Young's Blog, page 34
October 18, 2015
The WorkOut #ScintillatingSunday
Welcome to the Scintillating Sunday blog hop where multiple romance author share 1 to 8 paragraphs only of one of their novels.
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The WorkOut
is a scintillating excerpt from A Harem Boy's Saga - Book I - INITIATION; a memoir by Young
Video trailer for INITIATION: http://bit.ly/1DOMft1
Excerpt:
I was delighted and relieved to be with Nikee again after being away from each other for seven weeks. Nikee said the school would have the results of the scholarship by the end of the week. He insisted we both get back to the gym for our workout sessions since we hadn���t done any exercises over our summer holidays. Regular classes had not commenced, therefore the gym room would be relatively quiet. Only a handful of juniors and their BBs were on campus.
On the second day of my return, Nikee and I went over to Kipling Society's gym for a workout. When we were in the locker room changing into our shorts and tank tops, a couple of the BBs suggested we work out naked. The gym wasn't air-conditioned. Ceiling fans were the only means of a cooling device. There would be nobody to disturb us, and it would be cooler. Working out in the buff was a welcome suggestion. Besides, we could better admire our muscles, flexing in front of full-length mirrors. Several inhibited juniors wanted to wear their shorts, which they did.
During our workouts, the BBs alternated in spotting the juniors when we did bench presses or other free weight exercises. When I laid down on the bench to work on my bench press, BB Colin was spotting me. While I was doing my presses, Colin stood naked above me. Colin's cock began growing. He smiled, making no excuses and continued spotting me as I was heaved and pushed on the heavy bar.
By the end of my set, Colin's organ has grown fully erect, and was throbbing against his washboard stomach. He grinned, looking at me again. My heart was pounding from the excitement of watching Colin's erection. When I glanced sideways to see the students��� reactions I saw a couple of our BBs already kissing the naked juniors whom they were assisting.
The three juniors who were clothed retreated to a corner. Although their excitement showed beneath their shorts, they did not seem comfortable with what they were witnessing. Before long, one of the BBs who brought them asked if they wanted to leave. They left the gym with their senior. The five naked juniors and four nude ���big brothers��� continued to work-out. The sexual tension intensified with each passing moment.
Something unusual happened which I hadn't anticipated during our fun and games at the exercise room. I saw Andy casually when we passed each other on campus after our three way rendezvous. We were always friendly and polite, giving each other hugs and exchanging regular student conversations. We never had any inappropriate conduct in front of other people. I always considered our forest liaison to be a casual encounter, nothing serious.
He never failed to wink and smile at me during our passing encounters, but I brushed it off as Andy being Andy, the nice and friendly ���big brother���. Since Nikee was constantly at my side, I never had a thought that Andy might like me any more than any other junior at the school.
During our entanglement of limbs and body parts in the heated workout session I sensed Andy���s closeness to me. I could feel him watching my every move, even when he was actively engaged with other boys. He would glance over to see who I was playing with, as if he wanted me solely for his own enjoyment.
From the back cover
This provocative story is about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society. He was spirited to the Middle East, from his UK boarding school. He attended the Bahriji School (Oasis,) in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving in Harems for the wealthy and elite.
It is also a love story between the young man and his ���Valet��� who served as his chaperone and mentor during the boy���s Harem service.
Author���s note:
I had a privileged and unique upbringing in Malaysia, where I was known as a "sissy boy." Following in my brothers' footsteps, I was sent to an exclusive boarding school in England. It is there that I was inducted into a clandestine organization, E.R.O.S. The Enlightened Royal Oracle Society. For four years, unbeknownst to my family, I was willingly and happily part of a Harem.
My story has been kept under wraps for close to 45 years. The correct moment has arrived for me to make known my unique education.
There are 7 volumes in A Harem Boy���s Saga series.
A Harem Boy's Saga - Book I - INITIATION; a memoir by Young
Amazon best selling GLBT memoir for 13 months running.
Email: young@aharemboysaga.com
Website: http://aharemboysaga.com/wp/
UK Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DkHC8v
US Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FMlHVY
An amazing story of sexual awakening
5 stars: By OCMD "bookworm"VINE VOICE
It���s been a long time since I read an autobiography that captivated me from the first page. Once I started reading, I could not put the book down. It���s such an intimate and detailed look into a lifestyle we rarely get to see. Young���s coming of age story begins before his birth, when his mother who desperately wanted a daughter begins collecting dolls and feminine clothes for her unborn child. She gives birth to a ten-pound boy who did not conform to society���s norm as he grew up. But, the author says, it wasn���t his mother who ���sissified��� him, it was nature. At thirteen, Young is sent to a boarding school in England where he is recruited into a secret fraternity. He travels to another country, is educated in the art of love and seduction, and becomes a willing member a harem. This is a long, well-written and emotional account of a life. An amazing story of sexual awakening, with interesting characters and exotic locations. Well worth a read, no matter your sexual orientation. I will be reading the next in the series.
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October 15, 2015
Rise of the Flame by K.N. Lee
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Six races. Four realms. One human girl who can bring them together in peace... or war.
Lilae has been hunted since the night of her birth, for she is heir to a god���s throne. But everything that her surrogate family has done to protect her may have been for nothing. After Lilae is stripped of her powers and enslaved by the emperor of the Mithrani, she finds herself desperate to survive in a strange new world.
On the other side of the world, Liam leads his army across the realm to protect the Tryans and the fairies from those who would do them harm. But when their odds of survival become next to impossible, he must set out on a journey to find a dragon, a child, and the blessing of a fallen god to aid him in the inevitable realm war.
The path forward for both Liam and Lilae seems clear, until their dreamscapes collide. But while they draw strength from their connection, Lilae may be falling for the emperor who should be her greatest enemy.
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Review
"BEST fantasy book I read this year!" - The Grammar Babe
"Her story has layers of realms and dimensions and just as many characters. She balances the story with the usual darkness wanting to destroy the light, one race wanting to wipe out the next. But, we have two characters, having had only a glimpse of each other between realms. Both intrigued and yet not quite sure what they experienced, and so we get to see how this unfolds and the tragedies and triumphs they will endure before they find one another. I am a dragon girl and when the dragon first appeared I was like YES!" -Denice Garrou, Author of the Dragonhorse Saga
"Author K. N. Lee is skilled with the use of what makes fiction come alive for a reader: heroic characters who courageously face harrowing challenges, such as protagonists Lilae and Liam, formidable villains like Wexcyn and Dragnar, dialogue which flows as credibly as any given conversation in daily life, and, of course, enough compelling action sequences to keep the pages turning far into the wee hours of another morning's dawn."- Michael Holman. Author of Resolve and Retribution
"This is my first book by this author and I couldn't put it down. It was a thrill ride with interesting characters and a great storyline. I definitely recommend reading this."- Rants and Raves with Yvonne
About the Author:
K.N. Lee is an award-winning author that resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. When she is not writing twisted tales, fantasy novels, and dark poetry, she does a great deal of traveling and promotes other authors. Wannabe rock-star, foreign language enthusiast, and anime geek, K.N. Lee also enjoys helping others reach their writing and publishing goals. She is a winner of the Elevate Lifestyle Top 30 Under 30 "Future Leaders of Charlotte" award for her success as a writer, business owner, and for community service.
