Roll Out the Welcome Mat for Tia Fielding

I’m pleased as punch to be hosting Tia Fielding on my blog today. I just love it when authors want to stop by and visit with little ol’ me. It makes a guy feel special, you know? Any way, you didn’t come over today to see me. You came to see Tia, so without further ado, here she is!

Tia Fielding Book Blast

HowlSweetHowlFinnshifters 3: Howl Sweet Howl by Tia Fielding

Life at the Jarvela farm hobbles on when the new year rolls in. Losing his wife and co-alpha in the storm of the decade emotionally paralyzed Sean, though he tries to cope and attempts to pick up the pieces with their children. Rider, another alpha, could give him the love and comfort he needs, but Sean is too depressed to recognize the possibility of having a male partner, and he goes into mental tailspin.

Rider makes the hard decision to leave for a while, and Sean turns his energy and sadness into working on the neighboring Metsala farm with the other members of their farm family. But Sean isn’t really getting better, and that won’t change until he can let his wolf out again. If he doesn’t, he might lose his sanity too.

Book Links:

Dreamspinner (Pre-orders) Ι Goodreads

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Even after a decade, the life that journalist Brent Walsh and Milwaukee homicide detective Shawn Mackey have made together is far from boring. But when a new case cuts a weekend getaway short, they aren’t quite prepared for how it will impact their personal lives. Suddenly there’s too much to juggle: Shawn will be working the case of the sharpshooter who is trying to infect random people with HIV, Brent needs to cover the story but fears a conflict of interest, one of Shawn’s colleagues is attracted to him, and Brent sincerely needs to mend the painful break with his childhood best friend, Ollie, and heal their broken hearts.

Though the case comes to a close, it’s not the end of their troubles. Shawn and Brent still face a past of old white lies, a present possibility of inviting another man to their bed, and a future with children, not to mention health issues and national fallout from the case. It’s enough to make them want to run away—until they realize they have to face those challenges head-on so they can get on with the life of love they’re hoping for.

Book Links:

Goodreads Ι Dreamspinner Ι Amazon

Five random facts about writing a novel “Tia Fielding style”

One – I rarely plan. I almost never have an outline, and I can’t remember when I wrote the last story that I knew the ending of before I got to writing the last 1/4 of the book. This leads to problems, of course. A lot of problems, actually.

Two – Because of #1, I get stuck easily and that, while added to my struggles with depression and adult ADD, make most stories hard to write. Let’s make my NaNoWriMo novel for this year an example, shall we? I lost track with it around day 15, mostly because I’ve had a cold and a bronchitis for couple of weeks now and my antibiotics make me tired as heck a lot. Adding all that to the standard difficulties means that I’m not even halfway to the novel and I’m already mentally stuck.

Three – Untangling my thoughts is never easy once I’ve gotten stuck. I suspect it’s not easy for anyone, but for me it’s pretty tricky. Mainly because I have low self-esteem as a writer. That leads me to a rut of “It’s not going anywhere, but maybe it’s not supposed to because I suck!” Yeah, not cool.

Four – Distraction helps. Because of the ADD, my mind goes from zero to “Oooh, shiny!” in three seconds or less. To prevent that from becoming a pattern of chasing shinies, I usually distract myself on purpose. Often, when I write, I have my manuscript open on half screen, while the other half runs a show of some sort. Recently it’s been MasterChef Australia, but it’s also been Top Chef, Bondi Rescue, and many other shows. Whatever requires little thinking and I can easily pause when I’m back on track again. My strategy with this kind of distraction is this: I feel my mind wandering, I quickly hit play on the show and watch a few moments, then go back to my writing. If I didn’t have the show, I’d be soon checking emails, Facebook, playing a few rounds of some game, doing unimportant research, checking some websites….

