Small thoughts about reading

[lexin]

The boss is back – which means the new head honcho's attention is no longer fixed on me like an Exocet missile. Hurrah! On the other hand, work has become unexpectedly rather busy, which we could have done without.

In other news

There is no other news, except that clare_nce, gloria1 and I are getting together over the weekend to watch SGA, which should be brilliant. I'm looking forward to it very much. SGA and me is an odd one – I love the show, but don't ever read the fic.

As for reading, I'm still reading ebooks from Fictionwise - I choose them because they allow you to pay by PayPal and have the books in a wide variety of formats, including for the Sony ebook reader that I've got.

I've been reading a lot of gay mysteries; I think we're up to four gay PI's now. I didn't know it was such a trope.

Write what I want to read, damn you!

I've noticed that it seems like about a third of all gay ebooks seem to be about (one or more of): vampires, shapeshifters, ghosts/about ghosts, paranormals of one variety or another, or werewolves. What is it with that? None of the above do anything for me at all, though there are so many of them I assume they sell well. Write more gay Regency stories! Neckcloths are where it's at.

Comments

[stranger]

The author is Nathan Aldyne. There are four books in the series, Vermilion, Cobalt, Slate, Canary. They seem to be out of print, although some used copies are around. I'm afraid I don't know what the ebook situation is.

Also, have you seen M.J. Pearson's two Regency gay romances? Amazon et al. have them. Also not deathless lit (and try to ignore the cover art), but they definitely deserve the category label.

[lexin]

M.J. Pearson's two Regency gay romances

Yes, I've got those, they're great fun.

[stranger]

Oh, I just saw a reference to James Fairfax, evidently an Austen pastiche with James-for-Jane gender-bending. Sherwood Smith, sartorias on LJ, was recommending it, so I'll pass that along.