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On the road again….

I’m going to begin with a question: Are you planning to attend RT in Vegas in April? You can answer the poll here or comment on this post:

Why am I asking? Well, I’ll be there. I’d love to see some of you. And I’d love to give you some special swag, but that means it would help if I knew how many of you to expect.

I have a bunch of other travel lined up. This weekend, I’m off to San Francisco with some friends. I think most of our plans involve eating–including a drag queen brunch on Sunday. Two days after I get back, it’s Orlando for a week. Last time I got to fly first class, but this year I am stuck in the cheap seats. After I return from Florida, we’re doing a family drive to SoCal for spring break. Then it’s time for Vegas and RT. And in early June, we’ll be heading to Vancouver, BC and Portland, Oregon.

Do you know how much packing this will involve? I hate packing.

But in between the travel, I’m putting the finishing touches on one novel so I can submit it, and Venona Keyes and I are completing another one. I’ve got a novella and a short ready to submit, plus two novels already in edits. So I should have plenty for you to read soon!

Do you have travel plans?

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Cover reveal! Stasis, 2nd Edition

I am very pleased to announce that the second edition of Stasis is available for preorder from DSP Publications.

Here’s the beautiful cover by Reese Dante:

Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the mouth of a great bay but also to its strict laws, stringently enforced. Ordinary criminals become bond-slaves, but the worst punishment—to be suspended in a dreamless frozen state known as Stasis—is doled out by the wizard and reserved for only the most serious of traitors.

Ennek is the youngest son of Praesidium’s strict Chief. Though now a successful portmaster, Ennek grew up without much of a purpose, unable to fulfill his true desires and always skating on the edge of the law. But he is also haunted by the plight of one man, Miner, a prisoner for whom Stasis appears to be a truly horrible fate. If Ennek is to save Miner, he must explore Praesidium’s deepest secrets as well as his own.

This is the first book in a trilogy. It will come out in ebook and print formats on May 17. The second book, Flux, will release in August and the third, Equipoise, in November.

If you’ve already read these books, the changes aren’t huge, but there are some small substantive ones. We’ve polished up the editing as well. And I will continue to donate all my royalties from this trilogy to Doctors Without Borders.

 

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So much going on!

It’s one of those times when everything is happening all at once. Bear with me. We’ll do a list because lists make things look more manageable.

For this weekend only, Good Bones, Astounding!, and The Tin Box are 99 cents each at Dreamspinner. That includes the Italian Good Bones and the German Tin Box. http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/

Ein Wolf in der Küche (Good Bones in German) is now available!

I’m still Author of the Month at My Fiction Nook. This week there are more excerpts, another giveaway, and 6 facts about me.
My younger daughter turns 13 today. I now have two teenage girls in the house. Give me strength. To celebrate, we’re going to a performance of Sweeney Todd tonight. Meat pies for dinner!
Tomorrow I’m taking the 16-year-old to see Deadpool.
I’m still working on two novels: the one I’m co-writing with Venona Keyes is at 41K, and the slave novel is at 49K. I’m getting there!
I’m also doing first round edits on the second edition of Flux, which DSP Publications will release in August. Stasis comes out in May and Equipoise in November.
I have upcoming trips to San Francisco (drag queen brunch!) and Orlando. Then RT in in Vegas in April. I need to make swag decisions.

 

Gee, that’s enough for now, isn’t it?

 

 

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Available now: Free story in Italian

If you’ve looked at my Upcoming Releases page, you know I have a lot of things in the works. New stories, rereleases, audiobooks, translations…. Two of those new things release today!

Senza parole is Speechless in Italian. And Dreamspinner has sweetened the pot by also releasing L’ingaggio (The Gig) in Italian–and that one’s free!

 

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Trying something new

Last night, I was trying to explain to my husband how busy I am. February, I said, is going crazy busy. But March will be my head’s falling off busy, so I guess I should enjoy the relative lull.

I’m writing two novels right now, which is unusual for me; I usually limit myself to one WIP at a time. But the lovely Venona Keyes and I are co-writing a contemporary, and I’m also writing a very dark slave novel on my own. Both are past the halfway point–hooray! And meanwhile, Love Can’t Conquer is in edits (due out in June or July), I have some translations and audiobooks due out shortly, and several other things are in the works.

So of course I gave myself a new project. I have three fantasy novellas that I wrote for the Goodreads M/M Romance group’s annual event. You can download all of them for free (click on Free reads for the links), or you can buy The Sacrifice anthology (in print or Kindle) and get all three, plus several shorts–and my royalties all go to Doctors Without Borders.

Here’s the new part. I’m putting each of the three novellas up individually on Amazon. You can buy them for 99 cents each, if you like, and I’ll donate my royalties to DWB. But the real reason I’m doing it is so I can list them with ACX and try to get audiobooks produced of each of them. I’ll keep you updated on the progress of this project. In the meantime, you can see Treasure here. The other two will go up soon.

Oh, one more thing! I’m author of the month over at My Fiction Nook! I have weekly posts with prizes and other goodies. Come check it out!

