In the holiday spirit

It's actually beginning to feel festive around my house these days. Last year, we visited family overseas so there was no decorating done at home. This year, we're here, so I put away the autumnal decorations and pulled out some of the ol' red-and-green. We even got a tree yesterday, which we haven't done in about four years. I LOVE IT! Pretty multi-coloured lights and a moose puppet as a topper. (Hey, you have your traditions, and I have mine.) I plan to get more accoutrements out later today to continue festive-ing up the place. :-D

And since it is almost Solstice, I think you should go check out my old holiday freebie short story with Jimothy and Ricky (stars of my first novel The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing). It's called Wand'ring Home and if you click that title, it'll take you straight to the pdf. (Ignore the cover art. It's fine, but it's generic, and the only thing it has to do with the story is that boys kiss each other. I've been so busy I've not gotten around to updating it.)

Happy Holidays!

Free Reads!

How red is my face? I didn't realize until I went to post this year's Slash & Burn Round-Robin on my website that I never posted last year's round-robin. D'oh! Needless to say I have rectified this issue. Check out My Bookshelf for links to download these two ass-kicking round-robins.

Free Solstice Story

Hey there! My holiday freebie is up and ready for downloading. You can find it on the Samhellion Blog (It says the theme is Xmas, really it's Solstice--they don't have Christmas, per se, in that universe). You can also get it from my website, which I updated just today with a few other things, too. If you read the story, let me know what you think!

Free Holiday Stories

I'm having fun this afternoon reading the holiday freebies from Samhain. So far I've read: The Gift of Giving; Baby, It's Cold Outside; and A Midnight Clear. All have had their various charms. What's not to love about m/m romance set in London, right? And I love stories set in and around Seattle, esp. when they involve spice and snow. ::wicked grin:: I'd been particularly looking forward to Ciar Cullen's Baltimore historical and I wasn't disappointed. If you haven't popped over to DL these fun freebies, what the hell are you waiting for? Off you go now.

Holiday Freebie Reads and I'm a dork!

I didn't realize they'd begun posting stories last week. D'oh! So rush on over to the Samhellion Blog Free Reads page and start downloading now! I'm jazzed to read Ciar Cullen's story that was posted today. And of course I'll be all over Ann Sommerville's, too. I've downloaded them all and will be reading as many of them as I can this afternoon. (Stuck at a desk where hopefully the phone won't ring much.)

And most importantly: my story will be posted tomorrow! :D If you liked Jimothy and Ricky, you'll get another taste of them tomorrow when they celebrate Solstice together.

Holiday Freebies!

Hey, gang! Next week Samhain will be offering a free holiday story a day on the Samhain Cafe and the Samhellion Blog. (I'll get you those links later when I'm on my own computer where everything is conveniently bookmarked.) Mine will be up on Tuesday 9 December, but I encourage you to download all of them. They're all short, about 3K each, and there are some great authors representing for Samhain. So check in each day next week and I'll post links for them all.

Happy Holidays!

What's she reading this week?

I finally finished Kushiel's Dart, which was brilliant. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys: fantasy; action/adventure; political drama; erotic romance.

So, what am I reading this week? I'm reading the print galley for The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing. It comes out in print on 28 April and of course that means a chance to fix typos before that happens. I'm nearly done--just one chapter to go--which is good since it's due next Monday.

Also, I won NaNoWriMo again this year. Yay! I'm a three-peat winner! (We'll ignore for now the fact that the novel isn't acutally done.)

Finally, I have a free read holiday story that will be available soon through the Samhain Cafe yahoo group and I think on the Samhellion Blog. When it's up, I'll let you know!