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Jessica E. Subject’s Weekly Writing Update ~ Back to regularly scheduled programming

Hello! It’s the first Tuesday of 2016. Although I considered otherwise, I’m continuing with my weekly writing updates, as they keep me motivated to write each week. I need to have something to report.

Can they find love at a hockey game? SUDDEN BREAKAWAY is on sale! #99cents #1NS @DecadentPub

Can you believe it’s 2016 already? The last part of 2015 seemed to pass by at double time. Well, I’m here to tell you about a sale on one of my titles. Each month, one of my back list titles at Decadent Publishing will be on sale for 99¢. This month, with the World Junior hockey tournament on, and other hockey events, I’ve decided to put SUDDEN BREAKAWAY on sale. Here’s more about this story….

SUDDEN BREAKAWAY

a 1Night Stand story

Erotic Sci-Fi/Military Romance with light bondage

Dressed in her black designer suit, Paige Brown recruits men and women for the Space Service. After the end of her marriage, and several failed recruiting missions, she yearns to find a way out of her lifelong contract to live a normal life. To find love again.

Jared Barnes’s life had been flipped upside down by two little kids. When his former Commander’s wife shows up to give him a reprieve, he jumps at the chance for a break, and to visit his former squad. But it is not his buddies he meets in the private suite at a hockey game, instead a woman who has been the star of all of his recent fantasies, fulfills his wildest dreams except the one that binds his heart.

Has Madame Eve made a mistake or can two lonely hearts overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles?

Only 99¢ through January 31, 2016 from:

  

Jared shucked his towel and stroked his rigid cock. That woman made him hard every time she came to the door, trying to persuade him to sign up for the Space Service. Her claims had seemed far-fetched when she’d first approached him, yet his commander had confirmed her credentials, having been approached to join by another many years ago. While Jared would never add his thumbprint to the contract he’d read, he wouldn’t mind if she stopped by to try and convince him again.

Ms. Brown, with her black blazer revealing a hint of cleavage and a skirt that showed the perfect curvature of her ass. When he’d answered the door fresh out of the shower and seen her on his porch, he’d gripped the door handle to hold himself back from yanking her inside and tearing off her fine-pressed suit.

He squeezed his balls; no time to jack-off. Dylan and Madison would arrive in an hour, and he had to take one last run through his house to get rid of any lingering dust bunnies before Children’s Services appeared. No obvious dirt in the living room, he headed toward the kitchen, but his mind kept flying back to Ms. Brown.

She had the whole librarian thing going on, with her dark hair tied up in a bun and glasses resting on the end of her nose. Though, none of the women who worked at the local branch made his cock throb. Perhaps there was some truth to the naughty librarian tale. He wished.

Most women’s version of naughty did not come close to his. While the whole BDSM club scene didn’t appeal to him, he enjoyed a little bondage during foreplay. He’d spent months at a time deployed in the Middle East. While home, he appreciated the opportunity to date the pretty women who found a guy in uniform sexy. But once he fetched the cuffs, they bolted. They hadn’t even wanted to use them on him.

Ms. Brown was no girl, though. No more than a couple years his senior, she exuded experience with her seductive glances, her posture that plunged her cleavage into his line of sight, and that damn wiggle of her ass as she sashayed back to her car. She could teach him a thing or two. He yearned for the chance to find out.

No, his next lay could no longer be at the forefront of his mind. In less than an hour, he would become the father-figure to two impressionable young children. His sexual urges would have to take leave for the foreseeable future.

He’d been in his last month of deployment to Afghanistan when the call came in. And it took another day for his commander to reach him with the news. His brother-in-law had been killed in a car accident, leaving his niece and nephew orphans. And as much as he loved the Marine Corps—Semper Fi—he couldn’t let the kids be raised by strangers. They had no other family left.

Happy New Year! Jessica E. Subject’s 2015 In Review ~ Enter to WIN $10 GC!

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well after celebrating the New Year. It’s now 2016 and time for me to review my goals from last year and set some new ones.

At the beginning of last year, I’d hoped to have another 1Night Stand story published, have another audio book produced, write a story for an F/F anthology I’d been invited to be a part of, write Alien Attraction, finish Always Her Wingman, and write Alien Generations: Lindsay.

Well, here’s how I did….

