Writing Update and Book Announcement – The Called

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day and President’s Day. Reminder if you can get the vaccine please get it. In the mean time I hope you are wearing your mask, washing your hands, practicing your social distancing, and more importantly staying safe. I have been so encouraged hearing that the US has passed the 50 million vaccine mark and that hospitalization are going down. There is still a long road ahead of us, but we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Enough about that. Today I wanted to share my book announcement and a couple of writing updates.

Like the title says, The Called is on it’s way. This is the sequel to my internationally award-winning debut novel The Calling. The Called is schedule to be released on April 19th and I can’t wait.  Here is the blurb from the book… so spoilers if you haven’t read the first book The Calling (and why haven’t you read The Calling yet? You really need to, buy your copy here or get your signed copy here.):

The world is changing quickly for Chris now that he’s part of the Immortal Community. With the events of his past finally behind him, he’s still having visions and true magic is gradually taking hold in our world. There are new challenges that the Immortals must face, but Chris is still new and has no real standing in the immortal community. Learning that nothing in the Immortal community is what Chris thought and now having to face new threats, how will his new world unfold? Old enemies must work together and longtime friends may not be trustworthy. Who is lurking in the shadows? Why are they here? What does this mean for witches, immortals and humans?

Can Chris’ visions even be trusted given recent events, and how easily his mind is manipulated? With Juliet, Amanda, and Kirtus by his side they have to prevent the immortal and witch community from being exposed. Can they trust the local witches that are there to assist them? Can they trust their fellow Immortals? New friendships are made, and longtime alliances are called into question. How will The Called defeat these latest threats, and what does it mean for our world?

This story is going to pick up right at the end of book one. In fact, the last chapter of The Calling, is the first chapter of The Called (Find out more about both books here). So, there will be no time jump. I’m proud of this duology and I can’t wait for folks to be able to pick up their own copy and enjoy. Also, in The Called we are going to expand on some popular characters from The Calling and introduce some fantastic new characters in The Called, which I’m thrilled to finally add into the story.

Here is a beautiful graphic that will give you an idea of the feel of The Called :

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Also, as I hope many of you have seen by now I’ve been working on my YouTube channel, click here. I’ve been cleaning up the channel, making it more user friendly, organizing it, updating content, and adding the various engagements I’ve had: including appearances on OUTLook Video, LocalLit 2020 as well as some other fun readings and events that I’m able to share.

To celebrate my revamped channel, I’ve set up a challenge, if I can get 250 subscribers (clearly a lofty goal) by April 19th I have something really fun planned. The surprise will coincide with the launch of The Called. Help me spread the word and meet this goal.  I know with all your help and support we can reach 250. In the meantime, I’m going to be adding more readings and other content to my channel so I hope you will follow me there, plus you get to see me in my natural habitat, my home.

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As a reminder on March 12th – 14th I will be participating at the Rainbow Space Magic Conference. This three-day virtual event is packed full of great content for readers, writers, and anyone who loves books. Learn more about it here.

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Also, on May 8th I and several other amazing authors will be holding the first ever virtual IQARUS Book Con. This international event is open to everyone. We will have panel discussions about writing, marketing/social media, podcasts, vlogging, editing, etc. Also, we will host both live and video readings from authors of romance, horror, sci-fi, contemporary, all sorts of genres, so there is something for everyone. Check it out here.

Well, Scribblers, that’s all for this week. If you want to learn more about what I have coming up next check out my events page here. I love hearing from folks so please drop me a line in the comments below. Please consider sharing this post on your social media sites, it really does help, as does clicking on this little heart below. Until next time have a great week.

Rainbow Space Magic 2021 Virtual Conference

RSM 2021 – Announcement

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Rainbow Space Magic (RSM) is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ science fiction and fantasy community, a place where everyone can gather, discuss, promote and create queer speculative fiction in a safe and supportive place that is accessible to our diverse community.

Join us Friday March 12th through Sunday March 14th, 2021 for this free virtual conference.

