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Check it out!

Check out my fabulous cover!  One More Soldier will be released by Silver Publishing on July 17th.

Waiting and waiting…

I feel like I'm waiting on a billion things right now, although in truth, I guess it's actually only sex.

Oh dear god, did I really just type that?!? Hello Freudian slip. What I meant was, SIX! The list is:

A blurb for One More SoldierThe first round of edits for One More SoldierCover art for One More SolderGalley proofs for Strawberries for DessertA release date for Strawberries for DessertCorrect cover art for Strawberries for Dessert (because I've SEEN the cover, but it had a rather...

One More Soldier is Coming Soon…

No blurb. No cover art. But it IS on Silver Publishing's Coming Soon page! Click here. Only $1.99, and it looks like you can even pre-order it. One More Soldier will be available on July 17th. See here for just a bit more info.

Web site updates...

I moved my blog to a new server and... tada!!! The blog feed works again!! So for anybody looking at this, I apologize that between it and the posts I made here, you have some redundancy. But happy to have it fixed!

Home again!

I returned Monday evening from a weekend at Capital City Pride in Des Moines, Iowa with Heidi Cullinan (and because I grew tired of fighting with WordPress, you will have to look at the post below to see photos).  It was so much fun.  I sold a few books, handed out about a billions cards, got sunburned, rained on, hit on, and eventually returned to Colorado feeling like something that one of Heidi's cats might have dragged in.  Honestly, I can't wait to do it again!

Strawberries for Dessert...

Pictures from Des Moines

Seriously... how cute are they?

Handing out promo material.

We intend to put these lovely young men to work next year.

Interview

Julie interviewed me about my cruise over at Anime Radius.  You can read it here.

I guess it's been a while...

I forget that this blog no longer pulls my posts from my real blog, and I just realized I haven't done any kind of update here in a while. Here's a quick rundown of what's been going on:

I just returned from a cruise and writing workshop with fantasy author Lynn Flewelling. It was really amazing, and if you're interested in seeing pictures, I think you should be able to see them by clicking here.

Regarding The Letter Z, two of my writer friends and I celebrated its release by teaming up to do some character interviews. Angelo was interviewed by Scarlett Parrish's character Piper here, and Zach was interviewed by Julie Lynn Hayes' character Max here.

I recently finished a short story called One More Soldier. This story was originally an idea by Ethan Stone, but he graciously let me steal it and make it my own. Although this story is definitely about how love can change your life, I don't really think of it as a romance. I've submitted it to a publisher, but I'm honestly not sure at this point if anybody will want it. Just have to wait and see.

June 12th and 13th, I will be hosting a booth for Dreamspinner Press at the Pride Festival in Des Moines with my fellow DSP author Heidi Cullinan. If you're in the area, be sure to drop by and say hello! I'll also be at Yaoi Con in San Francisco in October. I think there will be a total of ten DSP authors there. More info on that down the road.

Last but not least, I'm excited to say I now have an official blurb for Strawberries for Dessert!

When Jonathan Kechter agrees to a blind date with Cole Fenton, he expects nothing more than dinner and a one-night stand... but he gets more than he bargained for in Cole. Cole is arrogant, flamboyant, and definitely not Jon’s type. Still, when Cole suggests an arrangement of getting together for casual sex whenever they're both in town, Jon readily agrees.

Their arrangement may be casual, but Jonathan soon learns that when it comes to Cole Fenton, nothing is easy. Between Cole’s fear of intimacy and his wandering lifestyle, Jonathan wonders if their relationship may be doomed from the start—but the more Cole pushes him away, the more determined Jon is to make it work.

I'm really excited about this book. Strawberries for Dessert will be released by Dreamspinner Press sometime this summer (probably July). I'll let you know as soon as I have an official date.

Hope you're all enjoying a terrific summer!

Home at last!

I just returned from a vacation which included a seven night cruise in the Caribbean with Lynn Flewelling!  I can't tell you how exciting it was for me, meeting Lynn.  For those who don't know, you can read here about how she's partially to blame for the naughty things I write. I think (hope) I managed to not stammer like an idiot upon meeting her.  She is one of the most genuine, down-to-Earth people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.  We had a great group of people there.  The entire ...

Zach's interview…

In the spirit of the last few Wednesdays, I have one more character interview for you.  Max, the star of Julie Lynn Hayes' novel To the Max, has interviewed Zach here.  Check it out.  Also, be sure to check out Anime Radius, which Julie is (at least partly) responsible for.