Golden Angel's Blog, page 30
June 19, 2014
Comments
Okay, for some reason Blogger seems to be having trouble with comments... people leave a comment and it doesn't show up on the blog.
I know this, because it DOES still get emailed to me.
So if you've left a comment and you come back and see that it's not there, don't worry... I did actually get and read it. I don't know why it emails the comments to me but they don't show up on the actual blog, but at least it does email it!
Speaking of - Tx, it didn't show either of your comments, but I would love to read your book!
I know this, because it DOES still get emailed to me.
So if you've left a comment and you come back and see that it's not there, don't worry... I did actually get and read it. I don't know why it emails the comments to me but they don't show up on the actual blog, but at least it does email it!
Speaking of - Tx, it didn't show either of your comments, but I would love to read your book!
June 18, 2014
Behind
Oops I'm behind on my blog posts...
if you were wondering, Chapter 24 of Taken by the Wolf is up on Lit. It's got some answers to questions people have been having. I think it's kind of funny that some people think I went "too far" with one aspect of it... that was planned from the very beginning and I think it's a lot less messed up than things I've written for other stories, so I find it amusing that it's the line for some people. I'm also kind of amused by how upset people are that the Wolf is letting other people touch Bella and Alex... he's an anti-hero, not a damaged hero that just needs some TLC to turn himself around. Granted, I think he's a lot more fond of Bella and Alex than he has been of any of his other previous Moon pets, but that doesn't mean his personality is going to change.
Probably the most amusing comment I've gotten thus far is the one saying I'm degrading women. lol. apparently they just skipped the chapters between Alex and the Wolf? Or Cora? Or Lorena? I wanted to do waaaaaaaay more with Cora, but I ended up deciding it doesn't actually fit into the story line, it literally would just be me dragging out the story because I want to fit Cora and Trace back into it somehow. *sigh*
I'm right on track to have On His Knees out next month, official release date should be July 15th =)
Right now I'm trying to pick out the cover - thoughts?
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-51260107/stock-photo-golden-nymph
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-12127289/stock-photo-beautiful-young-beauty-in-a-golden-ring
http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/muscular-upper-body-13894490?st=5d7922d
http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/young-couple-at-sunset-on-beach-6139599?st=c1c9273
Part of me wants to keep it beachy like the other Venus Rising covers, but I also really like the ring one. Which one would make you look at the cover and think "I should read that"?
if you were wondering, Chapter 24 of Taken by the Wolf is up on Lit. It's got some answers to questions people have been having. I think it's kind of funny that some people think I went "too far" with one aspect of it... that was planned from the very beginning and I think it's a lot less messed up than things I've written for other stories, so I find it amusing that it's the line for some people. I'm also kind of amused by how upset people are that the Wolf is letting other people touch Bella and Alex... he's an anti-hero, not a damaged hero that just needs some TLC to turn himself around. Granted, I think he's a lot more fond of Bella and Alex than he has been of any of his other previous Moon pets, but that doesn't mean his personality is going to change.
Probably the most amusing comment I've gotten thus far is the one saying I'm degrading women. lol. apparently they just skipped the chapters between Alex and the Wolf? Or Cora? Or Lorena? I wanted to do waaaaaaaay more with Cora, but I ended up deciding it doesn't actually fit into the story line, it literally would just be me dragging out the story because I want to fit Cora and Trace back into it somehow. *sigh*
I'm right on track to have On His Knees out next month, official release date should be July 15th =)
Right now I'm trying to pick out the cover - thoughts?
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-51260107/stock-photo-golden-nymph
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-12127289/stock-photo-beautiful-young-beauty-in-a-golden-ring
http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/muscular-upper-body-13894490?st=5d7922d
http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/young-couple-at-sunset-on-beach-6139599?st=c1c9273
Part of me wants to keep it beachy like the other Venus Rising covers, but I also really like the ring one. Which one would make you look at the cover and think "I should read that"?
June 13, 2014
Never Will I Ever
I've been doing a lot of reading over the past couple of days... and I had to do something that I absolutely hate to do. I returned three books. THREE. That's unheard of for me. But I couldn't finish them. What killed me was that two of them had a bunch of 5 star and 4 star reviews and only a few bad reviews. I don't know what it is with this new fad of loving really weak heroines, stalker heroes, and villains that are so freaking ridiculously "bad" that they end up as more of a farce than a real threat. I can't deal with it though.