Her works include, Rise of the Flame, The Chronicles of Koa: Netherworld, Dark Prophet, A Gifted Curse, Wicked Webs, Empty Your Heart, Pixie Dust, and the paranormal collection of short stories, Thicker Than Blood.
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October 11, 2015
Vanquish The Jealous Heart #ScintillatingSunday
���Have you ever been in love?
Horrible isn���t it?
It makes you so vulnerable.
It opens your chest and it opens up your heart
And it means that someone can get inside you
And mess you up.���
Neil Gaiman
Welcome to the Scintillating Sunday blog hop where multiple romance author share 1 to 8 paragraphs only of one of their novels.
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Vanquish The Jealous Heart
is a scintillating excerpt from A Harem Boy's Saga - Book II - UNBRIDLED; a memoir by Young
Video trailer for UNBRIDLED: http://bit.ly/1CqXmCP
Excerpt:
Fun & Games
Mario was the first to initiate a game of strip poker. As the losers discarded pieces of clothing, the gathering began a rapid transformation from suggestive sensuality to active sexual magnetism. A few games later, some of us were down to our skivvies. Through the thin cotton fabrics, our erections were veritably obvious. The Count, standing next to his adolescent friend, Tino, began massaging the boy���s shoulders, stimulating his excitement to full attention. Ugo, the boy���s companion, was forthwith turned on watching his friend���s hardness peeking out of his underwear. The sexual instigator had moved to kiss Tino���s neck as he continued rubbing the boy���s penile wetness, stirring him to tilt his bottom towards his aggressor. As we continued our poker game, we were glancing sideways to observe the unfolding erotica, all the while pretending nothing unusual was happening. Through the corners of our permissive eyes we witnessed The Count���s hand sensually caressing the boy���s scrotum. As with many experienced playboys, Mario was no exception to the art of sensuality and sexuality. He was now rubbing his skimpily covered erection against Tino���s willing buttocks. The two items of clothing separating the man���s hardness and the boy���s slit were their moist underwear. Although the adolescent pretended to focus on his cards, his thoughts betrayed his actions as his body lovingly leaned against the Count���s muscular physique. His hands were intimately gripping Tino���s slender waist.
Our attempts to remain focused on our cards were feverishly diminishing with each ticking second. Gabrielli, the alpha male took charge to dismiss the game. Soon our palpable hands and mouths were on our sensual opponents who were standing next to us. A discarded heap of clothing lay scattered on the floor amidst a sea of entangled bodies, intertwined in pulsating positions on the carpeted floor. Sensual tongues like polished blades pried open voluptuous lips, darting into the inner recesses of our longing souls. Hungry mouths suckled bulbous lengths, savoring dripping emissions before proceeding to lap on globes of quivering balls. Our erections were in readiness to penetrate cruppers of youthful openings, our bodily heat turned full volume, sending shivers through our wrestling spines. The room was electrified with sublime vicissitudes of sexual postulations. We merged as a unified body casting us into the Aleph of timelessness. We were infinite Gods in motion.
The Angelic Hosts
Our angelic hosts sang moans of hosannas while some uttered groans of alleluias as we frolicked in the living room of Palazzo Rosa. Our shameless benedictions gave way to assimilated transcendent passion while joyful cries emigrated to murmuring salutations, all in praise of ecstatic jubilation on our final quest to sexual ecstasies. I was dominant at times, only to be muscled into submission, when love���s dichotomy took flight to overturn my abating fancy.
Yet amidst this delirious sexuality, my jealous heart reared its ugly head, desiring the object of my infatuation to possess me. I did not want to share the Count with others. But I had to subdue this monstrosity, banishing the green eyed beast into the abyss of the underworld. The emerald intensity of this secret monster was diminishing the core of my very existence. It was relegating my being into dungeons of sorrows. I hated myself despite the joyful mask I wore. I surrendered the aching heart that was ripping me apart. This indescribable torment beckoned me to shatter into a thousand pieces. How could I pick up my broken rejections, mending that which was already lost?
Concentrating on my task at hand, my infatuation soon gave rise to an inner strength I never knew existed. I was able to turn the table around. I began to win this jealous battle of misshapen conflict. My sincere retribution was the heavenly sign I needed to transform my troubled cowardice into my spiritual awakening. Although the sojourn journey from love���s recovery was not quick, it was by no means a rarefied success. I had managed to hold power over the emerald wizard, at least for now, impinging the fraudulent beast and relegating it back into its morbid lair of false intentions.
Thanks to my accompanying hosts of cute cherubim and handsome seraphim, the journey to self-realization and recovery was complete. Spews of sexual delights filled the Rosa���s chamber with roars of thunderous releases, until each and every cherub and seraphs had had their fill of orgasmic ecstasies. Limp limbs in servile compositions bore witness to our synchronized amorousness, packaging our love into blissful fractions of sweet contentment before peaceful slumber plummeted our swirling hearts into a night of restful consolation. Tomorrow we commence our journey to the Capital.
From the back cover
Unbridled is the sequel to Initiation - A provocative story about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society. He was spirited to the Middle East, from his UK boarding school. He attended the Bahriji School (Oasis,) in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving in Harems for the wealthy and elite.
It is also a love story between the young man, his ���Big Brother��� and his ���Valet��� who served as his chaperones and mentors during the boy���s Harem services.
This book follows the teenagers��� erotic and exotic adventures and experiences at their 2nd Arab Household Harem, the Sekham. They were apprentices and models, for the household patriarch���s controversial photography project, ���Sacred Sex in Sacred Places���.
The author's experiences present facts that are truthful. Through these truths, which are often demonized by contemporary societies that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel condemnations and negativity which relate to his experiences.
There are 7 volumes in A Harem Boy���s Saga series.
A Harem Boy's Saga - Book II - UNBRIDLED; a memoir by Young
Amazon best selling GLBT memoir for 13 months running.
Email: young@aharemboysaga.com
Website: www.aharemboysaga.com
UK Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DkHC8v
US Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FMlHVY
5.0 out of 5 stars "Unbridled: A Harem Boy's Saga" Review
By Kindle Customer on January 1, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
My reading of the first book in A Harem Boy's Saga made me anticipate the second one eagerly, though I was unfortunately not able to read it as quickly as I wanted. It was definitely worth the wait, however. In the first book, we were introduced to the young man, the author himself, who described his life and experiences before being sent to a certain academy for young men.
In the second book, Unbridled, the writing was much stronger than in the first book but didn't detract from the wonderful descriptive writing I had enjoyed in the first story. But where in the first story the boy Young grew up and learned about himself, in the second story he learned about love as much as he learned to explore his own feelings. Since I am a sucker for a good love story, this element hit the perfect note with me as a reader.
Another aspect of this story I enjoyed was the elements of fashion, one of Young's passions, which he hinted at in the first book. In this book, however, he alternates the narrative of the past with the present day. I liked this literary device and it worked well with the story.
