I want to thank everyone who has bought and read Cop Out.  I’m so excited that it’s managed to hit a few bestseller lists, and is still on some, even one month after release.  I truly appreciate everyone who has had a part in that.  It’s the best Christmas gift I could ask for!

That being said, I also must thank those who thought enough of Cop Out to nominate it in the Goodreads M/M Romance Group’s 2011 Members’ Choice Awards.  If you care to vote, please do.  Here’s the link, and I’m in the Coming Out, Gay/Out for You, and Contemporary categories.  You don’t need to be a member of Goodreads or the M/M Romance group to vote, but it’s a fun place to be, so think about joining.  Voting is open until December 30, 2011.

Regardless of how the voting turns out, I get to post this great banner, and I’m thrilled and honoured to have my name up there with so many fantastic authors.

I’m at Loose Ends today talking about some of the challenges of writing.  Please stop by!

I’m participating in Lex Valentine’s 30 days of Christmas where she’s giving away TONS of books.  Today, you can win Cop Out, along with a couple great books from Rick R Reed & Matthew Lang.  She’s giving away Gay Romance books all week, so make sure you enter every day!

I’ll be chatting briefly at Ethan Day’s Yahoo Group today, but even though I won’t be able to chat for long, there will tons of authors there and tons of books to be won.  Check out the details below and stop by!  Gay Day is always a lot of fun.

Sunday, December 11^th is Gay Day at Ethan Day’s Yahoo Group.  Gay Day is the one day a month when the best authors in GLBT Romance stop by to post excerpts of their new and upcoming releases.

The following authors will be generously offering giveaways you can enter to win:

Josephine Myles – Winter Warmers

Tara Lain – Mistletowed

Lex Valentine – Breath of Heaven

Jambrea Jo Jones – Freedom

Stephani Hecht – Choice from Backlist

PD Singer – Maroon: Donal agus Jimmy

Devon Rhodes – Let It Snow

Andrew Grey – Love Means… Healing

KC Burn  - Choice from Backlist

AKM Miles – Scarcity Holidays

Geoff Knight – Together in Electric Dreams

K.M. Mahoney – Odd Man

Justin South – Santa’s Coming

Sara York – Surprise Sleep Over

Lee Rowan – TBA

Jon Treadway – Print copy of Surfer Boys OR Christmas Campaign e-book

Sloan Parker – Take Me Home

William Cooper – Christmas Gifts

EM Lynley – Wicked Good & Emerald:Rewriting History 1

JL Merrow – Wight Mischief & Camwolf

Stevie Woods – Cold Fear & First Christmas

Kimberly Gardner – Slave Master’s Choice & Too Soon For Love

Ethan Day – A Summit City Christmas

The authors below were feeling particularly generous this holiday season:

ZA Maxfield

One lucky winner will receive all three of ZA’s holiday themed stories: A Picture Perfect Holiday , I Heard Him Exclaim & What Child is This

JP Bowie

Is offering up his two newest releases: Christmas Wishes & He Ain’t Heavy

In addition he’s also offering up to one Kindle reader a choice between Time after Time or Trip of a Lifetime in Kindle format only

Last but certainly not least

Ally Blue

Ally is giving away her Christmas short: Christmas Future

In addition she’s giving away one copy of each of the books from her Mother Earth series:

Dragon’s Kiss (Mother Earth book 1), Shenandoah (Mother Earth book 2) & Convergence (Mother Earth book 3)

The amazing Authors below will be popping in and out to chat & post excerpts from their latest books:

Missy Welsh – Every Time a Bell Rings

Sara York – Working it Out

Andrea Speed – Infected

Lee Rowan – Tangled Web

Josephine Myles – Boats in the Night

Donna McIntosh – The Christmas Gift

Berengaria Brown – Perfectly Presented

Clare London – Media Naranja w/ Jordan Castillo Price

Ryssa Edwards – Rogue’s Christmas

KC Burn – Cop Out

Elizabeth Noble  - Strays

Lily Sawyer – Somebody to Love

Kate McMurray – Across the East River Bridge

The day will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST in the Ethan Day Yahoo Group where we’ll be posting excerpts, running contests for free books, and chatting about all the new and upcoming releases from your favorite authors.

I did an interview with Mrs. Condit, and commenting on the interview with who you consider to be an influential writer today, and why, will give you a chance to win Cop Out. I’ll totally understand if you don’t put my name down

Mrs. Condit also wrote an awesome review of Cop Out, so if you’re at the site, please take a look.

A somewhat random discussion at Contact Infinite Futures about the sci-fi books I’ve read lately, steampunk, and a wee bit more about Lords of Aether. Mostly because I’m an idiot who can’t read a calendar and was taken completely by surprise by the necessity for a blog entry today. Apparently, my schedule is every 4th Wednesday, not the third Wednesday of the month. Totally different things! Anyway, please stop by!

I’m at Blak Rayne Books today talking about breaking up, and more specifically, why I find break-ups difficult to write. It’s not for the reason you might think, so stop by!

I’m talking about what I like in cover art at Leah Braemel’s today, and I want to know what you like or dislike. So come on by and tell me!

I blogged yesterday at Flirty Author Bitches about Cop Out, a milestone book for me.  But, I also had a horrific migraine and looking at the computer was making me ill (thankfully, I had the post ready to go).  Anyway, stop by if you get a chance… the day after Thanksgiving was a wee bit lonely!

Today I’m at Jadette Paige’s blog talking a bit about how Cop Out came to be. Please stop by!

Also – Dreamspinner has some great deals on right now. There’s 20% off everything on the Dreamspinner site through Nov 30, 2011 (including Cop Out, *wink*). Each purchase at the Dreamspinner site will enter you in a draw to win a Kindle Fire!

On the Dreamspinner FB page (http://www.facebook.com/dreamspinnerpress) there’s a code for 15% off one order, sometime in the next year. Go like ‘em!