I want to say a thank you to my readers. I’ve had several reach out to me, in the week since All Romance Ebooks closed, to tell me that they bought one of my books during October-Dec, when we authors are likely to see between 6% and 0% royalties from those sales. They’re sad that I don’t get their money, and want to help make it up to me somehow. <3 <3 <3 THANK YOU … Read more
2016 was an interesting year for me – new friends, new challenges; family drama good and bad; the launching of my Tracefinder series and further travels into self-pub. (And I am determined that the recent ARe debacle will not derail that. BTW, if you lost one of my books in the collapse of your ARe shelves, contact me.) Gay Rom Lit in Kansas City was a highlight – my favorite GRL yet and the first … Read more
There has been an announcement that All Romance Ebooks and their non-romance division OmniLit will be closing their doors on Dec 31, 2016. If you have a library of books on their bookshelves that you have not yet downloaded, or credits you have not used, you have 2 days to do so. Be aware that the site is vastly overloaded right now, and it may take patience to download your books. Also be aware that … Read more
To me, holidays are about connections – connections to family, to the past, to community. My Christmas is all about those links that bind us together. We put up our tree on Christmas Eve, together with whatever family members have managed to ingather for the holiday. Our tree is eclectic – heavy on icicles, sheep and birds, for some reason, but also with fifty different unmatched pieces. The ornaments bring back memories – a glass … Read more
I’m pleased to let you know that Rejoice, Dammit is now available 🙂 Can real love happen twice in a lifetime? “Rejoice, dammit!” — I could hear my husband Thom’s voice as clearly as when he was alive, telling me that four years were enough. That this year, I needed to stop avoiding the joys of the season, and get my solitary, colorless life out of its rut. But it took seeing Colin standing in … Read more
Earlier this month, I wrote a little flash fiction for Boy Meets Boy Reviews called “You Were.” It was supposed to be a one-off story. But the main characters in it didn’t want me to leave Derrick there, at the end, still waiting for the rest of his life. So it grew into a 30,000 word holiday story. Blurb: “Rejoice, dammit!” — I could hear my husband Thom’s voice as clearly as when he was … Read more
I’m blogging today on Love Bytes about all the 2016 Best-of awards coming out, and about community. Awards: the ups, the downs, and coming together
I’m really excited that Tracefinder: Contact was the 2016 Rainbow Awards winner for: Best Gay Mystery Thriller (The Dorien Grey Award) and also second place for 2016 “Best Gay Book”. A lot of people helped make this book happen, from beta readers to my editor Jonathan Penn, my cover artist and the photographer, my formatter, and of course all the readers who give me the confidence to put my stories out there. The Rainbow Awards … Read more
It’s my turn to join in the Anniversary Shenanigans at Boy Meets Boy Reviews. I have a flash fiction posted, and there’s a chance to win an ebook copy of Tracefinder: Changes (and I’ll throw in a copy of Book 1, if you win book 2 – “Changes” and haven’t read “Contact”.) https://boymeetsboyreviews.blogspot.com/2016/11/anniversary-shenanigans-author-visit_25.html They gave me some lovely pictures for flash fiction inspiration – this one brought up a little story that’s warm but bittersweet.
I’m joining with 80 other M/M authors in “The Big Gay Fiction Giveaway” – a promotion event to offer free M/M novels, novellas and short stories for one week only, Nov 20-27. My book in the event is a regular freebie novel – Nor Iron Bars a Cage – but many of the books are free this week only, and some are books I’ve paid for, read, and given five stars. Lots and lots of … Read more