What I truly admire about this author is how he embraces who he is and revels in his experiences. I wish that more LGTB people were able to unflinchingly reveal themselves and be happy in their own skin. I understand our society has a long way to go before this is a real possibility, but it is authors such as Young who help pave the way for equality.
I'm interested in following the rest of Young's story. I would like to find out where Young went next. Overall, this is a well written love story with some excellent descriptive writing that brings exotic locations, larger than life characters, and the world of fashion to life.
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October 8, 2015
Author Heidi Renee Mason - an interview
Heidi Renee Mason
always knew she would be an author. Heidi is passionate about writing, and writes fiction, as well as poetry. In her spare time, Heidi enjoys music, genealogy, all things Celtic, and chick flicks. A native of the Midwest, Heidi now resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and three daughters. Investigating the Heart is Heidi���s debut novel.
Heidi Renee Mason latest/current work:
Investigating the Heart
Release Date: 09/04/2015
Publisher: Solstice Publishing
Visit Heidi at: www.heidireneemason.wordpress.com
On Twitter @heidireneemason
Or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heidi-Renee-Mason/1588917641371359
Young: Tell us about your Latest Book/Book about to be released? Release Date? And can you give us a teaser?
Heidi Renee Mason (H.R.M.): Investigating the Heart is women���s fiction/suspense. It will be released on September 4, 2015. After the death of her husband in a plane crash, Emma McCoy, a single mom of three, has given up on love. When she meets Liam O���Reilly, an FBI agent who is new in town, the chemistry is immediate. Emma tries to keep her distance, but Liam is determined to win her over. As the two navigate their feelings, Emma���s resolve begins to crumble. What Emma doesn���t know is that Liam is connected to her past in a way that she could never have imagined, and this connection could put their future in jeopardy. In the small town of Beckland, Ohio, danger is the last thing that Emma expects. However, since Liam���s arrival, it seems like peril is waiting around every corner.
Young: What other books/short stories have you written?
(H.R.M.): Investigating the Heart is my debut novel. I have written magazine articles, short stories, poetry, and I worked as a Staff Writer for a newspaper in the past.
Young: Do you publish in e-book, print, or both?
(H.R.M.): My book will be available in both print and e-book formats.
Young: Where can readers find your books?
(H.R.M.): My books can be found by visiting my website at www.heidireneemason.wordpress.com under the ���how to order��� tab. Purchase information can also be found at www.facebook.com/HeidiReneeMason or at my twitter page @heidireneemason.
Young: What do you think are the biggest challenges for the type of writing that you do?
(H.R.M.): The biggest challenge for me is finding adequate time to devote to writing. As a home schooling mom, my schedule revolves around my girls��� schedules.
Young: So with your latest work released/or being released, what comes next? What can we expect from you in the future?
(H.R.M.): I am currently writing my second novel, with a working title of Hope Found. It is in the very beginning stages, so I am excited to see where it ends up.
Young: What is your routine once you start writing a book?
(H.R.M.): Once I start writing a book, I feel an intense need to finish it. I am extremely focused and driven, so I have to work hard to pace myself.
Young: Where do you see yourself in five years?
(H.R.M.): In five years, I hope to have several more books to my credit. I hope I am doing what I���m doing now���being a wife and mother and following my passion to write.
Young: Have you ever experienced Writer's Block? If so how did you work through it?
(H.R.M.): The best way to conquer Writer���s Block is to write. Start writing and let the words pour out of you. They may not be the perfect words, but sometimes that���s when the magic happens.
Investigating the Heart
Blurb:
After the death of her husband in a plane crash, Emma McCoy, a single mom of three, has given up on love. When she meets Liam O���Reilly, an FBI agent who is new in town, the chemistry is immediate. Emma tries to keep her distance, but Liam is determined to win her over. As the two navigate their feelings, Emma���s resolve begins to crumble. What Emma doesn���t know is that Liam is connected to her past in a way that she could never have imagined, and this connection could put their future in jeopardy. In the small town of Beckland, Ohio, danger is the last thing that Emma expects. However, since Liam���s arrival, it seems like peril is waiting around every corner.
By
Heidi Renee Mason
author at www.solsticepublishing.com
www.heidireneemason.wordpress.com
October 4, 2015
At Paraga Beach #ScintillatingSunday
���Whatever else can be said about sex, it cannot be called a dignified performance.���
Helen Lawrenson
Welcome to the Scintillating Sunday blog hop where multiple romance author share 1 to 8 paragraphs only of one of their novels.
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At Paraga Beach
is a scintillating excerpt from A Harem Boy's Saga - Book III - DEBAUCHERY; a memoir by Young
Video trailer for DEBAUCHERY: http://bit.ly/1NUcelM
Excerpt:
As my Valet and I sat admiring the dramatic sunset reflected on the turquoise water, I couldn���t help but lean my head against his shoulder. No words were needed as we marveled at nature���s romance.
Suddenly, I felt a pair of hands on my shoulder and warm breath down the back of my neck. Without turning around, I knew that Oscar was behind me. His coziness never failed to ignite my passion. My groin stirred at his touch. Andy kissed my longing lips as I opened willingly to both lovers.
My BB reached his hands into the front of my T-shirt, caressing my already aroused nipples as I reached to fondle Andy���s growing organ, concealed behind his denim jeans. I could feel my Oscar���s member throbbing against my spine while he continued kissing gently at my tender neck.
This erotic foreplay was too titillating for the three of us. We did not care if there were people watching; we went with nature���s flow as the ocean waves lapped gently against the rolling sand. I closed my eyes and surrendered to my lovers��� adoring embraces.
A short distance away, a camera was clicking unobtrusively at our love-making scenario. I did not open my eyes to see the photographer. My instinct told me that it was none other than the artist whose work we so admired. He was capturing the essence of our heated ardor, the spirit that differentiates a good photograph from a great one. Our host was seizing this rare moment to capture the unrevealing sensuality, where affection merges with sexuality, the place where divinity converges with spirituality. Vittorio, the artful conjurer, knew he was onto something special, something more than what his regular models could provide him. Our trio gave him the magical enchantment he desperately craved to propel his artistic endeavor to a new level of artistry. We furnished him with an unbridled honesty where many fear to tread, afraid that their openness may lead to heartbreak.
Unbeknownst to our skilled photographer, we were no ordinary boys. We were fearless E.R.O.S. boys, groomed in the arts of sensuality, sexuality, and most significantly in the Art of Loving.
Our desirous fervencies propelled us to unimaginable heights of emotional ecstasy. Stripped naked, the three of us had amalgamated as an entity. I felt Oscar in the core of my being while our beloved Andy lay buried deep inside my BB. We moved in synchronicity to the oscillating motion of our rhythmic breath: Gaia���s breathe of life, the life of God, the life of the universal truth.
The adonisms of our being soon brought us to uncontrollable depths of deliverance. We could stave off no longer our desires for each other. Oscar froze as his love poured into the kernel of my soul. My Valet released his masculinity deep within the mystic tunnel of our lover. I could not hold off the flame of my essence and spewed my farinaceous fountain onto the powdery sand, and the ocean cleaned away my remnants with each lapping wave, returning my seed to timeless eternity...