That's one of the reasons I don't incorporate any danger or major drama into my books. I'm afraid I'm going to end up a giant hypocrite with a book that's just like the books that I can't stand. So I've decided to write myself a little list.
Never will I ever...
1. Have any of my heroes or heroines think or say "I don't deserve [the hero/heroine]." Because even if someone feels that way, they rarely actually think the words, it's usually more something along "they're out of my league" or "we have nothing in common because they're rich and I'm poor" or something like that.
2. Let any of my heroines be dumb enough not to get help. I can't stand it when a heroine character is being stalked and harassed by the bad guy and she doesn't even tell her friends, much less the police or someone who can help. Seriously? WTF. Not even her friends? I also won't have her tell her friends and then ignore all of their advice to get help. I think it's incredibly unrealistic that someone could be receiving threats of rape or death on their phone and just brush it off as "head games." Yeah, I read a book where that was happening. Granted, I didn't read very far into it.
3. Have a stalker hero. Christian Grey freaking creeps me out. You know who did the stalker hero correctly? Lexi Blake and Shayla Black in Their Virgin Secretary . The difference is hard to explain, but it's mostly that Tate isn't doing it because he wants to control Annabelle or always know where she is. He's just a socially awkward computer genius who keeps tabs on EVERYONE, not just her. If you've read both books, you'll probably get it.
4. Insert danger/stalker/villain just to make the hero and heroine realize they love each other. If they wouldn't commit / confess their love without someone being in life-threatening danger, then I'm not going to force false circumstances upon them. Because seriously, that kind of adrenaline and sudden emotion does wear off. If a relationship isn't working, period, it's not going to magically fix itself just because someone almost died. Having something like that make people want to change / work harder at their relationship is acceptable.
5. Make my villain too psycho and too unbelievable. I was reading a book where the villain, at the very beginning of the book, jumped the hero along with four of his friends and beat him so badly that he was in a coma for a few days. Not only that, but he did it in retaliation for the hero sticking up for the heroine when the villain was bullying her and calling her a whore in public after she turned him down for a date. THEN, the villain "somehow" (it was never explained) avoided being charged or even arrested. Despite the fact that there were witnesses. While the hero is in the hospital, the villain (who is married, btw) is texting and threatening the heroine and still calling her names and saying how he's going to get her and going to finish off the job on the hero. Seriously? Even psychopaths don't leave around that much evidence over a period of MONTHS. Literally, months. He was too bad and too inhuman to be believable. Yeah. I had to ask for a refund for that book too.
So that's my little list of Never Will I Evers. If you ever notice me doing any of these things, please call me out on them so that I can fix it immediately.
In writing news; I submitted chapter 24 of Taken by the Wolf to Literotica last night. They've been getting chapters out pretty quickly so it could be out as early as over the weekend, or it might come out next week =) Pretty excited about this chapter... the mystery of the Moon document on the Wolf's desk gets cleared up in it!
That's one of the reasons I don't incorporate any danger or major drama into my books. I'm afraid I'm going to end up a giant hypocrite with a book that's just like the books that I can't stand. So I've decided to write myself a little list.
Never will I ever...
1. Have any of my heroes or heroines think or say "I don't deserve [the hero/heroine]." Because even if someone feels that way, they rarely actually think the words, it's usually more something along "they're out of my league" or "we have nothing in common because they're rich and I'm poor" or something like that.
2. Let any of my heroines be dumb enough not to get help. I can't stand it when a heroine character is being stalked and harassed by the bad guy and she doesn't even tell her friends, much less the police or someone who can help. Seriously? WTF. Not even her friends? I also won't have her tell her friends and then ignore all of their advice to get help. I think it's incredibly unrealistic that someone could be receiving threats of rape or death on their phone and just brush it off as "head games." Yeah, I read a book where that was happening. Granted, I didn't read very far into it.
3. Have a stalker hero. Christian Grey freaking creeps me out. You know who did the stalker hero correctly? Lexi Blake and Shayla Black in Their Virgin Secretary . The difference is hard to explain, but it's mostly that Tate isn't doing it because he wants to control Annabelle or always know where she is. He's just a socially awkward computer genius who keeps tabs on EVERYONE, not just her. If you've read both books, you'll probably get it.
