Origin Stories: Close to Home

It's all about Stan and Jean. Where the hell did those two come from and how did they so seamlessly take over this story? I think of Close to Home as the only straight story I've published (at the time of this writing, in January 2015, though I've got Maizy's HEA and the Ally book coming up in the next year, which will both be "straight" stories). When in fact, CTH has a hell of a lot of Maizy and Jean for a straight book. The central romance to CTH is Stan and Jean, and fuck, I love those guys. They are

January 29th, 2015|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |
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D and Teddy’s Wedding (The Real One) (NSFW)

This scene takes place between Home Free and Close to Home. This is a Control the Smutwriter missing scene, brought to you by the intrepid subscribers to the new releases list! Join the list to vote for next month’s scene! If you’d like to check out the rest of the missing scenes folks voted for, look here. Teddy assumed that at some point in the days leading up to the wedding…D would freak out. He wasn’t the only one who assumed that. “Hey, don’t worry, Teddy, I won’t let D leave you at the altar,” Maizy called, dragging D to her final fitting (D glowered murderously over

January 9th, 2015|Categories: blog, free-stories|Tags: , , , , |

Happy Release Day!!!

I fucking love today. I don't know why, exactly. Part of it's because Close to Home is out, and that's fun. Also, it's fall. I fucking love fall, y'all. I love the wind and the chill and the leaves on the ground. I love raking leaves, I love the grass getting just slightly greener because the sun doesn't burn up all the soil within five seconds of the sprinklers shutting off. I love writing in the fall. I live in California, and folks with more extreme weather patterns mock us for our lack of drama, but fall is dramatic everywhere. (So is

November 5th, 2014|Categories: blog|Tags: , |

Close to Home: Excerpt

The waiting room was full. Maizy and Roar stood against the wall, looking around from a defensive corner position, so as not to step on any purses, coats, or babies. “What about that one?” Roar whispered—no, breathed—into her ear. She followed his gaze, but the guy looked like he’d just walked off the shoot of the Lumberjacks of the Great White North calendar. “Ew, Roar. Facial hair.” “Not the guy, the baby.” Maizy studied the baby, but babies all looked the same. “He looks…healthy?” “Are you calling that baby fat?” Roar whispered. One of the nearest moms glanced up at

November 3rd, 2014|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |

Podcast #11: Close to Home is DONE

[ETA: Evidently this bad boy has spoilers. Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers, but I have no idea for what, cause I'm not listening to it again. But consider yourselves warned! It's also very fucking goofy. Be warned about that, too.] A little unedited bit of me being giddy as hell. I never, ever feel this way at the end of a book. I'm marking this moment for posterity. httpv://youtu.be/AGytR3pEzPo

September 30th, 2014|Categories: blog, podcasts|Tags: , , |

The End: Home Free

A quick note to say...the first draft of Home Free is complete. I'm exhausted, my wrists are sore, and I'm not entirely certain I ended it in the right place. Oh, okay, if I'm being honest--I'm never sure about my happy endings. I have no faith in them at all. But I'll give this a good thorough revision next week or the week after, then send it out for beta. (Are YOU interested in beta reading a romance novel with a trans main character and a character with a history of brutal sexual violence? No, there aren't any fucking flashbacks, and no,

August 19th, 2014|Categories: blog|Tags: , , , |