Lucian Cordray's Blog, page 3
May 7, 2020
Current WIPs 5-2020
I've got a few I'm working on.
(in no particular order...and possible titles)
1. From Death to Life. This is a non-erotica story...my first. It's something I've been writing off and on for over a year, but it's over halfway done. IF...I tried to say what genre, maybe paranormal love story? *shrug* i dunno. It's a great idea though...
2. Secrets
This is more of a standard HW/cuck story. Probably novella length like Mia and Sadie. I'm not far enough into it yet to give a premise...plus it's been put on hold for the next one in the list.
3. A Cucked-up Night
After writing Mia, the idea for its sequel came to me. It was darker. I even wrote part of a scene. Then I realized (from a thread here), I wanted to write something fun. This will be a short story (8-10k words) that is a parody of the HW/cuck genre as a whole. It's been a quick write so it may be ready to go in a few weeks.
There are other ideas in my head, and who knows what might knock me over the head and want to be written :)
(in no particular order...and possible titles)
1. From Death to Life. This is a non-erotica story...my first. It's something I've been writing off and on for over a year, but it's over halfway done. IF...I tried to say what genre, maybe paranormal love story? *shrug* i dunno. It's a great idea though...
2. Secrets
This is more of a standard HW/cuck story. Probably novella length like Mia and Sadie. I'm not far enough into it yet to give a premise...plus it's been put on hold for the next one in the list.
3. A Cucked-up Night
After writing Mia, the idea for its sequel came to me. It was darker. I even wrote part of a scene. Then I realized (from a thread here), I wanted to write something fun. This will be a short story (8-10k words) that is a parody of the HW/cuck genre as a whole. It's been a quick write so it may be ready to go in a few weeks.
There are other ideas in my head, and who knows what might knock me over the head and want to be written :)
April 25, 2020
Bad Girls: Mia - the premise
I've always loved Billy Murray, and his movie Groundhog Day is one of my favorites. Of course, he has many other great ones: Ghostbusters, Stripes, Caddyshack to name a few. There may have been ones before it, but that's where I was first introduced to the concept of a repeating day. There have been others since then I've watched...most recently on Netflix, Russian Doll and Naked.
My idea was: What if you take the premise of Groundhog Day and put it into an erotica setting? Not only that, but what would be a horrible situation to be in when the repeat day started off?
I hadn't written a cheating story before, but that seemed like a great place to start. I didn't want it to come off as a straight cheating/revenge story though. So, I found the gray areas instead. Daniel's wife is a hotwife, but he's been reluctant to join in when he's been offered. Trish has told him that he can have sex with another woman if he so chooses, but he's never taken her up on her offer.
When her sister rolls into town to visit for the weekend, everyone thinks it's supposed to be a friendly visit. Mia knows about their kink and starts aggressively flirting with her brother-in-law. When Mia reminds Daniel that she knows about his free pass, Daniel gives in to temptation. He doesn't realize it immediately, but he's been played.
If you want to know how and by who, you'll have to read the book. All three have a part to play in what unfolds that day following Mia and Daniel's coupling.
BTW, it's available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087F5X265
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087F5X265
My idea was: What if you take the premise of Groundhog Day and put it into an erotica setting? Not only that, but what would be a horrible situation to be in when the repeat day started off?
I hadn't written a cheating story before, but that seemed like a great place to start. I didn't want it to come off as a straight cheating/revenge story though. So, I found the gray areas instead. Daniel's wife is a hotwife, but he's been reluctant to join in when he's been offered. Trish has told him that he can have sex with another woman if he so chooses, but he's never taken her up on her offer.
When her sister rolls into town to visit for the weekend, everyone thinks it's supposed to be a friendly visit. Mia knows about their kink and starts aggressively flirting with her brother-in-law. When Mia reminds Daniel that she knows about his free pass, Daniel gives in to temptation. He doesn't realize it immediately, but he's been played.
If you want to know how and by who, you'll have to read the book. All three have a part to play in what unfolds that day following Mia and Daniel's coupling.
BTW, it's available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087F5X265
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087F5X265
November 21, 2019
Bad Girls: Sadie
I never would have thought I'd have 4 books published, even while I was writing Pushing Our Boundaries, my first one. But, here we are!
When I first came up with this idea, like the previous 3, the concept was a lot shorter than the final product. Playing with Mike was initially 2 chapters and I wasn't even planning on it being a release...mainly just something for me to practice expanding scenes.
I remember when I was 1/3 through POB1 and thought that was at best 40-50k words..and it turned into 70k.
Same way with Sadie. I expected it to be my shortest story...likely under 10k. It came in at over 26k. Maybe I should stop guessing ;)
As I mentioned elsewhere, Sadie was the second bad girl idea (the first was BG: Roxy), but I knew I could develop it into something more than just a couple of scenes. The idea of a sequel, BG: Linda (if you read the teaser at the end of Sadie) wasn't even a concept until one of my readers mentioned having a coworker see what Nick and Linda were up to.
