Sunday Small Talk

I wish I had more time for small talk. Between struggling to convert a class to an online class at the last minute and doing nano and writing my sabbatical request I haven’t time for much of anything.

I am however doing nano under my other pen name and it’s going all right but I’ve been slowing down because of test making and last minute class stuff for the above mentioned class.

Heck I’m not even had time to say that my novel is coming out in NINE days so here’s me saying that.

blood-red-roulette

Blurb Arrigo Giancarlo’s friends think he’s a rich young man with the unusual job of paranormal investigator, working with his psychic assistant in Las Vegas. In truth he’s a two-thousand-year-old vampire and member of the Chiaroscuro, a group of Supernaturals dedicated to keeping humanity safe from the more dangerous of their kind. He’s also openly bisexual… but alone.

When he spots Luc St. John in a bar, Arrigo is intrigued. What begins as an effort to repay the kindness shown to him in the past quickly turns into much deeper feelings for the suffering and displaced Cajun. For Luc’s part, he feels too poor, too uneducated, and too bound to his hateful family to ever be worthy of elegant and cultured Arrigo.

An old enemy, Eleni, blames Arrigo for murdering her true love. On the anniversary of that death, she’s back to take revenge. As Arrigo’s closest friends fall victim to savage attacks, he fears nothing will keep Luc safe. Should he break both their hearts and let Luc go, or is it too late? If Luc’s already in Eleni’s sights, Arrigo knows that like most things in Vegas, the odds are against him.

You can pre-order the paperback here (currently on sale)

the ebook here

It releases November 13th!

And have some writing links

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Editors (According to Novelists)

Writing When Life Is More Trick Than Treat

Self-Publishing 3.0 And How To Build Success As An Indie Author With Orna Ross

How Successful Authors Use Social Media: 23 Content Ideas

Create the Villain Readers Love to Hate

From around the web

This is a Truly Bizarre Way to Write a Novel

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How Dedicating A Whole Year To Write About Happiness Changed My Life

Is It Real? 25 Famous Writers on Writer’s Block

Vision Boards for Authors


Five Fantasies Driven by Unconventional Minds

Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Real Human Conversation

For World Mental Health Day: When Writer’s Block Is Actually Depression

Here Is How You NaNoWriMo, You Ruinous Monster, You

3 Ways to Use “Accidental Research” to Write More Authentic Fiction


Write, Critique, Revise, Repeat: On Le Guin and Asking the Hard Questions of Ourselves

Rainbow Snippets

Started nano. I managed to do 5000 in one day but today isn’t going as well.(it’s been an exhausting day).

Here’s a bit more from Blood Red Roulette

Something stirred in his gut about the cause of Luc’s injuries. If the drunk had mentioned seeing Luc in an alley with what he thought was another young man, Arrigo didn’t doubt Luc’s father would react violently. He seemed to respond viciously to most things from the few times Arrigo had seen him. Arrigo truly regretted his impulsive would-be snacking. He wished he could make Luc’s family stop hurting him. Vampires could control minds but only briefly and in very limited ways. The effects quickly faded, so the best he could do would be to take the pressure off for a night and only if he spent a good deal of time concentrating on it.

“Okay, I’ll take as many as I can carry, then.”

Luc’s pale brow beetled. “Why are you being so nice? You barely know me.”

“Call it karma.” Arrigo waved the twenty. This time Luc took it. Arrigo stooped and loaded his arms up with several water bottles. “Let’s just say I have the means, and it makes me feel good to help others. Why don’t you go get out of the heat? It’s only going to make your eye worse.”

Blurb Arrigo Giancarlo’s friends think he’s a rich young man with the unusual job of paranormal investigator, working with his psychic assistant in Las Vegas. In truth he’s a two-thousand-year-old vampire and member of the Chiaroscuro, a group of Supernaturals dedicated to keeping humanity safe from the more dangerous of their kind. He’s also openly bisexual… but alone.

When he spots Luc St. John in a bar, Arrigo is intrigued. What begins as an effort to repay the kindness shown to him in the past quickly turns into much deeper feelings for the suffering and displaced Cajun. For Luc’s part, he feels too poor, too uneducated, and too bound to his hateful family to ever be worthy of elegant and cultured Arrigo.

An old enemy, Eleni, blames Arrigo for murdering her true love. On the anniversary of that death, she’s back to take revenge. As Arrigo’s closest friends fall victim to savage attacks, he fears nothing will keep Luc safe. Should he break both their hearts and let Luc go, or is it too late? If Luc’s already in Eleni’s sights, Arrigo knows that like most things in Vegas, the odds are against him.

You can pre-order the paperback here (currently on sale)

the ebook here

It releases November 13th!

If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!