Awards: the ups, the downs, and coming together

This time of year, our genre has a lot of awards and best-of lists going on. The Rainbow Awards, so wonderfully organized by Elisa Rolle, are perhaps the most prominent, but groups ranging from Goodreads M/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards Read more

Coffee Christmas

It’s no secret that I’m a major coffee snob (A nice way to say addicted).  I wake up drinking it, drink it throughout the day and even have a cup before I go to bed. I drink way way too Read more

A Little Holiday Sparkle

I, like so many others, love reading. Pretty much my favourite thing, if we’re being honest. My taste in books ranges to almost anything. Most of the time, anyway. December is a different. It just feels different, doesn’t it? There’s something Read more

…and a better New Year

2016 has been a bugbear of a year. If it wasn’t kicking us all in the political sweetmeats, it was winnowing out the ranks of cultural icons. Worst of all, it still has a couple of weeks to go before Read more

Giveaway and Happy Birthday Blue Notes!

This month, on the five year anniversary of the publication of my first novel, Blue Notes, I thought I’d share a post I wrote five years ago about the inspiration for my professional writing career. It was a painful exploration, Read more

Farewell 2016: the highs and lows

Like all years 2016 has had its moments, good and bad. Too many wonderful celebrities passed away this year. I’ve had a good year with my two kids (and after some rocky ones, this is great news). My kids rock Read more