Friday, February 28, 2014

Seeking LGBT Authors For Interviews! PLUS! A Brand New Website!

If you've been following my blog lately you've probably noticed the lovely parade of LGBT authors IN HATS answering really zany questions...! This is The Hat Party: my promo opportunity for authors who aren't afraid of having their picture taken in a hat or facing down a Raine O'Tierney interview.
The feedback I've received has been OVERWHELMINGLY AWESOME! So awesome, in fact, that I decided to create a whole new site that will be an off-shoot of Home of the Sweetness. This works for a multitude of reasons:
  • It gives interviewees a chance to be themselves and share excerpts that might be 18+ while keeping my main site PG
  • It allows me to offer more availability for guest authors, since my own news days aren't competing with interview days
  • I got to make a new logo! (Obviously, the most important part...)

 All author interviews have been preserved (along with comments!) and moved over to the new site.
I'm VERY interested in scheduling ANYONE who wants a spot: from the newest newbie with one short story to the most seasoned "old hat" with 52 titles under their belt. Check out the site for more details and instructions on setting up an interview!


Friday, February 21, 2014

Sweet Giordan, Please Remember Cover Reveal!

It's here! It's here! OMG, my novella is available for pre-order which means... COVER REVEAL!

Artist Christine Griffin went into my brain and plucked out exactly what I imagined and then made a cover of it. Her cover perfectly embodies the gentle feelings of Sweet Giordan, Please Remember. Plus Shane is like, stupid beautiful. <3

BUT...it gets better! My release date? March 19th. Okay, so what's so special about March 19th, Raine O'Tierney? Nothin' much... BUT-! because of timezones and such, my book ACTUALLY comes out at 11:00 p.m. on March 18th...otherwise known as: *drum roll* MY THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY!

I now want NOTHING at all for my birthday--I've already got the best present anyone could ever hope for!

I would be DELIGHTED if you would consider checking it out:

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4772&cPath=1024

Giordan Stone is lucky, all things considered. Sure, he spent five years in a coma only to wake with a right leg that’s practically useless and no memories other than his name. But now he’s under the care of sassy southern surrogate mother, Chloe Devereaux, spending his days painting and healing. Giordan wants for nothing at all… until he looks out the window one morning and sees Chloe's gorgeous son, Shane, standing there. Something very familiar stirs in Giordan.

When he sketches, Giordan is able to go into an “art trance” where pieces of disjointed memory come back to him without time or place. More and more of these flashes are of Shane Devereaux and the intense, intimate experiences they shared together. Even though Shane keeps his distance now, Giordan is convinced his flashes are real. But he doesn’t have the whole story. Giordan is determined to fill in his memory blanks and convince Shane his feelings are genuine.


Saturday, February 15, 2014

The Power of Love Valentine’s Day Blog Hop! (BOOK GIVEAWAY!)



MY BEST VALENTINE'S DAY EVER...was about kindness and friendship. 

When I was in high school, they would come around with the Candygrams (those caramel apple suckers that were like shards of glass on your tongue?) and notes and hand-deliver them to anyone lucky enough to have a friend or an SO or a stalker who shelled out the dollar and wrote the message. Every class period, the populars would receive three more Candygrams, throwing them into the pile—hoarding those coveted suckers. And every class period, I would sit up a little straighter, and my gut would clench, and I would hope and pray and pray and hope, that *someone* thought to send me one.

Spoiler alert: I never got my Candygram.

I changed schools at the beginning of my junior year. By the time February rolled around, I'd had a few months to make friends in this new, tiny, private school—but I wasn't expecting much. The handsome, green-eyed cowboy I was crushing on hard, didn't see me ‘like that’ and, even if he had, this new school didn't do Candygrams.

Spoiler alert: It turned out alright.

A friend walked up to me February 14th, 2000 with a Gundam Wing! V-Day card she'd made, full of kind thoughts about me and our friendship, chocolates, and a single rose. She smiled, patted me on the back and said, “I know you were worried about today. I wanted to make it special.” With that one thoughtful gesture, she wiped out every low feeling I'd had about Candygrams and popularity and my belongingness in the world of V-Day. I doubt she even remembers, but I'll never forget. Best. Valentine's Day. Ever.

PS. I married my green-eyed cowboy—and though he's tried, he still hasn't been able to top that single, thoughtfully given rose—that I still have in a glass bottle in my writing cove.


What was your best Valentine's Day? Leave a comment between February 14th and February 16th (11:59 p.m. CST) about your own best Valentine's Day EVER and you will be entered to win a FREE copy of my V-Day short, Under the Table and Into His Heart from Dreamspinner Press. The winner will be drawn randomly and notified on February 17th.


At the Under the Table host club, Valentine’s Day means one thing: cash. Neglected housewives, newly ex-girlfriends, and lovelorn thirtysomethings pay for the attention of handsome men. Shy bartender Jem has always wanted to be a host, and when the club’s owner, Miss Rye, accepts a contract from a MensLove Convention, Jem volunteers to flirt and make out with another host for the ladies’ entertainment. Bailey, an older man who’s had his eye on Jem, convinces Miss Rye to let him be Jem’s partner, and everyone gets more than they expected—especially Jem and Bailey. 




Monday, February 3, 2014

Just Lost My Publication V-Card!

*~*~UNDER THE TABLE AND INTO HIS HEART~*~* just became available! This is my FIRST EVER PUBLICATION  

If you want to check out my story, I'd be incredibly honored and very, very pleased! It's a universe I've been thinking about for a while now and I hope to write several more stories with the gentlemen from the Under the Table Host Club.

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4673&cPath=55_1024


At the Under the Table host club, Valentine’s Day means one thing: cash. Neglected housewives, newly ex-girlfriends, and lovelorn thirtysomethings pay for the attention of handsome men. Shy bartender Jem has always wanted to be a host, and when the club’s owner, Miss Rye, accepts a contract from a MensLove Convention, Jem volunteers to flirt and make out with another host for the ladies’ entertainment. Bailey, an older man who’s had his eye on Jem, convinces Miss Rye to let him be Jem’s partner, and everyone gets more than they expected—especially Jem and Bailey.

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I'm still sort of speechless about this whole publication business! I've spent 20 years dreaming, 10 years writing m/m romance, and the last year being a lionhearted girl, all to come to this moment. It's both quieter and more wonderful than I could have ever imagined.

Thank you for sharing this moment with me. Thank you for supporting me.

I leave you with one of my favorite quotes: 
"What would you do if you knew you could not fail?" It's seen me through every moment of this crazy adventure.


Saturday, February 1, 2014

Under the Table Blog Tour!

I am embarking on a new adventure... the blog tour! (Oooh!) I know this is old hat for many, many authors, but it's all fresh and shiny for me so I'm (let me put this eloquently) STUPID EXCITED! I'll be wandering around the interwebs talking to some fantastic folks about my first ever release Under the Table and Into His Heart!

Wish me luck! <3

Here's the official calendar:

Feb 1   ....... Julie Hayes
Feb 2   ....... M.A. Church
Feb 4   ....... JC Wallace
Feb 7   ....... Renee Stevens
Feb 10 ....... Cia Nordwell
Feb 13 ....... Elyzabeth M. VaLey
Feb 15 ....... Grace Duncan

My naughty interview with the fantabulous Julie Hayes is up now on her site.