Andrew Q. Gordon

Time to Write Thanks, Andrew, for hosting me here today I’m often asked how I find time to write, considering I work full time, play in an orchestra, and still manage to read, and watch movies and TV shows.  Every time I have a new book coming out, it’s a question that is asked again along with ‘and how many books is this now?’ Shades of Sepia is my sixth title with Dreamspinner Press.  To answer the easy part of that first. The other not quite so easy question has a two-fold answer. Firstly I make time, and secondly if I don’t write I get twitchy and not nice to live with which leads back to making time.

My goal has always been to publish a schedule of upcoming posts, but that hasn’t always gone off so well. But just because it doesn’t always happen, that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t do it – so here goes:

Guest Author: Julie Lynn Hayes Moon Musings “O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb…” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet “Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colors from our sight Red is grey and yellow white But we decide which is right And which is an illusion?” Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin/Lament The Moon is one of the most highly anthropomorphized heavenly bodies, in poetry, music, and film. The moon is both villain and hero, blamed for the madness of men on the one hand and praised for her encouragement of lovers on the other. The word lunatic derives the old French lunatique, lunage, or directly from …

As I grow as an author, I feel I’m learning more about how to be ‘marketer’ (not that I’m not learning more every day about how to be a better author, but my ‘marketing skills’ were/are so woeful that I have sooo much to learn).  But thanks to the web and some very smart – and generous -people, I’ve learned a few important things. Perhaps one of the most important is that visuals are really helpful. It’s easier to catch someone’s eye with a picture, video, drawing, graphic, etc, than it is with just text. I’d kinda known that – hence the pictures everywhere, –  but then someone took it a step further and said, I – not me per se, …

Guest Author Susan Laine – Lofty Dreams of Earthbound Men Hi. I’m Susan Laine, a Finnish author with Dreamspinner Press. Coming from a scholarly background I love reading and doing research. When I started writing a few years back, I learned that because I wasn’t American, I had a lot of fact-checking to do even with contemporary stories. And that didn’t even begin to cover paranormal and fantasy tales. My latest literary venture is steampunk. Though it was contemporary erotic romances which drew me to the M/M genre, my tastes have shifted toward more unconventional storytelling. Steampunk—as a mix of science fiction, fantasy and historicals—has always fascinated me, so I sought the challenge.

First off, let me thank Andy for inviting me to his blog again! This time I talk about my general love for science fiction! Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win my contest! I’ll be offering a $10 Amazon gift card to one commenter! But don’t forget to leave your email, because if I can’t contact you, you can’t win!   Sucked into Science Fiction The lure of science fiction has held me in its grasp for a long time. From the first time I read about aliens, and alien worlds, I was hooked. A big favorite early on was Lisanne Norman’s Sholan Alliance worlds. Telepathic bipedal/quadripedal feline aliens that create intimate mental and physical links… …

Nice reviews are great, but they’re even better when someone discovers one of your earlier books and ends up really enjoying it. This made both Anyta and I smile. 🙂

Lane Hayes: Better Than Chance Today I get the chance to welcome back Lane Hayes.  Lane writes about characters that live in a place near and dear to my heart and home – Washington DC. She back today to talk about her second book Better Than Chance. She’s also giving away an eBook copy of her new book to one lucky commenter. Read on to the end to find out more. Welcome back, Lane! Since it’s been a while, tell the readers a bit about yourself? Thank you for having me back, Andy!  Let’s see… what is interesting about moi?  I am an interior designer who loves books.   I also love chocolate, travel and hanging out with my husband and family, …

Grace R. Duncan Today I’m pleased to welcome Grace back to my blog. She’s going to talk about her latest release Deception and the role of research in writing her books. It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of research that goes into a story. I sat down and went through my catalog of both fanfiction and original pieces and there wasn’t a single story that I saw that I didn’t research at least something for. A quick glance at my adultfanfiction.net profile (the most complete collection of stories, though it still doesn’t have everything) shows that I’ve put some forty-one separate stories up there and as I scanned through the list, I can remember something I’ve researched for …

Thank you for hosting me today! I’m here to talk about Polyester Prince and the different areas of Albuquerque mentioned in the ABQ Heat series. Benji from Paid Leave and Isaac from Polyester Prince are both with the Albuquerque Police Department, but they work different areas, different schedules, and Officer McGorgeous-Ass is a bicycle officer so the calls he takes in Polyester Prince are different from the ones Benji takes in Paid Leave. It makes sense in the real world, but I also wanted to avoid boring readers with frequent shoplifter arrests. Isaac from Polyester Prince works the SE area of the city in a neighborhood named Nob Hill, and Benji’s beat is in the NW quadrant of Albuquerque known …