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This year we are pleased to welcome Jewelle Gomez – author of The Gilda Stories and Bones and Ash, as our Keynote Speaker and special guest throughout the conference.  Jewelle is a two-time Lambda Literary Award recipient with her writings appearing in hundreds of anthologies. She is a prolific play write and presented at the African American Fantastic Imagination, the first conference of black speculative fiction writers. She has also taught creative writing workshops and lectured at institutions around the U.S. including San Francisco State University, Bowdoin College, Cornell University, Spellman College, Bates College, and others. She was on the original board of GLAAD and the Astraea National Lesbian Foundation.

The conference this year will have writing workshops during the day on Friday prior to our Keynote address Friday night. The rest of the weekend will consist of panels and readings spread out over Saturday and Sunday.

Current Writing Workshops include:

  • Combat Writing

  • Book Justice: Criminal Justice for Authors

  • The Writer’s Guide to Green Stuff: Plants, Herbs, and Wild Places That Make Sense

  • Branding Sci-Fi

Panel Discussions include:

  • Writing Queer Female Protagonists (#Ownvoices lead panel)

  • Magic and Folklore

  • Writing for Bisexual and Pansexual Characters (#Ownvoices lead panel)

  • Aging in Queer Spec Fic

  • Dis/Abilities: Disabled, Chronically Ill, and Neurodiversity in Queer Fiction (#Ownvoices lead panel)

  • Queer Role-Playing Games

  • Fandom and Fanfiction

  • Covers so White

  • Intersectional Identity (#Ownvoices lead panel)

  • Query Letters and Getting an Agent

  • Humor and Cynicism

  • The Queering of Modern Pop Culture in Recent Years

This year we are raising money for Lambda Literary, Glad Day Lit, Trans Media Watch, Shade Literary Group, and BLF Press. Donate to one of these groups and come and join us March 12th – March 14th, 2021. To register and learn more about this exciting event please go to our website here for more information.

Top Ten List-Mr. Sticker (A More Perfect Union)

Happy Wednesday Scribblers. We are in a new year and last week we welcomed a new President and Vice-President. This week I’m pleased to introduce you to Adrienne Bell. Not only is Adrienne a fellow native of the SF Bay Area, but she is a romance writer and lover of Disneyland, which already makes her pretty cool in my book. I got to meet Adrienne through working on the anthology A More Perfect Union that I’m apart of, and today, she’s here to share her Top-Ten List about her short story Mr. Sticker that features in A More Perfect Union, let’s get to know more about Mr. Sticker...

Top Ten Things About Mr. Sticker

  1. It’s based on my favorite part of voting—the I Voted sticker you get at the end.

  2. It’s short, and that’s hard. You’d think that writing a short story would be easier than a full length novel, but creating a story with a satisfying beginning, middle, and end—not to mention one that hits all the right beats and meets all the genre expectations—in only a few thousand words is anything but.

  3. I’ve done a good deal of political volunteering—voter registration drives, canvassing for candidates, working on local campaigns—but the one thing I haven’t done is volunteer to be a poll worker…yet. It’s on the list though!

  4. Because I wasn’t familiar with the ins and outs of being a poll worker, I had to go to my favorite research site to learn all about it—YouTube. And let me tell you, you haven’t lived until you’ve spent an hour and half in front of a poll worker training video.

  5. Just like Evie in the story, I did dye my hair blue and pink for a while, but, dang, it was hard to keep up.

  6. While Mr. Sticker revolves around flirting, I am terrible at it in real life. Fortunately, my husband and I recently celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary, so I haven’t had to worry about unleashing my sub-par skills on the public in a long time.

  7. Like Evie in the story, my husband is a music teacher, and one who believes that everyone can learn how to play. He even taught me to play the ukulele during the pandemic. I’m still terrible at it, but that’s on me, not him.

  8. Some punny names my family suggested for Mr. Sticker (and I immediately rejected) were—Love Ballot, The Love Vote, and Erection Day. Seriously, pray for me.

  9. Some of my earliest memories are of tagging along with my parents when they went to the polls to vote. Their example is what’s led me to never miss an election.

  10. 100% of the proceeds of A More Perfect Union will be donated to Fair Fight, an organization dedicated to combatting voter suppression.

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There you have it, ten things about Mr. Sticker. Thank you so much for stopping by today, Adrienne and congratulations on all your amazing works. Do you have any questions for Adrienne? Leave them below.

Want to read some more of my Top Ten Lists and learn about some great authors and their works, check these out:

Top Ten List-Give Way with Valentine Wheeler click here.

