tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345877056470172812024-03-05T17:53:24.953-08:00S. Brady Books: Everyone deserves a Happily-Ever-AfterWelcome to the home of S. Brady Books - Sarah and Shannen Brady, a mother-daughter writing team based out of Washington State. Here's where you can find all about current and upcoming books and where we chat about writing, working, life, sex and more.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-56682002023942535642016-10-24T17:24:00.000-07:002016-10-24T17:26:26.985-07:00Shannen Got Married!<h2>
Congrats Shannen! This last Saturday, My daughter/ writing partner/best friend married the love of her life. </h2>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-1240932728546599952016-09-22T22:14:00.000-07:002016-10-02T17:38:27.896-07:00Welcome new readers!We're happy to announce that the Strong Woman Giveaway was a rousing success! We have so many new subscribers and we can't wait to welcome you all! We'll be sending out an introductory email with a new story shortly, and a newsletter next month!<br />
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Unexpected Gifts comes out tomorrow from Decadent Publishing. See your favorite ebook retailer Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Check out a bit of the new novella below.</h4>
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a colossal waste of time. That was the real bitch about all this. Iris had, of
course, checked out the company website, and that whole “perfect match” crap
was just that. Crap. Despite all the hearts and flowers floating around Aaron
and Ramón these days, she knew better. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There’s
no such thing.</i> Goddess only knew she’d known enough guys to figure that
out.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> Aaron
had one thing right—she did like men. She liked hard, muscular bodies, rough
hairy chests, and the hot spicy scent of a sweaty man. For a minute. the image
of Mike Connolly the last time they all went swimming in the creek behind the
farm popped into her head. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whoa! Where
the hell did that come from?</i> Having that picture show up was a little
disconcerting, but she had to smile. They all called him Brother Bear for a
reason. The guy’d had a thick brown pelt since they were sixteen. So much more
appealing than the manscaped pretty boy barflies she’d get if she walked into
that fancy lounge in this getup. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Give me
a real man any day.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Too
bad men like him didn’t really go for strong women. Guys got off on the whole
Lara Croft fantasy of a hot warrior babe, but they didn’t want to bring one
home to Mama. No, the few times she’d thought there might be a point in trying
to get serious about a guy, they always got pissed when she had to be gone for
long stretches doing security work, or when she came home bloody if a job went
south. They all wanted to wrap her up in Bubble Wrap and turn her into
something she wasn’t and wouldn’t want to be. Even Mike, one of the few guys
she could stand being around for any length of time, went back and forth
between treating her like one of the boys and someone in need of a padded room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> Iris
picked her way between icy puddles on the wet cobblestone walk in front of the
hotel. Behind her, a car jerked to a sudden stop at the valet station and the
resulting splash kissed the back of her bare leg with a tongue of freezing
water. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shit!</i> Always aware of her
surroundings, she had expected the car, but the cold water sent a jolt through
her body and her keys slipped out of her chilly fingers. She made a grab for
them but wasn’t fast enough, and she cursed again as they slid into the small
storm drain on the edge of the walkway.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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between flashing my ass to the valet boys while I crawl on the ground in this
ridiculous dress or play damsel in distress and ask one of them to dig for
them. Not cool at all.</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">
Iris stood next to the small iron grate. She could see a flash of silver where
water tumbled over the pile of keys, a few inches below the walkway level. She
pretended to dig through her useless little evening bag. The tiny thing was
barely big enough for condoms, cash, and her smallest tactical knife but
matched the dress so she’d made do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> A
few yards away, valets and hotel guests went about their business. No one
seemed to be paying much attention to her, even in the siren red outfit. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Perfect.</i> She reached out with her Gift,
keeping her eyes on the people around her. She felt the cold steel of the
grate. Icy water rolled past, and she felt the freezing cold as if was touching
her skin. Her talent slid over metal pipe rough with ice and dirt. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A little farther</i>…g<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ot it. </i>She smiled absently at a passing businessman as her braided
keychain slithered up the side of the storm drain and laid itself obediently on
the grate next to her shoe.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">She
crouched quickly and picked up her keys before sauntering into the hotel. She
headed for the elevator according to Madame Eve’s instructions, making sure no
one had noticed her application of telekinesis. Yet another reason why the old
happily-ever-after wasn’t for her. If her being a trained mercenary wasn’t
enough to send any normal guy running off with his tail between his legs, being
Gifted would surely finish the job. No matter what Mr. Romantic Ramón wanted to
think, hoping for more than a quick bang was pointless. She’d have to make that
clear to her blind date at the start. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Happily-ever-after
is a fairy tale for children, and there’s no such thing as true love.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-86610771070056223072016-06-22T20:54:00.003-07:002016-06-22T20:56:00.985-07:00Our hearts are with Orlando. <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I've been thinking about and processing the news of the Orlando shooting for the last few days - the largest U.S. mass shooting since the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, but the sixth this week. And I think it's important for all of us to ponder and talk about a few things: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">1. This attack targeted the LGBT+ community. This wasn't just an ISIS attack on America, and framing it as such erases not only the lives of the Orlando victims, but the thousands of lives of queer people - particularly queer people of color - throughout history. This was an attack on a queer sanctuary, something nightclubs have been since pre-Stonewall. And leaving that out of tweets and speeches makes it disappear. I'm not having it. The shooter was a U.S. born American citizen who loved the police force, was obsessed with firearms and hated gay people. It doesn't get more American than that. And the sad part is, for the queer community </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">2. This isn't new. We have been murdered, raped, burned at the stake, beat with baseball bats, fists and feet. We have been denied housing, denied