Avril Ashton's Blog, page 12

Go Fund Me

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know some things. Not going to go into all that I’ve already gone over about my issues with Ellora’s Cave. No doubt you know all about them. I did mention in that classless post that apparently needed to be deep-sixed, (a fellow author’s take on it) about my bills and the consequences of the late checks.

Well…Today the hammer dropped. And, boy, did it drop hard.

So I can keep my personal business to myself, like that lovely author cautioned me to do. Or I...

What’s Next?

I’m officially on hiatus. Which basically means I’m sitting around here, listening to music and staring into space as I wait for my characters to speak to me. It’s how I work. If the voices aren’t loud enough, nothing gets done. That’s my thing. Definitely doesn’t work for everyone.

I’ve tried a few times to explain my process, but it’s so…unexplainable.

Some books take months to write, because they don’t flow smoothly or the characters don’t share as much as I want them to, or my mind can’t de...

#AuthorSpotlight: Kade Boehme

I had the enviable task of wrangling the funny and uber-talented Kade Boehme for an interview recently.I thoughtI was a busy bee, but our Kade takes the cake. He sat still long enough to answer some questions. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Av: Tell us all about you in one word.

Kade: Dreamer.

Av: And who doesn’t love a dreamer, eh? When did you begin writing? Had you always been interested in being published?

Kade: It was always a dream. I’ve been writing this type of material since I wa...

On #RoyaltyWatch

I’ve talked some about the issues I’ve been having with one of my publishers. Talked here. Talked on FB and Twitter.

Time to talk again.

It’s that time again, when I’m searching high and low for my check.

Here’s the thing: Most will say why I gotta talk about it. Why I gotta take it outside the office, put the business all up in the streets. I’d like to ask those same authors how their rents got paid this month. Because you see mine? Hasn’t been paid yet.

I’d like to ask them what they told the g...

X and Dima are here!

And they’re off!

Or in this case, they’re on… Amazon that is. Live and direct and coming atcha! I’m so freaking glad that it’s out. Now go forth and multiply…I mean read.

I always have a certain clenching when I put them out there in the wild. And X and D are different. There’s no good guy loving the bad guy. It’s straight up bad guy loving bad guy. And Dima’s kinks aren’t what I usually go with, but I’ve learned not to question him. I love him. He’s pretty open and straight forward with his ga...

Clever Title Here

My internet is being a bitch tonight. I’m trying to send out emails, update my website and do all the other not-fun things that come along with this writing job of mine. Lots of hair pulling and cursing under by breath. Thank God for Mr. A who is so damn handy and knows my mood. I’ll be telling the uncooperative computer all about it’s mother (that’s a bad thing, trust), and a glass of wine will appear next to me.

That man is a God- send. So yeah, the internet just went out again, so I come he...

#AuthorSpotlight: Douglas Black’s Spanish Heat

Douglas Black is back! (totally made that rhyme)This time with Spanish Heat, his latest scorching release from Totally Bound.

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Spanish Heat

Douglas Black

Spanish Heat is an M/M erotic short story that follows Jack, a young man who leaves his hometown of Glasgow and flies to Spain to take a job housesitting. The job was supposed to offer Jack a break from problems back home, but Jack is worried that he’s acted rashly, and the fact that things immediately stop going as planned isn’t helping much...

Pre Order + Explanation

(Watch Me) Break You is up forPre Order on Amazon . Yup. And yes, I am still writing it, although I should be done by this weekend. Now, let me expain why it says the book is 18 pages long on Amazon.

I’d hope you guys would know without asking that my books aren’t ever 18 pages long. Hell, even the free reads are longer than that. Way longer. I’d also hope that you would know that I wouldn’t charge you $4 for a book that’s 18 pages long if I ever did write a short short like that.

In order for...

Cover Reveal: (Watch Me) Break You

I have within my greedy little hands, the cover for (Watch Me) Break You.

Xavierand Dima. Much love to the UBER talented, Emmy Ellis, who creates magic every time she makes a cover. She daBomb.

Release date is Sept 20th.

Add them to yourGoodreadsshelves: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23002894-watch-me-break-you

My Health + My Money

I’ve been sick. All around sick. Not physically so much as mentally sick. So I had to shut myself off and do some things. Mainly just breathe. But I’m up writing after a few days of not doing anything. Just got to the 40k mark on X and Dima. It’s looking like it’s gonna go to 60k, maybe more. So novel-sized. Someone had asked about length. I can actually gauge the length by now. Done for today, but I wanted to write this before I go crawl back into bed.

I had a concussion Wednesday night. Mr....