Andrew Q. Gordon

Today we welcome M.D Grimm to the Land of Make Believe to share a little bit about Lance, in her new release, Healing Lance! Good day lovely readers! Thank you for joining me. I am M.D. Grimm and I am here to promote my newest release, “Healing Lance.” This is the first book in the “A Warrior’s Redemption” trilogy. This is a bit of a “pet project” that I am overjoyed to finally reveal to the world. The next two books, “Forgiving Lance” and “Avenging Lance” will be released in August and September, respectively. So… what can I say about Lance? He’s complicated for sure. He’s probably one of the most complicated characters I’ve written so far. He wasn’t always …

Please Welcome the amazingly talented Angel Martinez to the Land of Make Believe. This is a real treat. If you’ve never read an Angel Martinez book, you REALLY need to start. A Fine Mess is part of a series so you might want to start at the beginning, but enjoy this guess post to see what you’re missing. GUEST POST: Heckle Numerous is an imp who once belonged to a powerful prince of Hell. Now a free imp, he’s finally been learning to read—at a much faster pace than a human would, but it still takes time. A short Heckle fic, by reader request: Location: Aboard the Brimstone Time: Directly after The Hunt for Red Fluffy Sometimes, to practice making …

Box Sets. The final stage of a series. These are the five books in the Champion of the Gods series. Joined together for the first time ever for just $9.99. Series Blurb: It took the Seven to create the world, each to rule their own. Until one wanted to control it all. In the Great War of ancient times the God of Death sought to rule the world. He almost succeeded, but the Champion of the Six, destroyed the bridge into the world and closed the Eight Gates of Neblor. Some thought forever. But he returned.  His servant, Meglar, surprised his enemies and all the great wizards who opposed him. The Six chose a new Champion to save the world. …

Sara Codair has a new queer supernatural/urban fantasy book out, Evanstar Chronicles book two: ‘Power Inversion.” And there’s a giveaway! But first, an… Introduction The main character, Erin, dreams potential futures. Their cousin, Mel, is a telepath. Sometimes, when they sleep in the same house, their minds synch up and Mel dreams the same thing as Erin. In this scene, Erin has just dreamed a future in which Mel’s body is destroyed, but their soul survives shattered into hundreds of pieces and scattered across the multiverse. The dream sequences were getting a little too long and since this potential future never came to pass, I decided to remove it from the sequence. As a result, I also had to delete …

[Andrew’s note: I read this when it first came out. If you haven’t had read it yourself, now is a good time to pick it up] J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out book one in the Ariadne Cycle: “The Stark Divide.” This is a re-release. Some stories are epic. The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resources and an environment pushed to the edge by human greed. Three living generation ships have been built with a combination of genetic mastery, artificial intelligence, technology, and raw materials harvested from the asteroid belt. This is the story of one of them—43 Ariadne, or Forever, as her inhabitants call her—a living world …

Please welcome William C. Tracy to the Land of Make Believe as he shares his adventures in world building in celebration of his new Queer/MMF sci fi/fantasy/steampunk tale, book two in the Dissolution Cycle: “Facets of the Nether!” Ficlets – Little Extra Story Bits Worldbuilding is one of my favorite things when writing a story, and the more I write in the Dissolutionverse, the more I get to do. The Dissolutionverse now includes Facets of the Nether, along with the first book, The Seeds of Dissolution, the upcoming third book, Fall of the Imperium, four novellas, a novelette, and several short stories. While putting too much worldbuilding in one place can turn off readers and clutter up the story, having …

Shea Balik has a new MM paranormal dystopian romance out in eBook and audio formats: “Mating the Enemy.” Siberian Tiger shifter, Aleksi Rykov, is amused to watch the enemy chasing one of their own, psy, Seth Tilton, until he realizes it’s his mate. Rescuing his mate isn’t difficult for the powerful Alpha but keeping his mate safe from the war raging between their races may be more difficult. Seth is taking a chance running to the one man he knows can keep him safe, Aleksi. Seth knows the psy’s secrets and the psy will do anything to get him back but with Aleksi’s help Seth can help turn the tide of the war and uncover the horrible truth. The question …

E.M. Hamill has a new queer sci fi book out, book two in the Dalí Tamareia series: “Peacemaker.” Third-gender operative Dalí Tamareia thought their life as an ambassador ended when they joined a galactic intelligence agency. When they’re yanked out of the field and tapped to negotiate the surrender of deadly bio-engineered warriors who crashed into hostile territory, Dalí is thrust headfirst back into the tumultuous world of galactic diplomacy. Dalí has faced Shontavians before, but not like these. The stranded mercenaries are highly intelligent and have an agenda of their own. Dalí can’t afford to be distracted from the negotiations by their own demons or the presence of a charming diplomat with a mysterious past. As a brewing civil …

Today I get to welcome back a long time friend. Anne Barwell and I have known each other for years. A librarian with a library system in New Zealand, Anne made it possible for my Champion of the Gods series to be available in her library system. Anne is here today to talk about Slow Dreaming which re-released after her publisher returned to her the rights to her books. Welcome back to the World of Make Believe, Anne! Slow Dreaming Thanks for hosting me today. Slow Dreaming is a story close to my heart for several reasons.  Firstly it’s set in Petone, where I grew up.  I’ve sat on the same wall along the waterfront that Jason and Sean do, …

Purpose available for sale or for free on Kindle Unlimited. Get your copy of Purpose here: With the return of my rights, Purpose is the first of my books to be re-released. I’ve decided that until I get a better hold on self-publishing, I’m going to be re-release all my titles only on Amazon. Once I get the infrastructure in place on my site to be able to sell directly, I’ll make it available in other formats. Purpose is a difficult story to shelve. It’s urban fantasy, but it’s not shifters nor super heroes, not mutants, magic nor people with mental abilities. But it has a bit of all those (well maybe not magic). William Morgan is host to the …