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December 31, 2012
Adopt a Werewolf is back!
The cages in my basement are overflowing, and quite frankly the howling is keeping me up nights. I swear the little monsters breed like rabbits. So, its time once again for an Adopt A Werewolf campaign.
In honor of the release of Seeds of Immortality we are giving away the Kindle version of There’s no such thing as Werewolves.
That’s right, for the next five days, you can get There’s no such thing as Werewolves absolutely FREE!
Yup, $0.00/ no cost/ just go get it…here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KAE45A
Find out how the Demons Rising Saga all began.
Remember, Werewolves, with their big, glowing red eyes, razor sharp fangs, and blood drenched talons, slice, dice and make wonderful Julianne fries. They are something you can take with you on your Kindle or Kindle app device, wherever you go.
If you haven’t discovered the hottest, most romantic series of paranormal tales I’ve ever published, now is a great time to jump in. Adopt a Werewolf today! It’s FREE!
December 28, 2012
Seeds of Immortality is now available!
The eBook version of Seeds of Immortality just became available on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AU5OZS8
The print version is coming soon.
End of year project cleanup and writing resolutions.
Well 1012 has been a good year for me and my writing. I published my first book, and got a contract for the publication of my first novel. I started the year with a pledge to myself to ‘throw everything I had at the publishing wall, just to see what would stick,’ and it looks like quite a bit of it did. By years end I will have five published works (4 self published novellas and a professionally published short story). Okay I hear you, I currently only have 3 novellas published, but this morning I put up the files for Seeds of Immortality on Amazon and Createspace, and if things go like they usually do, will have it available before the end of the year.
It’s one more project off my plate. With the release of Seeds of Immortality, I plan on bowing out of the self publishing platform, at least for now, to concentrate on producing novels for my new publisher, Soul Mate Publishing. Earlier this week I finished the final edits on Son of Thunder, and am anxiously looking forward to the cover and release date.
As I move into 2013, it’s nice to have these projects off my plate, so I can move into the new year with a fairly clean slate. At the current time I have only two open projects, both of them books I am co-authoring with other romance authors. they are fun, exciting projects I will continue to move forward with in the coming year. On top of those I have three novels slated for the coming year:
1. Daughter of Darkness – The sequel to Son of Thunder.
2. Hearts in Orbit – A stand-alone romance novel set in outer space in the far future.
3. A NaNoWriMo novel – I am really going to try and do NaNoWriMo this next year. (We’ll see)
Of course, everything is subject to change…and probably will.
Until next time…when I announce that Seeds of Immortality is available!!!!
Steve
December 19, 2012
The Next Big Thing blog tour
I’ve had the pleasure of being tagged for “The Next Big Thing” Blog tour by two of my writer friends:
Helen C. Johannes: http://helencjohannes.blogspot.com/
Her new book is entitled Bloodstone, and it sounds like a great Fantasy Romance.
Connie Rhinehart : www.connierhinehart.wordpress.com
One of my Soul Mate sisters and author of Daughter of Phalon, a really cool cross-genre SF/Paranormal romance coming out this winter from Soul Mate Publishing.
So be sure to check out their websites to see their Next Big Thing posts after reading mine. Now, I’m excited to share what I’ve been working on.
Ten Interview Questions for “The Next Big Thing”:
What is your working title of your book?
Seeds of Immortality
Where did the idea come from for the book?
Seeds is the third novella in my Demons Rising series. It’s drawn from characters and events in the first two books: There’s no such thing as Werewolves and The Forsaken Templar
What genre does your book fall under?
Paranormal Romance
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Ryan Chamberlain, my serious minded Templar Knight, would be played by Ryan Reynolds.
Mila Kunis is my pick to play the exotically sexy sorceress, Salina Frye.
