Coming soon! HOST CLUB ON THE PLEASURE PLANET!
This post is about exactly what the title says: I wrote a book on parental leave. And it sucked to do it. Managing Time Time management has never truly been a challenge for me, in the sense that I’m very good at it. The problem, more or less, has always been that I’m overly ambitious. I always think I can get more done than I can. As a result, I tend to bite off more than I can chew. In turn, I...
We’re clearly in a hyper-conservative backlash against what has been billed progressive politics. In the US, we’ve seen attacks against trans people and queer people more broadly, against mixed-race couples, against women’s rights—and it’s getting worse. We’re seeing people pushing to get rid of not only abortion but access to birth control. We’re seeing the curtailing of internet access to not...
A lot has happened since this blog was last regularly active. I had a baby. My father passed away. The United States of America voted in the Republican candidate for a second term. Plenty of people are legitimately concerned for a wide variety of reasons. (Kaboompics .com / Pexels.com) As a queer person, a queer writer, and a romance novelist, I can see there’s a lot to be worried about. Even...
I have a new book out today: Host Club on the Pleasure Planet! It’s part of a shared world with a bunch of other awesome authors. The series is set in a dystopian sci-fi world, where Kateria, the pleasure planet, operates outside the bounds of the law. The planet offers all kinds of pleasures, but in doing so, it has also become a haven for criminality. Humans are rare and incredibly sought...
Last year, I had a baby. It was full of ups and downs. Parenting is one of the more challenging roles I have taken on in my life. As an mpreg reader and writer, though, going through pregnancy, birth, and now parenting, has had an interesting impact on what I prefer to read and write. What my writing looked like for months after I had my baby. (Jessica Lewis 🦋 thepaintedsquare / Pexels.com) I...
It’s been a while, huh? The last time I posted a blog, it was summertime. It was still 2024. Now, it’s a whole new year. Time has really just slipped on by. So, what happened to me in 2024? Why did I basically go dormant for months on end? And, more importantly, what’s in store as we look ahead to 2025? A Roller Coaster of a Year in 2024 When I was outlining my goals for 2024, I mentioned that I...
The following is a preview for Host Club on the Pleasure Planet, a book in the PLEASURE PLANET series, available January 28, 2025! One The bells were tolling the hour, calling the brothers to prayer, when the messenger arrived. He arrived in a sleek black vehicle that barreled through the gates of the abbey, nearly running over several of the monks hurrying to the chapel hall because they were...
The following is a preview of Shipwrecked with the Selkie, Book 2 in the Mythos Island series, available July 23, 2024! One Finn It is a great day for lounging on the beach. In fact, almost every day on Mythos is a good day for lounging on the beach, but today is particularly on point—blue sky, white sand, gorgeous turquoise water, broken up only by the whitecaps in the surf. And today, there’s...
Pride often brings up plenty of arguments about who “counts” as queer. Every year, we debate whether kink communities “belong” at Pride. People argue that folks in heterosexual-presenting relationships don’t belong in queer spaces. (Ronê Ferreira / Pexels.com) Another argument often emerges alongside discussions about who “belongs” or “doesn’t” belong in the queer community. Every so often—and...
June has arrived, and with it, Pride Month 2024 has kicked off. Pride started in the 1970s to protest the treatment of queer people, both by law enforcement and society at large. The Stonewall Riots were the last straw for many queer people. They were frustrated by living in fear and denial, always under threat of violence from the state. Pride parades became a way of protesting this oppression...
Coming January 28! Get set for more intergalactic hijinks when a monk inherits a HOST CLUB ON THE PLEASURE PLANET!