From the back cover
���Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.���
Lao Tzu
Debauchery is the triquel to A Harem Boy���s Saga, a provocative story about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society through his UK boarding school. From there, he was spirited to the Middle East to attend the Bahriji (Oasis) School in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for Harem services for the wealthy elite.
It is also a love story between the young man, his ���Big Brother,��� and his ���Valet,��� who served as his chaperones and mentors.
This bookfollows the teenagers��� erotic and exotic adventures and experiences at their third Arabian Household Harem, the Quwah. There, they became confidants to a prince, assistants in an international dance club venture, ���Carousel,��� and apprentices and models in a controversial photography project, ���Sacred Sex in Sacred Places.���
This story is an account of the author���s experiences. Through these truths, often demonized by contemporary societies that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel condemnation and negativity related to sexuality, love, and personal freedom.
A Harem Boy���s Saga is a series of seven volumes.
A Harem Boy's Saga - Book III - DEBAUCHERY; a memoir by Young
Amazon best selling GLBT memoir for 13 months running.
Email: young@aharemboysaga.com
Website: www.aharemboysaga.com
UK Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DkHC8v
US Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FMlHVY
5.0 out of 5 starsAddicted to this series
By ocmdVINE VOICE on July 3, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition (Verified Purchase)
I loved the first two books in the Harem Boy���s Saga and I devoured book three just as eagerly. Debauchery is a seamless transition in the author���s amazing journey, and I admit I am now addicted to this series. Correspondence in 2012 supplements the story as Young relates his experiences and feelings in 1967. He was a young boy when he flew to London to meet his beloved Valet, Andy. They���d been apart for eight weeks, and they missed each other desperately. Once they were together again, they could not wait to give in to their passion. Their reunion captivated me. I became totally involved with the characters and emotionally invested in their story. The journey moves on to the French Riviera, and other exotic locations that are so well described, I felt like I was there. Young and Andy become part of a royal household and all the joy and sadness of their taboo lifestyle is related with honesty and in a wonderfully engaging style. Knowing the story was true only made it more compelling. There was no way I could put it down. Kudos to the author for letting us share his journey of self-discovery.
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October 2, 2015
BAD KITTY by Teresa Noelle Roberts
Meet BAD KITTY and her two bad boys
Blurb:
When you make the Devil���s bargain, be prepared to take the heat. A lot of heat.
Most of cat-girl Xia���s early memories are repressed, thank the Great Cat Mother. But her body remembers how to kill.
The longer she and her fellow Malcolm crewmates are holed up on lawless Cibari hiding from assassins, the twitchier she gets���until the planet���s insanely sexy warlord, Rahal Mizyar, borrows her skills to take out slavers.
Rahal suspects Xia is his mate, but the human-raised female never learned the finer points of felinoid rituals. The solution: make her fall hard and fast for him, even if it means playing dirty.
Hired to determine if Xia is the long-missing granddaughter of the felinoid prime minister, Cal Janssen has finally tracked her down. Getting past Rahal, though, is a problem���until he���s mistaken for a notorious arms dealer and playboy. And he finds himself the object of both Rahal���s and Xia���s seduction.
When their first mission brings Xia���s memories bulleting back to the surface, she realizes she���s fallen for two men who don���t exist. Running away, however, could be her deadliest mistake.
Buy Links:
Samhain / Amazon US / Amazon UK /Kobo / Barnes and Noble / All Romance Ebooks / iBooks (iTunes)
Warning:
Contains an assassin with a swiss cheese memory, a badass warlord who���s getting tired of his own con, and a freelance lawman. Secrets, lies, and hot sex with no rules.
Series blurb:
In the 26th century, humans and numerous alien races share the galaxy. Technology has advanced massively. Old Earth is a vast preserve and museum, and humans have spread to the stars. But some things remain the same. Love, lust, and money motivate both humans and other sentient species. Politics can get ugly. And crime can pay very well indeed.
Meet the crew of the independent freighter Malcolm. They usually succeed in keeping things only a little bit illegal. But then a seemingly legit job goes supernova���and they���re on the run, hiding from assassins, a planetary government, and their own dark pasts.
It���s the perfect time to fall in love!
In the 26th century, humans and numerous alien races share the galaxy. Technology has advanced massively. Old Earth is a vast preserve and museum, and humans have spread to the stars. But some things remain the same. Love, lust, and money motivate both humans and other sentient species. Politics can get ugly. And crime can pay very well indeed.
Meet the crew of the independent freighter Malcolm. They usually succeed in keeping things only a little bit illegal. But then a seemingly legit job goes supernova���and they���re on the run, hiding from assassins, a planetary government, and their own dark pasts.
It���s the perfect time to fall in love!
Really filthy excerpt:
All too soon, Rahal pulled back from the kiss and moved his hand from Cal���s aching cock to Cal���s cheek. ���Look at me, Viking. I bet those blue eyes go all stormy the more excited you get. I want to see that.���
Cal gulped and obeyed.
Rahal began to stroke his cock again, the same lazy, delicious rhythm as he thrust into Xia.
Xia mewled something. It might have been words or just a nonsensical cry of pleasure, but Cal couldn���t focus on the actual syllables, just the lilting music of her voice blending with Rahal���s growl-purr and the rush of his own blood to create an intense erotic tapestry of sound. His balls pulled closer to his body and his body stretched taut, preparing to explode.
Xia made a sad little noise as if she knew she was about to be cheated and Cal bit his lip hard in an effort to pull back from the brink.
Rahal finished one last long, luxurious caress, then shoved gently at Cal���s chest. ���Your come has a prior engagement. Otherwise I���d stroke you until you blasted where my cock and Xia���s cunt meet.���
The bluntly erotic words didn���t exactly help Cal get a grip on his sanity. But they did propel him back to Xia. ���Need you,��� he managed to say.
���Of course you do.��� She still sounded chirpy, even though her body quaked from Rahal���s thrusts, faster and harder now, lifting her off the cushions with their intensity.
Then she took him in. Her eyes rolled back into her head as if she was overwhelmed by pleasure. He wanted to do the same but for a few seconds he forced himself to keep his eyes open so he could watch his cock plunge into that hot, eager mouth, watch the movements of her hands that were maybe half the size of Rahal���s, but, oh stars, just as skilled in their own way.
���Yum,��� she sputtered, his cock halfway into her mouth, one hand on his balls, the other circling his shaft. ���Even better than I imagined.��� At least that was what he knew she must have said. It was all a cock-muffled blur and at that point Cal couldn���t think of anything he���d rather hear, except the chorus of cries and moans they���d all produce when they came.
