Eli Easton's Blog, page 29

Cover reveal: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song

 

“A Prairie Dog’s Love Song” is going to be published in Dec 2013 as part of Dreamspinner’s Christmas advent calendar.  Buy the entire advent ‘calendar’ and receive a new m/m romance ebook in the mail each day in December.  You can preorder this year’s event here.

I’ve bought the past few years and really enjoyed them, so I’m thrilled to be in this year’s advent calendar.  I’m not sure which day in Dec this story will appear, but I do know that at 22K words, it will be one of the longer stories in the advent.

This is the cover that was just done for it.  You can read more about the story, including an excerpt, here.

Eli

Release day for "Puzzle Me This"!

"Puzzle Me This" is now out from Dreamspinner. Here's the goodreads page:



I put together an 'desktop' post that shows the inspirational images for this story in case you like to have pictures in your head as you read. You can find it here:
http://elieaston.com/desktop-puzzle-m...

And you can read an excerpt here:
http://elieaston.com/books-by-eli-eas...

BUY LINKS:
Dreamspinner: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-Me-This-...
ARE: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/prod...

Eli

Desktop: “Puzzle Me This”

It’s release day for “Puzzle Me This!”  

About “Puzzle Me This”

“Puzzle Me This” was written in December 2012 and it was the first original m/m story I ever wrote.  I wrote it for submission to the Dreamspinner Daily Dose for 2013 which had a sports theme.  I thought writing about a couple of game/puzzle designers would be unique.  But it turned out crossword puzzles were not “sporty” enough for the anthology theme.  (That’s what I get for thinking too far outside the box!)  Fortunately, Dreamspinner liked the story and offered to publish it as a stand-alone novella. “Puzzle Me This” is 20K words.

BLURB:

Luke Schumaker designs computer games, working from his home. Every day he walks his dog in the woods nearby, never suspecting that someone who is completely smitten is watching.

The watcher is Alex Shaw, and he too works from home, designing logic and crossword puzzles. Alex’s options are limited: he’s too shy to approach Luke and his wheelchair won’t let him follow into the woods. His solution? Secret messages for Luke in the crosswords he writes for the local paper.

When Luke decodes them, romance begins, but then they face greater puzzles, like Alex’s interfering sister and what commitment to a man in a wheelchair really takes. And, most puzzling of all, how do you know if love is real?

 

Here are some of my inspirational desktop images.  I googled these and don’t own any of them.  If anyone has an issue with their being posted here, please email me at eli@elieaston.com

LUKE

Luke Schumaker is a computer game designer who used to live in San Francisco but now lives in State College, Pennsylvania where he works from home.  I pictured Luke as a bit geeky but very cute.  Luke’s pride and joy is his stick-straight, long blond hair.  This was the closest image I could find for Luke on my web search:

 

ALEX

Alex Shaw is a crossword puzzle designer.  Born with a birth defect (spina bifida) that paralyzed his legs from mid thigh down, Alex lives an independent life thanks to his handicap-accessible apartment and his wheelchair.  He’s shy and smart, and he falls for Luke when he sees Luke walking his dog every morning in their shared apartment complex.  This is a perfect picture of the Alex that’s in my head.

 

OTHER IMAGES

Trevor, Luke’s dog on the hiking trail up Henneman Hill

 

The rails trail where Luke and Alex go for their first date

 

Chumley’s, the gay bar in State College PA where Luke goes looking for his secret admirer

 

Alex’s sportier wheelchair that he uses on the rails trails hike

 

And here’s the cover by Reese Dante, which is absolutely perfect!

 

I hope you all enjoy this rather sweet/romantic/nerdy love story!

READ AN EXCERPT HERE

Eli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Steamed Up" anthology now available for pre-order and on goodreads!

Guess what popped up? Dreamspinner's "Steamed Up" anthology is now on their Coming Soon page and is available for pre-order. And it's been added to the goodreads data base here:






This anthology is, as you might suspect from the cover and title, a collection of steampunk-themed m/m romance stories. Here's the list of stories and authors from the DSP site:

The Clockwork Nightingale's Song by Amy Rae Durreson
Caress by Eli Easton
Swiftsilver by Bell Ellis
The Clockwork Heart by Kim Fielding
The Galatea's Captain by Anka Grace
Screws by R.D. Hero
The Golden Goose Mark Lesney
Spindle and Bell by Augusta Li
Ace of Hearts by Mary Pletsch
Five to One by Angelia Sparrow
Untouchable by Layla M. Wier

It's a good group, no?

Here's the pre-order page:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...

And I just put up an excerpt from my story "Caress". You can read it here:
http://elieaston.com/books-by-eli-eas...

Eli

“Steamed Up” anthology now available for pre-order

Dreamspinner’s “Steamed Up” anthology of steampunk, m/m romance stories, is now available for pre-order!  My short story “Caress”  is in this anthology.

Here’s the pre-order link:

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4267

You can read more about “Caress”, including an excerpt, here:

http://elieaston.com/books-by-eli-easton/caress/

 

Eli

30% off my books at Dreamspinner including “Puzzle Me This”!

Dreamspinner’s having a 30% off sale.  You can pre-order my upcoming release “Puzzle Me This” on sale or grab a copy of “The Trouble with Tony”.

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/index.php?cPath=820

“Puzzle Me This” now available for pre-order

 

“Puzzle Me This” has been added to the Dreamspinner website and can now be pre-ordered!  So look for it the next time there’s a Dreamspinner sale.  Here’s the link:

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4232

RELEASE DATE IS OCT 2!

Read more about it here.

Har Dee Hot Har: Humor in Romance Novels

Need a smile today?  Charlie Cochet allowed me to guest post on her blog. The post is about humor in romance novels and includes funny quotes from some of my favorite books.  This blog post celebrates the release of “The Trouble With Tony”.

Here’s the link

http://purpleroseteahouse.charliecochet.com/guest-author-eli-easton-har-dee-hot-har-humor-in-romance/

Thanks for having me, Charlie!

Eli

Har Dee Hot Har: Humor in Romance

Charlie Cochet allowed me to guest post on her blog. The post is about humor in romance novels and celebrates the release of "The Trouble With Tony".

Here's the link
http://purpleroseteahouse.charliecoch...

Thanks for having me, Charlie!

Eli

Guest Blog: "My Favorite 5 Scenes in The Trouble with Tony"

I'm guest blogging today on Kim Fielding's blog. The topic is my favorite 5 scenes in "The Trouble with Tony". Read it here:

http://kfieldingwrites.blogspot.com/2...

Thanks for hosting me, Kim!

Eli