Thanksgiving Special: Free Reads and Turkey Dinners!

Chapter Four of La Playa Blanca is up, and it includes turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and all the trimmings. I hope you will enjoy meeting some of Andrew's crazy relatives. 

Tomorrow, I will be enjoying dinner at Andi Lea's, where I will totally ignore anything remotely pumpkin, not because I don't like pumpkin, but because I will have the choice of Miss Andi's famous apple pie. Life is good. I hope you and yours have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving, too!

Ooh, and as an extra special bonus holiday treat, you may want to head over to Ethan Day's blog and read an excerpt from Z.A. Maxfield's new holiday story. And don't forget the Silver Flash gang over at West Thronhill's place. There is a new story beginning. Plus, another Spectral Surprise post, too. Last, but not least, Cherie Noel has posted another bit of her Fire and Ice story.

That Reminds Me: Go Gracious Authors.

Yesterday, I saw a little tweet by Jordan C. Price and it reminded me of a few things. First I remembered that her stories were among those that first turned me on to the M/M genres. If you have not read her Psycop Series, I highly recommend it. Plus, her latest work is a free read called Magic Mansion about a magician's reality show. The readers periodically get to vote characters out of the story. So cool! Second, I was reminded of how grateful I am to Jordan for all the help she has graciously given me as a new kid on the block.

You see, somewhere along the way, I decided to write Jordan and ask her what I called " some stupid questions." I figured she might get a laugh out of them, and perhaps I'd get a response if I was lucky. On the contrary, Jordan replied right away and admonished me for calling my questions stupid. She has proceeded to go out of her way to answer any and all of my questions ever since. She even pointed me to her podcasts on writing, called Packing Heat. She no longer produces these, but they're all available online.

Jordan is not the only one. Just about every author I've met or written to along the way has been gracious and wonderful. Even the big names, like JR Ward, who I was sure would be far too busy and important for little old me, seem more than willing to help. It's like they enjoy the chance to talk with someone else who fully appreciates the difficulty of what they do. Someone who isn't pressuring them about when the next book is coming out.

There is no way I can link you to all of the authors who have been helpful, but Jordan's little tweet reminded me that I certainly need to thank them all. Authors, if you are by some amazing fluke actually reading this new kid's post, you know who you are.

Here are just a few more gracious authors I recommend that you read: Ethan Day, Andi Lea, Amanda Young, SJ Frost, James Buchanan, Rick R. Reed, Damon Suede, Cherie Noel, and West Thornhill. Whew! That should keep you busy for a while.