French Kissing Fantasy Casting: Dominique Laroche
Yes, I’m keeping Steph’s fantasy casting for last (but only because she seems to be the hardest to pin a face on.) So, let’s do Dominique first. As you can see, the character of rising political star Dominique Laroche is based on an almost-real politician: Birgitte Nyborg. At Casa Bliss, during that week about a […]
French Kissing Fantasy Casting: Nadia Abadi
It’s not because I have a serious soft spot for Juliette that I don’t recognise that Nadia is the real hero of their relationship. Maybe it’s unhealthy, or co-dependent, or just very lesbian, but Juliette needs Nadia. In fact, most characters in French Kissing need Nadia. She’s not free of mistakes—no one is—but she’s not afraid to […]
French Kissing Fantasy Casting: Juliette Barbier
I love all ‘my ladies’, of course, and I hope they all come across as complex and interesting as I intended them to be, but as far as understanding of and compassion for a deeply flawed character goes, I’m firmly in Juliette’s camp. Based on reader reactions after the first two episodes, Juliette was the least favourite […]
French Kissing Fantasy Casting: Margot de Hay
Honestly, it only just now occurred to me that Ming-Na Wen used to play a doctor on ER. Anyway, it doesn’t matter, because in Margot’s case, the character was very much inspired by another fictional character: Melinda May (aka the only valid reason to waste time on watch Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.) Emotionally guarded. Tough […]
French Kissing Fantasy Casting: Claire Cyr
When imagining a character, I have a very strong tendency to picture them as really hot famous people. It’s what makes erotica writing the best job in the world. 😉 I know I said in an one of my earlier French Kissing blog posts that I wouldn’t reveal the physical inspiration for the characters, but […]
Goodreads giveaway of French Kissing
I’m giving away two (signed!) paperback copies of French Kissing: Season One on Goodreads! Do enter, I’ll ship them anywhere in the world. Also, FYI, French Kissing: Episode One is not yet free on all Amazon websites (e.g. Amazon UK), but you can get it in all formats from the retailers listed here >>
French Kissing: Season One
Six months ago, it all started with this… And now… we have this! 😉 The boxed set of French Kissing is out! My mind is still a bit frazzled by this, so I will resort to bullet points to make the following announcements/pleas for help… 😉 – The price of the boxed set is 40% […]
French Kissing: Episode Six
Well, here we are, Episode Six (aka The Season Finale) is out! For the release of the boxed set (planned for next week) I’ll be doing some retrospective blog posts on what I’ve learned from writing a serial, who my favourite character is (despite, of course, loving them all equally!) and to reveal my ‘fantasy […]
NEW RELEASE: Bossy
I should have known that when asking my favourite lesbian erotica authors to contribute to a ‘sex-at-work’ mini-anthology, none of them would actually use the office as a setting. 😉 Their originality and quirkiness (along with excellent writing skills) are, after all, what makes me a fan. Even I, possibly the biggest aficionado of sexy […]
Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia: ‘Show, don’t tell.’
Today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and as much as I’ve made myself believe over the years that I’ve always been lucky enough to never have been on the receiving end of homophobia, that is exactly how much I’ve fooled myself. Because, quite simply, every single person not identifying as straight has been […]