safety, routinely victimized and criminalized. So this, this is the result of years of societal violence, of acceptable homophobia, of legalized transphobia. We aren't surprised. But you might be, to find out </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">3. It's your fault. And mine. And all of ours. Every time you hear a homophobic comment and can safely refute it but refuse to do so, you are responsible. Every time you see an LGBT person being harassed but convince yourself it's none of your business, you are responsible. EVERY TIME you hold up or vote for or silently agree with a person like Mike Huckabee or Donald Trump, who oozes hatred from his very pores, or one of the hundreds on U.S. senators who have introduced more than 100 anti-LGBT bills in the last year, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. Which brings me to a little reminder, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">4. That your thoughts and prayers are worthless. They do absolutely nothing for a community that has been repeatedly marginalized. Posting a rainbow flag and a hashtag on Facebook are MEANINGLESS. Don't pray for us. Be active. Protest. Get involved. Volunteer. DO SOMETHING, because hypocritical thoughts and prayers do nothing for me. At the moment, one of the best things you can do is donate blood. No, no. No excuses. Just do it. It really is the least you can do. Keep in mind that non-celibate gay men are still discriminated against and cannot donate to help their brothers and sisters. And another thing, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">5. People keep saying </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stayproud?source=feed_text&story_id=1002848563103945" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">stayproud</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">. But if this hasn't demonstrated that pride is the last thing on many of our minds, I don't know what will. I will be proud and vocal and loud and obnoxious because so many of us can't. So many, including those that will be outed against their will and without their consent because of this tragedy. I've noticed time and again that allies love Pride, but don't appreciate or even know about the work that went into allowing such an event to happen. So to my LGBT+ family, I want you to be able to #stayproud. But more importantly, I want you to </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staysafe?source=feed_text&story_id=1002848563103945" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">staysafe</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-77312823025031143752016-06-21T09:48:00.000-07:002016-06-22T21:05:55.708-07:00Coming soon from Decadent Publishing! A Gifted/1NS story.<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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greed; add in her job as a kickass security operative and it makes for a lonely
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-53537888422498304502016-02-08T22:51:00.001-08:002016-02-08T22:52:25.158-08:00Spokane book signing<span style="line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cool new thing alert! Sarah will be signing books and giving away some sweet prizes at Indiana Ave. Barnes & Noble in Spokane, WA from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 14th. Plus, a bunch more local authors will be there, so you can find some new favorite books. XOXO</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: white;">Click</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1711703289105845/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">here </span></a></span><span style="color: white;">to go to the Facebook event. </span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-6502482913965567782016-01-19T18:26:00.001-08:002016-02-08T23:01:22.274-08:00Sarah and Shannen's top book picks<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hello ladies and gentlemen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My name is Sarah and I am a
bibliomaniac.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That’s right, I admit it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m hopelessly, desperately addicted to
books. Mostly it’s romances that eat my life, though I’ve been known to snap up
other kinds of books just as recklessly. Gay, straight or ménage, contemporary,
paranormal, science fiction, from vanilla to kink to “OMG, can they really say
that in print?” I love them all. When I’m not reading books I’m shopping for
books, or surfing the web looking at author websites or reviewer blogs, just in
case some wonderful new book should come to my attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My addiction has been known to seriously get in
the way of my own writing (not to mention my sadly neglected housework.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how sternly I tell myself that my
time would be better spent writing and promoting my own books instead of
reading someone else’s, the siren call of my Kindle still pulls me away and
devours my brain, along with the shreds of my self-discipline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used to be open about my
obsession, with paperback books scattered all over the house for my family to
trip over, box up, and complain about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The advent of e-books has allowed me to take it underground and my addiction
now rages completely unchecked. I won’t go into exactly how many e-books I
currently have on my reader but suffice it to say that my husband has no
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Amazon knows for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whether due to Nature or Nurture,
I’ve managed to pass my obsession to at least one of my children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shannen is nearly as addicted to reading as I
am, though at any given time her taste is a lot more eclectic and less focused
than mine has been of late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As hard as
it is to choose from among our vast shared library, we’re offering up some of
our favorites, in case you’d care to have a look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you come to love them as much as we
do. Since I’m also a writer <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>forever in
search of fans of my own, I’m going to help out my fellow authors by giving
you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>links to the author’s web page
wherever I can find it, and to the book on Amazon if I can’t find an author
site. Buy, read and enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sarah’s top picks -in no particular order:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.nrwalker.net/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Red
Dirt Heart series – N. R. Walker</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.harperfox.net/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Tyack
and Frayne Mysteries – Harper Fox</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.jordanlhawk.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Whyborne
and Griffin series – Jordan L. Hawk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.kendallmckenna.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tameness of the Wolf series – Kendall
McKenna</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.lyngala.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Claimings, Tails and Other Alien
Artifacts</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> and the other two Liam and Ondry books by Lyn Gala (the series
