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J. M. Snyder

  • 3rd Day of Christmas

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    Today’s question is a easy one ~ what’s your favorite holiday song? It can be religious or secular, a particular arrangement by one singer or a certain version you heard only once in your life. But what song do you look forward to hearing this time of the year? My favorite holiday [...]
    Posted: December 14, 2009, 12:00am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • 2nd Day of Christmas

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    One thing readers always ask me is, how did I get started writing gay erotic fiction? I know a lot of authors write because they read a lot of books in the genre and felt they too could write similar stories. They like to read the same things they like [...]
    Posted: December 13, 2009, 12:00am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • 1st Day of Christmas

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    The best gift I ever received was the typewriter I got from Santa when I was about eight years old. The “N” didn’t work very well and I didn’t know how to type ~ I loved to listen to my mother type fast but I could barely hunt and peck, [...]
    Posted: December 12, 2009, 12:00am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • The 12 Days of Christmas Contest Starts Tomorrow!

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    From December 12th through December 24th, I’m going to run a 12 Days of Christmas contest here on my blog. Just what will that entail, exactly? Every day between tomorrow and Christmas Eve, I will write a short blog post that will hopefully encourage readers to comment. Everyone who comments will be [...]
    Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:52am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • The 12 Days of Christmas Contest Starts Tomorrow!

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    From December 12th through December 24th, I’m going to run a 12 Days of Christmas contest here on my blog. Just what will that entail, exactly? Every day between tomorrow and Christmas Eve, I will write a short blog post that will hopefully encourage readers to comment. Everyone who comments will be [...]
    Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:52am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • A Little Something for Santa by J.M. Snyder

    Now Available! A Little Something for Santa by J.M. Snyder Read an excerpt or buy your copy today! BLURB: As the holidays approach, Patrick confides in his coworker Chris about his attraction to older men in Santa suits. From the gleam in his friend’s eye, he just knows Chris is going to dress up like [...]
    Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:27pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • My Best Friend’s Dad by J.M. Snyder

    Now Available! My Best Friend’s Dad by J.M. Snyder Read an excerpt or buy your copy today! BLURB: I had the worst crush on Mikey Pierce’s dad. As excited as I was to graduate high school and go away to college, what I looked forward to more was returning home a grown man who might [...]
    Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:48pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Lulu Woes

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    It bothers me when something I was once a strong advocate for takes a turn for the worst. In this case, I mean Lulu Press. I found Lulu at a time in my life when I really needed it ~ I had moved from fan fiction to self-publishing because, quite [...]
    Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:18pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • “Money’s Worth” by J.M. Snyder

    Now Available Money’s Worth by J.M. Snyder Read an excerpt or buy it today! Carl has always harbored feelings for his outrageously crazy roommate, Ritchie, but he’s too shy to do anything about it for fear of ruining their friendship. Outside a local club one night, a bum offers Ritchie a quick blowjob in exchange [...]
    Posted: November 01, 2009, 3:40pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • V: The V in Vigilant by J.M. Snyder

    V: The V in Vigilant Book 3 of V: The Series by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! The V in Vigilant is book 3 in my V series. When Vic has a rough day at work, his lover Matt puts their telepathic connection to good use, tapping directly into Vic’s needs to provide [...]
    Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:39am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • V: The V in Vigilant by J.M. Snyder

    V: The V in Vigilant Book 3 of V: The Series by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! The V in Vigilant is book 3 in my V series. When Vic has a rough day at work, his lover Matt puts their telepathic connection to good use, tapping directly into Vic’s needs to provide [...]
    Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:39am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Devilish Good Time by J.M. Snyder

    Devilish Good Time by J.M. Snyder Against his better judgment, Jacob goes to a Halloween party on campus where he runs into Bobby, a jock on the crew team he’s been eying for a while. Problem is, guys like Bobby don’t usually go for guys like Jacob. Once they ditch Bobby’s roommate and [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • So In Love by J.M. Snyder