Top Ten List with Abigail de Niverville, click here.

Top Ten List with Schuyler L'Roux, click here.

Top Ten List with Jacqueline Church Simonds, click here.

Top Ten List with Kay Doherty, click here.

That’s it for today. Please remember to drop me a heart/like letting me know you stopped by. If you want to help support my blog, please consider sharing this post on your social media platforms to help keep the conversation going. Until next time I hope you stay safe and have a great week.

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About A More Perfect Union:

Love wins in this collection of nine all new, voting-themed romances.

A set of bite-sized romance short stories with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Fair Fight, an organization dedicated to combatting voter suppression.

From the campaign headquarters to the polls, A More Perfect Union features brand new stories from:

Adrienne Bell

Kilby Blades

Aliza Mann

Claire Marti

R.L. Merrill

M.D. Neu

Dawn Montgomery

Sera Taino

Kearney Wentworth

Buy A More Perfect Union here.

About Adrienne Bell:

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Adrienne Bell is the author of over a dozen action-packed romances including the bestselling contemporary Second Service series and the new Exiles of the Realm paranormal series. She loves nothing more than writing quirky heroines with a knack for finding trouble and the hardheaded heroes who help them fight their way out of it. Adrienne lives with her husband and sons on the far edge of the San Francisco Bay Area where she spends her downtime reading, binge watching nerdy television, and scrolling through Disneyland fan websites.

Find Adrienne Bell on her website here.

Interview with Charles Joseph Albert

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you are all having a great week so far. This week I’m excited to bring to you a San Francisco Bay Area local author Charles Joseph Albert. Charles isn’t just an author and poet, he also holds a PhD in nuclear physics.  I had the pleasure of meeting Charles at the LocalLit 2020 event jointly hosted by the San Jose Public Library and San Jose State in December (you can learn more about the event and the other authors here).

Welcome Charles, thank you for stopping by today. We have your bio below, by way of introduction, why don’t you share with us something that isn’t in your bio.

Hi, M.D., it was great to meet you at LocalLit. I’m really inspired by your accomplishments as a writer!

One thing I don’t put in my bio is that I play the trombone (yes, my neighbors hate me). For the past three years I’ve played with the South Bay Bones, a trombone choir. Everything from baroque to jazz to movie theme songs. It’s a real hoot (pun intended).

I understand from your bio, and as mentioned above, you have a PhD in nuclear physics. I can’t imagine how much work went into earning that degree. What drew you to nuclear physics? Considering the specialized knowledge that goes into that kind of degree, do you find that you use that experience in your day-to-day work life? And how does that education affect your writing?

Studying theoretical physics was an amazing experience. Granted, it got a little math heavy, but there’s something mind-blowingly crazy about looking at the equation that explains why the sky is blue. Or that predicts the decay rate of a proton. Really, the last few years of grad school were like some kind of calculus-based acid trip.

Useful in day-to-day work? No, you’ve got me there. Though I do find it creeping into my writing occasionally. There’s a few stories in my collection “A Thousand Ways to Fail” that involve physics students.

You mention also that you’ve been working in a variety of disciplines from Environmental Management to computer consulting to metallurgy. Those, to my mind, all seem extremely different and specialized fields. How did you make your way into those fields?

Hah! Not on purpose, you can bet!

I was intending to be a physics professor. The thing is, I got my degree right after the Berlin Wall fell, and the West became flooded with cheap Eastern European physicists... at the same time that Uncle Sam cut back the cold-war physics research. So my teaching prospects grew very dim indeed.

But this was also right after Earth Day 1990,  which is what inspired me to get a job doing computer modeling of air pollution in Austin, Texas. When I was ready to move back home to California, the only job offer I got was with an old pal from Berkeley doing computer consulting.

The last client I had was my dad, a metallurgist, who needed computer help in a lawsuit he was working on. He kind of lured me into coming to work for him, even though I had once promised myself I would never do that.

That was over twenty years ago!

Let’s move over to your writing, you’ve written three works of fiction and five poetry collections, plus you have numerous published poems. What has your writing journey been like? What is it you enjoy most about writing?

