Dale’s Fiction Blog

Welcome to my blog for readers! Here you’ll find blog posts about my characters, books I’m reading, sales, and interesting tidbits I find while researching the background to my stories.

Elizabeth Coldwell on “Stumbling into the Day of the Dead” 

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I spent my childhood moving from country to country and currently live in a neighborhood where I regularly overhear conversations in half a dozen languages, so I always enjoy reading about people’s experiences learning about new cultures. As part of the Myths, Moons, and Mayhem blog tour, author Elizabeth Caldwell stopped by the Alpha Book Club to talk about encountering Mexico’s Day of the Dead for the first time in her home country across the Atlantic. … Read more

Excerpt from Morgan Elektra’s “The Endless Knot” on Janine Ashbless’s Blue Mondays

Janine Ashbless invited Myths, Moons, and Mayhem back to her blog for Blue Monday this week. She featured an excerpt from Morgan Elektra’s “The Endless Knot,” the passionate story of a vampire and werewolf who couldn’t keep their fiery relationship from burning itself to the ground. One Halloween night in New Orleans, a human named Beau shows them how to rekindle it to a steady flame.

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Elizabeth Coldwell on casting love spells

Last week, Kitten Wylde had Myths, Moons, and Mayhem contributor Elizabeth Coldwell on her blog to talk about love spells, which feature prominently in Elizabeth’s story for the anthology, “Be Careful What You Wish For.” Read on for a snippet of the story that illustrates one step in her fictional love spell.
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The Books in the Nook gives Myths, Moons, and Mayhem four stars!

Myths, Moons, and Mayhem has earned another four-star review, this one from multigenre author CM Peters at The Books in the Nook. She writes, “The stories have evidently been picked thoroughly and put together to form unity; I went from one story to the other hungry for more. And boy did I get more.” … Read more

Hyenas, zombies, and The Great British Bake-Off: My interview at Dawn’s Reading Nook

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Why I hate Nazis, my affection for spotted hyenas, what supplies I’d want handy in case of a zombie attack, and the cookbook I’ll be turning to this winter—learn it all in this interview I did with Dawn’s Reading Nook.
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Rian Durant gives Myths, Moons & Mayhem four stars!

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It’s always nice to wake up to good news, and that’s what happened Sunday morning when I saw author Rian Durant had posted a glowing review of Myths, Moons, and Mayhem on her blog. … Read more

Excerpt from “The Cave” on Boy Meets Boy Reviews

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Thanks to Boy Meets Boy Reviews for featuring my new gay paranormal ménage anthology Myths, Moons, and Mayhem this week. They talked about our giveaway and included a passage from my story “The Cave.” Here’s a tiny teaser; the original blog post contains much more. … Read more

Janine Ashbless, Blue Mondays, and an excerpt from “The Cave”

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Janine Ashbless invited me to her blog this week to share from Myths, Moons, and Mayhem as part of her Blue Monday series, which showcases erotic excerpt from new releases across the gender and  sexuality spectrum. I sent her one thousand words from my story “The Cave,” about a photographer and magic practitioner who’s documenting a paleontological expedition in Madagascar—and regularly losing sleep to the sounds of the gay couple in the next tent getting it on. Here’s a taste: … Read more

Gay Book Promotions blog interviews me!

I did a fun interview with Lily Blunt of Gay Book Promotions last week, talking about my life and the Myths, Moons, and Mayhem anthology. It got posted today, and in it you can find out all kinds of weird stuff about me, like why I enjoy taking not-very-good photos of wildlife and this fun fact …

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Myths, Moons and Mayhem visits Love Bytes

Thanks to Love Bytes LGBTQ Book Reviews for featuring Myths, Moons, and Mayhem on its blog today. The feature included an exclusive excerpt from Rebecca Buchanan’s “The Secret of the Golden Cup,” the second story from the anthology. … Read more