    So In Love by J.M. Snyder Eight short contemporary stories celebrating gay love in its many forms. From falling in love for the first time to mending a broken relationship to spending a lifetime shared, each of the stories in this collection offer a glimpse into the lives of gay men who [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:28am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • The Tattooed Heart by J.M. Snyder

    The Tattooed Heart by J.M. Snyder Available in e-book format! Chris and Lee have been best friends since the fourth grade. Now in their thirties, Chris rents a booth at Tattoo 804 where he makes a living as a tattooist. His own art is hidden in a portfolio behind his desk-his clients always [...]
    Posted: October 12, 2009, 3:18pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • GLBT Only Author/Reader Event

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    This weekend I attended two very different author events, and the responses I got set me thinking. Basically I’m tired of sitting at events my ideal reader doesn’t attend. Pride events you get the GLBT crowd, but not many readers. Reading events you get a lot of other authors and [...]
    Posted: September 28, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • New release :: MAYBE by JM Snyder

    MAYBE by J.M. Snyder Contemporary Interracial Short Story BLURB: Josh and DeMar fell in love while working together on the set of Gimme Moor, a stage production with which they toured for six long months. But something happened between them during the tour, turning their idyllic romance into a strained relationship until Josh [...]
    Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:29pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Long time, no hear …

    Last Monday, I was ready to just lose it. Literally. I was heading for a nervous breakdown and didn’t know any way to stop it. But now I’m back on track (yay me!) and I’m in a much better place than where I was this time last week. Funny how [...]
    Posted: August 16, 2009, 10:43pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Rainbow Reviews Author Extravaganza

    August 2009 marks the 2nd anniversary of Rainbow Reviews, only THE best review site online for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender books (it’s my site, I can say that!). To celebrate, we’ve lined up some of the best GLBT authors to give away free books all month long on our [...]
    Posted: July 28, 2009, 8:56am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Survey results … how do you like to read?

    Earlier this week I posted a survey on my site and asked for readers’ opinions on how they like to read. What length story do they like? What formats do they prefer? How do they like to buy their books? My main reason for asking these types of questions is that [...]
    Posted: July 16, 2009, 10:19am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • V: The V in Valor by JM Snyder

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    V: The V in Valor by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy from Amber Allure Press! BLURB: The V in Valor is the first in a series of five stories exploring different aspects of Vic’s personality that are brought out by his superpowers. When one of the landlady’s cats gets loose, Matt broaches the [...]
    Posted: July 06, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Cowboy by JM Snyder

    Cowboy by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy from eXcessica! BLURB: Marcus was just passing through Texas when he met Kent. In his cowboy hat, low-riding jeans, and black boots, Kent looks like the type of guy Marcus desperately wants to love. But two years later, he’s discovered Kent is cold and distant, the quintessential [...]
    Posted: July 01, 2009, 8:45am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • First look at “The V in Valor”

    Lately I’ve had a lot of readers asking me about my upcoming Vic and Matt story, to be released July 5th by Amber Allure. V Book I: The V in Valor begins a new series of five stories, each extolling a virtue of Vic’s. For those interested, here’s a sneak [...]
    Posted: June 13, 2009, 10:04pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Redesigned & revamped blog, writing news

    In case you haven’t noticed, the three-column layout is history. It just got too busy for me after a while and this morning I knew it had to go. While I would really love something completely new, that wouldn’t fit in with my writing site, so I just took the [...]
    Posted: June 10, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • “Playing the Field: Play On” by JM Snyder

    Now Available Playing the Field: Play On by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: A junior at Patten University, Sean Mason plays a left winger position on the men’s intramural soccer team. In the three years he’s been playing the pitch, he’s never been interested in any of his fellow teammates … until Cordero [...]
    Posted: June 01, 2009, 12:10pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now Available :: “Mastering Stefan” by JM Snyder

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    Now Available Mastering Stefan by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Three years and Stefan’s yet to find that certain someone who can take him to the precipice of lust, dangle him over the abyss, and shove him headlong into the darkness of his own desire. Someone who drives him to the edge but [...]
    Posted: May 26, 2009, 10:18pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now Available :: “Bounty of the Heart” by JM Snyder