Writing was something I’ve loved to do since elementary school. But frankly, it’s a lot harder than physics. In physics you can spend your entire career focusing on one little oddball idea. As a writer, you have to keep throwing one oddball idea after another at your readers, or you’ll lose them. 

One of the best things about writing are the “a-ha” moments you can uncover. In a story or a poem. An insight that strikes you as so profound or so true that you’re literally (literarily?) glad to be alive. I felt that way reading Robert Frost’s “The Runaway” when I was eleven, and was hooked on poetry ever since.

Another great discovery for a reader is a character that you can just completely fall in love with. Which I did with Elizabeth Bennet, in “Pride and Prejudice.” And Theodore Decker of “The Goldfinch.” So it became one of my literary ambitions to give birth to such a protagonist.

The Absent and the Dead & Other Stories is your latest work having been released in February 2020. What can you tell us about this collection of stories? What ties all these works together?  Regarding this collection of shorts is there a common theme you were going for? What is it about these stories that made you want to put them all together?

The theme for this collection was summed up by the title of the last story (also the title of the collection). It’s all absence and death. But each one is a very different take on those two cheery subjects, and many are quite tongue-in-cheek.

Another thing that made me think this could work as a coherent collection is that many of the stories are based on people in my family (with huge liberties taken). Although, given how incoherent my family can be, that may have been a mistake.

But at least, basing some characters on family members helped me to more fully develop them, and hopefully the reader will get a glimpse of how loveable some of them are, despite the looniness.

Since you also write poetry, what is it about poetry you enjoy writing? I dabble a little in poetry myself (find my poems here) and for me it’s about emotion. What is it you try to say with your poetry work? Is there a poem you are particularly proud of? Would you like to share a bit of it here with us today? 

M.D., I am a huge admirer of writers like you who can bring emotion to a poem and really remind the reader of the glories and pains of existence in that way. It’s a faculty I can’t claim to have, and often the best I can hope for is one of those “a-ha” moments. Here’s an example--the title poem from my second collection.

Essentialism

Last night, on Market Street, I stripped my clothes;
"Must be the 'nude in public' dream," I thought,
and forced a sheepish grin at passers by,
nonplussed by such an urge to bare myself.
Then, nudity was not enough. How I
removed the human form in which we're caught,
was not the snakelike shedding you'd suppose.

More like I'd peeled off false reality,
cut through a dirty screen to see what shone.
The light was me—pure energy, pure joy.
And yet I somehow still felt like that self
I first had grown aware of as a boy—
the way electric current, through a phone,
holds disembodied personality.

The strangest feeling came upon me next,
as though I'd joined with all the universe.
I'd smashed the vessel that had held me whole,
and spilled the hot quicksilver of the self,
but didn't dissipate my fragile soul,
just freed it from its solitary curse—
the fleshly membrane keeping it perplexed.

That dream had looked beyond the mausoleum
that many say will be our final fate,
but who can tell which visions are mistakes?
I'm in no rush to find out for myself
if there's some inner light that dying wakes,
or if both shell and soul disintegrate…

either bears out Horace. Carpe diem.

What do you want people to get from your stories? Is there a message that you want readers to walk away with?

I go into each story looking for something to captivate me, to really grab my attention and make me say, “huh, that’s a new one.” And, if possible, to introduce myself to some well-fleshed character. Human frailties, maybe, but basically a good heart. So hopefully anyone coming along for the ride will get some enjoyment from what I’m doing.

What can we see coming out from you next?

My first novel, The Unsettler, was published in installments by SERIAL Magazine, and in 2021 the full story will come out in book form. It’s set in a dystopian 22nd century Bay Area, after a red-blue war has torn the country in two.

I also have another poetry collection coming out in 2021: “Apparently.” This collection of new and previously-published poems focuses specifically on the theme of fatherhood. I hope it’s got a touch more of that pure gold--emotion--in it, than my earlier works. 

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Charles thank you for joining me today. I’ve enjoyed this opportunity to get to learn more about you and your amazing work.

Do you want to continue to learn about more amazing authors check out these authors here:

Meet Gar McVey-Russell here.

Meet Valentine Wheeler here.

Meet Liz Faraim here.

Meet J.S. Strange here.

Well, Scribblers, that’s all for this week. If you have questions for Charles please drop them in the comments below. Don’t forget to share this interview it really does help, as does clicking on the little heart below. Until next time have a great week.

