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Sawyer wants Jesse and Topher.

Topher and Jesse want Sawyer.

Sawyer is dating Jesse.

Jesse use to date Topher.

Topher wants to date Sawyer.

They all just want to survive.

The zombie apocalypse has never been this HOT!

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Cut & Run Review

Cut & Run

Book I

by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban

Genre: LGBT Contemporary Romance

Heat Level: HOT
Stars: 3/5

Congrats!

Congratulations to Mary Preston for winning the Amazon GC on my blog tour. It was a really fun experience and I'm so grateful to Goddess Fish for their help and support. Thanks to all that participated and commented. I hope that everyone enjoys Event Horizon~!

Blog Tour Kick Off!

Hey ya'll! The Event Horizon Blog Tour starts tomorrow! You can get a full agenda of the tour via my website. Follow me and you could win an Amazon Gift Card!

REVIEW MONDAY!

Here's my review for the Adrien English series, a wonderfully witty mystery series! Don't expect reviews every Monday, I can barely blog every month!

Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex

So I just finished a sex scene for the new manuscript I'm working on. I was really nervous as I grew closer to the scene. It dawned on me as soon as I set the scene up that it had been a long time since I had written a heterosexual sex scene.

What does that say?

Is gay sex really that different from straight? (Ignoring the obvious parts used). It all is based on an emotional/physical connection. The same emotions and pleasure apply. Yet when I got to that scene I found myself thinking "okay, now what?". There were even a few minutes where I had to go back and rewrite because women don't/can't do that!

It was almost pathetic... okay very pathetic. I'm a woman and I had issues! My world has been filled with so many men humping like rabbits that I've begun to neglect the women!

Maybe I should write some more straight stories?

For the last few days this has been me:



I'm glad to be finished, but I'm wondering if it turned out okay. That and I'm leading into another scene so... back to square one.

Gay sex vs. Straight sex.

Which one is harder to write?

Maybe it's the mood music... should I turn on some Barry White?

Thanks Everyone!

I'm glad so many people took part in the Hop Against Homophobia! It's really great to see so many people standing up and taking a stand.

The winner of the raffle is..... drum roll please~!!

Qbee2! Congratulations dearie!

Hop Against Homophobia!

Well I’m so late it isn’t even funny. This should have been out this morning. Whoops, my bad. That’s okay though, I’m getting it out now. I really struggled with what to write for this. In a time when homophobia and gay rights is at the tip of everyone’s tongues, what is there to say? I personally have not felt the heartache of homophobia, though I have seen the pain it can cause. There are moments when I wonder if people forget that in the end we’re all the same. We all just want to be loved and to give love in return, so why does it matter what ethnicity or gender that person is?

I can remember when I was younger watching Will & Grace with my mom. It took me forever to understand what it was about. As a teenager I read a lot of coming out novels. Alex Sanchez’s Rainbow Boys was one of my favorite series. But as I got older and found my own calling in writing I realized that I wanted to create a story that helped fight against homophobia. I wanted to create a character that faced challenges not because he was gay, but that he just happened to be gay and had challenges to face. Theo became that character, someone who is not defined by their sexuality but by their actions.

Right now things are shaky in the world. Hatred is spelled out callously on church signs and posted on Facebook. We can’t forget that no matter what side we’re on, whether supporting or not, we are all entitle to our opinions and should open our minds. It is not about telling a person their wrong, but about showing that while they may not agree they do NOT have to be belligerent. There is a difference between being non-accepting and being prejudice.

My best friend and I constantly bash heads, but in the end we both accept that we have different stances. She does not support gay rights while I on the other hand am a firm supporter. Her views are derived from her religious beliefs, while I stand under the belief that love is love. Despite what she believes though, she has never once been cruel or hateful. While she doesn’t agree, she still treats everyone with the same decency she expects to be treated with.
Hop Against Homophobia is about taking a stance and showing that we don’t have to be hateful. Over 250 authors have band together to spread to word through the 20th. As an author of LGBT, it is my duty to use my voice to spread the world. As readers, it is your job to do the same. We all need to band together and teach the world that in the end, all you need is love~!

So now here’s a chance for you to jump in and show your support. Bounce around and check out other blogs. Don’t forget to like Hop Against Homophobia’s Facebook.

Show your support by winning this awesome tote. And what’s a tote without goodies? See where Theo started with a e-book copy of The Hunting Moon. Here’s how to win (winner will be announced Monday the 21^st):

• Leave a comment with your e-mail
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Excerpt from The Hunting Moon
(PG-13)

Facebook Banner

Well it's finally time for me to hop on the Facebook bandwagon. With the new format design that means my author page will look even more beautiful. The only issue is I don't have time to come up with a cover design for it. Not wanting to be left in the digital dust, I've decided that it's time to start a contest! So here's how it goes.

I need a banner. You design one. The theme should in some how embody the Theo Bourne series. Just e-mail your entries to Evelynshepherd@evelynshepherd.com and on April 30th I'll select a winner. The winner will get a $50 gift card to Amazon.com.

Easy! So all you graphic designers, artists and fans out there get designing!

Media Wagon

Random post alert. I'm not good at this keeping up with the post thing. Can't make promises to get any better. On the plus side, the reason I fail is because I'm focused on working on manuscripts.

One thing I've been trying to work out lately is publicity. I've been trying to line up ways to get the word out. It's a lot of work and while my editor/publisher are amazing, I still need to do my own leg work. It's hard, especially when I don't have the foggiest clue what to do and well... lets face it, I'm more interested in just writing.

There needs to be a nice balance between writing and publicizing, but I don't know where that balance is. It's stressful at times. Give-me-a-six-pack-kind-of-stress.

So when is it a good time to push aside the key board and focus on publicity? Authors have always struggled. We think the battle is over when we land that deal, but it isn't. It's continuing to spread the word of your story and boast sales. While I'm not in it for the money, that still is how I make my living. So one just wonders when I should set it all aside and try to sale. Should I turn off the muse at some point and focus solely on trying to sell?

Is there ever a point when that doesn't happen?

What is the best way to sell?

Well, I don't have a lot of answers. I'll figure them out. I will be doing some blog tours in the future. I'm working on getting them lined up, so when they do appear I'll definitely post. I will be participating in Hop Against Homophobia this May, a great tour focused on spreading the world equality as well as the love of m/m writing. So look for that. Until then chickadees, I shall try to find that balance of writing-media.

GIVEAWAY!

In celebration of the release of Event Horizon (1/24), the second book in the Theo Bourne Series, I'll be giving away a free copy of The Hunting Moon (e-book). All you have to do is e-mail me @ evelynshepherd@evelynshepherd.com with what race Theo Bourne is. The answer can be found on my website: http://www.evelynshepherd.com. Contest ends January 24th. Good luck!