Five – Soundtrack. While I do write in silence a lot too, some stories have songs “written into them.”  I don’t mean actual lyrics or even titles in the story, although I tend to mention a lot of songs in some stories, for sure. Sometimes I come across or remember a song that fits my characters or the story perfectly. It’s kind of weird sometimes how something just hits me with a hammer.  An example? Try Green Day’s 21 Guns and think of Sean from Howl Sweet Howl.

Author Bio:

Tia Fielding is a 30-year-old Scandinavian. She is a self-proclaimed “queer girl”, lover of everything pretty, witty people, words, cats, sarcasm, autumn, and caffeine.

She uses her nights with her head in the clouds and her feet on the coffee table, right next to her laptop. Her days? She uses those by sleeping way too much.

Tia started writing stories early on, almost as soon as she learned how to write. The early stories about horses and ghosts have changed into romantic tales about people in love. She stopped writing at some point in her late teens and early twenties, but began again a few years ago, after finding fan fiction. Tia is not ashamed of her past of borrowing other people’s characters, but has found creating her own much more satisfying.

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When Love Gets Hairy Cover & Blurb Reveal

Since The Chasing the Sun blog tour has officially ended, I figured it was a good time to discuss the third book in The Provincetown Series, When Love Gets Hairy.

Who are the main characters in When Love Gets Hairy?

My inspiration for Nino Santos

My inspiration for Nino Santos

Nino Santos, who is Van’s best friend in When Love Takes Over, takes over the spotlight. If you’ve read the first book, then you are familiar with Nino’s cocky, self-confidence and his sexy swagger. He’s got a killer bod, a perfect face, and a mass of curly locks that get him what he wants–hot studs to play with.

In When Love Get Hairy though, Nino’s perfect life is far from ideal. Not only is he having some career problems, but it’s Bear Week in Provincetown! To say Nino isn’t a fan of the heavy or the hirsute is an understatement. What’s a hot model to do when his favorite toys are not in town for a whole week?

My inspiration for Teddy Miller

My inspiration for Teddy Miller

Enter Teddy Miller. Teddy is a nice guy, and he has a good head on his shoulders. He’s content with his hairy body, shorter stature, and imperfect physique. He is who he is, and he makes no apologies. Teddy comes to P-town to have some fun with his furry friends, but when he wakes up one morning after a party he cannot remember next to Nino, well, his life is thrown askew.

For Nino and Teddy it’s loathing at first sight!

So what about that blurb?

You’re right. I suppose I’ve set the scene enough for now. Here is the official DSP blurb for When Love Gets Hairy.

As vain as he is beautiful, Nino Santos happily lives life waiting for the next ferry full of fairies to bring him new conquests. As long as they aren’t hirsute, he’s all in. So he’s shocked to wake up after a beach party he cannot remember with a hairy naked man lying next to him.

Teddy Miller doesn’t remember the “Bear Week” party either, much less the Abercrombie & Fitch model wannabe next to him. Teddy doesn’t give two cents about appearances, but guys like Abercrombie don’t return the favor. That’s why he prefers men with extra fur and padding over carbon copy clones of perfection—a type of man Teddy is far too familiar with.

When Nino and Teddy glimpse each other the next morning, it’s loathing at first sight. Instead of exchanging phone numbers, they exchange insults and vow never to see each other again. In Provincetown, however, escaping a trick best forgotten isn’t easy. Mutual friends and chance circumstances keep Nino and Teddy in each other’s orbit. But are they fighting each other or the attraction growing between them? The answer lies amid Provincetown’s windswept dunes and the night neither of them can recall.

I don’t know about you, but I think the folks at DSP did an awesome job with that blurb. They are so good to me, aren’t they?

What else can I share about When Love Gets Hairy?

Well, right now, the book is slated for release at the beginning of January, so we are only about a month away. I just can’t wait for all of you to be able to read about Nino and Teddy. I really think you are going to like them.

And last (but not least) here’s the beautiful cover!

WhenLoveGetsHairyORIGHow awesome is that cover? I think it might be the best one yet. It does a good job of capturing the mood of the book, and Michael Breyette’s work is just stunning.

