At the Library, with Recommended Reads!
I’m speaking about LGBTQ romance at 2pm today at the West Town branch of the Chicago Public Library. I made up a brief handout of recommended reads for any attendees who want a cheat sheet to use when...
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Cover Art Yumminess ~ Full Exposure
I wasn’t planning on writing a story this year for Don’t Read in the Closet, the Goodreads M/M Romance group‘s annual story prompt event. I had a ton of fun writing Five Dates last year, but I was...
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FULL EXPOSURE is Here ~ Free Read!
I love the Goodreads M/M Romance group’s annual Don’t Read in the Closet story prompt event. It’s an odd sort of challenge, taking a brief description of a potential story written by a stranger and...
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Everything is on sale! Or FREE!
I’m drive-by posting here because everything is happening at once! Samhain is having a 40% off sale today, and everything is included, even pre-orders. So you can get OFF CAMPUS, NOTHING LIKE PARIS,...
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LEVEL HANDS is here! (Plus, a bonus chapter!)
It’s here! Buy LEVEL HANDS at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play, iBooks, ARebooks, and on the Samhain website. When it comes to love, there’s no such thing as smooth sailing. Rafael Castro...
View ArticleNeedles Are Our Nemesis
This is a Facebook post I wrote a couple of days ago, after helping my son deal with his anxiety attack over an immunization shot. I was asked to post it elsewhere by someone for whom FB is a no-go...
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REAL WORLD Cover Art Reveal! Plus smexiness…
I’ve been waiting for this all September! REAL WORLD cover art and pre-order links are here and I couldn’t be happier. When I wrapped up OFF CAMPUS, it was important to me not to pretend that...
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Queer Romance Month is Here With All the Awesomeness!
Queer Romance Month is here! So many terrific posts today for the launch of Queer Romance Month! I’ve got an incomplete list for you, in case you’ve missed any. KJ Charles is at The Mary Sue with “The...
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Shiny Purple Motorcycles and Being a Grown Up
Home from the Gloria Steinem & Roxane Gay event tonight. I promptly recited pretty much the entire evening–from their readings to the Q&A session–to my mom, who was babysitting my kid. Here are...
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#TeamCash Brings the Cute Animal Clips!
One of my favorite characters to write is Cash Carmichael, who shows up in most of the books of the Bend or Break series, and got his own story with Steph in THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. Cash loves cute animal...
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REAL WORLD is here at last!
Sigh. Man, I love holiday novellas. I love reading them. I love writing them. I love the magic glow of family and friends and good cheer, the wallowing in sentimentality and hope and love. Yeah, it’s...
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Tom & Reese’s Celebratory Rigatoni
You know how I’m always mentioning that I use lots of stuff from real life in my books? Yes, I mash it up with so many other things that my real-life stuff isn’t generally recognizable to anyone who...
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If you thought that rigatoni was good…
I’m here with my mom’s minestrone recipe! This soup is amazing, and super flexible in that it very much thrives on all kinds of stuff being dumped in it. I make it a little bit differently than my mom...
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Snuggle Up, Holiday Romances Are Here!
Oh, I love me some holiday romances. I’ve already made one list of some fabulous books in the category for my REAL WORLD blog tour stop at All About Romance. In “Santa Baby, Bring Me a Love Story,” I...
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Three new Bend or Break covers!
Coming March 22nd, Austin and Vinnie both get their stories in the duology BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. Plus, readers can also choose to buy their novellas individually with fabulous covers of...
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DAMN, Samhain Books Are Amazing
Samhain’s announcement that they are closing (I raved about my publisher, editor, and cover artist here) kicked off a stroll down memory lane via my Kindle library. I thought it would be fun to do a...
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#RT16 RECAP: YOU CAN WALK IN VEGAS AND NOT DIE (BREATHING ON THE OTHER HAND…)
-If you sleep through your 4am alarm and finish the last part of your packing in a mad dash for the Uber that only took three minutes to arrive, there’s an excellent chance you will show up in Vegas...
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Lambda Literary Rock Stars, Baby
I just got back from the Lambda Literary Award nominees reading at the Sulzer branch of the Chicago Public Library and it was so fabulous, I’m going to make you all go read these books. There was...
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Summer Reading Begins!
Hello, summer reading! I don’t actually have a vacation planned for this summer, but I’m piling up my summer reading anyway. Lakefront beaches and shade trees in parks, here I come! Chicago’s winters...
View ArticleBustin’ Makes Me Feel Good ~ Why I Loved the Gender-Swapped Ghostbusters
I’m trying to figure out how to describe the feelings I got while watching the new Ghostbusters this past Sunday morning. I wrote a post once about what it would feel like to have a chance to vote for...
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