4. Insert danger/stalker/villain just to make the hero and heroine realize they love each other. If they wouldn't commit / confess their love without someone being in life-threatening danger, then I'm not going to force false circumstances upon them. Because seriously, that kind of adrenaline and sudden emotion does wear off. If a relationship isn't working, period, it's not going to magically fix itself just because someone almost died. Having something like that make people want to change / work harder at their relationship is acceptable.
5. Make my villain too psycho and too unbelievable. I was reading a book where the villain, at the very beginning of the book, jumped the hero along with four of his friends and beat him so badly that he was in a coma for a few days. Not only that, but he did it in retaliation for the hero sticking up for the heroine when the villain was bullying her and calling her a whore in public after she turned him down for a date. THEN, the villain "somehow" (it was never explained) avoided being charged or even arrested. Despite the fact that there were witnesses. While the hero is in the hospital, the villain (who is married, btw) is texting and threatening the heroine and still calling her names and saying how he's going to get her and going to finish off the job on the hero. Seriously? Even psychopaths don't leave around that much evidence over a period of MONTHS. Literally, months. He was too bad and too inhuman to be believable. Yeah. I had to ask for a refund for that book too.
So that's my little list of Never Will I Evers. If you ever notice me doing any of these things, please call me out on them so that I can fix it immediately.
In writing news; I submitted chapter 24 of Taken by the Wolf to Literotica last night. They've been getting chapters out pretty quickly so it could be out as early as over the weekend, or it might come out next week =) Pretty excited about this chapter... the mystery of the Moon document on the Wolf's desk gets cleared up in it!
June 9, 2014
Ramble Ramble Ramble
This past weekend was super relaxing, which I needed... if you follow my Facebook or Twitter page, you know that hubby and I have decided to get a house, so things are going to be stressful soon, but it's time to get out of the apartment situation! Should give me lots of insight for my writing, since eventually some of my characters are going to need to move into houses. A few of them are already there, but Hilary and Liam are still in their apartment. I'm having a lot of fun with their novella and I'm right on track to have it out in July, which makes me happy. It's going to be about 30k words or so.
Literotica has been making me want to facepalm a bit lately. Someone apparently took umbrage over the fact that I said "he plundered her backdoor" in one of my stories, and lectured me on the incorrect use of the word "plunder." They very thoughtfully included a dictionary definition. Apparently they've never heard of creative license. I think 'plunder' is a perfect word, esp when it comes to the backdoor and there's an element of reluctance. Pillage works too, in my opinion. That one was pretty eye-roll worthy, although it also just makes me wonder about some people. The real kickers were the whiners who read 23 chapters of Taken by the Wolf so that they could complain about both the length and the content. It's like eating an entire meal and then saying it was terrible.
Although, honestly, that's not even what makes me shake my head at them. What makes me shake my head is wondering what their possible motivation could be. It's a little too late to go back and change the story, even if I was so inclined. Do they think they're going to make me stop writing? Or are they just miserable people who need to put others down to feel better about themselves? Sometimes I wonder if they're jealous failed writers. Or maybe they're just people who have never taken a creative writing class and don't know what constructive criticism is and also don't realize that, after taking a creative writing class, generalizations just aren't that insulting.
You haven't been torn up till you've taken a creative writing class and had people TEAR it apart, with valid and specific criticism. I'm lucky, I've always been pretty good at taking criticism, but it still can be rough. And then the teacher tells you that it's not very literary, which is followed by a blank look when you tell them that you want to write pop fiction, not literature. LOL. Worst English major, ever. I always wondered what would happen if I brought one of my dirty stories to class. Sometimes I wish I'd been brave enough. Probably would have been hilarious.
Seriously though, it makes me wonder... do people actually go to Literotica looking for something other than stroke stories? Cuz that's never what I thought it was for. I make sure to try and have some kind of erotic content in every single chapter, because the few times that I haven't, people get all whiny about that too. I know I can't please all of the people all of the time, but it does seem weird that people would complain about too much erotic content when the word "erotica" is part of the site's name. So if you read on Lit, what do you go there for?
