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June 29, 2016
Guilty Pleasures and “What If?”
All things Pride and Prejudice is one of my guilty pleasures, although I suppose there isn’t really any reason for it to be “guilty,” per se, at least not in regards to the original novel. Ever since I was a teenager, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has been one of the two books I reread over and over (the other being Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird). In 2003 I added Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife to the list, and this past year Andy Weir’s The Martian became the fourth b...
June 26, 2016
Seductive Studs – June 27, 2016
TheSeductive Studs Blog Hopis a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippetto hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts.The posts should eachinclude either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published.
In honor of the upcoming print release of ’Til Death Do Us Part, here is a snippet from that novel. Context not needed, snippet told from Henry’s 3rd-pe...
Weekend Writing Warriors / #8sunday / June 26, 2016
Weekend Writing Warriorsis a weekly hop for writers toshare an 8 to 10 sentence snippet of theirwriting on Sundays.
This linkwill take you to a post including a list of this week’s participants.
In honor of itsupcoming print release, here are ten sentences from’Til Death Do Us Part. For context, Military Police have just paid a visit to Sam. Introductions have been made, and they are explaining the purpose of their visit to Sam:
Major Johnson continued. “Some people were spotted on a remote a...
June 25, 2016
Snippet Sunday – June 26, 2016
#SnippetSundayis a Facebook group where you can sample a few sentences from a variety of authors’ works each week.
Here are ten lines from’Til Death Do Us Part, in honor of the upcoming print release. For context, Military Police have paid Sam Miller-Green an unexpected visit. Sam’s fiancé let them in, and Sam has already introduced himself. This is from Sam’s 3rd-person POV:
The man with the round face and warm brown eyes spoke. “I’m Major Johnson and this is Sergeant Rosings.” Sam nodded a...
Rainbow Snippets – June 25, 2016
I’ve joined theRainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like”my Facebook pageand/or myFacebook profilewhile you’re over there checking out this fantastic group!
Since the print release for’Til Death Do Us Partis th...
June 24, 2016
Flash Preview for Friday, July 1, 2016
I’ve got a little Flash Fiction Friday thing I’m doing. While thereisn’t a standard specific definition for thisterm beyond “extremely short”, for the purposes of my “Flash Fiction Friday” posts it will mean aprecisely100-word story scene (aka “Drabble”) written froma photo prompt.
Each Friday, I will post a preview of the image I’ll be using for my bit of flash the following Friday. If you’d like to join me in a link-around, then let’s play by these rules for now:
(1) Schedule your postin a...
June 23, 2016
Flash Fiction Friday – June 24, 2016
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for thisterm beyond “extremely short”, but for the purposes of my “Flash Fiction Friday” posts it will mean aprecisely100-word story scene written froma photo prompt (aka “Drabble”).
Today’s prompt pictureis:
Disclaimer: The images used in this blog’s posts are found from different sources all over the Internet, and are assumed to be in public domain and are displayed under the fair use principle. Click the image to be taken to my so...
3 x 3 WiP and Tag, You’re It
Heloise West, the brilliantauthor of Loose ID’s Heart and Haven series (Hitting Black Ice and Send Lawyers, Guns, & Roses), etc., has tagged me in the 3 x 3 WiP tag-around. I’ve been seeing a version floating around Facebook where just the first line of each of the first three chapters is shared, but this version calls for the first three lines of the first three chapters, so that’s what you’re getting.
By the way, I’m tagging: Amy Tasukada, Vanessa Sims, and J.D. Walker.
This is from my Work...
June 20, 2016
A Sale, Reviews, and Announcements
All Romance eBooks is having a 25% off sale today to celebrate the first day of summer. ’Til Death Do Us Part is included in the sale!
Check out this back cover image for the upcoming print release of ’Til Death Do Us Part. As you can see, my short story sequel, From This Day Forward, made it through edits in time to be included in the back of the hardcopy. That’ll be a sweet bonus for people who buy the paperback(available June 30th), because the eBook version of the short story won’t be o...