    NOW AVAILABLE Bounty of the Heart by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: For seven years, Emmett Ward has harbored amorous feelings toward his partner, Jack Robison. A chance encounter brought them together ~ Emmett slaved in an illegal warehouse run by a Korean criminal known as the Dragon Lady, when Jack, a notorious [...]
    Posted: May 19, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now Available :: “For the Boys” by J.M. Snyder

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    NOW AVAILABLE For the Boys by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Falling in love was the last thing Army pilot Carl Prosser expected to do while stationed in Korea. But he meets a young man named Tommy who’s touring with the USO and does just that. Their relationship deepens through an exchange of [...]
    Posted: May 15, 2009, 11:34am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Some days you just need a laugh

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    I’ve been a bit blah lately, for a variety of reasons, almost all of which are related to writing. When I get down, I usually turn to music to draw me out, so I went through my CD collection (yes, I still buy CDs ~ I have over 500, which [...]
    Posted: May 13, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now Available: “Caught Off Base” by J.M. Snyder

    NOW AVAILABLE Caught Off Base by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: In Stepping Up to the Plate we meet Angelo Echevarria, AKA “Ange.” Half Hispanic, half black, Ange is a young, sexy thug on whom Stacy’s always had a crush. He wants Stacy to pull himself out of the gutter and get his [...]
    Posted: May 05, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • “A Heart Divided” by J.M. Snyder

    NOW AVAILABLE A Heart Divided by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Confederate Lieutenant Anderson Blanks has grown weary of the War Between the States. He is all too aware of the tenuous thread that ties him to this earth ~ as he writes a letter home to his sister, he realizes he may [...]
    Posted: May 04, 2009, 2:56pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Weekly update … is it May already!?

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    I had hoped to post this earlier, but things are a bit hectic. Anyway, here’s what’s new on my site this week: Now available in paperback format: Without Sin from Amazon, Barnes & Noble Now available in e-book format: A More Perfect Union from Fictionwise The Positions of Love Book 11: The Arc Position from [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2009, 7:31am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Weekly update … such as it is

    How sad is this? I can’t even keep up with my own weekly updates! Ah well. Echoing my last update post, if you’re a reviewer and post reviews to your blog, Amazon, or elsewhere, and if you’re interested in reviewing one of my books, please e-mail me for an electronic [...]
    Posted: April 23, 2009, 10:25am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • The Powers of Love Book II: Everyday Hero

    NOW IN PRINT! The Powers of Love Book II: Everyday Hero by J.M. Snyder Three e-books in one collection: Seventh Inning Stretch, Outage, and An Evening with the Rush Hour Hero. Vic Braunson is a city bus driver who falls in love with Matt diLorenzo, a swimmer he meets at the gym. When they [...]
    Posted: April 22, 2009, 10:08am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • The Little School by Alicia Partnoy

    TITLE: The Little School AUTHOR: Alicia Partnoy ISBN: 978-1-5734-4029-5 PUBLISHER: Cleis Press READ THIS BOOK RATING: BOOK BLURB: One of Argentina’s 30,000 “disappeared,” Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published [...]
    Posted: April 20, 2009, 11:20am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now available :: “Henry and Jim” by J.M. Snyder

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    Now Available! Henry and Jim by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: A bittersweet short story about a lifetime love affair. Henry and Jim have spent a life in love, from the very first date arranged by Henry’s sister, through the rocky times they worked to make ends meet, and into their twilight years. Old [...]
    Posted: April 20, 2009, 9:41am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now available ~ “Carey’d Away” by J.M. Snyder

    Now Available! Carey’d Away by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Carey Thornton is tired of couples. All his friends have someone special and he feels like the odd man out. Painfully single, Carey cruises the nightclubs and gay party scene, flirting with any hot guy who looks his way, but he always seems [...]
    Posted: April 19, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now available: “Without Sin” by J. Tomas