My 8th 1Night Stand story released in April, called Her Alien Hero
I had three more audio books release, The Star Princess , Unknown Futures , and Beneath the Starry Sky
I wrote Cosmic Sutra , which released as part of the First Ladylove anthology
Alien Attraction released in November, completing the Alien Next Door series .  The complete collection is already available in print, and releases in ebook January 11.
Always Her Wingman has been shelved. I’m not sure for how long.
Alien Generations: Lindsay will not release. I’ve replotted this story with much help and conversations with Deborah Cooke and Zoe York. The new series will now be GALACTIC DEFENDERS, with the first book being BRYCE . I have started writing this story and will release it in 2016. Hopefully the second story in the series as well.
I wrote and released Taken by the Billionaire Alien Next Door
I put together a collection of my short stories and published them in the anthology Cosmic Desires .
In 2015, I self-published my first print books, with Cosmic Desires , Alien Adoration , and Alien Next Door: The Complete Series
I received the rights back to, and re-released Accidental Romance , Alien Lover , Crash Landing , and The Power of Three .
I also wrote Alien Kisses at Midnight , a short alien romance, and sent it to my newsletter subscribers on December 26, 2015.
I took a course through RWA with Stephanie Bond on plotting for romance. It has certainly helped. I took a course with Meredith Bond on formatting for ebook and print. Amazing. Both have changed the way I do things for the better.

    

    

  

    

Goals for 2016

My major writing goal this year is to develop my Galactic Defenders series. I want to release Bryce , and have Yager written by the end of the year. There may be a couple short stories released in the mix as well.
After receiving the rights back to Made For Her , I am in the process of revising and expanding it to release this year.
After receiving the rights back to An Unexpected Return , I plan to revise and expand this story before releasing it later in the year.
MONTHLY SPECIALS ~ Each month, at least one of my stories will be marked down to 99¢. This doesn’t include those already selling at that price.
Blog/Website Revision ~ I am in the process of rebranding my website. It will happen gradually, but everything will start to look the same, and bleed into social media as well.
Blog Topics ~ While this started last year, it will continue into this year. While I will still have guest authors on my blog, most of the content will focus on my own books, and what I’m writing. I am hoping to include more fun posts as well, about sci-fi music, movies, television, books I’ve read, etc.
READ MORE! I didn’t read near enough books in 2015. While I did finish some, there were many more I started, but could not finish.

Here are my favorite titles I read or listened to in 2015:

Legend by Marie Lu

Reboot by Amy Tintera

The Martian by Andy Weir

Gravity by Melissa West

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy

Stirring Up Dirty by Kacey Hammell

Marcus by Anna Hackett

Stranded with the Cyborg by Cara Bristol

The Taking by Kimberly Derting

Tell me, what are your goals for 2016?

 

I have created a reader survey. All readers (18 and older) who fill out the survey and include their name and email will be entered to WIN a $10 GC from Amazon.com or AllRomanceeBooks.com.

You can find the survey here: http://goo.gl/forms/25YB1LdQJy

Jessica E. Subject’s Weekly Writing Update ~ Last update of 2015

Hello! It’s Tuesday, and time for another update. This will be my last update of 2015. I started these updates in the summer of this year, at the encouragement of Deborah Cooke. Each week during the summer, a group of us authors had to report how much writing we did. It was a way to keep writing during the summer, and see how we progressed. Since then, I’ve finished two stories and re-released another. I’ve also started another that has been on my to-write list for a couple of years now. For a complete list of what I released in 2015, and my writing goals for 2016, visit my blog on January 1st. I’ll have my usual year end round up then.

BRYCE ~ I’m now at 9,265 words, for a total of 557 new words over the holidays.

MADE FOR HER ~ I didn’t add any words to this title.

ALIEN NEXT DOOR: THE COMPLETE SERIES ~ The ebook is now available for pre-order. It will release January 11, 2016. You can pre-order for only $1.00 until the end of 2015 at All Romance and Kobo. It is $3.99 at other retailers. Plus, the print version is available at CreateSpace, Amazon US, Amazon UK, and Barnes & Noble.

GOALS FOR THE WEEK ~ I will write as many words as possible on Bryce, and work on revising Made For Her.

READING UPDATE ~ I finished reading Stranded with the Cyborg by Cara Bristol on my Kindle app. You can read my 5 star review here. I started reading The Taking by Kimberly Derting on my Kobo app, and finished it last night. Review will be posted on Goodreads soon. I’m pretty sure I know what I’m reading next, but I don’t like to announce my next reads until I’m well into them, just in case the book ends up being one I will not finish.

Please share what you have been up to this week. Are you reading or writing anything new? Any special books received over the holidays?

What’s the “Nerd Herd”? Find out in @LeaKirkWrites Top Ten List #scifi #romance

Thank you for inviting me, Jessica! It’s a thrill to be here as a guest on your blog today.