At this moment, Cal would testify that nothing in the cosmos���not the Horseshoe Nebula, not the ten-kilometer-high Falls of Laskar, not the Sea of Miltas under the light of four full moons���was more beautiful than Xia���s lovely mouth stretched and distorted as she sucked his dick. Nothing more beautiful than Xia���s body joining with Rahal���s. He wanted to keep watching, keep seeing the lush, crazy-lovely spectacle. That talented, slightly raspy tongue and the occasional hint of those sharp fangs created sensations unlike anything he���d experienced before. He���d enjoyed plenty of blow jobs in his life, and they���d all been good���face it, even awkward oral sex from an inexperienced lover had its merits���but this was remarkable.
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Author bio:
Teresa Noelle Roberts started writing stories in kindergarten and she hasn���t stopped yet. A prolific author of short erotica, she���s also a published poet and fantasy writer���but hot paranormals and BDSM-spiced contemporaries were her favorites until she realized science-fiction romances offered new possibilities for outrageous adventure, wild sex and love that overcomes serious obstacles, including being from different species!
Find her at www.teresanoelleroberts.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTeresaNoelleRoberts, or on Twitter, where she hangs out as @TeresNoeRoberts
September 27, 2015
The Beating Hearts #ScintillatingSunday
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
American Proverb
Welcome to the Scintillating Sunday blog hop where multiple romance author share 1 to 8 paragraphs only of one of their novels.
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The Beating Hearts
is a scintillating excerpt from A Harem Boy's Saga - Book III - DEBAUCHERY; a memoir by Young
Video trailer for DEBAUCHERY: http://bit.ly/1NUcelM
Excerpt:
1967
London, England
It was close to midnight when my BOAC flight from Kuala Lumpur finally touched down at Heathrow. True to his word, Andy had arrived in London earlier that day from Germany to meet me. He had spent the summer with his siblings, Aria and Ari. His mother came to spend time with her children without her husband. The stubborn Herr Finckenstein had made a vow to not to see or accept his gay son unless Andy apologized to the old man and promised to change his homosexual lifestyle. Only then would he accept Andy back into the fold. Of course, this was out of the question for my lover. He had no intention of living a lie, nor was he the type who would give in to please his father for the sake of keeping peace.
Although Uncle James was away on business, he had kindly agreed to let Andy and me stay at his Mayfair home for a day before his return. After all, we were in the city for 3 days before departing on the Simorgh to Monaco. Oscar would be meeting us in Cannes; he had to finalize his enrollment at The University of Vienna before accompanying us on our cruise around the Greek islands.
My beloved was waiting for me at the airport arrival lounge. I flew into his arms as soon I saw my Valet���s handsome face. I couldn't wait to catch up on Andy's news, and neither could he resist embracing me. Lifting my face to his, he kissed me lovingly in front of the waiting crowd. Our eight weeks��� absence had made our hearts grow fonder. Our souls were once again connected, and we did not care what people thought of our intimacy. We were utterly overjoyed to be together. As if he was afraid I would disappear, he wrapped his arms around my shoulders as we walked towards the waiting the Rolls Royce, which Uncle James had so kindly arranged to collect us. As Jeffrey (the chauffeur) was loading my luggage into the booth, Andy ushered me into the back seat and we began French kissing. He, like me, had been celibate for the past 8 weeks.
With the push of a button, the tinted windows and soundproof glass separating the driver and backseat passengers began to roll up. We were sealed in our private world. Andy's urgent kisses were too exhilarating to stop. In the heat of our passion, my lover reached his hands into my sweatshirt and fondled my sensitive nipples. I could feel my guardian's hardness straining against his jeans, waiting for release from its denim confines. I reached down to stroke his bulging crotch, teasing his urgency. I wanted our sensuality to last and to prolong our foreplay like we often did when we were practicing tantric sensuality. His delicious tongue began exploring my yearning oral orifice, jabbing desirously into my willing fissure, pleasuring me as much as I was gratifying him.
I unzipped his jeans as I continued to caress his bobbing organ beneath his dampening brief. Reaching in, I held onto my prized possession, squeezing its leaking tumescence onto my thumb before feeding us his viscidness. His intoxicating masculinity mixed with his deliciousness sent me yearning for more. Tearing our tops off, Andy lay atop, planting sweet kisses on my neck and nipples before devouring my ears voraciously with his lapping tongue. I squirmed uncontrollably beneath my aggressor. I was ready to receive him. I pushed his pants down to his ankles while he tore at mine. I pressed my eagerness against his. Holding both organs in my hands, I stroked them with burning desire. My lover lifted himself above and fed me his bulbousness. His delirious manliness had me craving my fill. I wanted him, and he desired me...
From the back cover:
���Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.���
Lao Tzu
Debauchery is the triquel to A Harem Boy���s Saga, a provocative story about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society through his UK boarding school. From there, he was spirited to the Middle East to attend the Bahriji (Oasis) School in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for Harem services for the wealthy elite.
It is also a love story between the young man, his ���Big Brother,��� and his ���Valet,��� who served as his chaperones and mentors.
This book follows the teenagers��� erotic and exotic adventures and experiences at their third Arabian Household Harem, the Quwah. There, they became confidants to a prince, assistants in an international dance club venture, ���Carousel,��� and apprentices and models in a controversial photography project, ���Sacred Sex in Sacred Places.���
This story is an account of the author���s experiences. Through these truths, often demonized by contemporary societies that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel condemnation and negativity related to sexuality, love, and personal freedom.
A Harem Boy���s Saga is a series of seven volumes.
A Harem Boy's Saga - Book III - DEBAUCHERY; a memoir by Young
Amazon best selling GLBT memoir for 13 months running.
Email: young@aharemboysaga.com
Website: www.aharemboysaga.com
UK Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DkHC8v
US Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FMlHVY
5.0 out of 5 stars A Life In Technocolor
Harem Boy���s Saga III: Debauchery by Young is an exotic, honest and incredibly frank retell of a young man���s journey into self awareness. From 1960s Malaysia, to England, Monaco, Greece and then Japan, Young morphs from wild child teen to thoughtful young adult by way of mentors, lovers and set pieces that are as much a part of the landscape as the characters themselves. This is not a work of fiction: it is the author���s life and he examines it with surgical precision. Young���s appreciation for history and philosophy is clear as he draws on examples from antiquity to reflect on love lost and regained and the impacts that accompany each experience. Reader���s questions are answered throughout the book by means of correspondence between the author and a behavioural scientist in 2012, lending additional commentary from the boy now well into the second half of his life. At 648 pages, Harem has it all: romance, separation, disappointments and tremendous joy. Young as triptych moves between worlds ancient and modern, pop and pedantic, cautionary and rewarding. Caveat to the reader: prepare to binge read.
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September 24, 2015
His Captive's Heart by Meredith O'Reilly
Hi Young! Thank you so much for having me on your blog today!
Here���s a snippet from my latest release, His Captive���s Heart. In this snippet, Marcus and Dimitri have just finished having sex. Now Dimitri is taking care of Marcus.
I sagged against his chest, completely spent. It was peaceful, lying together afterward. We were both very sticky, but I felt connected to Dimitri in a way that I hadn���t felt with anyone in a long time, if ever.
When he finally moved, I grumbled. I wanted to stay near him and fall asleep.
���Easy there, Marcus. I���ll be right back,��� he said, placing me back against the pillows.