Literotica has been making me want to facepalm a bit lately. Someone apparently took umbrage over the fact that I said "he plundered her backdoor" in one of my stories, and lectured me on the incorrect use of the word "plunder." They very thoughtfully included a dictionary definition. Apparently they've never heard of creative license. I think 'plunder' is a perfect word, esp when it comes to the backdoor and there's an element of reluctance. Pillage works too, in my opinion. That one was pretty eye-roll worthy, although it also just makes me wonder about some people. The real kickers were the whiners who read 23 chapters of Taken by the Wolf so that they could complain about both the length and the content. It's like eating an entire meal and then saying it was terrible.
Although, honestly, that's not even what makes me shake my head at them. What makes me shake my head is wondering what their possible motivation could be. It's a little too late to go back and change the story, even if I was so inclined. Do they think they're going to make me stop writing? Or are they just miserable people who need to put others down to feel better about themselves? Sometimes I wonder if they're jealous failed writers. Or maybe they're just people who have never taken a creative writing class and don't know what constructive criticism is and also don't realize that, after taking a creative writing class, generalizations just aren't that insulting.
You haven't been torn up till you've taken a creative writing class and had people TEAR it apart, with valid and specific criticism. I'm lucky, I've always been pretty good at taking criticism, but it still can be rough. And then the teacher tells you that it's not very literary, which is followed by a blank look when you tell them that you want to write pop fiction, not literature. LOL. Worst English major, ever. I always wondered what would happen if I brought one of my dirty stories to class. Sometimes I wish I'd been brave enough. Probably would have been hilarious.
Seriously though, it makes me wonder... do people actually go to Literotica looking for something other than stroke stories? Cuz that's never what I thought it was for. I make sure to try and have some kind of erotic content in every single chapter, because the few times that I haven't, people get all whiny about that too. I know I can't please all of the people all of the time, but it does seem weird that people would complain about too much erotic content when the word "erotica" is part of the site's name. So if you read on Lit, what do you go there for?
June 4, 2014
Taken by the Wolf Ch. 23
Obviously I'm on a bit of a writing roll. Not the kind of I can eat, sadly. LOL.
Chapter 23 of Taken by the Wolf is now out on Literotica and so far people seem to be enjoying =D As we get closer to the end of the series, more and more things are going to be revealed. Right now, I think we're 5 or less chapters away from me finishing this gargantuan story off. Which, as much as I am enjoying it, I will be happy to do so. I need to do something easier on my brain and less plot heavy, with less details for me to remember. That'll be finishing up From Terra , which I'm looking forward to. Kind of funny that it's another kidnap story, but Chryssa is a very different character from Alex and Bella so it'll be really fun for me to explore that =D
In the meantime, I've started on Claiming His Wife, the last book in the Domestic Discipline story. Alex and Grace break my heart a little. For a long time I've wanted to attempt a 2nd chance story, cuz a lot of the ones that I read on my own Kindle really piss me off LOL. A lot of the time, the misunderstandings seem stupidly unbelievable, and so the reconciliation and the realization of "we didn't need to go through all this pain" just makes me wanna slap both characters upside their head. I've tried to give both Alex and Grace good reasons for their behavior, but it does make the reconciliation part rather interesting. Especially when I throw in the spankings!
I'm also on track for getting Hilary and Liam's novella, On His Knees, out sometime in July. Of course, the novella isn't just going to include them. We get a little tidbit about Adam and Angel that Maria and Rick missed out on because they were avoiding Stronghold for a couple of weeks, as well as a peek at Lexie and Patrick interacting while she's being punished with front desk duty, a little more info about Andrew and, of course, a little bit more of Jessica, Chris and Justin's marriage dilemma. Those are kind of the major looks at the other Stronghold characters during the novella, although everyone is there of course. If you've read Taming the Tease then you know that Liam is pretty nervous about the whole proposal thing and I'm having a really good time with that, as well as with their enjoyment of role play.
Getting back into their story is like putting on a pair of comfy old shoes that I just found in the closet after having missed them for a while. I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to recapture their voices, but I think it's going pretty well =D And it's helping me figure out more of what's going to go down with Patrick and Lexie, as well as Andrew (who will be book #4).
So yeah... that's what's going on with me in the writing world right now!