As a debut author of sci-fi romance, I felt it would be fun to introduce myself by telling you a little bit about me. So, here are ten things you may not know about Lea Kirk:

I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was very young. I was nine when I acknowledged this dream to my parents by writing them a little story. Complete with pictures drawn in crayon.
When I was six years old, I’d put on the tunic top of my red knit pantsuit and my white go-go boots (don’t judge me, it was 1971for crying out loud) and I’d run through my parents’ house pretending to be Lieutenant Uhura.
#2 is my dad’s fault. He introduced me to Star Trek.
One of the first romances I read was by Bertrice Small when I was fifteen. My mom does not know, nor has she read any of Ms. Small’s books. Let’s keep this as our little secret, shall we?
At sixteen, I decided I wanted to write sci-fi romance, and began writing Prophecy, my debut book. Eventually, I set it aside to write other stories. It came back to me over thirty years later when I was in bed with 102-degree fever.
My muse is a pain in the a** because she forces me to get up and write even when I have a fever.
Lea is my middle name. Kirk is my grandmother’s maiden name. When I was in high school, I told my grandmother I would write under this pseudonym. I will never forget how her face lit up.
Lea is pronounced Lee.
My husband is not a space alien…as far as I know.
Collectively, I refer to my five kids as “The Nerd Herd”.

Thank you for dropping by Jessica’s blog today. It has been fun sharing a bit of myself here. I hope you’ll take a moment to check out Prophecy. I had so much fun writing this story. Watch for its sequel, Salvation, coming the summer of 2016!

PROPHECY

by Lea Kirk

A nightmare of galactic proportions

One normal day turns into horror when Earth is attacked. Now ER nurse Alexandra Bock is imprisoned aboard an alien slave ship with no way out. She deems all aliens untrustworthy, including the handsome blue-skinned Matiran captain who shares her cell.

A betrayal from within

One night of treachery leaves Senior Captain Gryf Helyg a prisoner of his enemies. Because of him, Earth’s indigenous people face extinction and his home world is threatened. But his plans for escape are complicated by his inexplicable draw to the Earth woman imprisoned with him.

A chance to save both their peoples

One ancient prophecy holds the key to free Alexandra and Gryf’s war-ravaged worlds. Can two wounded souls who have lost everything learn to trust and forgive in order to fulfill the prophecy, and find a love that will last for eternity?

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

Special pre-order price!

Release day: January 12, 2016

on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, iTunes

Prophecy has placed in the following contests:

The Molly

On the Far Side

Dixie Kane

Pages from the Heart

The Rebecca

Lea Kirk loves to transport her readers to other worlds with her romances of science fiction, fantasy, and time travel. Her debut book, Prophecy, is the first sci-fi romance in her three book series. She also has a time-travel romance, a dragon shape shifter romance, and another SFR not related to the Prophecy Series waiting in the wings.

Ms. Kirk lives in Northern California with her wonderful hubby of twenty-five years and their five kids (aka, the nerd herd). She’s also proud of her seven times great grandson. Apparently her stories will serve as the inspiration for James T. to join Star Fleet Academy. She learned this in the 1980’s when James sought out her counsel on where to find a pair of humpback whales.

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Crazy Canuck New Year’s Blog Hop ~ December 27 to January 2 #giveaway #Canada

Thank you so much to author Lisa Emme for organizing this hop!

Since I started writing, I have learned that there are far more Canadian authors than I realized. And many of them within an hour driving distance away. I’m not talking about literary fiction or children’s book authors, which get the most media attention in this country, but those who write romance, and the multitude of sub-genres, like me.

Since I write mostly sci-fi romance, I’ve decided to feature books in the same sub-genre by some of the Canadian authors I know.

   

   

Plus, I’ve heard Kali Willows has one in the works…

For me, 2015 brought the end of my ALIEN NEXT DOOR series, three stories set in fictitious cities that are based on some of the places I’ve visited and lived in Ontario, Canada. The complete ebook collection is part of the Grand Prize for this hop.

In 2016, I’ll be working on a new series called GALACTIC DEFENDERS. While part of it will take place on Earth, a much larger part will take place on other planets. The first story is BRYCE.

The tagline for the series is… They were trained to fight aliens, not to fall in love.

I have two stories set in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. They are CELESTIAL SEDUCTION and HER ALIEN HERO. You can find them both in the AN ALIEN TO LOVE anthology….

AN ALIEN TO LOVE

ISBN: 978-1-61333-845-2

Five HOT 1Night Stand stories about sexy heroes from other planets.

