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

Go real or go cautious?

Should my character drink a Coke or a generic soda? Should they play for the New York Rangers or the nonexistent NY Gladiators hockey team? Are they shopping in Macy’s or my fictional Diffenbacher’s Department Store? When we write contemporary Read more

Sharing the Carnival of Mysteries

. This year I tried a new kind of shared worlds writing – one common paranormal element. I loved having Errante Ame’s Carnival of Mysteries tying the series books together. In these stories, the magical, mystical carnival moves between worlds, Read more

New Release Review: Magic Burning (Carnival of Mysteries) by Kaje Harper

Reviewed by Taylin   TITLE: Magic Burning SERIES: Carnival Of Mysteries #3 AUTHOR: Kaje Harper PUBLISHER: Self Published LENGTH: 323 pages RELEASE DATE: July 26, 2023 BLURB: Alan I haven’t been out with a guy in the last two years. Read more

Flash Fiction for Fun

What does a writer do for pure enjoyment? For a palate cleanser? To get past a block? For me, the answer to all three is Flash Fiction! Or at least, my version of it, which ranges from a few hundred 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