Julie Bozza

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About Julie Bozza
Ordinary people are extraordinary. We can all aspire to decency, generosity, respect, honesty - and the power of love (all kinds of love!) can help us grow into our best selves.
I write stories about 'ordinary' people finding their answers in themselves and each other. I write about friends and lovers, and the families we create for ourselves. I explore the depth and the meaning, the fun and the possibilities, in 'everyday' experiences and relationships. I believe that embodying these things is how we can live our lives more fully.
Creative works help us each find our own clarity and our own joy. Readers bring their hearts and souls to reading, just as authors bring their hearts and souls to writing - and together we make a whole.
And that's me! Julie Bozza. Quirky. Queer. Sincere.
I write stories about 'ordinary' people finding their answers in themselves and each other. I write about friends and lovers, and the families we create for ourselves. I explore the depth and the meaning, the fun and the possibilities, in 'everyday' experiences and relationships. I believe that embodying these things is how we can live our lives more fully.
Creative works help us each find our own clarity and our own joy. Readers bring their hearts and souls to reading, just as authors bring their hearts and souls to writing - and together we make a whole.
And that's me! Julie Bozza. Quirky. Queer. Sincere.
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Blog postThe QUILTBAG Historicals group on Facebook is celebrating the festive season with a series of “Twelve Days of Christmas” themed posts from our awesome authors. This culminates in a splendid giveaway of books, to be drawn on 7 January!
Please do join us, if you’re at all interested! QUILTBAG Historicals is an inclusive queer historical fiction group, with readers, writers, and historians all welcome.
My post today is in honour of lords a-leaping. I offer you an excerpt from Cha2 months ago Read more -
Blog postThe QUILTBAG Historicals group on Facebook is celebrating the festive season with a series of “Twelve Days of Christmas” themed posts from our awesome authors. This culminates in a splendid giveaway of books, to be drawn on 7 January!
Please do join us, if you’re at all interested! QUILTBAG Historicals is an inclusive queer historical fiction group, with readers, writers, and historians all welcome.
My post today is in honour of maids a-milking. I offer you the first chapter o2 months ago Read more -
Blog postI’m delighted to share this new short story with you in honour of the holidays! The story is called Love in Every Stitch.
My current WIP is a Queer Weird West novel (Writ in Blood), which inspired me to write something similar-ish as a festive freebie. I hope you’ll enjoy reading it – and that you won’t mind something different again once the novel is out!
Blurb: Jake is a trapper working high in the mountains of Wyoming Territory, usually not seeing another human from on2 months ago Read more -
Blog postI finally watched the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) the other day, more by luck than good management. And while I had some quibbles with it, parts of it really haunted me, and it sent me burrowing down a research rabbit hole. Here I am, a couple of weeks later, still haunted. So I thought I’d share the two quotes that really stayed with me.
Fred Rogers changing shoes (by Robert Lerner)
Backtracking for a moment… As most of you would know, the film is a “biogr2 months ago Read more -
Blog postThe ironically amusing thing is that, what with the ongoing quarantine situation, I felt I had been comparatively more interactive online during recent months. Imagine my surprise when I realised it’s been over six months since I posted to this blog, and even longer than that since I sent out a newsletter… Obviously I’ve been taking this hibernation thing a little more seriously than I’d thought! Hey, but at least I’ve been writing.
“Writ in Blood” The Horse Rustler by William Herbert5 months ago Read more -
Blog postI am writing on a delightfully rainy day… When we were in the throes of the recent bushfires, we were warned we couldn’t be sure of “proper” rain until much later in the year – so while I always love rain, I have been particularly grateful for it in recent weeks! For a few days there, NSW had no uncontrolled fires because the rain had put them out!!! Golly gosh. An unanticipated bounty.
But getting on with business…
Discounted Books First up (because it’s time sensitive), I am12 months ago Read more -
Blog postI first heard about the new project Bookshop via Jane Friedman, who referred to it as “a virtuous alternative to Amazon”. While Bookshop is very much based in the US, I think it’s a terrific idea, and I hope it’s successful enough to expand – or provide a good example for others to follow – into other countries.
Logo and running total snipped on 24 February 2020.
