Rainbow Snippets – #RainbowSnippets Snippet Sunday – #SnippetSunday Weekend Writing Warriors – #WeWriWa #8Sunday Seductive Studs – #SedStuds Below are the (unedited) opening lines from my (almost complete) WiP titled To Love and To Cherish. A blurb is still pending, but here’s a short tag line: Will Nash find love again? Of course he will. Will he go about it in the usual way? Now that’s another story entirely. The …
Flash Fiction Friday – July 15, 2016
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene written from a photo prompt. Today’s prompt picture is: This is a special Adventures with Harrison and Mason short scene, flashing back to the duo’s very first meeting. The doorbell rang as Harrison made his way to the front door with an eye toward escaping …
Seductive Studs – July 11, 2016
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. Here are 143 words from my upcoming short story, From This Day Forward. Context isn’t really …
#WeWriWa #8sunday #SnippetSunday – July 10, 2016
These are the first ten lines from my upcoming short story, From This Day Forward. The blurb is at the bottom of the post. This is told from Henry’s 1st-person POV: Christine Granger answered the door, exclaimed, “Henry!” and enveloped me in a huge mama-bear hug. Then she burst into tears. I patted her back, and as much as I appreciated the sentiment, I hoped the whole afternoon wouldn’t be …
Rainbow Snippets – July 9, 2016
I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group! For today’s …
Flash Fiction Friday – July 8, 2016
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene (aka Drabble) written from a photo prompt. Today’s prompt picture is: This is another Adventures with Harrison and Mason short scene. “Think we should follow it, Jaxon?” Mason asked. “I’ll bet they’re on their way to feed King Kong.” Jaxon perked up in the backseat. …
Seductive Studs – July 4, 2016
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. The next scheduled release that I’m participating in is the Love Is Proud charity anthology by JMS Books …
#WeWriWa #8sunday #SnippetSunday – July 3, 2016
From my short story, Okay, Then. For context, Henry and Sam have placed an order at the Mambo Juice in Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Sam has order a Vegemite and cheese toasted sandwich. Being from the US, this is not something they have experience eating in the past. This snippet is from Henry’s 1st-person POV, and Henry is the first speaker. “He” is Sam: I stabbed a fork into …
Rainbow Snippets – July 2, 2016
I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group! The next …
Flash Fiction Friday – July 1, 2016
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene (aka Drabble) written from a photo prompt. Today’s prompt picture is: This is another Adventures with Harrison and Mason short scene. Mason placed a hand on Harrison’s head and eased the two of them a bit to the side in the shower stall so the …
Seductive Studs – June 27, 2016
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. In honor of the upcoming print release of ’Til Death Do Us Part, here is …
Weekend Writing Warriors / #8sunday / June 26, 2016
Weekend Writing Warriors is a weekly hop for writers to share an 8 to 10 sentence snippet of their writing on Sundays. This link will take you to a post including a list of this week’s participants. In honor of its upcoming print release, here are ten sentences from ’Til Death Do Us Part. For context, Military Police have just paid a visit to Sam. Introductions have been made, and they are explaining the purpose of …
Snippet Sunday – June 26, 2016
#SnippetSunday is a Facebook group where you can sample a few sentences from a variety of authors’ works each week. Here are ten lines from ’Til Death Do Us Part, in honor of the upcoming print release. For context, Military Police have paid Sam Miller-Green an unexpected visit. Sam’s fiancé let them in, and Sam has already introduced himself. This is from Sam’s 3rd-person POV: The man with the round face and …
Rainbow Snippets – June 25, 2016
I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group! Since the …
Flash Fiction Friday – June 24, 2016
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene (aka Drabble) written from a photo prompt. Today’s prompt picture is: This is another Adventures with Harrison and Mason short scene. “Daddy, how do you think it got up there?” Jaxon asked. Harrison cocked his head to the side. “Maybe someone parked in the field …
Seductive Studs #06
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. This week I’m going to give you 157 words from Dreaming of You, the third story in …
Weekend Writing Warriors / #8sunday / 06/19/16
Weekend Writing Warriors is a weekly hop for writers to share an 8 to 10 sentence snippet of their writing on Sundays. This link will take you to a post including a list of this week’s participants. Here are ten sentences from my recent release, ’Til Death Do Us Part: “You know, if the plane goes down we’re all goners anyway.” The color left Sam’s cheeks and Henry felt obliged to add, …
Snippet Sunday #02
#SnippetSunday is a Facebook group where you can sample a few sentences from a variety of authors’ works each week. Here are ten lines from Chapter 1 of ’Til Death Do Us Part, my recent release at JMS Books, LLC: I liked to think of myself as a realistic optimist, or perhaps, more accurately, an optimistic realist. I recognized we were bound by the rules of nature, that facts and statistics were what …
Rainbow Snippets #16
I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group! From my …
Flash Fiction Friday – June 17, 2016
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene (aka Drabble) written from a photo prompt. Today’s prompt picture is: This is another Adventures with Harrison and Mason short scene. Harrison sat straight up in bed, gasping for breath. Mason blinked open his eyes and placed what he hoped was a comforting hand on …
Seductive Studs #05
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. This week I’m going to give you 122 words from Dreaming of You, the third story …
Flash Fiction Friday #11
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene (aka Drabble) written from a photo prompt. Today’s prompt picture is: I’m going to go with another Adventures with Harrison and Mason vignette for this image. They’re just so much fun to write! “Pop did it,” Jaxon declared. “Didn’t he?” Harrison raised an eyebrow …
Seductive Studs #04
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. This week I’m going to give you 155 words from the opening scene of Dropping Quarters, a …
Seductive Studs #03
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about an M/M Romance in the works or already published. This week I’m going to give you 188 words (slightly over the preferred range) from a …
Seductive Studs #02
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button located right below the snippet to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about a M/M Romance in the works or already published. This week I’m going to give you a snippet from my recent release at JMS Books, ’Til Death …
Flash Fiction Friday #08
Flash Fiction: There isn’t a standard specific definition for this term beyond “short”, but for the purposes of this “Flash Fiction Friday” post it will mean a precisely 100-word story scene written from a photo prompt. This week got my photo inspiration image from the good folks at Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers. FFfAW is a weekly blog hop, and you can check out the other posts for the week of 5/17-5/23/2016 …
Seductive Studs #01
The Seductive Studs Blog Hop is a weekly #bloghop for authors, readers, and bloggers of M/M Romance. Click on the blue froggy button at the bottom to hop around to this week’s other #SedStud posts. The posts should each include either: 100-150 word excerpt, review, or post about a M/M Romance in the works or already published. For my bright and shiny very first Seductive Studs post, I’ll post an excerpt from a …