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MM and the Midsized Fandom
Let's start with stating that this is all my personal opinion. M'kay? I recently attended my first writing conference. It was put on by the Romance Writers of New Zealand and it was absolutely lovely. Everyone was nice and supportive and there were lots of great...
Bowerbirds (Nested Hearts #2)-Release, Blog Tour, Giveaway, and New Excerpt!
Welcome to the release day for Bowerbirds (Nested Hearts: Book 2). It's picking up where Empty Nests left off with James and Gabe developing their relationship but hitting some bumps along the way. I'll be starting off an extensive blog tour over at the official...
The One Where I Admit to Never Having Seen an Episode of Friends before Yesterday
Yesterday I watched an episode of Friends all the way through. This is something worth mentioning because despite being on air for a solid decade I never saw it. I wasn't actively avoiding it. I have nothing against the show or the actors on it. I've seen bits and...
Bowerbirds Cover Art
Created by the always brilliant Paul Richmond my I present the cover art for Bowerbirds (Nested Hearts, Book Two) Coming soonish from Dreamspinner Press. Two very different men have a chance at happiness, but only if they can let go of their painful pasts and allow...
A Matter of Space: The big thing I miss about writing fanfic.
I used to write a lot of fanfic. It's how I cut my teeth as a writer. I turned out close to a million words of fic before I tried to sell an original piece. It was after I wrote a 120,000 word piece of fic where several people made the comment that I should be selling...
Empty Nests: DVD Extra – Cut Scenes
I cut a sex scene out of Empty Nests. It wasn't originally my idea. It was suggested by my editor. I originally balked at the idea. Who cuts a sex scene out of a romance novel? But I gave it a try and it stayed cut. My editor's thoughts were that if felt like it was...
Compiled Blog Tour Interviews, Q&A, 10 Things Lists, Play List, and Bowerbirds Excerpt
The Empty Nests blog tour is now wrapped up, (though the Rafflecopter giveaway is still going for a few more days) and it has been a busy few weeks. I did a lot of Q&A, several 10 Things lists, gave my version of writing advice, and produced a pretty cool writing...
Free Read: Gathered Here This Night
This was originally published as part of Just One Bite, Volume Four, a short vampire romance anthology, put out by All Romance. The anthology is no longer available and rights to individual stories have reverted back to the authors. It was written in 2011. Just...
Magic Writer Juice AKA the Best Coffee You Will Ever Make
There is this idea going around that a writer's blog, like this one, should have something in it about writing. This one seems to be a bit more of the 'random thoughts that pop into my head every other week' type of blog. But here is a blog post about an important...
Empty Nests (Nested Hearts #1)-Release, Blog Tour, Giveaway, and New Excerpt!
Five years in the making, here it is, Empty Nests (Nested Hearts #1) Neither James nor Gabe has ever had a real relationship. They might make a connection if they can get past their differences—and their fears. At age fourteen, James Maron decided to prove he wasn’t...
Warning: This Blog Post Has Not Been Spell Checked
Warning: This blog post has not been editied in any way. I have not right clicked on any squggly red lines or had this post read back to me by the computer to search for missing words. I haven't even let Word autocorrect anything. I am dyslexic, this is about my life...
Now What
Two days ago I finished the third and, in theory, final edit of Bowerbirds, the sequel to Empty Nests. They were originally one book that clocked in at a completely unmanageable and inconsistent 130,000 words. And as of two days ago that giant unmanageable book is now...
Northland
My entry for the 2015 Magpie Award for Poetry from Pulp Literature. I made the shortlist this year, which is something considering I'm not a poet. Northland Ada Maria Soto Whakaangi February cicadas in full, desperate, mating frenzy Drown out even...
Empty Nests Blog Tour Stops and Dates
Empty Nests Tour Dates & Stops: 12-Jun Carly’s Book Reviews 16-Jun Prism Book Alliance My Fiction Nook 19-Jun Bike Book Reviews Butterfly-O-Meter Love Bytes 23-Jun Hearts on Fire Kimi-Chan 26-Jun Amanda C. Stone MM Good Book Reviews 30-Jun 3 Chicks After Dark Mikky's...
Cover Art Reveal and Release Date – Empty Nests
Presenting the cover art for my upcoming book Empty Nests, created by the amazingly talented Paul Richmond. Empty Nests is also now available for pre-order in paperback and ebook format. It will be released June 12th. Neither James nor Gabe has ever had a real...