News!

Strike all the info that came before, because the much anticipated Dudleytown will release as a stand alone novella from AMP on October 29th. That's the dealie-o.

My beta readers love it. My editor loves it. It's short. It's sweet. It's nasty. It'll be cheap AND it's a fricken' thrill ride.

I wrote it just for you.


Excerpt to come! Stay tuned!

Also, Chris correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you may know this young man.

Heh.

Two Things Worth Sharing

Given the overwhelmingly tragic news this week--I am compelled to repost this information.

If you know someone at risk, or you are at risk yourself, please remember that you are not alone. 

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.

The Trevor Project operates the only accredited, nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBTQ youth. If you or a friend are feeling lost or alone, call The Trevor Helpline. There is hope, there is help.

Today, in addition to operating the crisis and suicide prevention helpline, The Trevor Project provides online support to young people through the organization’s Web site, and also provides lifesaving guidance and vital resources to educators and parents.

~from The Trevor Project Website

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It Gets Better Project 

Kris 'n' Good Books shared this awesome grassroots project the other day and I've been sifting through the videos ever since. Hope--it's what people need!

From Dan Savage's column at Savage Love in response to the recent suicide of Billy Lucas, age 15.

I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better.

But gay adults aren't allowed to talk to these kids. Schools and churches don't bring us in to talk to teenagers who are being bullied. Many of these kids have homophobic parents who believe that they can prevent their gay children from growing up to be gay—or from ever coming out—by depriving them of information, resources, and positive role models.

Why are we waiting for permission to talk to these kids? We have the ability to talk directly to them right now. We don't have to wait for permission to let them know that it gets better. We can reach these kids.

So here's what you can do, GBVWS: Make a video. Tell them it gets better.

I've launched a channel on YouTube—www ­.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject—to host these videos. My normally camera-shy husband and I already posted one. We both went to Christian schools and we were both bullied—he had it a lot worse than I did—and we are living proof that it gets better. We don't dwell too much on the past. Instead, we talk mostly about all the meaningful things in our lives now—our families, our friends (gay and straight), the places we've gone and things we've experienced—that we would've missed out on if we'd killed ourselves then.

"You gotta give 'em hope," Harvey Milk said.

Today we have the power to give these kids hope. We have the tools to reach out to them and tell our stories and let them know that it does get better. Online support groups are great, GLSEN does amazing work, the Trevor Project is invaluable. But many LGBT youth can't picture what their lives might be like as openly gay adults. They can't imagine a future for themselves. So let's show them what our lives are like, let's show them what the future may hold in store for them.

~Give 'Em Hope, Dan Savage

I totally love these guys.


~LB

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Congrats to my gal pal Carolyn Crane! Book II in her Disillusionists Trilogy, Double Cross, comes out today. Look at that golden cover--and I don't know about you, but that shiny knife is a little glinty and sharp looking. Actually, it's much like my friend Carolyn--her writing is just glinty and sharp!

RT Book Reviews Mag says~

"This installment is packed with tension, laughter and the perfect touch of romance; readers will be waiting in line for Crane’s next one!"

~RT Rating: 4.5 stars out of 4.5

Here's the blurb for Carolyn Crane's exciting new book Double Cross~

SOME SECRETS COME BACK TO HAUNT.
OTHERS COME TO KILL...

Justine Jones has lived her life as a fearful hypochondriac until she's lured into the web of a mysterious mastermind named Packard. He gifts her with extraordinary mental powers-dooming her to fight Midcity's shadowy war on paranormal crime in order to find the peace she so desperately craves.

But now, serial killers with unheard-of skills are terrorizing the most powerful beings in Midcity, including mastermind Packard - and his oldest friend and worst enemy, Midcity's new mayor, who has the ability to bend matter itself to his will.

As the body count grows, Justine faces a crisis of conscience as she tests the limits of her new powers and faces an impossible choice between two flawed but brilliant men . . . one on a journey of redemption, and the other descending into a pit of moral depravity.

And you can read the first chapter here--let me warn you: It's EXCELLENT.


Pop by CJ's blog aka The Thrillionth Page and wish her well--and then you can pick up a copy of Double Cross. It's HERE.

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Double Feature

Dudleytown by LB Gregg

This upcoming short story came to me on one of my many evening passes through beautiful Cornwall Bridge. Dudleytown is a few mountains over from my humble home in the northwest corner of Connecticut. The forests are often shrouded in mist; coyotes and bear wander and wreak havoc on the most sturdy of trash cans; the darkness is impenetrable; there's not a spot of cell service for ten miles; and the history surrounding the haunted mountain is as twisted as the road that hugs the Housatonic River.

Naturally, Dudleytown cried out for some m/m loving--LB style.

Here's the blurb.

College sophomore Alexander Strauss has one rule: no messing around with straight guys. Especially not his mouthwatering roommate, Shannon. When their ride share drives off the side of a mountain, the two young men find themselves deep in an uninhabited forest searching for their missing friend. Wandering the famously cursed grounds of Dudleytown, Alex figures something truly unholy must be at play, because only insanity could tempt him to break his cardinal rule.

And the blurb for Mummy Dearest by Josh Lanyon

Every Halloween the mummified Egyptian princess Merneith supposedly rises from her resting place at the Lasse Dime Museum in Wyoming to walk the earth once more -- or at least shuffle around a little. Professor of Archeology Drew Lawson doesn’t believe in curses. But he does believe he has only twenty-four hours to get information on the princess for an article he needs to write, then fly back to LA in time for his boyfriend’s mother’s garden party. Or else.

