HUZZAH! Woke up to see that the short story I submitted for Dreamspinner Press’ “Juicy Bits” anthology was accepted! Yay for more published works :)
First submission news of the year, and it’s good news! HUZZAH!
Need a new book to read? My newest book and my short story are here and are on sale for Cyber Monday. Check it out!
Books on sale <3
Original Story: First Date 1/?
So my wifey has come up with a rather interesting way to get people excited for our books: write little side stories to them. The side stories let you get to know the characters before the release of the book and serve as little prequels to the book. These side stories are FREE TO READ, and will be posted on our writing blogs and whatnot. Perhaps someday we’ll look at getting them available for e-readers?
“Double Hue,” is an upcoming supernatural gay romance thriller I have coming out. It’s set for November. However, before November comes, you can read these stories about the characters in the book. Gable Peterson is the lead character and has been with his boyfriend, Avery Blair, for 4 years. One day, Gable gets devastating news that Avery is dead. Unbeknownst to Gable, he has a unique ability where he can go back in time. He’s able to go back to the beginning of the week and try and prevent Avery’s death from happening.
Of course, it’s never that easy.
Before the thriller is released, check out this first of (hopefully) several side stories. ”First Date” is the story of Gable and Avery’s first date, and how they started at a couple. They’re both college students at the U of M, and Avery has a tendency to fall asleep in class ^^
Warnings for this part: Semi NSFW, M/M romance
A prequel/teaser to my upcoming book “Double Hue.” I will be writing these little teasers that lead up to the book, which should be released in November. These are free to read and will just be posted here (my publisher liked this idea a lot so I’m going for it ^^)
If you can think of other places where I can post this to get people excited for the book release, let me know :) I’ve thought of “Fiction Press” so far, since they do original fiction.
As always, check out my writing on my writing blog AND my Facebook author page. Actually website coming soon :)
Hey guys remember that time I wrote a short story for a gay romance anthology? I don’t mean to forget, honest, but with “Treat Me Kindly” and now “Double Hue” and soon “Hunters: Seeking the Storyteller” I forget to mention this little tidbit. So here’s a fun text message between the two main characters about video games and such (after the events of the story). Also, you can get a copy of the ebook for only $3, so if you’re into gay romance, or video games, or really really like me, feel free to check it out
So I got the cover to my next book :) It’s my first full length gay romance novel. Urm… there is romance, I swear! Just… really twisted messed up stuff to go with it because, it’s me ^^;;;
Here’s a blurb: When something tragic happens, you want nothing more than to close your eyes and make all of the pain go away. For Gable Peterson it’s a little more complicated than that. When detective Maurice Ashford shows up at his door with news that his boyfriend, Avery Blair, has been found dead, Gable is left devastated. Seeking some sort of comfort, Gable closes his eyes and imagines a world where none of this happened.
Only, Gable wakes up, he’s surprised to see that Avery is actually still alive.***
I’ll post snippets and teasers over time. So far the release date looks to be November, so after “Hunters: Seeking the Storyteller.“ Yay books!
*gasp* Another book? Yep ^^
All done with my commission for the promo art for Press START to Play! I’m SO THRILLED with how this came out!
An art commission for my gay romance short story, “Press START to Play.” These are the two main characters. I am so incredibly happy with how this turned out. I’m going to be making postcards for conventions and posting it wherever I can. Seriously, this is more than I could ever ask for :) You know you have a good artist when they read the story and give you a game screen in the background without you even saying anything ^^
Guuuuuuuuuuuuuh my brain is in a happy melty place of pretty things.
*incoherent noises* How sexy are these guys? I commissioned the lovely ladies of Grave Impressions to do art of Lukis and Aaron, the men of my short story, “Press START to Play.” I wanted to have art that really related to the story so I could have post cards for it at conventions and stuff. I’m planning on doing the same thing for my book, the details are getting worked out right now.
I got a sketch preview today and it’s coming together nicely! Have you read the story yet? You can find it on Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online outlets. I can’t wait to see the finished product!Here are links to the story:
*explodes into happiness*
Here it is! The pre-sale for the anthology I wrote for is now up! Follow the link for prices on the entire anthology and/or the individual stories. Yay!
To celebrate, here’s a fun snippet:
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This next game, Lukis realizes, is a rather strange one. He doesn’t bother trying to play. Instead, he watches as Aaron fights against someone else. Lukis wonders, as he watches the intro video, why high school students are even allowed to fight with swords and strange monsters that they summon. Don’t they have parents? And since when can bears talk, fight, and smoke cigars? Was that a robot just now? With an axe?
“Told ya it was completely different,” Aaron says, picking some kid that uses a gun and has some sort of fly as a monster friend.
It’s still exciting to watch, Lukis thinks. Aaron’s fighting against some tall, buff guy who uses a folding chair as a weapon — that makes no sense, either, who brings a chair to a gun fight?
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Follow the link to see how you can get a hold of this story and others :)
YAY!
Headcanon request #4: In which Kanji is into sappy sap sap and Naoto is certainly not… except for this one time…
Totally lied and got this done tonight instead of tomorrow :) For tumblr user gettinpunksbent I hope you enjoy it ^^ The request was that Kanji be into sappy movies and Naoto, well… being Naoto -_- Also, I don’t claim to remember ever detail of some of the movies, so if I get a quote wrong, or get something out of order, I’m sorry ^^;;;
