I wanted to share my pleasure at having my free novel, Nor Iron Bars a Cage, tie for second place in the Best Gay Fantasy category of the 2013 Rainbow Awards. The book also tied for tenth for Best Gay Novel. This is so cool, especially when you check out the competition. You can follow the link to the Awards to find all the winners. Congratulations to everyone! I also thought I’d update you on … Read more

This was going to be a standard Happy Thanksgiving post (and still is, kinda.) But as I sat down to write it, my little dog, who is my writing companion and muse and an annoying little brat, asked to go for a walk. Looks sweet and harmless, even thoughtful, doesn’t he? Ha, I wish! Sometimes he talks to me, and today it was one of those typical conversations: Dog-muse : So, today is Thanksgiving. More … Read more

The Novel Approach review site and blog is running a feature they call “Backlist Book Bump.” They’ve invited authors to talk about a favorite book from their backlist, and offer a chance at a free copy. When Lisa invited me to participate, I wasn’t sure which book to choose. But I’ve recently finished the third Hidden Wolves book, in first draft anyway, and that pulled me back into the world of the Pack and its … Read more

My Young Adult short story collection, Rainbow Briefs, under my YA pen name, Kira Harp, is now available for download on Goodreads – click the “download ebook” button and All Romance ebooks. You can also get it for .99 (with royalties going to benefit The Trevor Project) on Amazon. There will soon be a print version from CreateSpace/Amazon, that will sell at cost. (About $5.77) And once Smashwords decides to like my file, it will … Read more

On Saturday, November 2nd, I will release Rainbow Briefs , under my Young Adult fiction pen name, Kira Harp. Many of you know I write some YA stories, in addition to the M/M romance, although very little is published so far. On the Goodreads YA LGBT Books group that I help moderate, we choose a picture prompt each month and write stories for it. And after almost two years, I have a bunch of YA … Read more

Wow. Deep breath. I’m home in Minnesota after five days at GayRomLit in Atlanta. It’s lightly snowing here, and all of that event seems a bit like a dream. Although I did sign “Kaje Harper” on the credit card reader at the grocery store this morning, and had to redo it. GRL was a ton of exhausting fun, with some of the greatest people. I’m going to steal a few pictures from those great people … Read more

This Tuesday I’ll be flying out to GayRomLit – an annual retreat that brings together both readers and writers in the field of M/M romance. This is the third year for GRL, and the event will be in Atlanta, GA. Of the 400 or so attendees, 100 will be authors, and one of those will be, um, me. I went to GRL last year in Albuquerque as a reader, which meant I got to have … Read more

My free fantasy novel, Nor Iron Bars a Cage, made the list of 2013 Rainbow Awards Finalists! It’s so cool to see my book up there with other great stories I’ve enjoyed this year. (And a few I haven’t read, and must now go track down. More good books ) Winners will be announced Dec. 8th. There are a number of categories, including Young Adult, so check out the finalists. The complete lists are … Read more

Storm Moon Press has now released my story from the Carved In Flesh anthology as a stand-alone. (The new cover is the same for all the separate stories.) Gift of the Goddess is a 50 page (20,000 word) novella fantasy story. Blurb: Desperate times call for desperate measures. Garvin’s lover Nyle has been kidnapped by a band of soldiers in need of a smith. In the king’s army, that means he’ll serve until he’s dead, … Read more

As a lead up to the GayRomLit retreat, The Novel Approach and Joyfully Jay have teamed up to introduce some of the authors who will be attending in Atlanta. I’m one of them, and today is my turn in the spotlight. You can find an interview, and a chance to win a backlist book, including Learning Curve, on The Novel Approach website. Come on by and say hello, and maybe win a book. And find … Read more