Author of Contemporary Gay Romance
Our first stop is the Boys in our Books blog for an exclusive excerpt from HoT. It’s just a little tiny teaser for those of you who love Lem so much. You can also read their review while you’re there.
Pre-order Heart of Timber from Smashwords, Kobo, or ARe.
That’s right. You read it correctly. Elisa is celebrating and she has brought 165 Rainbow Award Finalists along for the hunt. Every day during the month of November she is offering you SIX chances to win.
Both Afflicted (Book1) and Cold are in her mix, so you have a chance to win them, and many more great LGBT themed books.
Learn more and keep up with the Treasure Hunt on Elisa Reviews.
It appears that my beta readers are bursting with the knowledge of why Lem killed his brother.
Not to fear, the secret will be revealed to the public on Nov 15th.
If you haven’t had a chance to read Cold, you’ll want to do it before the sequel hits the shelves. Heart of Timber picks up right where we left off in book one – Anderson’s release from prison.
I am very pleased to announce that both Afflicted and Cold have been named as finalists in the 2013 Rainbow Awards for the Erotic Romance and Contemporary Gay Romance categories, respectively.
You can see all the finalists here. (Or, like I do, you can use it as a shopping list.)
Winners in all categories will be announced December 8th, 2013. Congrats to all the authors!
To those who have come to expect more frequent postings from me, I apologize for failing to post anything of substance lately. Simply put, it’s been one of those hectic periods in which the demands of life have left little time for blogging, writing, or simply keeping fans updated.
So here we go, an update to keep you updated because I have no time to update regularly.
Within the next few weeks I’ll be sending it to the beta readers, editor, and cross-checking facts with my consultants. I expect the novel to come out mid-October, but we may hold it until after GRL.
I won’t be there. In fact I won’t be in town at all. I had planned to meet many of the authors I talk with regularly and several fans that asked about having coffee/lunch. This will not be possible. Pride is also a nonevent for me.
We are just shy of having sold 10k books. As an indie writer with no time, no Facebook page, and no marketing budget, I think this is phenomenal. Each one of those sales is directly due to the encouragement and persistence of my fans. They have helped spread the word and have aided us in raising awareness (and $$$) for homeless LGBT kids. Thank you so much.
Readers have asked me about putting a special page up for WIPs. If you’d be interested in seeing this, let me know. The main reason I don’t have one now is that I have many WIPs in various stages. I do not know when (or if) they will come to market. Both the muse and the demands of life dictate on what gets worked on and when.
However, next year I plan to have at least one of the LGBT Sci-fi series novels available. I will be backing off on the MM Romance for a while, but the muse really wants me to work on a romance story based in Croatia. (She usually gets what she wants first.)
To date, fans have helped raise over $3000 for homeless kids through various programs related to my writing/books. We also have a new fundraiser going on through Razoo with a long term goal of $25K. Some have said this is an unrealistic, I don’t believe that. There are too many people who still don’t know about the plight of homeless lgbt and the fundraiser is just as much about educating them as it is about raising money. Currently, we’re just $146 short of our short-term goal of $1000. Donate.
I have discussed submitting future work to an established publisher with J. Time currently spent on other aspects of self-publishing could be better spent actually writing, and working with a publisher would free up a lot more time for me. J and I are still looking into it.
If you have questions or comments the best place to ask is in our Goodreads group. If I’m not around, my fans are always happy to engage. [Caution: They’re a feisty bunch. 🙂 ]
As many of you know, I went looking for character models for both Lem and Anderson before I started to write what turned out to be my best-selling gay romance novel, Cold. I thought I needed these to help me build the characters correctly and strengthen their draw for potential readers in a prison setting. Of course, in doing this, I never told the models I used what I was doing or asked for any of their input.
Recently I reached out to the character model for Anderson and surprised him with the news, not knowing that he had previously read one of my books. He loved the idea and was gracious enough to allow me an interview. I know I have teased fans relentlessly about his identity. (The only hint I gave was that he was one of the Cocky Boys.) But only one person got his name right. So let me introduce you to the beautiful Antonio Manero. [Read more…] about Character Model come to life. Meet ‘Anderson’