The idea is that US-based customers can order paperback books online via Bookshop – and do it guilt-free, because B1 year ago Read more -
Blog postI have once more fallen deep into my love for the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (W.D. Richter, 1984) so I thought I’d better post a celebratory picspam here and see if that doesn’t help me work through to the other side of the distraction.
The film was made over 35 years ago, and I have to admit that some of the visuals don’t transfer well to today’s hi-res devices, but the story, the characters, and the exuberant style of the whole thing are as fr1 year ago Read more -
Blog postRegrowth after the fire (photo by Murray Lowe, with thanks to him for sharing these lovely images)
What with the usual stresses of the festive season being complicated by the local bushfires, I hardly feel like it’s a new year. Not that we have been directly affected by actual fire, but there are all kinds of indirect effects along with the ongoing low-level anxiety of not being sure what will happen next.
Our New Year’s Eve was spent playing Monopoly by candlelight due to pow1 year ago Read more -
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I blogged about the musical Dear Evan Hansen in early November, discussing two aspects of the story that really annoyed me. Other than these two problems, however – and even though they are major problems – it’s fair to say that the show and its songs remain with me. During the week I saw it in London’s West End, I bought the t-shirt, the song book, the soundtrack CD, the novelisation… The lyric “To disappear… disappear” keeps floating through my head du1 year ago Read more
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Books By Julie Bozza
The Butterfly Hunter Trilogy [Boxed Set]
Sep 15, 2018
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Julie Bozza
$9.99
Dave Taylor is an Aussie tour guide specialising in trips through the Queensland Outback. In some ways, however, Dave himself feels lost. He has been alone this past year, since his childhood sweetheart Denise left him and married another man. Change comes via Dave’s latest rather unexpected client, Nicholas Goring, the youngest son of an English earl. Nicholas is on the hunt for an undiscovered species of butterfly, and has hired Dave to help guide his quest. Although the two men are from very different backgrounds, they become friends, and soon their relationship grows into something more. But how easy will it be for an Australian and an Englishman to find common ground?
This boxed set includes the novels "Butterfly Hunter", "Of Dreams and Ceremonies", and "The Thousand Smiles of Nicholas Goring", as well as the (free) story "Like Leaves to a Tree".
This boxed set includes the novels "Butterfly Hunter", "Of Dreams and Ceremonies", and "The Thousand Smiles of Nicholas Goring", as well as the (free) story "Like Leaves to a Tree".
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The ‘True Love’ Solution
Mar 6, 2018
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Julie Bozza
$3.99
Jules Madigan loves his family and he loves his job. The only thing he’s missing out on is a Happy Ever After, like the ones written by his favourite romance author Ewan Byge. While he’s waiting for that HEA, Jules indulges himself in buying Ewan’s old typewriter as memorabilia – before realising he’s been defrauded. Through the fraud case, he makes friends with Police Constable Leonard Edgar – and through Leonard, Jules even gets to meet and work with Ewan Byge Himself! But the course of True Love never did run smooth, and soon Jules has to face some harsh realities.
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Julie Bozza
$4.99
It started as a simple assignment for Aussie bush guide Dave Taylor – escort a lone Englishman in quest of an unknown species of butterfly. However, Nicholas Goring is no ordinary tourist, his search is far from straightforward, and it’s starting to look as if the butterflies don’t want to be found. As Dave teaches Nicholas everything he needs to survive in the Outback he discovers that he too has quite a bit to learn – and that very often the best way to locate something really important is just not to want to find it…
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Julie Bozza
$4.99
It seemed like a great idea at the time… Aussie Dave Taylor has followed Nicholas Goring to England, and the lovers have become engaged. But now Dave has to cope with living in a mansion full of family and servants, making wedding plans, getting his head around visa applications, and wondering why on earth he’d ever want to wear a ‘mourning suit’. He’s not sure if it will prove any easier, but right now Dave would love to just skip ahead to the honeymoon…
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Julie Bozza
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Dave and Nicholas, married for seven years now, are happily settled together – but as an Australian prime minister once observed, “Life wasn’t meant to be easy.” An unexpected threat to their beloved waterhole forces Dave to try asserting his unofficial custodianship of the Dreamtime site, and a visit from Nicholas’s nephew Robin doesn’t help as he brings his own surprises. And there’s always the question of Nicholas’s health hanging over their heads …
The Apothecary's Garden
Sep 3, 2017
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Julie Bozza
$4.99
Hilary Kent, a Londoner all his working life, retires to Wiltshire after an estranged cousin unexpectedly leaves him an inhabitable tower surrounded by an overgrown physic garden – and that’s when graduate student Tom Laurence suddenly erupts into his life, convincing him that together they can restore the ancient garden to its former glory. Tom’s cheerful friendship is the best thing that’s ever happened to Hilary and he’s perfectly content with that until, to his astonishment and confusion, it seems that Tom’s affection for him is beginning to grow into something more … something he feels he probably shouldn’t allow.
