It’s been a while since I’ve updated here, which is really more of a reflection of how busy I am, not an indication of disinterest.  :)  While I see busy as a good thing, I can certainly understand why my readers might not!  I’ll try to be more communicative here.

Starting with - The celebration of Torquere Press’ 8th Anniversary! 

I’m participating, my partner in crime, Chris Owen, is participating, as well lots of your favorite TP authors.  The “Lucky Eight Ball” contest rules and information can be found here!  In addition there will be other giveaways going on all month.

Enjoy and Good Luck!

Read my review at http://tinyurl.com/cmuufz.

Wow – I think I’m still sweating from reading Dress to Impress!  Jodi Payne wrote an absolute scorcher of a story that packs as much emotion as it does heat.  Matt will pull you in with his unrelenting “normal-ness” while Erik intrigues from his very first appearance on the page with his flare for play.  Pick up Dress to Impress when you are in the mood for a steamy romance with an interesting twist and kink.  Dress to Impress is a great story that is just the ticket for a day that you are looking for a tale that will distract you from everyday life and turn up the heat!

Dress to Impress is available HERE from Torquere Press!

You can read the full review here:  http://joyfullyreviewed.com/reviews/RRs/Oct08RR/DressToImpress.JP.html

Enjoy!

Whatever you call it, Torquere Press is offering a Wedding Sip Blitz for which all profits and royalties will be donated to LAMBDA Legal and other GLBTQ legal funds to support the marriage equality effort.  You have to option of buying one or several of the stories for $1.29 apiece, or you can buy the entire collection of short stories for $22.95.

It’s a cause that is important to me and to my partner and children.  Stop by Torquere Press and buy whatever you can afford - we all appreciate it!

And!  Along with that, they are offering free fiction, recipes and other wedding related fun stuff on their Road of Relationships Calendar.  A new entry every day, by your favorite Torquere Press authors - and all for free!

But wait!  There’s more!  LOL

September is ALSO Torquere Press’s anniversary month!  They are running a scavenger hunt, in which I am one of the participating authors.  Go to the websites of the authors listed and find the appropriate graphic, fill in the form and send it in.  It’s that simple!  You could win a Kindle E-book Reader loaded with Torquere Press books!

To recap:

Charity stories - buy them.
Relationships calendar - read and enjoy!
Scavenger Hunt - enter soon!

And thanks for the support.  :D

You can find my interview at www.glbtpromo.com.

Enjoy! 

Alone, they’re wondeful.  Together, they’re piping hot.  *fanfan*

Good Cop, Bad Cop came out yesterday from Torquere Press.   You can read an excerpt and buy the book HERE, and here is Torquere’s blurb:

Cody is a cop with a mission. He’s the point of contact for another cop, one working deep undercover in an organized crime group. Thing is, Pete is not at all what he expects in a partner. Pete’s a little reckless, a lot hot, and probably not as careful as he ought to be when it comes to rendezvous with his contact.

Pete thinks Cody is pretty darned hot. Cody’s a little reserved, a little afraid to let his macho side out, but Pete is more than happy to help Cody assert himself, even if it costs him his concentration on the job sometimes. When Pete runs into some serious danger, though, he has to hope Cody will come through for him. Will Pete and Cody live to tell the tale of their undercover adventures?

It’s hot, folks.  No kidding.  :D

Find it HERE!

News, new releases, and a month long contest from Torquere Press!

This, however, does not mean I won’t be around at all.  I have a couple of releases scheduled for the fall, including a short story release in Best Lesbian Erotica 2009, published by Cleis Press.  Chris Owen and I have a new novel we’re editing.  And I also plan to participate in Torquere Press’ holiday promotions, as usual.  So you’ll see me around.

In the meantime, September is Torquere Press‘ anniversary month!  To celebrate, Torquere authors have gotten together to offer our readers a great prize! Find the Scavenger Hunt button somewhere on my website, collect buttons from the other participating authors, and you could win a Kindle E-book reader loaded with Torquere Press books!

Happy Anniversary Torquere Press!  Good Luck readers!

Look for my fall newsletter, coming soon!

I am participating in a scavenger hunt with Rainbow Reviews!  All the information you need to enter is here.

Lots of other GLBT authors are participating also, including many Torquere Press authors.  The rules are pretty simple, you just got to each author’s site and find the following graphic:

Once you’ve found it you enter the URL for each author in the entry form and submit it.  I am contributing a copy of any of my lesbian ebooks published with Torqure Press.

Good Luck!

Wednesday, we went two a bunch of e-book panels, two of which had Shawn Clements as one of the panelists.  It was good information about the e-book industry, what and how to submit, contract information, and that sort of thing.  The signing on Wednesday was successful; we talked to aspiring authors and booksellers, and of course we spoke with lots of  readers.  Chris and I sold out of our copies of Deviations: Submission and Deviations: Domination in the first hour and had to give people the website address so they could buy copies later.  If anyone missed it, it’s www.torquerebooks.com, and I have some signed bookplates that I can send out if you tell me you bought the book after the book fair.

Thursday and Friday were more panels, a lot of schmoozing and talking with readers and Chris and I attempted to actually get some work done.  Thursday night we had a good time at the Fairy Ball.

Saturday was crazy, man.  The book signing was three hours of chaos and fun, with readers from everywhere coming by to say hello.  Some already knew us and some didn’t, but everyone was friendly and the day was a big success.

I’ll be honest and tell you that I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived there.  I’d heard about issues and prejudice and other problems, and I was concerned.  But honestly, I felt well received, I was treated with respect like any other author there, and I had a wonderful weekend.  The press was very well received both by readers and authors, and we all talked to lots of people who wanted to know more, wanted to know how to submit, or just wanted to know who we were.  I think it was important that we were all there, that we did (and continue to do) our part to raise awareness and promote acceptance in the romance community, and that we were able to meet and say thank you to the readers that support us.  It can only get even better from here.

Thank you to everyone we met and to everyone that bought our books, and thank you to Torquere Press for having me along!