly exasperated: “I know we’re in Sarah’s POV and she thinks British, but don’t you people ever wear pants?” To which there could only be one answer: “Yes, all the time. Right under our trousers.”

Ah, the joys of writing a novel with a bilingual point of view…

Sarah, as you might have guessed, is the Brit in the story. She has a “rucksack” not a “backpack”, craves Cadbury’s chocolate,...