I just got a new cover from my designer, Enny Kraft. And I love it. This is for the second book in the “Finding Family” series. The book is a contemporary romance, and features Sam from The Family We’re Born With, his younger brother Rick, and 20-year-old Travis, a Minnesota guy whose life is turning upside down. I’ll have the blurb for you down the road, but for now, enjoy the cover. The rough draft … Read more
This week on My Fiction Nook the focus is on the Life Lessons series. There’s an excerpt of Mac and Tony striking sparks for the first time, in Book 1, and links for all the series novels. Check out my interview with Heather, and leave a comment for another drawing for a free back-list ebook. Congratulations to last week’s winner. I’ll be emailing your book shortly. And on a related note, if you bought Breaking … Read more
One of the fun things happening is that I get to be an author of the month in two places. The first is on the M/M Romance Group on Goodreads, where there’s a thread open to discuss my books. The second is on “My Fiction Nook”. My Fiction Nook is a review and book commentary blog, and they were kind enough to feature me for March (in sparkly purple letters, no less.) That link will … Read more
I’m busy these days writing the second “Finding Family” book, The Family We Make. It’s Rick’s story, and to some degree his brother Sam’s. I hope to self-publish this one, although not for free, and dip my toes into the official self-pub waters. I also have two books, the next Hidden Wolves, and The Rebuilding Year sequel, in line for editing. Real life stuff has slowed me down, but I’m getting back into the swing … Read more
Since I released my short free novel, Changes Coming Down in Hunting Under Covers a couple of weeks ago, I’ve had people PM and email me with questions. Since several were repeats, I thought I’d put the answers in a blog (because I’m lazy that way.) What is your actual story in the anthology about? The anthology blurb doesn’t say. When I put it on my book list on my website, I had to come … Read more
I said yesterday that I did two interviews, and of course they came out on the same day. 🙂 The second one is more general, about my other books and my writing, and what is upcoming with my WIPs. It’s also longer, because Marc, the interviewer, is a friend. When we start chatting it goes on for a bit. Commenting at the end of that interview puts you in the running for a free backlist … Read more
I’ve done a couple of interviews about writing my first M/M/M menage story. Casey, Will and Scott were fun to watch emerging from the story. I spent three weeks deeply immersed in the relationship balance between an ex-Marine small-town sheriff, a ranch foreman with a lonely past, and a pro hockey player who is gone on the road more than he’s home. The first interview is posted on Shayla’s Little Shell, the blog of author … Read more
I know I said I wasn’t writing any more freebies for a bit. I have my books in existing series waiting for me to work on them. But here’s another freebie. It wasn’t my idea, honestly… For those who are members of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group, you may know that there are some book-reading games there. I’ve played Bingo, where teams read books for categories that fill up a bingo card. It’s a lot … Read more
So that was 2013. Well… On the personal-life side, it was the year in which I learned to use “but no one is dead, yet” as a positive statement. Enough said. But on a book and writing side, it was a pretty good year. I went to the Gay Rom Lit retreat as an author this year. For the first time, I created Kaje Harper swag, in the form of magnets and plot-bunnies, and ducks. … Read more
Some of my family are fortunately easy to please. And there is a satisfaction in making someone happy, even if it’s just the dog. This is the season for caring about each other, for sharing what we have with those less fortunate, and for doing the little things that make people smile. I’m trying to take a deep breath and remember that. Life has been crazy lately, and until yesterday I had done no Christmas … Read more