doesn’t seem to have a name but I love all three books and I keep hoping for at
least one more.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Almost anything written by “Gangsta
of Love”<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.seanmicaelwrites.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Sean Michael</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Play-It-Again-Charlie-Cooper-ebook/dp/B007W37BGY"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Play
It Again Charlie – R. Cooper</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.cardenoc.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Strong
Enough – Cardeno C.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TJKlune"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Tell Me It’s Real – TJ Klune</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (rumor
has it there’s a sequel in the works. I so hope that’s true.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.patriciabriggs.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Mercedes Thompson series – Patricia Briggs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/noraroberts"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">In Death series by Nora Robers
writing as J.D. Robb</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anything and everything ever written
by</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mercedeslackey.com/">Mercedes Lackey</a></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shannen’s Favorites:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <a href="http://www.mercedeslackey.com/" target="_blank"> Serpent's Shadow - Mercedes Lackey</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;"> </span>- I also love pretty much every single things she's ever written.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/noraroberts"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Bride’s Quartet series – Nora
Roberts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.jennycrusie.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Bet
Me – Jennifer Crusie</span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> - The seeds of inspiration for a tattoo I now have were planted by this book! When I love, I love hard. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TJKlune"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Tell Me It’s Real – TJ Klune</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> - I laughed so hard I cried when I read this book. I stayed up all night reading it and woke up my partner laughing hysterically. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.lcchase.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Pick
Up Men series – LC Chase</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008476HBM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Pride
and Prejudice – Jane Austen</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mara-Daughter-Puffin-Story-Books/dp/0140319298/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453238842&sr=1-1&keywords=mara+daughter+of+the+nile+by+eloise+jarvis+mcgraw"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Mara,
Daughter of the Nile – Eloise Jarvis McGraw</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shelsilverstein.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Falling Up – Shel Silverstein</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-76167613000126765612016-01-12T12:19:00.002-08:002016-01-19T18:26:26.745-08:00New S. Brady novella, coming your way!Exciting news, wonderful people! We're currently in talks with a publishing company to produce our new novella! We've gotten a number of emails from folks wanting a story on Iris, and they're in luck; our novella is the story of how Iris Kosta finds love - and a little trouble along the way! We're super excited about the process, so watch this space! As soon as we've signed contracts and finalized plans, we'll be posting about it here. :)<br />
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<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/deyp1AGosZu92/giphy-facebook_s.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-83036369586001293812015-09-27T22:52:00.001-07:002015-09-27T22:52:19.976-07:00Back from GRNW!Post-Gay Romance Northwest meet-up, we have one final thought: our feet hurt! We ended the weekend with a Banned Books drag show and lots of dancing, so we couldn't be happier with how it turned out.<br />
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Our new newsletter (coming soon!) will feature our full wrap-up of GRNW, and we'll be hitting the con scene again at the Emerald City Writer's Conference Oct. 16-18, so look for us there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-22032812568115115152015-01-11T19:33:00.000-08:002015-01-11T20:11:46.801-08:00Welcome Samanthya Wyatt<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Welcome to our friend Samanthya Wyatt!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Thank you Sarah and Shannen for having me here today. I appreciate your helping me
celebrate the release of book 2 in the ‘One and Only Series’.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved
curling up with a book. When I was young I wrote poems and short stories. When
I graduated, my life changed. I married a military man, traveled across the US
and abroad, settled in the Shenandoah Valley and had a family. Then I found
romance novels.<strong> </strong>I fell in love with the characters and needed to know
their happy ending.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">When I couldn’t afford to buy them, I
wrote my own stories. I’ve taken every workshop I could to improve my writing.
I’ve entered many contests. I joined RWA and joined several chapters. Savvy
Authors offered a pitch contest with several editors, agents and publishers.
Coming up with a pitch—25 words or less—is extremely difficult when you’re in a
group with thousands of other authors. But I got the attention of 3 editors and
two different publishing companies. My dream paid off. I signed my first contract
with Soul Mate Publishing.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">My
characters are fictitious. I have taken real life experiences to achieve the
emotion on paper for my characters. I do a lot of research for the time period,
studying the lingo / slang and culture. With appropriate details, hopefully I
put the reader in the setting.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I
find that I get a lot more accomplished if I just sit at the computer and
write. As long as I write something, I just keep going. Later I can delete or
gather tidbits together. And I have deleted whole chapters. But if I want my
story to go somewhere and be a good MS, there has to be GMC. I learned this
from many workshops. I learned how to do character sketches, GMC charts,
plots—everything one needs to bring a story together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> I’m
so excited to talk about “The True One” my sequel, book 2 in the One and Only
Series. In the first book of the series, “The Right One”, Katherine’s brother
is missing. Book 2 is Stephen’s story—“The True One”.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">His ship in
splinters and his men captured, Stephen is a broken man. Yet the torture he
received by his enemies is nothing compared to the torment he bears from an
angel with lavender eyes.</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Jennifer left
England full of a young girl’s fantasies of romance and adventure. When she
cares for a near death captain, memories emerge of the family she left behind.