Yes, but isn't this book supposed to be about Sadie? At the beginning it is. It starts out as a possible cheating story...does Nick, the husband do anything? Then it morphed into a cuckold story, and somehow at the end it's a hotwife story. If I were to categorize it, it would be a hotwife story hidden under the guise of a cuckold story.
Confused? then go read it ;) Just my opinion, but I thought it turned out pretty good...
Bad Girls: Sadie
amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081S6YBF5
amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081S6YBF5
When I first came up with this idea, like the previous 3, the concept was a lot shorter than the final product. Playing with Mike was initially 2 chapters and I wasn't even planning on it being a release...mainly just something for me to practice expanding scenes.
I remember when I was 1/3 through POB1 and thought that was at best 40-50k words..and it turned into 70k.
Same way with Sadie. I expected it to be my shortest story...likely under 10k. It came in at over 26k. Maybe I should stop guessing ;)
As I mentioned elsewhere, Sadie was the second bad girl idea (the first was BG: Roxy), but I knew I could develop it into something more than just a couple of scenes. The idea of a sequel, BG: Linda (if you read the teaser at the end of Sadie) wasn't even a concept until one of my readers mentioned having a coworker see what Nick and Linda were up to.
Yes, but isn't this book supposed to be about Sadie? At the beginning it is. It starts out as a possible cheating story...does Nick, the husband do anything? Then it morphed into a cuckold story, and somehow at the end it's a hotwife story. If I were to categorize it, it would be a hotwife story hidden under the guise of a cuckold story.
Confused? then go read it ;) Just my opinion, but I thought it turned out pretty good...
Bad Girls: Sadieamazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081S6YBF5
amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081S6YBF5
October 22, 2019
Pricing - Buncha numbers!
I didn't really think about different prices until someone asked me about it. Some things may be common knowledge to some but not to others. So here goes..
Amazon.com has two pricing structures. Authors get 70% royalty for books priced $2.99 and higher. Any lower than that royalty drops to 35%. Also, each page read of a book on Kindle Unlimited equals to a little less than half a cent per page.
So, in US$ this translates how?
My first book, Pushing our Boundaries was 237 pages (amazon) and $2.99. That would be ABOUT $2.09 per sale, but I think that number is actually lower. I think it might be close to about $1.70, but I haven't studied it too in depth...than what I've already done.
For someone reading thru KU royalty is $1.06 (i base that at .0045 per page. It varies per month, but is usually close to that).
If I sold POB at $2.98? My royalty drops to at least $1.04 per sale.
Remember this is US money. Different marketplaces have different pricing. Ebooks - 13 marketplaces, Print - 8 marketplaces.
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When I made a paperback of that book (thanks to the 2 people who bought it :) :) )...I adjusted the price in each marketplace to reflect close to the same royalty payout as my $2.09 (estimate). Although the stock markets (value of the US dollar vs every other money -euro, pound, etc) vary, I based it on what it was at the time.
BTW paperbacks are only 60% royalty...and printing pages takes a huge hunk out of that. So, on amazon.com it costs $10.49, but yet only $2.08 goes to me.
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These estimates have been good for over a year, and Amazon can change them whenever they feel like it.
The more ya know :)
Amazon.com has two pricing structures. Authors get 70% royalty for books priced $2.99 and higher. Any lower than that royalty drops to 35%. Also, each page read of a book on Kindle Unlimited equals to a little less than half a cent per page.
So, in US$ this translates how?
My first book, Pushing our Boundaries was 237 pages (amazon) and $2.99. That would be ABOUT $2.09 per sale, but I think that number is actually lower. I think it might be close to about $1.70, but I haven't studied it too in depth...than what I've already done.
For someone reading thru KU royalty is $1.06 (i base that at .0045 per page. It varies per month, but is usually close to that).
If I sold POB at $2.98? My royalty drops to at least $1.04 per sale.
Remember this is US money. Different marketplaces have different pricing. Ebooks - 13 marketplaces, Print - 8 marketplaces.
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When I made a paperback of that book (thanks to the 2 people who bought it :) :) )...I adjusted the price in each marketplace to reflect close to the same royalty payout as my $2.09 (estimate). Although the stock markets (value of the US dollar vs every other money -euro, pound, etc) vary, I based it on what it was at the time.
BTW paperbacks are only 60% royalty...and printing pages takes a huge hunk out of that. So, on amazon.com it costs $10.49, but yet only $2.08 goes to me.
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These estimates have been good for over a year, and Amazon can change them whenever they feel like it.
The more ya know :)
October 15, 2019
Next book - coming soon
I've finished writing my next book, Bad Girls – Sadie, and now it's entering the editing stages. It comes in around 21k words and should hit amazon before Thanksgiving, hopefully earlier. It'll have pretty much the same kinks as my other stories have had so far.
So, what's it about?
Sadie is boarding with a couple while she's in college. The sexual tension has risen between her and the husband, but so far it's only been teasing. How much more can he take, and does she really want him? When they all go to the summer music festival, will something happen between the two, or will she pull his wife into her devilish schemes to tease and frustrate him further? - Told from the husband's POV
Where'd the idea come from?
