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August Best Sellers List Amber Quill

August 2011


1. Why I Love Waiters

- T. A. Chase

(Gay / Contemporary)



2. Ashton And Justice

- Stephani Hecht

(Gay / Contemporary)



3. On The List

- L. A. Witt

(Gay / Contemporary)



4. Cowboy Obsession

- Sineth Killiri

(Gay / Contemporary)



5. Pushing The Envelope 1: For The Attention Of

- Kim Dare

(Gay / Contemp. / BDSM)



6. Hitting It Big

- Shawn Lane

(Gay / Contemporary)



7. The Truth About Al

- M. L. Rhodes

(Gay / Contemporary)



8. Kaleidoscope

- A. J. Llewellyn

(Gay / Contemporary)



9. Kissing Sherlock Holmes

- T. D. McKinney & Terry Wylis

(Gay / Historical)



10. In His Arms

- Brita Addams

(Gay / Contemporary)

Not bad considering mine released in July.

My First Audio Story

And maybe my only? Not sure.

Anyway, a couple of months ago I learned last year's Christmas story with Silver, The Naughty Ones , would be produced as an audio story. I didn't hear anything else for a while but found in my email box this morning a link to listen to it and approve the audio copy. It will be interesting to hear someone else read my words. I'm guessing this is fairly common for that particular publisher.

So, besides, that, there's still time to send me an email should you wish to win a free copy of my short story, next in the His series, Can't Be His .

Can't Be His Contest

Okay, in about a week, Can't Be His will released. Fair warning, this is a short story so if that's not your thing, you may wish to skip this offering in the His series. You don't have to read it to read any others as it is a standalone. I wrote it by request from someone I worked with named Roach. Instead of having you comment if you'd like to win a free copy of the story, please email me at authorshawnlane@gmail.com with the simple words "I'd like to enter". The winner will be chosen when the story is released Labor Day weeked. Thank you!    
Exterminator Lonnie "Roach" Raines and ice skater Alexi Summerville have been friends and roommates for years, but they've never taken their relationship to the next level.

When Alexi's coach wants him to train for the World Championship in another state, however, Roach is forced to examine his feelings before he loses Alexi, possibly for good...

Excerpt

...Roach crushed the slighter man to him, so tight he was almost afraid he was squashing him, but he didn't loosen his grip. He closed his eyes and inhaled the scent that was Alexi. Roach's dick hardened. The prospect of fucking Alexi's tight ass made him light-headed. And then there was that thing Alexi had mentioned before.

He released Alexi just enough to be able to look at his beautiful face. "Do you really like to be spanked?"

Alexi grinned wickedly. "Oh, yeah. Come with me."

He let Alexi lead him to Roach's bedroom and they undressed each other quickly. They'd have long enough to linger over such things as undressing other times. Right now, he wanted Alexi beneath him naked and hot and begging for release.

Ah, fuck.

Falling onto the bed with Alexi, Roach framed the man's face with his hands, lowering his lips to just inches from Alexi's. Now that the moment was here he could hardly believe it.

"I've wanted to taste your lips for so long," he whispered.

Alexi cupped his jaw. "What are you waiting for? Kiss me."

He crushed his mouth to Alexi's, the plump lips parting under the assault, a sigh escaping Alexi. God, they were better than he imagined. He tasted them, over and over, slanting his mouth over Alexi's like a starving man. Their tongues twirled, danced, caressed, and, finally, unable to help himself, Roach sucked Alexi's tongue into his mouth.

He wanted to spend hours…days…a lifetime like this. But his leaking prick brushed against Alexi's thigh, and Alexi reached down and closed his hand over Roach's straining shaft.

"Ah, damn, Lex," he breathed, trapping Alexi's lips for a possessive, demanding kiss.

His lust fogged brain struggled for thought. Lube, condoms. He needed those. He wanted to be buried in Alexi and fast. His palm itched to feel soft, round flesh jump at contact.

Focus, Roach...

Good News

Both myself and Ava March, my fabulous critique partner, had productive weekends. She finished Thief, the first book of her trilogy from Carina Press next year, and I finished More Than Enough . We did a bit of squeeing about it, let me tell you.

Ava must turn her attention to her next book in the series soon, but this puts me in the most excellent position of no hard deadlines for the rest of the year. I can do as I please as far as writing and it feels great. I have projects in mind to work on, of course, but they are all open-ended.