So that’s my life right now. How’s yours?

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Speechless and The Gig–in Italian

I get really excited over translations of my books. It’s just so cool to see my stories in another language, even if I can’t understand that language. In total, my stories have appeared in 5 languages besides English (French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish)–which is so much fun.

So now Speechless and The Gig are available for preorder in Italian. They release February 9. The Gig is free in Italian (as it is in English), and it’s the first free story Dreamspinner has offered in Italian.

 

I think even if you didn’t speak the language, this would be a good way to learn.

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Haiku Winner–and wonderful judges!

Thank you to those talented folks who entered haikus in my contest! I had a lot of fun reading them, and it was a close contest among the judges.

let me begin by introducing the lovely panel of judges. You’ll find more information about all of them below:

Shira Anthony

Jana Denardo

Sarah Madison

Elizabeth Noble

And the winner is… (insert drumroll here)…

Juliana! Here’s the winning entry:

life had him beaten
but with his love beside him
he can now stand tall

Juliana, please contact me to claim your prize!

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And now, more from our lovely judges.

First Comes Marriage by Shira Anthony

Blurb: Their marriage was supposed to be all business….

When struggling novelist Chris Valentine meets Jesse Donovan, he’s interested in a book contract, or possibly a date. The last thing Chris expects is a marriage proposal from New York City’s most eligible bachelor!

Jesse’s in a pinch. To keep control of his company, he has to marry. So he has valid reasons for offering Chris this business deal: in exchange for living in a gorgeous mansion for a year, playing the doting husband, Chris gets all the writing time he wants and walks away with a million-dollar payoff. Surely Chris can handle that. He can handle living with the most handsome and endearing man he’s ever met, a man he immediately knows he wants in the worst way and can’t have. Or can he?

Buylinks: Dreamspinner : Amazon : All Romance : Barnes & Noble

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Kept Tears by Jana Denardo
Having left most of his arm and his self-confidence behind in the Afghanistan desert, young veteran Aaron Santori has enough on his plate learning to use his prosthetic arm. Attending graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh makes life both interesting and challenging. Mentally, he’s ill prepared for meeting Rhys Edwards, a young-adult novelist from Wales and everything Aaron could want in a man. Between the scars from the explosion and his PTSD, he’s reluctant to date. Ready or not, though, Aaron finds himself jumping into the deep end of the relationship waters.


What Aaron couldn’t possibly know is that Rhys isn’t human at all. As a prince of the Tylwyth Teg, Rhys is a fae with a list of enemies he’s accumulated over the past few centuries – among them a former lover, Morcant, who is back to make Rhys’s life miserable. An unwitting pawn in their Machiavellian fae politics, Aaron only knows he’s falling in love, never suspecting love might be his death sentence.

DSP –  http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4658
 
Amazon –  http://www.amazon.com/Kept-Tears-Jana-Denardo-ebook/dp/B00I2FAPXM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454100969&sr=8-1&keywords=kept+tears
 
https://www.facebook.com/jana.denardo
 
https://twitter.com/JanaDenardo

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The Boys of Summer by Sarah Madison

Contemporary/Historical M/M Romance

Finalist in the 2013 Rainbow Awards. Nominated Best Historical in the Goodreads M/M Romance Reader’s Choice Awards. Selected as a Best Read in 2013 by Jessewave. Winner of Best M/M Romance in the 2013 PRG Reviewer’s Choice Awards. 

Blurb:

This couldn’t be happening. The plane couldn’t be going down.

As production assistant, David McIntyre has been enjoying the heck out of his current assignment: touring the Hawaiian Islands in search of the ideal shooting locations for a series of company projects. What’s not to like? Stunning scenery, great food, sunny beaches…and indulging in his crush on his hot pilot-for-hire, Rick Sutton.

Everything changes when a tropical storm and engine failure force a crash landing on a deserted atoll somewhere in the South Pacific. Sutton’s injuries and a lack of food and water make rescue imperative, but it takes an intensely vivid dream about the Battle of Britain to make David see that Rick is more than just a pilot to him. Will David gather his courage to confess his feelings to Rick—before it’s too late?

 

On Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00CCUVR7G

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Gone Away by Elizabeth Noble

Blurb:

 

Mason Arquette isn’t one for mincing words. In fact, he often rubs people the wrong way—with the exception of Riece Burrell. Riece came with his own set of social issues, but he saw right through Mason’s tough exterior, and they made a perfect couple. Or so Mason thought… until Riece abruptly ended their relationship without much explanation.



Years later, Mason and Riece are thrown back together. As a US Forestry Service photographer, Riece is sent on assignment to the Black Hills, where Mason works. When Mason is tasked with guiding Riece around the territory, old feelings quickly are rekindled.

But nothing is ever easy. Just as Mason and Riece begin to work things out, they’re targeted by people with motives so vile and twisted they defy imagination. In a desperate race for their lives, they must depend on one another and take a big step out of their personal comfort zones to find their way back to safety—and back to love.