I had a few ideas in my head, and one of them was a series called “Bad Girls.” These were aimed at shorter stories in the 15-20k word range each focused on a mischievous or wicked woman in a hotwife or cuckold type setting. I had the idea for the first girl in mind when I heard on the radio about a band, it may have been Poison, playing at a venue this past summer. That led me to think about all the concerts I went to in the late 80s - early 90s, a lot of hard rock and hair bands.
Girls flashed their breasts frequently at these concerts, but back then cameras were outlawed (though some people tried to sneak them in), and camera phones didn't really exist...definitely no streaming.
So, I brought that idea to the present...and of course, took it to the extreme.
So, what's it about?
Sadie is boarding with a couple while she's in college. The sexual tension has risen between her and the husband, but so far it's only been teasing. How much more can he take, and does she really want him? When they all go to the summer music festival, will something happen between the two, or will she pull his wife into her devilish schemes to tease and frustrate him further? - Told from the husband's POV
Where'd the idea come from?
I had a few ideas in my head, and one of them was a series called “Bad Girls.” These were aimed at shorter stories in the 15-20k word range each focused on a mischievous or wicked woman in a hotwife or cuckold type setting. I had the idea for the first girl in mind when I heard on the radio about a band, it may have been Poison, playing at a venue this past summer. That led me to think about all the concerts I went to in the late 80s - early 90s, a lot of hard rock and hair bands.
Girls flashed their breasts frequently at these concerts, but back then cameras were outlawed (though some people tried to sneak them in), and camera phones didn't really exist...definitely no streaming.
So, I brought that idea to the present...and of course, took it to the extreme.
August 8, 2019
So many ideas
...and so little time or brainpower to write them.
I've got two stories I'm currently working on. The first one I've been writing for a few months and it's so unlike anything I read or have written. If I had to describe it, I'd say paranormal love story...maybe.
But, what's happening on the erotica front? Yeah, that's what the title references. Two plans for novella (at least) length stories. In one of them Mike, from Playing with Mike, will make an appearance with a new couple. The other is leaning more towards hotwife.
Plus, I also have ideas for two shorter stories that will showcase a different girl. The first one, which I knocked out 1500 words last night will be called Bad Girls - Sadie.
More info to come soon!
I've got two stories I'm currently working on. The first one I've been writing for a few months and it's so unlike anything I read or have written. If I had to describe it, I'd say paranormal love story...maybe.
But, what's happening on the erotica front? Yeah, that's what the title references. Two plans for novella (at least) length stories. In one of them Mike, from Playing with Mike, will make an appearance with a new couple. The other is leaning more towards hotwife.
Plus, I also have ideas for two shorter stories that will showcase a different girl. The first one, which I knocked out 1500 words last night will be called Bad Girls - Sadie.
More info to come soon!
June 26, 2019
Pushing our Boundaries 2 is now available
Pushing our Boundaries 2: Labor Dayamazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TJZJF9C
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TJZJF9C
As with my other titles, POB2 is free with Kindle Unlimited. It is a standalone, but there are a number of references to the first book.
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After three weeks away from her new lover, Danica is anxious to continue her sexual explorations, especially after hearing that her friend Liz is pregnant again. Liz's pregnancy is a reminder of what Danica cannot have, but Dean is more than willing to take her mind off of it by pushing Danica's boundaries even further.
And Danica's husband, Joe? He recently had his first bisexual encounter. Can he come to terms with his sexuality, and push past the final boundary of his mind?
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This was fun to write. I had so many crazy ideas for this book, and it was hard to decide what did and did not work with the plot.
As you have noticed if you've read anything from me, is that I include music that I like (for the most part). When I insert a song, movie, or some other reference, there's usually a reason. More often than not, the lyrics fit the scene.
What I really enjoy is when I hear a song on the radio that was included in my books. For example, when I hear Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know, I think the theater scene in POB1.
Now add to the list, Talking Head's Once in a Lifetime - grocery store in POB2. It's not a sexual scene like the other song, but it's a good plot related scene. Joe's in his mind while his wife is elsewhere.
June 19, 2019
June 7, 2019
Happy Friday!
I wish I would have spotted this GR blog tab earlier.
Anyway, I wanted to let you know that my next book is close to being released. It will be called Pushing our Boundaries 2 : Labor Day. No, you won't have to wait until September 2nd (Labor Day) to read it.
I just finished what may be the final round of edits. The cover is in the works, and hopefully in less than two weeks it will be available. Like my other books, it'll be on Amazon for $2.99 and free with Kindle Unlimited.
This story starts a few weeks after the end of the first book
.
Although it is a standalone, there are a number of references to POB.
Anyway, I wanted to let you know that my next book is close to being released. It will be called Pushing our Boundaries 2 : Labor Day. No, you won't have to wait until September 2nd (Labor Day) to read it.
I just finished what may be the final round of edits. The cover is in the works, and hopefully in less than two weeks it will be available. Like my other books, it'll be on Amazon for $2.99 and free with Kindle Unlimited.
This story starts a few weeks after the end of the first book
. Although it is a standalone, there are a number of references to POB.
