I’m blogging on Love Bytes Reviews about the hope I get from seeing so many out and proud LGBTQ teens going to prom. So different from when I was growing up. Power to the kids

Amazon came through fast this time, and my rerelease fantasy novella Gift of the Goddess is now available on Smashwords in all formats, and on Amazon in .mobi. Gift of the Goddess Desperate times call for desperate measures. Garvin’s worst fear is realized when he runs home from the fields to find his lover’s forge empty, his tools scattered, and the ground trampled by a band of soldiers. Nyle has been kidnapped and conscripted into … Read more

Among the stories I got back from publishers in the last couple of years is Gift of the Goddess – a 22K fantasy novella. When it released, it was part of a collection, and as such, there was a group cover used. It was fine, but not a great fit for my story. I always wanted to put out one more suited to the tale I wrote. I finally have the re-edit done (thanks, Jerry … Read more

In writing news, I have submitted a novella set in Minnesota to Dreamspinner Press’s “States of Love” series – fingers crossed that they enjoy my story of a college student and a dairy farmer getting a second chance together. I’m in the process of editing and polishing up a new stand-alone novel about a veterinarian and a guy with seven cats. I’m also editing a new collection of Young Adult stories from my YA group … Read more

I’m blogging on Love Bytes Reviews today on using real places and trademarks in my books. A sense of place, but what if it’s trademarked?

I blogged on Love Bytes Reviews today about choosing names for my characters. What’s in a Name?

The time has come to look back on this year’s reading and pick out a dozen favorites – never an easy task. I’m going to skip over a few excellent books that everyone seems to know about, to focus on perhaps less-read choices. These are books that I read in 2017, but some were released prior to this year. * * His Quiet Agent by Ada Maria Soto – this was my choice for book … Read more

I’m blogging today on Love Bytes Reviews about finding the books we’re looking for – using the Rainbow Awards lists, and the QueeRomance Ink search functions, including heat ratings, ending tags, etc, to find stories to spend my holiday dollars on. Check it out: Finding the Good Stuff

My holiday novella is now out on both Smashwords and finally Amazon. It will be released to Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBooks etc over the next week or two as Smashwords sends it out. I hope you enjoy meeting Donnie, Adam, and Willow the pit bull, and sharing their December. Don’t Plan to Stay Chapter 1 Donnie Six years is a long time. It was long enough for the podunk town I grew up … Read more

I have a lovely cover for my holiday story coming in December – thanks to Karrie Jax for the design and Dan Skinner for the perfect photo of my Donnie and Adam. “Don’t Plan to Stay” At eighteen, Donnie Kagan’s plans for graduation, and maybe even college, were derailed by a beer, a stoplight, and a fatal crash. Now he’s twenty-four, out of prison, and bitterly determined to start over. But with the holidays approaching, … Read more