#AmWriting#MafiaRomance#QueerRomance@romancelandia
Okay. I want to write some fun, fast novellae and I'm thinking of mafia romances. Only, I don't want to write the Dark Romance tropes (I, uh, really don't like them), and I do want to write queer romances.
It's the mafia part that holding me up, I think. Are queer mafia romances popular? If I'm going against type by writing queer mafia romance, will I get away with also not writing the Dark tropes?
Do you like grumpy/sunshine stories and historical romances with unusual settings? Then check out my latest novel, The Gladiator's Passion, an m/m romance set in Roman antiquity.
What happens when a kindhearted military doctor meets a prickly gladiator? Sparks fly, passion ignites, and there's lots of kissing against doors! (LOTS!!!)
(Plus a very grumpy cat)
My latest curated queer romance new release list is up now. All over the rainbow in terms of queer rep, yay! 🏳️🌈 📚 If you like anything from sci-fi to historical, fantasy to contemporary, there's a queer romance here for you.
It's urban fantasy/historical romance set in Madison in 1969. It's got a little noir mystery vibe. It's got a low-angst relationship. There's no homophobia and no cliffhanger.
My monthly newsletter centers self-pub & small press queer romances that may get overlooked. Trans, nonbinary, and ace romances, BIPOC authors, queer M/F, MCs over 40, polyam, & more.
Good morning #bookstodon! My other pen name has the first of a new series of mm rockstar romances releasing today! It's still 99c for a couple of days.
A tired rock star and a judgemental gardener...what could possibly go wrong?
Just a handful of quick #WritingWonders answers for this month to get caught up! (Hi, gang! 👋 I missed y'all and hope y'all are well. I'll probably participate only sporadically till this #WIP is finished.)
My new WIP is a #queer supernatural mystery #romance codenamed #SeymourAndMilo (because I haven't made an official title announcement yet). The image is a crop of the in-progress book cover I've been working on, just so you can see what the protagonists look like (left: Seymour, right: Milo).
Day 1: If one of the protags showed up on my doorstep? I'd squint warily through my peephole like a true Millennial, then think to myself: "Oh my God, what is this [hot goth guy/hot priest (depending which one it is)] doing at my door???"
Day 2: Most readers will probably adore Milo from the start. Seymour's a prickly burr, but if folks stick with him they'll quickly learn he's all squish underneath.
Day 5: Seymour has been involved in a pretty significant (meta)physical altercation in the past. (We don't talk about it.)
Day 6: MILO: [can't think of anything that makes him /angry/-angry...maybe the U.S. mental health care system?] SEYMOUR: "Are you looking for a fucking monologue?"
Day 10: Weapon of choice? SEYMOUR: "My hands. But...not in the way you think." MILO: "My height and extraordinary chill. And, of course, the power of luv 🥺"
Day 15: Intimacy scenes? It's a romance. In a word: Yes.
Day 16: I'm good at and enjoy writing intimacy scenes. They can be a little awkward to share, of course, depending on the audience.
Day 17: SEYMOUR: "My ex-girlfriend, Lottie." MILO: "I give a lot of hugs, so I'm really not sure who the last person I hugged was...but I've never kissed anyone."
Day 19: Support the status quo? Hell, no. Seymour and Milo are both rebels in their own ways. (Seymour go smash; Milo gently expose the uncomfortable emotional truth that make you That Way.)
Day 21: Seymour's only a few months sober and drinks way too much coffee. Milo favors chamomile tea.
Day 22: Seymour doesn't have a friend group. Milo...doesn't either? Milo has a parish (and maintains good relationships with others in helping professions in Beacon Bay Isle and the surrounding townships). And no, Milo never causes drama in his parish...aside from pissing off the senior rector, usually by "going off script" when it's his day to give the homily.