Okay– I admit.
I had visions of this being a HUGE list, like *Kermit Flail*–and then?
I got my first submission, and realized that maybe not so much–because what I had in mind for this was something a little more personal, a little more in depth–in fact, a little more like THIS submission from Alexa Milne.
Which, by the way?
Really makes me want to read her book!
Welcome to the Backlist Ba-Dump-Bump. I’m going to try to make it a new mid-month feature on the blog–if you are a writer and you’d like to contribute one of these, I’ll accept them between the 4th and the 14th of the month. I’ll try to put out an all call, but either way, I’ll need you to send me your book cover as a .jpg attachment, as well as your blog post explaining your inspiration, your buy links, your inspiration links, and your book blurb much like Alexa did– in the body of a Word Doc.
And seriously– her example is perfect. Tell us about your book and the things that made it special. Tell us why this item from your backlist is remembered fondly. Tell us why it should be remembered all over again–
Welcome to the Backlist Ba-Dump-Bump– let’s give this feature a “Sporting Chance”!
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Sporting Chance
by Alexa Milne
Sporting Chance was my first original novel and came out in November
2014. They say write what you know, and what you enjoy, so teaming together a
rugby player, Dan Morgan and a teacher, Iestyn Jones, seemed obvious to me, but
I wanted this story to be about keeping hold of love not a coming out in sport
story. Around the same time, I started writing Gareth Thomas, who had been
captain of the Wales Rugby team, came out. It was such a brave thing to do, and
there are still few out rugby players, but more than there are football
players. When I was writing the scenes including matches, I used the 2012 Six
Nations tournament as my inspiration, although I did change the order. Wales
won the Grand Slam that year beating all the other five teams. The video linked
below shows the highlights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObKumFYWzV8
2014. They say write what you know, and what you enjoy, so teaming together a
rugby player, Dan Morgan and a teacher, Iestyn Jones, seemed obvious to me, but
I wanted this story to be about keeping hold of love not a coming out in sport
story. Around the same time, I started writing Gareth Thomas, who had been
captain of the Wales Rugby team, came out. It was such a brave thing to do, and
there are still few out rugby players, but more than there are football
players. When I was writing the scenes including matches, I used the 2012 Six
Nations tournament as my inspiration, although I did change the order. Wales
won the Grand Slam that year beating all the other five teams. The video linked
below shows the highlights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObKumFYWzV8
Book Blurb
Sometimes keeping hold of love is just as hard as finding it.
Dan and Iestyn are looking for romance. A
school trip, a love of history, a wedding, a tango, the game of chess, and
their friends and family all help the two men to realise that they’ve finally
found true love with each other.
school trip, a love of history, a wedding, a tango, the game of chess, and
their friends and family all help the two men to realise that they’ve finally
found true love with each other.
Iestyn thinks that he’s completely
ordinary and that Dan is the only out and currently gay rugby player anywhere.
Being gay can be difficult enough. Being famous also has its problems. But
being gay, famous and a sportsman can make finding love complicated. So when
Dan Morgan meets Iestyn Jones and gives him his phone number, their road ahead
has more than a few bumps to overcome.
ordinary and that Dan is the only out and currently gay rugby player anywhere.
Being gay can be difficult enough. Being famous also has its problems. But
being gay, famous and a sportsman can make finding love complicated. So when
Dan Morgan meets Iestyn Jones and gives him his phone number, their road ahead
has more than a few bumps to overcome.
Will Iestyn and Dan overcome the obstacles
thrown in their paths? Or will fame destroy their lives as well as their love?
thrown in their paths? Or will fame destroy their lives as well as their love?
Buying Links
Amazon UK – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sporting-Chance-Alexa-Milne-ebook/dp/B00PC750DS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1455105285&sr=8-4&keywords=alexa+milne
Amazon UK – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sporting-Chance-Alexa-Milne-ebook/dp/B00PC750DS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1455105285&sr=8-4&keywords=alexa+milne
Thanks for featuring me, Amy and all by myself.