Warning: linked content definitely Not Safe For Work, and includes graphic homosexual sex. On this momentous day, with the future of American democracy battered but still intact, I honestly can’t think of a better way to annoy (some) rightwing hypocrites today, than self-publishing a piece of *extremely gaaaayyy* erotic romance. After six months or so,…
Read More MAESTRO Reboot (Adult Content)Another year, another round of self-published stuff. Now I’m playing with a digitally altered and painted cover for my contemporary M/M erotic romance MAESTRO, while I add to that short 16K story. I needed brownstone houses. Fortunately, the Phoenix area has some, so I made a fool of myself getting shots of several at night.…
Read More New covers for ‘Maestro’MIRRORMAZE is a very cool anthology with a deft literary framework surrounding the diverse stories. It’s a dreampunk anthology of mind-melting SFF from editor Cliff Jones Jr. and Fractured Mirror Publishing, released on December 8, 2020. I’ve read the galley, and now I have print copies in my hands. The anthology is a great collection…
Read More Mirrormaze has launchedAfter getting the rights back recently, I’m self-publishing my 103,000-word fantasy quest novel THE PURIST through Draft2Digital. When his wife is outcast from humanity, the last bard of a dying race thwarts a secret war and ancient gods to rejoin her. I made some minor revisions from the version that came out in summer 2018…
Read More Republishing THE PURISTI’m publishing a new version of my sword-and-planet fantasy novel BLOODSHADOW on July 10, 2020, through Draft2Digital. At 40,482 words, this is a revised version of the first part of the monster 135K book that was on Wattpad some years ago. Amazon US buy link Amazon global buy link Universal buy link (for platforms other…
Read More Relaunching Bloodshadow!After a couple of decades of dithering around with it, ‘Needle and Sword’ is finally becoming a novella instead of a short story. Possibly a book, since I have a tendency to stuff too much into manuscripts. I’ll be honest: I’m pantsing most of it, since I have no idea how the two larger stories…
Read More Another book cover: Needle and SwordMy brother would not want me to sit still and mourn. Or is that a selfish excuse to keep moving, keep fighting? Survivors’ guilt is a bitch, folks. It sinks in claws and never quite lets go, and makes us second-guess all our impulses. Anyhow, if I want to go anywhere in publishing fiction, it’s…
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Back in 1992 I waffled around with a short story about a warrior-woman, an embroiderer, and the city they both loved. That became NEEDLE AND SWORD, which was fan-published shortly afterward. I’ve had it on the blog for the longest time. I’m getting ready to take it down, in preparation for releasing a longer, slightly…
Read More Needle And Sword: new covers!I’ve been so busy with art and a new manufacturing job that I have completely neglected the Blue Night blog. Sorry, folks, I’ll try to carve some time out for bloggy stuff. In the meantime, I really love my job. First, a PSA: If you know someone going through a traumatic and dangerous breakup/divorce/etc, make…
Read More Rants from a neglected blogThanks to the wonders of random number generators, we have our winners for the book and jewelry giveaway, celebrating the debut month of my fantasy novel THE PURIST. The two formal runners-up are Green Dragon Artist and Stephanie D. You get a choice of THE PURIST in the ebook formats of Mobi or EPub. (If…
Read More Book and Jewelry Giveaway Winners!September 7th has arrived and left. That means I’ve now closed the jewelry and book giveaway I started a month ago. I’ll be turning the entries into numbers tomorrow, then letting a random number generator do its thing. I’ll post the results on this blog and get in touch with the winners soon! Thank you…
Read More Jewelry & Book Giveaway Now ClosedThank you to all the people who have purchased THE PURIST directly from NineStar Press, or from Kobo, Smashwords, and all the other non-Amazon platforms. Yeah, sure, you can buy it on Amazon, too. But if you do want to read this book, please consider buying directly. It helps my publisher and helps me! I…
Read More The Purist mini blurbIt’s Thursday 2 August 2018, and that means we’re getting closer to The Purist being available for general purchase from www.ninestarpress.com and other vendors. To celebrate (and calm my nerves a bit), I’m setting up a giveaway on this blog. What is this book? Learn more here. Rules are simple: From today until 3 September…
Read More The Purist Launch Party and GiveawayIn addition to the lovely cover, we now have a blurb and pre-order links. The Purist
Read More Purist blurb!Here is the final cover for my 103K fantasy novel THE PURIST, due from NineStar Press on August 6, 2018.
Read More ‘The Purist’ coverIn a little less than a month, I will be able to aim you lovely people at buy links for THE PURIST, my upcoming fantasy novel from NineStar Press. I’ve seen the final cover version. It rocks. It rocks so damn hard, in fact, that it could comfortably fit into the catalog of any of…
Read More Purist countdown!We have a publishing date for THE PURIST: August 6, 2018! I’ve seen the first draft of the cover art from NineStar Press and Natasha Snow, and it’s *freaking gorgeous*. Added 7-9-2018: I have seen the final version of the cover. OMG. <Author falls over in twitching heap, burbling happily> It’s so good, folks. I…
Read More The PuristThe rewritten, expanded version of my smutty M/M space opera romance, Moro’s Price, is now up for pre-orders at NineStar Press. It should hit other vendors in a few days to a week after publication on June 26, 2017. A shout out to my brilliant editors, and to cover artist Natasha Snow. She managed to…
Read More Moro’s Price revised edition now on sale!So a few days have passed. I did about as well in #SFFpit as I expected: one of the small publishers I know and trust liked my entries, as well as a few other people. It was a long shot with some hidden value beyond the pitch day, so I wasn’t that worried for the…
Read More #SFFpit: the epilogueAfter some hours of delay, assumed coding problems, and many thousands of panicked writers around the world…the 2016 Wattys are up and running. The Wattys are Wattpad’s *huge* annual writing contest, split among many countries, languages, and genres. It’s a fascinating way for me, as an American, to see some of the best of the…
Read More The Wattys are here