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January 17, 2011
Plans For the Year
I have lapsed in my blogging. This is mainly because, throughout November and December, I had two holidays and a city-to-city move. @_@ Crazy. I also had a blog tour and a book release, so things have been pretty hectic. I hope everyone had an awesome holiday season and a very safe new year; I [...]
Sneak Peak – Other Side of Night: Bastian & Riley
We received our cover art for the first in the Other Side of Night series. Nathie has, again, produced something stunning. This story is about a reluctant vampire named Bastian who falls in love with a veterinary student named Riley. Here's the cover and, under it, an excerpt! Bastian sat at their usual table, his [...]
January 10, 2011
When To Say No (Or Yes) To Your Editor
Early March, Catalyst will finally be available for sale. It will be available in print and e-book, through all vendors and Storm Moon Press. However, at the moment, it is in the midst of its editing. We received the edits back at the beginning of December. I've sat on them mainly because December was a [...]
December 29, 2010
When Is Free Bad?
How much free fiction should an author offer? This is a question that was spawned by a small discussion with author Dusk Peterson about her troubles turning followers of her serialized fiction into actual sales for her books. I will admit up front, I have not read any of Dusk's work, and I am not [...]
December 27, 2010
Free Fiction: Advent, Day Twenty-Two
Title: As The Snow Falls Characters: Brice, Trela Spoilers: Of the Shadow World: Madness (WIP) Word count: 882 Rating: PG ~*~*~*~ Brice rolled over in bed, instinctively reaching for Trela, but his hand only touched cool sheets. If the sheets were cool, it meant Trela had risen some time ago. Brice shot up in bed, [...]
Free Fiction: Advent, Day Twenty-Three
Title: Through The Door Characters: Terfel, Gauwyn Spoilers: World Of Egaea (WIP) Word count: 834 Rating: G ~*~*~*~ Gauwyn shifted nervously. He'd told Terfel to go ahead, he'd follow in just a moment, but now he hesitated outside the door. That door. The door that would truly lead him from one life into another. Was [...]
December 21, 2010
Free Fiction: Advent, Day Nineteen
Title: Give and Take Characters: Quinn, Lorelei, Dorian Spoilers: Untitled (WIP) Word count: 740 Rating: G ~*~*~*~ "I do the whole Mass at midnight on Christmas Eve, even though I'd much rather be sleeping, so the two of you can bundle up and come to the damn drum circle tonight for the Solstice," Dorian snapped, [...]
Free Fiction: Advent, Day Twenty
Title: December's Boy Characters: December, Wednesday Spoilers: None, these were created solely for this challenge! Word count: 586 Rating: PG-13 ~*~*~*~ Wednesday stared at December, a frown on his youthful face. The older man was decked out in green and red, silver tinsel dripping from his well-trimmed beard, and Wednesday thought if December ate one [...]
Free Fiction: Advent, Day Twenty-One
Title: Gifts Of The Heart Characters: Bastian, Riley Spoilers: Other Side of Night: Book One (WIP) Word count: 1,221 Rating: NC-17 ~*~*~*~ Riley gave Bastian an indulgent smile. "I thought we agreed not to celebrate Christmas this year," he murmured as he accepted the small, carefully wrapped box from his lover's hands. "I know." Bastian [...]
December 20, 2010
Free Fiction: Advent, Day Eighteen
Title: Winter's Bleak Hope Characters: Nahele, Keegan Spoilers: The Sephryn Trilogy (WIP) Word count: 585 Rating: NC-17 ~*~*~*~ Winter's chill did not touch the pair locked together in a passionate, almost violent, kiss inside the warm den. Keegan's dark hair was spread out under his pale, naked body, and his hands clung to the thick [...]
