So Here We Are!!!

The End Of Another Year

& Things To Be Proud Of!!!

So many awesome thing and people have come into my life this year that I feel like the big guy upstairs is looking down and smiling upon my life. I have founds some great friends (you all know who you are). I finally got published, which I admit I am still snoopy dancing over. I feel okay now when asked what I do for a living and I say I am an author.

I have found some great music this year mainly due to Emily forcing it on me - LOL, but shh we just won't tell her that as she will never let me live it down. Though, my faves are still my faves and I still love them all the best.

Family - what can I say we lost some, we gained some and everyone is happy and healthy and fingers crossed they stay that way (Not counting the hubs tearing the muscle off his forearm - dumbarse - it's all I'm saying.)

Tomorrow I will give you all my intended goals for 2012. I have a few so I need you all to kick me in the arse when I start to fall behind.

On that note I will end with some wise words from Eminem

"I don't care if you're black, white, straight,
bisexual, gay, lesbian,
short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor.
If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you.
Simple as that."

What's The Goss!!!

I Just had the best news last night, my good friend Z Allora got the release date for the second book in The Dark Angels series. Tied Together will be released on  January 6th at MLRPress  I can so not wait for this book to be released I have been snoopy dancing since we found out.

I have until the 10th of January to finish writing a short Novella for the Valintine Day antho for MLRPress

I am doing the second book in the Toowoomba Boys series it is two years since we met the boys in Angels on Top. The story I am now working on is called Hunting for Clay. I figure if I write 2K a day then I will stay on track.

I have begun edits on The Lines Of Marsden: Rules Are Made To Be Broken (I still haven't gotten the final cover yet.) I can tell you that the edits aren't really anything major at this stage but I have come to hate the words (like - look - smile - that & ...)

I never realised just how much I used them until they were pointed out to me. But I suppose it is another step closer to getting a release date.

On Occasion I will be writing posts on another blog that I am involved with. Paranormal Paradigms. I will let you know each time I post. I will set up an easy link on the left side of my blog so you can get there without trouble.


The Former series that went by the title The Realms of the Great Beyond has now been changed to S.P.A.M. Inc. (Suspicious Paranormal Activity Monitoring Incorporated.)

Toowoomba Boys: Angels on Top

Reviews by Jessewave

Anne Tenino.

I just want to intro my good friend Anne Tenino, she has a new free read out and I think you should all read it as it is bloody good. The Fix is another look into the lives of the boys From Whitetail Rock S without Further ado I bring you Anne Tenino.

About the author:
While spending most of the last three years recovering from Lyme Disease, Anne Tenino started writing again. The Lyme Disease led to the demise of her “real” job, meaning she suddenly had the time. She began writing for her own entertainment in third grade, but life intervened, and she didn't get around to submitting anything to a publisher until the week of her 40th birthday. In the long, rainy, Pacific Northwest winter, writing is sometimes a mood-saver.

Anne's husband is adorably confused by her love of reading and writing about man lurve, but he's always been a supportive sort. Just don't ask him to read it. Her two school-aged daughters think it's cool Mom's a writer but aren't clear on why they can't tell Gramma about it.

When not writing, Anne likes to read, travel, cook, and shirk housework. 
Website: http://annetenino.wordpress.com/

The Fix:
Whitetail # 2,

http://annetenino.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/the-fix.pdf

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thefix-660755-144.html

http://www.amazon.com/Whitetail-Series-1-2-ebook/dp/B006QG02TQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1325016608&sr=1-3

Whitetail Rock:

http://annetenino.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/whitetail-rock.pdf

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-whitetailrock-589885-145.html

Both of these stories feature Nik and Jurgen. (For those of you who are wondering, I have a third planned story featuring Sam that I’m writing now.)

The Blurb:

 Confident almost to the point of arrogance, Jurgen never worried about his boyfriend leaving him until he overheard Nik telling his best friend he wants to move out of town. That's when the macho cop realizes that maybe asking Nik to move back to tiny Whitetail Rock—where he was tormented when he was younger for being gay and looking different—wasn't Jurgen's most brilliant idea. Now he's on a mission to find a way to fix things so Nik will stay. Which should be no problem because he's good at fixing stuff, right?

Nik isn't sure what he was thinking, moving back to his hometown after graduating with his MFA. Jobs in his field are non-existent and reminders of some of the worst times in his life are abundant. But Jurgen lives in Whitetail Rock, and Nik is willing to put up with a hell of a lot to be with him. Except maybe Jurgen's own efforts to "fix" something that's not broken...

The Excerpt:

Jurgen and Nik had an argument over Jurgen acting like a caveman and as a result, Jurgen went out to sleep on the couch. Now it’s the middle of the night and he comes back to bed to be with Nik. Nik has been lying awake for hours, thinking, and he’s sort of over his mad, and maybe ready to figure out what was really going on with Jurgen.

Excerpt:

“I’m awake,” Nik whispered.

Jurgen froze, leaning over his side of the bed. Then he climbed in and got under the covers. He sighed heavily once he’d settled in. “I forgot my pillow out there,” he whispered to Nik.

