This Sunday, June 28, is something of a harmonic convergence here in the land of the Fae and the home of the hawt….
It’s Pride. THE day. Stonewall – June 28, 1969. Which was…
My seventh birthday. Stonewall wasn’t exactly the kind of party my parents would likely have been pointing out to me on the news, but an auspicious coincidence nonetheless. And then…
June 28, 2012 – I received and signed the contract for the first four SoulShares novels. My first books.
And now, this year – wow, what a party!
I haven’t been able to party quite as hard this year as I have in years past, mostly because I’m in the middle of a re-launch of those original four SoulShares novels, plus the fifth – and just finished writing the sixth – and am hard at work on an expansion of “Ilya and the Wolf” into a novella, “Wolf, Becoming”. (And in my spare time, I parent, work my day job, eat, sleep, and breathe. Not necessarily in that order.)
But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to celebrate! – far from it. Though I’m hoping to be out and about tomorrow, marching in our local Pride parade and attending Pridefest (though if it rains like it’s supposed to, it’s going to be more like Pridepuddle), I want to have a party.
So here’s the deal. I will leave this post open until I get back from CONvergence on July 5th. For every comment to this post (directly on my blog, not on Facebook) I will donate $1 to the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth in New York City. (Yes, you may comment more than once.) And every comment here, and every Facebook “like” and “share” (made directly on, or from, my profile page or my Author page – I have to be able to find the posting, so if you like and share a copy someone else shared, I love you from the bottom of my heart but I probably won’t be able to find you) will get you one chance to win your choice of the following:
1. Kindle copies of the Riverdale Avenue Books editions of HARD AS STONE, GALE FORCE, DEEP PLUNGE, and FIRESTORM;
2. Autographed paperback copies of the Ravenous Romance editions of HARD AS STONE, GALE FORCE, DEEP PLUNGE, and FIRESTORM (out of print, collector’s editions!); or…
3. A short story, max length 2000 words, featuring two characters of your choice from any of my books, novellas, or short stories. Just for you.
Please leave some way to get in touch with you in your comment — and
Happy Prideanniverthday, everyone!
Rory Ni Coileain 
Congratulations Rory! That is a lot of great things to remember and celebrate. What a wonderful set of giveaways too!
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Wow Congratulations Rory you have lots to celebrate wishing many more years of writing!!!
Prideanniverthday – that’s one heck of a mouthful! And, hey, I was born exactly two weeks before you, so we’re almost-twins. I had the chance to read Obsidian, and I loved it! I commented on it under my mundane name, Kezia, on the GR forum, but it’s such an amazing story, it deserves to be mentioned as often as possible. Kestrel Drake is my pen name, and my story for LOR comes out later in the year. As someone just starting out in M/M romance, it’s mind-boggling to think of how the genre will be changed by last Friday’s historic ruling. Since Friday was also my wedding anniversary, it held special significance to my family. Now, every time we celebrate, we can have just that much more joy, knowing that our fellow citizens can no longer be denied the same rights we enjoy. I’ve fought for LGBTQ rights since I was in high school. It wasn’t always easy, since I’m a native Texan. I mean, there was a KKK office just three miles from my house when I was growing up! The fight isn’t over, because some places are and will continue to challenge the ruling. They’re like bullies in the sandbox, only happy when they can step on other people.
So happy birthday, happy book anniversary, and congratulations on Obsidian and the new release of the Soul Shares books!
I’m so sorry I didn’t see this post until now. (bows head in shame) Congratulations on your many accomplishments, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next. =}
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Woohoo!! It’s a great month for you every year and triple that this year!!
Congratulations Rory on all your accomplishments.
Happy Prideanniverthday! I have one of your books on my Kindle to read. It looks like a great read 🙂
Happy Prideanniverthday! Sounds like a great day for you! 🙂
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Congratulations! Party time! I’m so happy for you.
More comments! I love the idea of this.
Yay, its not to late to leave a comment 🙂 June 28 is a lucky day and hope you have many more, happy Pride Anniversary and thank you for a chance to win some of your books and for your donation to Ali Forney Center. slholland22 {at} hotmail {dot} com
weeeeeeeeeeee!! commenting again!
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Thank you to everyone who commented here — my donation to the Ali Forney Center will be going out tonight, courtesy of all y’all! And after a search of Facebook and a visit to random.org, the Prideanniverthday winner for 2015 is Kimberly Ann Williams!