Stylo Fantome's Blog - Posts Tagged "hottest-read-of-the-summer"

So for the Hint-o-Bragging:

Oh my giddy-god's pajamas, Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews has picked Degradation as one of their six HOTTEST READS OF THE SUMMER. Died a little. It is in a giveaway that Sinfully does with FOUR other blogs that you just might have heard of, who all also included their top hottest reads - so THIRTY signed paperback books are up for grabs in an AMAZING giveaway, that you can find here:

http://bit.ly/1s2g8lv

Or at any of these blogs:

Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews
The Rock Stars of Romance
Schmexy Girl Book Blog
True Story Book Blog
The SubClub Books

And in the News Department:





Separation releases in ONE WEEK! AHHHHH! Excited and nervous and scared and elated and .... maybe want to throw up a little ...

Since I'm SO EXCITED for the continuation of Jameson's story, I am putting Degradation on sale for that weekend, the 20th, 21st, and 22nd! Only .99¢! So if you've been hesitating over buying it, here is your chance! Get it on sale and then Separation will be available on Monday for a back-to-back read!

Cup-o-Kink:

I have always ALWAYS written some kind of romance, I can recognize that now. It is a theme in every story I've ever done. But erotica!? Hell yeah, I like to read it, but write it!? I can't even get through Pretty Woman without putting a pillow over my face!

So last year, around March, I set out to write a contemporary romance novel, complete with sex scenes. You guys, if you could read it now ... it's embarrassing how bland and boring it is. So I decided to try again - and this time, I wanted to write an Alpha. So I wrote ANOTHER story, so big I had to break it into two parts. Stronger, more descriptive sex scenes, but still very safely in the contemporary department.

And then along came Jameson. "Hallloooo, leave your inhibitions at the door, bitch, cause it's about to become a bumpy fuckin' ride." I had NEVER written full-on erotica, until Jameson's story. That BJ scene in the library? Yup, first time writing one of those! And now it's somewhat of a favorite.

"Hmmm, maybe I actually CAN do this ..."

But "problem" arose - Degradation is considered by a lot to be a "dark" read. How did that happen? I don't write dark. Do I? I wasn't trying to write dark. What would happen if I actually REALLY tried to write dark?

So I tried it. And you know what happened? NADA. Nothing. Kept stalling. Didn't flow AT ALL. Dropped stories and switched pages and booooorrrriiiinnnggg.

So I started again. A lot of time, when I'm going to bed, I try to clear my mind and think very clearly to myself "what do YOU want to see?" and then thoughts and images kinda float through my brain.

I kept picturing James Spader, and thinking a lot about a lot of his movies. A story line started to develop. But I was kind of scared of it, scared that it would stall like the rest, so I waited almost a week before opening that new page.

BOOM. 30,000 words and still going - I had to force myself to stop so I could finish editing Separation. And I think I kinda sorta (not really) figured something out.

I don't write dark - I write SEX. THAT is my genre. Is that a genre? Well, it is now. It just seems to come easily to me (not saying that it's technically good, just saying it's what flows the most naturally).

Kinky sex. Taboo sex. Fetish sex. Things that make you go "this is wrong, but I can't stop reading about it". I love it, I love writing about it, I love exploring it. I'm not very kinky or taboo or fetish-y in real life, but I think that might be part of it - a curiosity about those things, maybe, that drives me to write stories about them.

"Well, I don't like being choked out or slapped around or called names - but I do kinda wonder what it's like to live that lifestyle, or why those people like it. Maybe if I try to write a story about it, I can get in that mind set a little ..."

I have seen people complain about some other book/s being "all about sex"! Well, why not?, I say. Why can't sex be THE plot? A large chunk of most peoples' adult lives revolves a little bit around sex. Losing your virginity, trying to find someone to have sex with, trying to make it good, trying to have babies, whatever - why can't a book be about that? Because it's sex? Sex isn't worthy of its own plotline?

Apparently in my world it is.

I hope you read and liked Degradation. I hope you read and like Separation - it is a very different book, a departure. I hope you read and like Reparation, when it comes out in December.

And I hope you like them enough to stick around and see what else I've got up my sleeves, because I'm thinking there just might maybe some more stuff up there ... some kinky and syrupy sweet and bad for you and so so good for you ... and maybe just a hint-o-dark ...