Tag Archives: romance

Childhood Favorites: The Teenage Years

Posted on April 19, 2018 by InkAshlings

Last week I blogged about my childhood favorite stories and series. This week I bring you part 2 where I describe the novels that got to me in my teens. Again, in no order. 1. The Merlin trilogy by Mary … Continue reading →

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Q&A with author Deborah O’Brien

Posted on November 7, 2016 by InkAshlings

Deborah O’Brien is an Australian writer and visual artist. She is the author of the bestselling Mr Chen’s Emporium, its sequel The Jade Widow, plus A Place of Her Own and The Trivia Man, as well as a dozen non-fiction … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Rarest Thing

Posted on November 5, 2016 by InkAshlings

Title: The Rarest Thing Author: Deborah O’Brien Publication Date: November 2016 Publisher: Lomandra Press RRP – Limited Gift Edition Paperback: $29.99 RRP – Ebook: $14.99 Purchasing Info: ‘The Rarest Thing’ (signed gift edition paperback or ebook) is available direct from … Continue reading →

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(Dis)Ability in Genre Fiction: A Small List

Posted on March 5, 2015 by InkAshlings

A few weeks back I asked my Facebook if they could recommend books to me which depicted protagonists with disability in genre fiction where the story wasn’t an ‘issues’ story (like Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time) … Continue reading →

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Poetry Spotlight: BRB by Maree Dawes

Posted on May 19, 2014 by InkAshlings

BRB: Be Right Back by Maree Dawes Published 2013, Spineless Wonders BRB is a wonderful verse novel that explores the early days of internet chat rooms and what happens when life on the net becomes more ‘real’ than the trappings … Continue reading →

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Online Book Tour- Close Call by Eloise March

Posted on March 14, 2014 by InkAshlings

I am excited today to have Doris on the blog with a spot of advice, to show you just what all the fuss is about and just who Doris is. Don’t be afraid, she doesn’t bite and it has been … Continue reading →

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Poetry Peek: Books

Posted on January 30, 2014 by InkAshlings

Without further ado, I present to you the first poem in my upcoming poetry collection, My Heart’s Choir Sings. Books The open, sterilized jaws of your flat beckoned, quiet Like the yellowed pages of books That were your long time … Continue reading →

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Review: The Reflections of Queen Snow White

Posted on January 28, 2014 by InkAshlings

Title: The Reflections of Queen Snow White Author: David Meredith Date Published: 2013 RRP: $1.83 The Reflections of Snow White re-tells the story of Snow White… yes… but also not really. The point of this short novel is not to … Continue reading →

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Jill (Poem)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by InkAshlings

I’m on a poetry roll with my ebook coming out on Saturday 1st! This poem is positively ancient and is based off the relationship between Jill and Rhodry in Katharine Kerr’s Deverry Saga. I am quite fond of it even … Continue reading →

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My Heart’s Choir Sings Ebook Release

Posted on January 5, 2014 by InkAshlings

My Heart’s Choir Sings. A eulogy and a verse novella. Grief, guilt, redemption. How do you go on in a world without your other half? Two years ago, I fell in love with London. I began to write a sequence … Continue reading →

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