Narrelle M Harris: writer | editor | songwriter | crafter
Words are like oxygen
“I hear of Sherlock everywhere since you became his chronicler.” Mycroft Holmes, ‘The Greek Interpreter’. You may have noticed that I’ve been writing a lot of Holmesian fiction of late – sometimes in short stories where they are the traditional epic best friends, and sometimes as a romantic couple. (I maintain that all interpretations are valid interpretations.) Whichever approach I […]
» Read moreThank you so much to everyone who was able to come to the launch of The Adventure of the Colonial Boy on Wednesday, and to those who sent good wishes, and to everyone who has so far bought the book or plans to do so! Here are some pictures of the night! What next? For me: I’ve just finished updating […]
» Read moreImprobable Press and I are very pleased to announce that The Adventure of the Colonial Boy is having an official launch! The Adventure of the Colonial Boy is a Holmes/Watson romance set in Australia in 1893. Murder! Dangerous sea voyages! Deductions! Snakes! Honour, angst, and chases! Unrequited love, requited! DETAILS When: Wednesday 30 March 2016. 6.30 for a 7pm start. […]
» Read moreI’ve just spent the weekend at Melbourne’s annual Continuum Convention, and had (as usual) an absolute blast. I did a few panels – including one on filking (fannish folk music, basically) which resulted in a new Facebook Melbourne Filking community being set up. I spent the rest of the time running a table in the dealer’s room (selling books and […]
» Read moreAfter missing Booktown last year, it was lovely to get to Clunes today for my third Booktown festival. I caught the special service train that VLine put on for the festival and spent the day helping out at Clan Destine Press’s table, talking about books and wandering among the bookstalls. Fellow Clan Destine author Jane Routley, dressed strikingly for the […]
» Read moreFor today only, Google Play is promoting a whole bunch of e-book at a special price! Among the books included in the winter warming package are my short story, Sky High, Bone Deep, and a bunch of fellow Escape artists! Check out Google Play Books to pick up one (or more!) of these books at a special price. Fiona Palmer […]
» Read moreYesterday, I had the very great pleasure of conducting a one-day writing workshop for Writers Victoria on my approach to writing about sex and intimacy in all kinds of books, not just my current crop of erotic romances. The workshop was called Avoiding the Bad Sex Award and I very much hope the attendees left with some tips and ideas […]
» Read moreWriting is hard, yo! And writing scenes of sex and intimacy are at least as hard as everything else. Maybe harder. Yes, I know. As soon as you mention ‘sex’, everything becomes a double entrendre. Sometimes just single entendres. Bear with me. Or bare with me. Whichever you prefer. Recognising the difficulties of writing scenes of physical and emotional intimacy […]
» Read moreIn late March, the first Queermance writers festival was held in Melbourne, celebrating queer relationships in fiction. Attendance was relatively small but very keen. Panels included Writing What you Aren’t (in part about straight writers who write queer fiction – like me), The Art of Getting Published, and Writing Sex and Erotica (and how to do it well). The talented Scarlett […]
» Read moreMelbourne’s Queermance festival, celebrating LGBT fiction, is on from 21-23 March 2014 at the Mercure on Therry Street. Clan Destine Press, the publisher of my Secret Agents stories and the upcoming M/M Talbott and Burns series is one of the sponsors of the event. I’ll be appearing on panels, doing a reading from one of my short stories and generally […]
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