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Cover reveal - Vampire Erotic Theatre Series

So I've mentioned a few times on my Facebook that I'm writing a new series of erotic vampire romance novellas for release next year. I have most of the stories planned and I know that there will be four of them, and that I am writing the first draft of the first book in the series this week. This series is now known as the Vampire Erotic Theatre series.

I have already made the cover for the first book in the series, and the design will be used for each book in the series, but with different title text. That way, there's a theme for the series and it keeps them tied together so when readers see the image, they know it's one of the series books. I like that idea. I also like how the cover turned out. I wanted it to be as decadent as the stories, sumptuous and rich, and very sensual looking. So, this is the first time that eyes other than my own have seen the cover and I hope you'll all find it majorly sexy and erotic, and that it will whet your appetite for this upcoming series of mine.

Drum roll please...




Does that entice you into wanting to know exactly what is going on at that theatre?

Here's a little more about the stories. They feature the four vampires who run a theatre called Vampirerotique which caters to vampire clientele with a penchant for watching erotic stage shows that often feature a finale involving a human and several vampires. Each of the four men get their story told, and each of those stories are highly charged and highly sensual tales of forbidden love, burning desire, and danger. If you've read my Spellbound story in my Vampires Realm series, then it will be like that, or my In Heat stories but condensed into a very hot novella instead. These are stories about four very powerful men and the women who bring them to heel through various means. Without giving too much away, the heroines are a mixture of human, shapeshifter, vampire and angel.

Here's a list of the books in the series plus their provisional release dates:
Covet [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #1] - March 2012
Crave [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #2] - April 2012
Seduce [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #3] - May 2012
Enslave [Vampire Erotic Theatre Series #4] - June 2012

Are you excited about this series? I don't often write erotic romance, but you know that when I do, I write it blisteringly hot!

Vampire romance books galore and romance trading cards

I've had a blast these past two weeks finally writing Masquerade, the tenth book in my popular Vampires Realm series . It was hard going because so many characters from previous stories in the series make appearances or play a role in this one due to the fact that it's set around a Creator Day masquerade, but it was also fun because I got to catch up with them all and write them again.

Sophis and Vivek are the heroine and hero, both Venia bloodline guards, but Tynan is back as he's now the commander of the guard. We learn more about the Venia bloodline and the current affairs of the vampires, including contraversial happenings with the werewolves and some of the bloodlines. Marise and Jascha also make a return, along with three other Law Keepers. Among the main cast are Hyperion and Winter of the Validus bloodline, along with Valentine, Venturi and Prophecy, and also Lilith and Lincoln. There's lots happening in this book. It was hard to write so many vampires from the series so I just went with getting it all down on paper and I'll tackle things like adding in more description and stuff in the second draft.

I managed to get the book finished in first draft last Wednesday, and it's currently 83000 words but I think it will end up around 90000 when I'm done with it. I do need to beef up some of the fight scenes and layer in the description to bring it to life. It's all stuff that requires me to think hard about stuff and I didn't want to slow down my writing during the first draft so I was happy to get in as much as possible and leave the fine details for the edits.

I hope Vampires Realm readers will be excited by the fact that we're back at a Creator Day ball again and that so many old faces are going to be there. There will be some new faces too, and some monumental changes for some of characters. It's also setting up the vampire hunters side of things in the series a little more and that's something I'll be exploring more in later stories.

I did spend most of the week writing, but I also managed to get sketches done for the Her Angel series trading cards that I want to produce. To give them a unique angle, I've decided to do my own original art for them and also a very special design style for the cards that I think everyone will like.

I've done the cover of Apollyon's card so far and I'm working on Serenity's. To put things into perspective for everyone, the original pencil sketch for each character takes around 1 hour, and then colouring them in Photoshop takes around 7 hours, so each card is a lot of work for me, but I really love drawing and this is a great excuse for me to do more of it.

I'm proofing Heart of Darkness this week, which is a stand alone vampire romance book. Heart of Darkness is out on October 22nd 2011, so there isn't long to wait for this one now. I think you'll all love it! Once I've proofed the book, I'll be writing the first book in my new Vampire Erotic Theatre series which will come out next year.

It's going to be another busy week!

18 and Over Book Blogger Giveaway Hop

It's time for the 18 and Over Book Blogger Giveaway Hop that has been arranged by the lovely ladies at Bitten by Paranormal Romance!

This time around I'm offering prizes of ebooks and signed book swag, and there will be three levels of prizes. I'm not offering paperbacks because I have my massive Grand September Newsletter Giveaway in progress and that includes signed paperbacks and even a $25 Amazon Gift Card. If you would like to enter to win those prizes too, then head on over to my newsletter page and follow the instructions there! Click here to enter the newsletter giveaway .