Well, that’s all I have for you right now. As release day gets closer, I’ll be sharing more information about the book, but I wanted to give everyone a little sneak peek. I hope you’re glad you came! 🙂

 

The Tarnished Series and Brita Addams

Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Brita Addams, who is quite possibly one of the sweetest women I know. She’s going to be talking about her fabulous Tarnished Series. So, sit back, grab your favorite alcoholic beverage, and let’s welcome the lovely Brita!

Hi Jacob,

Thank you so much for having me over to visit. You know how much I love you, and there’s no greater compliment than inviting someone to your home.

I love you too, Brita. You know you’re welcome here any time!

I have a giveaway set up for the tour, and I’d like to share the info with your readers.

presentThere will be two winners per blog stop. One random commenter will win an ebook copy of Tarnished Gold or For Men Like Us. Another commenter will win a swag pack, with signed bookmarks, and a couple other goodies. Winners chosen on November 27.

And now, more info on the Tarnished Series

With the release of Tarnished Souls: Frankie and Gent, I’m often asked what’s next in the series. The simple answer is lots, while the real answer is more involved.

The Golden Age of Hollywood spanned from 1927 or the end of the silent era, noted in history by the production of Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer, to 1963, also known as classic Hollywood, when the tone of movies was quite different than it is today. For people like me, those years signify a time when stars were really stars, they lived that role in public, and often, in private. The glitz and glamor was real, and stars cared what the public thought.

In 1930, Will Hays founded the Hays or Production Code, which followed strict censorship guidelines. Do you remember the old movies and sitcoms where married couples slept in twin beds? That was one of many mandates of the Production Code, and lasted until about 1968.

My favorite period begins in the 1920s, and extends through the 1950s, and I see the vast difference in films through the ‘60s and to the present day.

With so many juicy things that happened in old Hollywood, the book fodder is rich. Of course, I’ve done the story about an actor, in Tarnished Gold. In Tarnished Souls Volume 1, we have the story of a mobster who is in control of the extra’s union, and while I don’t focus on the union, the reader will get a sense of the mob’s involvement.

The next book, Tarnished Souls Volume 2, will explore the life of a cop and a newspaper reporter in Hollywood. My original intent, when I started a book called Tarnished Soul, was to tell the story of a cop hired as a fixer. I scrapped that idea when Frankie Monetti came on the scene. Instead, I found a story about the hold the mob had over the entertainment industry.

My intent for the Tarnished series is to write about the following:

  1. The fixers – those people hired by the studios to cover up for the actors, producers, directors, and others, who got themselves in trouble with the law in the court of public opinion. Mac may well be the star of this story, while Gray may star in Tarnished Heart. We’ll see.
  2. The agents, who pushed their clients before studio heads.
  3. Tarnished Heart – Gossip columnists – these people made and broke careers by writing in favor of or against actors.
  4. The casting couch – an interesting phenomena where sexual harassment was alive and well.
  5. Directors – little, or not so little dictators.
  6. Extras – what film could be made without them?

And there may be more, as my research progresses.

I suspect these stories will be a combination of novellas and novels. I won’t know that until I’m into each story. With Tarnished Gold, I wrote the story as it unfolded. With Tarnished Souls, I intended to create a novella, and the second Tarnished Souls volume will be a novella as well. Perhaps Dreamspinner will combine the two, into a 60k novel.

I won’t rush any of stories. I anticipate writing a novel and a novella per year, and if more comes into being, I’ll consider the year productive. Look for Tarnished Souls 2 and Tarnished Heart (a novel) in 2014. I’m working on TS2 now, and I can’t wait write TH. I’m fascinated by the grip gossip columnists had on the movie industry.

I hope my readers enjoy this series as much as I do writing it. The deeper I get into the research the more I realize how much I miss those mornings, long ago, when I sat in front of my parents’ B&W television set and watched those old movies. I fell in love with Boston Blackie and Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. To this day, that hasn’t changed.

