Shawn Lane's Blog, page 32

Briefly

Okay, we're in the last few days to win the contest. Next week I'll reveal who the five lucky winners will be of a Shawn Lane story of their choice (including upcoming releases).

I'm working on my current work in progress which I hope to have finished and submitted to a publisher somewhere around June.

In the meantime, I'm working on a short story for Amber Quill which I hope to have done in the very near future. The story is called, Hitting it Big .

That's my brief update and reminder. Carry on.

A Contest Reminder

Don't forget to enter my contest before April 25th

Five winners will be chosen to win anything off my backlist or one of my two upcoming releases, Galaxy's Heart (Sutter's Bay 3) coming in May, or Becoming His coming in June.

Just comment.

Change of Plans, A Contest and Hiatus

Okay a couple of things.

I've decided not to write The Way to Forever . That was the vacation story, part of the Postcards From Paradise series. It just wasn't working. I hated the idea of abandoning the story, but when even changing the location of the vacation didn't lead to inspiration for me I decided it was time to throw in the towel. I contacted the Editorial Director at AQ and he was just as nice as can be about my failure. I think my problem is I said yes to writing this story before I actually had any ideas in mind. So from now on, if I can't think of an appropriate idea BEFORE volunteering, I won't.

So the good news is I can use the name Billy for another story down the line. I'm working on other stories that I feel much more warm and fuzzy regarding.

Now for the other. I'm going to be busy for the next few weeks with real life issues pressing in on me. I'm going on hiatus. So, here's what I am going to leave you with.

I'm having a contest. Just an ordinary comment one. Make a comment from now until I return to posting probably April 25th. I'm going to choose FIVE random winners to win their choice of anything off my backlist (including my two paperbacks if desired) or they can choose one of my upcoming releases, Galaxy's Heart (Sutter's Bay 3) coming in May or Becoming His coming in June.

So, comment away. Which can just be "I want to enter".  And Good luck.

March 2011 Best Seller List

AMBER ALLURE / March 2011


1. Why I Love Geeks - T. A. Chase (Gay / Contemporary)

*2. Accidentally His - Shawn Lane (Gay / Contemporary)

3. Into The Woods - M. L. Rhodes (Gay / Shapeshifter)

4. Beneath Dark Stars - KC Kendricks (Gay / Shapeshifter)

5. Wrong Number, Right Guy - Mia Watts (Gay / Contemporary)

6. (Boys Of The Zodiac) Pisces: From Behind That Black Door - Pepper Espinoza (Gay / Contemporary)

7. Love Matters - Christiane France (Gay / Contemporary)

8. Mask Of Night - Helen Louise Caroll (Gay / Futuristic)

9. The Wild Bunch: Spark - Deirdre O'Dare (Gay / Contemporary)

10. A Favor For A Friend - Stevie Woods (Gay / Futuristic)

Up To

So what have I been up to?

Still working on The Way To Forever . I hope to have the darn thing done by the end of the month (April).

I've started another story (please don't ask, my head will explode) where I've gotten nearly 2000 words done on it. I suspect it is my way of procrastinating on The Way to Forever .

I have ZERO releases in April. Yeah I'm shaking with angst over it right this minute. I'll get over it though. I hope.

Tonight I'm watching The Sixth Sense, one of my favorite movies. It would scare Ava, lol.

Here's a nice little picture for you.

Galaxy's Heart Cover

Moving Forward

Sometimes what you originally intended for a story doesn't really work, as I've discovered recently while working on The Way to Forever .

Originally Billy was going to go to Ireland. I've been there myself, I thought, so piece of cake. But there was something not working with the story. I kept procrastinating on it. Billy was supposed to have a vacation affair you see, because, well, that's the way it's supposed to be for the Postcards From Paradise stories. But if he were traveling around different parts of Ireland, how was he supposed to carry on a two week affair while there. The Irish guy wouldn't be traveling along with them.

