Good Morning Monday
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Good Morning Monday! And Tom & Cooper are on sale!
What’s new this week? Â I’ve been writing, editing, and proofreading. So all in all, nothing new. LOL
On a personal note, my kids have gone back to school and sporting obligations have also started. I’ve also committed myself to doing CrossFit 4-5 times a week. (Or I should be committed, given it’s been 40C all week I’m certain that makes me crazy LOL) Yes, it means sacrifice to some areas of my ‘free-time’, but I need to do this for me. It just means I need to be more organised with my time and stop procrastinating when it comes to my work hours. My writing schedule is hellabusy this year, so I’ve re-engaged my Internet block and won’t be on social media as much in the next few weeks. I have a job to do and deadlines to meet! Which means more books, so I’m guessing people won’t mind 😉
In some exciting news, I am Author of the Month at Bayou Book Junkie!  I had fun with their interview, totally humbled by the lovely things other M/M folks had to say about me, and offered some insight into my writing.  My entire backlist will be in the spotlight throughout the month, starting with Spencer Cohen and The Weight Of It All and Perfect Catch, and a special cover reveal toward the end of the month! Stay tuned for that one!
Have you met Tom and Cooper yet?
Also this week, Elements of Retrofit (Thomas Elkin, Book One) is on sale!! Starting from February 7th, it will be just 99c!
And also discounts for the rest of the series:
Clarity of Lines  £1.99/$2.99/€2.99
Sense of Place  £1.99/$2.99/€2.99You can find Elements of Retrofit on
A huge thank you to Pride Publishing for running the Bargain Booksy promotion!
So, just a short one this time. But for those who like to keep up to date on my WIP progress, the sequel to Imago is now at 17K. Â That’s it for now! Until next week… Â <3
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Good Morning Monday ~ Week 2
Wow, we’re into the second week of 2017 already.  Time surely flies when there are 7493769495 books to read… 😉
Just a quick update this week. Â I brought my WIP up to 31K. I’m thinking it will be 40K in total, and I’m hoping to get the first draft done this week before I leave for Sydney on Friday (I’m having a week off and taking the kids + 1 to Sydney for a week of shopping and fun stuff). Â If you don’t already know, my WIP is called Imago (pronounced emargo) and is about Lawson Gale, a lepidopterist, who finds himself in the woodlands of Tasmania where he meets Parks & Wildlife officer, Jack Brighton. Love and butterflies, my friends.
I’m thinking there will be a sequel because they’re just so stinking cute. I have the cover to Imago and will share it soon. It’s GORGEOUS. Â Imago should be out late Feb, the sequel possibly April.
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Perfect Catch comes off Payhip today and goes onto Amazon KU tomorrow.  This is your absolute last chance to grab it before it’s exclusive to Amazon. You can find the link HERE.  I will post the links to KU when it goes live 🙂
Switched has been a wonderful success, and I am truly grateful for all my readers. And for those who take the time to review, I give you virtual cookies. <3
In other news, I have the audio of Red Dirt Heart 2 coming out soon, and the French translation of Cronin’s Key II!!  🙂  I’m so excited!
Here’s to a positive week! Â Lots of words, books and love.
Until next week…
<3
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Good Morning Monday ~ Hello 2017!
Welcome to 2017! Â
My first post of the year! Â I’m not one to make New Year’s resolutions, but I really want 2017 to be productive, happy, and healthy. I’ve set my writing schedule for this year (and had to change it three times already LOL) but it will be another ridiculously busy y
ear.
And what a way to bring in the New Year… When 2017 crawled around, Switched was at #1 on Amazon in six countries (US, UK, DE, CA, FR, BR) !!! And in the Top 5 of another 2 (AUS, NL) !!  I am, and will always be, humbled and grateful for you guys. <3  Let’s hope it’s a sign of what this year might bring!
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In light of All Romance eBooks closing (and their rather spectacular display of mismanagement, theft and lies  –  which you can read about HERE and HERE) I’ve started listing my non-Amazon-exclusive titles on Payhip. For those unable/unwilling to use Amazon, it’s a third-party hosting site where customers can pay for, and download, ebooks directly from the author. All payments are done through PayPal, and the file is downloaded directly to your computer.  You can check out my profile HERE.
