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Goodreads Giveaway for Keeping Corey

January 10, 2023 by Roger Hyttinen Leave a Comment

Keeping Corey Book CoverI’m very excited to inform you that I just created a Goodreads Giveaway for my upcoming book “Keeping Corey,” a Young Adult LGBT contemporary that takes place at a hockey academy. I’m giving away 20 Kindle copies of the book. If you like to enter for a chance to win, you can enter here: Enter Giveaway. The giveaway only goes through February 4th so you’ll want to enter as soon as possible. The book will be published on February 6th.

Good luck!

Filed Under: Book Updates, My Novels Tagged With: Goodreads Giveaway, Keeping Corey

Keeping Corey is Available for Preorder!

January 5, 2023 by Roger Hyttinen Leave a Comment

Keeping Corey book cover. Young man in hockey gear stands behind seocnd young man with red hair.I am so excited! My latest book, Keeping Corey, is now available for preorder from online retailers. It’s a YA gay romance that takes place at a hockey academy and will be released on February 6, 2023. The synopsis is below:

After being outed at his last high school, Devin O’Hanlon’s parents enrolled Devin at the Grovesburg Hockey Academy, his father’s alma mater. Never mind that Devin doesn’t have an athletic bone in his body, nor has any interest in sports. The academy was supposed to be a fresh start for Devin — a clean slate where nobody knows him as the gay kid. Unfortunately, being a red-headed non-athlete singled him out with the bullies, and he found himself in the same predicament as his last school. Things only get worse when he learns that his new roommate, a transfer from another school, is a star hockey player—an incredibly hot star hockey player.

Corey Harper has been expelled from two schools. Grovesburg Academy is his last chance; if this doesn’t work out, his father has threatened to send him to military school. But Corey has no intentions of getting expelled again. This school is a new start for him — a place where nobody knows him or about his past. Despite a rough start, Corey and his new roommate Devin find they have a lot in common and soon become inseparable. But Corey doesn’t allow himself to get too close to Devin because he has a secret that nobody here must uncover—and Corey has mastered hiding his feelings. His plan is to keep his head down, do what’s required of him, and bring his academy to the championship. Can Corey juggle his junior year, hockey, a hostile coach, and his friendship with Devin, all the while keeping his secret hidden from everyone?

But when Corey’s secret is threatened to be exposed, he is forced to make a difficult choice—a choice that goes against his heart and his soul.

I had a blast writing it, and I hope you love it as much as I do. You can preorder from the following online stores:

Amazon Preorder

Smashwords Preorder

Barnes & Noble Preorder

Apple Books Preorder

Filed Under: Book Updates, My Novels

My Newest Book is Live

December 9, 2022 by Roger Hyttinen Leave a Comment

Pushed under the mistletoe print AmazonI am so excited to write this – finally! My latest novel, “Pushed Under the Mistletoe” is now live at online retailers. It’s a heartwarming, small-town Christmas Novel coming in at about 47,000 words. The blurb is below:

Danny Latham is a highly sought-after wedding photographer who has just gone through the worst breakup ever — and right before Christmas. Danny was supposed to have taken his boyfriend home with him to Torch Lake, Florida, for Christmas, but that wasn’t going to happen now. Heartbroken, he instead asks his best friend, Joey to accompany him home for Christmas.

Reluctantly, Joey accepts. Little does Danny know that Joey has been in love with him for as long as Joey can remember. It doesn’t help that Danny’s family keeps trying to get them together, believing that Joey and Danny are perfect for each other.

Will Joey’s heart be able to handle a Christmas with Danny and his meddling family? Or will this be the year Joey finally comes clean and tells Danny how he really feels?

If you’d like a heartwarming friends-to-lovers Christmas romance with a couple of lovable but clueless characters, a meddling family and plenty of Christmas cheer, you’ll want to check out Pushed Under the Mistletoe.

Click to purchase Under the Mistletoe from your favorite online retailer

Filed Under: My Novels Tagged With: Gay Christmas Romance, M/M Christmas Romance, Pushed Under the Mistletoe

Weekly Roundup – April 23, 2022

April 26, 2022 by Roger Hyttinen Leave a Comment

Weekly Roundup 2

Welcome to my Weekly Roundup where on Saturday, I post links to things I shared on social media throughout the week that I thought were interesting. I’ll also include book news, cover reveals, and more goodies.

Not a lot of news on the writing front this week as I took a wee vacation to visit family in North Carolina. We spent a good amount of time in Asheville and I must say that I absolutely fell in love with the city! It had a bustling downtown, a super-fun arts district and amazing dining. I’m already looking forward to when I can return.

This week, it’s back to work on editing my hockey novel. I also hope to get some new words written on my Magician novel (more on that in future posts.)