Okay, so I changed it to they spend two weeks in Dublin. I still didn't like it. Having been to Ireland I didn't spend two weeks in one city. It seemed a bit weird to me. So I set it aside and began to work on Waking the Prince . Pretty soon, I thought, I will have to join Procrastinator's Anonymous with Ava March.

Then I started thinking, oh, God, I don't remember enough about Dublin to write about it. When I went I spent a day and a half there because we got to the tour we took late due to a plane problem. I'd have to do research, my stomach churned.

Finally I decided, I need to write this damn story and quit whining. I started in on it again and went…wait! Who says I have to have him vacation in Dublin or even Ireland at all. What place do I know better than anywhere that others in the country might decide to go to for a vacation? Why, Southern California, of course! And I know that also means Ian, Billy's hero, can live there and have his two week affair with Billy while Billy explores Southern California. Perfect!

So, yeah, yesterday I changed all references to Los Angeles and California. Today, I actually WROTE on the darn thing for the first time in several days. Go me!

And yeah, even though they start out having the vacation fling, this is a romance, and I'm supposed to make it HEA or something. But I feel better now.

Got The Winners

1) Another Chance
2) At Long Last
3) Kevin
4) Sleeping Beauty
5) Silver Publishing

The winners were Juni and Melinda.

Juni chose to receive Galaxy's Heart , Sutter's Bay 3, when the story releases in May.
Melinda chose Accidentally His

Congrats!

No One? No One?

Either I made my contest too hard or no one wants to win a free book! Not one person has attempted to answser.

Here are the blurbs for the upcoming releases in case that gets you thinking (the existing books can be found on the publisher's sites for the description).

Galaxy's Heart - Ten years ago, Galaxy Winthrop had a one-night stand with the hottest guy ever. Besides the hot guy, there was one other thing Galaxy rememberd from that long ago night, the man's mention of the Northern California town, Sutter's Bay, where he once lived. Years later, Galaxy has made it his mission to save his troubled little brother, Leo. The once bright, bubbly kid has become sullen, quiet and despondent. Sutter's Bay seems the perfect location to start a new life for him and Leo.

Adam Colfer came back to Sutter's Bay to run his dad's diner after his passing. He'd thought he'd left it behind when he moved to San Francisco, but it seemed Sutter's Bay had other plans. The last person he expects to see in his quiet burb is Galaxy. After an explosive night of sex with a twenty year old Galaxy a decade earlier, Adam woke to an empty bed. But now Galaxy is in Sutter's Bay, a troubled brother in tow, and Adam can't help but wonder if this is his second chance to win Galaxy's heart.

Becoming His -  A stripper in a gay club, Toby Sherwood has been a fan of bisexual actor, Lucas Cartwright, and his cable detective show, Harrow's Eyes, for months, so when he's invited to a taping of the show, he can hardly wait. Too bad the hunky actor already has a girlfriend.

Lucas has been charmed by the sexy Toby ever since he met him at the hospital during his brother's accident. When he breaks up with his girlfriend shortly after Toby comes by the set of his show, Lucas begins to romance Toby.

With concerns over Lucas's career and Toby's dancing for other men, can the hot actor and the sexy stripper find happiness in each other's arms?

A New Contest

It's time for another just for fun contest. I'll do another in April.

The first two people to email me the right answers will receive a free book of their choice, either off my backlist, or one of my two upcoming scheduled releases, Galaxy's Heart (Sutter's Bay 3) coming in May, or Becoming His (Toby and Lucas's story) coming in June.

These answers can be found either on my blog, website, or other searchable source.

1) What was the first M/M story Shawn wrote?

2) Which book released first between these two: At Long Last and Most Likely to Succeed?

3) Michael's hero is…

4) Waking the Prince is supposed to be a gay version of what fairytale?

5) Shawn has had books published with the following publishers: Amber Quill, Ellora's Cave, Dreamspinner Press and….

Email answers to authorshawnlane@gmail.com