Will the passion they share be enough? He must choose – her or revenge. </span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">My
first submission to an editor resulted in a rejection. Being a beginner, I was
not surprised. And I didn’t let it get me down. The thing that impressed me the
most was a comment—<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what happened to the
brother</i>? She told me the story had holes. All questions needed to be
answered.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So
I worked on my story, but decided Kat’s brother was a story all by itself.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So
the sequel, book 2, is about Kat’s brother. Why he was gone for two years, what
happened to him, and a love story all his own.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="color: white;">Is
there a book 3? Of course. The third book in the series is about Giles. He was
introduced in the first book as Morgan’s best friend—the duke.</span><span style="color: white;"> In the second book, he is asked
to rescue Stephen.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">My characters in all of my books are fictitious. However, I have
taken real life experiences to achieve the emotion for their situations.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Find
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The True One - </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Captain Stephen
Radbourn accepts an intriguing proposition which results in horror. His ship in
splinters and his men captured, he is a broken man. A band of rebels rescue
their leader from a dungeon, taking the near dead captain with them. Fearing
capture and thinking the tortured man will die, they leave Stephen in the care
of a woman, who he believes is an angel of mercy. A man of passion, with a
trail of satisfied maidens to prove it, he finds his heart captured by the
lovely widow. But she forces him to choose—her or revenge.</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jennifer Faircloth departed England full of a
young girl’s fantasies of romance and adventure. Her young husband dies leaving
her a widow to survive alone in a foreign land. When a near death English
captain is dropped at her door, memories emerge of the family she foolishly
left behind. While caring for him, her curious imagination turns to an
overwhelming awareness she cannot deny. He must flee for his life and he takes
her with him—back to England—back to the family she’d deserted. She wants her
family to forgive her, but she wants Stephen’s love even more.</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I love to hear from readers. </span></span></div>
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embark on a journey with the hero and heroine, become involved in a dream,
plunge into a world of fantasy, and live an adventure your heart can share.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He
was dead.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He
had to be. For serenity enclosed him. Fresh air cloaked him. A cloud of
softness wrapped him. Comfort would mean he’d gone to heaven, when he had been
destined for hell. Slowly, Stephen became aware
of soreness, then stinging, then blinding pain. Sure signs of hell.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The
lilting voice of an angel drew him to an unbelievable place of calm. The
honeyed sound soothed his mind to a state of ease. Alleviating his anxiety. Diminishing
his pain. The most enchanting dream he’d ever held.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He opened his eyes with excruciating
sluggishness. The first glimpse of light splintered his skull with a sharp
stabbing. He slammed his eyes closed with a long groan. He’d been denied sunlight
for so long, he thought never to see the light of day again.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">His
insides still stuck to his backbone. He breathed as deeply as his broken ribs
allowed, then grounded his teeth over the agonizing ache. Slashing pain shot
through his jaw stirring more memories. Oh yes. That had been broken too.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A
bed? He took a moment to grasp his surroundings. Unfamiliar hands. Gentle
hands. He thought he’d felt movement at one time, dreamed he was in a wagon.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flashes of torture penetrated his skull—men
with curved knives and jeweled handles, shackles, a pit for a prison cell. He
struggled with the bonds squeezing him when the sweetest sound of an angel
pulled him from the dark fog. Reassuring hands swabbed a wet cloth over his
feverish skin and coaxed him to swallow. Blessed relief to his parched lips.
Now he lolled in a bed.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">With
a sense of unease he pondered his situation, wondering what state of play
brought him to this consequence. He inhaled, taking in pleasant air. No stench.
No slimy creatures. Where was he? At this point he didn’t care. As long as he
no longer suffered the Raj’s torture.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Slowly,
and more cautious this time, he lifted one lid to a narrow slit. The swelling
around his eye had gone down considerably. He glanced down to find a hand-sewn
quilt, like the ones his mother made. Definitely a bed. Which also resembled
his English heritage. Had he somehow been transported back to England?</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He
rolled his head against the pillow’s softness. His mind wandered restlessly
through a mirage of shadows. His ribs were on fire. He searched the room. A
window stood open and the thin covering wavered as if the wind blew gently to
make it dance. A crude piece of furniture beyond the bed with items scattered
about. To the right a door. He wondered who was on the other side. Friend or
adversary? He closed his eyes for a moment, seeking relief. Ignoring the pain
in his skull, he turned his head to the right and saw the delicate creature in
his dream. An angel of mercy, with dark hair falling about her shoulders. Long
sweeping lashes brushed velvety cheeks. Instant awareness surged through his
body. At least the devils hadn’t killed that part of him.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">On
the heels of that thought, he wondered if she were a maid or the wife of some
possessive husband. If she were his wife—perish the thought—he would never
leave her alone in any room with a strange man, incapacitated or no. Especially
not in close proximity of a bed.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And
he was naked. Bare as a new baby’s bottom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Between Homeland Security's Gifted Agenda and the bigotry
of a fearful populace, having paranormal Gifts is a dangerous thing.