Woo hoo!

That will bring More Than Enough as the final release for me in 2011. I have some forms to tackle before I send the story in to Amber Quill. I will have a freebie available on ARe in December as well, but that's actually already written as well.

Back to Reality

I spent the last few days in Morro Bay, re-charging. It was glorious. The first day remained overcast, but the rest of the time I was there it was beautiful and sunny and never hot. We didn't want to leave. Alas, reality always sets in.

While I was there I started thinking more and more of a story I want to write. There's a restaurant there that's been there for 70 years and has been in the same family for that time. It's one of my all-time favorite restaurants. The owner now is the son of the original owners and is young and good-looking. When I say young he's probably between 35 and 40. He's a little on the the skinny side, but still very nice and cute.

So, I'm thinking of him for a romance. I don't know whether he's gay or not in real life but he wll be in the story I write, obviously. I'm going to adapt a bit of a story idea and a title I had for a story that never got written from 2009 and use it for this story. The characters and setting from the old story will change to this story. Obviously I won't get it written until some time in 2012.

So, in that way, my re-charge definitely helped me quite a bit. I'm still working on More Than Enough but am still on target to finish it by the end of August. Then I'll take it easy for the rest of the year, though, I suspect I will be writing something. I just won't kill myself over it.

Just Another Day

I'm working on More Than Enough , which is my second college story (not sure if it's part of the college daze series or not) and the companion piece to the already completed and scheduled, More Than Anything (coming October 30).  It's going pretty well and I'd say I'm about half done with it. It's got to be done by the end of this month.

Lo and behold, my entries for a contest arrived this past weekend. I am a judge. I have to have five books read by September 07, 2011. Um, yeah. This might be comptelely reasonable save for the above paragraph mentioning the work in progress. Note to Shawn: do not volunteer to judge contests.

Also, I am going away for a few days a couple of times this month. Little summer trips. During which my laptop will be staying behind.

So yeah, no pressure or anything.

The good news is this is the last story I must have done this year. I will be working on adding a little bit to a free story I will be putting out on ARe in time for the holidays, but that should be fairly easy as the bulk of the story is written.

I'm fairly certain I know what I will be working on for the end of the year, but I am fickle and change my mind frequently so it could change. I won't mention it now for fear it will.

Some Pretty

July Best Sellers for Amber Quill Press

1. Clay's Challenge

- Cassandra Gold

(Gay / Contemporary)

2. Lucky

- K. M. Mahoney

(Gay / Shapeshifter)

3. The Truth About Al

- M. L. Rhodes

(Gay / Contemporary)

4. Under My Bed

- T. A. Chase

(Gay / Paranormal)

5. Trust Me

- B. G. Thomas

(Gay / Contemp. / Western)

6. Cemeteries

- Lynn Lorenz

(Gay / Paranormal)

7. Lost Between

- Shawn Lane

(Gay / Paranormal)

8. Hellish Twist In Tinseltown

- Lee Avalone

(Gay / Paranormal)

9. Echoes

- Rick R. Reed

(Gay / Paranormal)

10. For One Night Only

- Anne Brooke

(Gay / Contemp. / BDSM)


There I am at number 7. Considering I hoped to get out of writing that story altogether, I have nothing to complain about!

Winner

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


1.toplsz


2.Angie


3.kaytee


4.Midia


5.Chris


6.Kitty


7.joder


8.diannakay


9.Melanie, mcsc2008
 
toplsz, please email me at authorshawnlane@gmail.com with your format choice for Hitting it Big .
 

Hitting It Big Contest

Six years ago, Billy Grant had a night he never forgot—losing his virginity to the jock of his dreams, Mitch Crestfield. But Billy fled afterward, not wanting to hear Mitch's regrets.  Now, Mitch has hit it big, winning the lottery, and Billy finds himself invited to Mitch's celebration. When Mitch suggests another night of passion, Billy can't seem to resist. But Mitch has something more than one night in mind...
Totally spur of the moment, but if you see this, the contest runs from now until Sunday, July 31, 2011 @  9:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
I'll choose one winner and post it after the deadline. Please note this is a SHORT story. Just want to be clear this isn't going to be something long at all. But I think or hope you will find it a fun, cute story.
Commet to enter. The two winners who won earlier this month do not need to enter again.