thatrcooper | in which there is a marathon of Shelley Long movies, and pie

Ah! Back! Where have I been? Exhausted. I work retail as a day job. This means this is my busy time of year.

However, I did manage to do a little something. A wee little Thanksgiving story, for those interested. It's up on Amazon.

Vincent's Thanksgiving Date

Socially anxious Vincent has resigned himself to spending Thanksgiving alone this year, just him, the parade, and some pie. The last thing he expects is Cory, the handsome neighbor he's been daydreaming about, to knock on his door with a holiday crisis of his own. Vincent would love to help him, but he's afraid that the more time Cory spends with him, the sooner Vincent's anxiety will drive him away.

What he doesn't realize is that Cory finds Vincent's gentle ways adorable and has been waiting for a chance to talk with him. Cory also firmly believes that a day like Thanksgiving should be spent with the people you want to be around--and he wants to be around Vincent. If that means pretending to need help in order to coax Vincent from his apartment, then Cory is willing to do it. The only potential hitch in the plan is Vincent himself. Can Vincent gather the courage to go after what he wants? Or will he spend his Thanksgiving exactly as he planned, with only a pumpkin pie for company?

(Ugh. The cheese in that description! Shameless cheese!)

For those who don't follow me on Tumblr, you might not know that Dreamspinner has accepted both A Beginner's Guide to Wooing Your Mate *and* Little Wolf. Those are both Beings stories and they will be out next year. A Beginner's Guide first, for reasons that will be obvious when you read it.

This is yaaaay! news, I hope. Although it means I will basically be spending December editing two books. WOE. I have also been trying to finish a collection of Beings short stories... why I don't know but I wrote a few and then kept going. One more (I think) should finish the set. Then... idk. Something.

I still fully intend to do something for charity, but between the lifting at work and the typing, I am also trying to avoid carpal tunnel. (No word yet on the renewed date for the auction, but Carly Rose is still having health issues, so I'm hardly going to pressure her.)

Aaaaand, now I am going to reward myself for posting that story with some wine and pie.

That story is so self-indulgent and I don't even care. lalalalala

(But who wouldn't marathon Shelley Long movies?)

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This was amazing! Such a sweet perfect story. Thank you so much. I love when the imperfect hero (who I can really relate to) gets his happy ending.

Awkward nerds need love too. They are so cuddly.

I seem to have purchased your story without reading the blurb. I mean I saw the link and before I knew it the story was on its way to my kindle...
Anyway, super excited to read more of your work :-)

Oh my god, for a second there I thought Amazon had forced you to buy it or something. I was about to get all offended. How dare Amazon trick people into buying things?!?!?!

And then I was like, oh, it's a compliment.

*aw*

A Thanksgiving story! You rock. *moves it to the top of my TBR file* I know what I'm reading tonight.

You know I love the Beings stories, so I'm ecstatic that you've got a collection of shorts.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I am guessing it depends on how well Beginner's Guide and Little Wolf do, if they will want the short stories. I hope they do. Everyone should meet Rennet at least.

Woohoo all around!!! Congrats on the acceptance, and now to see why the hell Amazon has not notified me of your Thanksgiving story. I should have been emailed, then I could have already had it in my possession by now...

I don't know. I asked them to link it to my other stories. Did they? ah well. :(

So excited about a new story! Any chance you can post it at ARe (or Smashwords) for those of us non-kindle users?

(My captcha/code thing is "I'll make tea", which is exactly my plan as soon as I get this story!)

Ah... I tried to use ARE once and I remember being irritated because it required yet another format, and after formatting once for Smashwords and then again a different way for Amazon, I was in no mood. So I never went back.

Anyway, uh... I kind of enrolled this story in Amazon's KDP thing, so people can lend it to each other in their lending library thing. That means it's exclusive to Amazon though, at least for 90 days.

But I've downloaded stuff from Amazon in epub and html formats, which don't have to go on a Kindle. Maybe that was a while ago? Do they not let people do that anymore?

No problem, completely understand; sometimes uploading to other sites is just a bit delayed, so thought I'd check.

I haven't been able to find a way to download in a different format from Amazon, but I have been able to finally(!) get the kindle program working for my computer- hour on the phone with tech support, but dedication is necessary for new R. Cooper story ;) Also discovered and ADORED Casper Gets His Wish, so it's a win all around.

Oh my god I am so sorry it was so much work! Honestly I did it for the lending library so it would be easier for people! Ack! I am so sorry!

Aaaah Casper! Grumpity elves in serious like with each other. :) I'm glad you enjoyed that, at least, once everything was working.

Loved it, as usual. OMG--How do you have the energy to write when you have a day job in retail?

I just can't wait until I can read more Beings in Love. Thanks again for all that you do.

You are welcome!

As for energy, I just have no life. That helps with time to write. :)

Hi! I just finished reading Vincent's Thanksgiving Date and I absolutely adored it. I've been spazzing so much over the cutness of it that I just had to come here and thank you. I could totally relate to Vincent's social anxiety and we don't really get to read about that or it's portrayed in a way that alienates readers, so a million thanks for putting it out there so beautifully. :') Aaand I was curious if you were planning on continuing the story? Vincent and Cory are probably the sweetest couple I've read in a long time so I can't help but feel that I don't want it to end. *laugh* Stealing a line from your book. Thank you again and now I have to go buy all your other books and read until I explode from all the m/m goodness.

Much love from a fan!

P.S. I don't know if you still do because this post is, like, a year old but I work in retail, too. I feel your pain. Thank you for not giving up on humanity and continuing to share your brilliant stories with us. :D

P.P.S. I've also just sent you a question on tumblr about this because I'm obsessive that way about books and better safe than sorry and all that. So, sorry for taking up space on both your accounts but I love Vincent and Cory so you'll have to forgive me. :)

Oh good. I kind of blinked in surprise for a second there at getting two comments on Vincent in the space of a few minutes. :) A lot of people seemed sort of put off by Vincent's anxiety, but I really like hearing from people who understand it. (It's so exhausting and stupid and you know that in your brain, but your brain is still like, but what if everyone secretly thinks you are the worst. Worry about that forever!! And then it cackles evilly or something.)

I wanted to do something for them this year but I didn't get the time. I'm hoping I will next year though.

Thanks!

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