The third book in my series, First Brood: Lost Brother, is finally available for purchase! Either click here, the picture above, or head on over to my site to select your vendor of choice and check out the conclusion to this trilogy!
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Cover Reveal!
Since “Lost Brother” is in its final stages of revision, here is the cover to celebrate! 😀
This book is scarier than the previous two so stay tuned! The book will be out very soon.
New Platforms!
Dreamhunter is now available on Scribd, Inktera, and 24Symbols! You can follow any of those links or head over to the sidebar where the link to all three is available! 😀
October Writing Update
Ohh, baby!! Get ready!!
Something in my brain clicked and I have been pounding away at book 3. I ran through my second round of edits in one day because I was so excited to get it done.
In fact, I am SO excited that the first two chapters of Lost Brother will be posted – for patrons only – over on my Patreon page the second they are cleaned up.
Please note: You won’t really get what’s going on with the story unless you’ve read the first two books; links to my books on Amazon and Barnes and Noble are on the sidebar of this blog.
I am so PUMPED for this, I cannot even tell you. My beta reader (bless her heart as she endures my harassment) has told me how terrifying she finds this new threat and I can’t wait for you all to meet him.
Lenni Reviews: “More Things in Heaven and Earth” by Paul Comeau
*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review and is rated 18+
*This review is crossposted to Otakus and Geeks.
Danny Crawford’s religious father decided to stop him from being gay by dumping the boy into conversion therapy. Desperate to escape the abuse in his home at the hands of his homophobic father, Danny is willing to die. While in the hospital recovering from his botched suicide attempt, his plight moves Damien; a vampire pretending to be a priest in order to feed on terminal patients. Damien decides to take the boy in but Danny’s father is determined to fix the ’embarrassment’ that is his son.
I had such high hopes for this given the premise but my overall impression is that of reading a textbook. The POV will switch, the prose seems to talk AT you, and the whole thing comes off as a methodical checklist of what a gay paranormal romance is supposed to contain without the heart other stories have. Damien switches back and forth between contemporary vampire and old world vampire in his language and that knocked me right out of the book. I couldn’t get fully immersed.
This book feels like a missed opportunity. It could have been a really touching, beautiful story that brought up the very real horrors of conversion therapy but I feel like I got a particularly detailed wiki entry. It isn’t even very smutty as the sex scenes are all fade to black. I have to give this a 2 out of 5.
I’m in a wiki?
Apparently there is such a thing called SuccuWiki, and I’m indexed on it:
This is kinda awesome. I wish the other books were on there and I have no idea how popular this site is but, wow!
I guess randomly Googling yourself pays off!
Manuscript Update!
Dreamhunter and Greenhouse have been updated! I had to email Amazon to allow people to have already purchased the book to receive the new copies but unfortunately, they deemed the changes too minor to send an email out to the customers. So, I’m doing it!
Here are some instructions on how to update a kindle book yourself. The changes I’ve made are mostly grammar and spelling errors, with some more detailed descriptions added in but nothing that changes the plot too much. But I’m glad they’re all fixed up. So, update if you wish or grab a fresh copy today! 😀
5000 Views! :D
My little blog has finally hit 5000 views! So, in celebration, First Brood: Greenhouse is on sale for free for 5 days! 😀 Grab it while you can!
Free For A Limited Time!
You see that right! For a mere three days, you could be the proud owner of First Brood: Greenhouse for FREE from Amazon! It’s already got one 5 star review so download to get a taste of it yourself. 😉
Don’t have a Kindle? There are plenty of free reading apps out there.
Grab a copy today!
Writing Update
As of right now, I’m about halfway to my goal of 5 pages a day. Not bad at all I must say! 😀
The pages go as follows:
- 1.5 pages in Winter Boot
- 1 page Lost Brother
And I’ve made a significant dent in my read through of Flowers in the Attic as I am preparing another book vs movie comparison for the new special airing on the 18th. I remember watching the original as a kid and it was one of those childhood moments where you’re a little pissed at your parents for letting you watch it because it’s a bit scarring.
And the day’s not done yet! 😀 I plan to do as much as I can.