For my hero's birthday
I want to play you a couple of my fave Bowie songs.
Finishing with my all time fave
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
David Bowie
Tuesday 8 January 2013
Sunday 6 January 2013
Talking Books - Sherrilyn Kenyon's: The Dark-Hunters #7
The truth is I have been a little under the weather and I have been run flat off my feet. I tells ya, between dentist and doctor appointments with Emily and Mum I never have a minute to spare. Though seeing as once I get to these appointments I have plenty of time to wait, I have been re reading => Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series... I've just finished #7: Seize the Night
Blurb:
Valerius isn't a popular Dark-Hunter he's a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them. To make things worse, he's very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it serves him right when he runs into Tabitha Devereaux. She's sassy, sexy, and completely unwilling to take him seriously. (Not to mention that she's the twin sister of the wife of former Dark-Hunter Kyrian - Val's mortal enemy.) What Tabitha does take seriously is hunting and killing vampires - and soon she and Val have to grapple with the deadliest of all Daimons - one who manages to come back from the dead, and one who holds a serious grudge against both of them. To win against evil, Val will have to loose up, learn to trust, and put everything on the line to protect a man he hates and a women who drives him nuts
Anyway after finishing this book I realised that this particular story in the series is one of the most pivotal points in this series between good and evil. I also realised that I think this is one of the best warrior series I have ever read. So much happens in this book which effects nearly everyone in the whole series. The Dark-Hunter's is definitely a series that needs to be read in order to get the full effect of the story-line.
If you haven't already read this series that I definitely think you should give it a go... once I finish with the Dark-Hunters I am moving onto the Carparthian series by Christine Feehan.
Wednesday 2 January 2013
Getting Tattooed Today...
Today I'm getting Tattooed at
By the awesome & talented
Ted Saddo
Press on the shop name link and you can go take a look-see at what they are all about. heck you may even see some of my other tats there as well as Emily's and my hubs.
My Tatt is similar to this one but where as she holds pumpkin goo mine doesn't she holds a human heart... mainly so she matches in with my other horror/paranormal/gothic pictures in my full left sleeve.
The beautiful artwork was done by
over at
Tuesday 1 January 2013
HAPPY FRICKEN NEW YEAR...
Here's hoping 2013 is the start of something wonderful for us all.
The past year has taken me to some wonderful places in my work and I got to meet the most amazing people when Emily and I attended GRL in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Though there are some people I would like to thank for talking me through stuff and keeping me on track.
Embry Carlysle
Cinders
Lex Valentine
Carol Lynne
Ethan Day
Z Allora
Lavinia Lewis
Cherie Noel
Barry Smith
James Adkinson
Erika Orrick
Erica Pike
Sue Main
Kimberly Brandt
Mark Hopkins
Thorny
(Who has the best blog ever)
My family
Emily
&
David Bowie
(Just for existing)
PS: If I've forgotten any one - you know who you are... just add yourself to the list.
I would like to especially thank the staff at both
MLRPress & Silver Publishing
For giving me the opportunity to share my stories with you all.
New Years Resolutions:
This year I thought I would keep it simple and only have two to try and stay on top of...
1 - Keep up with my writing (10 books to have subbed buy the end of 2013)
2 - Fix all the bloody head hopping in my WIPS (& boy is there a lot of it)
Monday 31 December 2012
Matthew Lang - The Way You Are
Leon, a shy, self-effacing business student at the
University of Newcastle, starts to visit coma patient Travis ‘Rook’ Rookford, a
heterosexual student who gets gay bashed by a group of bogans. At the hospital
he meets, falls in love with, and has a lovers tiff with hunky male nurse
Warrick, in that order. Then, when Rook finally wakes up, Leon is surprised to
find Rook convinced that he and Leon are dating. In the midst of dealing with
loving a man in conservative regional Australia, Rook’s upcoming court appearance
and his own studies, Leon has to come to terms with what he wants, and gets to
find out whether every gay man’s dream of having a hot straight guy fall for
you is everything it’s cracked up to be. And he hasn’t even started Christmas
shopping yet.
