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Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven is up. This week we’re off to the party that everyone seems to feel apprehensive about .

I hope you enjoy it!

Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter Six

Chapter Six has been posted! Time to see what has Jason agitated and if Kale’s going to be able to do anything about it.

Thank you for reading!

Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter Five

This week we get back to Kale and Charlie. Go see what they’re up to in Chapter Five. If you need to catch up, you can start at Chapter One. I always post a link to the previous chapter at the top of each chapter page and a link to the next chapter at the bottom of each page for easy navigation.

As always, comments are welcomed and encouraged!

Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter Four

Chapter Four of Measure of Devotion is live. I apologize that it took a little longer than normal to post today. I’ll try to prevent that from happening again.

This chapter is one of the shortest in the book, but I hope you like it.

Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter Three

Chapter Three of Measure of Devotion has been posted. If you need to catch up, here are the previous chapters: Chapter One and Chapter Two.

I hope everyone is enjoying it. You’ll also noticed that at the end of this chapter I’ve included a link to Barnes and Noble. After days of waiting, Measure of Devotion is finally available for the Nook!

I should have news on the print edition later this month. But enough chit chat, go ahead and check out Chapter Three. And feel free to comment after you read it!

Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter Two

Chapter Two of Measure of Devotion has been posted. This week we delve into Jason’s point of view for the first time. I hope you enjoy it. If you need to get caught up, you can click here to read Chapter One.

Fiction Friday: Measure of Devotion – Chapter One

It’s time to resurrect Fiction Friday! Yay!

Today I am going to begin serializing Measure of Devotion on this site. I will post a new chapter each week on Friday. It’s a great opportunity for readers to try my writing for free. Head on over to Chapter One to get started. If you’d like to read the blurb first, you can find it below.

Jason Wadsworth is finally headed to university. Leaving behind his father’s cattle ranch in favor of the posh, gaslit streets of Perdana, Jason is determined to climb the social ladder and forget his country roots. If only his father had gifted him with a more upscale slave.

Kale’s been a country slave his whole life. All he wants it to keep his head down and live as comfortable an existence as possible. Unfortunately, his dramatic master despises him and makes life difficult at every turn.

Humbled by his first breakup, Jason grows to appreciate his ever-faithful slave and soon discovers that Kale is everything he’s ever wanted. Now he needs to convince Kale that his love is genuine.

Kale, meanwhile, tries to convince himself that he simply feels the devotion of a slave to his master, but his actions prove what his mind is unwilling to accept: he’s falling in love. When Jason’s future happiness is in jeopardy, Kale sets himself on a course to make Jason’s dreams come true, even if it means facing up to the fact that, for the first time in his life, he loves someone else more than he loves himself.

Measure of Devotion is a bittersweet love story that contains explicit m/m sex and adult language.

To start reading Chapter One, click here.

Measure of Devotion is Live!

It has been a whirlwind of a day! Measure of Devotion is now live on Amazon and you can add it on Goodreads. Right now it’s available only as an ebook, but a print version is coming toward the end of June. I’ll also be adding it to Barnes and Noble and other retailers in the weeks to come. If you have a particular retailer where you’d like to see Measure of Devotion, please contact me and let me know.

Since this is my debut novel, I had no idea what to expect. I uploaded the file last night, but it didn’t appear until today. When my bestie called me to let me know she had downloaded it, I figured out how to check my sales and saw that three people had already bought my book!

I was floored.

For months I’ve been dreaming of that moment when someone I don’t know buys my book. I was fully prepared for it to take days, even weeks, to get that first “stranger” sale. It has been crazy to see those initial three sales grow throughout the day. I have no clue how these people are finding Measure of Devotion, as this is the first public post I’ve made since it went live.

I already have a new addiction: checking my sales/ranking. Every time I see another copy sold, it’s strange to think that somewhere in the world there’s another person with my book. How crazy is that? Throughout the day I’ve been tracking Measure of Devotion on the Hot New Releases lists on Amazon and taking screenshots as it rises.

I still have a lot to do to add Measure of Devotion to all the relevant sites, but I’m having so much fun today I can barely calm down enough to actually work.

Now, I’ll be biting my nails waiting on the first review to be posted.

Oh, and for those of you who check out the Measure of Devotion Amazon page (and you really should), no, it is not a non-fiction theater book. I have no idea how it ended up in that category. One of the many launch day glitches that has made this day more interesting.

Once the hubbie gets home, I think we’re going to open a bottle of bubbly and celebrate, but tomorrow it’s going to be straight back to work. I’m editing the sequel, Measure of Strength, in an effort to get it published by the end of summer, and I’m writing another novel that I’ll be getting to the editor in July.

I’d really love and appreciate your support, so please consider sharing Measure of Devotion with your friends. Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Pinterest, texting, old fashioned talking, smoke signals, whatever. I’ll even take positive thoughts.

And to those strangers who bought my book, thank you for making this an extraordinary day for me! I hope you enjoy Measure of Devotion as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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Coming Out Against Homophobia

Today is International Day Against Homophobia. This post is my contribution to the Hop Against Homophobia.