What do a librarian, a nurse, a director’s assistant, a housekeeper, and an orphan have in common? They all end up spending an evening with a gorgeous stranger. But, will one night lead to more, or will the women end up running away when they learn their sexy suitor comes from another planet? Find out in these five sensual 1Night Stand stories by sci-fi romance author, Jessica E. Subject.

Available from: 

       

Amazon US | UK | Canada | Germany | Australia

What people are saying about AN ALIEN TO LOVE….

“What I greatly appreciate are the excellent plots that go along with the spicy stories. And be warned, some of these stories are so hot they might short out your Kindle.”

Multi-Verses of Liza O – July 3, 2015

“A group of short, sweet and tantalizing romantic encounters that will leave readers swiftly turning pages for the next story.”

Madderly Review – July 2, 2015

“If you are looking for the perfect summertime read then look no further. An Alien to Love is it. Five great, fun sci-fi stories in one book.”

Kelsey’s Corner Time – July 2, 2015

Here is a complete list of what is included in the Grand Prize….

Digital copies of a book from each participating author including:

Altering Authority  by Ashley Dooley

Dead and Kicking  by Lisa Emme

Something in the Air  by Marie Landry

Magic Resistant   by Veronica DelRosa

The Naughty List  by Cori Vidae

Firefly: Ice Born  by P.M. Pevato

Thirteen  by Shannon Peel

Enemy Within  by Marysol James

Questing for a Dream  by P.D. Workman

Vice  by Rosanna Leo

Lakeshore Secrets  by Shannyn Leah

Guarding Midnight  by Kacey Hammell

3013:Renegade  by Susan Hayes

The Raven Room  by Ana Medeiros

Alien Next Door: Complete Series  by Jessica E. Subject

Slow Ride Home  by Leah Braemel

One Gold Heart  by Sadie Haller

Unconditional Devotion  by Kayleigh Malcolm

Festive Persuasion  by Charlene Roberts

Two $10 gift cards for Chapters-Indigo

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Be sure to visit the other participating authors….

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Holiday Reading ~ Get HEY, SANTA #Free and COSMIC DESIRES for #99cents!

Happy Holidays! To celebrate, I’m giving away Hey, Santa for FREE. Plus, Cosmic Desires is on sale for 99¢. Both sales end December 27, 2015. So, grab these titles before it’s too late!

HEY, SANTA

She doesn’t want a lot for Christmas…

Claire Otton dreads spending another holiday alone. When her best friend convinces her to approach the sexy mall Santa, she takes the chance and asks him out, hoping for so much more.

He’s waiting under the mistletoe…

Although Andreas Castellanos blends in on Earth, he knows he will never belong. But when the gorgeous woman he’d been staring at invites him to dinner, he has a hard time saying no.

All they’re asking for…

Can these two lonely souls find magic together or will their secrets steal their chance of a happy Christmas?

Available FREE from:

  

COSMIC DESIRES

Naughty Stories of the Sci-Fi and Paranormal Kind

From closing time at a costume shop to an alien encounter in the woods, COSMIC DESIRES offers ten sexy stories from author Jessica E. Subject. Inside you’ll find a phoenix in trouble, a gargoyle with a mission, a hot billionaire alien, and even a sex club on the other side of the universe. The romantic pairings vary in this collection, all showing just how naughty love can be.

Ebook available for 99¢ USD from: 

  

HAPPY READING!

Jessica E. Subject’s Weekly Writing Update ~ New Covers and Getting Ready for the Holidays

Hello! It’s Tuesday, and time for another update. This past week, I haven’t had as much going on.  I attended my last fitness class of the year on Friday, while my kids attended their last day of school for 2015. While the kids are home, they do often give me some time on my own to write. Plus, I don’t have to run them around, as their extra curricular activities are postponed for the holidays.

ALIEN KISSES AT MIDNIGHT ~ This story is finished and formatted. It will be sent FREE to my newsletter subscribers on December 26th. If you’re not a subscriber already, don’t miss out, you can subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/eX1Zw. Newsletter subscribers will also have a chance to download it for reading later.

BRYCE ~ I’m now at 8,708 words, for a total of 1,049 new words this week.

MADE FOR HER ~ I didn’t add any words to this title. But, I did receive the cover for it…

ALIEN NEXT DOOR: THE COMPLETE SERIES ~ The ebook is now available for pre-order. It will release January 11, 2016. You can pre-order for only $1.00 until the end of 2015 at All Romance and Kobo. It is $3.99 at other retailers. Plus, the print proofs arrived yesterday. I reviewed them and approved them. So, the print version will be available soon.

GOALS FOR THE WEEK ~ I will write as many words as possible on Bryce, and work on revising Made For Her.

