JL Merrow

Interesting (if short) post on RT Book Reviews about the new trend for cover guys who are follically unchallenged, facially speaking, here.

Viggo could have told them beards are cool.

…may God bless her and all who sail in her!

REGISTRATION has now OPENED for the 2014 UK Meet!

     JUNE 6TH-8TH, 2014

           BRISTOL, UK

Head on over to our website to book your ticket now!

We’ve got a cracking programme lined up for you this year, including a Gala Dinner at the Meet hotel, the fabulous Bristol Marriott Royal. For more details, see the UK Meet website.

As last year, we’ll have two levels of ticket, General and Spotlight. They’ll be on sale until mid May, or until we reach capacity, whichever comes first. A discounted Early Bird deal will be available until the end of January.

General ticket includes:
1) Access to all daytime activities – panels, workshops, etc.
2) Not just your lunch, but more tea, coffee and nibbles than you can shake a fist at.
3) Your event souvenirs, including the ever popular tote bags and USB sticks.

Spotlight ticket (which will be open not just to authors, but to other delegates who have wares to sell, such as cover artists) includes everything that the general ticket does, plus:
1)Table at the book fair, for you to sell/sign books or other goods.
2) Opportunity to put giveaways in the delegate tote bags.
3)Opportunity to put content onto out giveaway USB sticks.
4) Spotlight feature on our website.

See you there!
From the UK Meet team – Charlie, Clare, Jamie, Jo and Liam

…over at Top 2 Bottom Reviews today, where I’m the spotlight author!

And there’s also a very nice review of Fall Hard:

WOW… The chemistry is Hot!!! JL Merrow pulls you into this book and keeps you intrigued the whole way through. This book was well written and the thorough research shows in every page….I have always enjoyed JL Merrow‘s books and I highly recommend this one! – 5 kisses, Cheryl, Top 2 Bottom Reviews

I’m beyond delighted that both Slam! and Pressure Head are finalists in the 2013 Rainbow Awards:

Slam! for LBGT Romantic Comedy and

Pressure Head for Gay Mystery Thriller.  

Winners will be announced on December 8th.

Fantastic, too, to see so many friends’ books in there: the very lovely Josephine Myles’ Junk is a highly deserving contender for Gay Contemporary Romance, Charlie Cochrane’s Promises Made Under Fire is up for LGBT Historical, and Clare London’s Compulsion is a finalist for LGBT Erotic Romance, to name but a few!

Congratulations to all the finalists!

…in the Fall Hard Blog Tour, and it’s…..

*drumroll*

SusanC

who commented on Friday Free For All at Cup o’ Porn. As there were several Susans, here’s the winning comment for the avoidance of all doubt:

I loved Pressure Head. I’m so glad you are revisiting Tom & Phil; they’re one of my favorite couples. And speaking of, Phil is not my favorite name, but in that story it totally worked. Kudos.

(The fact that it’s such a lovely comment is, of course, a bonus! )

SusanC, you win the grand prize of a signed print copy of Pressure Head PLUS a $10 Amazon gift certificate. I’ll be in touch via Cup o’ Porn, as I don’t have your email addy.

But wait, I hear you say! Wasn’t this tour all about Fall Hard? So how come nobody’s won a copy of that?

Well, that did, on reflection, seem just plain wrong. So I set Random.org to work on my behalf again, and this time the name chosen was:

Sin Chan

who commented on RJ Scott’s blog. Sin Chan, you win an ebook copy of Fall Hard in the format of your choice.

Congratulations to both winners, and thanks so much to everyone who commented – I had a great time chatting with you all over the course of the tour and hope you did too.

… in Elisa Rolle’s 2013 Rainbow Awards! 

Here’s what the judges said:

April: I just loved how funny the main character was through-out this story. The plot seemed to develop slowly, but this allowed for the reader to get to know the main character well.

Publisher Samhain Publishing (April 1, 2014)
Language English
ISBN-10 1619217155
ISBN-13 978-1619217157
Amazon: Slam!
Amazon Kindle: Slam!

You can check out the rest of this batch of honourable mentions here: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/2411279.html

There are some great books on there – and some I haven’t read but will definitely be checking out!

There’s a bonus chance to enter into the Fall Hard Blog Tour draw for a signed print copy of Pressure Head (I’ll ship internationally) PLUS a $10 Amazon gift certificate over at Cup o’ Porn today!  I’ll make the draw around teatime on Monday 30th September, GMT.

And you don’t even have to answer any tricky questions this time (I know it says so in the post, but hey, it’s Friday, I’ll let you off!) 

All you have to do is head on over and leave a comment to be entered. Simples!

Good luck!

Well, that went quick! Today is the last stop on the Fall Hard Blog Tour, and I’m on Wednesday Whine and Wine over at Cup o’Porn talking about the woefully short supply of names for your average British bloke.

Why not pop along and share your feelings on the matter?

All comments on posts on the Fall Hard Blog Tour will be entered into a draw for the grand prize! I won’t be making the draw until around teatime on Monday 30^th September, GMT, so there’s still plenty of time to comment on previous posts. Good luck! 

…that is the question I’m debating over at RJ Scott’s blog on day…. er…. something of the Fall Hard Blog tour!

Why not pop along and share whether you prefer your men hirsute or hairless?*

All comments on posts on the Fall Hard Blog Tour will be entered into a draw for the grand prize! Good luck! 

*I’m talking about beards, btw. Why, what did you think?

It’s day 3 of the Fall Hard blog tour!

And today, having survived my first ever experience of white water rafting (try it, it’s flippin’ good fun!)  I’m over at Joyfully Jay where I’m talking about….er….What was it again? Oh, yes.

Amnesia.

Why not pop along and share your feelings on amnesia as a trope?

All comments on posts on the Fall Hard Blog Tour will be entered into a draw for the grand prize! Good luck!