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Choose Where to Read

Unfortunately, Amazon has been slow to roll out Kindle Vella across all platforms and devices, and still restricts both reading and publishing to the United States only. I know many of my readers cannot access my sci-fi story, “Artifact of the Dawn,” that I have been releasing since last October.

Because of this, I have also been posting each chapter simultaneously on Ko-Fi, but some of my readers have run into issues with their membership program, and also cannot access my stories that way....

Happy New Year!

Well, 2022 was quite a writing year for me. 

I published my fifth novel, “Suddenly, Omega” on Valentine’s Day, which has been one of my most successful novels so far.

Then I finally got back on track with completing the rewrites and edits for “Artifact of the Dawn,” which I began posting on Kindle Vella and Ko-Fi in October. 

For NaNoWriMo this year I began the rewrite for the sequel to “Artifact of the Dawn,” which is titled “The Medellan Conspiracy.” That story is scheduled to post so...

Free Book Giveaway!

It’s my birthday today, and the 1-year anniversary of the launch of my gay erotic short story collection, Sweet & Dark. I published this collection for my 50th birthday last year. As a thank you to all my readers who have stuck by me over the years, I’m giving away the e-book version for free all day today.

Grab a copy while you can!

Artifact of the Dawn is Live on Kindle Vella

My long-awaited sci-fi saga, Artifact of the Dawn, is now live on Kindle Vella, and on Ko-Fi for monthly subscribers. Episodes will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday until the story is complete, with an expected run of around eighty episodes.

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The discovery of a mysterious glowing artifact leads to a chance encounter between ancient foes that could threaten centuries of peace.

Follow the adventures of Ardyn and Jevan, as they seek the truth behind this strange object inscrib...

Artifact of the Dawn Launching on Kindle Vella

On October 4th, 2022, Artifact of the Dawn, book one of the Cycles of Revelation series, will launch on Kindle Vella. Since Kindle Vella is still limited to readers within the United States, I will simultaneously release episodes on Ko-Fi for anyone who cannot access Kindle Vella. The monthly subscription on Ko-Fi is priced to match how much you would pay to read the story on Kindle Vella.

Stay tuned for further announcements!

Snippets and Articles and Chapters, Oh My!

I know some of my readers have been waiting a long time for my upcoming sci-fi novel, Artifact of the Dawn. As I’m finishing the last of my edits, I am posting non-spoiler snippets of the novel to my Ko-Fi account. Some are free to read for everyone and some will require a small donation to access.

Besides these snippets, now that I have rebranded my non-fiction writing on Medium to reflect my Grayson Bell pen name, I am also posting links to my new and select past articles to Ko-Fi as well....

Simplifying My Personas

Earlier this year I opted to merge all my queer fiction under my Grayson Bell persona (for anyone who didn’t know this was my pen name… surprise!). When I started out as an author, the first book I published was a children’s book. Because of this, I wanted to use a different pen name to publish my queer romance and erotica stories. I also thought I should keep my science fiction novel separate because there will be no explicit scenes in the novel. So, originally Grayson Bell was my sexy writing ...

Why Did I Switch from Queer Romance to Science Fiction?

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Talking about why my next novel will be sci-fi instead of gay erotic romance. #booktok #mmromance #scifi #wip #scifitok #mmromancetok

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“Artifact of the Dawn” Early Access

For everyone excited to read my upcoming sci-fi novel, “Artifact of the Dawn,” for a small donation, I will begin releasing snippets on my Ko-Fi page starting on Monday, July 11. I hve already posted one free snippet to whet everyone’s appetite!

What is “Artifact of the Dawn?”

The story of “Artifact of the Dawn” came to me when I was pondering a question. Often in fantasy stories, like the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, many of the races are offshoots of humans in one way or another (no...

Facebook Banned Ad

I am more than a little incensed right now.

Let me explain. I’ve been running ads monthly on Facebook since February, marketing my queer romance books. Sometimes I market a specific book, especially when I launch a new one. Other times, I market the current collection of them.

This is the marketing graphic I was using for the month of June, taking advantage of Pride Month to market my queer romance novels.

June 2022 Marketing Promotion

I posted this graphic on my Facebook author’s ...