My Reading Buddy, Keegan

Hey, everyone! I shared these pics on my Facebook and Twitter, and thought, why not share them here, too? Here's one of the reasons it takes me so long to finish reading a book. This is Keegan, my reading buddy and also one of my feline co-authors. Fortunately, he and I have similar tastes in books ;-)

M/M Romance Group Best of 2012 Awards

Hey, ladies and gentlemen! I've got some fun news to share! Over on Goodreads, there's a large and very cool group called the M/M Romance Group with over 8,600 lovely readers and authors as their members. I'm sure many of you are familiar with them, probably even members, but for those who aren't, they're a community focused on reading and celebrating Male/Male Romance. I've talked about them a few times here, most recently when I wrote my historical novella, Of Honor and Love, for their Love is Always Write event. But now, the group is holding their Best Of 2012 Awards, and I was very surprised and flattered to find my books in several categories!

The voting for the awards began on the 10th, I believe, and I'm not entirely sure when it ends. I'm very sorry for only just finding out about that and posting this now! With being on my little writing break, I've fallen a bit out of touch with important news like this. I happened to be on Facebook this morning and saw a link posted to the survey for voting. As I was scrolling through the nominations, I saw my name, my books, and my characters in a few categories. I was absolutely thrilled and very touched that some kind people had thought of me and my work when the nominations were being accepted. I had heard during the nominations that Titus was nominated for Best Vampire, but I hadn't known of the other nominations until I was looking through the lists. Here are the categories I found my work nominated in:

Category 2 - Favorite All Time M/M Romance Book – Conquest

Catergory 3 - Favorite All Time M/M Series  - Conquest series

Category 4 - Favorite All Time M/M author – S.J. Frost

Category 5 - Favorite All Time M/M Characters – Jesse and Evan, Conquest series

Category 7 – Best Cover – Loving Instincts

Category 14 – Hottest Vampire – Titus

Category 19 – Best Story That Should/Must Have a Sequel – Loving Instincts

Category 37 – Best Musicians/Rock Stars – Heartstrings AND Feeling the Rhythm

Category 39 – Best Paranormal – Loving Instincts

I'm pretty sure these are all of them, but I'll admit, I was getting a little dizzy and star-stuck looking at all the amazing titles and authors in these awards! It's really incredible to be included with so many talented authors and great works, and I'm very grateful to those who nominated me. Thank you! And my thanks goes out to the M/M Romance Group, as well, for all their hard work and dedication to our genre, readers, and authors.

If you'd like to see all the amazing books and authors that are nominated, and possibly throw in your vote - for ANY book, character, or author - here's a link to the voting survey: http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=1af2af8b-773e-4236-ab9e-c4affac951c5

My thanks again and again for these wonderful nominations! I'm so very honored and flattered by them :-)

Giveaway at International Heat

Hello, everyone! I just wanted to drop a quick note to y'all and let you know that I was invited today, December 12th, to be a guest over at the very fun blog, International Heat. They're celebrating the end of the world ;-) I was asked to list a few items off my Bucket List, but I'm also offering a giveaway over there. Just leave a comment on the post with me and the lovely JR Patrick, and you'll be entered for a chance to win one of my books, winner's choice of title, in ebook.

Here's the link for those who'd like to visit: http://internationalheat.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/its-the-end-of-the-world-threesome-time/

My thanks to the ladies at International Heat for having me over today! Hope everyone who stops by there enjoys the post, and good luck to those who enter the giveaway!

December Reader Appreciation Day - Prize List!

Here you go, ladies and gentlemen! This is the amazing prize list for Reader Appreciation Day, which will be held this Saturday, December 1st, at The Sweet Spot. So many talented authors have donated prizes as their way of saying "thank you" to all you wonderful readers out there. To learn more about the author or book, just click their name.

