I have tentatively committed to attending the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, held in New Orleans, May 13-16. I hope to see some of you there at the Dreamspinner Press booth!

There's now a fan page on Facebook for those of you who find that more convenient!

Available January 25th:

The sequel to Cut & Run!



Six months after nearly losing their lives to a serial killer in New York City, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett are suffering through something almost as frightening: the monotony of desk duty. When they're ordered to take a vacation for the good of everyone's sanity, Ty bites the bullet and takes Zane home with him to West Virginia, hoping the peace and quiet of the mountains will give them the chance to explore the explosive attraction they’ve so far been unable to reconcile with their professional partnership.

Ty and Zane, along with Ty’s father and brother, head up into the Appalachian mountains for a nice, relaxing hike deep into the woods... where no one will hear them scream. They find themselves facing danger from all directions: unpredictable weather, the unrelenting mountains, wild animals, fellow hikers with nothing to lose, and the most terrifying challenge of all. Each other.

Warrior’s Cross is up for Book of the Month at Dark Diva Reviews. Readers have one week to vote for their favorite book.

Cut & Run has made it into the next stage of voting.

I said a while back that I was going to attempt to post my own soundtracks with new releases like madeleineurban has. Well, I got distracted. And then I had to figure out how to do it without leaving you hanging as to where or how to find the songs I was posting.

I finally figured it out, and since I promised one for Warrior's Cross, here it is. These are the songs that provided my mood for the novel, for the most part. It's also a fun little widget... if it ever works properly.

Warrior's Cross is up for Best Book of the Week at Whipped Cream Reviews. You can vote through Sunday!

This is a huge undertaking by elisa_rolle, and even though I have a few titles nominated, I would be posting this link regardless because it's a fun thing. And even if you don't vote for anyone, it's a great way to find some excellent fiction.

Cut & Run and Warrior's Cross have both been nominated, both in the same categories.

A survey regarding a GLBT author/reader event in Richmond.

From the organizer, J.M. Snyder:

It would be a mini-con, almost, with a meet-and-greet Friday
night and an all-day author signing/book sale Saturday.

If you're interested, please fill out my survey to help me get this
underway. Feel free to forward this to your readers and fellow authors, as
well.

Once I get some idea of what people want to see at such an event, I will
begin solidifying details!

Looks like it could be fun. If you might be interested in such a thing, the survey takes about a minute to fill out.

Oh, what a tangled web we writers weave sometimes.

The chaos over the Lambda Literary Awards has surprised me, to say the least. I try to stay firmly entrenched on the periphery of these things so as not to be caught in the crossfire by hoards of angry, angry people, but I feel like I need to clarify why I'm staying in the periphery on this one. ( It's not that the issues being raised aren't important or worrying, and I say issues because it has branched from one issue, that of the Lambda Literary Awards, into several separate ones. )

In the end, I guess I don't know what to think. It's a very surreal set of arguments, and I don't really feel that I am involved in any of them. I never anticipated being nominated for awards, so I don't feel that loss at all. I'm not homophobic or particularly worried about what people think of me in general, so those opinions are no great loss to me either. What I have lost is a lot of respect for the people who are handling this the wrong way.

Personally, I'll stick with entertainment. I'll stick with receiving e-mails from readers instead of awards, telling me they liked what they read or were even touched by it. I'll stick with enjoying what I'm doing, thank you,.

For those of you who enjoyed Cut & Run and are patiently (or not so patiently) awaiting the sequel, Sticks & Stones, I have a website for you.



T-shirt Hell is where most of Ty Grady's T-shirts come from in the novels. Yes, most of them are real shirts, and yes, they will be back in Sticks & Stones!

( Click for a sneak peek of one of them. )

You can find almost all of Ty's T-shirts at this place, and probably some you'd like to wear too. They even have a section for children's shirts. It would take some balls to wear most of them in public, I can tell you that much!

Available September 10th in eBook:



Vic Bronsen has a problem. He's stuck in a rut, uninspired by his job, and in love with a man who has no clue. Thinking a change of scenery and company will do his aching heart some good, he goes off on a road trip with his best friend, only to find that the answers to his problems may have been right there in front of him all along.

Available August 31st:



Cameron Jacobs is an open book. He considers himself a common waiter with normal friends, boring hobbies, harmless dogs, and nothing even resembling a secret... except a crush on a tall, dark, devastatingly handsome man who dines alone at his restaurant on Tuesday nights. All it takes is one passionate night with Julian Cross to turn Cameron’s world on its head.

Julian's love and devotion are all Cameron could have hoped for and more. But when his ordinary life meets and clashes with Julian's extraordinary lifestyle, Cameron discovers that trust and fear can go hand in hand, and love is just a step away from danger.

( Click to see a larger version of the gorgeous cover. )

My partner in crime writes to music. She collects songs into a playlist for each story we're working on, and it becomes a sort of soundtrack for each book that she listens to while she works.

I write to baseball games. And football games, sometimes, if the Panthers are losing...

But I collect music as well, and mostly listen to my playlists while I drive and try to think over the plots I'm working on. Sometimes they help, sometimes I end up singing and forgetting what I'm supposed to be doing.

Anyway. madeleineurban has posted her soundtrack for our upcoming release, Warrior's Cross. We thought it might be fun for me to post mine as well.

And I will. But I think I'm going to wait until the book is released to do that. Or at least until it gets a little closer. If I remember.

Available July 30th in eBook:



Someone is playing games in the wealthy suburbs of Miami, using the people of Coral Gables as their chess pieces and murder as their checkmate. When Reggie Bainbridge, the owner and director of The Country Club of Coral Gables, dies unexpectedly, his sons are left to deal with the aftermath: the daily operation of the Club and an unwelcome police investigation into his death. When the brothers realize that someone will be going down for old Reggie's murder, they find themselves playing the game, wondering who to trust and trying to stay out of danger, even if it means playing the game to the end.

Thought of the Day:

The problem inherent in writing a series, or even a sequel, to a well-received book is the panic, chaos, and disorder that come with trying to make it own up to the original.

So, instead of writing, I sit and I play jigsawdoku....

In collaboration with Wave from Reviews by Jessewave, and in an attempt to sneak past my unsuspecting co-author with a few nice spoilers of our upcoming books while she's at dinner, I bring you excerpts!

( Warrior's Cross )

( Sticks & Stones )


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