Read What You Write

They say you should read a lot if you want to be a writer. You should read what you want to write. You should read heavily and thoroughly within your genre. I write queer romance. I also write queer scifi, fantasy, urban fantasy, and am now branching out into paranormal and horror a little bit.…

REJECTION

Well, my manuscript for Stray has received its first rejection! I'm not disappointed (okay I'm a leeeetle bit disappointed, but not surprised). I was expecting a rejection. They even gave me some feedback! I'll treat you to a play-by-play of my emotional states as I went through this experience: 9:00pm - I see email in…

What I Love About Writing

You know how sometimes in life, there's a thing, and for the most part it's commonplace and you take it for granted, but then occasionally you think, "...Wow, this is actually really fucking awesome. Literally a mind-blowing cause of awe. Like woah." Examples: airplanes. cell phones. the internet. THAT SHIT IS SO COOL. HOW DOES…

King of the Sea by Nathan Bay

This is not a book promotion or review blog, however, I wanted to share this experience because I feel like it's an important lesson for writers (including myself).  I recently read a story/novella called King of the Sea by Nathan Bay. It's his debut release, just came out on January 17. I don't recall if…

Music and Writing – The Chicken or the Egg?

Every week, I do my best to participate in as many writing-related Twitter chats as I can. They're fun, interactive, and they get my brain moving in different directions. A recent #writerspatch chat focused on playlists for writing. Questions included things like "How does music affect your writing process?" and "What is your favorite genre…

Rainbow Snippet – 1/14/17 – Andrew

Happy Saturday everyone! Here's my Rainbow Snippet for the week! This is Andrew's POV. Trystin has come to visit him in the hospital... “I have a spare bedroom. It’s yours if you take my job offer.” It took a second for the words to sink in, and when they did, I had no idea how…

Becoming A Writer

Earlier this week, I read parts of a discussion on Josh Lanyon's facebook page about changes in the writing/publishing world over the past few years (perhaps this is specific to the m/m romance genre, but perhaps not). Basically, Josh has noticed a trend of people going from readers to read-and-reviewers and then to writers themselves--the…

Rainbow Snippet 3 – 12/31/16 – Andrew

Hello, snippeteers! Here's my Rainbow Snippet for the week! In last week's snip, Andrew was with a man in a bar, reflecting on the difficulties of going home with strangers vs. stealing from strangers...  This snip takes place later that same night. It was not a good night for him. I managed to pick my…

Rainbow Snippet 2 – Andrew

Happy Saturday everyone, and happy holidays! Here's my Rainbow Snippet for the week! POV SWITCH! This is first-person POV from Andrew, the man Trystin was thinking about in last week's snippet. Andrew has a tough life. Poor guy. I looked at the man's reflection as he looked at me. His slouchy presence looked wrong there,…

Rainbow Snippet Dec 17-18

Hi everyone! I'm going to start posting a weekly snippet as part of the Rainbow Snippets Facebook Group. According to their description: "Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a…