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Happy December and Happy Friday! Today I have excerpts from the second set of Escape From The Holidays stories from MCB. This is a bit longer recording than I normally do - but this is something special. :) 
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I'm in that space now where nothing's really due, everything coming up is in edits, and I have room to work on all the things. You know that means I've been baking and doing everything but starting something new, right? To be fair, it is the holidays and I do have family obligations, but I can't let this go on too long. There are things to get back to. So where am I now?
Look for Yule Planet next - coming later this month!  Happy Friday, everyone! Today I have an excerpt from the lovely Kris Jacen and her newest With Me story Learn With Me. Feels timely, since this is Pearl Harbor Day, to remember those who serve:  Learn With Me
With Me #3 by Kris Jacen Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo iBooks Josiah "Siah" Kent has always loved learning; now he's living his dream of teaching children to love it too. After getting his degrees in New Orleans, he accepted a teaching position outside of Washington DC. What a better place to be able to teach and continue learning? Sergeant Carter May joined the Army right out of high school. He's always struggled to succeed in school but has found a place in the military but has dreamed of getting a college degree--he'd be the first in his family if he did. Being stationed with the Presidential Firing Battery at Arlington National Cemetery will give him the opportunity to take the chance, but will he risk failing? A chance meeting years ago in New Orleans, had sparks flying between Siah and Carter. Another chance encounter between the ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, blow those sparks into a full flame. Can Siah and Carter find some common ground to learn more about each other and a possible future together? Took me a few years to start writing holiday stories. Just never had the urge. Until one year a certain squirrel said they wanted a holiday science fiction story from me. Now there are several. That first story was a romance between an Alaskan bush pilot and an exiled alien general, as you do:  The second holiday story was a lesbian space opera humor romance as part of last year's A Holiday To Remember collection. Which, just so you know, is 30% off at the MCB store until the end of the month. :) (You can get it at all the other outlets - but sale!)  There have been a couple of Brimstone holiday flash fics over the years, too. Look in the Brimstone Journal blog for: A Thousand Krampuses A Shaxmas Carol Also "Mandatory Festivities or We Don't Say The C Word", which only appears in the Brimstone Journals Collection 1 volume.  This year, I'm scrambling. It's going to be a lesbian space opera humor romance - because we needed another one - and I will get this done. But it's gonna be a tight squeeze.  Hello and Happy Friday! I've returned to the cold and cloudy north (where, let's face it, I'm actually better acclimated.) This week's reading is from book 2 of EJ Russell's Supernatural Selection series - Vampire With Benefits. I mean, really. A supernatural matchmaking agency - how can a reader resist?  Vampire With Benefits
Supernatural Selection #2 by EJ Russell A match between a vampire and shifter could be deadly—but one broken beaver doesn’t give a dam. Silent film actor Casimir Moreau had imagined that life as a vampire would be freewheeling and glamorous. Instead, he’s plunged into a restrictive society whose rules he runs afoul of at every turn. To “rehabilitate” him, the vampire council orders him mated to an incubus with impeccable breeding who’ll mold Cas into the upstanding vampire he ought to be. Or else. As an inactive beaver shifter, construction engineer Rusty Johnson has fought—and overcome—bias and disrespect his entire life. But when his longtime boyfriend leaves him for political reasons, Rusty is ready to call it a day. Next stop? Supernatural Selection and his guaranteed perfect mate, a bear shifter living far away from Rusty’s disapproving clan. But then a spell snafu at Supernatural Selection robs both men of their intended husbands. Rusty can’t face returning to his clan, and Cas needs somebody on his arm to keep the council happy, so they agree to pretend to be married. Nobody needs to know their relationship is fake—especially since it’s starting to feel suspiciously like the real thing. Buy links: Amazon Other retailers Publisher About E.J. E.J. Russell—grace, mother of three, recovering actor—holds a BA and an MFA in theater, so naturally she’s spent the last three decades as a financial manager, database designer, and business intelligence consultant (as one does). She’s recently abandoned data wrangling, however, and spends her days wrestling words. Her paranormal romantic comedy, The Druid Next Door, was a 2018 RITA® finalist and the winner of the 2017 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Fantasy Romance. E.J. is married to Curmudgeonly Husband, a man who cares even less about sports than she does. Luckily, CH loves to cook, or all three of their children (Lovely Daughter and Darling Sons A and B) would have survived on nothing but Cheerios, beef jerky, and satsuma mandarins (the extent of E.J.’s culinary skill set). E.J. lives in rural Oregon, enjoys visits from her wonderful adult children, and indulges in good books, red wine, and the occasional hyperbole. Connect with E.J. Newsletter: https://ejrussell.com/newsletter Facebook group (Reality Optional): https://www.facebook.com/groups/reality.optional Website: https://ejrussell.com Facebook author page: https://facebook.com/E.J.Russell.author Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ej_russell Happy Friday! This week, I have something special - readings from 5 (five!) holiday stories, the first five in MCB's Escape From The Holidays collection. Very short excerpts, but enough to sample some flavors. :)  It's that time of year - and once again, Mischief Corner Books has a lovely holiday collection of stories for you. :D Contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, science fiction with queer characters all along the rainbow and holidays that aren't just about Christmas - MCB brings you stories of people trying, in some way, to get away from the holiday grind.  Many of the stories have pre-order links - listed below! Releases begin November 28. :)
