A new release announcement - what just might be my favorite story I’ve written, so far!
Book One of the Character Bleed trilogy, Seaworthy (essentially the first third of this giant 254k story), comes out tomorrow – August 1 – from JMS Books! I AM SO EXCITED – as I mentioned, I love this whole story-world so very much, as we play with the contemporary, the historical, and the ways we fall in love with movies and characters. And books Two (Stalwart) and Three (Steadfast) will be out in September and October, respectively, to finish off the trilogy!
Seaworthy contains:
~actors falling in love while filming a gay Napoleonic War-era love story
~slow-burn mutual pining
~very much resolved sexual tension (at last!)
~lots of food/food-related puns
~the purposeful opposite of the “bury your gays” trope
~the most meaningful boot-removal scene I’ve ever written!
And look at this luscious cover art, below! And also I can promise that it comes with a brand-new, not-available-anywhere-else bonus story.
I hope you love Jason and Colby and random conversations about wizards and pastries and history and bread puns and love stories as much as I do!
Hi, all! It’s convention time, and Pride Month, and I’ll be doing some author events at the Rainbow Space Magic Virtual Convention soon! Read on for the details...
The Rainbow Space Magic Virtual Convention is happening in two weeks, June 20-21! I’ll be doing an author reading, and also on a panel about outlaws! And it’s free!
Some more details: the Rainbow Space Magic Virtual Convention is designed for LGBTQIA+ sci-fi & fantasy creators and fans - here’s the description from their website:
"...an online LGBTQ+ science fiction and fantasy convention designed to help fill the terrible empty place of canceled in-person conventions during the current crisis as well as offering an SFF convention to those readers and writers in the queer community who struggle to travel or attend physical conventions. Free to participants and convention-goers, RSM seeks to bring like-minded people together, providing LGBTQ+ readings and panels from a safe social distance."
It’s in part being run by a lovely author friend (and mastermind of the Queer SF website) J. Scott Coatsworth, and so when they were putting it together, I got asked if I wanted to join in! So...here’s my schedule:
1) Outlaws & Adversaries Panel Discussion, Sunday June 21, 1:00pm-2:00pm EDT (or 10-11am if you’re in California like me): Angel Martinez, Kim Fielding, K.L. Noone, Vance Bastien
2) Author Reading Panel, Sunday June 21, 7:00-8:00pm EDT (or 4-5pm if you’re in California like me): Chloe Spencer, K.L. Noone, Kellie Doherty
Come join us and hang out with a group of LGBTQIA+ sci-fi and fantasy fans and authors! Again, totally free, but they will ask you to register to receive the web links for the panels and such! Here’s the home page link, here’s the registration link, here’s the overall schedule, and here’s the Facebook event link!
Feel free to share and invite people! We’re hoping for an awesome (fantastic?) turnout! (You’ll notice some other awesome people involved...Scott, as I mentioned, but also K.S. Murphy - who you might’ve seen in a book dedication or two of mine! and who I’ll co-author with any time! - and Antonia Aquilante, and more!)
I haven’t quite decided what I’m reading yet - might be the opening of Cadence and the Pearl, or maybe something new...or both - whatever I can manage in 15 minutes! We shall see...
And one more small piece of news: yesterday I signed a contract with JMS Books for a flash fiction lesbian high fantasy erotica short! It’s called "Honey Witch" and it’ll probably be out in August, priced at 99 cents (or 79 cents for pre-orders)! It’s about, well - an earth-witch who specializes in divination with honey, and desires, and a princess with a question, in need of some...help... And I hope you’ll like it!
Just a quick post to let you all know that my publisher JMS Books is having a Memorial Day Weekend Sale – 40% off on all ebooks, through Monday!
Including pre-orders like my own “A Penny for Your Thoughts” – which you can order right now from JMS for only 59 cents, if you like fluffy high fantasy m/m friends-to-lovers! (Release date May 30!) (It’s still only 99 cents here at Amazon, if you prefer ordering there!)
Here’s the link to my personal JMS author page, but check out all the other amazing books on sale too!
Hi, readers! I hope you’re all doing well and staying safe out there! I’ve been doing a lot of writing, and I’ve got some news that - while it can’t fix the world - might offer a good distraction!
First, look what’s out tomorrow!
It’s my first-ever SF romance (as opposed to fantasy/paranormal) short story! And it’s m/f, with bisexual main characters!
It’s the story I’ve described to people as…basically a Regency-debutante-meets-dashing-captain romance BUT IN SPACE.
And also the captain is a woman. And the person coming of age is the Emperor. And also jelly candies are important.
(In my head, by the way, there’s a subtitle, which is: “How Starship Captain Catherine Everington Became Empress of the Galaxy,” which about sums it up!)
It’s around 7k, and it’s on sale at JMS Books LLC for only $1.59, or at Amazon for $1.99!
And it’s currently at #221 in the overall LGBT Science Fiction category on Amazon! Which is pretty cool for my first-ever proper sci-fi story! (Think we can get it to go any higher…?)
Buy at Amazon here! Or at JMS Books here!
Second, the pre-order link is also up for my next super-short m/m romance - release date May 30!
This one’s part of the JMS Books Hot Flash collection, all under 5k words and always priced at 99 cents or less - right now it’s on pre-order sale at JMS for only 79 cents! 99 cents at Amazon. :-)
"Penny" contains:
~a comfortable sort of domestic high fantasy setting
~a clockwork-magic kitten
~love confessions!
~one very cheerful newly-appointed local magician
~one big bashful artifact hunter who keeps bringing said magician all the cursed items to defuse, trying to make the kingdom safer
~a LOT of mutual pining
~one confession-spell magic coin…
Pre-order at Amazon here! Or at JMS Books here!
That’s all for now - sending you all the love!
Just a quick update, with some new release news, and a book rec!
Refuge at Clifftop is out now – 18k of superheroes (including one supersoldier, one former sidekick, and one former villain), established-relationship m/m/m polyamory, a stormy night and a difficult mission, at least one very close call, a happy ending and comfort sex – and, of course, some pretty terrible puns!
Come pick it up at JMS Books for only $2.39 over here, or here at Amazon or here at BN for $2.99!
This one surprised me – I hadn’t entirely planned the ending, the way it turned out, but I like it! And, of course, Ryan’s parents will be thrilled to hear the news…
Come pick up a copy and find out what happens!
And my next full-length novel – 60k! – will be out from JMS Books on April 11! (So close to my birthday! Come celebrate with me!) Cadence and the Pearl is one of my favorite stories – it’s the one I’ve described as…about a lot of things, including m/m romance, merpeople, enchantment, the Northern Isles, grief and healing, attractive schoolteachers, secrets, coming home again, heroes (and not being the hero), and a sort of alternate-universe seventeenth-century setting, including theater and opera. And it will come with a bonus story in which someone’s father gets his own happy ending, because fathers need love too.
Here’s the link for Cadence – currently on pre-order sale for $3.99! I’m looking forward to sharing this fairytale world with you.
And a book rec – my very dear friend K.S. Murphy (who you might’ve seen in a book dedication or two of mine) also has a novel releasing today, also from JMS Books! It’s called Rock and Roll Chose Me, and it’s all about art and painting and music and hot guys and tattoos and falling in love, and I promise you’ll love it! So come pick that up too – here’s the JMS Books link, though you can also find it on Amazon and everywhere else!
Stay safe, take care, and – to borrow a line – be excellent to each other! ❤
Some free books, and some pre-order announcements! And much love.
Hi, everyone! Just a quick update on my new release - holiday gingerbread baking romance! - and an author interview I’ve done as part of the release promo!