Fleur De Lys Publishing - Literary Fiction
Winter NEWS
I am battening down the hatches to complete the writing on My Adventures In Cyberspace II, with a view to editing taking place Spring/Summer 2010 and the book being published in the Winter of 2010. You can purchase the intial book in the trilogy My Adventures in Cyberspace on Amazon here.
Ongoing research for new book - CRASH
We are undergoing research for a non-fiction book called Crash, featuring witness testimonials from victims who have been involved in a fatal road crash and the subsequent impact on their lives. If you know anyone who has been involved in a car or bike crash (they are hardly ever accidents which is why I refrain from labelling them so) and they would like their story to be heard, please ask them to contact me.
Pop Icons exhibition - Sade prints
In June 2009 British sculptor and mosaic artist Guy Portelli staged his Pop Icons exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London, an exhibition partly funded by The BBC's entrepreneurial programme, Dragons' Den.
The exhibition was a huge success, and you can see some shots of the preparation and the private views here. I exhibited three photographic portraits of the singer Sade, as one of the guest artists in the exhibition. There will be a shopping cart where you can buy one of these limited edition prints coming soon. In the meantime if you want to have a closer look at the thumbnails below then they're in a gallery here.
Prior to the exhibition I interviewed Guy for my blog. If you're reading this way past June 09 then the direct link to the actual article is here.
NEWS: MY ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE now on sale on Amazon
Winter 2008 / Spring 2009 Book Releases
Warning! Some book descriptions contain explicitly sexual language which people of a sensitive nature may find offensive. This is an info site. There are regular articles over at the Blog.
Mother-in-Law, Son-in-Law
Chapter 1
My wife is always off having ‘down time’ with her secret life. My mother-in-law’s got a secret life too.
With me.
Synopsis
Kate married far too young. Now husband Alex, once the love her life, bores her to tears. He's so busy gardening and watching repeats of Top Gear on the tele, he would never guess about Kate's secret life with her lover Colin.
But gardening and Top Gear can keep a man happy for only so long. Especially with a Mother-in-Law as voluptuous and gorgeous as Julia, a lonely widow who hasn't had sex for five years.
Buy Mother-in-Law, Son-in-Law here.
MY ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE
Chapter 1 - Fuck 'Em
Love is the only path to take, amongst the many confusing and tangled branches of paths which present themselves to us every day of our lives.
But sometimes we choose to go down the wrong path, and sometimes, that’s what makes life all the more entertaining; our failures, our insecurities, listening to the subversive whispers in our ears of Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘Imp of the Perverse’.
The bar is crowded, packed with hysterical people frothing at the mouth and baying for my blood.
I cannot see a face, I cannot hear a sound.
For this is cyberspace.
I have arrived, and instinctively I know that whilst following my natural inclination to dole out love, these fuckers are going to get punished. This is the gold rush, they have inadvertently drawn me into the fray, and I’m going to get those gold nuggets and leave them incredulous and furious.
Fuck ‘em.
Synopsis
MY ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE, by Jude Calvert-Toulmin, is set in Sheffield and on an internet discussion forum, back in the pioneering days of forums at the turn of the millennium.
Inspired by the author's life, it is a humorous, erotic dark tale of an unhappily married mother of three, Dominique DuBois, who falls in love with a man on a forum, without knowing what he looks like, merely by dint of his writing. Think Brief Encounter in cyberspace.
Buy MY ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE on Amazon UK here and Amazon US here
. Also available worldwide on Amazon.
Welcome
Hi, I'm Jude Calvert-Toulmin, director of Fleur De Lys Publishing Ltd and author of our debut titles, available on Amazon, Mother-in-Law, Son-in-Law and My Adventures in Cyberspace (the first in a trilogy.)
My Adventures in Cyberspace II is due for publication 2010.
Testimonials
Mother-in-Law, Son-in-Law
Fiona Russell Powell, journalist and ex member of legendary 80s band ABC:
Love the book!
I really enjoyed it and read it cover to cover very quickly. As soon as I started it, I didn't put it down until I'd finished it.
Anything published by the author is almost always awful. Thank God this was the exception!
It is notoriously difficult to write about sex well. I don't think there are any other genres within a genre that get awards for bad writing apart from descriptions of sex in books.
I'm amazed that this is a first effort because it is very confidently written. I particularly liked the fact that Calvert-Toulmin didn't succumb to the temptation of punishing the Kate character for being such a brat; the resolving of her situation was both mature and realistic.
An excellent first novel in a genre that is daunting for a first-time author.
Another thing I absolutely adore is the frontispiece ex libris design - it's great! I wish other books did that.
I'm looking forward to reading My Adventures in Cyberspace now.
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From MY ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE:
Paul: - 20.18 Thu
In reply to Helsinki Howard:
Has anyone thought that if Dom was to publish this thread or bits of it in a book, she'd be the one that came out looking intelligent and literate? Can anyone else think of a reason she’s bothering to write such detailed posts as opposed to our usual:
> Shut up you're a twat
> No shut up you're a twat
Conspiracy theory? Maybe...
Film company...
manyriversfilmsWe are a Channel 4 film company interested in talking to anyone who has experience of mother-in-law / son-in-law sex.
We have already talked to a number of individuals but if you would like to share your experience with us please email us at info@manyriversfilms.co.uk Or call Sophie on 0207-091-7005
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