My upcoming novella, The Pillar, takes place in 15th century Bosnia. It was inspired by a few days I spent there last year. Today I’d like to share some photos from the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo. Click on any photo to see it larger. It’s a lovely city. People hike in the surrounding mountains and …
Chasing Sunrise (The Darkmore Saga, Bk 1) by Lex Chase Blurb: On the Coastal Bend of Texas, a hidden kingdom called Darkmore lies in ruins, and King Sevon Maraté is trapped. Using Sevon as a mouthpiece and a scapegoat, Lord Dominic rules from the shadows. Sevon copes with the unrelenting abuse by dressing in …
For a variety of reasons, I do most of my writing on my laptop at the kitchen table. The problem with this–especially during summer–is that I’m fair game for interruptions. My offspring and husband pepper me with constant questions, demands, and comments, most of which could probably wait. Real recent examples: 14-year-old: What’s that word that …
My upcoming novella, The Pillar, is set in 15th century Bosnia (and now available for preorder!). I was inspired to write the story when I spent a few days in Bosnia & Herzegovina last November. Why Bosnia? Well, the country is certainly beautiful enough and interesting enough to visit in any case. And the people are …
They say that historical romances don’t sell well. Contemporaries sell well. Paranormals with shifters. Even fantasies. But historicals? they say. Meh. I don’t understand why. I love history. Truly love it. And isn’t it even more fun to imagine the way human relationships–including same-sex relationships–might have played out in different times and different places? Well, I …
This is a small rant and then a new release pimpage. My life is too sedentary. Both writing and my day job–university professor–involve a whole lot of sitting in front of computers. Plus I’m inherently sorta lazy. I took bowling for PE when I was in college. But the one type of exercise I genuinely enjoy is walking. When …
I was going to title this entry “Writing Assholes,” but decided that could be taken entirely the wrong way. And let me be clear–I’m not going to talk about writers who are jerks. I’m sure some writers are, but most of the authors I know are creative, fascinating, lovely people. What I’m going to discuss …
I am delighted to announce the winners of my gay romance haiku contest! There were some really wonderful entries, and I so enjoyed reading them. First prize goes to Megan (@essgem) for this gem: Later the men mused: It had not been their best plan, Coupling on the beach Esepcially appropriate since I’m looking out …
A Closed Door – Part of the Love, Loss, Laughter & Lust Anthology From Wayward Ink Publishing First, thank you, Kim for letting me use your blog to talk about my newest story. With the progress of LGBT rights, the challenges of gay men and their coming out is also changing. Once upon a time—like …
Coming soon! A brand new website for m/m romance author Kim Fielding.