Graceli Kaye's Blog, page 2
May 14, 2020
Official Inked & Pierced Cover Art
Renown tattoo artist Megara Sutton (a side character from Damaged) is preparing for the annual Inked & Pierced Convention* when her friend's twin sister shows up with the woman of her dreams with the same destination in mind.Gretchen Fox, a charge nurse from Blues Meadow (a side character from Forgotten) tags along to California with her friend Tahlia for a multipart mission: get her nephew to her brother, have her first vacation in five years, attend the Inked & Pierced Convention and hopefully meet the artist and businesswoman Megara Sutton...Instant attraction sisters between these two as they navigate family and a bi-coastal relationship after their week together ends.
May 6, 2020
$0.99 Kindle sale May 8-15
$0.99 Kindle sale May 8-15 on both Damaged and Forgotten. Check them out!!!
March 8, 2020
From Claimed
Editing has been pretty painful on this novel, probably because Ana and Josh are my favorite couple and I really want to get them right. let me know what you think...
New:
5: Ana
The man looked like a Norse god, kissed like an incubus, and he was a devoted big brother who wouldn’t dream of leaving his baby sister behind just because his friends dragged him out to meet a girl at a tattoo parlor? Added to his commanding tone when he wanted to know my name. So different from Gage’s whiny bossiness that he sent shivers down my spine. Alone that told me how much trouble I could find with him if I gave in to the desire presently searing through me. My lips still tingled from his kiss even as I cradled his sister to my chest. Sister! Not his girlfriend, not even a redhead, and not nearly as possessive of her brother as Eva had led me to believe! The way the adorable, dimpled and cherubic little girl clung to me utterly astounded me. I don’t have a lot of experience with children but with her, I felt as though I knew exactly what to do. Just love her, the voice of my late mother ghosted through my head. Since my mother had never steered me wrong in life, I gave in and snuggled the little girl firmly against my chest. Feelings of peace enveloped me as though cuddling with her was the most natural and right thing in the entire world.The instant attraction for me with this pair of siblings blew my mind. Mellie would definitely be the safer of the two to fall in love with if I were given the choice. Judging by Eva’s self-satisfied smirk in response to Mellie’s declaration, I considered my ass thoroughly bitten, again, not in the fun way… the warning signs had been there and I’d stupidly pushed them away. At least I saw them, progress?
Previous:
5: Ana
The man looked like a Norse god, kissed like an incubus and he was a devoted big brother who wouldn’t dream of leaving his baby sister behind just because his friends dragged him out to meet a girl at a tattoo parlor? Added to his commanding tone when he wanted to know my name, so different from Gage’s whiny bossiness, it sent shivers down my spine and I knew I was in serious trouble with him. My lips still tingled from his kiss even as I cradled his sister to my chest. The girl was adorable, dimpled and cherubic. I didn’t have a lot of experience with children but with her, I felt as though I knew exactly what to do. Just love her, a voice ghosted through my head. I snuggled her firmly and did just that like it was the most natural thing in the world. The instant attraction for me with this pair of siblings. Mellie would definitely be the safer of the two to fall in love with if I were given the choice. Judging by Eva’s self-satisfied smirk in response to Mellie’s declaration, I considered my ass thoroughly bitten, again, not in the fun way… the warning signs had been there and I’d stupidly ignored them.
New:
5: Ana
The man looked like a Norse god, kissed like an incubus, and he was a devoted big brother who wouldn’t dream of leaving his baby sister behind just because his friends dragged him out to meet a girl at a tattoo parlor? Added to his commanding tone when he wanted to know my name. So different from Gage’s whiny bossiness that he sent shivers down my spine. Alone that told me how much trouble I could find with him if I gave in to the desire presently searing through me. My lips still tingled from his kiss even as I cradled his sister to my chest. Sister! Not his girlfriend, not even a redhead, and not nearly as possessive of her brother as Eva had led me to believe! The way the adorable, dimpled and cherubic little girl clung to me utterly astounded me. I don’t have a lot of experience with children but with her, I felt as though I knew exactly what to do. Just love her, the voice of my late mother ghosted through my head. Since my mother had never steered me wrong in life, I gave in and snuggled the little girl firmly against my chest. Feelings of peace enveloped me as though cuddling with her was the most natural and right thing in the entire world.The instant attraction for me with this pair of siblings blew my mind. Mellie would definitely be the safer of the two to fall in love with if I were given the choice. Judging by Eva’s self-satisfied smirk in response to Mellie’s declaration, I considered my ass thoroughly bitten, again, not in the fun way… the warning signs had been there and I’d stupidly pushed them away. At least I saw them, progress?
Previous:
5: Ana
The man looked like a Norse god, kissed like an incubus and he was a devoted big brother who wouldn’t dream of leaving his baby sister behind just because his friends dragged him out to meet a girl at a tattoo parlor? Added to his commanding tone when he wanted to know my name, so different from Gage’s whiny bossiness, it sent shivers down my spine and I knew I was in serious trouble with him. My lips still tingled from his kiss even as I cradled his sister to my chest. The girl was adorable, dimpled and cherubic. I didn’t have a lot of experience with children but with her, I felt as though I knew exactly what to do. Just love her, a voice ghosted through my head. I snuggled her firmly and did just that like it was the most natural thing in the world. The instant attraction for me with this pair of siblings. Mellie would definitely be the safer of the two to fall in love with if I were given the choice. Judging by Eva’s self-satisfied smirk in response to Mellie’s declaration, I considered my ass thoroughly bitten, again, not in the fun way… the warning signs had been there and I’d stupidly ignored them.
