The UP COMING Release: Misplaced Affection

Yes, you read that right! In just 7 short weeks and 2 days, Misplaced Affection will be coming your way! I am super excited about this.

The manuscript has passed through the first stage of edits. As it stands, the novel is about 138k. That is VERY long! Why is it so long? Probably because I had lots of details to add. hahaha. It is a very layered story with three main characters and lots of angst and "life" to develop. I LOVE this story! Love it! I think the character arcs are good and realistic. I think there are many many scenes that will make people cry.

On the Wade Kelly Scale (Below) this is about a 9. Why? Well, I talk about tough subjects. (Imagine that!) Grief, child abuse, fanatically religious parents, fear, pride, and as well as plenty of stupid things that jealous teenaged boys do. This is a NA book. "New Adult." The characters start at about 16/18 and end around 20/22. This is NOT a M/M/M book. Repeat: NOT! The term "love triangle" is closer to the storyline. I know lots of readers like to see all the details int he blurb and be prepared, but if I listed all three characters that play a major role, they would think Ménage.

Blurb:

Clichés are overrated and loving the boy next door may not be as genuine as the love Flynn sacrifices along the way.

Knowing he’s gay and acting on it were two separate notions to Flynn Brewer until he’d met Keith, his first boyfriend, in high school. Before then, being gay wasn’t as real as the pain of living day-to-day. Flynn’s fear of coming out to his religious best friend Zach in their conservative community destroyed his relationship with Keith, but Flynn rationalized his avoidance and bottled up the truth until it was regrettably too late.

Zachary Mitchell was the perfect son and role model as far as the outside world could tell. Active in his church while attending college, Zach had a personality that could sell anything, do anything, or be anything. Except, he couldn’t sell the truth to himself. Just when he was ready to reveal his internal conflict to Flynn and expose the darkness lurking in his heart, and in his “perfect” family, Zach met a girl and got sucked deeper into his chasm of deception.

Caught in a living Newton’s Cradle of his own design, Flynn must chose between idealistic childhood fantasy, or a tempestuous passion that could ignite the very air he breathes.  

Main characters: Flynn, Zach, and Keith. How they all three fit into the story, you will have to read and find out!

I am currently setting up a BLOG TOUR with all your favorite bloggers!

December 19th I start with a "Cover reveal" on GGR-Reviews. I think Scott will LOVE my cover ;)

Dec 31st I plan on stopping by Jeff Adams' blog for a little fun pre-release interview or something. :)

JANUARY 1, 2015  NEW YEARS DAY! is Release day for Misplaced Affection! Whoot! I will be over at The Novel Approach.

Jan 2 - The Blogger Girls
Jan 4 - Head in the Oven with the Multi-tasking Momma!
Jan 5 - Smoocher's Voice - I think Jodi might have some interesting things to ask me :)
Jan 7 - Prizm Book Alliance
Jan 8 - Love Bytes Reviews (I think Dan is going to like this one!)
Jan 9 - Joyfully Jay

I will also have a review out by Rainbow Book Reviews, and a date somewhere in there with Rainbow Gold Reviews. LOTS going on! And I have to write a unique blog post for each one!

So far, I have only released the Prologue and Chapters 1 & 2. I will repeat those posts with the edited version between now and January 1, but I am saving the special excerpts for the bloggers. Some of these scenes  will have you tearing up! Be prepared.

……….And then another cool thing yesterday………

I persuaded Jason Frazier to do the AUDIO of Misplaced Affection! OMGosh! So cool! Not only that, but he is going to FLY IN from Californ-IA to meet me in New York at the Rainbow Book Fair to sign stuff! I'm doing a book signing thing with JASON FRAZIER! heeheehee.

So lots of things are going on in the next couple months.

1. I am nominated for the Rainbow Awards as a finalist. Winners announced in December.

2. Release date for Misplaced Affection and Blog Tour

3. Nominated in MANY categories on the Goodreads M/M Choice Awards and the winners are announced in January.

4. The recording of Misplaced Affection by the one and only Jason Frazier!

5. The Lambda Literary Awards announce finalists in March. (I am entered. Fingers crossed!)

6. Somewhere in here is the release of the Audio of Misplaced Affection

7. The Rainbow Book Fair in New York! Holiday Inn Mid Town on W. 57th street April 18th if you want to stop by and say HI! (Jason Frazier will be there!)

