Tuesday, March 14, 2017

March Madness Week Long Giveaway: Day Two #Giveaway





It’s day two of Diverse Reader’s March Madness Week Long Giveaway! Here in New England I’m in the middle of a blizzard and it’s madness alright. Yesterday it started off with a bang! Make sure to check it out click here (LINK)  

Today we have another batch of fabulous authors. Today’s lineup is: Alexa Milne, Hank Edwards, V.M. Sanford, Dakota Storm, Luna David, Bronwyn Heeley, Anna Butler, JP Kenwood, and Katerina Ross.
 
These awesome authors were asked the same question: What does this genre mean to them? They answered it brilliantly. Each author also has a giveaway just like yesterday. So be sure to check each one of them out and buy their books and just enjoy this giveaway!









What does this genre mean to me?

I’ve found a home for my ideas and words in this genre. I enjoy being able to write stories about love which have a happy ever after. I’m not sure I feel like a fully-fledged author yet, but I’m getting there. I can’t believe this year I’ll have ten stories published. The writers in this genre are also very supportive of each other, and when I’ve needed help and advice, or just a pick me up, people have been there.

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Giveaway:  Paperback: Choosing Home and Rainbow laces from Stonewall









What does this genre mean to me?

As a gay man who grew up in the 70s and 80s, I never dared to imagine I would discover such an expansive, supportive community of readers, writers, reviewers, cover artists, and all other friends and allies. And what a rush for me to have the opportunity to write stories with characters I always wanted to see represented in the books I read growing up. The sheer number of stories readily available from so many different authors is staggering. And not only do these stories feature gay characters, but they are presented in a positive light. And more often than not, they obtain a happily ever after! It’s a wonderful opportunity we authors have now to encourage the new generation of LGBTQ youth and let them know they are not alone.

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Giveaway: Reader’s choice ebook: Holed Up book 1, Destiny’s Bastard, Hired Muscle, Cowboys & Vampires









What does this genre mean to me?
Acceptance. Everyone being welcome.
That’s what the gay romance genre and community mean to me.
I’m a new author in the genre, but not a new reader. I’ve been around for a few years, and I feel more welcome here than I do in my real life.
Because this genre also means realization to me. Before discovering it, I’d never realized I didn’t have to be a woman, even though that’s how I was born. I’d never realized I had a choice. I’m still not sure I do. The people in my real life would think nothing of shunning me if I ever took that step and embraced who I am rather than who I should be.
But I know that if I do, I won’t be alone. And that’s why this community is important, to me and to so many other people.

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Giveaway:  Book 1&2 of Lyesti Alliance Series








What does the genre mean to me?
The M/M genre has brought back my love of writing. I have dabbled in writing in the past but the love of M/M stories that I read every day has brought my love of writing back to the forefront. This community of LGBT authors is so supportive of each other; they cheer each other on and are there for support. I have made many amazing friends through this genre and am proud to be part of it. I love what this community stands for; the right to love and be loved no matter who or what you are. I am happy to have contributed to the M/M genre with my first book Hunter and hope to continue to do so.

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Giveaway: Ebook: Hunter and a $5.00 Amazon GC







What does this genre mean to me?
The M/M genre and community have come to mean the world to me. I’ve struggled for what seems to be my whole life to find my home. I have a wonderful family and my husband and kids are the best. Not to mention many fantastic friends, but I’ve never felt so at home as I do in my M/M world. With all the people mentioned above—save my husband, as he’s my soulmate—I’ve found many things that I have in common with them, but never a group of people that were truly just like me. I’ve found so many friends, so much support, and so many people that think and feel like I do that it’s been eye opening. To be accepted, fully, flaws and all, by so many great people in our community, has been humbling. I feel like I’ve found my tribe. 

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Giveaway: Two winners: Reader’s Choice or a $5.00 Amazon GC









What’s this genre mean to me?
A place to belong. I had a long time in my life that had nothing but my family and it wasn’t until I started writing/publishing and found this community that I had people in my life that shared my dreams, my thoughts and my life. I honestly don’t think I’d feel as comfortable anywhere else

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Email me at beeheeley@gmail.com


Giveaway:  ecopy of Taking A Stand, Being That For You, and In This Life & Beyond










What’s this genre mean to me?

I first found m/m stories in fandom, where writers probed beneath what’s presented on screen or in books, and twisty imaginations started the 'what-if' game: what if John is gay and loves Rodney, or Harry loves Draco, or... or... the possibilities were endless. Fandom, too, gave me a real sense of community, of being part of a group of people who got it, who shared the love. When I moved to professional publishing, I was delighted that the community here is as strong as fandom. That here, too, I'd find not just readers and other writers, but friends. While we’re now bonding over bigger issues around LGBT rights—around basic human rights—the love is still being shared. And when the world is getting a little darker, that is worth celebrating.

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Giveaway:

Signed copy of Gyrfalcon (Taking Shield 01) plus some swag









What’s this genre mean to me?

"As a writer of historical m/m tales, I adore the LGBTQ fiction genre because our stories not only celebrate romance, love, friendship, and sexual desire but they also remind everyone that queer people have always and will always shape the course of human history. Survive, thrive, protect, and cherish. Our community of readers, writers, and artists is the most generous and supportive group of folks I've ever met." 

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Giveaway:

Paperbacks of both Book 1 and Book 2 in the Dominus series ((Paperback is US only)) If someone outside the US wins, I'll send them eBooks.








What’s this genre mean to me?
I’m a Russian author, but I had to write my M/M book in English because there are no LGBT romance publishers in my country at all. Sometimes I get asked why we women read and write M/M. Maybe that’s because a same sex relationship isn’t defined by gender roles and stereotypes, and it’s inspiring. LGBT stories are always, in one way or another, about being brave enough to be who you truly are, no matter what the world thinks of you and expects of you. I suppose it’s something many women can relate to.

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Giveaway:  Ebook of her M/M BDSM novel “Tenderly Wicked”.




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