March 7, 2020
Booksie
In addition to formatting my stories into TapTales, I also post on Booksie. The site kind of hates and destroys my formatting, but I put stories there if you are interested.https://www.booksie.com/users/graceli...
It's free to use/read, they ask you to create a sign on if you want to comment/follow whatever, but it's still free. Claimed is going up there as I work through revisions. Inked & Pierced will be as well.
Inked & Pierced: https://www.booksie.com/606638-inked-...
It's free to use/read, they ask you to create a sign on if you want to comment/follow whatever, but it's still free. Claimed is going up there as I work through revisions. Inked & Pierced will be as well.
Inked & Pierced: https://www.booksie.com/606638-inked-...
March 5, 2020
TapTales Writing
In addition to having published Damaged (2019) and Forgotten (2018), I use the Chapters Interactive Stories app to beta test my storylines. They have this section called Community Stories, TapTales, or Chat Story depending on what they go by that day.
You can't get there through your regular computer, that would make entering the stories way too easy, but there's an app for your phone. I have a lot of fun communicating with my readers there. It's a fun format.
I have a bunch of stories on there, some of them even finished, here's the story order so far:
Chosen (Flynn, Piper, Jared)
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Unexpected (LGBT) Nique, Whisper, Bellamy
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Damaged Jeneva & Skye (the first part is on there, I don't think I'll finish part two or three there)
Forgotten Tahlia & Nicca
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Claimed Kaliana & Josh
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Claimed 2.0 same storyline but a lot of changes due to present editing
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Mistaken The EV's and the AC's (sorry it's a mystery)
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Inked & Pierced (LGBT) Megara & Gretchen (art in progress, I love them!!!)
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Unrelated (time jump, 19 years) Mellie & Alexei
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Unfinished (time jump 18-20 years) Erin & Declan
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
I had Mine/In-Between there but decided to pull it. It's the origin of Cari & Gabriel along with a lot of their side adventures. I've learned a lot about my character since I started it and decided to redo it when I have more time to dedicate to my favorite secondary characters. They are present throughout the series, often molding the future with their loving interference.
It's all from The VAC Chronicles (VAC = Valessia-Anders College).
Check it out and be sure to let me know what you think if you do.
There will be tons more, I have about 20 storylines in my head for full novels, but either haven't put them down there or am just playing with them still.
Let me know if interested in excerpts. What do you want to see from this blog?
You can't get there through your regular computer, that would make entering the stories way too easy, but there's an app for your phone. I have a lot of fun communicating with my readers there. It's a fun format.
I have a bunch of stories on there, some of them even finished, here's the story order so far:
Chosen (Flynn, Piper, Jared)
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Unexpected (LGBT) Nique, Whisper, Bellamy
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Damaged Jeneva & Skye (the first part is on there, I don't think I'll finish part two or three there)
Forgotten Tahlia & Nicca
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Claimed Kaliana & Josh
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Claimed 2.0 same storyline but a lot of changes due to present editing
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Mistaken The EV's and the AC's (sorry it's a mystery)
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Inked & Pierced (LGBT) Megara & Gretchen (art in progress, I love them!!!)
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Unrelated (time jump, 19 years) Mellie & Alexei
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
Unfinished (time jump 18-20 years) Erin & Declan
http://chatstory.crazymaplestudios.co...
I had Mine/In-Between there but decided to pull it. It's the origin of Cari & Gabriel along with a lot of their side adventures. I've learned a lot about my character since I started it and decided to redo it when I have more time to dedicate to my favorite secondary characters. They are present throughout the series, often molding the future with their loving interference.
It's all from The VAC Chronicles (VAC = Valessia-Anders College).
Check it out and be sure to let me know what you think if you do.
There will be tons more, I have about 20 storylines in my head for full novels, but either haven't put them down there or am just playing with them still.
Let me know if interested in excerpts. What do you want to see from this blog?
Introducing Me
My immerse series The VAC Chronicles did not start out as a series. Characters from stories I've been writing since I was in my tween years evolved along the way. Characters started having more and more in common and from there, storylines started crossing. I used to find it difficult to finish any story (I have now completed three, published two) until I understood the root of it, I didn't want to say goodbye to my characters. Interconnecting my characters' lives became the obvious choice. Of those characters, it was only supposed to be a handful of characters, but the more time I spend with them, the more entitled they feel to stories of their own. I've since discovered that I'm happy to oblige.Working with C.E. Zacherl Illustrations to give my stories their cover art and bring my characters to life, we have an understanding that the next sixteen or so book covers will also be done by him in his very distinctive style.While there is always a secondary storyline for romance, this never the focus of my stories, I care about my characters' relationships with others in ALL forms. These aren't light, they aren't fluffy, and some of them are downright difficult to write/read, but I'm the only one who can, so I will.Welcome to my world.
