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I didn't think I'd have too much to talk about this week but I'm wrong! Dreamspinner is having their 9th anniversary sales all through May.




During the week of May 1-7, all of my titles will be on sale for 40% off! If you've ever wanted to read anything by me now is the time.



It's almost crazy to me to realize I've been a member of the family since the early years, mostly in anthologies at that time. So go ahead and check out the sale on all of the authors who've been with DSP for a good long time and keep coming back thru the month to see the rest of the sales.

As for my writing this week I've been busy editing Blood Red Roulette and getting ready to submit it (to DSP as it turns out since they've published a short story with these characters). Hopefully once finals are over and I'm done grading all the things I can get this sent in, at least four months later than my original plan. Sigh.


And then this happened

I did set the bar low I'm afraid but April is research conclusion month plus the end of the semester drowning in work month so getting 10K of new words is victory enough for me. Part of it was for Corpse Powder which has been sent off and the rest is for Behind Blue Eyes. I'm so glad people are enjoying it in Rainbow Snippets. It's been bolstering. It's not really a romance (romantic subplot yes) but you can say that for nearly everything I write.

So again check out the sale. Find some fun summer reads!

Books make fantastic gifts. They make great breaks from the holiday stress for you. And I have plenty for sale for the Black Friday weekend.

Check it out. My entire back list at Dreamspinner Press is on sale. This includes ebooks, paperbacks, and novellas. You can navigate from my link to check out all of DSP's great authors. Check it out here


And the Project Fierce: Everyone Deserves a Home anthology by Less Than Three press is also on sale. You get a great anthology and get to help LGBT kids in need. It's win win. Find it here

From Dreamspinner Press:
GRL Preorders are now available!

If you plan to attend GRL in Chicago this October, you can preorder paperbacks on our site between now and September 21 to be picked up at the event, and if you use the code GRL2014, you won't have to pay shipping! Any orders using this code will only be available for pickup at GRL. You can order books from any author, even if the author isn't attending GRL.

The code is valid on all in-stock paperbacks and good for multiple orders, so take advantage of all the specials between now and then. We will have a special GRL preorder sale Sept. 17-21 where ALL paperbacks will be in-stock for preorders, so if something isn't available now, check back then.


You can keep up with details on DSP's blog here

While I'm unable to attend GRL sadly, don't let that stop you from ordering a copy of Kept Tears. I'm not promising anything but there might be some that are signed.

I'm over the moon. Dreamspinner has sent me a contract for my urban fantasy novel Kept Tears. This is my first novel sale so I'm greatly excited. I love these two men and I hope others will, too. Here's part of the cover letter to give you an idea what it's about, if you didn't see past posts.

Aaron, a young veteran, has enough on his plate just trying to learning to use his prosthetic arm while attending graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh. He’s mentally ill-prepared for meeting Rhys, one of the most intriguing men he’s ever seen. Ready or not, in Kept Tears, Aaron finds himself jumping in the deep end of the relationship waters.

What Aaron couldn’t possibly begin to guess at is that Rhys isn’t human at all. As a prince of the Tylwyth Teg, Rhys is a fae with a whole list of enemies accumulated over the past few centuries. Among them is a former lover, Morcant, who is back to make Rhys’s life miserable. As Morcant takes on human form, a student named Kyle, he tries to steal Aaron away from Rhys. An unwitting pawn in their Machiavellian fae politics, Aaron only knows he’s falling in love. He never suspects that love might just be his death sentence.


I'm going to go do a little dance.

Dreamspinner press is having another sale.

The 2008 Advent set will be available for 44.99 through October 31. It will go out of print on November 1, so don't miss your last chance to get it! check it out here

I'm very happy to say that the 2012 Advent Calendar will have my story Peace in the Valley a little werewolf fun for the holidays.

Also, all Christmas eBooks will also be 25% off.

This should include my Crisis in Faith (Vampires in Vegas, short story) and The Darkest Midnight in December (1930s demon hunters, novella), though I didn't see it in the list.

check it out here


So head on over and find something you'd like to read.

It's talk like a pirate day and Dreamspinner is having a sale. My space pirate story, Ghost of Jupiter is in the Cross Bones anthology that's one of the things on sale!


Ahoy, matey!

Avast! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day. Time to celebrate with loads of booty. So polish up your best pirate lingo and set sail for the Dreamspinner site.

Arrr! Get our pirate anthology "Cross Bones" at 50% off and all other available ebooks at 25% off.

If that's not enough to shiver ye timbers... for all ye true pirates out there, we've hidden chests o' treasure around the site. Find them all and win a pirate book of your choice.

Instructions for the scavenger hunt:

We've hidden chests o' treasure around the site ( Dreamspinner). Find them all and win a pirate book of your choice. The treasures be hidden among pirate related booty so be clever! Find 25 chests and then mail the fair wench julyssa[at] dreamspinnerpress.com listing where you found the treasure. You have until midnight today (Wednesday) to send in your answers. Everyone that finds 25 chests wins.
Avast! Some treasure is better than no treasure so if you don't find all 25 chests, make your list and send it in. We'll take the top 10 entries that come close but don't make 25 and crown them winners as well.

Arrr! Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen you brave pirates!

20% off all in stock items. Today only!

They're also a huge giveaway: the readers have to share their
favorite kiss and make up scene from any of our books. One winner, drawn
randomly from all entries, will receive a month of free books: a free copy
of every book DSP puts out in the month of September. Now isn't that cool?


The readers have to leave their comments on this Facebook post

Check it out. Hmmm oddly I don't think I have a kiss and make up scene in anything DSP has published of mine. Ha!