A.M. Riley's Blog, page 15

My dogs.

Benton. He came from the Pasadena Humane Shelter. They tell me he was part of a pack of dogs found wandering in the hills. Theory is these dogs are bred to fight and when they are too passive, or too beta to fight, they are released to starve or make their way somehow. Benton was covered with scars and bitter when I got him. Now he's my best friend in the world. Sometimes he comes in the room and just sits there and looks at me with melty eyes like, 'oh my god, i love you so much'.




Bella...

Amber Green's 'Golden Boys'

Golden Boys by Amber Green


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wonderful language and world building.

Ethan's dreamed about Jell since they were adolescents, and now he might have a chance to live a few of those fantasies, but he's got a lot of other troubles at the moment.

A derailed career, his disappointed parents, who expected a heterosexual doctor for a son, not a gay man who has flunked out of med school. An enigmatic FBI agent Uncle who wants to use Ethan's friendship with Jell for his own purpo...

now I'm just being silly

This is the MAGIC bunny. See his blue sparkly magic wand? See his weirdly myopic eyes? Magic!

Magic bunny has been waving his sparkly wand at me from over there in the orchid window all winter but now it's time to take him out and show him around Los Angeles. More later...

just a distraction

We had the World Championship here in Los Angeles. (this was before he won the Gold in Vancouver) The photo is awful, but don't the photographers look like priests worshipping at the shrine of youth and beauty.

Wait, there was a song like that.. "Sacred" by Depeche Mode?

Okay, back to the book. Who wants a classic manor who done it set in the Redwood National Forest with metaphors buried in it?

blogging as a form of procrastination...

Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso

Yes, I'm procrastinating. I've hit a particularly difficult part of the book and that blank page is starting to drive me mad. I keep filling it with images instead of words. argh.

But, since I'm on the subject of trying to write, I'd like to suggest John Gardner. Anything by John Gardner, but specifically "October Light". Recently, I wrote a short blog for Elisa Rolle about my top ten books and for some unforgivable reason I neglected to m...

Erotic Horizons is honoring poetry

If you know me, you know about the poetry thing. In honor of 'National Poetry Month' Erotic Horizons is encouraging people to talk about their favorite poems here.

I did. I think I created a logjam with my poem. My blogging skills are still somewhat limited.

Book of the Week at Whipped Cream

No Rest for the Wicked was given 4.5 cherries at The Long and Short of It, Whipped Cream, a review site. Now they are running a contest for their book of the week. Check it out, read the reviews and put a tickie in the box next to NRftW if you so desire.

There's a free ebook copy of Son of a Gun being given awa...

There's a free ebook copy of Son of a Gun being given away today on Jessewave's review site. Did I mention free?

book giveaway today!

A copy of Son of a Gun is being given away at Stumbling Over Chaos tomorrow For FREE.

Boogie on over and put your name on the list!

Thanks Chris

author page on Goodreads

I'm probably the last to know this is possible, but I just found that I can have an author page on Goodreads and link it to this blog! And so I've set it up. There's a trailer on there as well.

Tomorrow there will be a free give-away and promotion on 'Stumbling Over Chaos', for Son of a Gun I will post links to it as soon as they are available.