Meta: “The Kick-Ass Heroine Just Left The Ship” – do we hate women and sugar-coat history?
I’ve written an article for the wonderful Macaronis:
“The Kick-Ass Heroine Just Left The Ship” – do we hate women and sugar-coat history?
To them, romance is icky. It’s not intellectual. It’s written by women wearing fedoras and read by women with no career or too much time at hand. Romance is the equivalent to stepping barefoot on a slug.
My evil socialist feminist thoughts on historical gay romance, let me show you them…
New Yahoo Group “Speak Its Name” – Grand Opening!
Erastes has put this in words so beautifully; I simply quote and add that I’ll be there too, would love to see you ’round and LET’S HAVE FUN!
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It is with great pleasure that The Macaronis, purveyors of fine historical romance out of the closet, announce the grand opening of `Speak Its Name’ chat group
To be located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpeakItsN, this is a group for the enjoyment, discussion, and promotion of GLBT Historical Romance fiction. Discerning adults are most welcome to join us.
There will be a splendid inaugural celebration on Friday 31st October, where a dazzling array of authors – Lee Rowan, Alex Beecroft, Charlie Cochrane, Erastes, Mark Probst, Emma Collingwood and Margaret Leigh, to name but a few – will be on hand to ply you with wit, wisdom and goodies. Your attendance is most warmly anticipated. R.S.V.P.
By which we mean: Friday 31st October sees the grand opening of the Speak Its Name Yahoo group, for the enjoyment, discussion, and promotion of Gay Historical Romance fiction. Come and join The Macaronis for the celebrations – there’ll be authors, goodies and fun galore.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpeakItsName
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You can already register now, though the group will not officially open its doors before Friday. Don’t be late to the party! 
Service Announcement
My websites are down. No idea why, no idea for how long. I’m not amused! So if you can’t access any stories or if pictures on my journal/blog don’t show up, then that’s why.
Let’s twiddle thumbs and wait.
Are you bored? AUTHOR’S CHAT NOW!
We – means: the Macaronis, means fantabulous authors like Alex Beecroft, Lee Rowan, Erastes and many more – are currently hounding the following yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karendevinkaren
No worries, we do so with permission by CoffeeTimeRomance. So if you don’t want me to end up doing card tricks because nobody’s asking me any questions, hurry over and join in the discussion. I’ll be there all day. Night. Whatever. Your chance to talk to Emma Collingwood! 
Chat over! I shall now return to my writing. Next chat I’ll have will be at the pub.
Cheers!
Freebie-Story: “MANCO” or THE FINANCIAL CRISIS EXPLAINED BY SEBASTIAN QUINN, PURSER
Read a short story featuring the characters from my upcoming book “The Purser, The Surgeon, The Captain And His Lieutenant”. The story itself won’t be included in the book, but here it is, available online for free. Though set in the 18th century, it’s very up-to-date…
Author: Emma Collingwood
Rating: PG
Genre: Original
Characters: Captain James Denningham, Purser Sebastian Quinn
Warnings: none
Feedback: Sure! Keep it coming, good or bad!
Summary: Sebastian Quinn takes artistic liberties with the mess book of HMS Selkie.
“MANCO” or THE FINANCIAL CRISIS EXPLAINED BY SEBASTIAN QUINN, PURSER
Have fun!
A big thank you, a presentation and some book news
Dear all
Both me and Mlle de Villeneuve would like to thank you for contributing to the success of our auction. The winners have received manuscript and drawing by now and are very happy with our work. Which, of course, makes us happy!
The secretary of the Lions Club in Morpeth has kindly provided us with a presentation showing the extend of the damage. It’s a *.pps and has been virus-checked, so feel free to click (hosted on my personal website).
As you can tell, the money really went where it’s needed. If you’d like to make a donation to the floods fund as well, you should now head to the
WEBSITE OF THE MORPETH LIONS CLUB
for further information. You’ll be helping people who help themselves and each other. That’s a rare thing to find these days. Hat tip from our part to the people of Morpeth, and kudos to you, dear friends, for your generosity.
I’ve put quill and ink aside and returned to my trusted friend with the keyboard. “The Radiant Boy” will be out soon, and there are an estimated 4093468049684906830 edits for “The Purser, The Surgeon, The Captain And His Lieutenant” waiting for me.
Oh, and before I forget: Readers of “Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)” might be glad to hear that Mr. Leigh and Mr. Meadows will return next year for one more adventure.
Emma xx
PS: The online shop on my website is currently undergoing some changes. Should you encounter any problems, please drop me a line.
Reminder: Charity Auction Ends Today!
The charity auction on ebay for the Morpeth Lions Club Flood Fund will end today. There’s still time to place your bids! Many thanks to all those who have supported the auction.