Within seconds, I started to doze off. Gosh, two orgasms from this man and a belly full of food sure makes me sleepy.
I was almost asleep when I felt a warm cloth wiping my stomach and now flaccid length.
���Dimitri.��� I groaned. I couldn���t believe he was cleaning me up again.
���Shhh, Marcus.���
I heard a splat, as though something wet had been thrown and hit the floor. Then I felt the bed move as he climbed in, but I didn���t bother to open my eyes. He pulled me toward him and turned me so my head was lying on his chest as he hugged me.
���Go to sleep, baby. I have a big day planned for us tomorrow.���
Not a minute later, I fell asleep listening to his heartbeat.
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His Captive���s Heart
Blurb:
Twenty-nine-year-old lawyer Marcus Bradberry has fantasized for years about finding a firm-handed man who would not hesitate to provide both guidance and discipline while also bringing him the kind of fulfillment he���s only dreamed about. When he meets Dimitri Anderson, the owner of a local kink club, Marcus takes a chance and shares the wildest fantasy he���s ever had with him.
Though he confesses to Dimitri that nothing excites him more than the idea of a being overpowered, kidnapped, and mastered completely by a strong, handsome man, Marcus is nonetheless shocked when Dimitri takes it upon himself to bring this fantasy to life. When Dimitri surprises him after work on a Friday, Marcus soon finds himself blindfolded, handcuffed, and driven away to an unknown place.
It quickly becomes clear that Dimitri knows exactly what his captive sub needs and is more than ready to give it to him, but as the weekend progresses, Marcus realizes that trusting his new master is at times much harder than he expected. Will he surrender to his most secret desires or will his fears drive him away from his master���s loving arms?
Publisher���s Note:
His Captive���s Heart is an erotic romance novel that contains spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don���t buy this book.
Little Samantha���s Choice, Meredith���s first book along with three other amazing books from Stormy Night Publications is on sale for 50% off! You don���t want to miss that deal!
Samantha Briggs always had a suspicion that her husband, Jackson was hiding something from her. When he���s away on a business trip, Samantha finds out her husband���s secret, he wants her to act as his little girl on the weekends. Deciding to give it a try, Samantha falls in love with being Jackson���s little girl. But when she slips up and embarrasses herself by behaving childishly during a stressful morning at work, she reconsiders their new relationship. Will she give up the lifestyle she���s grown to love so much, or can she come to accept that there is nothing wrong with choosing to be her daddy���s little girl?
Author Bio:
Meredith O���Reilly cannot believe that she has four books published! It was a little over a year ago, that she had her first book published with Stormy Night Publications. She began writing age play stories, but has since branched out to new sub-genres of romance.
In her spare time, Meredith goes to school, watches a little too much Netflix, and experiments with learning how to cook new things in the kitchen. Mostly she tries to balance her life between school work and author work. That���s a task that is easier said than done, most times.
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September 20, 2015
Sappho on Lesbo #ScintillatingSunday
���Things are in their essence what we choose to make them.
A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it.���
Oscar Wilde
Welcome to the Scintillating Sunday blog hop where multiple romance author share 8 paragraphs only of one of their novels.
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Sappho on Lesbo
is a scintillating excerpt from A Harem Boy's Saga - Book II - UNBRIDLED; a memoir by Young
Excerpt:
I burst forth with my forthright question, ���Mary, are you a lesbian?���
Andy was now desperately trying to remedy my bluntness. Mary, taken aback by my unexpected query, answered without a substantiate response. She asked smilingly, ���My dear boy, have you heard of the poet Sappho?���
���In my Greek literature class, my professor did mention Sappho briefly. He said she was one of the great Greek lyrists and among the few known female poets of the ancient world. She came from a wealthy aristocratic family and lived her life in the isle of Lesbos. Is that where Lesbians originated from?��� I asked inquisitively.
My companions burst into another round of hysterical laughter as soon as they heard my question. Mary calmed herself before answering, ���Young, you ask the funniest questions. I���ll do my best to explain. During the 7th century, Lesbos was a cultural center. Sappho was called a lyrist because, as was the custom of the time, she wrote her poems to be accompanied with a lyre.She was one of the first poets to write from the first person point of view; describing love and loss as it affected her personally.���
Oscar chirped in, ���Didn���t Sappho compose her own music and refine the prevailing lyric meter to what is now known as Sapphic meter?���
���Yes, she did; she innovated lyric poetry both in technique and style, thus becoming part of a new wave of Greek lyrists who moved from the gods��� and muses��� perspectives in poetry to more personal poetic voices.
���Her style was sensual and melodic. Hers were primarily songs of love, yearning, and reflection. Many females sought her out for education in the arts, and she showed them affection. She nurtured these women, wrote poems of love and adoration to them. When they eventually left the island to be married, she composed their wedding songs. Sappho's poetry was not condemned in her time for its homoerotic content, although it was disparaged by scholars in later centuries. This suggests that perhaps love between women was not persecuted then as it has been in more recent times. Sappho has become so synonymous with woman-love that two of the most popular words to describe female homosexuality--lesbian and sapphic were derived from her.���
���On our forthcoming Greek island sojourn, I���d like to visit the isle of Lesbos. Since you are so well versed in the history of Sappho, will you join us on our cruise?��� I inquired.
From the back cover
Unbridled is the sequel to Initiation - A provocative story about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society. He was spirited to the Middle East, from his UK boarding school. He attended the Bahriji School (Oasis,) in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving in Harems for the wealthy and elite.
It is also a love story between the young man, his ���Big Brother��� and his ���Valet��� who served as his chaperones and mentors during the boy���s Harem services.
This book follows the teenagers��� erotic and exotic adventures and experiences at their 2nd Arab Household Harem, the Sekham. They were apprentices and models, for the household patriarch���s controversial photography project, ���Sacred Sex in Sacred Places���.
The author's experiences present facts that are truthful. Through these truths, which are often demonized by contemporary societies that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel condemnations and negativity which relate to his experiences.
There are 7 volumes in A Harem Boy���s Saga series.
A Harem Boy's Saga - Book II - UNBRIDLED; a memoir by Young
Amazon best selling GLBT memoir for 13 months running.
Email: young@aharemboysaga.com
Website: www.aharemboysaga.com
UK Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DkHC8v
US Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FMlHVY
Shock and awe campaign continues...
By Wendy Acosta
I think these should be named "The Chronicles of a Harem Boy', but unlike the journey to Narnia thru a wardrobe, Unbridled takes me back to the very real world of a male harem as seen thru the eyes of a young man. This love story continues to unfold and grow as Young's relationship with Andy deepens and matures.
Unbridled continues to push, no break, the boundaries of Western Civilization beliefs. A coffee table book called "Sacred Sex in Sacred Places"? Just the name gave me chicken skin. Young's adventures as a gay male mode unveils the religious hypocrisy that has bound and judged too many for too long. I personally hope that the truth revealed here will continue to break the stereotypes that lead to so much fear and hatred in our world.
