I’m excited to reveal the cover and blurb for my new contemporary gay romance Fight the Tide, the sequel to Kick at the Darkness coming July 26! Thanks so much to Dar Albert for her wonderful work. Adrift in a post-apocalyptic world, they only have each other. Is it enough? A virus that turns the…
Hello friends! I’ve enrolled my contemporary desert island romance, Beyond the Sea, in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program for the summer so KU subscribers have a chance to borrow it. You can still also buy it from Amazon, and it’ll be back at all sellers in the fall. I’ve been very busy holed up in the…
Welcome to my new and improved website! I’ve been plugging away for the past couple of weeks and have spent many bleary-eyed hours in front of the computer. I’m quite pleased with the results and hope you are too. Thanks so much to Amanda, my wonderful mate from down under, for all her help…
Happy new year! Did you achieve your goals in 2015? For me, the past year was more successful than I’d dreamed. My goal was to make a living writing romance novels full time and stay out of debt, and I not only achieved that, but did it with extra to put into my savings…
For the past few months, I’ve been running ads through Google AdWords because they sent me an offer for $100 in credit, and I figured why not. When they recently sent an email suggesting I include an image to my ad for free, I followed their instructions to do so. My ads go to my…
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when Amazon screws up a price match, here’s a cautionary tale. I learned a few things: 1. It’s important to have a distinctive title. 2. It’s important to ensure the authors’ names are not similar (especially if the titles are). 3. It’s important to remember that Barnes & Noble…
I’ve previously posted here and here about the challenges of publishing gay Amish romance on Amazon without being put in the Christian/inspirational categories, even though I pointedly do not choose these categories or keywords. Okay, it’s not that bad, but dealing with loopholes in Amazon’s system is an exercise in frustration for me and the…
As the author of a gay Amish romance series, here’s the problem with the term “Amish romance.” To most of the world–and most vitally to Amazon–an Amish romance is automatically Christian/inspirational. I have nothing against Christian romances, but that’s not what I write. For starters, I think most Amish romances have approximately 100% less sweaty…
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my gay Amish romance ending up on the inspirational romance and Christian books and bibles bestseller lists. I removed the word “Amish” from the product tags. But lo and behold, the book was still showing up in the Christian categories. So I emailed Amazon. The first rep…
It seems that if you write a romance featuring Amish characters, it is automatically classified as “sweet” (i.e. no sex) and “inspirational” (i.e. Christian). During the pre-order period on Amazon, A Forbidden Rumspringa has simultaneously ranked on these bestseller lists: Books > Gay & Lesbian > Literature & Fiction > Erotica Books > Christian Books…
