Back home, and back to work!

Well, I’m back from GRL. Okay, I know everyone’s probably already finished talking about GRL since they all got home ages ago, but I only got home last week. If I had to fly halfway around the world to go to GRL, I was taking some extra time to see some of the US while I was at it.

I met some wonderful people at GRL, way too numerous to mention here. Seriously, I’m not mentioning names because I know that I’ll leave someone out. A special shout out has to go to JA Rock and Lori Toland, my roomies. And, of course, my favourite roomie - the professor. OMG, look at that face: 

It was fantastic to meet all those people I’ve only ever met online before – the readers, the bloggers, and the other writers who make the MM community a great place to be.

I had quite a few fangirl moments, and was totally gobsmacked when some people had them in relation to me. In fact, I think  I’m still gobsmacked about that. To me, writing is something that happens at odd hours of the night when I’m in my pyjamas and rocking out to eighties music. The idea that it somehow produces real books, let alone real fans, is still incredible to me.

So thankyou to everyone I met, and, if I somehow managed to miss you, I’m going to try very hard to make San Diego.

Meanwhile, while I took the month off from blogging because I was having too much fun, Brandon Mills versus the V-Card happened. JA Rock and I are writing the third book in the series now – Liam McDermott versus Authority. It’s a return to the kink of the first book, and maybe a little more angst. Let’s just say Liam has some issues.

JA and I are also working on another book in the Boy series – it’s time to revisit Lane and Derek, and Brin and Ferg and, naturally, Mr. Zimmerman. While I don’t want to give away any spoilers at this point, I just want to say that Mr. Zimmerman is going to get soul mate. And, in other Boy news, The Boy Who Belonged is now available in paperback. Also included in the paperback is the Brin-centric short story, The Naughty Boy. Yay!

It’s the season of short stories, apparently. JA and I have one coming out in December, Fall on Your Knees. It’s M/M/m, and a part of Loose Id’s Rated XXXmas anthology, which is so far scheduled for release on December 16.   And it’s a total, total kinkfest. You will never look at gingerbread the same way again. You’re welcome!

Meanwhile, Heidi Belleau and I wrote a short story for Riptide’s BDSM anthology, Rules to Live By. Our story is called The Harder They Fall, and did anyone say daddy kink?

I'll be sharing more about both the anthologies as soon as I can! 

So, that’s the state of play at the moment. I’m home, and I’m trying to get as much work done as I can. And I am not at all spending too many hours a day reading Sterek fan fiction. Or writing it. Not. At. All…

Sterek!

Two more sleeps! Also, another tree has died!

There is a strange disconnect between writing and publishing. For me, at least. This means that there is a massive moment of squeee when something that has only previously been a Word document on my computer, or a badly named file called "The one with the aliens" (yes, really, I don't do titles), turns into a book. A proper, real book. A trees-died-for-its-sins book. And on that note, The Island is coming out in paperback. I don't have a release date yet, but I'll let you know as soon as I find out. 

Meanwhile: Squeeeeeee!!!!!!   

And, you guys, two more sleeps until Dark Space. Or one. Or I don't even know. What is the point of the International Date Line except to give false hope to people stuck on the wrong side of it, like me, when things are coming out? 

Although I do like speaking to you now from the future. So please imagine this in the most mysterious sage-like voice you can: I am speaking to you now from the world of tomorrow. Dark Space is out on December 4. You should buy it. 

Coming Soon - He Is Worthy

OMIGOSH you guys! OMIGOSH!

Do you guys want to win a galley proof of He Is Worthy?

Wait, first things first, right? Do you guys want to know about my next book? 

It’s called He Is Worthy, and it’s set in Ancient Rome, which, as we all know, is awesome. My inner history nerd has been salivating ever since I saw the submission call for Riptide Publishing’s Warriors of Rome series. Like this, but you have to go “Mmmm… history…” instead of “Mmmm… donuts…”               

Here is the blurb for He Is Worthy:

Rome, 68 A.D. Novius Senna is one of the most feared men in Rome. He’s part of the emperor’s inner circle at a time when being Nero’s friend is almost as dangerous as being his enemy. Senna knows that better men than he have been sacrificed to Nero’s madness—he’s the one who tells them to fall on their swords. He hates what he’s become to keep his family safe. He hates Nero more.

Aenor is a newly-enslaved Bructeri trader, brutalized and humiliated for Nero’s entertainment. He’s homesick and frightened, but not entirely cowed. He’s also exactly what Senna has been looking for: a slave strong enough to help him assassinate Nero.

It’s suicide, but it’s worth it. Senna yearns to rid Rome of a tyrant, and nothing short of death will bring him peace for his crimes. Aenor hungers for revenge, and dying is his only escape from Rome’s tyranny. They have nothing left to lose, except the one thing they never expected to find—each other. 

There’s a catch. If you guys want to win a copy of the galley proof, Riptide has to break a thousand newsletter subscribers. So go and sign up here! 

And, you guys, if you think the galley cover looks very cool (which it does!) wait until you see the real thing. I can’t wait to show it off!

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In other exciting news, you can now order Tribute in paperback.

Trees have died. This shit just got real.