Happy Saturday! We’re off on more adventures today, though not quite as busy as during the school year. My son’s jazz teacher is retiring, and today is his last performance with her at our city’s International Jazz Festival.
Other than that, I’m busily writing in a new project and getting ready for the September release of Minuet, the last part of my Notes from Boston series. (Trust me when I say I never, ever want to write another series!)
If anyone is interested in an ARC for review, let me know. These are the unfinished ones, so yep, there will be some mistakes. And if you need the previous ARCs to catch up, I’ve got those too. Just leave a comment or send me a message.
In preparation for the release, I’m introducing the main characters from the previous books over the next several weeks. Last time, we heard from Trevor, the Christian singer who wrote a “praise song” about blow jobs. Today, we meed the recipient of said blow job: Andre. He’s a computer techie who recently relocated back to Boston. In this snippet, his grandmother has an unusual gift for him.
“I have something for you, now that you’re back home.”
“What is it?”
“My old piano. The thing is sitting around collecting dust, and it’s high time you took it off my hands.”
Andre laughed. “I don’t play!” He sobered quickly. He hadn’t even touched his saxophone since Dahlia died.
Well, he may not play, but guess who he’s about to meet who does? 😉
*Note: In case it’s not clear, Andre is also bisexual. I write a lot of bi+ characters. **shrugs in bisexual**
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Nice. I’m looking forward to a glimpse of that meeting! ❤️
Intriguing snippet!
Love the phrase **shrugs in bisexual** 🙂
Ouch, you can feel his pain over Dahlia.
*shrugs in pan* I write a lot of bi/pan… well, you know. Taste the rainbow. Now about that piano. It’s a weighty gift, and I don’t mean that as a pun. It has meaning, and she clearly wants him to have it.
Nothing wrong with bisexual characters!
Hope you enjoyed your concert as much as I enjoyed that snip. I had to destroy my grandma’s piano after she died, because my mum didn’t have space for it / didn’t want it. (I’ve never found out which)
Intriguing snippet.
Nice snippet! I’ve not written or read many bi characters; it’d be interesting to see what develops 🙂