Anne Barwell – Writing Christmas in a different season

This month I’m part of a Winter Love promotion, with a focus on winter seasonal events like Christmas. Although I’ve written a winter set Christmas story – On Wings of Song – it still takes me a bit to get Read more

Boosting the hidden gems

‘Tis the season coming up for awards and best-of lists. From Love Bytes’ best to the Rainbow Awards (for which the judging closes at the end of the month and the fun happens in December) to the Goodreads M/M Romance Read more

Nanowrimo, November, and Being Easily Distracted

November is a liminal month. The mornings are frosty, the afternoons crisp. Some people still have their Halloween decorations out—pumpkins slowly collapsing in on themselves like Compo from Last of the Summer Wine—and others already have their Christmas decorations once. Read more

It’s the length?

This month I want to talk about the importance of length. No, not that—get your mind out of the gutter! I mean story length. There are no set industry length standards for different kinds of fiction; different publishers (and other Read more

Author Monthly Post – Anne Barwell – Sweet As

As part of re-releasing my backlist I’ve been going through my books and changing everything—apart from The Sleepless City books as they are set in the US—into UK/NZ English spelling to reflect their settings. This has turned out to be Read more

Happy is what you say it is

I’m currently working on a story with a main character who told me he’s asexual, and it has me thinking about romance and happy endings. One thing the M/M genre of romance has always done better, and is continuing to Read more