This book continues the shock and awe started in the first volume, Initiation, pushes all my boundaries and stretches my mind. Most of all it makes me love this young man who is so openly sharing such an intimate part of his life. If nothing else, reading Unbridled once again shows me that the beliefs I grew up with were learned, not innate, and that it's ok to continue growing and learning - no matter how old I am.
Mahalo for entertaining, educating and amazing me!
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September 18, 2015
Author Simone Salmon
Author: (Preferred pen-name) ��� Simone Salmon
Your latest/current work: Camille and the Bears of Beisa ��� Drafnel
Date: 8-28-15
Publisher: Solstice Publishing
Young: Tell us about your Latest Book/Book about to be released? Release Date? And can you give us a teaser?
Simone Salmon (S.S.): Hi Young, thank you so much for interviewing me on your blog. My novel, Camille and the Bears of Beisa ��� Drafnel, was released on August 28, 2015. The story follows a college graduate, Camille Matahari, whose powers begin to unlock as she is hunted by a persistent time and space hopping evil. Through Camille���s grandmother, Catherine, we learn about the universe of Narvina with its eight ruling families which are all paranormally linked to Camille���s existence and possibly her death, which she must try to prevent in one of her lifetimes. The story takes place in several multi-dimensional settings and features a large cast of people of color headed by a powerful matriarchy.
Teaser:
Years of deception and suppressed trauma do not prevent secrets from unraveling when parallel worlds clash, intertwining families and exposing hidden agendas. An unwanted romance mirrored in an alternate universe has devastating consequences for an unsuspecting young woman and a mysterious stranger.
���There is a vast literary intellect behind Camille and The Bears of Beisa - Drafnel, and it belongs to author Simone Salmon. The language is transfixing, bewitching, erupting into that realm between an epic poem of breakneck pace, and the clarity and rigor of an after-action report meant only for a general���s eyes.
This story operates in many rich dimensions. It reads like a graphic novel, but without need of illustrations, as the events explode like fireworks in the mind���s eye. What an amazing piece of writing!���
Robert Blake Whitehill, Screenwriter, Author
The Ben Blackshaw Series,
www.RobertBlakeWhitehill.com
Excerpt 1
Narvina, Nu-century 2055
Aknanka clamps down with all her might. Her teeth tear into Sephia���s wrinkled skin, digging for chunks of flesh. They only grind against bone. A fist smashes into her cheek, jerking her head sideways. Sephia yanks her hand away right before Aknanka chomps down again. Blood gushes everywhere.
���I���m not going anywhere with you!��� Aknanka���s scream rages through the interior, punching a small dent into the door. It slams shut.
Any experimenting she needs to conduct today will be done right here. And without blindfolds. The metal restraints chafe Aknanka���s wrists as she wriggles around for freedom.
���Stop fighting, Dreamer. You make this harder than it has to be.���
���Bet you���ll think before trying that again, oh Wise One!��� Aknanka���s aim is accurate. Bloody sputum soils the middle of Sephia���s tunic.
A med-bot enters the room and stitches the bandages over Sephia���s wound. The pale Elder clenches her fists. Her eyes blaze to match the blood staining the floor. The med-bot���s front panel flashes, absorbing the charge from Sephia���s quelled anger. Sparks bounce across the overloaded circuits. The bot spins over to the sealed porthole and then powers down.
���These gene markers will soon confirm our suspicions, Dreamer.��� Sephia���s shoulders stiffen, tugging at the hood to expose her protruding frontal lobe. Her white skull magnifies in the dimness. Her lips never move.
Na-mum Camille warned Aknanka that the Elders would spare no sympathy once they discover her true kinsatah. She followed every painstaking instruction: the implants are undetectable, even from their host.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of3lw5XxmKM
Preorder Links:
Amazon: http://getbook.at/ssalmon-drafnel
Bookgoodies: http://bookgoodies.com/a/B013TAU6AG
Young: What other books/short stories have you written?
S.S.: I���ve published some poems on Yahoo and Social Media, but this is my first novel.
Young: Do you publish in e-book, print, or both?
S.S.: The novel is currently available in both e-book and print formats.
Young: Where can readers find your books?
S.S.: Readers can find my book online at Amazon, Goodreads and Barnes and Noble.
Young: What do you think are the biggest challenges for the type of writing that you do?
S.S.: My biggest challenge was creating a story that is entertaining with vivid character portrayals and has memorable story elements which introduced viewpoints other than the current accepted standards for SFF. I also wanted to capture the important aspects of traditional storytelling which in some ways have been lost in our very impersonal and technologically driven world. Another huge challenge was engaging the reader in a story where there is a deliberate absence of information from the very beginning. I wanted to keep the reader wondering in every chapter.
Young: How did you get started in writing?
S.S.: My first memory of writing is when I took a creative writing class in the fourth grade. It was a very magical experience taking one sentence or thought and creating paragraphs for an actual story. I remember wanting to be a writer after that class. I started writing a lot of poems, but never published anything. My mom eventually threw out the box that horded my writings during my college years. I gave up my dream of becoming a writer after a freshman professor rewarded me with a C- in English.
Young: Where and how can readers get in touch with you? Folks can reach me at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drafnel
Twitter: @miraclemindcoac
Blog: Origisims
Website: www.ssalmonauthor.com
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/simsalmon/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14221299.Simone_Salmon
Young: So with your latest work released/or being released, what comes next? What can we expect from you in the future?
S.S.: I���m in the process of writing the next book in the Camille and the Bear of Beisa series. It will be based on Catherine���s brother, Caleb, who we learn a little about in Drafnel. I am also working on a non-fiction book which discusses following intuition and higher guidance. That book will detail my own spiritual journey, including my realization of psychic phenomena. I���m hoping to complete both over the next six to twelve months.
Young: How much of your personality and life experiences are in your writing?
S.S.: I would have to say that a lot of my own experiences somehow sifted their way into the story. My original intention was to write about real supernatural events that took place in my first apartment after graduating from college. Drafnel begins with that premise, but morphs into something otherworldly because the characters took over and told their own story. I would say that a lot of my personality is reflected in the main female POVs. I am a very independent and have a tendency to be very opinionated, but I also love to laugh and have a healthy respect for the unknown. Camille and Catherine display similar traits throughout the story.
Young: Do you have a set schedule for writing or do you just go with the flow?
S.S.: Haahaahaa. That would be a resounding NO. I just write whenever there is a moment of inspiration and go with the flow. Working a full-time job with a 4-hour commute leaves little time for much of anything else. Most of the writing for Drafnel took place during 3 one-week vacations at the Jersey Shore. I don���t believe in setting restrictions on creativity, but I also understand the importance of rituals. Once I leave the corporate world and begin writing full-time, which my hope is very soon, my answer will be very different, I think.
Young: What is your routine once you start writing a book?
S.S.: I cannot say that there is any particular routine that I adhere to other than just turning on my laptop and writing whatever pops into my head. For me the pressure of a schedule or routine tends to become the focus instead of just relaxing and tapping into creative consciousness. Art in any form should be a free-flowing non-restrictive process. When there is an absence of restriction whether it is constricting deadlines or timeframes, the magic of artistic expression will just happen allowing that energetic connection and freedom of co-creation which is without limitations and defies logic.
