I am trying my hand at producing videos for YouTube to promote my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa. For an upcoming episode, I recorded a Zoom interview with Roger Moorhouse, author of seven books on the Second World War. We talked about one of them, The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941, and about its subject, […]
He looks relaxed. Safe. Even cuddly. But he’s a killer. Early this morning, I woke to a commotion. Claws clicking on hardwood. Paws galloping. I got up got halfway down the stairs to see two cats, Cocoa and Ragnar the Magnificent looking at something on the floor. Something that moved one way, only to be […]
One of the most prolific authors currently working, and definitely one of the most original thinkers, A.J. Llewellyn has established an international reputation as an author of unique romantic stories that combine mystery, magic, cross-cultural interaction, and even cuisine. Or to be more accurate, she writes original stories that combine elements of many genres, but […]
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A Sunday sample from the new Hawaiian Storm mystery Echoes The first time that the Kahuna was able to sneak up on Vanessa was the first time she met him, when she was 16 and he was 19. He wasn’t able to do it again for sixteen years, until a bright morning in Honolulu, when […]
Get the fourth Hawaiian Storm mystery in the e-book format you prefer Today! Echoes, FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm’s last case, is available NOW on a dozen different ebook etailers, including , Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, Scribd and more. In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s leeward side. The coolest […]
Echoes, the fourth Hawaiian Storm mystery now available for pre-order at a low introductory price “I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s west coast. The coolest guy at the wildest parties, with the coolest posse, […]
A new edition of The Bones of the Earth is coming soon—and of course, that means a new edition of Part One, Initiation Rites, as well. A new edition demands a new cover. Today, I’m proud to reveal the new cover designed by author and designer and thoroughly nice person Samreen Ahsan. Here it is: […]
Review of Orgasmic Texas Dawn I have to admit, I never thought I would enjoy reading a male-male erotic romance. But I liked the Orgasmic Texas Dawn series by A.J. Llewellyn and the late, great D.J. Manly. Although I wish I knew what the initials stood for. Anyway, this was a straight-ahead romance with a […]
You know I have a lot more ideas for stories than I’ll ever have time to write. So I’ve been thinking, during idle times like going to the grocery store or walking the dog: maybe I need a new way to write long fiction. One that acknowledges that we’re distracted all the time, that our […]