We're well into 2023. The Christmas decorations are gone until December, winter is trying to see itself out, and Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I suppose enough time has passed that I should talk about my next project. I think people who know me know that I enjoy cozy mysteries. I love Murder,… Continue reading Bookshop Mystery

My mother-in-law told me: "Someone who only does the right thing when there is no possibility they will face any consequences is not doing the right thing." Due to recent events, that resonated with me. Lately, I've forced myself to shut up and listen. Not listen to every little noise around me, but the wiser,… Continue reading Let Me Tell You

Authors (and writers) don't talk about certain sensitive industry subjects. Not even with each other. Like most human beings, it's challenging to express vulnerable feelings and thoughts, and, as a rule, they hate to say or do anything that makes them look or feel weak. It doesn't matter that, if said out loud, a person… Continue reading Burnout

We're coming to the end of the year and Christmas and New Year's Day are upon us. Next year will be a new, exciting year with more book goodness from Chase Connor Books. In the meantime, I'm trying to take it easy, entertain the family for the holidays, settle into life changes, and stuff my… Continue reading Merry Christmas 2022

I suppose I might be known for tearing some hearts up and stomping on them in my writing past. Trauma, homophobia, unrequited love, horrible parents...death. My novel-writing history is littered with victims, both fictional and real. Readers of my works have suffered nearly as much as the characters I put through the wringer. Don't ask… Continue reading Queer Joy

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin said that. Or wrote it. I'm not sure. I don't have time for research. Recently, Elon Musk bought Twitter and the entire site--and the internet itself--is burning to… Continue reading Adaptation

Halloween is gone. Winter is creeping closer. The world is slowly going to sleep for a fourth of the year. It's the time of year when everything seems to hibernate and life becomes quiet and I find myself asking the same question I ask every year. Why do I write? Honestly, I'm not sure I… Continue reading Naked

Let me start by saying this: When I started my career by writing gay erotica and then gay coming-of-age, I got death threats in my email and DMs. I've had a well-liked gay male member of the Writing Community DM me daily to get onto me for everything I did and tell me that I'd… Continue reading Trolls

Saturday night, I lost my shit. That's simply a cute way to say I nearly had a full-fledged panic attack. For a solid half hour, I was a woman on the verge. Couldn't breathe. Couldn't think. Almost unable to move. I was spiraling. It was kind of scary, but I'm a writer, so I also… Continue reading Panic