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Friday, December 31, 2010

We lost our girl, Ginger, to cancer Monday, Dec 27th.
I held her in my arms, and we looked into each other's eyes until she was gone.
Words can't express the ache in my heart. I miss her.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Have to Mention This Book

If you enjoy romance with an erotic edge, but are looking for a little different twist, I suggest you check out Lauren Fraser's "The Geek Next Door".

As part of the writers critiquing group, ERAuthors, I had the opportunity to witness this story in the rough as Lauren worked on it.
This book is good. It really is.
Good enough I guess you could say I'm doing a book review on a site where I don't do book reviews.

Yes, the hero is a "geek," and the heroine is anything but.
Lauren not only makes the pairing work, she does it in such a way that it thoroughly entertained me, and I don't even like this kind of book.

So, there it is. Lauren made me a true fan with this story and the way it is written.
That's a fact.
The woman can write.
That is also a fact.

Lauren Fraser has yet to receive the recognition her talents truly deserve.
Hopefully that will change soon, because a lot of people are missing out on some topnotch storytelling.
Give her a look at http://www.laurenfraser.com/bookshelf/the-geek-next-door

Monday, December 6, 2010

An Excerpt from "SonSet" - My Original Short Story

"SonSet" is only available in Evanne Lorraine's novel "A Scarlet Past"

Chapter 1   

A sudden shift in the spring breeze carried a whiff of boiling potatoes and grain mash with it. Vezirov Kasmerkhov's nostrils flared. His temper seethed. His tata, his father. Hollow promises from the man were nothing new, but the grain and potatoes…. The sonofabitch had broken his word. Their scant food stores that survived the harsh Romanian winter were being reduced to vodka.
 Vezirov slapped the ends of the horse's reins around the plow's cross-support and ran across the freshly carved furrows of dirt. The acrid scent of induced fermentation, stronger with every stride, aroused an unfamiliar ache in his stomach. Not fear, not anger - - need. A need to taste, to wash himself, in death. The need clothed the insides of him, wriggled and writhed as he ran towards the ramshackle wood pole barn behind the hog pen.
The need pulled his hand to the sheathed knife on his leather belt. Charging into the building through an open door he saw tata, back to him, bent over a ten-liter iron kettle. The need growled in Vezirov's throat, glazed his vision with a frost of hate, eroded his thought until only one remained - - kill tata.
He leapt into the air so foul with the stench of boiling potatoes and mash, and landed with both booted feet on his father's back, which sent the gaunt man face first into the small fire fueled by wood scraps and burlap sacks. Momentum carried Vezirov to the ground, rolling, then to his feet. He whirled, knife in one hand and wiped away a droplet of drool with the other. His screaming prey clawed the dirt floor with yellowed fingernails, scraping up bits of soil to smother the red embers welded to its skin.
The need slowly stalked its prey, deriving warmth in the anticipated pleasure of the kill.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Out of the Closet is in the Top 10 of the Kindle Gay Sales List

Yeah!
I'm stoked. Thank you all very, very much.
Today Out of the Closet has this tag on Amazon.com:
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #22,495 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Yup. My debut novel is in the top fifty.
Happy feet - Dance!  Happy feet - Dance!

UPDATE!

As of noon today:

#10,345 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)


Bless everyone of you who has bought Out of the Closet. Thank you!

Looks like we peaked for today:
#9,582 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

YES!  THANK YOU ALL! TOP 10!
#5,479 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

What's A Good Day In The Literary World?

Glad you asked.
Yesterday definitely is an example.

The day started with an email from Jill Noble, owner and publisher of Noble Romance Publishing.
The reason for the email (don't you love twenty questions)? Noble Romance wants to contract my full-length romantic suspense novel SUNDAY AWAKENING.
Think I said "Yes!"? Come on. I'm a reflection in a mirror. I didn’t say anything.
DA couldn't get the word out fast enough.
We still have to wait for the details to be worked out, but it looks like SUNDAY AWAKENING will be released in early December.

Could the day get better?
Silly. I wouldn't ask the question if the answer wasn't YES!

BookWenches notified me they had reviewed Out of the Closet.
BookWenches are some serious readers who take their reviews even more seriously than their love of reading. Was I nervous? Oh, yeah.

4 out of 5 Stars.
WooHoo!
Don't take the word of a troll - read it for yourself.
http://www.bookwenches.com/october10reviews.htm#652920285

The day was going so well, I bought a MegaMillions lottery ticket. And guess what?
I didn't win a damn thing.

The moral of all of this is: Work your ass off, because some other schmuck is going to win the lottery.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Out of the Closet


KevaD's debut novella is now available for purchase.
DA wants to thank Noble Romance Publishing for trusting in this contemporary romantic comedy, and overlooking the fact KevaD is a troll who lives under the stairs.

Yes, the kitten plays a role in the story. He's not just there for his beefcake looks.
The other beekcake?
That's Mike. A high-rise construction worker who'll throw a man off a twentieth story to prove his love.
No, the man doesn't die. He just screams a lot... for a really long time...