Hello and welcome again to Friday! This week's reading is from Kayla Jameth and her paranormal, Save a Horse, Dive a cowboy. :) A fun excerpt and a possible vocabulary word for you - come have a listen:  Save A Horse, Dive A Cowboy
by Kayla Jameth Amazon (Kindle Unlimited) Author's Note: This twisted little story came about courtesy of Josh Lanyon who provided the "prompt", Felice Stevens who manned the pom-poms and demanded that I "WRITE ALL THE WORDS!", and Pam Singer who helped me iron out a few wrinkles. Shep's just your average all-American cowboy. He runs his own ranch and rides the occasional saddle bronc. Nothing special there. Unless you look too closely at his boyfriend. Descended from a long line of Native American mustang shifters, Charlie "Hoss" Running Horse is anything but average. When Coyote takes a shine to Shep, he decides that Hoss has got to go. With the theft of the medicine horseshoe that allows Hoss to shift from mustang to human, Coyote sets his evil plan to have his way with Shep in motion. Will Shep be able to save Hoss before it's too late? Or will Coyote's plan come to fruition? Almost there! Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2 launches on Tuesday! I'll be in Barbados visiting family, but I'll try to keep on top of release stuff (and send pics :D ) Tally and Haru should have some peace now to work out their relationship, right? Yeah... the world has other ideas. Also, because I forget to mention it and the November edition just went out - if you'd like to sign up for my newsletter with all the comprehensive updates and things to come, you can find that on the home page or here: Angel Martinez - Writing News  Fire. Water. Burn.
In the two months since the All Hallows’ Eve party, Tally has courted Haru, buying expensive gifts, taking the two of them to upscale restaurants and trying to find a balance in earning Haru’s fragile trust while being new parents to the Cohen joeys. Tally sees hope in the new domesticity the family has settled into, despite having some bumps along the way. Gifts and treats have satisfied Haru’s otter, but the human half remembers the brutal lessons of giving their trust away. How can two lijun who barely know each other anticipate what will happen when times get tough? There are circumstances Tally doesn’t understand yet, and Haru struggles to find their feet with an Urusar who doesn’t know the rules. A revelation not only throws the tentative relationship between them askew, but also starts Tally and Haru down a path the two of them can’t escape, one so heart-wrenching Haru’s not sure their heart will survive. Traditionalist concerns that have always nipped at the Bastille clan’s heels come roaring to the forefront with demands and ultimatums. Tally needs to fall in line or face further threats to his otter, his family and his clan. Haru needs to find the strength to believe in the good despite the bad. In an environment where it’s vital to know ally from foe, Tally and Haru need to stand united or watch the community Tally’s family has built fall under the thumb of heartless, greedy autocrats. Ebook: Pride Publishing Amazon Kobo Barnes and Noble iBooks Hello , hello! Happy Friday! This week's reading is from Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2 by Freddy MacKay and me. :D Also, if you want to know more about the Lijun world and the process of co-writing these stories, please tune in to the WROTE Podcast today where Vance Bastian interviewed the two of us. WROTE Podcast  Trysts and Burning Embers
Lijun 2 Release date: November 20 Up for pre-order now Pride Publishing Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo iTunes Fire. Water. Burn. In the two months since the All Hallows’ Eve party, Tally has courted Haru, buying expensive gifts, taking the two of them to upscale restaurants and trying to find a balance in earning Haru’s fragile trust while being new parents to the Cohen joeys. Tally sees hope in the new domesticity the family has settled into, despite having some bumps along the way. Gifts and treats have satisfied Haru’s otter, but the human half remembers the brutal lessons of giving their trust away. How can two lijun who barely know each other anticipate what will happen when times get tough? There are circumstances Tally doesn’t understand yet, and Haru struggles to find their feet with an Urusar who doesn’t know the rules. A revelation not only throws the tentative relationship between them askew, but also starts Tally and Haru down a path the two of them can’t escape, one so heart-wrenching Haru’s not sure their heart will survive. Traditionalist concerns that have always nipped at the Bastille clan’s heels come roaring to the forefront with demands and ultimatums. Tally needs to fall in line or face further threats to his otter, his family and his clan. Haru needs to find the strength to believe in the good despite the bad. In an environment where it’s vital to know ally from foe, Tally and Haru need to stand united or watch the community Tally’s family has built fall under the thumb of heartless, greedy autocrats. |
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Angel writes (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around gay heroes. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware and full time inside her head, she has one husband, one son, two cats, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate. |
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