Kim Fielding As always, I’m donating all my royalties from this trilogy to Doctors Without Borders. Just Released – Cherry Hill Publishing http://www.CherryHillPublishing.com/Bookstore Stasis – Book 1 of the Ennek Trilogy Kim Fielding Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the mouth of a great bay, …
Summer was a little quiet for me, release-wise (although Buried Bones came out, plus the freebies The Gig and Treasure). I’m about to make up for that quiet summer with a very busy fall! I’m really excited about all my upcoming releases. Here’s a rundown! The Tin Box comes out September 20. You can preorder …
In my novel Venetian Masks, Jeff spends some time sightseeing in Venice. I was lucky enough to spend a week in Venice a couple of years ago. Despite the vast number of tourists, it’s a beautiful city, unlike any other place in the world. It’s full of unique pleasures: getting lost (but never too lost), …
It’s common to have moments in life when you ponder, “What if I had a second chance with (insert name here)?” Not that I truly want one because I’m happily married. But thoughts like that sometimes spontaneously come after looking old photos or yearbooks. I’ve thought about that friend in college with the gorgeous red …
I’ve always loved going through old family photos. That’s what inspired my story Violet’s Present, in which the photo of a long-gone relative quite literally sends Matt back in time. Because photos can send us back, can’t they? Like this one of me, circa 1983: I remember that shirt. It was stylin’. I remember sitting …
Inspirations, influences and six ominous words I’ve been thinking about this blog post for a while, and by chance during that time I’ve come across a few articles and blogs about what inspires other writers to write. I’ve studied them avidly (in between string at my computer screen and procrastinating, you do see) and there …
When Not Writing Hello everyone! I’m Lex Chase and Kim let me drop by her blog today. A little about me is I am the creator of the Checkmate series for Dreamspinner Press with Pawn Takes Rook, the newly released sequel Pawn Takes Rook: Cashing the Reality Check, and coming in early 2014 the final …
In my short story “Care and Rehabilitation,” Ira has a Saint Bernard mix named–to his great embarrassment–Lady Gaga. Gaga rescues a baby dove, and that’s how Ira meets up with his former student, Caleb. I love Saint Bernards. We had one named Otis when I was a little kid: When I grew up and …
William Lyon’s past forced him to become someone he isn’t. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley’s Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty. …
Talking About Trouble — Eli’s Top Five Scenes in “The Trouble with Tony” By Eli Easton “The Trouble with Tony” is a light-hearted, rom-com of a m/m romance novella. In the story, Tony DeMarco, a private eye, goes undercover at a sex clinic during his investigation into a young woman’s murder. He ends up …