The Only Way to Lose Is to Not Continue
The image above is from the original Castlevania, which, for the record, I never beat, although I was a master of Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest, misleading dialogue and all. You could say I failed at Castlevania, because at some point, I stopped pressing Continue. I’m not too broken up about it. Not being able to […]
Oh, Kindle Unlimited, You Magnificent Tyrant
Y’all who have read, or attempted to read, more than one of my books might have noticed that I have a somewhat ambiguous relationship with Kindle Unlimited. (On the authors’ and publishers’ side, it’s called Kindle Select, but we’ll just refer to it as Kindle Unlimited here.) Impossibly Yours is in KU right now but […]
On (Reproductive) Realism in Romance
I have a new book coming! Impossibly Yours, to be published on September 22nd, is a contemporary romance between personal trainer Laura and machine-learning expert Jack, who start out with absolutely nothing in common save the discovery that his wife and her fiancé are having an affair together. From that extremely unpromising beginning emerges a […]
Why I’m Not Afraid of AI
A good many authors are thinking out loud about AI and LLMs (large language models) right now–KJ Charles, for example. And a friend of mine who was unhappily contemplating pulling their fanfic from AO3 the other day. My friend doesn’t write for profit, but for fun, and felt angry, taken advantage of, at the thought […]
It’s a Smashwords Sale!
This week is apparently Read an Ebook Week. So if you are reading an ebook, or have read an ebook, or are even thinking about reading an ebook, congratulate yourself on being with the times. (The United Nations would like you to know that, in additional to tomorrow being International Women’s Day, Sunday was the […]
Readers, Fans, or Unpaid Laborers?
Here’s one of those not-so-secret secrets of the book business: we authors are encouraged to put together “street teams” of readers who get advanced reader’s copies (ARCs) ahead of the official publication date and can thereby choose to leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon or whatever platform they feel like. You, loyal reader, by […]
New Year, New Look, New Book
So in addition to the usual end-of-the-year festivities and demands, I had a few tasks to take care of. (Also, a bad cold. Anyone else finding that their more recent colds make previous colds look like tiny baby bugs? I don’t know if it was reduced exposure to the usual circulating crud, or I was […]
All My Books On Sale in November!
Anyone else feeling like November has gotten a little… gimmicky? We’re all supposed to write novels while gallantly growing mustaches. And don’t forget to vote (if you’re in the United States). Or go shopping, unless you’re buying nothing, or only from small businesses. Et cetera. It’s like all the folks in charge of advertising budgets […]
New Book Coming September 30th!
It’s Friday afternoon here (and the weather’s lovely, to boot). I keep hearing that Friday afternoon is not the time to release good news. But good news I have: my next novel, The Fried Lover Attack, will be published a week from today, September 30th. Sighted readers will notice right off that the cover style […]
How Do I Tell You How Much Sex Is in My Books?
To inappropriately invoke Dr. Seuss, some readers like it hot, and some do not. So I consider it part of my responsibility as an author to describe the book in an honest way, with regards to the amount of “heat” or “spice” in a book. The question is how. There’s a language around spice labeling; […]