Drew wasn’t counting on brash TV show host Fraser Fortune. Fraser has plans of his own for the princess -- and for Drew.

Double Feature should hit the AMP shelves on Oct 29th. Just in time for Halloween! **Throws Pumpkins**

Away

I've asked this nice young man to keep an eye on things while I'm away.

As soon as I have covers for Dudleytown (Double Feature) and Mistletoe at Midnight (NOTE NEW NAME!) I'll post them. Should be soon. There's an excerpt of Trust Me If You Dare on my website. Pop by and take a peek.

My mom's foot surgery is today. It's been a long time coming, and while I look forward to her comfort and agility two months from now, the next few weeks are going to be a bitch--poor Mom. I'm very thankful for Nook, Netflix, and our local library (the librarians offered to deliver books to her--they luff her).

I'm also holding down the fort until G's return from Asia on Saturday. I am ready for my husband to come home! I even cleaned the house. I miss him something fierce.

Have a great week.

~L

Top o' The TBR

A new Tiffany Aching book!

What a brilliant surprise to find that Sir Terry has written a fourth book--okay it's actually the 38th Discword book, but TECHNICALLY I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth in the Tiffany Aching Adventures.

I sort of dig a series inside a series, particularly because the Tiffany Aching stories are magically clever. They combine the wacky satirical world view of Pratchett with the longings and adventures of a mostly sensible young girl turned witch. With her not so merry crew of helpers, the dirty Nac Mac Feegles, and guidance from Granny Weatherwax, Tiffany adventures through the magical realm of Disc World and ultimately into adulthood.

I can't wait to read this.

Thanks Kris for the heads up.

Tidbit

Love is good all of the time. All of the time love is good.

Wednesday

I blogged over at the Samhain Weblog. Nothing startlingly new to report, but I did learn how to blog in a new format. :) Stop by and say hello. You can say hi in German if you like!

Speaking of which, I want to thank all my German friends who pop by--and I want to say thanks to Google Translator, as well. Yeesh. Mein Deutsch stinkt.

Other than that? Writing has turned into a full time job. WHO KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN? I thought it was a part-time gig. So edits, edits, galleys, blogs, promo, and an entire book due all by next Wednesday.

*\o/*

QUESTION: I'm toying with a new name for the WIP Dudleytown. Dudleytown is a real place--if you live in New England, you may have heard of it. I'm still debating whether to change the name. What do you guys think of the title Flirting With Disaster? I sort of love it.

Finally--I locked my keys in the car again. So I'm officially home working. No side trips to Panera today.

Have a good one!

Attention.

So after three years of shit brindle brown--an update.

Dig my new look.

Gacked from TPig

Chris Colfer is a scene stealer in those shoes.

I feel so wrong for loving this--but truly this begs for fanfic.

**from Rolling Stone via Naughty Bits

In Which LB Rambles about DeRo

Caution. Blathering, spoilers, and bitching ahead.

The Return of the King DeRo

I haven't dedicated any blog-time to my new favorite secret gay boyfriend lately and I know he feels slighted. (iz okay) It is a shame that I've been too busy to slobber, because truly, he continues to thrill me in the most base way.

Oh get over it. I'm a fan.

Anyway. Yesterday (or possibly Monday, well actually it's soap land so it was Friday when yesterday started, which makes the day rather prolonged in my personal opinion), everyone in DeRo-burg went to a wedding. Bow-ties were spotted.

But there wasn't much drama. Which is problematic because there was intended drama and it just failed to be dramatic to yours truly. It was, as we say in Lisaland, a total snooze fest.

I was convinced that at some point shit was going to go down so I stayed tuned.

For Dennis G. In a bow tie!

Time slogs by. It felt like days (days and bloody days).

I hoped the bride or groom would choke on a fishbone or something just to liven things up/end my torture, but alas, NO. Or maybe Ben (who for the record I would like if he only grew some nuts) would pull a Ross Geller at the altar and call Isabelle Katja!! Or even more thrilling--he'd call Isabelle Roman--and then the wedding would take a most excellent turn.

But again. No.

Eventually, the guests danced. Wheeee.

While everyone was swaying around sexlessly--something did finally occur. Yup. It took only a few meaningful glances and our long suffering DeRo was BANG back together.

I. Ask. You.

How can they (AWZ) put us (THE ESKIMO PEOPLE) through four months of delicious hand-wringing (or so, I haven't actually kept track of how many months since Roman was a cheater-pants) and angst and fist shaking at YouTube and then, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am put them back together with an eye blink? BANG--they're porking.

Okay, the porking bit was totally awesome. And, anyone who reads my books knows that I'm a sucker for the cloak room make-out sesh. It was delivered scrumptiously by the boys.

(nom nom)

I am also partial to the two-handed face hold kinda kiss.

HOLD STILL WHILE I KISS YOU.

DAMN IT.

Good times ensued. Namely, Roman hauling his Deniz aka the injured party over his shoulder caveman style and carrying him into the bedroom.

::fans self::

But, much like this post, AWZ could work on pacing for that particular storyline. Just sayin'.

Some folks didn't like the sight of Roman carrying Deniz because they have it in their minds that Roman is a cookie-cutter TV gayman (ie swishy bottom in delicious printed drawers that looked a little like Underoos. SO CUTE) and I'd like to propose to those viewers that perhaps these characters have a little more depth than that.

Speaking of characters with little depth, the pants around the knees underroo/underwear shot of my nfsgbf? DEVINE. Now that was worth four months of agony.

So I'm a pig. So what? At least that moment was good television.

LB