Chapter 23 of Taken by the Wolf is now out on Literotica and so far people seem to be enjoying =D As we get closer to the end of the series, more and more things are going to be revealed. Right now, I think we're 5 or less chapters away from me finishing this gargantuan story off. Which, as much as I am enjoying it, I will be happy to do so. I need to do something easier on my brain and less plot heavy, with less details for me to remember. That'll be finishing up From Terra , which I'm looking forward to. Kind of funny that it's another kidnap story, but Chryssa is a very different character from Alex and Bella so it'll be really fun for me to explore that =D
In the meantime, I've started on Claiming His Wife, the last book in the Domestic Discipline story. Alex and Grace break my heart a little. For a long time I've wanted to attempt a 2nd chance story, cuz a lot of the ones that I read on my own Kindle really piss me off LOL. A lot of the time, the misunderstandings seem stupidly unbelievable, and so the reconciliation and the realization of "we didn't need to go through all this pain" just makes me wanna slap both characters upside their head. I've tried to give both Alex and Grace good reasons for their behavior, but it does make the reconciliation part rather interesting. Especially when I throw in the spankings!
I'm also on track for getting Hilary and Liam's novella, On His Knees, out sometime in July. Of course, the novella isn't just going to include them. We get a little tidbit about Adam and Angel that Maria and Rick missed out on because they were avoiding Stronghold for a couple of weeks, as well as a peek at Lexie and Patrick interacting while she's being punished with front desk duty, a little more info about Andrew and, of course, a little bit more of Jessica, Chris and Justin's marriage dilemma. Those are kind of the major looks at the other Stronghold characters during the novella, although everyone is there of course. If you've read Taming the Tease then you know that Liam is pretty nervous about the whole proposal thing and I'm having a really good time with that, as well as with their enjoyment of role play.
Getting back into their story is like putting on a pair of comfy old shoes that I just found in the closet after having missed them for a while. I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to recapture their voices, but I think it's going pretty well =D And it's helping me figure out more of what's going to go down with Patrick and Lexie, as well as Andrew (who will be book #4).
So yeah... that's what's going on with me in the writing world right now!
May 29, 2014
Taken by the Wolf Ch. 22
I seem to be getting back into the writing swing now that
Taming the Tease
is finished and out =)
Taken by the Wolf Ch. 22
is now up on Literotica! And I'm about a third of the way through Chapter 23! Very exciting! I'm pretty sure that this story is going to be less than 30 chapters so we're getting very close to the end. I know that chapter 21 was short - I was just trying to get something out since I hadn't gotten a chapter up in a while - hopefully this chapter makes up for that!
I'm already working hard on both the novella I'm writing for Hilary and Liam, and the final book in the Domestic Discipline quartet =) I've missed the Victorian times! Plus, Grace and Alex have been waiting very patiently for their story. As much as I love Stronghold, I have to admit, it does me good to take a break from each storyline for a little bit. Let things shuffle around in my head for a little bit.
Although I have already started on Lexie & Patrick's book. If you've reading Taming, then don't worry... the little scene between Lexie and Patrick that she describes in the epilogue, we're going to see that in the prologue of the next book. I'm not SUCH a big tease that I would completely skip over going into that scene from their POVs =D Especially Patrick's!!!
In the meantime... just being my usual busy self. Trying to keep up with everything I have going on. It's a chore sometimes!
I'm already working hard on both the novella I'm writing for Hilary and Liam, and the final book in the Domestic Discipline quartet =) I've missed the Victorian times! Plus, Grace and Alex have been waiting very patiently for their story. As much as I love Stronghold, I have to admit, it does me good to take a break from each storyline for a little bit. Let things shuffle around in my head for a little bit.
Although I have already started on Lexie & Patrick's book. If you've reading Taming, then don't worry... the little scene between Lexie and Patrick that she describes in the epilogue, we're going to see that in the prologue of the next book. I'm not SUCH a big tease that I would completely skip over going into that scene from their POVs =D Especially Patrick's!!!
In the meantime... just being my usual busy self. Trying to keep up with everything I have going on. It's a chore sometimes!
May 27, 2014
This Summer
Thank you so much to everyone who has purchased / reviewed Taming the Tease =) I had such a good time writing it and it's always incredibly heart-warming to hear how people appreciate my work! Plus, it keeps me motivated to write... lots. =D
I've got lots of stuff I'm trying to do this summer. Finishing Taken by the Wolf is one. We're soooo close to the end. This is the longest Lit series I've ever written, and one of the more complex ones... honestly I'm kind of looking forward to doing something simpler. Especially since the books I write have so many characters / side plots to keep track of, I need to make sure that I'm taking it easy on myself when I work on Literotica stuff. I didn't do that with Wolf. Once I'm finished with that, it will be MUCH easier for me to finish off From Terra, which I hope to complete by the end of summer =)
I'm actually aiming to have TWO books out this summer.
