Dirty Heart Now on Third Party Platforms for Pre-Order!

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dirty_heart_cover_smaller_blogDirty Heart is now up on Amazon and others!

Here’s the Amazon Link: PreOrder Here

BUT … and I never do this because I know everyone’s got a place they like to buy stuff but… I’d suggest grabbing it at DSP if you can. For…reasons. *grins*

Link to DSP Pre-Order.

Lambda Awards and Reaching Home

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Murder and MayhemI was sitting in the Houston airport with very little sleep and too little coffee. Opening email and discovered I have become a Lambda finalist for Murder and Mayhem under the Gay Mystery category.

Chuffed is a word that came to mind. So did sleep but you know you’re excited when one of the most singular honours bestowed to you is fighting off a bone-weary tired.

It’s an incredible thing to discover Murder and Mayhem is in consideration of that honour. AND I would also like to congratulate everyone who made the finalist list and a special shout out to my fellow DSP / DSPP authors John Inman and Brad Boney!

I have to thank Elizabeth North, Lynn West, Grace M. whose name I would botch spelling because I’m brain dead along with the rest of the editing team and all of DSP as well as a loving shout out to Greg Tremblay who took Murder and Mayhem into a wonderful audiobook. It is a group effort. Everything I write is held up by a fantastic team. I am so so so so so thankful to the readers as well. Because you all rock.

Thank you all and it is honour to be named with this year’s illustrious group.

Not Dead

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I swear. I’m not dead.

I am in Florida for the annual DSP sleepover and zombie crawl….er workshop.

Had a lovely visit with Rick Reed and Friends (mostly because I dunno what name they want to use here) and then Jaime Samms came in and we went to dinner. Jaime and daughter crashed in my room last night before they head off to great and bigger rooms with the person whom they love more and I get a new roommate… Mary.

It’s like Cell Block Tango but with less murdery bits.

Stayed up to 2 talking. Which is normal. Which is why it becomes a zombie crawl. There are teeny gators in the atrium area of this hotel. I’ll grab a new picture of them today when they’re awake.

Going to work on the Dirty Heart blog tour stuff….and then… ONTO THE NEXT CAMEL!

Dirty And Stuff

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I’ve been a bit AWOL mostly because I’m rounding the corner of finishing Kai 2. Towards the end of a book I get into a roll of hatred of words. Seriously, hatred. Like I have to go into blind typing because I don’t want to see the Word document. It get better. I just get brain blocked and have to push through it. I think a lot of us do that. Just pull the band-aid off. *grins*

Dirty Heart is around the corner, March 21st. I imagine as the day grows closer, I’ll get more maudlin. I imagine I’ll feel worse about Sinners because unlike Cole, there won’t be any coming back to Miki and the boys. It’s hard to say goodbye in some ways but others, it’s okay. Because you know, HEAs.

I actually like HEAs. I do. I work them into everything. Because really, deep down inside, I want there to be a happy.

I also want to talk about the evolution of the Dirty series covers. Because we’ve reached the end of the books, we can look at them in spectrum. The point of the covers was to start off with Cole’s life in the cold lonely he was in—the purples and blues. Then as his life with Jae went on, the covers would warm up to the russets and bronzes. It takes time and there’s a few hiccups along the way but in the end, there’s a hell of a lot of warmth. Notice the shift after Laundry. *grins*

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Now I have to rebrand the Hellsinger books….and soon. I just have to find that right… flavour.

* I thank Gay Book Reviews for the book graphic base. I was going to do one but they did one before me so… *slides into my bag and trots off* so smooches and thank you.