Excerpt:
“Join me for a coffee, Leon?” Warrick
asked, poking his head into the room.
Leon looked up from his notes on
Giffen goods9 and smiled. “Again? Is it break time already?” he
asked with a grin.
Warrick shrugged, and for a moment
Leon was distracted by the play of muscle moving against muscle in the nurse’s
shoulders.
“Sorry. What?” he said, when it dawned
on him that Warrick was waiting for an answer.
“I said it is for those of us on
duty,” Warrick said with a grin.
Leon grimaced and held up his text
book “I want to, but I should really finish the chapter.”
“You know, medically, it’s good for
your brain if you take a break every now and again.”
“I seem to recall you’ve said that
before.”
“The truth bears repeating.” Warrick
said solemnly. “And I could really use the company.”
“Oh, all right,” Leon said, closing his
notebook and putting it away in his backpack. “Cafeteria?”
“Unless you fancy taking a bus back to the
old CBD for something better.”
“Personally, I do,” Leon said as he
and Warrick exited the room and headed down the corridor, “but that would make
you late for work, wouldn’t it?”
Warrick smiled and checked the hallway
before leaning in toward Leon. “Actually, I think that would be worth it to
have some more time with you,” he said, his voice low.
Leon peeked up at the other man shyly.
“Yeah?”
“Why do you always sound so surprised
when I say something like that?” Warrick asked.
Leon shrugged. “You always surprise
me.”
“That wasn’t an answer.”
“Fine,” Leon said. “Why me?”
Leon had gone a few steps down the
stairs before he realized Warrick wasn’t with him. Turning, he paused and
looked back up to where the other man stood, his face open and wondering.
“Haven’t you looked at yourself?”
Warrick asked, his brow furrowing.
“Daily in the mirror when I shave,
yeah. You can almost count my ribs. Every time I go for a checkup, I get asked
if I’ve got an eating disorder.”
“Okay, so you’re slender,” Warrick
said. “That’s not what I meant.”
“And what exactly did you mean?”
“You….” Warrick glanced up the stairs
and hurried to join Leon, and Leon saw a doctor walk down the corridor they had just
vacated. “How many other people bothered to come in and say thanks to Travis?”
he asked in a lower voice. “I can tell you the answer right now, and that’s
none.”
Leon stopped and
stared at the larger man carefully, his eyes searching Warrick’s face.
“What?” Warrick
asked.
“You really mean
that, don’t you?”
“Um… yes?”
“Huh, okay.”
“Okay? I just bared
my soul to you and you say ‘okay’?”
“Well, I didn’t think
you—I mean, I wasn’t sure if you were… serious.”
“I am, all right?”
Warrick said, his voice tinged with exasperation. “So… now with that out of the
way, you still up for coffee?”
Leon grinned and started down the stairs
again. “Definitely,” he said.
~*~
9 A Giffen good is a rare product that people
buy more of as its price increases, the traditional example being potatoes
during the Irish potato famine. Of course, a more modern example would be
Apple’s latest iPhone or One Direction concert tickets.
Find Matthew Here
Sunday 30 December 2012
Andrew Grey - Christmas Back-list
Simple Gifts
A story in the farm series.
Blurb:
Eli never regrets leaving the Amish community to live with his lover, except maybe at Christmastime, when the pull of family is strongest. But even if Eli's family could accept his love for Geoff, he doesn't want them shunned by the community for his choices. So he's reconciled himself to a Christmas without them, until Geoff gives him a gift that changes the way Eli defines family.
Mariah the Christmas Moose
Blurb:
Kyle's mother thinks he's crazy. He's just moved from Florida to Anchorage, Alaska for an elementary school teaching job. In December. She may not be far off base. Spooked by a "monster" outside his new house, Kyle calls for the police, only to discover the attacker is a moose named Mariah. More visits from the moose yield more visits from the same sexy policeman, and the two men explore way to stay warm in the frozen North.
