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.
8 July, 2009 at 11:16 am (art, books, radiant boy) (age of sail, amandine de villeneuve, art, books, emma collingwood, ghost stories, ghosts, paranormal, the radiant boy)
I received the illustrations and the cover art by Mlle Amandine de Villeneuve and was once more completely stunned and in awe of her talent at drawing as well as catching the personalities of my characters with pen and Indian ink.
“The Radiant Boy” is almost finished, and I can promise you eery tales set in the Age of Sail, tributes to the classic ghost stories of the 18th and 19th century. Mlle de Villeneuve has produced once more truly amazing artwork, and I’m over the moon that I can share the raw art for the cover with you today.

Charlie, the main character in the title story of “The Radiant Boy”
I’ll give you soon more information on publishing date, price etc., but costs should be about the same as for “Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)”. A release in E-book format isn’t planned yet (thanks to assorted e-pirates, screw you lot), and just like the tomes in the past, this little book comes with – a book curse. Where firewalls fail, curses might help.
I herewith hug and kiss Mlle de Villeneuve through the screen; I won’t call her George, though, unless she insists…
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6 October, 2008 at 3:06 pm (books, charity, radiant boy, writing) (18th century, art, books, charity, cuthbert collingwood, emma collingwood, hms victory, morpeth, nelson, radiant boy, royal navy, ships, writing)
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.
EMMA COLLINGWOOD
Love, Suspense and Sarcasm in the Age of Sail
You can discuss Emma's book at her community on LiveJournal: PSCL
.Georgian naval ghost stories with and without male/male romance.
LIEUTENANT SAMUEL BLACKWOOD (DECEASED)
HMS Privet has the reputation of being a cursed ship: every first lieutenant serving aboard her dies gruesomely. Lieutenant Daniel Leigh is determined to solve the mystery and volunteers for the place himself, putting his life in desperate danger. Little does he suspect that he will fall in love with the captain, John Meadows, and end up fighting not only for his own life but for the soul of his lover, too.
"Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)" - a Georgian naval ghost story featuring a cursed ship, a vengeful ghost, a haunted captain and a very daring lieutenant.
The book contains four illustrations by the amazing Mlle Amandine de Villeneuve, who is also responsible for the cover art.
Buy the printed 'Penny Dreadful' here
"Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)" is now also available as an e-book (*.pdf file).
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