In case you missed it, I recently released my werewolf book, “Norian’s Gamble for wide publication and it is now available at your favorite online publishers (NOT just at Amazon): Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Scribd, Amazon, etc. You can purchase the book using the following universal link: https://books2read.com/u/bQPxNv or do a search for ‘Norian’s Gamble’ at your favorite online bookstore. It is still available in paperback format from Amazon.

Norian Cover

By the way, I also send out a newsletter about once a month where I chat about my upcoming releases, offer discounts, and other related goodies. So if you wish to receive it, you can subscribe HERE.

So on to the roundup.

Some Things I Thought Were Worth Sharing

  1. For folks who like shorter books, here are 20 of the Best Books Under 200 Pages
  2. Interesting article about Amazon: The Amazonification of the American workforce
  3. Chris Guillebeau talks about depending on yourself: Learn to Depend on Yourself
  4. For my writer friends: How to Write About the People in Your Life. Also, here are some Funny Grammar Puns That Might Be Interesting Not Only To English Teachers. There was also this article: How to Fictionalize New Technology Even As It’s Constantly Changing.
  5. Thought-provoking conversation on violence and agency: When Are Men Dangerous? On Agency, Imagination, and What a Teacher Can Do
  6. Article on Shelf-promotion: The art of furnishing rooms with books you haven’t read
  7. I enjoyed this article on Positive solution-focused media: We Need More Solution-Focused Media. Some folks may also find this helpful: How to handle a lopsided friendship
  8. Interesting article about our workforce: Work is broken. Can we fix it?
  9. An author was set to read his unicorn book to students. The school forbade it: “I never in a million years thought I’d have to defend this book.”
  10. For aspiring Sci-Fi writers: What Makes Great Sci-Fi Writing?. Also, here are some Book Writing Strategies: 10 Book Writing Tactics that End in Failure.
  11. Just for fun (and major cringe) — “Corporate Cringe”: 30 Of The Best Workplace Memes And Posts Shared By This Dedicated Instagram Page
  12. Thoughtful article about the future of work: What if the future of work is exactly the same?
  13. Brokeback Mountain fans may find this of interest: Jake Gyllenhaal Reflects on His Relationship With Heath Ledger. Also, Netflix ‘Heartstopper’ review: Alice Oseman does her queer teen webcomic a sweet service.
  14. Just for fun: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Launch New 2022 Season With 10 Never-Before-Seen Pics From 2021
  15. Looking for a fun movie to watch? Here are Some Of The Best Movie Plot Twist Endings.

Oh, and in case you missed it, watch Harry Styles Sing New Song “Boyfriends”

Touch of Cedar New Cover

A Touch of Cedar — A ghost in the present….a murder in the past…a time-traveling adventure: Marek puts on an old suit he finds in the attic & is transported back to the year 1870 where he has to solve a 150-year-old murder.

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Roger’s Weekly Roundup for April 16, 2022

April 16, 2022 by Roger Hyttinen Leave a Comment

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Welcome to my Weekly Roundup where on Saturday, I post links to things I shared on social media throughout the week that I thought were interesting. I’ll also include book news, cover reveals, and more goodies.

Speaking of book news, I recently released my werewolf book, “Norian’s Gamble for wide publication. For the first 90-days, I offered it exclusively through Kindle Unlimited as I know many people enjoy the service. I have since pulled in from KU and the book will be now available at your favorite online publishers (NOT just at Amazon): Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Scribd, Amazon, etc. You can purchase the book using the following universal link: https://books2read.com/u/bQPxNv or do a search for ‘Norian’s Gamble’ at your favorite online bookstore. It is still available in paperback format from Amazon.

Norian Cover

But next up, I’ll be releasing a gay young adult contemporary novel the takes place at a hockey academy. Editing is coming along nicely.

By the way, I also send out a newsletter about once a month where I chat about my upcoming releases, offer discounts, and other related goodies. So if you wish to receive it, you can subscribe HERE.

Just for a quick heads up, next week’s Weekly Roundup will not be published until late Sunday, or possibly on Monday because I’ll be out of town visiting family.

So on to the roundup.

