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September 29, 2013
Sunday Squirrel
Now, you know that this is going to have to show up in later instalments, right? Beta readers, chime in!
Filed under: Erotic Romance, My Releases, Nuts About You Tagged: mm romance, squirrel fail, weresquirrel
September 28, 2013
LMAO
The importance of a good cover artist. Have I mentioned how much I love you, April?
26 Hilariously Bad Book Covers
Sorry for the sudden drop out of cyberspace–things have been going from bad to worse here over the past week, as I try to make some headway on hub’s will, and deal with returning to work (and some ‘you will not believe this shit’ stuff that’s going on there) plus a looming due date and a reluctant muse. Hard to believe, Monday it will be two weeks since hubs passed. I keep picking up the phone to text him, then realizing that’s not exactly going to work.
All I can say is, 2014 better have something damn bright and shiny for me.
Filed under: Random Weirdness, writing Tagged: book covers, marketing
September 22, 2013
Sunday Squirrel
23 days left until we release the squirrel!
Filed under: Erotic Romance, Nuts About You Tagged: mm romance, shifters, weresquirrel
September 17, 2013
Tuesday Guest Tickle: Touch Me Not by Genna Donaghy
I had the great privilege of reading this book, first in draft chapters, and later in beta.
It’s crack.
Seriously.
Best $6 you’ll ever spend. (Unless you want to buy Bite Me Tender, too. Then it’s the second-best $6.)
Here’s a tidbit to whet your appetite:
Luckily the room wasn’t far away. His shoulders burned from the weight of the man. He almost dropped him while opening the door and accidentally bumped the man’s head on the way in. Fancy Suit swore and woke with a start, hands and feet flailing. It was too much, and they both fell in a tangle of limbs as the door closed behind them.
“What?” Fancy Suit looked around blearily. “Where…”
“You’re drunk.” Jake had had about enough of this. He pushed him away and stood. “I got you a room for the night. Stay put and sleep it off.”
“What’s goin’ on? I don’t…”
Jake sighed and pulled him back to his feet with every intention of propelling him to the bed.
“Wait,” the man said. Before Jake could stop him, he reached out to place a hand on the back of Jake’s neck. His ungloved hand.
A tingle of warmth went through Jake, from the point of contact, through his skin, and down to pool in his heart. He looked into the man’s—Henry’s—smoky black, confused eyes, and deep affection stole over him.
Henry’s face broke into a wide, drunken smile, and Jake felt himself returning it.
“Stay,” Henry told him and pulled Jake to the bed. “Stay.” It was a direct order, and Jake couldn’t have refused it, even if he’d wanted to.
Here’s the link if you want to check out a longer excerpt: Loose Id
Genna’s also giving away a copy at Book Reviews and More by Kathy.
Filed under: Erotic Romance, Guest Releases Tagged: alternate universe, D/S, Dom, mm romance, Sub
Goodnight Kiss
Reblogged from Coffee and Porn in the Morning:
Love the emotion in this. There's gotta be a plot bunny in there somewhere. Should I check their pants?
September 15, 2013
Your Sunday Squirrel
With Forgotten Menagerie coming out on October 15th, I’ve been finding/receiving lots of squirrel based funnies and I thought I’d share them. Here’s the first one, about a soldier that saved a dying squirrel who, in the end, didn’t die. (Very vague echoes of something that happens in Nuts About You.)
No, I don’t know what the other stories are about. I’m keeping that as a birthday surprise for myself. But feel free to go investigate. There are four other stories in the anthology:
•Burdens Lightened — Angelia Sparrow (@asparrow16)
•The Greatest of These — Alex Whitehall (@alexwhitehall)
•Dangerous Territory — Cari Z (@author_cariz)
•Mirrors, the Moon and the Boy — Avery Vanderlyle (@averyvanderlyle)
I threw their Twitter handles in, too, in case you want to stalk follow them.
Filed under: Erotic Romance, My Releases, Nuts About You Tagged: mm romance
September 14, 2013
Nooner (NSFW)
Reblogged from Coffee and Porn in the Morning:
Helloooo, plot bunny! At least a scene bunny. Or a dirty daydream bunny. Some sort of bunny. Excuse me, I have to go...
September 13, 2013
Bite Me Tender’s One Month Anniversary!
So, here we are. One month later. How’s it been?
Spectacular.
Want to know more? Check out my post at Dawn’s Reading Nook.
As for the writing–Sexmas is coming along (no, that’s not the name, but I have no idea what to call it. I hate coming up with titles for stuff.) Glory is on hold, since my personal writing time is limited to the point of one WIP at a time, but I’ll be picking back up with xem as soon as Sexmas is in my editor’s hot, grabby little hands. Then it’ll be on to Furface and Je Veux…, I think. And I’m sure A Knight in Shining Kevlar will be in that mix somewhere, in some fashion. (Three weeks left before I should know if I’m getting an R or an R&R–I can’t imagine getting an outright acceptance from Riptide–I’m still too newbie to have those kinds of skills.) And it’s one month until Nathan the weresquirrel and his unsuspecting love interest Vince make their first foray into the world, so getting ready to promo that.
And that’s my life right now. Writing, housework, looking after hubs. Dodging the plot bunnies. I’m never bored, anyway.
Filed under: Bite Me Tender, Erotic Romance, My Releases, writing Tagged: mm romance
Baked Vegan Zucchini Fries
Reblogged from laws on wellness:
-Heather Millbach
Baked Vegan Zucchini Fries
Ingredients:
2 cups plain almond or soy milk
3 tablespoons dijon mustard
2 cups Panko breadcrumbs
1/2 tsp Kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 lb zucchini, cut into 4-5-inch long sticks, about 1/2-inch wide
Marinara sauce for serving
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
I'm going to make this, because we planted a dozen zucchini plants this year. Which is about 11 too many, really.
September 11, 2013
Working in Groups
With three members of the House of Manlove now writing for Loose Id, we decided to do something a little fun together. Since our books are coming out approximately one month apart, in honour of the release of the third book in October, and the release of my second, we’re doing a blog post at Joyfully Jay, where all three of us contribute, and we each give away a book.
Sounds simple in concept. Huge challenge in reality.
Just coming up with an idea for the post was hard. Well, no–the actual theme or topic (the critique group and our writing) came about rather easily. But how do you write these up? Do we just ramble? Have one person write a blog post and the others edit it and add bits they think are important? Do an interview? Interview each other? Write three separate short posts?
Aaaaargh!
I’m glad we started a little early. Guaranteed, this is something that will likely undergo multiple drafts before we’re happy with it.
On the writing front, I’ve been making steady, if not speedy, progress on the Christmas story. Kind of derailed today, but it was one of those ‘dealing with the healthcare system’ kind of days, plus a run to the grocery store. Where I totally forgot to buy lunch stuff for the kitten. (Bad Kitty). Hubs had pretty much stopped eating for a couple of days, but we’ve got him going again. Not much, but every little bit counts.
And with that, I have to go.
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: mm romance