As I've previously talked about, I'm going to be finishing up the Domestic Discipline Quartet. Alex and Grace's story has been a long time coming. I've already started on it and they make my heart ache. Claiming His Wife will also wrap all the other character's last little issues with each other =D Which I'm looking forward. Cynthia's going to be getting into all sorts of trouble, which poor Wesley will have to punish her over. Eleanor and Edwin are definitely heading to some kind of show down. I think Hugh and Irene have all their issues worked out, but you never know what might come up in the course of a book! Sometimes characters have minds of their own. My goal release date for that is August 2014.
However, I'm aiming to have a Stronghold novella released the month before that! That's right, if you've read Taming of the Tease then you know who gets engaged, and I want to write a short little novella telling that story. Patrick and Lexie will be out this fall, but I'll be working on their book all summer as well.
I have lots to do! But it makes me happy =)
I've got lots of stuff I'm trying to do this summer. Finishing Taken by the Wolf is one. We're soooo close to the end. This is the longest Lit series I've ever written, and one of the more complex ones... honestly I'm kind of looking forward to doing something simpler. Especially since the books I write have so many characters / side plots to keep track of, I need to make sure that I'm taking it easy on myself when I work on Literotica stuff. I didn't do that with Wolf. Once I'm finished with that, it will be MUCH easier for me to finish off From Terra, which I hope to complete by the end of summer =)
I'm actually aiming to have TWO books out this summer.
As I've previously talked about, I'm going to be finishing up the Domestic Discipline Quartet. Alex and Grace's story has been a long time coming. I've already started on it and they make my heart ache. Claiming His Wife will also wrap all the other character's last little issues with each other =D Which I'm looking forward. Cynthia's going to be getting into all sorts of trouble, which poor Wesley will have to punish her over. Eleanor and Edwin are definitely heading to some kind of show down. I think Hugh and Irene have all their issues worked out, but you never know what might come up in the course of a book! Sometimes characters have minds of their own. My goal release date for that is August 2014.
However, I'm aiming to have a Stronghold novella released the month before that! That's right, if you've read Taming of the Tease then you know who gets engaged, and I want to write a short little novella telling that story. Patrick and Lexie will be out this fall, but I'll be working on their book all summer as well.
I have lots to do! But it makes me happy =)
May 23, 2014
Taming the Tease Hits Top 100!
I just wanted to say thank you SO MUCH to everyone who already bought my book!!!
I scrolled down the Amazon page this morning, to check out the review that had been left and on my way my eye caught the Best Seller's Rank - it's #95 on Kindle Erotica Books and #97 on ALL Erotica Books!!!!! I'm doubtful as to whether I'll ever make the New York Times Best Seller's list, but seeing myself on the Amazon Erotica Best Seller's List is just as exciting to me =)
Hopefully you are all enjoying Taming the Tease so far! And if you do, please consider leaving me a review! Those things are super helpful, both for possible readers, and for me. Knowing what people like / don't like really does influence what goes into the other books!
I'm having trouble letting go of the Stronghold gang and shifting gears over to Domestic Discipline, but it's starting to come back to me =D In the meantime, I'm working hard on the next chapter of Taken By the Wolf, hopefully will finish that up sometime next week. WOOT!
If you're in the U.S., I hope you have a wonderful 3-day weekend, don't forget to take a moment of time to remember what this weekend is about and honor those who have lost their lives in service to our country. If you're not in the U.S. I hope you have a wonderful regular weekend!
I scrolled down the Amazon page this morning, to check out the review that had been left and on my way my eye caught the Best Seller's Rank - it's #95 on Kindle Erotica Books and #97 on ALL Erotica Books!!!!! I'm doubtful as to whether I'll ever make the New York Times Best Seller's list, but seeing myself on the Amazon Erotica Best Seller's List is just as exciting to me =)
Hopefully you are all enjoying Taming the Tease so far! And if you do, please consider leaving me a review! Those things are super helpful, both for possible readers, and for me. Knowing what people like / don't like really does influence what goes into the other books!
