Book
Name: The Nesting Habits of Strange Birds
Author
Name: Charley Descoteaux
Cover
Artist: D.W. Skinner (photographer), Paul Richmond (designer)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Excerpt:
“Your
pictures, they’re amazing.” Lee said, his voice calm and steady and filled with
sincere awe. “What’s this in her beak?”
Lee
carefully scrolled forward, and Phil realized Lee had thumbed through all the
pictures from that morning and some from last evening as well. He’d been out of
it longer than he thought.
“It’s a
spiderweb. Hummingbirds use them to build their nests.”
Two
sentences. Phil couldn’t remember when he’d last gotten two sentences out just
the way he’d intended. He smiled and raised his eyes to Lee’s. They seemed to
mirror what he was feeling. Relief; happiness; desire. The next thing he knew,
Lee’s lips brushed his lightly. Phil trembled but didn’t pull away. Pride in his perfect speech along with the
giddy feeling inspired by Lee’s smile allowed Phil to give in to desire, just
for a moment, to take a chance it would end well. Lee leaned toward him, but
not so their shoulders touched, and kissed him just a few seconds longer. He
kept his mouth almost completely closed, but Phil tasted a hint of hot
chocolate. Or maybe the heat came from Lee.
“Whoa,” Lee
sighed as much as said.
A word from the Author:
Sales Links:
A word from the Author:
First I’d like to thank Pride
Promotions for arranging this tour, Smoocher’s Voice, for inviting me to visit their
lovely space, and D.W. Skinner and Paul Richmond for my gorgeous cover!
I’ve been writing for a long
time, but The Nesting Habits of Strange
Birds is the first full-length novel I get to share with the world. During
all the years I spent writing, and dreaming of the day when I could say I am a novelist, I also made plans.
I don’t set out to write
political or message novels, but after growing up in the Bay Area in the 70s
and spending my share of time in the trenches, it’s hard to separate the
activist from the author. Like many other writers, I have trunk novels that
will probably never see the light of day (you’re welcome ;)). Each of those
trunk novels included a plan for giving a portion of any earnings to a relevant
charity.
The two main characters in The Nesting Habits of Strange Birds,
Phil and Lee, have both been touched by depression and suicide—and since The
Trevor Project is one of my favorite national charities, it seemed like a good
fit.
I’ll donate $1 for every
pre-order of The Nesting Habits of
Strange Birds to The Trevor Foundation, in support of their efforts to
provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth.
Visit my blog for a
running tally of pre-orders. I’ll update the tally every few days, and post the
final total on August 11.
Thank you all for helping me raise
awareness, and a little cash, for this very worthwhile cause!
Pre-order The Nesting Habits of Strange Birds through Dreamspinner Press.
Charley Descoteaux has always heard voices. She was relieved
to learn they were fictional characters, and started writing when they insisted
daydreaming just wasn’t good enough. In
exchange, they let her sleep once in a while. Home is Portland, Oregon, where the weather is like your favorite
hard-case writing buddy who won’t let you get away with taking too many days
off, and in some places you can be as weird as you are without fear. As an out and proud bisexual and life-long
weird-o, she thinks that last part is pretty cool.
Rattle my cages, I’d love to hear from you!
Rafflecopter Prize: E-Copy of the book when it comes out
Tour Dates: 7/11/14
Tour
Stops:
Parker
Williams, Hearts
on Fire, Emotion
in Motion, Love
Bytes, My Fiction Nook, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue
Words, Jade Crystal, Smoocher’s Voice, Full Moon
Dreaming, Lee
Brazil, Wake Up Your Wild Side, Iyana Jenna, Amanda C. Stone, Tara Lain,
Redz World, Because
Two Men Are Better Than One,
Fallen
Angel Reviews, Romance the Night, Velvet Panic, Kimi-Chan,
The Hat Party, MM Good Book Reviews, Rainbow Gold Reviews, Lee Brazil, Decadent Delights, Havan Fellows, Kimber Vale, EE Montgomery, Michael Mandrake, Cate Ashwood, Dawn’s Reading Nook
Thank you for hosting my cover reveal! <3
ReplyDelete~Charley