Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Mawidge is a dweam wiffin a dweam. The dweam of wuv wapped wiffin the gweater dweam of everwasting west. Eternity is our fwiend, wemember that, and wuv wiw fowwow you fowever.” ― William Goldman Blurb: When Joel Derfner's boyfriend proposed to him, there was nowhere in America the two could legally marry. That changed quickly,... Continue Reading →
“Mawidge is a dweam wiffin a dweam. The dweam of wuv wapped wiffin the gweater dweam of everwasting west. Eternity is our fwiend, wemember that, and wuv wiw fowwow you fowever.” ― William Goldman Blurb: When Joel Derfner's boyfriend proposed to him, there was nowhere in America the two could legally marry. That changed quickly,... Continue Reading →
One book that I hold near and dear to my heart is Orientation. If my books were my children, Orientation would be the quiet one, the one people would kindly describe as ‘different.’ Orientation, although it won the EPIC eBook Award for Best GLBT novel, is probably one of my least popular books, because it’s... Continue Reading →
One book that I hold near and dear to my heart is Orientation. If my books were my children, Orientation would be the quiet one, the one people would kindly describe as ‘different.’ Orientation, although it won the EPIC eBook Award for Best GLBT novel, is probably one of my least popular books, because it’s... Continue Reading →
“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 →
“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 →
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 →
“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 →
“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 →
“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 →
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” ―... Continue Reading →
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” ―... Continue Reading →
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