Pyrokinetic Aaron Flores knows firsthand how difficult it can be to control his
power. Still, he runs his bakery and never gives up on finding his Happily Ever
After. When Aaron's cousin asks him to check on her former EMT partner, Aaron’s
chance has finally arrived. He's determined not to let anything stop him from
catching (and keeping) his man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Del Rio spent three days at the tender mercies of HOMSEC agents when his former
partner was taken. He wants nothing to do with a Gifted guy, but Aaron is
nothing if not persistent. He's a pastry chef after all, and the way to a man's
heart really is through his stomach. The physical passion they share is the
icing on the cake. Just when Ramón decides that having Gifts might not be a
deal breaker, someone close to Aaron decides his fire needs to be put
out—permanently. Ramón will have to face his fears to save them both.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-87388333080257760852014-12-29T18:07:00.003-08:002014-12-29T18:07:50.075-08:00<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Check out this new release from our friend and fellow Dreamspinner author Tempeste O'Riley.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We just bought it and are reading it tonight but since it's from Tempeste, it has to be awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Kaden Thorn, a dental surgeon who lives a quiet life, has no hope of finding the love he craves. A vicious gay bashing cost him the use of his legs and confined him to a wheelchair. He has given up hope of finding a Dom or even a nonkink partner to love him. When his best friend practically forces him to attend a dinner party, the last thing he expects is a strong Dom who can see beyond his wheels. <br /><br />Deacon James is an architect and a demanding Dom, but he has spent the past couple of years without a sub or partner. When an employee invites him to a dinner party to meet his girlfriend, Deacon smells a setup but agrees anyway. He prides himself on being an excellent judge of character, and when he meets the younger dentist, he sees past the chair and finds a sweet submissive man who more than piques his interest. <br /><br />Kade's fears and demons continue to haunt him, challenging Deacon to use everything he's learned as a Dom to earn Kade’s trust and submission. Deacon's determined, though, willing to battle all of it to have Kade by his side and at his feet.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Sweet Fire is available for Pre-Order on the Dreamspinner Press website. Woot! </span><a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5901" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Click here</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"> to see our book page there. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Our release date is January 2 and we'll be visiting several other websites for interviews and guest blogs in the week following the release. Come visit us. See schedule in another post here.</span><br />
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and the bigotry of a fearful populace, having paranormal Gifts is a dangerous
thing. Pyrokinetic Aaron Flores knows firsthand how difficult it can be to
control his power. Still, he runs his bakery and never gives up on finding his
Happily Ever After. When Aaron's cousin asks him to check on her former EMT
partner, Aaron’s chance has finally arrived. He's determined not to let
anything stop him from catching (and keeping) his man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Ramón Del Rio spent three days at the tender mercies of HOMSEC
agents when his former partner was taken. He wants nothing to do with a Gifted
guy, but Aaron is nothing if not persistent. He's a pastry chef after all, and
the way to a man's heart really is through his stomach. The physical passion
they share is the icing on the cake. Just when Ramón decides that having Gifts
might not be a deal breaker, someone close to Aaron decides his fire needs to
be put out—permanently. Ramón will have to face his fears to save them both.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ramón set a pair of tall green
glasses on the table and slid onto the stool at right angles to his own chair,
facing the dance floor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So you come here now and then, do
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ramón’s cheek twitched. “Maybe a
little more often than that.” He scanned the room and nodded at yet another
person waving at him. “Most of the gay contingent of the county’s cops,
firefighters, and EMTs come here. The band has a regular gig here too. They’re
pretty good.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I bet they are, but the next time
you say you’ve been somewhere a few times, I’ll have to assume you’re full of
shit.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ramón grinned at him and raised his
glass in a toast just as the sound system roared to life. The bass player plucked
out an opening riff that had Ramón jerking his head around to stare at him,
then dropping his face into his hand. Concerned, Aaron put a hand to his
shoulder. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What the hell? </i>He didn’t
understand what was going on until the bass player stopped and the lead singer
stepped up to the mike.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Looks like we have some old friends
in the crowd tonight!” The man’s voice was deep and smoke-raspy, and he was
looking right at their table. Ramón looked up and shook his head, clearly
telling the man no way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Del
Rio</i>!” The massive drummer had a massive voice, and the chant was quickly
picked up, first by the band and Ramón’s loud friends at the bar, then by the
rest of the patrons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rio!
Rio! Rio</i>!” Ramón pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes for a
minute while Aaron stared incredulously. It was obvious as soon as they walked
in that Ramón was well known here, but he certainly never expected anything
like this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It quickly became clear that the
noise wasn’t going to stop until the man did whatever the hell it was they
wanted. Ramón slid off his chair and touched Aaron’s cheek with an apologetic
smile, then turned and walked quickly to the stage, while the chant turned into
a roar of whistles and cheers. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Merciful
gods!</i> Aaron watched in stunned amazement as Ramón, solid, serious Ramón set
one hand on the edge of the stage and vaulted onto it. He stood with his back
to the room for a long moment, plucking in what Aaron assumed was a nervous tic
at the buttons at the cuffs and the front of his shirt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shocked as he was to see his quiet
lover leap onto the stage, he was still unprepared for what came next. The
oldies bass riff came again, and Ramón turned quickly around, ripping off his
shirt at the same time. The dark cotton shirt drifted to the stage floor,
leaving Ramón in a thin wifebeater tank that gleamed whitely against his
beautiful copper-brown skin. Aaron tried to swallow with his suddenly dry
throat and gulped at his sticky drink.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Somehow the smooth baritone voice
was the least shocking part of this whole incredible experience. As a soulful
rendition of “Stand By Me” rolled over him, Ramón held his eyes, and the rest
of the room faded completely away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first verse and the chorus came
to him from the stage, and then, miraculously, unbelievably, it got even better.