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About The Absent and the Dead & Other Stories:

Fourteen stories of absence, mourning, death, second chances, living, conception, adventure, and, above all, humor. These stories dare to ask the biggest questions, even in the smallest moments. Imagine Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury getting drunk and re-writing thirteen stories by James Joyce & this is what you might get.

Find out more on Amazon here.

Find out more on Barnes and Noble here.

About Charles Joseph Albert:

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Charles Joseph Albert lives in the Bay Area, works as a metallurgist, and does his writing late at night when the kids have gone to bed. His poetry and fiction has recently appeared in Caesura, Fiction International, Spectrum Magazine, California Quarterly, and SERIAL Magazine.

Where to Find Charles:

Website here.

Goodreads here.

Facebook here.

Top Ten List-Give Way with Valentine Wheeler

Happy New Year and happy Wednesday Scribblers. I hope your New Year is off to a positive start. This week I’m excited to bring back author Valentine Wheeler to share their Top Ten List about one of their main characters Awais Siddiqui in their new book Give Way (released on January 4, 2021 find it here). As a reminder, Valentine is a Queer Romance, Fantasy and Science Fiction author who is published through NineStar Press (learn more here). Also, Valentine is part of Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (learn more here). Let’s get started.

Give Way features some of Valentine’s favorite things: baked goods, big queer communities, old friends who like to give you shit, and postal workers! In the meantime, let’s get to know one of the main characters...

Ten Packages Awais Siddiqui Delivered this Holiday Season

  1. The first package he delivered in Swanley after his transfer. A big box of books, nearly 40 pounds, to Jolene McGonnigal at 61 Tremont Street, two houses down from his aunt Fatima’s house. Jolene hadn’t seen Awais in thirty years, but when she opened the door she smiled at him, called him by name, and welcomed him back to Swanley. (Of course, she’d then asked him if he could carry the box all the way inside, and her cat had nearly killed him by winding between his ankles as he navigated her narrow hallways with a gigantic package. But she’d given him a signed copy of The Fifth Season in thanks, since she ran the signing events at Turkey Creek Books in her spare time. The book had made him cry, but it was worth it.)

  2. A slightly-battered small parcel from Egypt addressed to Rana Wahbi at 36 Tremont Street. She clutched it to her chest and thanked him so graciously when he handed it over that she halted him in his tracks. She told him it was her grandfather’s journal, something a cousin had found while clearing out old boxes of family detritus, and it had almost been thrown away. And then she promised him a free sandwich next time he stopped by her restaurant.

  3. A small, neatly-addressed box with nearly $40 in postage and a signature required addressed to Michaela McNamara over on Dighton Street. She opened the door, took one look at the sender’s address, and shook her head. “Nope,” she said. “He knows exactly where he can shove it.” She handed him the package, then disappeared back inside the house, leaving Awais standing on the porch. He still didn’t have the full story, but he really, really wanted to know what the hell that was about.

  4. A package to 77 Billerica Drive, addressed to Latify Thibeault on December 1. He doesn’t remember the package specifically, other than that it was small and square and nothing out of the ordinary about it, but when he opened the mailbox to stick it inside, he’d found an envelope. He went to toss it with his outgoing mail, but then he noticed the writing on the front: To Awais, our substitute carrier. Welcome back to Swanley, and thanks for the deliveries :) Love, Latify and Henri. He’d had to take a long moment to pull himself together after that one–they must have called the office to get his name, worried their regular wouldn’t share his tips with him. It was an act of generosity he hadn’t expected.

  5. A small, dense, tightly plastic-wrapped box to Anthony Sullivan at 17 Chestnut Street that smelled overwhelmingly of pot. Hey, if it made it this far, Awais wasn’t one to judge. He left it on the porch wrapped in a SORRY YOUR PACKAGE WAS DAMAGED bag, just to give the guy a little a reminder that the mail might not be the best way to get this particular kind of package–especially since the return address was just a few towns over in Needham. Maybe next time he’d drive his federal crimes instead.