Harper Fox - ebook copy of HALF MOON CHAMBERS

Marie Sexton - ebook copy of winner's choice from her backlist

L.C. Chase - ebook copy of LOVE BROKERS: MISTER ROMANCE

Bella Leone - ebook copy of DOWNPOUR

Tara Lain - ebook copy of winner's choice of Balls Books; VOLLEY BALLS, FIRE BALLS, or BEACH BALLS

AJ Kelton - $15 gift certificate to Torquere Press

Michael Mandrake - ebook copy of TRUE MEANING OF LOVE 2

Lynley Wayne - ebook copy of SCARS

Lily Sawyer - ebook copy of FROM THE DEPTHS

J.P. Bowie - ebook copy of MURDER BY PROXY

Jambrea Jo Jones - 2 ebook copies of AVENGER

Sloan Parker - ebook copy of winner's choice from her backlist

Sloan Parker - $15 in eBook Bucks from AllRomance eBooks

S.J. Frost (me!) - ebook copy of of winner's choice from my backlist

S.J. Frost (me, again!) - $15 in eBook Bucks from AllRomance eBooks

Is that an incredible list of prizes, or what?! And it's all for you, dear readers. Sloan, Jambrea, and I give our deepest thanks to all these amazing authors for their generosity. We're looking forward to another fun RAD! Hope to see you all at The Sweet Spot!

Wandmaker - Amber Kell Birthday Bash!

All right, ladies and gentlemen! I mentioned earlier today that I was going to feature a portion of the awesome story, Wandmaker, by the lovely and talented Amber Kell, and here you go! For her birthday, Amber has been sharing installments of the story on different blogs all through the month of November, giving readers a chance to follow it as it progress.

I'm a guest on Amber's blog today, also, where I shared about one of my favorite birthdays and am offering a title from my backlist in ebook, winner's choice of title, so be sure to stop over there for a chance to win!

I'm very pleased to be a part of the birthday celebration! Hope you had a great birthday, Amber!

Wandmaker

They gathered their things and headed downstairs to get some food. The knights were waiting for them. They sent Cebrus and Silvan amused glances.

“Sit,” Silvan pointed toward an empty seat.

Cebrus sat down with a glare at the prince.

“You don’t want food?” Silvan asked innocently.

“I want to not be treated like your dog,” Cebrus snarled.

“Don’t be ridiculous I’m really nice to my dogs.” Silvan smiled.

Cebrus waited until Silvan turned his back to grab the pitcher of water then beaned him in the back of the head with a roll.

“Hey?” Silvan spun around.

“What I’m just a disobedient puppy?” Cebrus fluttered his lashes at Silvan and the knights burst into laughter.

“We’re heading to the Dragon Breath Islands,” Silvan announced.

The knights groaned.

“Isn’t there an actual dragon there?” Meliv asked.

Cebrus nodded. “Rumor states that’s why the tree I’m looking for grows there. It needs the volcanic ash to grow. The heat of the magma attracts the dragon.”

“We’ll need to chart a boat in order to get to the isles,” Silvan said.

“I get seasick,” Meliv complained.

“We’ll get you a bucket,” Silvan replied.

“Thanks.” If looks could kill the crown prince would’ve toppled over dead.

It took them three days to reach the ocean. The only available ship was a questionable barge with a surly captain.

“Dragon Breath Island? Why would you want to go there?” The man who called himself Captain Renwy had the weathered skin of someone who lived his life on the water.

“I’m looking for a tree,” Cebrus offered.

Renwy looked around. “And you can’t find one here?”

“A specific tree,” Cebrus qualified. “I think it only grows on the island.”

Renwy rubbed his chin. “I don’t know about any trees but a dragon’ll kill you all the same.”

“Can we rent your boat or not?” Silvan asked, his temper all but crackling the air around them.

Renwy nodded. “I’ll charge you extra for your stupidity. Heading toward the islands with known dangers isn’t the mark of smart men.”

“Of course,” Cebrus said. “Or I could fix your wand. I see you have mostly weather and water magic but your wand is at the end of its life.”

“You’re a wand maker?” Renwy asked.

“Yep.” Cebrus nodded.

“And you can fix my wand?” Renwy confirmed.

“Well, I’ll actually have to replace it but it’ll be like new,” Cebrus promised.

A few minutes later they were sailing along with a happy captain waving a new black wand.