Come back soon for updates. I am super excited!

Cover reveal coming soon! YAY!!! I love it!

From Dreamspinner Press.

LOTS GOING ON THAT I HAVEN'T TAKEN A BREATH

Sorry… caps lock. LOL

Lets see, highlights? I got an A on my final exam on Wednesday so that means I got an A in my grammar class! Very cool. I will miss the peeps in class so hopefully they will not be strangers in town. And I gave my business card out so maybe they will each stalk me and be reading this now…. muahahhaha.

RAINBOW AWARDS last Sunday. My Roommate's a Jock? Well, crap! got third place for the Best LGBT Romantic Comedy. Very cool!

Then on MONDAY I signed a contract for Names Can Never Hurt Me. Although the date of release will not be until July / August of 2014, but at least we know it is coming!

Monday and Tuesday I cleaned and DECORATED and Christmas shopped. The house is not looking too bad. A little clutter, but easily removed. The tree is decorated. Outside lights up. And all my shopping is done! I wrapped most of the presents on Tuesday, but I am still waiting on a few to arrive in the mail. (Love shopping online.)

I voted in the M/M Romance Group poll yesterday on Goodreads for the M/M Choice Awards for 2013. Some of the categories were very hard to choose from! Now, I don't know exactly who nominated my books for so many categories, but WOW--thank you! Incredible. 16 Categories!!

~Favorite All Time M/M Author ---> ME! Wade Kelly. Now that's cool!
~Favorite All Time M/M Romance Book -For WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH. That blew me away! Thank you for that :)
~Best Anthology -for 50 Gays of Shade. Did you know I had a short story in that one?? I DO!!!
~Best Book of the Year - for THE COST OF LOVING 
Best long story for  THE COST OF LOVING
~Best Story that Should/Must have a Sequel- for MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Sex Scene-for MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Title- for MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Contemporary (genre)- for MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Athletes (professions)- MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Law Enforcement (Cops/PI/Spies/Secret Agent) (professions) -for THE COST OF LOVING
~Best Medical Professionals (Doctors/Nurses/EMT/Vets) (professions)-for THE COST OF LOVING
~Best Friends to Lovers (themes)- for MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Humorous (themes)- for MY ROOMMATE'S A JOCK? WELL, CRAP!
~Best Hurt/Comfort (themes) - for THE COST OF LOVING
~Best Tear Jerker (themes)- for THE COST OF LOVING

WOW…. THE LIST WAS LONG.  Thank you so much for the nominations. I appreciate and love you all.

What is going on now? Um, I guess since school is over I have no excuse, I NEED to write my ass off! So when I'm quiet I hope that is what I am doing! :)

TOMORROW- I am featured on Andrew Q. Gordon's blog. 
This is the list of contributors and dates:

December 1  - Andrew Q. Gordon

December 2  - Anne Tenino

December 3  - M.A. Church

December 6  - Anyta Sunday

December 7  - Nephylim

December 8  - Lena Gray

December 9  - JJ (Joyfully Jay)

December 10 – Elizabeth North

December 12 – Lily Velden

December 13 – Wade Kelly

December 14 – Alicia Nordwell

December 15 - Chris T. Cat

December 16 – Cate Ashwood

December 17 – Shira Anthony

December 19 – Amy Lane

December 20 – Melanie Marshall

December 21 – Lorraine Fico White

December 22 – Rick R Reed

December 23 – Festivus Special

December 24- Becky Condit

December 25 – Andrew Q. Gordon

It is a Christmas time and family themed blog hop for authors to describe their experiences. I talk about my son. He is adopted and this time of year reminds me of when I first met him. LOVE that boy!

Anyhow, that is all for now.

Wade

The Rainbow Awards (2013)

As far as I can fathom, A LOT goes into this. LOTS of time. Lots of effort. Lots of thought. Lots of planning. So, a huge THANK YOU goes out to Elisa Rolle for all her hard work! She is amazing. (Literally, she is pretty amazing. I met her in October. Very kind, very poised, very classy woman.) But these Rainbow Awards are no small task.