 

Here’s the blurb for Tarnished Souls: Frankie and Gent:

TarnishedSoulsFS [600x900]Hollywood’s Golden Age is not all glitz and glamour. Mob boss Frankie Monetti controls the unions and the studios, which makes him and the syndicate very rich. But after five years, Frankie runs afoul of the law and those who put him in power.

Primo hit man, and Frankie’s lifelong friend, Arvin “Gent” Vitali, goes west with orders to clean up the mess and then bring Frankie back to New York to answer for his double cross. But as the noose closes tighter around Frankie’s neck, Gent questions where his loyalty truly lies. Is business just business or is freedom worth the risk? 

Purchase Tarnished Souls: Frankie and Gent

Here’s the blurb for Tarnished Gold:

TarnishedGoldLGIn 1915, starstruck Jack Abadie strikes out for the gilded streets of the most sinful town in the country—Hollywood. With him, he takes a secret that his country hometown would never understand.

After years of hard work and a chance invitation to a gay gentlemen’s club, Jack is discovered. Soon, his talent, matinee idol good looks, and affable personality propel him to the height of stardom. But fame breeds distrust.

Meeting Wyatt Maitland turns Jack’s life upside down. He wants to be worthy of his good fortune, but old demons haunt him. Only through Wyatt’s strength can Jack face that which keeps him from being the man he wants to be. Love without trust is empty.

As the 1920s roar, scandals rock the movie industry. Public tolerance of Hollywood’s decadence has reached its limit. Under pressure to clean up its act, Jack’s studio issues an ultimatum. Either forsake the man he loves and remain a box office darling, or follow his heart and let his shining star fade to tarnished gold.

Purchase Tarnished Gold from Dreamspinner Press

Schedule for Tarnished Souls: Frankie and Gent Blog Tour

November 14 –The Rainbow Studio

November 18 – Dreamspinner Press Blog

November 18 –Brita Addams

November 19 –Sid Love

November 20 –Joyfully Jay

November 21 –You Gotta Read

November 25 –Jacob Flores

November 26 –The Novel Approach

December 3 – J.P. Barnaby

December 4 – Lynley Wayne

December 5 –Michael Ruptured

 About Brita Addams:

Brita logoBorn in a small town in Upstate New York, Brita Addams has made her home in the sultry south for many years. In the Frog Capital of the World, Brita shares her home with her real-life hero—her husband, and a fat cat named Stormee. All their children are grown.

Given her love of history, Brita writes both het and gay historical romance. Many of her historicals, as well as few contemporaries, have appeared on category bestseller lists at various online retailers.

Tarnished Gold, the first in her Tarnished series for Dreamspinner, received honorable mention, and is a finalist in the 2013 Rainbow Awards, historical romance category.

Brita and her husband love to travel. They’ve taken no less than twenty-five cruises and countless long car trips, as well as completed a Civil War battlefield tour, and visits to many sites involved in the American Revolutionary War. Their 2013 anniversary tour of England, Scotland, and Wales gave Brita fodder for many new tales.

On a trip to Hollywood, California, Brita stood in the footprints of some of her favorite actors—Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, and many others, at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, and has even kissed Mickey Rooney.

A bit of trivia—Brita pronounces her name, Bree-ta, and not Brit-a, like the famous water filter. Brita Addams is a mash-up of her real middle name and her husband’s middle name, with an additional d and s.

Readers can find Brita Addams at any of the following places:

Website

Blog

Twitter: @britaaddams

Facebook

Fan page

Goodreads

Pinterest

Booklikes

Monthly column at The Novel Approach

 

 

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #13–Michael Rupured

It’s hard to believe, but today is the final stop on my Chasing the Sun blog tour. I’m over at fellow author, Michael Rupured’s blog where I share an excerpt. Since this is the last stop on my tour that means the giveaway is about to end. Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win a free copy of Chasing the Sun.

