Historical fiction
- Adult Novellas, Contemporary Romance, E books, Historical fiction, Historical womens fiction, New Adult, Paranormal romance, Scifi, Urban Fantasy, YA Paranormal
Download December!
It’s Download December, where readers can get early access to some of the new books coming out from wikkid.sexy.cool.com
Starting this week, multiple chapter excerpts will be available to download on Amazon. The excerpts will be in a variety of genres, from scifi, military, suspense, new adult and commercial fiction (with a romance and diverse characters at the core of each story)
A motorcycle gang protecting their territory
Refugees attempting to revitalize a run-down area
A deranged man determined to keep his loved ones imprisoned
It all begins and ends in a RUSH
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New Excerpts
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Is the Historical Romance genre in trouble?
There’s an interesting discussion going on at Dear Author, regarding the woeful state of the Historical Romance genre. Here’s the link:
http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/we-should-let-the-historical-genre-die/
Regencies appear to be the only historical romances major publishers are promoting.
But only a handful of authors are able to profit doing Regencies, so where does that leave authors who wish to write of the past, but not in the Regency time period?
Well, I don’t have the answer to that. All I know is I’m readying a couple of books that are definitely historicals, but not so much historical romance, though loving couples are part of the storyline. One is GAIJIN. The other is an era spanning epic called The Queen of Comedy, which tells the tale of a legendary female comedian during the 1930s and 40s, and her less than successful nephew who played a hip, wisecracking manservant on TV during the 1960s.
Gaijin – A Colored Maiden’s Voyage and Recollections of Japan in the 1860s 
GAIJIN 
The Queen of Comedy takes center stage JUKEBOX Volume One is a YA Historical, set during the 1960s.
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Contributing to Avon and saying hello
This is a post to say hello to anyone who wound up here via Avon's site. We've signed up to become a blog post contributor.
Avon Member Badge Beverly Jenkins and Courtney Milan are two favorite authors (of both my mom and I) who’ve written for Avon. Courtney’s got a must read post on her site titled Digital Strategy in Historical Romance where she discusses the advantages of publishers having a digital strategy vs. not having one. Her article and accompanying comments are vital to authors at any stage of their career, from newbies to those already established.
Anyway, feel free to take a look around, and this post will be updated a bit later with two cover faves from both Beverly and Courtney.
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What I’m up to . . .
Working on: Editing Love scenes
Listening to: Maxwell’s Whenever Wherever Whatever and Robin Thicke’s Lost Without You
For which books: HEAVEN and The Queen of Comedy
The Queen of Comedy takes center stage Excerpts from Queensrealm and the Queen of Comedy will be up this weekend.
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Read an excerpt from the historical fiction novel GAIJIN
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JUKEBOX Volume Two change
I’ve made a change to the cover of JUKEBOX Volume II:
JUKEBOX Volume II This was the previous cover:
JUKEBOX Volume II (Old version) Since the covers depict the primary characters (Eli, upper left, Simone upper right, Johnny in the middle) during the 70s, the new cover makes Johnny a bit more prominent.
JUKEBOX Volume II
With the 60’s coming to a close, Simone Westwood Burr is a nineteen year old superstar dubbed the “Siren of Soul” with her funky, cutting edge music. Now married to the ultimate bad boy of Southern Rock, she tries to juggle a career and being a new mother,
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JUKEBOX Volume One, paperback release this month
This is the revised back cover for the paperback version of JUKEBOX Vol. One, being released at the end of this month:
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Back cover of JUKEBOX Volume One