This giveaway is open internationally. It will run from 00:01am on September 15th until 11:59pm on September 18th.


PRIZES

FIRST PRIZE: 2 ebooks of your choice from my back catalogue plus signed cover flat postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet and coaster.

SECOND PRIZE: 1 ebook of your choice from my back catalogue plus signed cover flat postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet and coaster.

THIRD PRIZE: signed cover flat postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet and coaster.

HOW TO ENTER
Follow this blog either on Google Friend Connect or Networked BlogsLeave a comment on this post that includes your name, GFC/NB name, and email address
It's as simple as that!

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Paranormal romance paperbacks

Look at the awesome delivery that came this morning! Lots of paperbacks of my paranormal romances!



That would be 35 x Her Guardian Angel, 20 x Her Angel Anthology, 20 x Forbidden Blood, 20 x Ascension, 10 x Winter's Kiss and 10 x Seventh Circle. Now I just need to get the page together so I can start selling them, all signed and personalised. I'm still waiting on 15 x Love Immortal and 20 x Hunter's Moon to arrive.

I promise I'll try to get the page up as soon as possible so you guys can start ordering these paperbacks from me.

It took me an age to check each one to make sure the quality was up to scratch, and then I had to figure out where to put them all! Thankfully I had room on my bookshelf for most of them and they'll be safe there. The rest are in a small box nearby. I'm doubly thankful that the bin men hadn't been yet as this is recycling collection week, so I was able to get rid of three of the huge boxes they came in and just kept a small box for the ones I couldn't fit on my shelves.

I bet Love Immortal and Hunter's Moon come tomorrow when I'm out at the cinema seeing Jane Eyre (oh, I love that book, but no one has done a great adaptation of it yet, fingers crossed!).

Manday hottie

It's Manday again, and I have a hottie to whisk you away to a fantasy land by the sea this week. I'm sure you can all imagine playing in the surf with this bloke on some deserted island!



Don't you just want to nibble on his abs?

Masquerade and Vampires Realm Series News

This week I've been working on the next novel in my popular vampire romance series, Vampires Realm . I've made some progress on Masquerade since Monday. I finalised the new improved plot and made the necessary changes to the 30000 words I had already written before my muse decided to introduce some new characters and improved ideas for the story.

Tuesday was a day off this week, but on Wednesday and Thursday I managed to write around 22000 words for the story. I've made great progress and I'm really happy with the story so far, and it's always nice to get past the point where the hero and heroine start to get together. Everything is in motion in the story now so I just need to keep going with the flow. It's easier said than done though. This morning I was supposed to get up and get on with some blog tour posts and then write another 12000 words. Unfortunately, I woke up really tired and groggy and wasn't really in the mood to write. The day was against me, and it took me most of the morning to get my blog stuff done and then my sister popped around and before I knew it, it was early afternoon! I wasn't in the mood to write then, so I headed out and picked up some sketching materials and then did some preliminary designs for the Her Angel series romance trading cards I'll be making soon.

I'm really pleased with the designs I've come up with so far and now I just have to bring them to life. Again, easier said than done! I just hope that my skills as an artist can live up to the ideas I have. I'm going to work on these until they really shine and stand out from the crowd. I have a great idea to make them really unique (other than the fact they're hand drawn art) and I can't wait to get them finished and printed now. I'm sure they'll look fantastic. Plus, as a bonus, I'll be able to use the images on my mini-site I'm creating for the series and maybe on merchandise too.

Next week, I'll continue writing Masquerade. I just need to push on with it and not let myself get lazy. I'll probably hit the coffee shops until it's done and just focus on it. I think I can have it finished by Wednesday, which would be great. I probably have another 30000 words to write. It's a shame I wasn't in the mood to write today, but I don't feel it was a complete waste of a day as I have my sketches done for the romance trading cards and I came up with more ideas for Her Demonic Angel. It seems angels were pushing for attention today. lol.

I really want to do a second edition for the Prophecy Trilogy, which makes up the first three books in the Vampires Realm series. I wouldn't change anything major in the story, but I do feel I've grown as a writer now and I want to smooth out some of the weaker writing in it and polish it up. The trouble is, the trilogy weighs in at 350000 words, which is a lot of editing time. Because I would want to make some major revisions to the writing to improve it, it would probably take me quite a while. Off the top of my head, around 44 days of work. I don't really have enough time at the moment. I wish I did because people ask me whether they'll come out in paperback and I want to say yes, but I don't want to put them into paperback until I've edited them and I'm happier with them. That's the trouble with writing. The more you write, the more you improve, and the more you look back and go - man, I could have written that better. I take comfort from the fact that people love the Prophecy Trilogy so it can't have been that bad!

I think this all comes back to the fact that I have too many stories to write and not enough time!

I'm going to get a couple of blog posts written for the Her Angel tour and then call it a night.

