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Goodbye November

I survived November, my least favorite month of the year. Not only did I survive it, I kind of enjoyed it. Mostly because I decided a stupid month wasn’t going to break me, and it worked pretty well. There was a blip toward the end of the month a totally understandable blip, but we’ll get to that later.

But let’s get to the pictures, shall we?

On the first day of November, I considered going south with this flock of birds that made a stop by the train station on their journey south. I...

JMS Books’ Advent Calendar

Don’t forget that JMS Books’ advent calendar starts today! One free book for all of advent calendar season, how great is that? And I happen to know what book you’ll find behind door number one, and I know you don’t want to miss it.

Want me to tell you?

jms books advent calendar

Advent Calendar Season Is Upon Us

Advent Calendar Season is upon us, and I’m here today to tell you about two advent calendars and one calendar-ish event I’m participating in this year. There will be a lot of giveaways of free books, so make sure you have space on your e-reading device!!

Are you ready?

(Also, make sure to keep reading to the end and I’ll tell you about another sale if you missed the Black Friday one)

JMS Books

You’ll find the first advent calendar over at my publisher, JMS Books. Every day durin...

After Marcus, 2022 Top Ten, and a Black Friday Sale

I have three things to tell you about today, so let’s get right to it, shall we?

After Marcus

I have a new book coming out on December 10. It’s called After Marcus and it’s a short, second chances, very emotional story about a widower and his neighbor/best friend/rock. It’s available for pre-order at JMS Books and if you like the sound of it, I recommend you pre-order it today because it’s 60% off in their Black Friday sale. But more about that later, let’s look at the cover and blurb fir...

Read Around the Rainbow: Writing Advice I Take With a Grain of Salt

Read Around the Rainbow is a blogging project featuring yours truly, A.L. Lester, Ofelia Gränd, Holly Day, K.L. Noone, Amy Spector, Addison Albright, Fiona Glass, Lilian Francis, and Ellie Thomas. Every month, we pick a topic and then we blog about it. Check the other blog posts by clicking the RAtR widget in the sidebar, or the links at the bottom of this post.

The RAtR topic for November is Writing advice that I take with a grain of salt.

Don’t get me started. LOL.

First when ...

New Release Spotlight: Coming of Age by Ellie Thomas

Thank you so much, lovely Nell, for having me as your guest again. I’m Ellie Thomas, I write MM Historical Romance, and I’m here today to chat about Coming of Age, my November release for JMS Books.

In my first book in this series, Twelve Letters, my ensemble cast was relatively footloose and fancy-free. The established relationship at the start of the story was the platonic friendship between Jo Everett and Captain Ben Harding, who are as close as brothers. Their long-term rapport is the att...

New Release Spotlight: Second Wind by A.L. Lester

Second Wind: Meet Gethin Jones!

Hello everyone! Thanks so much to Nell for letting me drop by today to tell you all about Second Wind, my new release.

Second Wind is a new story in my Theatr Fach universe. Theatr Fach (or ‘little theatre’) is the community theatre in the small Welsh seaside town of Llanbarac. The stories focus around the staff and their friends and family. The first story, Out of Focus, came out in the summer and Second Wind is the second. You can read them in any order th...

New Release Spotlight: The Setup by Ofelia Gränd

Hello, everyone! Thank you, Nell, for allowing me to steal a spot on your blog

Have you started reading holiday stories yet? I’ve only read one so far, but I’m starting to get that feeling where I long for snow, crackling fires, and glögg – a type of Scandinavian mulled wine.

I’ve written a story, The Setup, and it’s a snowed-in kind of story. I’ve come to realise that I really like snowed-in stories. Have you ever been snowed in?

I have, and it’s not at all as cosy and romantic as fic...

Release Day: Eight Months Without You

Today is the release day of Eight Months Without You, the story about Sami and Joakim, an estranged established couple who haven’t talked in eight months. How did that happen?

It all started with a spectacular fight that ended with Joakim walking out on Sami in a fit of jealousy. And because they’re both stubborn and hurt, neither of them take the first step to reach out to the other…and suddenly eight months have passed without a single word. But then, one night, Joakim comes back, knocking...

New Release Spotlight: Returning to the Werewolf by Holly Day

Hiya! Thank you, lovely Nell, for allowing me to steal a spot on your blog again. This month we’re celebrating Drowsy Driving Prevention Week. It’s between November 6th and November 13th, following right after the end of Daylight Saving Time – the US Daylight Saving Time. Where Nell and I are at Daylight Saving Time ended on October 30th, and if you had any idea how many times we’ve discussed the stupidity of changing clocks, you’d find it funny that I picked a holiday that’s related to it.

I...