Just gonna leave this right here.
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Just gonna leave this right here.
Lynn Flewelling, Author of the Nightrunner Series, Needs Our Help.
UPDATE: Lucky has reached his goal! Thank you so very much for your generous donations.
From Lynn: Vet called at 2:30 am to say the Lucky is stabilized and so far not sign of kidney failure. He’ll be with our vet for at least a few days. Thank you all who have donated so quickly and generously. I am so grateful.
Lucky I comfortable staying at the ER for fluids tonight and more at the vet tomorrow. Sorry the updates are sparse. Soon after we left Lucky at the ER I came down with a nasty stomach flu and have been bed ridden myself. I think I have a psychic link with my kitty.
No more donations needed! You all are so wonderful. I thank you and Lucky and my family thank you. This has been a miracle, and saved our boy’s life.
Lucky and Lynn need our help.
Lucky’s GoFundMe can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/LuckyMedFund
Morning or afternoon (whenever the case may be),
Lynn Flewelling needs our help. For those of you who don’t know who Lynn is, she is one of the key seminal authors in the high/urban fantasy wave whose main characters were LGBT. Seregil and Alec were like a godsend to me because I found Lynn’s depiction of them refreshing and welcome. They’re heros of the realm, who just happen to be in love with one another.
Or rather, began to fall in love with one another.
Lynn, along with a few others like Elizabeth Abbey, Andrew Offutt, Gael Baudino, Mercedes Lackey and Janet Morris, and Chris Morris, paved the way for where we walk now. They literally laid down the stones for us. I fully believe we would not be where we are without the battles she and others fought to bring LGBT characters to life and onto our bookshelves.
She has put writing aside for a bit to chase after a long-held dream, becoming a therapist and helping others work through the problems plaguing their hearts and minds. Still, like many authors, she has a cat… Lucky.
And Lucky needs our help. So if you are able to find a few dollars tucked away, PLEASE consider sending them Lynn’s and Lucky’s way. It would mean the world to them both and well, she truly is an author who opened a whole new world to me.
Also, if you can, spread the word. There are so many of us who have read Lynn’s writing and well, I know we can help them out.
If you’ve not read Lynn’s groundbreaking books, The Nightrunner Series, go grab them and really savor the experience. It’s a fantastic fantasy read. (https://www.amazon.com/Lynn-Flewelling/e/B001H6OHSW/)
LA Times Festival of Books & Dreamspinner Press! April 22-23, 2017 | USC Campus | FREE ADMISSION
For the first time ever, Dreamspinner Press will be at The LA Times Festival of Books! Please come visit Bru Baker, Nicki Bennett, Tara Lain, Andrew Grey, Eric Shaw Quinn, me (Rhys Ford) and the Dreamspinner Staff at Booth 168! Check the booth’s signing schedule to meet and chat with attending authors.
There are a wide variety of events, food trucks, stages, signings and so many books as well as authors at the Festival.
Take a look at the schedule, find a conversation or stage event you’d love to attend, wander around but most of all, come have a great time! Read about the festival and its events here: http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/
Dreamspinner Press
Booth: 168
Dreamspinner Press is an international publisher of gay romance in print and eBook formats, as well as audiobooks and translations in eleven languages. Dreamspinner’s catalog includes over 3,000 titles by over 500 authors. Imprints include Harmony Ink Press (LGBTQ+ Teen and New Adult fiction) and DSP Publications (specialty genre fiction).
There’s This Guy Now LIVE on Audible!
There’s This Guy is now live on Audible! Narrated by Greg Tremblay.
And it can be found at: http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Theres-This-Guy-Audiobook/B06Y3C7KQS
There’s This Guy
How do you save a drowning man when that drowning man is you?
Jake Moore’s world fits too tightly around him. Every penny he makes as a welder goes to care for his dying father, an abusive, controlling man who’s the only family Jake has left. Because of a promise to his dead mother, Jake resists his desire for other men, but it leaves him consumed by darkness.
It takes all of Dallas Yates’s imagination to see the possibilities in the fatigued art deco building on WeHo’s outskirts, but what seals the deal is a shy smile from the handsome metal worker across the street. Their friendship deepens while Dallas peels back the hardened layers strangling Jake’s soul. It’s easy to love the sweet, artistic man hidden behind Jake’s shattered exterior, but Dallas knows Jake needs to first learn to love himself.
When Jake’s world crumbles, he reaches for Dallas, the man he’s learned to lean on. It’s only a matter of time before he’s left to drift in a life he never wanted to lead and while he wants more, Jake’s past haunts him, making him doubt he’s worth the love Dallas is so desperate to give him.
Mandala Entries and Winner!
I got a lot of entries, some of whom squeaked in at the last minute but honestly, I am so very amazed at the wide range of talent you all have. Now, the winner was chosen by a random number generator and that winner is…..
RON PERRY!
Congrats Ron! You win a $50 Gift Certificate to the etailer of your choice!
But wait! There’s More!
Everyone who sent me a mandala wins a $10 USD gift certificate to the etailer of their choice!
So, if you want to claim your mandala prize, please email me at rhysford(at)vitaenoir(dot)com and let me know where to send it to!
Thank you all and every one of you rocks!
Mandala submissions beneath the cut because damn, there were a lot of them 😀 Continue reading “Mandala Entries and Winner!”
Mandala contest closed!
I will be posting the entries tomorrow at some point! Today’s my mom’s birthday and I’ve got some wording to do.
In case you were wondering, it’s hot in Hawai’i, or at least where my mom is right now. We’re also experiencing a bit of a heatwave in San Diego. Or at least a massive amount of sun. I know, it’s a rough life.
That being said, I’m on the brink of a sex scene so…. *cracks fingers* wish me luck.
Snorts…
I had to share this. This is so my life.
Be sure to get your illustrations in from the contest. I’ll be drawing the winners soon!
Mandala Colouring Contest!
Be sure your entries are in! I will be posting the entries and drawing the winner when I get back into the US!
In other news, I got eight hours of sleep last night. Or thereabouts. Close enough. We’ve been doing a lot of wandering but I’m getting some writing in as well. Because you know, wording is important.
What are you all up to?
Back in the UK!
I am back in the UK. The Salon du Livre was fantastic. Dreamspinner Press and Reines-Beaux were lovely for hosting us and it was a lot of fun. Tiring but fun. We had a huge influx of French readers as well as meeting a few French authors, including the lovely and adorable Rose Darcy (whose books I want in English so I can savor them).
At the moment I am in Swindon and planning out the day. Which will probably include a lot of coffee, chatter and maybe Indian food. Or at least a chippie shop stop. Curry sauce. That might be necessary.
I also have to visit with my godcairn, Halle.
There’s a lot of stuff going on over at home… politically. Bah. We just need to ride this out and try to keep each other and the environment safe.
I’ll have pictures once we get all organized. Much love.
This Weekend At the Salon du Livre
If you are in Paris this weekend, please drop by the Salon du Livre! I will be there alongside other DSP authors! Please check the schedule and visit us!
On 25 March, Saturday, I will be signing at:
12 to 2 pm
Dreamspinner booth (D12) with TA Moore
2 to 4pm
M/M Bookmark/Reines-Beaux booth (S37) with Ariel Tachna and Zahra Owens
AND on 26 March, Sunday,
4 to 6 pm
M/M Bookmark/Reines-Beaux booth (S37) with Charlie Cochet and Blaine D. Arden
Rhys Ford 