    Now available Without Sin Gay Young Adult/YA Contemporary Romance by J.M. Snyder writing as J. Tomas Buy the e-book or paperback today! BLURB: Sixteen year old Jacob Smithson has quite a temper. He’s picked on by other kids because he likes boys, and recent fighting has kicked him out of public school. As a last resort, [...]
    Posted: April 16, 2009, 10:04am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Weekly update … midway through April

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    My first YA book, Without Sin, will be available tomorrow from Prizm Books. I am looking for reviewers, so if you review for a blog or review site (or print magazine or newspaper, I’m not picky!) and are interested in reading a gay YA romance, please e-mail me. That said, lemme [...]
    Posted: April 15, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Distribution-speak

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    So today I met my friend Hilary for lunch and we got to talking shop (which was the whole reason for the meeting, as we both had to travel an hour and a half to meet up). She has just released a self-published book that she’s worked on for a [...]
    Posted: April 12, 2009, 12:10am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • One deadline met

    Today I wrapped up Bounty of the Heart (I’ve been told the title is cheesy, but tough shit). This afternoon I submitted it to Amber Quill, and it’s on the docket for a May 10th release. Now comes the hard part, for me anyway ~ the blurb. Ugh. For some [...]
    Posted: April 10, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Weekly update … first full week of April

    Oy, I’m exhausted. My day job is at an urban planning and consulting firm ~ once a year, we run ourselves ragged putting together proposals for federal grants to solicit funding. The deadline for submission is today, which meant the office stayed late last night copying and assembling and trying [...]
    Posted: April 08, 2009, 10:37am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Contests! Two chances to win!

    I gave away a free copy of Playing the Field: Tee’d Off via my website (which you can still enter to win my other releases later this month!). BUT … You still have two chances to win a copy of my e-book! 1) Tomorrow my book will be featured at Reviews by Jessewave. [...]
    Posted: April 06, 2009, 9:49am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now available ~ “Playing the Field: Tee’d Off”

    Now available Playing the Field: Tee’d Off Book 2 in the Playing the Field series by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Greg Chennault has been a golf fanatic since he was a kid. When he was twelve, he managed to sneak onto a local golf course in search of a job ~ there he [...]
    Posted: April 06, 2009, 8:55am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Excerpt from “Bounty of the Heart”

    This story is literally due to my publisher on Friday. I’m still at the very beginning ~ those of you who have been around for a while now might recognize the title, but I guarantee the story has little in common with the former fan fiction tale it once was. [...]
    Posted: April 05, 2009, 9:59pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Recipe ~ American Lo Mein

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    Just a disclaimer ~ this is as Chinese as fortune cookies (meaning it’s as American as apple pie). If you’re looking for an authentic lo mein recipe, I’d suggest looking elsewhere, and not trusting something you’ve found on a blog written by a New Jersey chick living in Virginia. However, if [...]
    Posted: April 05, 2009, 5:07pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • April 2009 Newsletter

    My April newsletter is live! I have six releases this month, including two paperbacks and my first gay young adult title! http://jmsnyder.net/news.html Don’t forget to enter my contests! Be sure to mention if you’re interested in winning a particular book (for my monthly contest) so I don’t choose winners who already purchased [...]
    Posted: March 31, 2009, 11:33pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Weekly update … what’s new, pussycat?

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    I’d like to implement a new feature on my blog, assuming I can remember to post it regularly. Each week I update my writing site at jmsnyder.net ~ literally, every single week, I post something new to it. Mostly it’s because I’m anal and very particular about the way the [...]
    Posted: March 31, 2009, 9:31am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now in Print ~ “Other Worlds Than These”

    NOW AVAILABLE Other Worlds Than These by J.M. Snyder Now in paperback! Buy your copy today! BLURB: Eight short speculative stories of gay men celebrating love and lust in worlds vastly different from our own. Currently in paperback only, but some of the stories are sold as e-books (visit my site for more info). Included in [...]
    Posted: March 30, 2009, 3:18pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Weekend highs and lows

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    Note: there’s nothing about writing in this post. So I won’t get offended if you skip it! Saturday evening my sister Bernadette came over for dinner. I made Rachael Ray’s Three Vegetable Penne (with store-bought pesto, but it was still really good!) and we watched I Am Legend, which is one [...]
    Posted: March 30, 2009, 10:09am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Update on “Other Worlds”

