Chase Taylor Hackett's Blog, page 2
February 9, 2018
Nook Free Friday
Today, Feb. 9, only --
Where Do I Start?
is available for a free download on Barnes & Noble. So if you liked the second book and want to catch up on the first...
--and you happen to have a Nook--
...here's a chance to get this funny, adorable book totally free, gratis, and at no cost to you.
And how cool is that?
But it's only today, so dawdling would be truly unwise.
As the poet said, "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on," and then you're left there on the side of the road, wondering how long until the next finger.
Dawdle at your peril.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wher...
www.chasetaylorhackett.com
--and you happen to have a Nook--
...here's a chance to get this funny, adorable book totally free, gratis, and at no cost to you.
And how cool is that?
But it's only today, so dawdling would be truly unwise.
As the poet said, "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on," and then you're left there on the side of the road, wondering how long until the next finger.
Dawdle at your peril.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wher...
www.chasetaylorhackett.com
February 8, 2018
Many Thanks
I want to thank everybody who said such nice things about my new book And the Next Thing You Know... in reviews, blogs and on-line comments in these last couple of days. It’s been overwhelming. I’ve spent two days just mousing and giggling.
It’s embarrassing really.
The dog finally had to leave the room.
It’s embarrassing really.
The dog finally had to leave the room.
February 5, 2018
And the Next Thing You Know...
...my second book is almost out! You could wake up tomorrow morning with my new book on your Kindle or Nook or whatever!
Very excited.
C.T.H.
www.chasetaylorhackett.com
Very excited.
C.T.H.
www.chasetaylorhackett.com
January 19, 2018
On the Absence of Smex
I don’t write sex scenes. Very nearly every gay romance I’ve read has sex scenes, some more explicit than others, but mine don’t.
Why? Because sex scenes bore me.
The truth is that when I’m reading, I skip the sexy bits. I just start flipping forward. They’re still doing it? Flip, flip…oh look, they’ve changed positions, flip…looks like we’re wrapping it up, flip…aaaand we’re having a chat. I start reading again.
Unless something untoward happens—a limp wienie, an outraged husband, and both of those are really tired clichés and I’m not going to read/write those either—I know at the beginning how the scene is going to end. No matter how inventive the contestants are, it's still pretty much same-old-same-old. I don’t need the greasy details.
Which is why, in my own work, I dim the lights and discreetly end the chapter before anybody fumbles for that drawer in the nightstand.
The only time a sex scene has meaning, it seems to me, is when one or both parties are there for reasons outside of the usual love/lust. I can imagine that revenge sex, mercy sex, distraction sex, negotiating sex, could all have dramatic weight and development. Otherwise? Flip, flip.
I just don’t care who’s the vase and who’s the flowers.
c.t.h.
Why? Because sex scenes bore me.
The truth is that when I’m reading, I skip the sexy bits. I just start flipping forward. They’re still doing it? Flip, flip…oh look, they’ve changed positions, flip…looks like we’re wrapping it up, flip…aaaand we’re having a chat. I start reading again.
Unless something untoward happens—a limp wienie, an outraged husband, and both of those are really tired clichés and I’m not going to read/write those either—I know at the beginning how the scene is going to end. No matter how inventive the contestants are, it's still pretty much same-old-same-old. I don’t need the greasy details.
Which is why, in my own work, I dim the lights and discreetly end the chapter before anybody fumbles for that drawer in the nightstand.
The only time a sex scene has meaning, it seems to me, is when one or both parties are there for reasons outside of the usual love/lust. I can imagine that revenge sex, mercy sex, distraction sex, negotiating sex, could all have dramatic weight and development. Otherwise? Flip, flip.
I just don’t care who’s the vase and who’s the flowers.
c.t.h.
October 20, 2017
Me on Tumblr
Today (10/20), my dog and I are taking over Kensington Books' tumblr feed !!
http://kensingtonbooks.tumblr.com/
Come by and take a peek.
C.T.H.
http://kensingtonbooks.tumblr.com/
Come by and take a peek.
C.T.H.
September 15, 2017
First Chapter Free
My publisher has made the first chapter of Where Do I Start? available for a quick read.
Click here.
There are lots of other books available as well, but Where Do I Start? is right at the top.
A real blog entry coming next week, I swear.
C.T.H.
Click here.
There are lots of other books available as well, but Where Do I Start? is right at the top.
A real blog entry coming next week, I swear.
C.T.H.
