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!
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?)
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:
“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!
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.
I have been taken to task by certain people for being slack in updating.
We are currently in the middle of a heatwave in Perth, and that means my brain has melted and dripped slowly out of my ear. At least it’s not my throat this time! The cat is lying like a giant furry sausage roll in the middle of the carpet and is most unhappy when I rub her down with icecubes in an attempt to keep her cool.
That’s all very interesting, I hear you say. Yes, it is, isn’t it? Let me pour myself another glass of Passiona and tell you all what has been happening.
Actually, I won’t bore you that much. I will just give you a brief update on what’s going on in the writing world.
Firstly, Dash and Dingo: In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger won book of the year from the gay historical fiction review site Speak Its Name:
Of course, Catt and I were very pleased. I would like to say that this has thrown us even deeper into writing the sequel, but, uh, life gets in the way sometimes. This doesn’t mean we’ve given up on it – not at all, we love the guys too much – but it may take a little longer to see the next set of adventures.
But in the meantime I do have a novella coming in June from Dreamspinner. Look out for I Fell In Love With A Zombie! It may be a little bit… different.
And I have finally finished revising the draft of my steampunk novel. Fingers crossed on the submission.
See you in a couple of months! (No, not really, but I will try and be better at posting.)
It’s been a strange, wild, whacky year for me. Not only have I had two novels published, I’ve actually had readers like and respond to them – and pay money for them! Believe me, it’s a pretty humbling and surreal feeling to have.
Anyway, as a small thankyou to all of you I have written a Tigers and Devils short, which is available on my website. Click here!
This short story is set during the Christmas where Declan is recuperating from his knee operation, and Simon and Fran are in Italy. Simon finds himself having to be Florence Nightingale and Kylie Kwong all rolled into one.
I hope you enjoy it!
My latest short story, “An Australian Christmas in New York”, is now available at Dreamspinner.
You can buy it here.
Stay tuned as well, because I will soon be giving out a bonus little giftie for you all for Christmas. How secretive!
Dash and Dingo: In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger is now available from The Book Depository, for those who live outside the US and like free global shipping!
You can buy it here.
When you write a book, you look for inspiration everywhere. You may hang up pictures of people who look like your characters, or you may have even chosen a specific ‘model’. You research, and fill up pages with notes or trivia about the characters and their lives that may not even make any kind of appearance in the story whatsoever. And then there’s the soundtrack.
I’m a guest of the lovely Sarah today over at Desert Island Keepers, where I’m blogging about my love of adventure stories!
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