    I haven’t written on my western in a while ~ I managed a measly 200 words yesterday after a whole weekend not writing ~ but I have been busy with other things. It’s hard having to remind myself that editing is a part of the writing process, particularly when I [...]
    Posted: March 24, 2009, 7:11am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • First look at “Without Sin”

    Without Sin by J.M. Snyder writing as J. Tomas Gay Young Adult Contemporary Romance Published by: Prizm Books Available: April 2009 BLURB: Sixteen year old Jacob Smithson has quite a temper. He’s picked on by other kids because he likes boys, and recent fighting has kicked him out of public school. As a last resort, his [...]
    Posted: March 18, 2009, 9:53pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now in print … “Beautiful” by J.M. Snyder

    Now Available! BEAUTIFUL by J.M. Snyder BLURB: Beautiful gives readers a glimpse into the glittery and glamorous world of celebrities who seek real love among the stars. The two novellas in this collection are available separately as e-books, but are only available in print in this single-author paperback collection. Beautiful Liar: Johnny Thomas hopes to jump [...]
    Posted: March 18, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • No time to write this weekend

    I’ve been going great guns on my western novel lately. I’m at the halfway point, more or less, and I’m pleased with how it’s coming along. The working title will have to change, but at the moment I’m still calling it Soiled for want of a better name. I originally [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2009, 10:21pm EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • First look at “Other Worlds Than These”

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    As you know, I’m working on putting together a collection of speculative fiction stories into one print collection. It will contain 8 stories, all of which are available at the moment (i.e., nothing new), but this will be the first time many of those tales are in print. The collection is [...]
    Posted: March 12, 2009, 6:44am EDT
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Halfway through the weekend

    For some reason, I don’t write much on the weekends. I don’t know why not ~ all week long I want more time to write and when I get two full days all to myself, I squander it. I suspect a lot of it has to do with working against [...]
    Posted: March 08, 2009, 12:28am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Friday Flash ~ “Sea Change”

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    In talking about printing a collection of mini stories or “flash fiction,” I’ve been trolling through my files to find things I’ve written and never really done anything with for one reason or another. Mostly it’s because the stories are too short ~ no one wants to pay for anything [...]
    Posted: March 06, 2009, 11:36pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Anthologies & collections

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    Here’s the distinction between the two, as I see it. Anthologies are books that contain stories by multiple authors; a collection is a book that contains stories by only one author. So when I put several stories into a book, such as Shorts, that’s a collection. Now that we’ve cleared up [...]
    Posted: March 05, 2009, 9:10am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • An update on what’s going on

    So I had the day off ~ thank you, White Witch ~ and I’ll admit it, I mostly slept. But I did get some writing done ~ this morning I worked on my western a bit, and then this evening surprised myself by finishing Double Standard, which had been hounding [...]
    Posted: March 02, 2009, 10:08pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • March 2009 Newsletter

    My March 2009 newsletter is online! Check it out to see what new releases I have coming out this month, plus the latest reviews and contest information, and a sneak peek ahead at the next few months! REMEMBER: You can enter to win a copy of my latest e-book, “An Evening with [...]
    Posted: March 02, 2009, 1:02pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Snow day!

    Late yesterday afternoon, it started to snow. This is sort of unusual where I live ~ the last healthy snowfall we got was in 2005, shortly after I moved into my apartment in Richmond. So when the weatherman was predicting five inches by Monday morning, I just laughed. What other [...]
    Posted: March 02, 2009, 10:56am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • An Evening with the Rush Hour Hero

    Now Available An Evening with the Rush Hour Hero by J.M. Snyder The latest addition to my ongoing series, The Powers of Love Buy your copy today! BLURB: Vic Braunson has little say over the super powers he has ~ they come from his lover, Matt diLorenzo. In the time the men have been together, the [...]
    Posted: March 01, 2009, 8:51pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Excerpt from “Playing the Field: Tee’d Off”