15 Things I Thought Were Worth Sharing

  1. For my writer friends: How to Come Up with the Perfect Book Title There was also this article entitled: How to Shorten a Story: Writing Tips to Decrease Your Word Count
  2. Thoughtful article about the effects of Social Media on our psyche: Is social media (re)traumatizing you?
  3. Interesting article about entitlement and consumerism: The new entitlement of the American consumer
  4. Thanks to the mistrust of big tech, the creation of better tools for developers, and the weird and wonderful creativity of ordinary people, we’re seeing an incredibly unlikely comeback: the web is thriving again.
  5. Some of these images are stunning: Impressive Aerial Photographs By Cédric Houmadi
  6. Just for fun and cuteness: Times Pets Surprised Their Owners By Showing Just How Intelligent They Can Be
  7. For the horror lover: Author creates A Dark Comic Series With Lots Of Twists, Secrets, Creepy Characters And Spooky Pen And Ink Artwork, Here’s Part 4
  8. Can’t wait for this! Watch Boy Meet Boy in Full “Heartstopper” Trailer. Also, HBO Max Announced Its First Gay Superhero Project – Gayety
  9. For my writer friends: How to Finish a Novel: 10 Ways to Follow Through – Now Novel
  10. I love this collection Of The Most Spine-Chilling Things Kids Have Ever Said, As Shared In This Viral Twitter Thread
  11. These images are quite fun: Extraordinary Pictures Taken By Jeffrey De Keyser Embracing “The Absurd Human Condition”
  12. A library system announces a program to challenge the tide of book bannings
  13. Some of these caused me to cackle out loud: Times Misheard Words In Conversations Ended Up Having Hilarious Results. These are also a lot of fun: “People Who’ve Been Banned From Somewhere For Life, What Happened?”. There’s also this fun thread of: Incredibly Rude Or Weird Guests Who Made People Regret Ever Inviting Them To Their Homes
  14. The Heartbreaks and Complications of School-Age Desire: A Reading List
  15. This article chats about Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control. Also for the book lover, this article introduces Shelf Talkers, a new series in which indie booksellers around the country share their favorite reads of the moment. First up: The Bookshop in East Nashville, Tennessee

Oh, and just in case you haven’t heard about this: Elon Musk Wants to Buy 100% of Twitter for $43 Billion

 

 

Nick's Awakening Cover

Nick’s Awakening is the first book in my Ghost Oracle series.

Nick Michaelson is 16 and….

👻 He can see ghosts
🃏He reads Tarot cards
💭He gets visions of the future
🏃‍♂️He may or may not have a crush on his best friend
🔥 And ghosts come to him for help…and some, for revenge

☠️But what about when Nick needs help?

Filed Under: Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup for April 9, 2022

April 9, 2022 by Roger Hyttinen Leave a Comment

Weekly Roundup 2

Hello, you!

To everyone new here to the blog: Welcome! Every Saturday, l post links to some of the things I shared on social media over the past week that I thought were interesting. I’ll also include book news, cover reveals, and more goodies.

Not too much going on this week at Roger Central. I’m still plowing away on the edits for my hockey novel which I hope to have out within the next month. Then it’ll be on to finishing up my novel about the magicians. Oh, I didn’t tell you that I was writing a novel about magicians? Well, I am. I’ll chat more about that in an upcoming post.

If you enjoyed this post, feel free to share it with your friends, and family. I would really appreciate it.

Okay, on to this week’s roundup!

Weekly Round-Up – Some Things I Thought Were Worth Sharing

  1. How to Write a Children’s Book: The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Successful Book for Young Readers. There was also this: How to Write a Book When You’ve Got Writer’s Block. And if you’re looking for tips on how to write “sexy”, Here are Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex
  2. Looking forward to this — I loved the book: Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys Welcomes Whoopi Goldberg as the God of Birds. I’m also looking forward to this! Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer
  3. I found these really interesting: Things About The USA That Other Countries Find Really Bizarre. Also: I love ‘overheard conversations’ threads: Here are Some Of The Funniest Conversations People Have Overheard In Los Angeles.
  4. Privacy Watch: The 10 Best Chat Apps for Privacy and Security (2022)
  5. ‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming. Also in this article: How 2021 Became a Tipping Point for Queer Actors Telling Their Stories.
  6. There are some good ones in this list: Amazon Prime Video New Releases: April 2022. Netflix fan? Here’s what’s new in Netflix.
  7. Don’t be surprised if your favorite Etsy shop is closed in April — Etsy sellers will go on strike in April and want customers to boycott.
  8. Eye-Candy (some of these are amazing!): 25 Lovely Winning Photos Of FdB Wedding Photography Awards.
  9. Game of Thrones fans may find this of interest: ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ to debut in August on HBO.
  10. For my writer friends: 23 Essential Ernest Hemingway Quotes About Writing
  11. Thoughtful post about why blogs are still relevant
  12. Jack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internet | I remember those days before centralization fondly.
  13. Little late to the game but okay….Barnes & Noble is finally offering an audiobook service.
  14. What Can Superhero Stories Do For Us In 2022? Peter Kalu on the Origins Stories That Made Him Who He Is.
  15. This is fun: Here’s an “Anti-Bucket” lists where People Share Their “Anti-Bucket” List Of Things They Would Never Do Again

Oh, and in case you missed it, Watchdog Group Publishes Encyclopedia of All the Nasty Things Big Tech Has Done.

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  1. Paper Journaling vs Digital Journaling
  2. On Customer Churn
  3. 10 Great Books I Read in 2021
  4. My Struggles to Become a Morning Person
  5. Wordless Wednesday – Walking up a Mountain

🐺Are you looking for an exciting adventure? A new magical world filled with hunky werewolves and an epic quest?

Then Norian’s Gamble may be the paranormal novel you’re looking for!

Norian Cover

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