Freddie's Braindroppings

It's the big day! Well one of many upcoming "Big Days" I hope, but this is the big day that the cover for my December novella A Honeyed Light  is released into the world!  The cover was done by Aisha Akeju , my absolute favorite cover artist, and I'm just so enamored by it!  Here's the book's blurb: Kunal, relative newcomer to the strange town of Harmony, has his hands full preparing for Diwali. That should be enough to keep anyone's mind preoccupied, but Kunal can't really ignore that he's nearly thirty, single, and still buried in the closet. Out of town at a gay club one night, he bumps into Oscar, proprietor of Harmony's only sex shop, and figures his secret is now officially out. What he doesn't expect is a slow seduction, or to have to decide what it is he really wants in life. Read on to see the finished cover as well as a little cover breakdown. 

Hey folks, guess what? PRIVATE DICKS: PACKING HEAT is now available for purchase! You can grab it from a bunch of different places ! PRIVATE DICKS: PACKING HEAT edited by Samantha Derr Last week I talked about the inspiration for Kana, the love interest in the story. Today I'm talking about Robert Inoue as he's known to people at Black Suede. Robert's supposed to be a rich businessman who wouldn't look about of place in a fancy club that happens to have some unpleasant things going on in it. So I pictured someone who looks good in a suit, but wouldn't look out of place trafficking drugs in a night club. And I found the perfect face.

Hey everyone! If you didn't know, there's an awesome anthology hitting Less than Three's shelves on Wednesday 8/31 and yours truly has a short story in it. I may have mentioned this once or twice before... ;) PRIVATE DICKS: PACKING HEAT edited by Samantha Derr The life of a private investigator is never easy. Most often tedious, the job requires patience, diligence, and a touch of creativity. But some jobs come with a little danger, and some come with a lot, and the only way to safety is to fight as hard as the enemy. Private Dicks: Packing Heat is a collection of stories about private investigators not afraid to fight their way out when the heat is on. From Black Suede, Red Velvet by Freddie Milano: Black Suede is one of the most exclusive clubs in town, and one with a lot of secrets. The owner, Fujimoto, is suspected of drug trafficking, and James Tachibana goes undercover to get enough evidence to bring in the kingpin—and starts to get too close to Kana, Fuj...

In an effort to blog more frequently and reliably, I'm instituting some themed days on here. Today kicks of Writing Wednesday. I'm hoping to do this every other Wednesday. The theme of Writing Wednesday will be resources, tips, and other things that assist me or that I've seen assist other writers. I'm starting off real easy with this epic masterpost of writing tools that I saved over on my Tumblr.  I haven't managed to explore every link yet, so there's a good chance future WW posts will be one or more things on this list, expanded and opined on. For now, I'll just list some of the ones I'm most interested in exploring. Name Generators - name generators are my JAM. I use them most in my non-contemporary stories, or for secondary, tertiary or less important characters in contemporary ones. MCs always get a bit more thought put into them. That's a post for another day. Ways to avoid saying the word 'very' - I'm most intereste...

Hey everyone! It's been a little while. Work's been busy and stressful, and I've been running around like crazy the last few weeks. I wanted to poke my head in and talk about the 2014 Rainbow Awards Cover contest going on right here . You have until October 4th to vote. Nothing I've written is up there but the artist who did the cover for Won't Back Down  as well as the illustrations for After I Win  has a number of covers in the poll. So please go out and support Aisha Akeju's amazing art! Her covers are listed below. You can obviously feel free to vote for whatever you like(make sure you vote at least three or your vote is void) but if you love her covers as much as I do, I'd appreciate you picking hers as well. Thanks everyone, and please feel free to spread this contest around! 61 - Of Last Resort (Aisha Akeju) 64 - Alpha Trine (Aisha Akeju) 84 - Second Star to the Right (Aisha Akeju) 176 - Falling for Forever (Aisha Akeju) 177 - Camellia (Aish...