Young: What about you in general? What is it that makes you tick? Makes you you? Things you like to do and what prompted you into writing?
S.S.: To a certain degree I am very organized and proactive. I am also a huge multi-tasker. Those qualities help in freeing up a lot of time to do the things that fuel my passion such as writing, reading and painting. Those are also really important qualities that keep the procrastinator in me at bay, sometimes. My ability to learn things quickly and my uncanny analytical aptitude for figuring out complex situations or problems have been extremely beneficial when approaching the unknown or unfamiliar. I am also extremely relentless when trying to achieve a goal.
Young: Among your own books, have you a favourite book? Favourite Hero or Heroine?
S.S.: Gosh, I have many favourite books, but not so much a hero or heroine. The stories that come to mind are Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Homer���s Odyssey, Octavia Butler���s Kindred, Frank Herbert���s Dune and The Stand by Stephen King. As you can guess my reading appetite is unlimited when it comes to genre. I guess the apparent theme, in one way or other, is my love for huge stories which incorporate adventure, world building and complex storylines that mix different aspects of weirdness.
Young: Where do you see yourself in five years?
S.S.: Hmmm, this is a great question. I will be living in a European chateau, most likely in Spain, surrounded by some of the greatest minds of the century. I will be writing more intriguing and unique stories. I will also be travelling the world gathering fodder for my stories or giving lectures on how to find and follow your passion. I guess just doing what my two sons hear quite often ���believing in the possibility of the impossible.
Young: What kind of research do you do when writing one of your works?
S.S.: I did not do any research when writing Drafnel. The majority of the text was birthed out of creative consciousness.
Young: Have you ever experienced Writer's Block? If so how did you work through it?
S.S.: Thankfully, I have no familiarity with writer���s block. I make it a practice to write when the characters in my story decide that they have something important to share. When there is nothing flowing into my consciousness, I move on to something else and put the story away.
Young: Anything else you'd like to tell our readers?
S.S.: I want to encourage everyone, especially our young people, to dream the biggest dream possible and to never give up on that nagging feeling that there must be something greater out there to claim as theirs. Even when the possibility of ever bringing that dream to fruition becomes so scary and there is a lack of support from any immediate spheres of influence, just keep doing something, anything, to make that dream a reality. You will be delightfully surprised at how the universe rises up to meet your expectations by opening unknown doors and placing the right people on your path for that much needed guidance and assistance.
Young: Lastly do you have any words of encouragement for unpublished writers?
S.S.: Keep writing. The stronger your commitment to writing the better your work becomes. This is an industry where criticism and rejection is commonplace so a thick skin is extremely necessary and quite imperative. Have a very clear idea about your motivation in wanting to be writer so that the opinions of others do not interrupt the desire to achieve your ultimate goal. A most important practice is to have others read and critique your draft before submitting a copy to any agent or publishing house. Constructive feedback is vital in putting forth a quality product which should ultimately be a representation of your best work.
Bio:
Simone Salmon, a Jamaican born New Yorker, is the mother of two sons and a jack Russell terrier.
Simone is still working on her exit strategy from Corporate America, but in the meantime she writes novels, poetry and expands her multisensory perceptions.
She is a spiritual truth seeker who appreciates psychic phenomena and timelessness.
Music of all kinds, warm weather, lounging on the beach, and experiencing the unknown are just a few of her most favorite things.
Here���s what the critics are saying about Drafnel:
"The structure and some of the themes of the book reminded me of the movie The Fountain, which I adored. This idea of the same person persisting in different forms across time and space, mostly through the power of deep emotional connection to other people, really connected the two pieces in my mind."
"Salmon���s use of folktales and specific stories to build out the structure of this unfamiliar world, and to link it back to Camille���s story, was a brilliant narrative device."
"Drafnel is Dune-like in the grandiose sweep of its worldbuilding. The sci-fi universe Salmon creates, Narvina, with its eight ruling clans and ornate power structures was intriguing. It was also refreshing to read a great space opera like this where the people in charge are people of color, and where the universe is a matriarchy."
BR Sanders, Clatter and Clank
���The scene's describing Catherine's sojourn in Jamaica are the strongest section(s) of the book...���
���The writing in this section is very contemporary and accurately reflects the self-confidence of young urban women who feel they're on the cusp of great things and fully in control of their personal destinies.���
���...a bit of writing that stays with you a long time.���
Merrill Chapman, Rule-Set
Excerpt 2
Jamaica, 20th Century
The food on display and the brilliant dyes of the hand-loomed textiles hanging at the market made me homesick. The marketplace crowded with vendors selling varied crafts and wares. The frenzied pitch of the hagglers echoed under the tin roofs. Voluptuous women wearing multi-colored wraps balanced huge straw baskets on cornbraided heads, while children darted through stalls with jaws stuffed of toffee candy or juggled melting snow cones with syrup-stained hands. Fruits ripening in the heat sweetened the layer of jerk pork and chicken charring over coals inside huge metal drums.
At first Miss Mattie kept me close, but as the market became more crowded her clenched fingers slackened. I searched the aisles, worried about returning home empty-handed. Failing to find any spices, I started making my way back to Miss Mattie and then noticed a young woman with a basket tucked between her knees. Loose braids stuck out from under her head scarf. Kind hazel eyes invited me forward. Curious, I bent over to check out the samples. The woman pulled me closer and stuffed a piece of cloth into my waistband.
���A gift from the Goling family, Miss. Put it in safe-keeping. This has been my honor.���
Miss Mattie swooped in at my heels in a matter of seconds. She sniffed the air several times and shoved me away from the vendor���s stall. We left thirty minutes later, my impatience to unwrap the cloth���s contents shielded.
Unpacking the supplies, I started dinner. Then, while the meal simmered, I sneaked to my room and pulled out the puffed packet. Wrapped inside were five cinnamon sticks. My smile must have been a mile wide. I decided to add them to my hideaway after Miss Mattie left for church that Sunday.
As my guardian angel instructed, I wrapped a small piece under the ribbon tied around my braid. I noticed Miss Mattie���s immediate reaction. Her harsh tone gentled and she even allowed me to eat with her at the dining table. A welcomed change, my nerves were still on guard, unsure of how long Miss Mattie���s tolerance would last. Against my better judgment, I decided to ask about Caleb and Cassandra.
���Miss Mattie, do you think I can visit with my sister and brother sometime soon?���
Growling, Miss Mattie cocked her head and then swung around to face the door. Her eyes rolled back into their sockets. Her head snapped back as she sniffed the air.
���Why are you sitting at this table?���
I warned you, Grandmother. Leave the table now!
Miss Mattie���s neck protruded as her limbs extended. Fingers mutated into claws and hind legs ripped through her lower extremities. Wiry tufts of hair sprouted all over her body. Her face contorted and elongated as saliva slimed down enlarged jowls. My hand stifled the scream roaring through my head.
Get up and walk away slowly. Do not turn your back on it. Now!