    This past month I’ve been plugging away at the second book in my sports-themed series, Playing the Field. The current story is entitled Tee’d Off and will hopefully be finished by the end of the week. Greg Chennault works at the Hermitage Country Club, which hosts an annual tournament every year [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2009, 11:58am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Win a free copy of BETWEEN STATES

    The year is 1863. Caleb Chilson is a private in the Confederate Army, currently camped in the Virginian woods. Most of his time is spent on picket duty, on the lookout for a Yankee attack. But when the moon is full, he manages to slip away from the encampment and [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2009, 9:45am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Who needs sleep?

    Last night I woke up at 2 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep. WTF? So right now I’m running on empty, to say the least. But insomnia is good for something, at least ~ I finished reading a book I’ll review for Rainbow Reviews, started a new book my [...]
    Posted: February 16, 2009, 12:52pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now Available :: Navigator’s Log by JM Snyder

    Now Available! Navigator’s Log by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Tylar Daire is the navigator on a space mission whose focus is to discover a cure for a mysterious illness killing colonists on Terra. The crew consists of the captain, a soldier for protection, a scientist to study the virus, Tylar himself, and [...]
    Posted: February 15, 2009, 4:27pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Release schedule update

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    Some days I think I’m not writing as much as I should ~ I’m about a quarter of the way through a short story that has to be in to the publisher by the end of the month, and while I know I’m on schedule, I still can’t help but [...]
    Posted: February 12, 2009, 1:59pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Re-releases and other news

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    Over the weekend I decided to re-release some of my stories with eXcessica. The stories in question are Henry and Jim, Caught Off Base, and Mastering Stefan. The main reason I want to do this is because these stories haven’t really been read as much as they should have simply [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2009, 10:07am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Complete and utter randomness

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    I’m busy getting together all my tax information for last year, and I have a sneaky suspicion that I’m going to owe a few bucks before it’s all said and done. This despite increasing my withholding from the day job during the year. Ah well. Uncle Sam’s going to get [...]
    Posted: February 05, 2009, 10:36pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Post Birthday Update

    Well, my tattoo has healed. In a week’s time, if you’ll believe it! It’s still a little sore, and the skin is a little shiny, the way new skin looks when a scab falls off. But the crusty look that had plagued the spot this weekend is gone. I’m going [...]
    Posted: February 03, 2009, 10:09am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now in Print! “Between States”

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    Now Available! BETWEEN STATES by J.M. Snyder BLURB: The year is 1863. Caleb Chilson is a private in the Confederate Army, currently camped in the Virginian woods. Most of his time is spent on picket duty, on the lookout for a Yankee attack. But when the moon is full, he manages to slip away [...]
    Posted: February 02, 2009, 11:41am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Birthday gifts & goodies

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    Yesterday I spent most of my morning at the doctor’s; what a birthday present. But I was due for a check-up on my diabetes, and I’ve been keeping my blood sugar down really low, so it was all good. The doctor even suggested I stop taking glucophage twice a day [...]
    Posted: January 29, 2009, 11:46am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Happy birthday to me!

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    Tomorrow I turn 35. If I live to be seventy, then I’m halfway through my life. Scary to think of it that way, ain’t it? And one thing I’ve always wanted to do is get a tattoo. Don’t get me wrong ~ I hate needles, and am no fan of pain. [...]
    Posted: January 27, 2009, 3:06pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Win a free paperback book!

    Today is the 23rd, which means I’m giving away a FREE BOOK at Author Island. Win your own copy of the paperback, The Positions of Love … you get all 12 stories in one collection! To enter, visit http://www.authorisland.com ~ on the main page, you’ll see a copy of my book. [...]
    Posted: January 23, 2009, 11:11am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Onto the next item on my list …

    This morning I began working on Double Standard, a contemporary workplace story (I seem to have a lot of those!) that I hope to finish by the end of the month. I wrote a measly 500 words on it, but with any luck maybe I can tackle it again later [...]
    Posted: January 21, 2009, 11:20am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • “The V in Valor” done

