Monthly Archives: May 2013

One of those moments in life

Boychild - Six days old (June 2007)

Tomorrow will be the six-year anniversary of the day my five-and-a-half-day labor ordeal ended and this little guy entered my life.

Just a few minutes ago, I went out to the living room to see him wearing a new outfit. He’s had the shirt for some time, but the long cargo shorts are new. And he’s never worn that baseball cap before, much less turned it around backward like that.

Suddenly he wasn’t a little boy anymore. Suddenly he looked like a big boy.

Which I suppose he is.

Today he looks like this:

Boychild 6 years old (May 2013)

Boychild 6 years old (May 2013)

And so, in honor of this event, I’m going to spam a few pics. For T, my darling boy, I love you.

Boychild 10 weeks old (August 2007)

Boychild 4 months old (September 2007)

Boychild at 14 months (August 2008)

Boychild - 2.5 years (Christmas, 2009)

Boychild on his 3rd birthday (May 2010)

Boychild in his preschool picture, 4 years old (September 2011)

Tristan May 26 2013

And here he is today, on the eve of his 6th birthday (May 2013)

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Reality 301 with @heidicullinan

Amelia C. Gormley:

I’ve been spluttering indignantly over Ms. Grey’s post for hours now. Her implications were 1) that erotica is trash and not art, 2) that erotica authors are sellouts with no artistic integrity, and 3) that erotica readers are simpletons who only want an easy read and can’t appreciate “true” art. It smacks of sour-grapes entitlement and it’s offensive to any of us who have found our artistic expression within writing and reading erotica.

Originally posted on The Amazon Iowan:

Tonight Twitterverse roared with outrage over Kendall Grey’s post on Authors for Life where she bemoans the fact that sometimes, publishing is hard. Grey spent four years writing and a great deal of money and effort promoting an urban fantasy trilogy; it tanked. She wrote an erotic novel she describes as a “piece of trash” in two months, spent much less in promotion and gave it much less effort, and that book made some decent money. She’s angry that she wasn’t rewarded for her “beautiful, artistic” book and that by selling out she made money. Grey writes:

I know it’s depressing to hear that in order to find success, you may have to compromise your principles. I’ve come to grips with the fact that in the current market, trashy smut sells, and urban fantasy does not. Tough shit for me. If you want to sell books, you have to…

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Vote for Velocity in the Rainbow Awards cover contest

Good news! Acceleration made it through the first round of voting! YAY to Kerry Chin’s gorgeous artwork. Now Velocity is up! Let’s show Kerry some more love!

http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/2050429.html

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It’s the little things

So today while checking my Amazon product page for The Laird’s Forbidden Lover, I discovered that as of the present moment, it’s sitting at position 100 on the Amazon Top 100 Bestsellers list for Gay Romance (btw, THANK YOU Amazon for finally creating that category.)

Now, sitting at position 100 is a pretty tenuous position. A small lull in sales and it’s going to drop off, and I’m okay with that. But this is still an accomplishment for me. I’ve never been on the list before. I’ve been on the Hot New Releases list but not one of the bestsellers lists. So it might be a minor victory, but it’s a victory nonetheless and Imma celebrate!

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Join me on tour today at JoyfullyJay and enter to win $5 Riptide store credit! http://joyfullyjay.com/2013/05/10563.html

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While you’re there, be sure to check out Jay’s absolutely lovely review of The Laird’s Forbidden Lover.

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15% off New Releases, including The Laird’s Forbidden Lover” today @RainbowEbooks #mm #highlander #historical #romance

Today Rainbow Ebooks is having their Totally Tuesday sale and offering 15% off new releases, which this week includes The Laird’s Forbidden Lover. Get it while the getting is good!

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Let the Highland Games begin!

The Laird’s Forbidden Lover, my m/m Highland historical romance, is now on sale at the following e-tailers:

Amazon
All Romance Ebooks
Barnes & Noble

And, as always, it’s available through Riptide Publishing.

Also, be sure to check back this week and come along with me on my first-every blog tour!

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I’ll be Words of Wisdom from the Scarf Princess tomorrow, May 6.

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“The Laird’s Forbidden Lover,” my #mm #highland #historical #romance will be available at midnight tonight @RiptideBooks

Only a few hours to go until you can download The Laird’s Forbidden Lover at Riptide Books. The official release date is Monday, but if you pre-order through Riptide, you can get it two days early!

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Get a 30% rebate on titles with the crown logo @AllRomance with this code!

Ethan Stone was kind enough to share this picture on his Facebook:

30% Rebate on crown-marked titles at AllRomanceEbooks

In case you’re wondering, all four of my titles at ARe are included in this promotion, so now is a great time to grab them!

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html?searchBy=author&qString=Amelia+C.+Gormley

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