Website http://www.elizabeth-noble.com

Circles website: http://elizabeth-noble-circles.weebly.com/

 

Vampire Guard website: http://elizabeth-noble-thevampireguar...

 

Dreamspinner page: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=55_423

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/AuthorArcade/i398-elizabeth-noble

 

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Noble/e/B0052JEZVY

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.noble.77

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Noble/120757231345733

Google+ pages: https://plus.google.com/110207268360224371489/posts

https://plus.google.com/b/106536309910672083581/106536309910672083581/posts/p/pub

 

Twitter: @elizabethnoble1 Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/elizabethnoble1/

GLBT Bookshelf: http://bookworld.editme.com/Elizabeth-Noble

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

 

 

 

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Newsy blog and reminders

This is a newsy sort of blog entry. How about if I post photos from San Francisco next week to balance things out?

–There’s still a little time to enter the haiku contest. Come play!

–If you haven’t voted already, I’m in the second round in several categories over here. Voting ends January 15.

–Also, if you haven’t voted already, I’ve been nominated in quite a few categories for the Goodreads M/M Romance Group’s Member’s Choice Awards. If you’re a member, go to message 47 here for links to all the voting categories. If you’re not a member, you can join for free. Voting ends January 22.

–I just signed a contract with Dreamspinner Press for Love Can’t Conquer, my 14th novel! This is an angsty one about an urban park ranger and an ex-junkie. It will release in June or July.

–I have lots of other things coming up this year: new translations, new audiobooks, a new Gothika anthology, a spec fic anthology, second editions of my Ennek trilogy… and more.

So that’s enough news for now, I think. What are you looking forward to this year? For me, it’s travel. What else is new, right?

 

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Haiku contest!

I’ve begun my year productively, submitting my 14th novel, finishing the galley proofs on another novel, and completing the first draft of a novella. All while suffering with a cold because yes! I am that studly.

Another thing I recently did was finish listening to K.C. Kelly’s narration of Rattlesnake. I knew he’d do a wonderful job, but he actually exceeded my expectations. It’s a longish book but I did a bunch of extra walking (I only allow myself listen to audiobooks if I’m walking) just to hear him read.

I thought it would be fun to celebrate the new year and my recent productivity, and I have a copy of the Rattlesnake audiobook to give away! How can you have a chance at winning? Comment here with an m/m romance-related haiku. We’ve done this before and it was really fun. The rules:

Enter by commenting here with your haiku
Must conform to traditional haiku format (3 lines: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) as in the examples below
Must have something to do with m/m romance
Must be your own original work
May concern m/m romance in general or include specific characters (mine or another author’s)
Include your email at the end so I can reach you if you win
You may enter as many times as you wish
Entries close January 17 at noon, PST
Entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges (yet to be determined). Winner gets the audiobook. The judges’ determination of a winner is final.
Have fun and please spread the word!

A cold virus makes

Me sick. But at least my muse

Seems to be immune.

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Jimmy acquired a

Cowboy kink. Shane uses this

To his advantage.

 

 

 

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It’s 2016?

Happy New Year!

After spending a good chunk of yesterday buying a new car (yay!), and being still under the influence of a cold, I went to bed at 10:30 last night. That’s how exciting I am. Both my daughters had friends spending the night. They woke me up a few minutes before midnight so we could wish each other Happy New Year, then I went back to bed.

But I also accomplished things yesterday. I finished the galley edits for the second edition of Stasis, which will release from DSP Publications in May. The new edition isn’t a huge change, but we’ve run it through several more rounds of edits to clean it up and tighten then writing. It will also have an amazing new cover by Reese Dante.

And with the assistance of my beloved beta, I got my 14th novel almost ready to submit for publication. It’s called Love Can’t Conquer, and it’s an angsty contemporary starring an urban park ranger and an ex-junkie. It’s long too–somewhere in the neighborhood of 90,000 words.

Now I have a novella to finish up for the 5th Gothika anthology (aliens!), and then a short to write for another anthology that I’m also very excited about. So 2016 shows no signs of being less busy than 2015.

Are you in the mood to do some voting? I’m really honored to have been nominated in many categories of the Goodreads M/M Member’s Choice Awards. I believe you have to be a member of the group (which you can join for free) to vote. Here’s a list of my nominations:

Best contemporary/mainstream: Rattlesnake
Best white collar: Astounding!
Best anthology: Claw
Best anthology: Spirit
Best story that should have a sequel: The Downs
Best paranormal: Astounding!
Best main character: Jimmy Dorsett
Best main character: Shane Little
Best blue collar: Rattlesnake
Best Love Is an Open Road story: The Downs
Best sci-fi/futuristic/post-apocalyptic/steampunk: Astounding!
Best hurt/comfort: Rattlesnake
Favorite all-time m/m romance: Rattlesnake
Favorite all-time m/m romance: The Tin Box
Best book of the year: Rattlesnake
Favorite all-time m/m author: Kim Fielding

Of course, there are also many wonderful nominees, so please vote for your favorites.

And Happy New Year!

 

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