Please share what you have been up to this week….

ALIEN NEXT DOOR: The Complete Series ~ Available for pre-order at special holiday price

Alien Next Door: The Complete Series releases January 11th in ebook format. (Print version coming soon.) And I’ve decided to run a special holiday promotion for this box set to thank my readers.

From now through December 31, 2015, you can pre-order Alien Next Door: The Complete Series for only $1.00 USD at All Romance eBooks and Kobo. While it is available for pre-order at other retailers, it is only on sale at these two. For those of you who don’t have a Kobo, or Kobo app, you can get the All Romance eBooks app, download various formats from All Romance, and even have the option to send to Kindle from there.

ALIEN NEXT DOOR: The Complete Series

print 978-0-9948431-8-0

ebook 978-0-9948431-7-3

Is your sexy neighbor an alien? Enjoy three sci-fi romances from Jessica E. Subject in which the heroines discover the sexy man next door is not at all who they expect him to be.

Alien Adoration ~ Erotic dreams fill her with need, until she learns the truth. Can Rachel overcome her fears, or will she deny her alien adoration and leave Luke stranded once more?

Alien Admirer ~ He fills her with forbidden longing. But when Sera learns the truth, will Sera give Adam a chance, or will he be left in the cold, never more than her alien admirer?

Alien Attraction ~ She wants to be more alien. He wants to be more human. Born a galaxy apart, will Angela and Chal have a chance at love, or will their extraterrestrial secrets leave them running to stay alive?

Bonus short stories ~ Taken by the Billionaire Alien Next Door and Just Another Wedding

Pre-order for $1.00 USD through Dec.31/15 from:

  

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Santa is sexy without his suit #MySexySaturday from HEY, SANTA #scifi #romance

 

Hello and welcome to the 122nd week of My Sexy Saturday.

Here are the details: every Saturday, published and unpublished authors will be sharing 7 words, sentences, or paragraphs from a work-in-progress or an already published story.

Today’s theme is…

OUR SEXY HOLIDAYS

Here’s seven from HEY, SANTA, a holiday alien erotic romance! Enjoy!

Set-up: Earlier in the day, Claire’s friend Tiffany convinced her to ask out the mall Santa. She’s never seen him out of his Santa suit, and is at the restaurant waiting for him to arrive…

Claire smoothed her dress across her lap. The short hemline didn’t come close to reaching her knees, or barely her butt for that matter. Though a festive red color, the dress’s plunging neckline revealed even more skin. She shivered in her chair, ready to ask for her coat back. Why did she have to buy the shortest dress possible?

Like she needed it anyway, with her date already ten minutes late. She doubted he would show. Who wanted a socially inept woman? Heck, what man wanted to start dating someone two days before Christmas? She sighed, resting an elbow on the table. Why did I ask out Santa? She didn’t even know his name, what he looked like. Yet, she’d given him enough personal information to stalk her. Way to go, numbskull. She might as well have given him her house key. And since Tiffany had driven her to the restaurant, she’d have to take a cab back home.

“Hi, Claire. Sorry, I’m late.”

She jerked her head toward the deep, husky voice. Her Santa had arrived. But instead of the white-haired, bearded man with the fuzzy red suit, she stared at a Greek god. Broad shoulders. Muscles constricted by the sleeves of his dress shirt. His wavy brown hair looked wet, as if he’d recently stepped out of the shower. Or maybe snow had started to fall since she’d arrived. Pulse racing, she dared to gaze into his crystal blue eyes, the part of him she remembered from their meeting in the mall. Yet, even with his tanned complexion, something seemed not quite right with the color of his skin.

Was he as nervous as her? Her last non-double date occurred so long ago, she didn’t know how to act.

Not wanting to be rude, she stood to greet him. He had, after all, arrived rather than standing her up. And the sooner he touched her, the better.

Resting his hand on her hip, he moved closer, kissing her cheek, his lips soft and gentle. His breath smelled of fresh mint, a far cry from the last guy Tiffany had tried to set her up with.

~ About HEY, SANTA ~

She doesn’t want a lot for Christmas…

Claire Otton dreads spending another holiday alone. When her best friend convinces her to approach the sexy mall Santa, she takes the chance and asks him out, hoping for so much more.

He’s waiting under the mistletoe…

Although Andreas Castellanos blends in on Earth, he knows he will never belong. But when the gorgeous woman he’d been staring at invites him to dinner, he has a hard time saying no.

All they’re asking for…

Can these two lonely souls find magic together or will their secrets steal their chance of a happy Christmas?

Available from:

      

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