The Weight Of It All is now not exclusive to Amazon!  Some other buy links are:I’m still waiting for the listing to go through to iBooks, B&N, Kobo etc. I will post the links as soon as I have them 🙂
Coming up on the 10th of January, Perfect Catch will release as a single title. It was part of the It Was Always You Anthology where, with the other M/M Daily Grind authors, we raised a phenomenal amount of money for One.N.Ten charity. I will post more on that when we can 🙂  But, getting back to Perfect Catch…  It’s a 19K word short s
tory of Cal and Troy, two Aussie best mates who fall for each other, hook, line and sinker.Look at this gorgeous cover, made by the even lovelier Sara York 🙂
Blurb:
Calvin Lynch and Troy Hoffman have been best mates since they were fourteen years old. They’re both hard-working tradesmen, both love weekends away fishing, bot
h gay, but have never been single at the same time. Until now.What is supposed to be a weekend away fishing with a group of mates, changes at the last minute when friends bail out in an attempt to give Cal and Troy some alone time.
With more than just hooks on the line, can these two see what’s been right in front of them the whole time?
The Perfect Catch is a short story about falling for your best friend hook, line, and sinker.
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I’ll be posting Perfect Catch on Payhip on about the 5th, so non-Amazon customers have a chance to purchase the book, prior to the 10th, when it will go exclusive to KU.
Coming back to my 2017 schedule, at this point, it looks like there will be seven new releases, Â and four re-releases of books where the rights revert back to me. Eleven in total, not including translations and audio, makes for a busy me. But that means lots of books for readers!
Oh, before I forget, if you want to sign up for my newsletter, for further updates, news, promos and whatnot, you can do that HERE.
So, welcome to 2017! And let’s make it a bloody good one!
Until next week…
<3
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Good Morning Monday and a Happy New Year!
My final Good Morning Monday post for 2016!!  I can not believe another year is over, but let’s be honest… I don’t think anyone is too sad to see 2016 end. It’s been a trying year, and there’s been a lot of loss and upheaval, a lot of change, and a lot of uncertainty.
But there’s also been some positives as well.
Let’s do a recap, shall we?
Let’s look at it in pictures first 🙂
I released six books (Spencer Cohen Book One, Two, and Three, Blood & Milk, The Weight of It All, and Switched is due out tomorrow) which is approximately 325,000 words.  I also had a 20K short story in an anthology. I had five translations, re-released one novel, and released one five-book bundle. And my first ever audiobook!  Which, is a combined total of over  one million words I’ve had to write/edit/format/release. It’s been a crazy-busy year.
I was also lucky enough to travel around the USA for six weeks, ending my trip at GRL 2016 in Kansas City, which was amazing.
I got to meet people I’ve talked to online for years, and I got to meet readers who I’ve met through social media, and it was an absolute highlight for me.
Want some more pics??
Avengers Station, Las Vegas 
Grand Canyon 
College Football, Las Vegas 
A touch of Paris in LV 
Nashville 
NYC 
NYC 
Central Park 
Quebec City 
Montreal 
Toronto 
Niagara Falls 
White House 
Walt Disney 
Golden Gate Bridge 
Harry Potter, Universal Studios 
Me, Devon, and Riley 
Posy, Jay, and me 
Four of the Grinder authors! Me, Felice, Lane, and Riley 
Posy, Barb and Me 
Me! I was also lucky enough to travel around the USA for six weeks, ending my trip at GRL 2016 in Kansas City, which was amazing.
I got to meet people I’ve talked to online for years, and I got to meet readers who I’ve met through social media, and it was an absolute highlight for me.
And looking at my schedule for 2017, I’m thinking it’s going to be even busier. God help me. LOL
So, my fair and fabulous readers, please have a safe and prosperous New Year, and I’ll see you in 2017.
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Good Morning Monday – Merry Christmas!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY DECEMBER, HAPPY SUNDAY!
I’ve had another busy week! My kids finished school for the year, which means all sport is on break as well. Except for my daughter’s CrossFit and barbell classes – they’ll go all year. But tennis and basketball is over until the new year!  I’ve been busy with first and second round edits of Switched this week, and have been adding some words to my new WIP as well. Oh, and did you notice my blog posts have a pretty new design? I thought it matched in better with my website 🙂
The word count on my WIP has stalled at 14K while edits are going on, but I’m hoping to add some more this week. Â I can now tell you all that my WIP, instead of calling “my WIP” has a title, and that title is Imago. Â Pronounced imargo, it is the story of a lepidtopterist (one who studies butterflies – hence the title of Imago) who meets a man that works for Parks and Wildlife Services. It’s a cute, gorgeous story set in Tasmania, Australia. Â I can’t wait for you guys to meet them! I just need to finish their story first LOL Â I’m going to aim for a February release, all things going well.
I’d love to get my word count on Imago up to 20K by the end of the week, but that might be aiming a bit high. I have my in-laws coming up this week, so I’ll be busy with them, and also getting final proofreading edits done for Switched for release day on the 27th.