For one crazy, completely altruistic moment, Nik thought about going to get it for Jurgen. Then it passed. Instead, he rolled on his side, facing Jurgen. Not too close. He laid a hand on Jurgen’s chest.

Jurgen’s hand came up immediately and grabbed Nik’s, tangling their fingers and pressing Nik’s palm into Jurgen’s T-shirt. Nik’s heart went into overdrive. Jurgen’s beat steadily under his hand.

“Jurgen, just tell me what it is.”

“What?” Jurgen turned his head toward Nik, away from the dim light coming in the window. Nik couldn’t see his face very well, but he could feel Jurgen breathing between them.

“Is it a brain tumor? Lou Gehrig’s disease? What? Just tell me, Jurgen.” Nik squeezed Jurgen’s hand so tight he thought one of his knuckles might pop right out of his skin.

“What are you talking about, Nik?”

“You’re scaring me. You’re acting all…loving and stuff. It’s completely unlike you.”

“I don’t act loving toward you?” Jurgen almost sounded hurt.

“Not like this. You don’t hold my hand or go off tilting at windmills for me.”

Jurgen stared at him in the dark.

“Don Quixote. He thought the windmills were some kind of monster or something, so he’d attack them.”

“So, Miller is my personal windmill?”

“Better than your personal Waterloo.” Nik knew he wouldn’t have to explain Waterloo.

Jurgen sighed and turned his head. Now Nik could see his profile. He had such a sexy nose. “Jurgen, please. Just tell me what’s wrong.”

Jurgen shrugged stiffly. His chest shifted and slid under their hands. “I wanted to do something nice for you.”

Oh. That was so—

Shut up.

“That required you to do something cruel to Miller?” Even if it was incredibly sweet.

“Why do you care so much about how Miller feels?” Jurgen’s voice was angry again that fast.

A-ha “Why do you sound jealous?”

“I’m not jealous! I’m mad!”

“Uh-huh.” Nik smiled to himself. He pushed up on his elbow, but Jurgen wouldn’t let go of his hand, which made straddling Jurgen’s hips a little awkward.

“What are you doing?” Now he sounded grouchy. In a forced way.

“I’m going to use my masculine wiles to get you to talk to me.” Nik could feel Jurgen under him, between his legs. Soft and warm.

“I am talking to you.” Jurgen let go of Nik’s hand, settling his on Nik’s hips. Already his voice sounded more normal. Slower. Nik rubbed himself once or twice lightly against Jurgen’s groin. Just to get the show on the road. Jurgen’s voice dropped lower. “I can talk this way, too, though.”

Also by Anne Tenino:

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-18gray-581761-143.html

http://www.amazon.com/18%25-Gray-ebook/dp/B005FHNHO4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1325016608&sr=1-1

One Last Kiss Goodbye - Music.

Music to help me write  Kayne Henderson.

I am absolutely loving writing one of my new characters: Kayne Henderson, he is one of the main Characters in my WIP: One Last Kiss Goodbye. I hope you will all enjoy reading about him as much as I have enjoyed writing the love story between Kayne and Jacen Ives. This song by The Warren Brothers (Better Man) just suits Kayne's character to a T

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Merry Christmas From Australia

Well it is 5:14 am on Christmas morning, and I just wanted to say Merry Christmas from me and my family. I am the only one awake but what else is new. I figured that while I was up and before it got to hectic, I would wish you all the best whether you celebrate Christmas, or some other religious version, or not at all. This is just a little fun song a Christmas carol done Aussie style. to give you all a little piece of my world - it is so ridiculous you won't be able to stop yourself from laughing.

May your day be filled with family & good cheer

And an esky filled with ice cold beer

Merry Christmas.

OMG!!! Look At What My Friend Made Me...

I know that I have already posted this recently but the awesome Chocolate Minx turned it into a video for me. I hope you all enjoy it again. I am just so stoked and I thank Chocolate Minx from the bottom of my heart.

Taylor V Donovan.

My friend Taylor V Donovan finally has her release date – December 30^th 2011 for her novel Six Degrees of Lust. It will be released through MLRPress. Do yourself a favour and mark it on your calendars as a must buy – Because believe me this book is definitely a must read. Six Degrees of Lust will suck you in and leave you wanting for more from the very first word. I was privileged enough to get to read more than a few snippets while writing and cannot wait to read the completed product. I fell in love with each and everyone one of these characters – my favourite is Sasha and his story is yet to come so you all know I will be patiently waiting (or pestering Taylor to write faster) for the rest of the books to become available.

Taylor gave us all a brief glimpse into the By Degrees world with her Christmas Short: Southern Winterlands, also available from MLRPress.

Six Degrees of Lust (By Degrees #2)

New York City FB.I. team leader Samuel Shaughnessy lives for his job and immediate family. Sexually active and emotionally unavailable works just fine for him.

Former fireman Machlan O’Bannon now manages a sports bar in Houston and is ready to be the man he always wanted to: out, proud and drama free. His family wants to lock him in the closet, but he just wants the man of his dreams.

One man is as high strung as the other is laid back. Their lives are not only different, but miles away. They don’t want to be involved… but will they be able to stay apart.