On the second verse, as the rest of the band started a smooth vocal backup,
Ramón took the small headset that the lead handed him and started down the
stage stairs. His eyes never left Aaron’s as he prowled down the steps and
skirted the dance floor toward their small table.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The second chorus came, intense and
soulful, and Ramón’s hand slid down Aaron’s throat and chest, taking all the
air out of his lungs in the process. He struggled to breathe as the
instrumental break gave Ramón an opportunity to lean in and run his mouth
butterfly light along Aaron’s jaw and over the sensitive spot under his ear.
The tiny headset mike his lover wore picked up a faint echo of two pounding
heartbeats that blended seamlessly with the heavy bass line. By the time he pulled
away, it was all Aaron could do to let him go, watching with his heart in his
throat, tears in his eyes, and all the blood in his body in his jeans. The
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together on the dance floor. As the space filled up with grinding, gyrating
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Please welcome our fellow Soul Mate author Ryan Jo Summers. Check out her November 24th release </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-Clouds-Gather-Ryan-Summers-ebook/dp/B00Q5MVTFM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417756508&sr=8-1&keywords=when+clouds+gather" target="_blank">When Clouds Gather</a>!</span><br />
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snapped, reaching out to pile the supplies into bags by herself. She’d never
shopped without adequate assistance before. “And yes I am that woman. And no I
haven't killed anyone, yet.” Slamming the bags back into the cart, she shoved
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nearby. Her blood ran cold when she recognized the one who had followed her
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smelling his breath, as he leered close to her, holding her cart hostage.We
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snickers and giggles. She could not get away fast enough. It had to be on the
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her heart plummeted in her chest. Stuck to the windshield was a poster bearing
tall red letters spelling out the words 'Murderer Go Home'. Still wet, the
paint ran down the poster, giving the illusion of fresh blood. Her hand going
to her belly, Darby stared at the gruesome sight, her stomach rolling and
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tossing it to the ground, grinding it into the pavement with her shoe. Giving
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">This is me after getting ready for two book release blog tours in two months. Done. Just done. We have all kinds of fun guest blog appearances coming up and we're ready! Here's the schedule for a bunch of fun coming up. Please come and see us for bits and pieces on partner writing, our publishing journey, and lots of new book stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">November 21, 2014 Guest spot with Joanne Guidoccio </span><a href="http://joanneguidoccio.com/blog/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">http://joanneguidoccio.com/blog/</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">November 25, 2014 - Guest spot with our fellow RWA chapter member Bonnie Paulson <a href="http://www.bonniepaulson.com/">www.bonniepaulson.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">December 5. 2014 Guest spot with CD Hersh </span><a href="https://cdhersh.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">https://cdhersh.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">December 5, 2014 We're hosting fellow Soul Mate author Ryan Jo Summers for her November release When Clouds Gather. Welcome Ryan Jo.</span><br />
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January 2 Happy New Year! Happy Release Day! Interview with J.
Scott Coatsworth at </span><a href="http://www.queerscifi.com/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">www.queerscifi.com</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">January 3 - All day blog takeover of the Dreamspinner Press blog site. Entries every few hours with lots of excerpts and fun info. </span><a href="http://dreamspinnerpress.com/blog/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">http://dreamspinnerpress.com/blog/</span></a><br />
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Visit with Tracy St. John, Queen of Kalqorians at Wicked Words, </span></span></span><a href="http://www.tracystjohn.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">www.tracystjohn.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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blog with Tara Lain, creator of the Harker Pack series, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a new twist on shifters, among other awesome
books </span><a href="http://taralain.com/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">http://taralain.com</span></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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January 6
Guest blog with Dreamspinner author Anne Barwell at Drops of Ink </span><a href="http://anne-barwell.livejournal.com/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">http://anne-barwell.livejournal.com</span></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">January 7(?) This date's not for sure yet. Guest spot with Tempeste O’Riley, (wait a minute while I go all fangirl over
her Designs of Desire series. OK, we can go on now.) </span><a href="http://tempesteoriley.com/blog/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">http://tempesteoriley.com/blog/</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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Guest spot with Elizabeth Noble on Emotion in Motion </span><a href="http://www.elizabeth-noble.com/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">http://www.elizabeth-noble.com</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-21003853311379985072014-11-05T21:08:00.001-08:002014-11-06T21:01:43.883-08:00You write WHAT with your mother? EEEEWWWWW!<span style="background-color: white; color: white;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Between writer’s conferences and
blog tours, we get that kind of question a lot. “How could you write sex scenes
that your daughter’s going to read?” or “My mother would wash my mouth out with
soap if I wrote that for her. How can you do that?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People simply can’t imagine how a mother/daughter
team can write steamy romance together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is, “Pretty damn easily.” We trust each other, and that’s all
it really takes to make this work. Who better to trust that much, since I’ve
known her literally all her life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Successful co-writing is all about
trust. You have to trust your partner’s skill, her work ethic, her
judgment,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and her morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have to trust that she’ll do what she
says she’ll do, share the load and the spotlight and that she’ll judge your words
on the merits of the work, not on some weird pre-conceived notion of what
“normal people” (read “anyone except us") would do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m not sure I even know what