  6. A small white padded mailer to Scotty Pillon at 14 Milton Avenue, Apartment 1. Scotty–who owned route 16, the one Awais liked covering most because it had a nice long section of close-together houses with mailboxes right on the street–opened the door just as Awais opened his mailbox to drop the parcel in. He’d handed it to Scotty instead, sharing a brief smile at the irony of the encounter, and moved on to tuck Lucy Smith’s mail in the box for the upstairs apartment. When Awais turned back toward the door, Scotty had ripped open the package and was clutching its contents, standing stock still.

    “What is it?” Awais asked, and Scotty turned toward Awais to show him a bright, bold They/Them pin. Awais clapped them on the shoulder and grinned. “For work?”

    Scotty nodded.

    “I’ll get a He/Him,” said Awais. “Solidarity.”

    Scotty swallowed hard and nodded again. “Thanks, man.”

  7. A long, thin package with a bent end that was obviously a hockey stick to David Shapiro at 144 Pond Road. When his mom Lila opened the door and called him down to sign for it–which, though not technically allowed since he was ten, was adorable–he’d barrelled down the stairs, gasped, and said to Lila, “A package for me? What’s inside it?” The look of sheer parental doneness Lila had given Awais was worth the whole two hours of overtime he’d just worked.

  8. A rooster, express mail to 93 Old Medfield Road. It rode up front with him, and the thing made terrifying dinosaur noises the whole time. Awais wasn’t afraid of birds. He just had a healthy respect for them. A very healthy, very distanced respect. And honestly, he’d rather not ever share a vehicle with one again. The baby chicks? Fine, small, cute. The full-grown version? No thank you.

  9. A holiday gift box of fancy pears, apples, and oranges to Windmere Bakery. The kid behind the counter had torn the box open and immediately offered Awais his choice of fruit. Awais, who’d forgotten his lunch at home, enjoyed the world’s most perfect pear on his walk to his next stop at the Cairo Grill, where Rana Wahbi gave him the promised free shawarma. That was a good day.

  10. One small brown box to 210 Washakum Ave Apartment 8, because the man who’d taken it from him–cute, flustered, very dapper–had blushed, given him a helpless up-and-down look, and immediately, accidentally declared his singleness. Awais is pretty sure nothing’s going to beat that one.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today, Valentine and congratulations on the new book. I’m looking forward to reading Give Way and learning more about Awais and the other characters in the story. It was great having you. Do you have questions for Valentine? Leave them below and I’ll be sure to have her swing by and answer them.

Want to read some more of my Top Ten Lists and learn about some great authors and their works, check these out:

 Top Ten Vloggers I follow, click here.

Top Ten List with Abigail de Niverville, click here.

Top Ten List with Schuyler L'Roux, click here.

Top Ten List with Jacqueline Church Simonds, click here.

Top Ten List with Kay Doherty, click here.

Top ten inspirations for Taking the Plunge by J.B. Reynolds, click here.

I hope you enjoyed getting to know more about Valentine’s character Awais Siddiqui.  Please remember to drop me a heart/like letting me know you stopped by. If you want to help support me and Valentine, please consider sharing this post on your social media platforms to help keep the conversation going. Until next time I hope you stay safe and have a great week. 

About Give Way:

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Kevin McNamara’s post-retirement life is… fine. He has friends, a few consulting gigs, and an ex-wife he’s finally on good terms with. But when he meets an intriguing stranger–a rarity in close-knit Swanley–he can’t stop thinking about the hot mailman or the unexpected attraction that knocked him flat.

Awais Siddiqui never thought he’d want to come back to his childhood hometown, but when his grandmother falls ill, he’s the only one who can help his aunt keep an eye on her. Awais figures he’ll be back in the city soon enough–but then a silver fox on his route catches his eye.

Can Awais deliver the spark Kevin’s been missing?

Buy Give Way here on Amazon and here from NineStar Press.

About Valentine Wheeler:

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Valentine Wheeler (she/her) lives outside Boston with her spouse and child and spends her days chasing mail carriers and citing obscure postal regulations. She goes by Lis in meatspace and her life's ambition is to eat the food of every country.

Find her on twitter or goodreads and her work at Ninestar Press and the Future Fire. She also serves as Fiction Editor and Logistics Manager for Wizards in Space Literary Magazine, as Logistics Wizard and Managing Editor for Mermaids Monthly, and as a slushreader for various genre publications.

Where to Find Valentine Wheeler:

Twitter: @ghostalservice