SEAN KENNEDY
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“Wings of Equity” Cover and Release Date
My head is spinning quite a bit because the cover has only just been finalised (and you can see why, because my good friend Catt put a hell of a lot of work into it, and it looks fantastic), and I have just found out that my steampunk novel Wings of Equity will be released on July 2nd.
“The truth is that those who make a difference usually get martyred. What good are you dead?”
Ezra Kneebone is most at home in the skies, piloting his airship with his best friend Jazz, even if it doesn’t quite pay the bills or warm Ezra’s empty bed. Those same skies are also the territory of a man known as Icarus who uses his metal wings to steal from the rich and feed the poor. Icarus and Ezra could be soul mates but for one thing: Icarus has a bounty on his head, and Ezra is desperate for money.
Against the wishes of Jazz and her partner, the formidable Lady Bart, Ezra is determined to get his man… in more ways than one. But when Icarus saves Ezra’s life, Ezra realizes he would be betraying a hero—and his heart—if he turned Icarus in. Unfortunately, the bounty is tempting more than one hunter, and Ezra will find that loving a fugitive may mean becoming one too.
Check it out here.
Cooking with Simon Murray
So, Simon’s been in contact with me a lot lately (to tell you the truth, he never seems to shut up, even though it’s been almost a year and a half since his and Dec’s story was published). We were talking, and he let it slip that he’s been cooking. I knew he had learnt to master the humble soup while Declan was recovering from his knee operation, but this was something new.
Late News Is Better Than No News
So, I Fell in Love With A Zombie was released last week. Whoops! Which is really slack of me not to do a post then, but I had a horror couple of weeks. (Horror, get it?!?) *crickets* Anyway, I had to ask for an extension for the galley edits of Wings of Equity as well, but they are now completed and handed in.
But, yes, Zombie is out! It may not be your normal love story, but I like it. It’s a little bit of an homage to the kid in me who liked those creepy Twilight Zone episodes in a post-apocalyptic setting. But there are some funny bits as well. Hence the very 1950’s title.
A few things – and links!
I’ve been intruding on some other websites recently, so I thought I should post here because I tend to neglect this journal in favour of blathering endlessly on Twitter.
At Wave’s, I was part of the personal stories of the coming out process. You can find it here, and it’s enlightening reading. Despite the age and geographical differences there is a lot of universality there.
Kassa discussed author collaborations at Three Dollar Bill Reviews, and I answered some questions there about what it was like to work on a book with the dastardly Catt Ford.
And have you ever wondered what Simon looked like in my head when I was writing Tigers and Devils? Head on over to Kris’s, where Simon is hidden amongst some other author choices and vote – if you get the most right you can win six e-books!
Tags: catt ford, interview, tigers and devils
New Release
Hey everybody!
The Curious anthology is now available for sale at Dreamspinner:
It contains my story “Bad News Brett”, where
The anthology also contains my good friends Catt Ford, M. Jules Aedin and AJ Linden among many other fine colleagues at the DSP stable.
Buy it here, or click on the pic!
Cover Finalised
Hey everybody!
Just a quick jump-in to let you all know that the cover to my novella I Fell In Love With A Zombie was finalised and approved today, so here it is:
Jay didn’t expect to be one of the very few survivors of the virus that decimated the country, leaving shambling, ravenous zombies behind. Fighting for his life amongst the dead, he keeps moving until the day he’s surrounded and facing his bloody end—and shockingly, another zombie saves him. But not just any zombie… it’s Dave, the first man Jay ever loved, and there’s something special about him even now, in the midst of the horror around them.
It will be interesting to see how people react to the story – after all, it’s not your typical romance.
I will post a direct link for the single release as soon as it is available. But if you are wanting to buy the whole anthology set it can be bought as a pre-release at a special price, from here.
And Dreamspinner is also having a promotion throughout April that for every $10 you spend you are entered to win an iPad. (I want an iPad – any way I can rig this?)
I need a new word for ‘update’.
A short story that I wrote and submitted so long ago that I almost forgot it existed, “Bad News Brett”, will be coming out in the Dreamspinner Curious anthology on April 26:
Aren’t you just a little curious? What is it about gay male romance that turns female readers on? The truth is that women love romance and sexy men. When it’s a story about two men falling in love, there’s twice the attraction. We’ve chosen stories that run the gamut of M/M romantic fiction: from initial curiosity to the first blush of love, from awkward first times to finding fulfillment, and from heart-warming forever devotion to hot and sweaty sex. Think of it as a romance buffet: take a little bit, try a little dab, and find the flavor of M/M romance that satisfies you.
“Bad News Brett” falls into the ‘heart-warming forever devotion’ part, but I need to re-read it to produce a blurb. Which I’m not looking forward to, because I suck at blurbs. There is a batting cage and a slight injury and loss of pride, from what I remember.
And in other news, my steampunk novel, Wings of Equity, has just been accepted by Dreamspinner and I sent the contract back yesterday. So far we’re looking at a July release. Blurb coming soon for that as well!
And now it’s time to stress about getting back to writing so there will be other stuff to release once this lot is out!
The Continuing Adventures of Dash and Dingo, coming soon…ish!
I promised I’d try to update more regularly. Yay, me!
I’m feeling slightly relieved today because Catt and I (pretty much Catt) finalised the outline for the second Dash and Dingo book. We’d already written some scenes and had a general idea, but the mysteries in the storyline and how it would all play out seems to be sorted now so we should be able to knuckle down and start writing! (Fingers crossed.)
So, what’s it all about?
I have three clues for you. Swords. Spiritualists. Supposed ghosts. And maybe a submarine. Okay, that’s four. But the last one is still kind of up in the air.
The funny thing is, books 3 and 4 are already planned and we know the plots for them. It was just that #2 was kicking our arses quite a bit.
Shall I tease you with clues for 3 and 4?
Okay. Visual clue for #3:
Visual clue for #4:
Oooh. Cryptic.
Tags: dash and dingo
