Monthly Archive: June 2011

Jun 21

Writing as a Love Affair

When I first started writing seriously, it was like the excitement of first love. I wanted to write all the time. I would writing in my head while watching TV, while hanging out with friends, while working, while driving. It was urgent. Necessary. I didn’t know shit about what I was doing, I had to …

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Jun 17

Review Round-up for Letting Go

  A few lovely people have had some lovely things to say about Letting Go. So You Think You Can Write Jeanette Grey is a truly gifted writer that tells a heartfelt story of love and loss and does it in a way that we can all relate to. There’s no quick roll in the …

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Jun 15

What The Writer Needs To Write / What the Reader Needs To Read

The writer needs to write to tell the story. The reader needs to read in order to enjoy it. Sadly, they don’t always need the same words. The biggest breakthrough I’ve made as an editor has been realizing that that’s okay. Personally, I’m the kind of writer that processes things through the physical act of …

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Jun 10

Listen : Fuck Me Friday

For Aisling Weaver‘s FuckMeFriday prompt. … Listen “Did you hear that?” He was sitting so close to me; all I could hear was his breath. “No,” I whispered, giggling slightly, but then he grabbed my hand. Squeak. His eyes widened, and he gestured with his head toward the rooms upstairs. Creak. Squeak. Creak. “You don’t …

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Jun 06

Why I’m Not Awesome (and Never Will Be)

“Well, my taste in movies is pretty awesome,” she tells me. “Oh?” “Yeah. I don’t do much of that girly crap.” As usual, I bristle as she regales me with the list of things she doesn’t like. Silly romantic comedies. Sweeping, Victorian love stories. And the things she does. Explosions. Crass jokes. What I don’t …

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Jun 01

New Release!!! "Letting Go" Now Available from Dreamspinner Press

My very first novella, Letting Go, is now available for sale!!! It’s an M/M romance about life, death, family and above all, of course, love. And on top of that, it’s also pretty hot. Buy it now or Click here to find out more and read an excerpt.