Admit it. These two in an action/romance would be hot.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Two mortal enemies must learn to work together to save the world.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
This will (hopefully) be my last self-published title, at least for now. Seeds of Immortality completes the Demon’s rising saga. After I publish it, I plan to concentrate on novels for my new publisher, Soul Mate Publishing.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
This one has taken me about four months, but I’ve also been working on other writing projects during that time as well.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
In my romance stories I have always tried to emulate the style and tone of Sherrilyn Kenyon and her Dark Hunter series.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
The world I created, when I started writing Templar (Yeah, the 2nd book was the first one I wrote) continues to draw me in. Even though Seeds of Immortality will be the last book in the Demon’s Rising Saga, it will certainly not be the last book set in this world.
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
Well, I expect to have Seeds of Immortality out and available in the next few days, hopefully before Christmas. The trilogy, while exciting and sexy stories in their own right, sets the stage for a dark future world filled with fun challenges for the Arcanists and the Templars. Seeds of Immortality is just the end of the beginning…
Now that I’ve had all the fun talking about my book, I’m passing the torch to two of my Soul Mate sisters. Please visit their blogs and see what “The Next Big Thing” is coming from them:
Sandra Ireland: http://sandra-awaywithwords.blogspot.co.uk/
Raven Raye: http://www.ravenraye.com/ravens-blog.html
Ladies, you can consider yourselves tagged.
December 12, 2012
A Requiem for Poseidon
It’s a small step for the publishing industry, but a giant leap for this author. Yesterday Like a Coming Wave was released from Circlet Press.
Included in this anthology of romantic undersea tales is my story, A Requiem for Poseidon. This marks my first published piece that is not self-published.
Set in the same world as Son of Thunder, A Requiem for Poseidon is the story of the Inuit sea goddess, Sedna, and the Norse world serpent, Jormungandr, as they struggle to fight off the evil forces that threaten the undersea world.
The book is now available from:
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/259334?ref=callmebliss
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/like-a-coming-wave-andrea-trask/1113857950?ean=2940015804782
Circlet Press: http://www.circlet.com/?p=4468#more-4468
It’s also available from Kobo, Apple’s iBookstore, and many independent booksellers via Google ebooks, as well as specialty ebookstores like All Romance eBooks, and Weightless Ebooks, to name just a few!
Wow! I feel so legitimate all of a sudden.
Okay, I’m not on the shelf at Barnes & Noble or Walmart (yet), but this sure feels good. It’s a step, and the next big step will be when Son of Thunder is released this coming spring from Soul Mate Publishing.
There’s a long, fun-filled journey ahead of me, but I feel I’m on my way.
Until next time,
Steve
November 28, 2012
Seeds of Immortality – the cover
Well, Seeds of Immortality is done, pre-edited, and off to my beta readers. So I took a bit of time to work on the cover, and here it is:
Here is the back cover blurb:
With the demon lords stepping up their bid for world domination, Templar commander Ryan Chamberlain knows that the Templars and Arcanists will have to learn to work together. But thousands of years of animosity are not easy to wipe away in just a few months. In a bid to smooth over the transition from enemies to allies, Ryan agrees to partner with Salina Fry, one of the most powerful Arcanists. But it only takes one mission to convince him that the sexy sorceress might just be the death of him.
Salina knows she can’t trust the Templars. Especially their leader, Ryan Chamberlain, no matter how good looking the man is and if that pompous wind-bag thinks he gets to run everything in their new little partnership, he’s got another thing coming. Maybe batting those dreamy eyes at other women gets Ryan what he wants, but if he gets in Salina’s way, she just might have to kill him.
The war escalates as the demons rise to power, and just when mankind needs them most, Gaia and the High Lord have gone missing. Only the Seeds of Immortality hold any hope for mankind, but can Ryan and Salina put aside their differences long enough for the Seeds to blossom?
Seeds of Immortality is the third book in the Demons Rising Saga. It’s a tale of love, tragedy and triumph in a very dangerous world.
I’m pretty excited about this book. it completes the Demons Rising Saga and sets up a whole new dark future for me to adventure around in. You can rest assured I’ll be returning to the story line, though I’m not sure when my writing schedule will allow me.
Coming up next? Edits on Son of Thunder, and diving into the sequel, Daughter of Darkness.
