Dishing Out the Love

Thank you, Karin, for inviting me to post on your site, and for allowing that cooking is a craft. My name is Jackie North and I write m/m romance. The “m/m” stands for a relationship between two men, and the romance part speaks for itself. Why do I write m/m romance? Here’s why. Back in …

The Marriage of Food and Romance in My Work: A Guest Post from Rick R. Reed

Shakespeare said, “If music be the food of love, play on…” I agree with him, except I would paraphrase him “If food be the music of love, cook on…” People ask why I marry food with love in so many of my stories. One, I believe that food and love, next to air and water, …

Racy Listening (and by that I mean NSFW)

I've always enjoyed Jay Northcote's writing, so when the opportunity arose to review Helping Hand, I jumped on it. This was my first racy listen and I have to admit it was... interesting (read: so very glad I had my headset on, because wowza. Also glad no questions were asked about my blushing). I loved …

Another Piece of AJ Rose

Hello, everybody! Karin has been kind enough to let me take over her blog for the day and share with you a piece of me. Normally, this means talking about my books, but given this is also a craft blog, I’ve been told it’s perfectly normal to talk about something else I love: knitting. So …

Crafting with Posy Roberts

Hello, friends of Karin! I’m Posy Roberts, and Karin and I met nearly seven years ago through fan fiction. In fact, I think At the Deep End was my first slash fic. I was turned and never went back. Today I write MM Romance as my real life job, and I supplement my income by …