From Elisa's FaceBook Post, she says:

2013 Rainbow Awards

Almost 400 books, more than 150 judges, all over the world, and many, many submissions, from indie publishers, from mainstream publishers and a lot of self-published authors. And, to me more important of everything, we raised almost 6500 dollars that are already to the two charities, Ali Forney Center in New York City and Colors in Los Angeles. This is Colors' thank you letter: "I am writing to thank you for your donation in support of the Antioch University Los Angeles LGBTQ Colors program located just west of downtown in the MacArthur Park area. Your support directly impacts the services provided to LGBTQ youth under 25 years of age. The core values of social justice, service to community, and experiential learning comprise the heart of our mission, and the Colors program enables us to provide a valuable service to the community. As you know, Colors is a collaborative program offered by Antioch University Los Angeles and Pueblo Nuevo Development Corporation that provides comprehensive services to combat both the epidemic of suicides by LGBTQ youth and the bullying directed against them. Colors offers this underserved population and their families counseling, psychotherapy, support, and advocacy free of charge. Colors is committed to creating a world where LGBTQ youth are valued, embraced and invited to contribute to their full potential. This program is fully supported by alumni and friends like you. This support enables us to live our mission, and we are truly grateful for your participation. Thank you for your support."


(Copied. If this is wrong to do I'll delete it.)


Elisa has a beautiful heart. These awards serve a purpose and now have become a charitable event to help people. Elisa has vision. Kudos to you!


400 books and 150 judges. And I counted 32 categories … DUDE!!

If you want to view ALL the categories and read who won, please click HERE.

Initially, both The Cost of Loving and My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap! were in the running. There are specific dates of publication that qualify entries. Luckily, I had TWO publications in that window! Yay. But then they do some rounds of judging and TCOL didn't make it into the final round. There is a scale. Judges give a book points. (Or something.) And the published work is read by several people to get a "grade". (*Note: I am using my OWN terminology; visit REVIEWS AND RAMBLINGS to find out the rules and the nitty-gritty.) TCOL was out, but JOCK was in.

My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap! Made it into the final round of judging. HUGE for me! There is a lot of competition. And in the end… drum roll… JOCK took 3rd place. Not too shabby.

Best LGBT Romantic Comedy1. J.L. Merrow – Slam

2. Barbara Davies - Licensed to Spy / Sandrine Gasq-Dion - A Betting Man, A Marrying Man (2 novellas as 1 submission)

3. Wade Kelly - My Roommate's a Jock

I'm honored to be in such company as JL Merrow. She has 76 distinct works according to Goodreads. Whoa! And then there is little ole me with THREE. (well, 4 with the anthology.) JOCK competed with the big guns and won third. Pretty good. Elisa e-mailed me this image. Should I use it? I guess I am a winner because I was in the competition and WON a spot in the standings. I would take home a bronze medal had this been the writing OLYMPICS.

I am happy. This was a great adventure for me and many frazzled nerves waiting and wondering if my writing was good enough. So one more year of the Rainbow Awards is done. I'll have to think about next year and what might be in the running. Well, I guess it depends on getting something published! I still have not heard a word about Names Can Never Hurt Me. This makes me very nervous. It has been 5 weeks. Last time, it took 5 weeks to hear back about TCOL. I expected 5. But now? As time creeps by I worry my stuff is not good enough. And I worry about the reasons why? Too long? Too boring? Uninteresting? Lack of focus? IDK. The longer the wait, the more reasons I can conjure as to why they wouldn't want it. I'm good at that.

As far as The Rainbow Awards for 2014… I think the only ones that COULD make it in under the deadline would be NAMES and possibly Misplaced Affection if I got that one finished and submitted VERY soon. We'll see.

Happy Sunday. Don't forget to visit 2 Boys in Love. Matt and Brad have very interesting posts and on Sundays there is often a special post by Sam-I-Am. (Sunday's with Sam.) They are a fun bunch of guys!

That's all for now.

Wade