Paranormal Romance Trading Cards

I'm thinking about continuing with my paranormal romance trading cards as I liked to test ones I did for Ascension. I know a good printer too, so I should be able to get some really nice ones produced.

I want to make mine a little different to everyone elses though, so I'm probably going to go with creating some hand drawn art for the characters. I do draw manga / anime characters quite often and I've become fairly proficient at using Photoshop to create my designs, so I think it's worth a shot. It might take a while though as the first set of romance trading cards I want to make will be for my Her Angel series. After that, I might make some for Love Immortal .

The Her Angel series of romance trading cards will contain ten cards. That's one for each hero and heroine in the five books (Her Dark Angel, Her Fallen Angel, Her Warrior Angel, Her Guardian Angel and the upcoming Her Demonic Angel).

The Love Immortal series of romance trading cards will contain nine cards. I know that seems a lot, but it is a vampire romance with a large important cast, and I want to include all of the following: Lauren, Julian, Duke, Kuga, Leo, Piper, Astra, Morgan and Lycaon.

If these two sets of cards prove popular, then I might consider doing cards for major characters in the Vampires Realm series. It would be a huge set though and a lot of work, as you're looking at cards for the following characters: Prophecy, Valentine, Venturi, Hyperion, Ineru, River, Winter, Nika, Dmitri, Mia, Lincoln, Lilith, Tatyana, Nicolae, Marise, Jascha, Tynan, Sophis, Vivek.

That's 19 if I stick with only the major major characters. If I started including supporting characters like Serenity, Cornelius, Tiberius, etc, and baddies like Arkalus and Kalinor and Elena, then we're looking at a rather large and expensive set! lol.

I'm not sure what the policy will be on the cards. Whether I would give them away or keep them as a for-sale-only item. With the sets having so many cards, I think selling them might be a better option, or giving them away in response to the receiver doing something to promote me and my stories.

So, what do you all think about the idea? Would you like to get your hands on some trading cards for my books and series? Would you pay for them or be willing to promote to get your hands on some of the cards? And which stories/series would interest you most?

Manday hottie

I'm fresh back from the cafe and working on Masquerade, the next novel in my vampire romance series, Vampires Realm, and remembered that I promised to post an extra special Manday this week because I had missed last week. Well, here's your special Manday treat to start the week... and the month... with a bang!


And here's the bonus treat to make up for my lack of Manday last week...


Two very yummy pictures, no? (Remember to click on those beauties to see them in their full glory)

If you like him, I have more sexy pictures of him to come!

Grand September Newsletter Giveaway!

It's September again which means that it's time for my Grand September Newsletter Giveaway! This year it is even more special than usual, with amazing prizes on offer and the addition of a special prize for people who refer a friend! If you're already a subscriber, then you're already entered in the main draw, but enter the special prize draw by referring your friends.


Anyone who signs up to my newsletter in the month of September 2011 will be entered into a grand prize draw along with all the current newsletter subscribers. Prizes are:

FIRST PRIZE: One signed paperback copy of Forbidden Blood plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet and coaster.

SECOND PRIZE: One signed paperback copy of Hunter's Moon plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet.

THIRD PRIZE: One signed paperback copy of Ascension plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet.

FOURTH PRIZE: Signed book cover postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet.

Click here to sign up for my newsletter and enter the draw


Refer your friends and win a special prize!
This year, there's a special prize up for grabs. To enter, you have to be a member of my newsletter and then refer your friends to my newsletter using the Newsletter Referral Form ! DO NOT just sign your friends up without permission. Please tell your friends about the giveaway and let them sign up for it themselves. I will be emailing all referred newsletter subscribers to ensure the email address is valid and they chose to sign up.

Each time someone gives your email address as a referrer, you gain an entry into the prize draw, so the more people you refer, the higher your chance to win:

REFERRER PRIZE: A $25 Amazon Gift Certificate plus signed paperback copy of Her Guardian Angel plus signed book cover postcards, bookmarks, keyring, magnet and coaster.

Winners will be announced on my newsletter sign up page and this blog on October 1st. To enter into the prize draw, sign up to the newsletter before October 1st! Giveaway is open internationally.

Wallpapers - September features Love Immortal!

Do you want to see the lovely Julian and Lauren from my epic vampire romance novel Love Immortal whenever you're at your computer? Well, September is for you! My desktop wallpaper this month is Love Immortal and you can download it in various sizes direct from my website. There's also a version of each wallpaper without the calendar element so you can have them on your desktop at your leisure.

Just click on the sample image of the wallpaper below to go to my site and find the size right for you!




If you want wallpapers with or without a calendar, I have them available for my books in the Goodies section of my website. At the moment, I have ones available for: Love Immortal, Her Guardian Angel, Forbidden Blood, Ascension.

Yummy!