I’m late on a couple things this week. O_O
First, is announcing the winner of my random drawing for a copy of The Shape of a Heart. The winner, chosen from the commenters, is DocLady. Congratulations! I’ll contact you to find out what format you’d like.
Second, although Valentines Day was last week, here’s a little ficklet [...]

With the approach of Valentines Day I am happy to announce the rerelease of my novella, The Shape of a Heart from Loose-ID.
If you’d like to win a copy of the rereleased novella, leave me a comment and I’ll pick a winner at random from the commenters.
The Shape of a Heart
By Kimberly Gardner
ISBN: 978-1-61118-724-3
Genre: LGBT [...]

Stepping out of order (and begging pardon of my fellow bloggers) to give an update on the RWI MTM contest and attending controversy re the exclusion of LGBT books.
The contest has been cancelled.
http://rwimagiccontests.wordpress.com/
“After much consideration, RWI regretfully announces the MTM Published Author Contest has been cancelled. All monies received from entrants will be returned
as soon [...]

The past few days have been less than magic for writers of LGBT romance since the Romance Writers Ink chapter of RWA decided to exclude same-sex entries from their 2012 More Than Magic contest.
A few years ago Romance Writers of America tried to redefine romance as being between one man and one woman. Tried and [...]

Every January I take a look at my idea file and try to plan out my writing year. So okay, it’s already the 29th *wonders where the month went* and I am just getting around to my planning for 2012.
In talking with the lovely and talented Kris Jacen (my editor at MLR) I realized that [...]

Available December 31 from MLR Press.
http://www.mlrbooks.com/books.php
Drag And Drop
By Kimberly Gardner
Blurb
Shimmering satins, lipstick and lace
Champagne countdowns and a midnight embrace
One man has a secret he’s too scared to speak
The other has dreams for the future to seek
Will they lay bare their hearts for one chance at bliss
And ring in the new year sealed with a [...]

The winner of my giveaway is commenter Twinnie. Yay!
Please contact me with your email addie so I can send your copy of the book. And thanks for commenting!

I am thrilled to tell you guys that two of the writers here on FWF, the lovely and talented Ally Blue and myself, have finaled in the gay contemporary category of Elisa Rolle’s rainbow awards. WooHoo!
My Too Soon For Love and Ally’s These Haunted Heights place second and third respectively. Both books are published by [...]

“All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games.”
I know I can’t be the only person who finds this song to be mean-spirited. True, it’s a Christmas classic, one we’ve all sung countless times. But what sort of message does it send?
That [...]

The first of 42 holiday stories!
That’s right, the holiday story celebration begins today with a lovely story by William Neale called Christmasing With You.
http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=WN_CHRWY
And Bill will be guest blogging here on FWF this Thursday for Thanksgiving, so make him welcome.
The MLR holiday story celebration will run through December 31 and culminate with an offering from [...]