New things and Interviewing for SIN

I’m doing a couple of new and exciting things for the networking side of MM stuff —

As well as being allowed into the hallowed halls of

Speak It’s Name: http://speakitsname.com/ – a blog that reviews MM historical fiction (for anyone who does not know, that is gay historical fiction) and holds it to exactingly high historical standards. SIN also includes http://speakitsname.com/the-list/ which is a pretty coherent list of MM historical fiction

 

and The Macaronis: http://historicromance.wordpress.com/ which is a collective (I’d say posset or something equally pretentious normally) of MM fiction writers who post about all sorts of interesting historical things.

 

 

I’ve also been asked to interview some MM writers. As my interview with Charlie Cochrane (http://speakitsname.com/2010/02/14/author-interview-charlie-cochrane/) went reasonably well (we both got through it with our sanity intact and only a minimal mention of rugby), I’ve been told I can tell you the following people are on the list of interviewees for 2010:

MARCH – Dorien Grey http://www.angelfire.com/home/doriengrey/
MAY – Myrlin A Hermes http://www.myrlinahermes.com/
JUNE – Ruth Sims http://www.ruthsims.com/
JULY – Josh Lanyon http://www.joshlanyon.com/
AUGUST – Parhelion http://www.e-fic.com/sundog/original.html
SEPTEMBER – James Lear http://www.myspace.com/jameslearfiction
OCTOBER – Jamie Crag http://www.jamie-craig.com/

Not a bad list when you come to think about it! Actually, am slightly quaking in my boots at the thought of it. Well, onwards and upwards as they say!

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Bayh Wants Filibuster Rules Changed

The Senate “should reform the filibuster as a way to end partisan gridlock,” Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) said Wednesday, The Hill reports.

Bayh, who cited partisanship and incivility as reasons for his retirement, said the filibuster has been used by the Republican minority too frequently.

“Now it’s being routinely used to frustrate even low level presidential appointees,” Bayh told MSNBC. “So perhaps the threshold should be lowered again.”

Bayh noted that the Senate had previously lowered the threshold for ending debate to 60 votes from 67. The Indiana Democrat said it may be time to lower that to 55.

(credit image – associated press)

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