A Threefold Cord
Jun 1, 2018
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Julie Bozza
$4.99
Grae Edwards and his co–stars Chris Willoughby and Ben Clyde work together well. Maybe they even have a chemistry. Certainly they are friends and Grae is tempted to ask for more … After the beautiful tart Chris has the temerity to turn him down, Grae settles into a comfortable loving relationship with the more chivalrous Ben. But the idea of Chris never quite goes away – and when Chris finally suggests the three of them spend a night together, Grae glimpses a solution he hardly dares hope for.
The Definitive Albert J. Sterne
Apr 16, 2019
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Julie Bozza
$7.99
Albert Sterne, forensics expert with the FBI, is so obnoxious on the surface that no one bothers digging deeper. When he’s sent to Colorado to investigate what turns out to be the work of a serial killer he encounters Special Agent Fletcher Ash and they end up reluctantly joining forces to unravel the case. It’s only a matter of duty, though; it can’t be more, because Albert doesn’t do friendship – and he certainly doesn’t do love!
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The Fine Point of His Soul
Oct 31, 2012
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Julie Bozza
$3.99
He was the shameful cause of his sister Elena's death and he stole state papers from England, yet Adrian Hart is feted by the best of society in Rome, and boldly dubs himself 'Iago'. Determined to avenge Elena, his unrequited love, Lieutenant Andrew Sullivan asks the advice of poet and Shakespearian John Keats, and his artist friend Severn. Soon Percy and Mary Shelley join them, then Lord Byron and his servant Fletcher. But how can the seven of them work against this man, when they can't even agree what he is? The atheist Shelley insists that Hart is an ordinary man, while Byron becomes convinced he's the Devil incarnate, and Keats flirts with the idea that he's Dionysius... As death and despair follow in Hart's wake, Sullivan knows he must do something to stop Hart before even Sullivan himself succumbs - but what...?
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Dec 1, 2017
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Julie Bozza
$3.99
Joshua Delaney and Carmine Angelo Trezini, cop and mobster, should have absolutely nothing in common. Yet, accidentally brought together, they rapidly became both lovers and allies against organized crime boss Matthew Picano. Of course, taking down a man like that was never going to be easy – but Josh has no idea of the scale of the sacrifice he will eventually be called upon to make.
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Dale is proud of how his acting career is progressing. Tonight, for instance, is the last night (at the beautiful Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) of a well-received run of Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle, in which he plays Rafe. But his colleague Topher, who plays Jasper, seems to think something is missing in Dale’s life. They’re not really friends, and Dale sees little point in reprising the one night on which they were not-really-friends with benefits.
However! Despite the distractions of performing this chaotic two-plays-within-a-play, Dale is plagued by the niggling doubts prompted by Topher. Dale might be better off paying attention, though – because maybe Francis Beaumont, writing over 400 years ago, already provided the answers to Dale’s dilemma.
However! Despite the distractions of performing this chaotic two-plays-within-a-play, Dale is plagued by the niggling doubts prompted by Topher. Dale might be better off paying attention, though – because maybe Francis Beaumont, writing over 400 years ago, already provided the answers to Dale’s dilemma.
Mitch Rebecki Gets a Life
Mar 1, 2019
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Julie Bozza
$3.99
Investigative journalist Mitch Rebecki loves his job and loves New York. He doesn’t mind making enemies, either. When a crime boss threatens retaliation, Mitch’s editor sends him out of harm’s way to Sydney. In exile and resentfully working on lifestyle pieces, Mitch is miserable. But he makes a friend or two, meets a man … and discovers that Australians do organized crime, too, in a small way. Mitch soon finds himself in too deep on all counts, and trying to head home again seems the only solution …
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