Behind the Cover: Charles Geer

Charles Geer was an American illustrator and author. He grew up on Long Island, New York, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and then served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following the war he attended art school at the Pratt Institute.

Geer illustrated many children’s books and wrote and illustrated two of his own. He also designed numerous book jackets.





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Many of the buildings in his illustrations feature Second Empire architecture, with their characteristic Mansard roofs.

The illustrator lived (until his death in 2008) in Maine, where he enjoyed sailing and painting watercolors. Over the years he built several boats.

The Mulford Gallery hosted a retrospective of the works of Charles Geer, through June 15th, 2009. Geer was one of the most respected and prolific illustrators of children's and romantic novels by authors such as Stephan Birmingham, Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart. He did colorful and imaginative examples of sketches and illustrations for this covers, as well as most exquisite depictions of the coast of Maine and Nova Scotia, where he and his wife, Mary retired and sailed from their home in Rockland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Geer

Behind the Cover: Charles Geer

Charles Geer was an American illustrator and author. He grew up on Long Island, New York, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and then served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following the war he attended art school at the Pratt Institute.

Geer illustrated many children’s books and wrote and illustrated two of his own. He also designed numerous book jackets.





( more pics )

Many of the buildings in his illustrations feature Second Empire architecture, with their characteristic Mansard roofs.

The illustrator lived (until his death in 2008) in Maine, where he enjoyed sailing and painting watercolors. Over the years he built several boats.

The Mulford Gallery hosted a retrospective of the works of Charles Geer, through June 15th, 2009. Geer was one of the most respected and prolific illustrators of children's and romantic novels by authors such as Stephan Birmingham, Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart. He did colorful and imaginative examples of sketches and illustrations for this covers, as well as most exquisite depictions of the coast of Maine and Nova Scotia, where he and his wife, Mary retired and sailed from their home in Rockland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Geer

'One Lovely Blog' Award

I received the One Lovely Blog Award from NarrowSeas.blogspot.com. This is a community-generated award in which operators of historical fiction and related blogs bestow the award on those they think deserving. It is then incumbent upon the recipient to pass it along and recognize other blogs in the field.

Actually I read different blogs not only historical, so some of my "awards" will be wider than expected:

Boy Culture: this is not strictly an "historical" fiction blog, but the blogger indeed post on the story of gay cinema and gay culture: http://boyculture.typepad.com/boy_culture/

Dear Author: this is a Romance blog, but Historical Romance are a great share of what they review: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/

The Macaronis: probably one of the most funny and interesting place to find unuseful but very useful info for an historical fiction writer: http://historicromance.wordpress.com/

Speak Its Name: on reviewing historical gay fiction this is the best: http://speakitsname.com/

Teach Me Tonight: again not a striclty historical fiction blog, but an useful source of info and opinion: http://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/

The Naughty Bits: like for Boy Culture, this is more a blog on what is like being gay and writer and being there way before this was a trend: http://www.teddypig.com/

I could list more than the above, but they would blog of specific writers of historical fiction and they would be way more than 15 ;-)

The rules for the "One Lovely Blog" award are as follows:

1. (If you) accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered.
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know that they have been chosen for this award.

'One Lovely Blog' Award

I received the One Lovely Blog Award from NarrowSeas.blogspot.com. This is a community-generated award in which operators of historical fiction and related blogs bestow the award on those they think deserving. It is then incumbent upon the recipient to pass it along and recognize other blogs in the field.

Actually I read different blogs not only historical, so some of my "awards" will be wider than expected:

Boy Culture: this is not strictly an "historical" fiction blog, but the blogger indeed post on the story of gay cinema and gay culture: http://boyculture.typepad.com/boy_culture/

Dear Author: this is a Romance blog, but Historical Romance are a great share of what they review: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/

The Macaronis: probably one of the most funny and interesting place to find unuseful but very useful info for an historical fiction writer: http://historicromance.wordpress.com/

Speak Its Name: on reviewing historical gay fiction this is the best: http://speakitsname.com/

Teach Me Tonight: again not a striclty historical fiction blog, but an useful source of info and opinion: http://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/

The Naughty Bits: like for Boy Culture, this is more a blog on what is like being gay and writer and being there way before this was a trend: http://www.teddypig.com/

I could list more than the above, but they would blog of specific writers of historical fiction and they would be way more than 15 ;-)

The rules for the "One Lovely Blog" award are as follows:

1. (If you) accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered.
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know that they have been chosen for this award.

Blackout by Michelle Houston

Michelle Houston has the gift to write a full story in few pages, something I noticed other time reading one of her short stories. Blackout is a classic office romance, of the Boss/Secretary subgenre; the plot was pretty classic in the serial romance of the ’80, but here the main characters are two men. Alec is young and in love with his boss, but he is also pretty shy and has never had the courage to speak aloud his feelings not until the day he decides to give up on his unrequited love and quit the job. But Nicholas, his boss, has a surprise for him.

There is really nothing more, and the strength of this story lies in his simplicity, and also a bit on the unexpected turn Nicholas has; in the Boss/Secretary theme there is always the contraposition between the brooding and aloof boss and the young and pretty secretary; sometime, truth be told, the secretary is not exactly top of her class on the mind department, but she is always a nice next door good girl. Nicholas here is indeed a bit detached, but he is also kind, and caring, and he has no fear to speak his heart. And when they arrive to “consume” their love, even if older and higher in the career level, it’s not Nicholas who takes the reins.

https://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=140

Amazon Kindle: Blackout

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

Blackout by Michelle Houston

Michelle Houston has the gift to write a full story in few pages, something I noticed other time reading one of her short stories. Blackout is a classic office romance, of the Boss/Secretary subgenre; the plot was pretty classic in the serial romance of the ’80, but here the main characters are two men. Alec is young and in love with his boss, but he is also pretty shy and has never had the courage to speak aloud his feelings not until the day he decides to give up on his unrequited love and quit the job. But Nicholas, his boss, has a surprise for him.

There is really nothing more, and the strength of this story lies in his simplicity, and also a bit on the unexpected turn Nicholas has; in the Boss/Secretary theme there is always the contraposition between the brooding and aloof boss and the young and pretty secretary; sometime, truth be told, the secretary is not exactly top of her class on the mind department, but she is always a nice next door good girl. Nicholas here is indeed a bit detached, but he is also kind, and caring, and he has no fear to speak his heart. And when they arrive to “consume” their love, even if older and higher in the career level, it’s not Nicholas who takes the reins.

https://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=140

Amazon Kindle: Blackout

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle