When Love is Bittersweet

Last week I read a book that will make my top ten for the year (Thrown Off the Ice by Taylor Fitzpatrick). The story, and subsequent reviews, brought to mind the issue of how the genre deals with stories that Read more

Cover Nostalgia

Book covers are complex things – they’re both a sales tool with clue to what’s inside, and an emotional piece of the book. Sometimes, for a favorite read, just looking at the cover makes me feel the pull of the Read more

Labels

  I’m a crier. I’ve been one for as long as I can remember. I cry when I watch sad (or happy) movies, when I read emotional books, and when I listen to songs that mean a lot to me. Read more

Changing Lanes

Changing lanes? Is this woman trying to teach us how to drive? Not exactly, but I will hopefully offer sound advice for navigating the sometimes-harrowing roads of writing and publishing. Never doubt for a second that writing is a journey Read more

Beyond the Binary

July 14th was International Non-binary People’s Day. As I checked posts out online, some of the stories made me think about how that can be reflected in my writing in the M/M genre, and in my reading and reviewing. As Read more

Just Like Heaven

It was September 1992, and I had just turned twenty years old. I lived in Karlskoga, Sweden, population 30000 people (at the time) and my favorite things to do was to read and listen to music. Music was my life. Read more