Not to mention last minute Christmas shopping for presents and food, which I’m still putting off. I might make the kids come with me. I mean, if I have to suffer, it’s only fair they suffer with me, right??
We had another milestone in our house this week, with the 18th (yesterday) marking our two year anniversary of bringing Ruby, our crazy dog, into our lives.  As you can see from this photo, she’s not spoilt at all  🙂
I know I’ve shared the cover to Switched, but it’s so pretty, let’s look at it again. And a blurb for those who might not have seen it on my social media.
BLURB:
Israel Ingham’s life has never been easy. He grew up in a house devoid of love and warmth. Nothing he ever did was good enough. The fact Israel is gay just added to the long list of his father’s disappointments.
Then a letter from Eastport Children’s Hospital changes everything.
A discovery is made, one of gross human error. Twenty-six years ago two baby boys were switched at birth and sent home with the wrong families.
Sam, Israel’s best friend, has been his only source of love and support. With Sam beside him every step of the way, Israel decides to meet his birth mother and her son, the man who lived the life Israel should have.
Israel and Sam become closer than ever, amidst the tumultuous emotions of meeting his birth family, and Sam finds himself questioning his feelings toward his best friend. As Israel embraces new possibilities, he needs to dissect his painful relationship with his parents in order to salvage what’s left.
Because sometimes it takes proof you’re not actually family to become one.
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Oh, I’m also in the final round for AUTHOR OF THE YEAR at Gay Book Reviews which is pretty freakin’ amazing!!! Â If you’re inclined to vote, you can do so HERE. I’m in some incredible company on this poll, and I’m truly honoured to even be nominated. <3
And Spencer Cohen Book One is in the final for BOOK OF THE YEAR! You can vote for him HERE.
That’s it for this week. Short and sweet, much like me! LOL
I hope you all have a wonderful time over the holidays. Â I know not everyone celebrates at this time of year, so regardless of faith/beliefs, enjoy your weekend anyway. It doesn’t bother me one bit which/what/how/when you believe, I wish you all health, happiness and peace.
Much love, to you and yours. Â <3
Until next week…
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Good Morning Monday! Twas two busy weeks before Christmas…
Two busy weeks before Christmas… OMG this year has really flown. Â I will do a recap on 2016 in the next couple of weeks, but for now all I will say is I’m kinda glad it’s almost over… It’s been a SUPER busy week, and the next two will be even more so. *sigh*
My kids finish school this week. Aussie kids are winding down their school year and getting ready for summer break. It’s six weeks of “Muuuum, I’m bored. What can I do?”  I’m looking forward to the sleep-ins, I will admit, but not to the constant interruptions. Working from home is awesome in so many ways, except during school holidays LOL.  I can foresee a lot of hours spent at the local library …  And for the record, whenever my kids tell me they have nothing to do (as they put down their iPhones and step over the PS4 and XBoxOne, ignore the dog, and their bikes and sports gear) I give them housework chores to do. This usually insures two things:  One, they do some housework that I’ve put off doing because I hate it. And Two, they don’t complain to me again.  It’s a win/win  🙂
Okay, so for some news on the writing front…
Switched, all 74K words of it, is with my editor. I’m still shooting for a release date of Dec 27th, but this is tentative. Â My poor editor has been unwell, so basically Switched will release when it’s ready. Â I’d love for it to be before the year ends, but I can’t guarantee it.
Perfect Catch, my 20K short story which was part of the It Was Always You anthology with the other awesome M/M Daily Grind authors will also be out as a separate release in early January.
I have an awesome cover for it, made by the very talented Sara York 🙂
The Blurb:
Calvin Lynch and Troy Hoffman have been best mates since they were fourteen years old. They’re both hard-working tradesmen, both love weekends away fishing, both gay, but have never been single at the same time. Until now.
What is supposed to be a weekend away fishing with a group of mates, changes at the last minute when friends bail out in an attempt to give Cal and Troy some alone time.
With more than just hooks on the line, can these two see what’s been right in front of them the whole time?
The Perfect Catch is a short story about falling for your best friend hook, line, and sinker.
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Please Note: Â Perfect Catch will be exclusive to Amazon for 90 days upon release. It is currently available at all retail sites as part of the anthology. You can grab it now from iBooks ~ Amazon ~ Kobo
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The N.R. Walker Starter Pack also went live!!!! Â I’m super excited about this. A collection of five of my books (Red Dirt Heart, Cronin’s Key, Sixty Five Hours, Spencer Cohen Book One, and Blind Faith) in the one book for new-to-me readers, or those who might be new to the m/m genre can grab five best-selling books at a bargain price!
