Swag, glorious swag

As I get ready to head out to Gay Rom Lit, the M/M Romance event in Portsmouth, VA, this Wed to Sun, I’m packing stuff and muttering about swag – those promo items we give away to readers. It’s great Read more

Release days :)

I’ve had people ask what a release day for a new book is like. Do I drink champagne? Run around like crazy doing promo? Pretend it’s not happening? Track sales? How an author approaches a release is very individual. Some Read more

Spotlight incl Guestpost by Gabbi Grey: Love is All: Volume 6 (A Charity Anthology)

Love Bytes is giving a very warm welcome to author Gabbi Grey who is joining us today to talk about the Charity anthology she participated in that release yesterday! Welcome Gabbi 🙂 Why I Choose to Write Stories for Charity Read more

Cover Choices

Cover fashions change. One of the things that brought this home to me was last year’s Goodreads awards, where all but a couple of the nominated “Best Romance” books had drawn covers— the graphic novel illustration style. When I first Read more

Short Stories

Short fiction is an art slightly different from writing novels— telling a satisfactory tale in a small number of pages. I love writing short for fun, and sometimes feel I succeed at the engaging story in a limited space (and Read more

The best of…

The season of “Best of 2022” book lists is almost upon us. Right now, the Goodreads M/M Romance Group is seeking members’ nominations for their “Members’ Choice Awards.” Other lists are being compiled. Any author gets a lovely ego-boost from Read more