Candace Blevins's Blog, page 5
June 1, 2017
Slave: A Dark(ish) Faerie Tale
Because you’re never too old for Faerie Tales… In Faerie, slaves are property with no rights. Some owners are kinder than others, and everyone assumes the unluckiest slaves are the ones owned by The Winter Queen. Sometimes, the reality is so much worse than anyone can possibly imagine. Occasionally it’s better, but slaves don’t dare hope for the latter. Queen Mab has worked hard to make everyone in Faerie fear her, her new little pleasure slave enjoys the kiss of her whip. Can the Dark Queen...
May 25, 2017
Dragons vs Unicorns
It’s dragons versus unicorns, and you probably don’t have to guess which team I’m on! Click the graphic to play!
May 6, 2017
How excited are you about a new Safeword book?
Are you excited about the prospects of a new Safeword book? Want to read chapters long before the book’s published? The first ten thousand words are up on my Patreon page!
April 29, 2017
New Release!!! Of Humans and Monsters!
Book three of the Only Human urban fantasy series… When Aaron finally locates the human who wields light-weapons similar to Kirsten’s, her quiet family life is once again disrupted as she’s dragged into another fearsome clash of vampires, shapeshifters, and not-so-mythological gods. Aaron leaves for his honeymoon and she finds herself working side-by-side with the Amakhosi, so it’s a good thing the two have figured out how to get along — though controlling her libido around him was easier whe...
April 20, 2017
Thirty Book Celebration and Contest!
When Of Humans and Monsters releases next week, I’ll have thirty books published at the same time! To celebrate, I’m giving away a $30 gift card to a lucky winner! Contest details are at the Kirsten O’Shea’s Universe FB page.
April 11, 2017
Release Day!! Absolute Power Exchange – Twenty Years Later
What happens to a kinky couple after twenty years of marriage, with kids in the house and two active careers? Can they keep the magic alive? Will he still own her, or will they have relaxed into something comfortable? When the rules, protocols, and constant reminders of his ownership slide away and get lost in the daily shuffle of life, can they get the magic back? Warning: Intense kink, not for the faint of heart. If you’ve read Candace Blevins’ contemporary Safeword series and enjoyed it, y...
April 7, 2017
FREE RIDE — A Free Taster Anthology
15 biker bad boys 15 MC Romance authors 1 book Do you like dirty-talking, alpha bikers who’d do anything for their women? The Free Ride taster anthology features the first chapters from fifteen different MC Romance novels! Best of all, it’s free! Includes chapters from: Alana Sapphire Lila Rose Autumn Jones Lake Winter Travers Sapphire Knight Bink Cummings Geri Glenn Candace Blevins K. Renee MariaLisa deMora Aden Lowe Glenna Maynard Morgan Jane Mitchell A.J. Downey Ashley Wheels Download it...
April 6, 2017
COVER REVEAL! Of Humans and Monsters
Book three of the Only Human urban fantasy series… When Aaron finally locates the human who wields light-weapons similar to Kirsten’s, her quiet family life is once again disrupted as she’s dragged into another fearsome clash of vampires, shapeshifters, and not-so-mythological gods. Aaron leaves for his honeymoon and she finds herself working side-by-side with the Amakhosi, so it’s a good thing the two have figured out how to get along — though controlling her libido around him was easier whe...
April 3, 2017
Advice to Beginning Fiction Writers
We’ve all heard we should show and not tell, but my advice is to decide where you want to show and where you want to tell. If you feel the story’s bogging down and slow, look to see if you can change a few paragraphs into a sentence by telling instead of showing. If, however, the section is all telling, it likely means you’ll need to make things even longer by showing feelings and emotions. I once spent three paragraphs describing a doorknob and the character’s feelings about opening the door...
March 27, 2017
COVER REVEAL!!! Absolute Power Exchange – Twenty Years Later
What happens to a kinky couple after twenty years of marriage, with kids in the house and two active careers? Can they keep the magic alive? Will he still own her, or will they have relaxed into something comfortable? When the rules, protocols, and constant reminders of his ownership slide away and get lost in the daily shuffle of life, can they get the magic back? Warning: Intense kink, not for the faint of heart. If you’ve read Candace Blevins’ contemporary Safeword series and enjoyed it,...