You can grab it at Amazon 🙂
And finally, instead of having a break and resting my poor sore hand/wrist, I’ve dived straight into a new WIP.  It was an idea that came from nowhere and it wasn’t even on my schedule to write, but the idea and the characters wouldn’t go away.  So I did the only thing I can do to shut them up, and that’s to write them down.  I’m only 5K words into it but I have a title and a cover already, which I’m keeping it under wraps for now. I don’t want to jinx the story – it’s flowing really well – and I feel if I do a show-and-tell too early, the characters will stop talking.  All I will say, is that it’s Australian based, will be approximately 30K words long (I think) and will be fluff and smut 🙂  I envisage a release date sometime in February 🙂
Okay, told you it was a busy one… Â Until next week.
<3
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Good Morning Monday! It’s almost December!
Can you believe it? Â It’s almost December. Â I know this because my daughter made me help put the Christmas tree up on the weekend. I know it’s not technically December, and therefore trees aren’t supposed to be up yet, but we won’t have time on Thursday, being Dec 1st.
I cannot believe how fast this year has gone. Â And 2016 has been a clusterfuck of a year, let’s face it. Political upheaval, many celebrity deaths, and the general demise of humanity (okay, slight over exaggeration LOL). I’m truly hoping 2017 will be a year of positive change. But I’ll post more on New Years’ stuff in a month or so. I’m sure 2016 still has some bite in her yet.
The month of November is Nano – a month where authors bang their heads on their keyboards in hopes of reaching 50K words in 30 days. Â I’m very happy to say that I reached 50K words in 24 days.
Switched, my WIP, is currently at 62K words!! Â And I’m thinking there’s probably 10-15K to go. Â This story has turned out nothing like I thought it would. I went into it, thinking the story line/plot would revolve around the fact the MC found out he was switched at birth. But it hasn’t. It’s been more about his budding romance with his best friend, but also his relationship with his father, which is awful, to say the least.
*shrugs*
You know me. I only write what the characters tell me to write.  I am hoping I’ll have a cover to share with you soon. I’ve sent my ideas off to Sara (my cover miracle creator) and I’ll post it asap 🙂
In other news, I have put together a N.R. Walker Starter Pack bundle, for all those new-to-me readers. It has a broad range of my titles, to give new readers a taste of all genres. Â Red Dirt Heart, Cronin’s Key 1, Sixty Five Hours, Spencer Cohen Book One, and Blind Faith. I’m hoping to have it uploaded in the next day or two… Â Look at the gorgeous cover Sara made for me!
And I’ll also have my very first BookBub promo this week!! Â Spencer Cohen, Book One will be FREE for a few days. I’ll post more on that when it goes live!
So that’s it for today. I hope everyone is well, and until next week…
<3
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Good Morning Monday – Vegas Style
Hello from Las Vegas! Â It’s not quite Monday here in the US, but this post is late, according to Sydney time, so here it is, my first US post!
After a long and somewhat hellish trip, we finally made it!! Â We left for Sydney airport at 7am Saturday 17th, flew out at 10:30am, the flight was 14 hours, on which the food made me ill. Â We arrived in LA at 7am Saturday 17th (weird, huh? lol) Â then went through customs etc and left LAX for Las Vegas at 9am. Â Arrived and checked into the hotel by 12:30. Â Then, approx. 30 hours without sleep, two bouts of vomiting and three migraine medication doses later, I slept like the dead.
We woke up this morning all set for our first day. And after a full day of shopping and walking and experiencing The Strip, I can say Vegas is pretty damn cool.
My kids love it. My husband, who is doing some international recognised gaming course which includes tours of casinos, loves it too. The weather today was a fabulous 99F today, the a dry, baking heat is just like home!  Most people we saw were walking the streets and casinos, half dressed and half (or mostly) drunk, but it’s a party town on the weekend, so I get it. It’s part of the deal, and I can appreciate that people come here to let their hair down.  But everyone’s been super friendly, and very helpful 🙂
I will say this though. Iced coffees at Starbucks are NOT what we get at home.  I drank it anyway, but it wasn’t good LOL.  And not only do y’all drive on the wrong side of the road, but it also means foot traffic stick to the right, where we instinctively go to the left.  Even escalators are on the wrong side! It’s a left side/right side thing, and that is a habit hard to break.  I’m sure we’ll get used to it, it’s just one of the main differences I’ve noticed on our first day.  🙂
In book related news, The Weight Of It All has done fantastically well. Â Six days after release, Henry and Reed are still NUMBER ONE in SIX countries, and #3 in two more countries!!! Â And, not only that, but it peaked at #64 in all of the Kindle Store, which is AWESOME! And my Author Rank went to #30 in General Fiction.