    This morning I finished my current WIP,The V in Valor, which is the first book in a new Vic and Matt series entitled simply, V. There will be five books in all, each somehow related to the others, but beyond this one, I haven’t even started thinking of the others [...]
    Posted: January 19, 2009, 3:32pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now Available :: Outage

    Now Available Outage by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today! BLURB: Matt diLorenzo’s coworker Roxie Johnson drags him to a boring, day-long workshop on office administration. Of course, the winter storm the weatherman’s been predicting for the past few weeks decides to hit the same day. Matt’s only consolation? The workshop is held in one [...]
    Posted: January 19, 2009, 2:46pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Works in progress and things to do

    For various reasons, I haven’t been writing as much lately as I’d like. But I’m very close to the end of my latest WIP, The V in Valor, and hope to wrap that up this weekend. Originally I thought it would be longer, but I’d like to keep it around [...]
    Posted: January 15, 2009, 4:16pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Masks: Evolution by Hayden Thorne

    TITLE: Masks: Evolution AUTHOR: Hayden Thorne ISBN: 978-1-60370-558-5 PUBLISHER: Prizm Books READ THIS BOOK RATING: BOOK BLURB: While his friends continue to develop their newfound powers, Eric begins to feel the effects of being the odd man out. Around him, things go from bad to worse for Vintage City as the Shadow Puppet, a new super-villain, [...]
    Posted: January 13, 2009, 10:05am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Extra copies of new books

    Note to self: Never purchase anything online without glasses again. I did so late last week and accidentally ordered three copies of my paperback collection, The Powers of Love Book 1: Origins when I was trying to order copies of The Positions of Love instead. Oy. Funnily enough, I realized my [...]
    Posted: January 08, 2009, 1:08pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Some semblance of normalcy

    Things are slowly returning to normal. Jono is feeling better, yay for my kitty. I’m feeling better, though I could use a bit more sleep at night. I should stop napping and go to bed earlier. I may even *gasp* go to the gym this weekend. I’m paying for it, [...]
    Posted: January 07, 2009, 11:18am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Now in print :: THE POSITIONS OF LOVE

    Now available in paperback! The Positions of Love by J.M. Snyder Get all 12 stories in this best-selling series in one paperback collection! Buy from Amazon today! BLURB: When Matt diLorenzo gives his lover, Vic Braunson, a copy of the Kama Sutra for Gay Men as a Christmas gift, they find it doubles as a handy [...]
    Posted: January 06, 2009, 7:16am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • First post of the new year

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    On Friday I attended an all-day diabetes training class, which was very informative and gave me a lot of confidence in my own ability to control my blood glucose level on a daily basis. I’ve kept it under 140 for the past week now, yay me. Also on Friday, my new [...]
    Posted: January 05, 2009, 12:54pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • End of the year update & a look ahead

    Remember that list of what I planned to work on for the next few months? Here’s what it looks like now: Finished, Submitted: Playing the Field: Faceoff (to be published February 1st) A Heart Divided (to be published May 3rd) Currently writing: Soiled ~ I’m still plugging away at this between other stories. The V in [...]
    Posted: December 31, 2008, 9:51am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Eyeglass update

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    So I called Pearle Vision, and apparently the lady wasn’t lying last Friday when she told me it’d be a full seven days before my lenses came in ~ they weren’t in today’s shipment, and there will be no deliveries for the next two days due to the holiday. WTF? [...]
    Posted: December 30, 2008, 3:07pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • End of the year madness

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    I’m going on one full week without glasses, the longest I’ve been without them since the third grade. Now that I’m back at work (what the hell for, I don’t know, I can’t see shit), my head has started to hurt from squinting at the computer screen all day. At [...]
    Posted: December 30, 2008, 9:16am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Working Man Book 12: Closing Time

    Now Available Working Man Book 12: Closing Time by J.M. Snyder Buy your copy today for only $1.50! Blurb: Mitchell Nolan is a bartender working late on Christmas Eve. As the last patrons leave, he stays behind to clean up. Why hurry home? There’s no one waiting for him, and he knows Santa won’t bother [...]
    Posted: December 29, 2008, 10:40am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Post-holiday update