“Normal” is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My own mother is a little woman
with snow-white hair who looks like everyone’s grandmother, makes lovely quilts
and crocheted hats in her spare time, and has a rap-sheet for civil
disobedience and political activism a mile long. (Give ‘em Hell, Grandma!) My
daughter, while barely old enough to drink in our state, is a purple-haired
bi-sexual who writes hot gay and straight romance when she’s not taking on the
establishment as an award winning journalist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I may look like a mild-mannered accountant/soccer mom on the surface but
only to people who don’t really know me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Screw Normal. It’s over-rated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Shannen and I first decided to
write a book together, we did have a few awkward moments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither one of us had ever written romance,
and the first sex scenes that each of us wrote were a little traumatic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those pages underwent a lot of revisions
before the final product that you see in Healer. The point is that we trusted
each other to think of the work first and foremost, and to judge the words only
on how they contributed to the book. Any weirdness passed quickly and now we
can trade our pages back and forth without any squikiness at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can let her know, without blushes, when she
needs to slow down and give us more details, because we’re writing a love
story, not a journalistic exposé.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
she doesn’t hesitate to lay it out for me when my mild-mannered alter ego gets the
upper hand for a moment (“No, Mom, a guy living in an apartment over his mom’s
garage is NOT sexy. Ever!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We felt a little bit notorious at
the Emerald City conference last month as other writers marveled that we could
do this sort of thing together. People we’d never met introduced themselves and
couldn’t wait to hear how we do it, comparing it to their own family
relationships and just shaking their heads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All I could tell them is that it does work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My co-author is smart, talented and driven
and we’ve been working together on one project or another all her life. We know
each other’s strengths and weaknesses and there’s no one I trust more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how it works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-4095552881993080622014-10-08T14:08:00.003-07:002014-10-08T14:17:16.039-07:00Healer - now available on Amazon!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Healer in now available on Amazon! You can purchase our debut novel</span><b><span style="color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Healer-Gifted-Sarah-Shannen-Brady-ebook/dp/B00NX8X8IM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412802326&sr=8-1&keywords=Healer+sarah+and+shannen+brady" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here.</span></a> </b></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We would love for each and every one of you to give Healer a read, and if you like it, leave us an Amazon review! It helps people find our book and lets potential readers know that it's good stuff. ;) </span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ta-ta for now - happy reading! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-51687173083464901802014-09-25T22:49:00.000-07:002014-09-25T22:52:36.443-07:00Healer available for pre-sale!!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">HEALER IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-SALE ON AMAZON!!!! Yaaaaay! You can purchase it</span> <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Healer-Gifted-Sarah-Shannen-Brady-ebook/dp/B00NX8X8IM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411709329&sr=1-1&keywords=Sarah+and+Shannen+Brady" target="_blank">here.</a> </span></b> <span style="color: white;">It will be released October 8. This book has truly been a labor of love, and we're so thankful to those who have helped us along the way. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: white;">So BUY BUY BUY! (Just kidding. But not really.) It can be read on e-readers, or on the computer using the free Amazon Kindle app. Paper books will follow in a few months. We're thrilled and we hope you are, too! Curl up for a good read, then tell us what you think in the comments!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-88859967167714623952014-09-23T15:25:00.003-07:002014-09-23T15:33:22.496-07:00It's Bi time we talked about this...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today is Bisexual Visibility Day. And I feel a bit
like a hypocrite, because I am bisexual, and up to this point I have been
anything but visible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am bisexual. While a very close circle of people
know this, most don’t, because I have been afraid to live “Out and Proud.”
Coming from a small Eastern Washington town, it’s easy to internalize the
beliefs of those around you – while not inherently homophobic, those beliefs
told me to keep to myself, because people would not accept me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I’m a writer, and I write about people, gay,
straight and undecided, who live their truth. And it’s gotten to the point in
my life where I don’t think I can continue to write about my characters living
honestly without doing so myself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Up to this point there was no coming out. There was
only inviting a few select people to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">share my closet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am bisexual. I am also a writer, a booty-dancer,
an animal lover. I have purple hair and hate beets. My bisexuality is simply
one part of me, not the sum of my parts. I have known this about myself since I was 12 years old. I am bisexual, but more importantly, I
am happy with who I am. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bisexual people tend to get a bad rap from people on
both ends of the sexuality spectrum. Straight people say it’s a phase or – for women
– a way to impress heterosexual men. Gay people say it’s a cop-out or an excuse
to blend in. And people of many different orientations accuse bisexuals of
being “greedy” or using the term “bi” as a pit stop on the way to full-on
Queersville.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To those who don’t or can’t or won’t understand – I’m
not sorry. I refuse to be apologetic for something that is an integral part of
my being. I won’t be ashamed of my right to exist. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s the thing: I want to fall madly, truly, deeply
in love. I want to hold hands with my significant other 25 years from now. I
want to find love notes on my dresser, my favorite food in the fridge, tickets
to that thing we love on the kitchen table. I want to dance with my lover in
our living room on a Saturday afternoon. I want witty banter, sultry looks and
constant laugher. I want to make out in the damn nursing home. And if I find
this <i>person</i>, to love and be loved by
in return…then their gender really doesn’t matter a bit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am bisexual, and I have an amazing support system.
