So my book is doing really well. For me, lol. Usually they sell alright for a week and drop off into oblivion after that. This one is surviving week two with it's head above water, so thank you everyone! You're the best. 

And now a funny story....

So my family is kind of religious. My great grandfather was a preacher in Oregon during the Great Depression. No one has followed in his footsteps, religion steadily losing its grasp on my family, but my mother is Christian and does not like what I write. At all. 

​She tries to be happy for my success though.  Today I showed her how awesome the book was doing and her face lit up. I don't know exactly how our conversation went, but here's a few funny lines:

"So what's it about?"
"Gay alien male pregnancy romance!"
(all happiness drains from her expression)

"Why do you write that stuff?!"
".... uh... what do you mean?"

"You probably wish you were a man!"
"A gay man. Who is also an alien. And starting a family!" (At this point, I'm just fucking with her.)

"I guess if I want to live somewhere that's good and not evil I can't invite you over."
"Yeah, no, definitely not."

So. That's what being a gay romance writer is like in my family. I totally play into it and have fun with them. My mom tries very hard to be supportive even though she's embarrassed. Thanks Mom.

And thank you everyone who got the book! Seriously. I keep thinking 'today's the day it flatlines' but it hasn't done that yet. It'll be any day now, and that's alright. Thank you!! :D

How about being squished between two huge, naked dudes with their meaty schlongs hanging out and everything?

It's all a matter of opinion, but Carter's day is going pretty badly. He's an engineer captured by bug aliens, now depending on his large, muscled, naked cage mates for food and warmth. They seem sentient, so that's good. But they're also handsy. Which is… complicated.
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The military isn't looking for him. Slaves taken by the bug race never come back. Yet, Carter is very much alive, and if he wants to stay that way, he'll need to trust Pykh and Siel, two affectionate aliens with claws, teeth, and size.

I'm so excited to see the book as a final draft!! I upped my print game for the honor. Check out these pages:

The cover is alright too.  :) 

​I can't wait to hold this book in my hands! But I also wonder… Are people going to dislike the writing? This is the first book I've written with Dragon Naturally Speaking.

​My paragraphs are a little longer. I get into description more, and I've always heard that's a bad thing. When you're writing with voice, the merest thought becomes text very, very quickly, so you can go into some strange mazes before you know it. I've had to cut a little more than normal from this book.

But I hope people love it because writing with my voice is my favorite method now. I've tried typing again, and it just feels too slow and clunky. I can't get the words out of my head fast enough.

So, If you get the book and start wondering what's different, there you go! Speaking my character's thoughts and dialogue makes the writing process so immersive. Hopefully you guys will think so too about the story.

This was a super fun book to write. I wrote the first chapters alongside OSA, so it's aliens and humans again. This time without the fancy wealth. The aliens are more creature-ish too, so the sex scenes are neat.

The characters voices are what really made this book a blast to write though. There's three guys and three POVs in this one, and they're all adorable.

Carter is a captured engineer with a "Well, actually..." personality. Best example: Hermione.

Pykh was raised as a slave all his life and he's the cutest by far. He loves learning things and listening to Siel.

And Siel is his older cage buddy who once was a great warrior. He's the deep feels kind of guy, and his POV has some of the best chapters in the book.

First chapter is below. Some of it may change, especially Siel's lines... I'm just getting started on the editing notes today.

​If you like alien romances and you also read m/f, check out V C Lancaster's Ruth & Gron series, which is equal parts romance, cuteness, and fascination. 

https://amzn.to/2IQkZ6L

V C Lancaster, Amanda Milo, and Ruby Dixon are all the inspirations I'm bringing to this book. :)

There will be some weirdness going on with the titles because I'm listing them on all bookstores as their Amazon exclusivity expires. I'm also working on making the first book free, but Amazon is slooooow. Excellent timing for this to happen would be a week. Last time it took 5 weeks...

The series conclusion didn't take me to all the places I wanted to go, as I said before. My Omega shifter series became sprawling and 'unending', so I tried to keep the story tight on this one. I've been studying story structure, but I have a hard time keeping a novel inside the outline. I'd much rather write it all over the place, lol.

The next piece I'm working on is a full novel and probably a standalone. It might possibly be my first wide launch, which is indie-speak for non-KU. I'm not expecting it to be super long, but I still don't use outlines, so who knows. (I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet.)

Here's the book: http://amzn.to/2FHBJww
Chapter 1 Preview of Episode Four below. Click Read More.