These might just sound like a bunch of random numbers, but I can tell you these figures are impressive, and I am in awe of how incredible my readers are. The love and support for this book has been HUGE, and I am so grateful for each and every person who has bought, read, reviewed, pimped, liked, and posted about this story.
Please know, I could never write the books I do without you.
I really do appreciate everything you guys do. Â Truly. Â And it just reinforces something I’ve been saying for years: I’ve got the best readers on the planet.
So, I will still be in Vegas next Monday and should be able to post, but after that I will be in transit somewhere between New York City and Montreal, so I might miss a post or two but I will always try. I’ll also try and upload some more pics for you all.  These aren’t too exciting LOL I have to get used to the idea of actually putting myself in the photos to share. Will try again tomorrow 😉
On our walk this morning 
Las Vegas shopping centres are very different to ours back home LOL 
Caesar’s Palace is one of my favourite places! 
The view from our room at sunset. Faces away from The Strip, but still pretty. Until next time…
<3
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Good Morning Monday – I’m all outta days…
*looks at calendar*
*claws face*
So apparently no one has yet figured out a way to stop time. Â I have to say, I’m disappointed… LOL Â I am fresh out of days. We leave for Sydney on Thursday, before flying out to the US, for what will be five weeks for my family, six weeks for me. Â That’s a hellalong time to be travelling and living out of suitcases, especially with two teenagers, but I’m also really excited!
This post will be suuuuuper short, just for me to say all things going well, I’ll be loading The Weight Of It All into Amazon (it will be on KU) tonight or tomorrow. Â I’ve done a final read through, tweaked a few things, and now just have to make those changes to the document (I proofread on a Kindle – my brain finds mistakes if it’s on a Kindle, not in a word document. I don’t know why LOL) and will attempt to finalise the ecopy and paperback copy online tonight.
Today is accountant appointments, chiropractor appointments, vet appointments, crossfit and tennis. Tomorrow is a dog groomers appointment for Ruby – I’ve told her it’s  a day spa, but I’m pretty sure she knows. Have I ever mentioned that Ruby hates bath-time?  LOL   And I still want to tidy my Tupperware drawers/cupboards and pantry before our house-sitters arrive, so they don’t think there was an earthquake or a break-in or something.
Wednesday is meeting with the school to arrange/collect any school work my kids will need to do, and I hope to do some packing at some point… Â >.<
Oh, and I also decided that 10pm on Saturday night was the perfect time to rearrange my office and the front sitting room, swapping furniture, moving lounges and bookcases. Because I didn’t have enough to do before this… Â o.O
I am expecting my new website to be up and running soon. Everything should transfer over smoothly, so there’s no need to worry about doing anything. I can’t wait to show it off. It’s gorgeous!
Anyway, that’s it for now.  I have no clue when I will post my  next Good Morning Monday post. But when I do, chances are it will be from the US.  Eeeeeeeeeek!!
Much much much love,
Until next time.
<3
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Good Monday Morning! What’s New This Week?
Hey guys,
Another busy week for me. I’m not long home from a rushed trip to Sydney, which I enjoyed, but am now exhausted. This post will be short because I am in dire need of some sleep. I still have a horrid headache that I’ve not been able to shake for three weeks. It was a residual side effect from that cold/flu thing I had about a month ago, and none of my usual meds/heatpads/massage are relieving it. Â I have had neck issues and migraines for years, so I’ll go back to my chiropractor this week and hopefully be rid of it once and for all.
Coming up, I have a busy week of appointments and trying to get The Weight Of It All ready with edits/proofing. Â I also want to try and get the paperback ready before I leave, even though I won’t be able to proof an actual copy in time. I’ll just have to trust the process that I’ve done for twenty other books and pray it turns out okay LOL.
Oh, and just a heads up, there’s a good chance I’ll be offline for the few weeks I’m overseas.  I’m hoping to not be, but with the travelling and busy schedule I might not be posting my normal Monday Morning posts. I will try and post pics when I can, and maybe even set up a new tab dedicated to our vacation and travels across the US.  If not, I’ll just upload them all when I get home.
But to whet your appetites with The Weight Of It All, I’ll post some picspiration of Henry and Reed.
Here’s who I envisage for Henry  <3
Yep, James Corden. Â Love him, and he’s perfect for Henry.
And here’s Reed  🙂
You’re welcome 😉
Okay, that’s it for this week. Â Fingers crossed I’ll have buy links in next week’s post.
Until then…
<3
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