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Update on My Relationship with Riptide

So, if you didn’t know, there was an upheaval at Riptide Publishing due to their former editor in chief making sexual statements and racist statements to authors.

Their statement about the resignation is here: http://riptidepublishing.com/SL-statement

As a result, Riptide allowed authors to authors to ask for their rights back.

Their pledge going forward is here: https://www.riptidepublishing.com/reform

What does this mean for me? Well, my agent and I canceled the contracts I’d signed to writ...

Cover for Syncopation!

This past Saturday, the lovely people over at From Top To Bottom Reviews were kind enough to host the reveal of the cover for Syncopation. But in case you missed it, here it is, in all its hot glory!

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And here’s the blurb!

There’s no resisting the thrum of temptation in this male/male rock-star romance from genre-favorite author Anna Zabo!

Twisted Wishes front man Ray Van Zeller is in one hell of a tight spot. After a heated confrontation with his bandmate goes viral, Ray is hit with a PR nig...

2017 in Review and Looking Forward

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So, that was 2017. Whew.

What did I accomplish? I finished writing 2.5 books:

Outside the Lines: 63,000 words Syncopation: 103,000 words 1/2 of Counterpoint: 50,000 words

That’s more or less 216,000 words in a year, which is a lot. I had expected Syncopation to be about 75,000. It wasn’t, as you can see. That book was almost like writing two novels in the end. And the edits were great and wonderful and I had to work hard on them. I think it’s the best book I’ve written to date.

I published...

Outside the Lines is Out in the Wild!

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It’s release day for Outside the Lines, my fun, sexy, polya romance!

I had so much fun writing this one and I adore these characters. I hope Ian, Simon, and Lydia find a home in your heart too.

There’s also a blog tour going on with a chance to win a $25 gift card from Riptide publishing!

 

 

 

Buy Links for Outside the Lines:

Riptide Publishing Amazon Amazon UK Barnes and Noble Books A Million iBooks Kobo

Outside the Lines and More

In a couple of hours, anyone who’s pre-ordered Outside the Lines from Riptide will be able to download it two days before it comes out on the 18th!

There’s going to be a big old blog tour, coordinated by Riptide, too. Excerpts and posts and a chance to win a gift card, so check it out!

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I’m really pleased with Outside the Lines. It was so much fun to write and I really wanted to branch out and show other types of HEAs. It’s already gotten some great reviews, including a starred review from Pu...

Close Quarter Free for 2 days & Slow Waltz Out

Man, I haven’t posted in ages! I should remedy that, because LOTS has happened.

But I wanted to post a quick update that my erotic paranormal romance Close Quarter is currently free on Amazon for October 31 & November 1!

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I also re-released Slow Waltz, the fun erotic short that follows Close Quarter. It’s on Amazon and in KU.

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Yes, yes, yes, there will be a sequel! It should be out in the summer of 2018.

What I’ve Been Reading

One of the things I’ve been trying to do this year is read. Reading is one of the activities that fills the creative well for me. Diving into books, or getting pulled in, makes my head turn around my own stories.

So, what have I been reading? Well, my GoodReads challenge list is here. It, of course, doesn’t have the seven books I read for the RITAs or the works I’ve beta-read for others, so I’ve actually read a bunch more than that.

I’m going to point out a few from there. Up first is a serie...

Guest Post: Steel Blood Blog Tour and Excerpt

Today, I have a little something different for you all, an excerpt of J.L. Gribble’s latest, Steel Blood! Vampires! Alternate history! Intrigue!

About the book:

[image error]As her children begin lives of their own, Victory struggles with the loneliness of an empty nest. Just when the city of Limani could not seem smaller, an old friend requests that she come out of retirement for one final mercenary contract—to bodyguard his granddaughter, a princess of the Qin Empire.

For the first time in a century, th...

Off to RWA!

Tomorrow, I head of to Orlando for the RWA Annual Conference. It’s four days of workshops, panels, signings, awards, and parties.

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If you’re there, you can catch me around I’ll be at a number of places.

You can definitely find me:

Thursday, I’ll be at the Carina Press Open House from 4 to 4:45 PM! My first event with my new publisher! Friday, I’ll be signing with Berkley Books on Friday at 2:30 PM. There will be print copies of one of my books… I’m not sure which, though! I suspect either Ta...

Pre-orders, pre-orders, preorders!

I have two, two books up for pre-order!

The first is a brand new book, Outside the Lines, which will be released on October 16th. It’s up for pre-order at Riptide publishing. (There will also be a cover reveal soooooon. And the cover is lovely.)

If you’ll be at GayRomLit, I’m pretty sure Riptide will have paper copies for sale there.

Here’s the Blurb:

Miniature artist Ian Meyer has one week to rebuild his damaged set. Needing help, he goes to End o’ Earth, the local comic and gaming shop. Ow...