I'm having trouble letting go of the Stronghold gang and shifting gears over to Domestic Discipline, but it's starting to come back to me =D In the meantime, I'm working hard on the next chapter of Taken By the Wolf, hopefully will finish that up sometime next week. WOOT!
If you're in the U.S., I hope you have a wonderful 3-day weekend, don't forget to take a moment of time to remember what this weekend is about and honor those who have lost their lives in service to our country. If you're not in the U.S. I hope you have a wonderful regular weekend!
May 22, 2014
New Release: Taming the Tease
YAY! Finally Rick Winter gets his girl!!!!
Isn't that a gorgeous cover? Huge thank you to RaineyCloud9 - by designer Crystal Raine for putting it together!!! I freaking love it.
Taming the Tease is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords!
Rick Winter is tired of playing empty scenes with submissives, only to return home alone. He wants what he sees his friends getting - a real relationship with submissives who love them. Unfortunately, since his move to be closer to his friends and Stronghold, the kink club he goes to, the only woman that's really sparked his interest not only isn't a submissive, she's his neighbor. Since he's always had strict rules for himself about not becoming entangled with women that he can't avoid (just in case things go badly), Rick's doing his best to ignore the distractingly gorgeous and curvy Maria.
Maria Arias is the oldest of four sisters; the middle two are married and her baby-sister just got engaged. That doesn't bother her though, what bothers her are the assumptions everyone else seems to have about how it SHOULD bother her. She's just looking for some fun and maybe a few hot nights when she meets her sexy new neighbor, but he's staying aloof - mostly. After a series of mixed-signals, and one very clear warning to stay away from him, this vanilla tease is about to find out what happens when she flirts with a Dom who demands more than just a casual affair.
Taming the Tease is the second book in the Stronghold series and contains erotic content, anal play, orgasm denial, all sorts of sass and lots of hot alpha-males.
As usual... this will also begin my begging for reviews ;) If you like the book, if you don't like the book... (but mostly if you like the book ;) the most wonderful thing you can do for me is write a review!!! =) I hope you all enjoy!
Isn't that a gorgeous cover? Huge thank you to RaineyCloud9 - by designer Crystal Raine for putting it together!!! I freaking love it. Taming the Tease is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords!
Rick Winter is tired of playing empty scenes with submissives, only to return home alone. He wants what he sees his friends getting - a real relationship with submissives who love them. Unfortunately, since his move to be closer to his friends and Stronghold, the kink club he goes to, the only woman that's really sparked his interest not only isn't a submissive, she's his neighbor. Since he's always had strict rules for himself about not becoming entangled with women that he can't avoid (just in case things go badly), Rick's doing his best to ignore the distractingly gorgeous and curvy Maria.
Maria Arias is the oldest of four sisters; the middle two are married and her baby-sister just got engaged. That doesn't bother her though, what bothers her are the assumptions everyone else seems to have about how it SHOULD bother her. She's just looking for some fun and maybe a few hot nights when she meets her sexy new neighbor, but he's staying aloof - mostly. After a series of mixed-signals, and one very clear warning to stay away from him, this vanilla tease is about to find out what happens when she flirts with a Dom who demands more than just a casual affair.
Taming the Tease is the second book in the Stronghold series and contains erotic content, anal play, orgasm denial, all sorts of sass and lots of hot alpha-males.
As usual... this will also begin my begging for reviews ;) If you like the book, if you don't like the book... (but mostly if you like the book ;) the most wonderful thing you can do for me is write a review!!! =) I hope you all enjoy!
May 14, 2014
Coming Soon
Okay, I've been writing like a mad woman and yesterday I finished writing Taming the Tease. It clocked in at 120,008 words pre-editing. I'm going out of town today and won't be back until Sunday, and won't have computer access, so I'm not going by to able to finish the editing until the beginning of next week, but it will be out towards the end of next week =) And once I get back, I'll have a better idea of how long it's going to take me to edit.
Yesterday I also submitted a short chapter of Taken by the Wolf to Literotica, so that should hopefully be out sometime this weekend =) Chapters should also start coming a lot faster now that my entire focus isn't on Taming.
So that's what's going on... and now I have to go get ready for this weekend.
Yesterday I also submitted a short chapter of Taken by the Wolf to Literotica, so that should hopefully be out sometime this weekend =) Chapters should also start coming a lot faster now that my entire focus isn't on Taming.
So that's what's going on... and now I have to go get ready for this weekend.
