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Happy New Year! Also, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the Best Marvel Movie, Thanks. And Desk?

Wow, it’s been a while, huh?

In my defense, I was working on a draft of a new book. And I moved house for the third time in three years. And then holidays. So I think it would be fair to say that blogging was asking sort of a lot.

But let’s not dwell on the stressful things. Let’s dwell on happy things!

Like my new desk!

(Yes, I’m aware that you probably don’t care about my desk and might be tempted to leave. You may not care about my stationery, either. But you might feel differently when I...

Writing Update and Rough Trade Bonus Release

I’m going to do my best to provide you with a writing update, but since I’ve been a bit of a hot mess creatively of late, I’m not sure how coherent it’ll be. Apologies in advance if you get to the end of this and your face looks like this:

I don’t know what Tom Hiddleston’s hair is doing in this gif, but I would like it to stop.

After the release of my novella, Your Mileage May Vary, I found myself at loose ends. I had a lot of projects waiting in the wings, but I just felt tapped out. Noth...

Your Mileage May Vary is LIVE!

Better early than never, right? :D

You can read the novella here.

Have your questions about Patreon answered here.

See adorable excitement here:

Your Mileage May Vary Excerpt (and Three Facts!)

Okay, so the excerpt is posted for my new novella, releasing on May 1st, only on Patreon. You can read it here.

But before you go, I have three little facts for your reading pleasure.

1) The whole time I’ve been working on this, I’ve thought of it as “the kink story” because the working title was an unwieldy mess that I almost instantly knew I’d never use. I talk a little bit more about this in one of the special features I’m putting together for the story, if you’re interested.

2) This story i...

Ready for Something New?

You know how I’ve been hinting about a side project for ages? Well, it’s time.

I’m on Patreon now!

Some of you might be wondering what the heck I’m talking about.

The gist is that Patreon is a website that tries to hook creators like me up with people like you, folks who might be interested in the stuff we’re making. If you go there, you can sign up to support my work and get access to lots of exclusive fiction that no one else gets to read. There’s no contract or monthly fee. You only get ch...

1 Day Left to Submit Your Dream Prompt!

You can leave your prompts here or at my website or on FB or via email, which is how most of them are coming in. I have some shy folks reading my books, I suspect. :D

Blog post with submission rules: http://www.sidneybell.com/blog/2017/1...

My email: sidneybellbooks@gmail.com

Dream Story Prompts

Is there something you've always wanted to see in a romance novel? Some trope that you can't get enough of? Some relationship quirk that you'd love to see explored? Wish something about one of my books had gone down a slightly different path? Are you one of those folks who were shipping Ghost and Tobias? (You can be honest. I know you guys are out there. It’s okay.)

Whatever it is that your little heart desires, now might be your chance to see it on the page.

Disney better not sue me for usin...

Moving On

You know how there are different types of relationships? Some of them are shallow flirtations and some of them are deep, lifelong connections and some are hot-and-heavy-and-not-much-else.

There's one particular type of relationship that I have in mind here. Most of us have had this one at some point: The One That’s Not Quite The One. Close but no cigar. Do not pass go. Do not live happily ever after.

I think part of the reason the Not Quite The One relationship is so devastating is that you can...

Hard Line Bonus Scenes Are Available Now

So you know how I send out extra content and deleted scenes and stuff in my newsletters? Well, as promised, that stuff does usually make its way to my website, and today’s the day for the bonus Hard Line content. You can find the additional material here.

Because the scenes are free now. Get it?

Included are a few alternate versions of scenes, a kinky NSFW (might be a squick for some of you, so feel free to skip it) sex scene, and a deleted scene of the three pals together back in Woodbury i...

Want More of Ghost and Duncan?

For a lot of readers, a 496-page book is intimidating.

Not my readers. My readers eat books that size for breakfast. It’s fucking awesome. You’re all fucking awesome.

In fact, some of you guys have emailed me asking for even more.

More closure. More feels. More happy-ever-after fluff.

So I thought I’d remind everyone (and clue in any new folks) that there’s a way to get that stuff.

Sign up for my newsletter!

After every book, I put additional content in my newsletter. Deleted scenes are often p...