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    So the past two weeks have been hell for me, literally. A diagnosis of diabetes followed by an upper respiratory infection, and then sinusitis on top of that. Ugh. To add insult to injury, my eyes have changed. Oy vey. I’ve worn glasses since the 3rd grade. I’ve always had poor [...]
    Posted: December 27, 2008, 9:09am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • To the person who purchased …

    … a copy of Conflict of Interest in large print format, thank you. I wasn’t sure anyone would be interested in buying copies of my books in large print ~ people told me it wouldn’t matter, and that it was a waste of my time to even bother, particularly as I’m [...]
    Posted: December 19, 2008, 2:39pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Seventh Inning Stretch by JM Snyder

    NOW AVAILABLE Seventh Inning Stretch by J.M. Snyder Book 5 in my popular series, The Powers of Love Buy your copy today! BLURB: Every year, a local hospice hosts a charity baseball tournament played by four gyms in the Richmond area. This year, the gym where Matt diLorenzo works is chosen to compete. When Matt [...]
    Posted: December 19, 2008, 9:47am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • A personal update on me :)

    Number of comments: 4
    I had a Twitter post on here yesterday but it was too brief to be of any use to anyone, so I thought I’d take a moment to write a bit more detail about what’s been going on in my personal life. Since I’ve started publishing, I’ve tried to keep [...]
    Posted: December 17, 2008, 3:19pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 09:43 off sick from work today. spent all night in the ER. apparently? i’m diabetic. who knew? back to the doc’s today for more monitoring. Automatically posted by LoudTwitter. [...]
    Posted: December 16, 2008, 11:21pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 18:44 New reviews posted: rainbow-reviews.com/ Automatically posted by LoudTwitter. [...]
    Posted: December 14, 2008, 11:11pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • GLBT Review Site Looking for Reviewers

    Feel free to repost … I run Rainbow Reviews, a GLBT review site. We’re looking for a few new reviewers, particularly those interested in reviewing something OTHER than gay erotic romance. We don’t dictate what you have to review, by any means, but we have a lot of lesbian and bisexual books, [...]
    Posted: December 12, 2008, 7:02am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 09:11 ~ ugh. migraine. Automatically posted by LoudTwitter. [...]
    Posted: December 11, 2008, 11:18pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 07:05 ~ working through a galley this morning. have to finish proofing it TODAY for a release on sunday. yay vic and matt! 09:05 ~ not feeling well today, but i’m here at work, for [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2008, 11:18pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 06:43 ~ working on the first story in my new series, "playing the field," about men who find each other in sports. this first tale is about hockey. 08:52 ~ at the day job. going [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2008, 11:18pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Excerpt from “Soiled”

    Number of comments: 4
    Here is a quick little peek at one of my works in progress. I’m tentatively titling it “Soiled,” but it will hopefully be renamed before it’s published. Originally this started out as a novella, but I’m thinking it might be novel-length before I’m through. At the moment, I’m working on a [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2008, 7:34am EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 09:47 ~ thank god it’s friday. nothing much planned for this weekend except working on a new story if i can get my lazy AIG. i’m so busy anymore 11:36 ~ god, what an [...]
    Posted: December 05, 2008, 11:07pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Today’s Tweets

    Here are my daily tweets. Do you Twitter? If so, follow me and I’ll return the favor! 09:47 thank god it’s friday. nothing much planned for this weekend except working on a new story if i can get my lazy AIG. i’m so busy anymore 11:36 god, what an evil mood [...]
    Posted: December 05, 2008, 5:15pm EST
    by J.M. Snyder
  • Cyber Monday

    Number of comments: 1
    So today is “Cyber Monday.” Which means what, exactly? Either you spend the rest of the money you have on shopping online, or you get lucky in as many chat rooms as you possibly can. What’s there to lose either way? For me, it means back to work. The last week [...]
    Posted: December 01, 2008, 7:48am EST
    by J.M. Snyder

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