Sunday Small Talk

So I spent the week with no internet. That sucks when it comes to my it being my release week. So that happened but yes Soldiers of the Sun has released and it seems to be doing pretty good, the whole series really so that makes me smile.



Also I have entered Soldiers of the Sun in the fantasy romance category of the Rainbow Awards. Last year Kept Tears got an honorable mention and made it to the final rounds. We'll see how the boys fair.

Speaking of the boys, check out this excellent article Sue Brown did here about all those who hate on women in m/m stories. Obviously this is near and dear to me. As a minor spoiler for those who haven't seen who I gave the boys as their newest partner, let's just say I know someone will write a review going 'why is there an icky woman in this story?' and I will just say this once. Strong female characters will be in my stories. Sometimes as supporters, sometimes as former lovers, maybe even as a villain but because they are villainous and not just because they're female and must be there as the bad guy by default. If having a female character at all in your m/m romance bothers you, then save yourself some grief and skip my stuff because they'll be there. I refuse to marginalize people.

I'm slowly moving forward on my Simmer story. To that end I was looking over a cookbook we found in my grandmother's effects, a 1982 family reunion cookbook. I had already planned to put at least two recipes one from either Italian granny in my story. Now I will put in something else from the family. Mostly they're desserts and I've noticed that even more so in really old cook books but Mom put that in perspective. Back in the day people went visiting on Sundays after church. You never went empty handed.

As for the Simmer story, I'm hitting a few snags but Google Earth and friends are helping. I'm setting it in the spiritualist community I lived in a decade ago, Cassadaga Fl. However my memories are turning out to be...less than reality. I'm finding that disturbing. Now that I have some of that sorted, I'm moving forward with the story (and yes there IS a female character, so there, haters).

And my internet being out was good for one thing, no writing distractions! I'm almost done with Blood Red Roulette. I'm giving myself a deadline of Nov 1st. I want this out of the way before Nano starts. I think it's possible. To my discomfort, I'm realizing how long this is. Why can't I get under the 100K mark? OMG why? I still say I need a Vegas field trip for this one.

Speaking of Vegas, in case you missed my 'Woke Up Married in Vegas' blogathon story, you can find it here . I need to go read some of the others myself yet.