A Present in Swaddling Clothes
Blurb:
Josh held baby Vivian when she took her first breath in the world, and he has loved every breath she has taken since. Now Vivian needs a home--a "for real" forever home, and Josh would love to be the one who takes her in. But Josh's partner, Sammy, isn't a fan of children of any size or stamp. Will Josh have to choose between being a lover or a parent, or will Josh's niece work her baby magic on Sammy, giving them all the best Christmas present of all?
Find Andrew Here
Saturday 29 December 2012
ZA Maxfield - Christmas Back List.
A Picture Perfect Holiday
Blurb:
Photography club president Caleb loves football standout Christian Munez. He knows it's an old high school chestnut, but if being cliche is wrong, he doesn't want to be right. They've been in school together since the fifth grade but having brothers on the same soccer team provides Caleb with a great opportunity to get to know Christian better. What he finds out - about Christian's home life and future plans - could end his hopes forever. Or they might be the beginning of something wonderful.
Caleb throws caution to the wind in A Picture Perfect Holiday.
Secret Light
Blurb:
Rafe Colman likes his life. He has a nice home, a good job, and a wonderful dog. But he's exhausted by living a lie. When his home is vandalized because of his perceived German ancestry, he can't even share the irony with his friends.
Officer Ben Morgan falls for Rafe's dog first, but it isn't long before he is giving the owner the eye. He thinks they have more in common than the search for Rafe's vandals, and he is willing to take the chance to find out.
If life in 1955 is tough on a cop in the closet, it's even tougher on a refugee who is desperate to hide his roots and fit in. Rafe knows from tragic experience how vicious prejudice can be. Every second with Ben is stolen, every kiss fraught with danger.
When Ben's partner threatens to ruin everything, Rafe and Ben have to fight to protect what they have but they're tired of hiding their secret light.
Through the Years
Blurb:
With Bonus (Cursed Noel)
Ethan Holmes and Barry Moffit have been in love since they were kids. These stories -- re-edited for quality content and given a Winterheart Designs cover -- were written in 2008, in part as a protest over the passage of Proposition 8 in California. They follow the course of Ethan and Barry's love affair in ten year intervals from the moment they first admit it, at prom in 1978, to a major breakup and reconciliation in 1988, to a family vacation in Hawaii that turns into more in 1998, and election night 2008, a time of deliberation and decision.
I Heard Him Exclaim
Blurb:
Who Likes a Skinny Santa?
Steve Adams's heart hasn't been in the Christmas spirit ever since doctors put a stent in it and ordered him to clean u his act. No longer filling out his Santa suit or allowed to make merry, he's forgoing the holidays this year and heading to Vegas to indulge in the few vices left to him: Gambling and anonymous sex.
His road trip takes a detour when he encounters Chandler Tracey, who has just inherited guardianship of his five-year-old niece. Overwhelmed, Chandler's on his way to deliver Poppy to his parents. But fate has other plans and, after car trouble, Chandler and Poppy accept a ride home with Steve. Though the heat between the two men is obvious, they put it on simmer while they band together to make Poppy's Christmas as perfect as possible.
Steve soon comes to believe that while Chandler is the right person to look after Poppy, someone needs to look after Chandler. Fortunately, Steve knows just the man for the job.
What Child is This?
Blurb:
A Crossing Border's Story
Michael and Tristan are finally taking that much needed weekend away for Christmas. They've been working so hard at their respective careers there hasn't been time for a breather, much less a chance to reconnect and see if they've been working toward what they both want.
Like always, Michael's well-laid plan is derailed by a phone call from Apple House. Three of their charges have gone missing and while Michael is worried, it's not unusual for the young adults who stay at the shelter for homeless LGBT teens to come and go.
But when one of them calls Michael and asks is - hypothetically speaking - it's considered kidnapping to keep a baby who has been abandoned, Michael and Tristan head home with all speed to sort things out.
Two couple need answers in a heartwarming holiday tale of taking stock, reaffirming commitments, and catching the perfect wave in What Child Is This?
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