My immediate family and incomparable significant other have been there for me
throughout this process, and I never would have made it through the confusion-tornado
of coming out without them. From here on out, I’ll be tackling queer issues and
specifically bisexual issues head on, so let me know in the comments if there’s
any you’d like me to talk about specifically.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ultimately, I leave you with a quote from Oscar
Wilde – a writer, a bisexual, a flawed personality. At the end of the day, all
you can do is be yourself. Everyone else is taken. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-19638058881201761102014-09-20T20:56:00.001-07:002014-09-20T20:59:11.151-07:00Updates, change, and lots of excitement<span style="color: white;">In the constantly changing literary world, your book isn't set in stone until it's being bought by the masses - and sometimes, not even then. We experienced a bit of this recently when one of our books underwent a (completely necessary) title change. The novel formerly known as "Fire and Water," contracted with Dreamspinner Press, will now be known as "Sweet Fire." It's sexier and won't compete with other works by the same name. In conclusion? Change is good, and that's the book you should search for when it comes out, probably sometime in January of 2015. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">We also just received news that Healer may be available for pre-sale as soon as Monday. SQUEE! This is where shit gets real, right? This is where we as authors have to implore you to BUY OUR BOOK! Plug, plug, plug. I'll post the link as soon as we have a pre-sale page. Be on the lookout for that, and keep an eye out on this site as well - we'll be posting all our updates right here!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-26023127521258714492014-09-20T20:48:00.001-07:002014-09-20T20:48:05.042-07:00Judge not, lest ye be judged.<span style="color: white;">I try my best to always look for the best in the people that I know. Most of the time it </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">works. I enjoy what I like about the people passing through my strange, chaotic life and </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">ignore things that I don’t like about them. If you look for perfection, you doom yourself to </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">disappointment and life’s too short for that. I do have a couple of hot buttons though, things </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">that make that small pessimistic harpy slumbering inside me wake up and start ravaging the </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">countryside. Sometimes she really needs to be gagged and wing-clipped.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<span style="color: white;">A prime example: Last weekend my local RWA chapter offered up a critique session. </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">We each submitted a 3,000 word piece of our current WIP and filled out a critique form on </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">everyone else’s work. We are a very diverse group in terms of what we write but I am the only </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">one writing m/m romance. (I say the only one; even though Shannen is my co-author and is </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">technically a member of the chapter, she lives in another city and isn’t around for most chapter </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">activities.) I’ve seen a few raised eyebrows in the group and I suspect there are a few who are </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">uncomfortable with the very idea of two men together in a romance novel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">That nasty, judgmental little harpy was already stirring when I walked in there. I fully </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">expected to have a couple of people decline to review my work because it’s m/m or to criticize </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">it harshly for that reason. I especially expected censure because my young gay hero is a child </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">care worker in a preschool. I walked in there with my defenses up and my arguments marshaled </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">and my harpy muscles pre-flexed. Sure enough, the one major fault the group found in my piece </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">was the profession of my hero. One very nice woman spoke up and told me that she had a real </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">problem with my guy working as a babysitter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Oh no she didn’t! Harpy-woman sat up and took notice. I gritted my teeth, sucked down my </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">righteous indignation only a little and told her in no uncertain terms that being attracted to one’s </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">own sex had nothing to do with being sexually attracted to children of either sex and that there </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">was no reason on earth why a gay man shouldn’t care for children.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Crickets....</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">My fellow author blinked at me for a minute and responded with commendable calm. “Of </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">course. I only wonder why he isn’t a kindergarten teacher or someone who would make better </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">money. How can he afford his own apartment in Spokane on what his job would bring in?”</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Oh man. While I sat there trying to extract my foot from my mouth, it went around the table </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">and several others expressed the same concern. The fact that he was gay didn’t even deserve a </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">mention.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Let that teach me to be so wary of being judged by others that I beat them to the punch and </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">judge them first. There is enough real bigotry in the world without me going out and looking </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">for it where it doesn’t exist. My thanks to my critique group for pointing out something I hadn’t </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">considered. My sweet boy will remain a preschool teacher. I’ll just have to address why he’d </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">want to work in what is clearly an undervalued profession and to remember that he’s broke. He </span><br />
<span style="color: white;">can let his studly love interest pay for dinner.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434587705647017281.post-55672800605742252742014-08-09T18:38:00.001-07:002014-09-20T20:58:50.144-07:00Dat cover<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">We have a cover for Healer!! We're more than a little in love with it. Somehow it all feels real now. The promotional beast breathing down our necks is intimidating as all get out but that’s the next mountain to climb. We hope to have some swag for the Emerald City Writer’s Conference in Octob</span><span style="line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">er.</span></span></span><br />
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