Harvey Milk famously called on gays to come out of the closet in the seventies. The theory was that discrimination would lessen once people could put a face to homosexuals. Once you realized your neighbors and friends were gay, you wouldn’t be so quick to hate.

I’m inspired by Harvey Milk and the work he did. Unfortunately, homophobia is still running rampant not only in our communities, but in our legislation. I’m not okay with that. And I’m assuming since you’re reading this blog that you’re not either.

But do the people around you know that you’re against homophobia?

Every time there’s a news story about a gay kid getting bullied or committing suicide, they usually have an interview with the parents. It’s sad, but what I’m always stunned by is one thing:

Where is the outrage?

Where are the other parents, teachers, students, etc. that should be standing with the parents of the gay student? There can’t really be whole communities full of bigots, can there? If not, then where is everyone?

The problem is, the homophobes have hit the streets. They let it be known far and wide that they don’t think homosexuality is okay. They’re out there passing out fliers trying to legislate homophobia. They’re screaming until they’re blue in the face. If homosexuality comes up in casual conversation, a homophobe will let you know just what they think about it.

It’s not enough to know in your heart that you’re against homophobia, you have to be against homophobia.

It’s time to speak up. If homophobic comments are said in your presence, you must speak up and let people know it’s not all right. Silence implies that you agree. Silence implies that homophobia is fine. Silence implies that you’re all right with being in the presence of bigots.

It’s time to let the people in your life know that homophobia is not okay.

My husband was raised to be homophobic. Let me repeat that. It’s not like there was a reason for the issue of homosexuality to be brought up (there were no gay people in his life). No, the adults in his life actively raised him to be homophobic. That’s scary.

Now, as an adult, he supports gay rights. He was able to break free from the hate. But he still had to listen to his family spew the same hatred and homophobia they always had. And then he came to a decision.

It was around the time of Prop 8 in California. You see, his family were the types that were out canvassing in support of Prop 8. Do they canvass to raise awareness or money for hunger, disease, or poverty? No. Only the threat of gays could get them to be active.

Enough was enough. My husband made it clear to his family that homophobia was not okay. He was no longer content to sit silently by. His family’s response was: Are you gay? (Bigots don’t realize that’s not an insult.) I was extremely proud of my husband that day, but it’s come at a cost. Relations with his family are strained at best.

It’s time for heterosexuals to come out of the closet in support of gay rights.

Watching one of those news interviews with the mother of a bullied kid, it struck me that maybe homophobes don’t get that it’s not okay. Kids certainly don’t want to do anything that’s not “cool.” So how is it that we have a culture that allows gay bullying?

Maybe they don’t understand how many people in their life are against homophobia. It’s easy for people to want to keep quiet, to not make things uncomfortable.

Well, maybe homophobes need to start feeling uncomfortable.

Dan Savage likes to talk about the price of admission in a relationship. I think the concept can work for friendships too, and the price of admission to be counted among my friends is that you not be a bigot.

What if that became the price of admission to be friends with all non-bigots? If you attend a church that is homophobic, it’s not enough to sit quietly and know that in your heart you’re not like them. How many other people are sitting quietly? What if they all spoke up? If you have a friend who’s homophobic, it’s not enough to just be embarrassed when they start ranting. What if all your friends spoke up?

What if we all spoke up?

The homophobes are in the minority. We have the majority on our side, and yet we still sit quietly by.

It’s time for it to stop.

My name is Caethes Faron, and I’m against homophobia. Are you?

To help support the Hop Against Homophobia, I’m giving away a copy of my upcoming novel, Measure of Devotion. Simply leave a comment on this post or subscribe to my newsletter and you’ll automatically be entered. On the 21st I’ll pick a winner at random and send them the ebook file by email (so make sure you enter a valid email address).

To find out more about Measure of Devotion click here. To see who else is participating in the Hop Against Homophobia, click here.

Update: 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Hop Against Homophobia. It was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed reading all of your comments.

The winner of the drawing for a free ebook copy of Measure of Devotion is Lana A. Congratulations, Lana!

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Measure of Devotion Cover Reveal

I have been sitting on my new cover for Measure of Devotion for months now, and I’m so excited to finally be sharing it. Some of you may remember that I had a different cover made originally, but I ended up needing to have a new one created, for a lot of reasons. I love this new one! Thanks to Glendon and Tabatha Haddix over at Streetlight Graphics for this gorgeous cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn’t it pretty?

After many delays, it looks like Measure of Devotion is going to be published later this month. The hold up has been due to going through several editors before settling on “the one.” Karen from Red Adept has been amazing. I love her so much that I’ve already scheduled my next five books with her. Let’s hope she doesn’t get tired of me .

It’s hard to believe that it’s almost here. I’m in this sort of surreal haze. I spent an hour on the phone with my editor the other day, having her reassure me that Measure of Devotion is ready. It’s off to the proofreaders now, and as soon as that is done, it’s done. Finissimo. How crazy is that?

So, what do you think of the new cover? Let me know in the comments below!