Author Angel Martinez very kindly gave my story a slot today in her Friday Reading Days, where she reads a small excerpt from the first book in my Tracefinder series. She does a great job with these readings – check it out (and her other Friday reads too.) Two books in this series are out now, and the third is in editing for a spring release. Tracefinder: Contact has a tentative HFN ending, with a … Read more
I blogged on Love Bytes Reviews about the issue of burnout among genre authors in recent months and years. (Click the title in the link.) Burnout
I have a guest post today on Joyfully Jay, with a brief flash fiction prequel to Changes Coming Down, and a chance to win an ebook copy. Meet Scott, Casey, and Will a couple of years before the opening of the main mystery story, and enter the drawing for the novel. Check it out. Guest Post and Giveaway: Changes Coming Down by Kaje Harper
Every year, I’m amazed and delighted by how many wonderful and different stories keep coming out, from familiar favorite authors and great new finds. The ten books I picked for this year’s favorites list are a mix of my auto-buy authors and new-to-me writers who are now on my radar. Not all of these books are brand new releases, but I read them in 2019. All are books I reread at least once already. . … Read more
It’s is my turn for this fun holiday writing event. My story is up today, both posted here and available for download. (Link below.) It’s always a bit of a surprise for me, to see where my holiday stories go. I’m not particularly good at the holiday sweet and fluffy, (although my older story Where the Heart Is comes close.) This time, I ended up with a bit of an adventure: . – Shooting Star … Read more
The Rainbow Awards are complete for 2018-2019, thanks to a huge undertaking by Elisa Rolle, who organized 450 books, 106 judges, all over the world. The event raised over $12,000 as donations to LGBTQ charities. So many good books were honored with these awards. I was thrilled that my Kira Harp YA story collection, Rainbow Briefs volume 2, won the collection/anthology award this year. *** Here’s a full list of the winners. (Categories with large … Read more
I wanted to let you folks know about a holiday writing event I’m participating in : From the 1st – 24th of December authors of GLBT+ fiction will be opening a door to a selection of festive stories to while away the winter days and get you in the holiday spirit. Find stories from your favorite writers and discover some new ones along the way. The schedule is a surprise – I’m on it, but … Read more
Changes Coming Down – Changes Book 1 is now available on Smashwords and Amazon, with other retailers to follow. I had great fun revisiting Will, my quiet cowboy, Casey, the tough county sheriff, and Scott, a talented hockey player with his eyes fixed on the NHL. The book began as a challenge for a gift anthology, to write a story with those three main characters. It became a favorite excursion into mystery and the dynamics … Read more
If you’re on Facebook, Rainbow Gold Reviews is having a 15-hour Black Friday of chat with many of your favorite authors. Join in to talk to over 50 authors, and maybe win some books. I’m on at 10 am Central time. I hope to see you there. https://www.facebook.com/events/413771222851752/ In other news, the French translation of my second Rebuilding Year novel – Une vie à construire: Se reconstruire, T2 released from MxM Bookmark yesterday. It’s always … Read more
I blogged briefly on Love Bytes Reviews about how much I appreciate seeing trans guys in more M/M romances. Transgender Guys in M/M Romance Also for anyone waiting for me to get my newsletter up and running, Mail Chimp and I are battling that one out. Hopefully coming soon. And Changes Coming Down looks on track for a Dec 1 release, with the sequel coming out in Feb-March if all goes well.