 

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #12–Fallen Angel Reviews

The Chasing the Sun blog tour soars  into the hunky skies over at Fallen Angel Reviews today and let me tell you, those loincloths the angels wore looked fantastic! Who doesn’t love a heavenly creature? Not anyone I know, that’s for sure!

When I wasn’t ogling the angels or trying to look up their loincloths, I managed to answer a few questions. I talk about the personal inspiration for the story and also share my favorite scene from the novella.

If you’d like to read the interview, click here and a rainbow will descend from on high. Just climb aboard and you’ll be taken on over to Fallen Angel Reviews.

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #11–J.P. Barnaby

I’m over at the fabulous J.P. Barnaby’s today for the next stop on my Chasing the Sun blog tour and what a stop it is! I just love J.P. to pieces, and why wouldn’t I? She’s such a beautiful person and friend and a fantastic author. Really, who doesn’t love her?

So what did I blog about over at J.P.’s sexy side of the Internet? Well, I offered my top 5 tips for writing a better sex scene, and let me tell you, I hold nothing back. So if you’re interested in writing a better sex scene or are just wondering what I had to say, click here and one of J.P.’s adult industry cuties will magically appear and whisk you over to her site.

Don’t forget about the giveaway. Just leave a comment and you’re entered to win a free copy of Chasing the Sun. If you want to increase your chances, then leave a comment at all the other stops on my tour.

I hope to see you all over at J.P.’s. I’ll be the one talking to her sexy cuties!

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #10–Dawn’s Reading Nook

The Chasing the Sun blog tour continues today over at Dawn’s Reading Nook. Dawn and I sat down for an interview, where we discussed future projects, what author I’d love to write a book with, and what character from the P-town series was never meant to be a main character.

If you’re interested in reading the interview, then click here and magical creatures from Narnia will exit your closet and lead you over to Dawn’s nook. Pretty awesome, huh?

Also, the giveaway is still going strong. If you leave a comment, you’re entered to win a free copy of Chasing the Sun. If you leave comments at all my other stops, you increase your chances of winning.

I hope to see you there!

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #9–Mama Kitty Reviews

The Chasing the Sun blog tour continues over at Mama Kitty Reviews. Mama Kitty herself was kind enough to sit down with me for an interview, where we discussed authors who have inspired me, what message I want readers to take away from reading my book, and other fun stuff like Channing Tatum. YUM!

If you’d like to read the interview, click here and a pack of kitties will appear to lead you over to their mama. If you leave a comment, you are entered to win a free copy of Chasing the Sun, and if you leave a comment at all my other stops, you increase your chances of winning. Cool, right?

I hope to see you all over there!

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #8–Lynley Wayne

The Chasing the Sun blog tour continues today over at Lynley Wayne’s blog. This was my first time over at Lynley’s part of the Internet, and I was pleased by the warm welcome I received as well as the hot men serving alcoholic beverages. If you know me at all, you know I’m a sucker for men and booze. Who isn’t?

I’m interviewed over at Lynley Wayne, and I discuss such topics as which of my characters are most like me and what I’m currently working on. If you’re interested in reading the interview, click here and be immediately transported over to Lynely Wayne. Also, don’t forget to leave a comment and be entered to win a free copy of Chasing the Sun. I hope to see you there!

Chasing the Sun Blog Tour: Stop #7–Books Books and More Books

I’m continuing my blog tour for Chasing the Sun over at Books Books and More Books, and I’m doing something I’ve never done before–a series spotlight! It was great fun putting all the information for the first two books in the series together and highlighting them in a special way. It really makes me want to have all four books in the series out like RIGHT NOW!

But sadly, I have to wait.

If you want to take a gander at the series spotlight, click here and you’ll be swooshed on over to BB&MB. Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win a free e-copy of Chasing the Sun. If you leave a comment at all my blog stops, you’ll increase your chances of winning. 🙂