This past year was a very productive one for me. I wrote and released a brand-new novel to kick off The West Hills series, the second book in my lesbian Colors series, two novels in my co-written The Speakeasy series with K Evan Coles, the third novel in my Midwest series, and a holiday novella in a shared universe with Hank Edwards. In addition, I have two more books that are around the 2/3 complete mark so there will be plenty to come in the new year. But before I dive into

This past year was a productive one for me. I released a poly novella, took three short stories I’d previously released as a novella and turned them into an mm novella. I released an mm novel and a short paranormal mm story with K. Evan Coles. Released an mm solo novel, took two novels and turned them into a single very long mm novel, re-released a mm holiday short story, and wrote an mm YA holiday short story. Am I tired? Well, yeah. My brain is pretty full these days and th

I know it’s only the beginning of August, but K. Evan Coles and I have been planning a super special Halloween event for months. All you need to do to take part is create something LGBTQ+ and Halloween-themed. It can be poetry, fiction, art, podcasts, or whatever else you love to create. Entries can run from sweet and romantic to dark and scary, just make sure it has a Halloween theme! We are so excited to share this with you. Stop by Diverse Reader for more information and h

Over a year ago, my mom said, “I’d like to hike somewhere with you before I’m too old.” I semi-jokingly replied, “You find the budget, I’ll find the time!” Cause let’s be realistic, broke writer here. Tonight we get on a plane on fly to Dublin. The trip has changed a little in that time. The original plan was for the two of us to hike across the country from Dublin to the West coast. A stress fracture in my mom’s foot derailed that plan fairly quickly, and we decided it would

In the past few months, I’ve thought a lot about where I’m going with my writing career and if I’m really cut out to be a full-time author. Sales for “Connection” were subpar (my own fault for not promoting it adequately). Sales for “Trust” were better (but being the second book in a series I hadn’t promoted enough made them less than stellar). Sales of my backlist were solid; enough to pay the bills while I’m living with my parents, but certainly not enough to pay rent if I

Join me on Prism Book Alliance’s Outside the Margins column.  Today I discuss research for my novels. I hope you’ll take a look and please leave a comment.  I’m open to any feedback or suggestions about what you’d like to hear from me in my monthly column.  Looking forward to seeing you there! #writing #research #guestpost #OutsidetheMargins #PrismBookAlliance

Phoenix Rising Summary: New York City homicide detectives Artemis Gregory and Rachel Wayland are first on the murder scene of a beautiful young gay man, the third victim of a serial killer dubbed the Moon Killer by the department. Their investigation leads them to Talis Kehk, charismatic lead singer of the rock group Phoenix Rising. As the next full moon approaches, Artemis and his partner uncover clues that lead straight to Talis—even as Talis, exhibiting behavior Artemis fi

I posted this image on FB today because it made me giggle.  Sometimes my characters DO feel like imaginary friends. I’m grateful that writer’s block is something I rarely have to deal with.  Don’t get me wrong, my creativity (and focus) ebbs and flows.  Some weeks I feel like I can’t find enough hours in the day to keep up with the ideas in my head.  Other time, it’s like pulling teeth.  I do my best to write even when I’m not feeling especially productive, although often I f

Hotel Pens Summary: Travel writer Joe Jordan hasn’t been home to New York since his boyfriend broke up with him. Instead he’s hopped from hotel to hotel, collecting pens like a child in a fairytale might leave a trail of breadcrumbs hoping to find his way back. But now he has an assignment, an article titled “5 Ways to Rediscover New York.” Being back on his home turf is daunting—until he meets Claude Desjardins, a gay romance translator staying in his hotel who, after a nigh

Spirit Summary: Jason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole. One wouldn’t think being saddled with his precocious four-year-old nephew for four weeks would be enough to throw him off-kilter. Wrong. Timmy, Jason’s nephew, is a true handful. But just when Timmy and Uncle Jason begin to bond, and Jason feels he’s getting a grip on this babysitting business once and for all, he’s thrown for a loop by a couple of vis

Tomorrow is the big release for Equals, the novella I told you about a month ago.  It took longer to finish than I expected.  The feedback I get from my talented team of pre-readers is something I take very seriously.  When they told me they felt like things were missing, I listened.  When they told me tweaks needed to be made, I agreed.  I took their feedback, read through the story again, and made the changes.  Not every single last one–there are always a few suggestions th

I know it’s been pretty quiet around here, so I thought I’d bring you up to date on what I’m working on right now.  A lot, actually. There are certainly more plot bunnies than I have time to wrangle.  I have a number of documents with a brief summary, a picture or two, and a few scenes or chapters written.  Some are short stories, one is a novella.  I have four that could potentially be novels.  Right now, they hang out in a folder and I pop in to add something if a really go

Let me be very blunt; I’m going to talk about sales and money.  Some authors do, some don’t. May was my best month so far.  I sold 223 copies of my short stories, as of this morning.  I have the rest of the day today and tomorrow still, but it probably won’t be more than another 10-15 sales.  Depending on which site the sales are from, I make anywhere from about $2.21 on Smashwords to $1.50 per book on iTunes for a short story listed at $2.99.  Averaging it out between the si

Wolf Bound Summary: A year after suffering a disastrous end to his relationship with his partner, teacher Jon Anderson trades his apartment in the city for a lake house in the country. Told there is an author living nearby, Jon, who dreams of being a writer, goes in search of him and finds the attractive older man in a small, rustic cabin on a tiny island on a neighboring lake. Harrison Kalmes shows Jon around, but makes it clear he’d rather be left alone. Jon respects that w

When “Pain Management” was accepted by Dreamspinner last fall, I came out to my parents about writing gay romance. And (somewhat spontaneously) came out as bi. When it was published in February, they told me how proud of me they were and gave me a beautiful card and wooden jewelry box to celebrate. When they asked to read it I had a mild panic attack and a few weeks ago, I finally gave them a copy. Tonight they told me what they thought. Apparently my mother had thought it wa

Lately, I’ve been struggling.  Working forty hours a week and spending at least that much time on my writing career is exhausting.  Worthwhile, but exhausting.  I could eat, breathe, and sleep writing but with the rest of my life on top of it, I’m overwhelmed.  On weekends when I don’t have anything else planned, I hole up in the office and spend ten to twelve hours writing.  I come home from work and write.  I write in the car if we’re going anywhere further than half an hou

I’ve been working on a short story since December.   I wrote about 3/4 of it before I realized it just wasn’t clicking.  It didn’t feel right.  So I re-wrote it, changing it from 3rd person to 1st.  That helped and I was able to finish the story, but something still didn’t feel right. I set it aside for weeks, tweaked it again, and then sent it to one of my pre-readers.  She gave me some good feedback and I tweaked it, but I hesitated before I sent it for a final edit.  I jus

I have a second book available for sale! Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZGBHM Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/388912 Blurb: A trip to visit his boyfriend Nate’s parents during the holidays leaves Emerson a nervous wreck. Bad weather and an unfortunate mix-up leads to an awkward first introduction, and as things deteriorate from there, Emerson begins to doubt if their relationship will survive the stressful weekend. Can Emerson get their relationship b