Until next time,
Steve
November 20, 2012
The Seeds Are About To Be Planted
At long last I am back working on Seeds of Immortality, the third book in the Demons Rising series. I am almost finished with the first draft, and hope to have it done, edited, and to my beta readers sometime next week. Then comes the fun of putting together the cover.
With luck, this will be my last self-published title. Now that I have a publisher I will be able to spend less time on things like covers and formatting, and more time on writing, editing and promotion. It’s been fun, learning the process from the ground up, but I have so many stories I want to tell, it will be nice to have the Soul Mate team behind me as I move forward.
Until next time,
Steve
November 12, 2012
Get ready for act 2!
Well, my brief stint as an actor is over (for now anyway). We had a great run this weekend. Lots of laughs and applause, so I must have done something right.
I had a ton of fun, and interacted with an incredibly talented cast and crew.
And…I’m exhausted. After the final performance we tore down the set, and moved costumes, props and set pieces back into storage. There is so much that goes on before and after the show that people don’t see, and so many people onstage and behind the scenes that make the magic happen. It is a complete team effort.
It was a creative process much like my writing. We built scenes, created characters and told a story. We had a fantastic director to pull all the pieces together.
But, unlike writing, this was a group effort. Tomorrow (yeah, I’m giving myself today off) it’s back to just me and my computer.
Then again, I now have a publisher on my team, and an artist working on my book cover… and soon an editor helping me sharpen my story. I also have a wonderful (and growing) group of friends and fans, my audience, reading my books and following me. Maybe writing is not so different from putting on a play. If I think of Swiftly Beats the Heart as my overture and Demons Rising as my first act, then it appears that Son of Thunder is just waiting in the wings.
Get ready for Act 2!
Until next time,
Steve
November 8, 2012
Interview today at SMP Authors
I’m being interviewed today on the Soul Mate Publishing Author site. Stop by at http://smpauthors.wordpress.com/
November 6, 2012
For Lack of Three Little Words – A Tale of Two Whorehouses
A little over a month ago I was asked to play a part in our local theatre production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. I play the Texas Senator that gets caught (literally) with his pants down in the whorehouse, plus a number of other fun and challenging bit parts. Our first show is this coming Thursday. It has been such an incredible experience working with this wonderful and talented group of thespians. They made this old man, who hasn’t set foot on a stage in almost 40 years, feel welcome and comfortable. I just can’t say enough about how great the cast has been.
To prepare for my part, I sat down and watched the movie version of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
*****[SPOILER ALERT]*****
I AM ABOUT TO REVEAL THE ENDINGS OF THE MOVIE AND STAGE PLAY.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND AND WANT TO BE SURPRISED, STOP READING NOW!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
*****[SPOILER ALERT]*****
At the end of the movie the Sheriff (Burt Reynolds) confronts Miss Mona (Dolly Parton). Dolly sings her theme song I will always love you, lamenting the fact that they can never be together because she’s a whore and he wants to run for public office. Burt simply responds “I love you.” He picks her up and carries her to his pickup truck and they ride off into the sunset to live happily ever after.
It’s a romance, plain and simple. I write romance, and believe in Happy Ever After. It’s in my soul, and it’s the heart of every romance I write. Happy Ever After happens. You can count on it.
So, imagine my surprise when we get to practicing the end scene in the stage play. The Sheriff confronts Miss Mona. Instead of her singing I will always love you. He’s just sung She’s a good old girl, a song where he says that he’d like to tell her some things, but she already knows. In the stage play he never says those three precious words “I love you,” and tragically two people, so much in love, part forever.
Up to the ending, the story is essentially the same, but for lack of three little words, the ending is different. The movie is a romance, the stage play is a tragedy. It made me wonder how many times in real life people lose out, not by what we say, but by what we don’t say.
It’s something to think about later, though. Right now I’m thinking about dropping my pants in front of a couple of hundred people this weekend. It should be good for a laugh at least.
Until next time,
Steve
