im trying to write this follow up short for Ginger and Camila that will come after Blacker Than Blue. i want to write it. im happy with the premise, but it’s a little sad and no part of my being wants to drum up the emotion to actually write it. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

fellow author David-Matthew Barnes interviewed me on his show, People You Should Know, this morning. Check out just how deep my voice is. I talk a bit about Blacker Than Blue and read a bit from it too!

David also writes LGBT fiction and YA novels. Check out his good stuff.

omg balls.

so since i can’t draw for shit i asked the amazing Abbe to do this commission of Benny and Cleo from my book Blacker Than Blue. i love it. love it. love it. mostly for Benny’s stretch marks. :)

Abbe DA page

An e-copy of Better Off Red and Blacker Than Blue are up for grabs on Katie Babs’s Blog. Click this here LINK and leave a comment. WHO DOESN’T LOVE FREE BOOKS! Giveaway ends Jan 13.

An e-copy of Better Off Red and Blacker Than Blue are up for grabs on Katie Babs’s Blog. Click this here LINK and leave a comment. WHO DOESN’T LOVE FREE BOOKS! Giveaway ends Jan 13.

GUEST BLOGS AND GIVEAWAYS!

hey kids, check out my guest blog as part of BaBaM’s Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event. i’m blogging about diversity in LBT fiction. and im giving away e-copies of Better Off Red and Blacker than Blue. CLICK HERE!

AND

over at Women and Words im blogging about my unhealthy obsession with my leading ladies from Blacker Than Blue. check it out. read about my lack of real life social connections. CLICK HERE!

i figured my imaginary sorority needed a crest. here’s a preview of things to come. the artist is my buddy, lucas culshaw. i love it.

read about the Alpha Beta Omega girls here.

im freaking out right now. Elisa Reviews announced the winners of the Rainbow Awards today and TWO of my books won awards.

1st Place: BEST DEBUT LESBIAN NOVEL/BOOK - Better Off Red

2nd Place: BEST LESBIAN EROTIC ROMANCE - The Fling

2nd Place (tie): BEST LESBIAN PARANORMAL/HORROR- Better Off Red

this is just amazing because so many fantastic book were nominated, books i absolutely loved. i inhaled Meghan O’Briens The Night Off.  i almost cried during Robin Silverman’s reading of Lemon Reef. to be included is such an honor.

for the complete list of winners and honorable mention recommendations check out click HERE.

revising Blacker Than Blue. Out Jan 15, 2013 :)

Writing Update (kinda): so my next vampire book, Blacker Than Blue: VSS#2 comes out in Jan, 2013, which means i need to start working on VSS#3 like right now. if you’ve read Better Off Red or you haven’t but want to, and don’t want to know anything that happens down the road. STOP READING NOW. seriously. stop. right now. stop.

if you don’t mind being a wee spoiled as in who will be featured in book three. keep reading.

okay. here goes.

Jill, who in my head is totally Fefe Dobson and yes her character is Canadian, will be paired up with vampire “Tokyo”/Miyoko in VSS#3, working title Soul To Keep. Fun part? Jill belongs to a different vampire. Ginger to be exact, so things will get interesting.

So far I have Sayaka Isoyama in mind for Tokyo’s character.

I also like Ai Shinozaki.

i cannot decide between these two lovely ladies, and truth be told, i wont start writing the book until i figure this out. i know i have problems. i’m taking opinions and alternate suggestions. this will drive me crazy until a decision is made. help me, people. help me.

Click Here to read the full post

“Here’s what I am: A human being. I’m a woman.
Here are some things about me: I love cartoons. I love to draw. I can dance. I love the beach. I am a great swimmer. I suck at it, but Russian is my second language. I love folk music and pop and rap and jazz and some country and metal. I’m pretty freaking polite, especially to strangers. I’m a little obsessed with PBS. And I have three black siblings who can claim the same things. My sister’s Russian is excellent. I am not abnormal. Plenty of black kids come from great homes and have perfectly regular interests.

Here’s what I am not: A joke. A piece of entertainment. I don’t now and never want to be a nanny. I’m not that great of a cook. I’m not quick to anger. It would take you a while to realize you’ve even pissed me off. I’m a quiet storm, baby. I’m not promiscuous to other people’s detriment. I don’t dance or sing on cue. I don’t do stand up, nor do I have plans to be on a sketch comedy show. I have no idea how to break and/or enter. I have no interest in any sort of violence, at all. My diet doesn’t consist of watermelon and fried chicken. No one in my family would be a suitable spokesperson for Popeyes. With my blackness, I cannot help you win a golf tournament, get a publishing deal, out wit plotting angels, reunite you with your estranged family member, cure you of your awkwardness in dating situations (though this is something I like to play when I’m bored) and any other magical thing Hollywood would have you believe.

Here’s what I’m tired of seeing: Authors who turn to the stereotype. Authors who claim they are not in control of their characters. Authors who set characters in diverse urban areas and omit every bit of diversity. Token minority characters. We were not put on this Earth to play supporting roles. Please believe me.”

I’M GIVING AWAY BOOKS THIS WEEK! A copy of my upcoming release, The Fling and a copy of Women of the Dark Streets that features my short story, Study Break, a follow up to Better Off Red.

check my twitter for details @rebekahwsm . we’re talking free books people.

so my super cool publisher released all our November titles early. Better Off Red is available now.

its like twilight. with lesbians. and sex. in college. and the vampires feed off humans and have useful powers. and there’s sex.

paperback

ebook

it’s not like twilight at all.

i know some of you love free shit.

i’m giving away a copy of my book Better Off Red over at Fangs, Wands and Fairy Dust. Contest Ends Monday October 31st. Check it out.

these came in the mail last week. excited doesn’t even explain my mood. nov 15th cannot come soon enough. #BetterOffRed