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​The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

​I'm continuing with snippets from The Spymaster's Secret. It's a book I had so much fun writing, mostly because of the main characters and their dynamic, and I don't think I've shared snippets from it in quite a while. Alexander is a flirtatious, charming young royal with hidden depths who develops an unexpected but not unwelcome attraction to a mysterious older widower. In turn, Marcus is fascinated by the vibrant Alexander, but as the Crown's spymaster, he knows being involved with him is dangerous. Marcus also can't seem to stop himself from becoming more entangled with Alexander even as he tracks a ring of spies and danger creeps up on Alexander. This is another last minute snippet this week, and it's a bit longer than it should be—sorry on both counts! I've skipped ahead just a bit for this snippet. Alexander has gone to Marcus's house for dinner so they can get to know each other better. Alexander was left in the parlor to wait for Marcus, who comes in a few moments later.

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​The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

​I'm continuing with snippets from The Spymaster's Secret. It's a book I had so much fun writing, mostly because of the main characters and their dynamic, and I don't think I've shared snippets from it in quite a while. Alexander is a flirtatious, charming young royal with hidden depths who develops an unexpected but not unwelcome attraction to a mysterious older widower. In turn, Marcus is fascinated by the vibrant Alexander, but as the Crown's spymaster, he knows being involved with him is dangerous. Marcus also can't seem to stop himself from becoming more entangled with Alexander even as he tracks a ring of spies and danger creeps up on Alexander. I missed posting last week—I was pushing to hit my word count goals and didn't realize I hadn't posted until too late, but I'm sneaking a snippet in this week. It's from not long after the last snippet I shared.

I am working hard on the second Dragons of Ivria book in this month's JeRoWriMo challenge, but I wanted to sneak in my usual reading post (and then dive right back into writing!). January was a good reading month for me. I did some rereading and also read some fantastic new to me books. Many were continuations of series that I've been enjoying, and most were either fantasy or paranormal romances.

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​The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

​I'm continuing with snippets from The Spymaster's Secret. It's a book I had so much fun writing, and I don't think I've shared snippets from it in quite a while. Alexander is a flirtatious, charming young royal with hidden depths who develops an unexpected but not unwelcome attraction to a mysterious older widower. In turn, Marcus is fascinated by the vibrant Alexander, but as the Crown's spymaster, he knows being involved with him is dangerous. Marcus also can't seem to stop himself from becoming more entangled with Alexander even as he tracks a ring of spies and danger creeps up on Alexander. This week's snippet follows not long after last week's. We're now in Alexander's point of view.

It's time again for JeRoWriMo, the New Jersey Romance Writers writing challenge month! Participants try to hit the goal of writing (or editing) 30,000 words during the month of February. I've participated nearly every year I've been a member, and it's always been a great experience, both because the group cheers each other on and encourages each other as we share daily word counts and writing experiences and because I'm a competitive person. If I join a challenge, I'm going to finish it!

This year, I'm hoping to make a lot of progress on the second Dragons of Ivria book. I'm behind where I wanted to be by now—Covid and then Long Covid fatigue has messed with my writing schedule and routine. But I'm still determined to have this book in your hands as soon as I possibly can. So...back to work!