❤Īs I mentioned in a few of the promo posts I wrote for Renewing Forever, I had no idea how much I needed to write this book until I wrote it. I figured a lot of folks would like Charlie, but every reader who loved Simon just as much (or more) warmed my heart. I hoped this book would be a hit with my readers and perhaps gain me a few more fans and it appears to have done just that with the reception being super positive. I put so much of myself into this book: my insecurities regarding parenting a teenager, the ups and downs of a writing career, my lifelong interest in architecture, and my desire to see two deserving people find a happy ever after together. The long-awaited Cheez-It book! Or the novel I had no plans to write until I was about a quarter of the way through and Charlie still hadn’t stopped talking. Counting Out came in at just under 20k words, actually making it longer than either of the first two novellas in the series! And it’s available to download and read for free. In an effort to continue adding value to the series as well as flesh out their story, I wrote a third “short” as a final epilogue to Marc and Henry’s story. Dreamspinner agreed to a print version which… wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but I won’t deny I’m thrilled to be able to hold Henry and Marc’s complete journey in my hands.

I have never been happy with Dreamspinner’s policy of pricing novellas over 15k at $3.99, so a part of my request to bundle the Counting series in one volume was to make the complete story available at a more accessible price. The Complete Counting series and Counting Out

To See the Sun is, first and foremost, a love story.įor those looking for more set in this universe-yes, that’s on the list for this year! I’ll talk more about that later. I meant for the science fiction aspect to be incidental as well as inherent, but I never set out to write space opera. I took that criticism as “this book is not for you.” I meant it to be tropey. Some readers felt the book was too tropey. To See the Sun turned to be one of my most romantic books as well. Readers had to wait until August for my first release of the year, but the reception for my weird and tropey science fiction western romance was overwhelmingly positive-which made me happy for all the usual reasons: yay, people liked my book! But also for the fact I’d taken a chance on something a little out there-a queer mail-order spouse story, with a pioneering setting, in space-and ended up writing one of my favourite books ever.

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