Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“If love and hate aren’t true opposites, perhaps neither are pleasure and pain—if you go far enough in one extreme, it resembles the other.” ― Daria Snadowsky There’s nothing quite like reading for a good cause, and there’s nothing quite as gratifying as really liking what you read for that cause. Authors Cherry Dare, Isabel... Continue Reading →
“Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts.” – James Joyce BLURB: Jason Stockton and Blaze Shinozuka are looking forward to escaping their hectic rock and roll lifestyle for a relaxing holiday. Their plan seems promising, and the passion between them burns hotter than ever as they keep each other warm... Continue Reading →
“Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts.” – James Joyce BLURB: Jason Stockton and Blaze Shinozuka are looking forward to escaping their hectic rock and roll lifestyle for a relaxing holiday. Their plan seems promising, and the passion between them burns hotter than ever as they keep each other warm... Continue Reading →
Today we're gonna do something different cause my lovely enabler, Lisa, is a WONDERFUL person and lets me babble on pretty much just about anything, as long as there's a cover in there somewhere. So, we've been chatting a bit back and forth about how the covers for the M/M genre seem to be, well,... Continue Reading →
Today we're gonna do something different cause my lovely enabler, Lisa, is a WONDERFUL person and lets me babble on pretty much just about anything, as long as there's a cover in there somewhere. So, we've been chatting a bit back and forth about how the covers for the M/M genre seem to be, well,... Continue Reading →
A long time ago—okay, really not that long ago—a couple of years at the most, I wrote a book. Slapped a title on it—Dirty Kiss—and sent it off to Dreamspinner Press in the hopes of someone there maybe liking it. And they did. And they bought it. And I squeed. No, really. I squeed because... Continue Reading →
A long time ago—okay, really not that long ago—a couple of years at the most, I wrote a book. Slapped a title on it—Dirty Kiss—and sent it off to Dreamspinner Press in the hopes of someone there maybe liking it. And they did. And they bought it. And I squeed. No, really. I squeed because... Continue Reading →
“You, poor child, who had no friends or toys, you toyed with dreams of murder, because that is a game to play alone.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre Blurb: As Philip Potter wraps up his last minute shopping on Christmas Eve, 1966, James Walker, his lover of six years, takes his life. Unaware of what waits for... Continue Reading →
“You, poor child, who had no friends or toys, you toyed with dreams of murder, because that is a game to play alone.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre Blurb: As Philip Potter wraps up his last minute shopping on Christmas Eve, 1966, James Walker, his lover of six years, takes his life. Unaware of what waits for... Continue Reading →
“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” --- Freddie Mercury Desi and Charlie were inseparable as kids. Desi got teased often for his “girlish” looks and Charlie was always there to protect him. Desi’s cousin, Trinity, was a famous rock star. Charlie and Desi dreamed of being just as famous. While... Continue Reading →
“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” --- Freddie Mercury Desi and Charlie were inseparable as kids. Desi got teased often for his “girlish” looks and Charlie was always there to protect him. Desi’s cousin, Trinity, was a famous rock star. Charlie and Desi dreamed of being just as famous. While... Continue Reading →
“Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.” ― Jim Butcher Blurb: Meet Young Digby Swank…a gay boy in a very Catholic world. Thisis his story—from his... Continue Reading →
“Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.” ― Jim Butcher Blurb: Meet Young Digby Swank…a gay boy in a very Catholic world. Thisis his story—from his... Continue Reading →
TNA: Why did you choose Widdershins for the name of your fictional city? JLH: I spent weeks wracking my brain trying to come up with something interesting and/or vaguely creepy without result, so in the first couple of chapters I wrote it was [town name], which got really tiresome after a while. Then one day... Continue Reading →
TNA: Why did you choose Widdershins for the name of your fictional city? JLH: I spent weeks wracking my brain trying to come up with something interesting and/or vaguely creepy without result, so in the first couple of chapters I wrote it was [town name], which got really tiresome after a while. Then one day... Continue Reading →
“There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth.” --- Lord Byron Blurb: Caroline and Cyril have recently wed and are honeymooning on the Isle of Man, a glorious spot in the middle of the Irish Sea marked by picturesque villages, rocky cliffs, and... Continue Reading →
“There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth.” --- Lord Byron Blurb: Caroline and Cyril have recently wed and are honeymooning on the Isle of Man, a glorious spot in the middle of the Irish Sea marked by picturesque villages, rocky cliffs, and... Continue Reading →
On December 18, 2013, Kol Anderson is releasing his first ever full length novel, Heart, and in celebration of its official debut, The Novel Approach will be hosting Kol with a giveaway of the book. In the meantime, just to make your mouth water and your eyeballs stand up and pay attention (and perhaps other... Continue Reading →
On December 18, 2013, Kol Anderson is releasing his first ever full length novel, Heart, and in celebration of its official debut, The Novel Approach will be hosting Kol with a giveaway of the book. In the meantime, just to make your mouth water and your eyeballs stand up and pay attention (and perhaps other... Continue Reading →
“There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...” ― John Lennon Blurb: Spin off of Sebastian's Wolves Tomislav Vugrin doesn't think himself much of a vampire—not that others are tripping over themselves to dispute it. Despite descending from one of the most powerful vampire lines and having a coven queen for... Continue Reading →
“There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...” ― John Lennon Blurb: Spin off of Sebastian's Wolves Tomislav Vugrin doesn't think himself much of a vampire—not that others are tripping over themselves to dispute it. Despite descending from one of the most powerful vampire lines and having a coven queen for... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Susan, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Hobbies, interests, odds and ends things that make you, you. SM: Let me see... Some of the more interesting things about me... I was a nerd at school.... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Susan, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Hobbies, interests, odds and ends things that make you, you. SM: Let me see... Some of the more interesting things about me... I was a nerd at school.... Continue Reading →
“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter—they are so rusty … from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.” ― Sylvia Plath BLURB: Charlie is the quintessential bear. Big, muscular and hairy.... Continue Reading →
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