Did I finish the rough draft of my current WIP last month? Not exactly. Along with an impromptu trip to Ohio for the solar eclipse, I may have gotten distracted by a short story submission for a week. I’m still on schedule for my planned release date, though. Even better, I have the official cover art, and I couldn’t be happier with how well it turned out! Do you know how hard it is to find pictures of guys who fit American military grooming standards? I love a shaggy haircut and scruff as much as the next girl, but my cover designer pulled off a miracle with the limitations I gave him.
I’ll reveal the cover and blurb for my first MM contemporary romance novel next week. For now, I’ve got tropes and a preorder link available!
Updates & Upcoming
Now Available
Earth and Water (Steel Bonds #1)
MM paranormal romance
stand-alone
[order here]
Steel Legacy (Steel Empires #7)
urban fantasy/alternate history
series finale
[order here]
Preorder Now
Limitless Love: A Polyamorous Charity Anthology
Includes Toward Unity, an MMM military romance novella by J.L. Gribble
Available June 11
[preorder here]
Service Before Self
MM contemporary military romance
stand-alone
Available June 25
[preorder here]
In Progress
Service Before Self: 45k words of first draft completed!
Secret short story project: Submitted!
In the writing queue: TWO secret novella projects; Blood and Ink (Steel Bonds #2)
Author in the Wild
Read my con report for ApollyCon 2024!
Balticon 58: May 24-27, 2024
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
-> attending panelist (selling books on-site)
RomantiConn: July 27, 2024
Trumbull Marriott, Trumbull, Connecticut
-> attending as author Rory Maxwell’s PA, not as an official author guest
Rainbow Readers Cruise: August 19-23, 2024
Celebrity Reflection
-> attending author/blogger (preorder link coming soon; selling limited quantity of books on-site)
[additional upcoming events featuring J.L. Gribble]
In Case You Missed It
On the Website
- Steel Victory on sale for $0.99!
- Steel Legacy is LIVE!
- Con Report: ApollyCon 2024
- Instead of being constrained to the tiny widget at the bottom of my website, I’ve added a formal page listing all upcoming events where you can find me!
Rainbow Readers Cruise Blog Tour
Book Reviews
- Saving Rafe (Lords of Discord #2) by Jocelynn Drake
- A Ruse to Unchain Us (Magi Accounts #4) by Michele Notaro
- Cohesion (Chain Reaction #3) by Aurora Crane [RECOMMENDED]
- The Steady (Lost Boys #4) by Kelly Fox
…and more! Check out my other Five-Star Reads for April 2024!
Free Fiction & Monthly Meezer
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As long as everyone is comfortable, I guess?