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Condom Conundrum
So.
This is something I have seen complained about, on several occasions. With my books, and with other books.
Condoms.
Why are book boyfriends such filthy whores that they never use condoms!?
Gross.
Honestly? I couldn't care two ways if a guy in a book uses a condom - these are just MY personal thoughts on the issue. You never once read about Jameson using a condom because - to be quite honest - I didn't think about it. I write sex scenes in a very similar fashion to how they happen in real life - quickly, without thinking too much about it, just trying to get to that explosive ending.
If an author wants to write condom use in to their story, bravo, good for them. But if they don't, I don't hold it against them, either.
In my opinion, we're reading FICTION, and since it's FICTION, then maybe this book takes place in a land where STDs don't exist and you only get pregnant when you decide you want to get pregnant.
Or maybe, since it's FICTION, the author is just glossing over it, and in the push and pull of the moment, the condom wrapping did happen, we just weren't privy to it. Most authors don't write in every time their characters pee and poop, but I'm gonna go ahead and assume those things happen, too (notice no one complains about that? Gotcha!).
Harry Potter is also FICTION, and I didn't need a disclaimer every time Harry whipped out his wand *nyuck nyuck* explaining to me that magic is not, in fact, real (LIES!!!!). I know magic isn't real. I know that I can't fly, or cast spells, or disappear - but I love to read about it, so I go with it. I don't need someone to remind me that it isn't real.
I know that under no circumstances, should a person EVER have sex for the first time with someone else WITHOUT using a condom. The only thing that's 100% safe is abstinence - if you don't want a fetching case of the Herpes, or a baby, wrap it up!
But I know that I am writing AND reading something that is entirely FICTION. And people will continue arguing this point, and maybe feel it's an author's duty to set a good example, or what have you.
But no one should use Jameson as a leading example for ANYTHING, least of all safe sex. He is a very, very bad boy.
Did you read the part where he likes to pay for sex!?
Gross.
(I'd still totally jump on that)
This is something I have seen complained about, on several occasions. With my books, and with other books.
Condoms.
Why are book boyfriends such filthy whores that they never use condoms!?
Gross.
Honestly? I couldn't care two ways if a guy in a book uses a condom - these are just MY personal thoughts on the issue. You never once read about Jameson using a condom because - to be quite honest - I didn't think about it. I write sex scenes in a very similar fashion to how they happen in real life - quickly, without thinking too much about it, just trying to get to that explosive ending.
If an author wants to write condom use in to their story, bravo, good for them. But if they don't, I don't hold it against them, either.
In my opinion, we're reading FICTION, and since it's FICTION, then maybe this book takes place in a land where STDs don't exist and you only get pregnant when you decide you want to get pregnant.
Or maybe, since it's FICTION, the author is just glossing over it, and in the push and pull of the moment, the condom wrapping did happen, we just weren't privy to it. Most authors don't write in every time their characters pee and poop, but I'm gonna go ahead and assume those things happen, too (notice no one complains about that? Gotcha!).
Harry Potter is also FICTION, and I didn't need a disclaimer every time Harry whipped out his wand *nyuck nyuck* explaining to me that magic is not, in fact, real (LIES!!!!). I know magic isn't real. I know that I can't fly, or cast spells, or disappear - but I love to read about it, so I go with it. I don't need someone to remind me that it isn't real.
I know that under no circumstances, should a person EVER have sex for the first time with someone else WITHOUT using a condom. The only thing that's 100% safe is abstinence - if you don't want a fetching case of the Herpes, or a baby, wrap it up!
But I know that I am writing AND reading something that is entirely FICTION. And people will continue arguing this point, and maybe feel it's an author's duty to set a good example, or what have you.
But no one should use Jameson as a leading example for ANYTHING, least of all safe sex. He is a very, very bad boy.
Did you read the part where he likes to pay for sex!?
Gross.
(I'd still totally jump on that)
I Wish I Could Say I Did It All for You ...
So Reparation is on its way. It has been sent to beta-readers, and has gotten good feedback. It is with an editor right now, as well. One more set of rewrites and edits, and ARCs will be ready to go out.
Do to my amazing stalking abilities, I have seen people comment with things like "well, potential release date", or wondering if Sanders' prologue was just written because of "fan" interest in him from the first book.
I can tell you, Reparation will 110% be published on time. How do I know that? Because it's written. It's finished. Keeping a promise is important to me, and giving a release date is making a promise, in my opinion. I wouldn't have set that date if I didn't think I could make it, and I was able to set that date because why? The story was written.
Same with the Sanders prologue. I loved Sanders by the middle of writing Degradation. I already knew his backstory by the end of it - it demanded to be told, hence why it was the prologue to part two. I also knew he would be playing a much bigger part, so I wanted to get his story out there to explain some more about him and his ways.
I had no idea people would respond to him the way they have - I am beyond delighted and pleased. I get more comments about Sanders than I do about Tate, Jameson, and Ang combined. People just love him, and I'm so proud of him and the character he became. I'm very glad people love him as much as I do - but his story existed and was written long before I hit publish.
I wrote Degradation in early February of this year, 2014. I took the entire month of March off from life, didn't type or read a word, as I was dealing with a family emergency.
I picked the story line back up in mid-March. Sanders' prologue was the very first thing I thought of, very first thing I wrote. When I re-read, I actually usually skip it because I've read it SO MANY TIMES now. Separation had three separate starts - over 100 pages went in the trash - but Sanders' prologue always remained.
I think Reparation got started some time in April. The entire storyline was completely finished by the end of May. Did some rewrites and edits on Degradation, and then I started sending out ARCs between June 15th-20th - the same time I set up this account and my Facebook account.
So The Kane Trilogy was a trilogy long before I ever hit publish - my mission statement is no joke, I would never EVER publish an unfinished storyline.
Separation was such a bitch to write, caused me so many problems, took a massive amount more time to write than either Degradation or Reparation. Imagine if I had published Degradation without writing Separation? I would probably still be working on it right now. And I - personally - don't think that's okay or fair to do, with a cliffhanger ending. Why should readers suffer because I have writer's block and poor planning abilities? I can just hold my horses and NOT hit publish - people can't get antsy about a book they don't know exists.
So there you have it. I would like to say I included things just for the readers and fans - but alas, I did not. I couldn't, because everything you read existed long before any of you even knew who I was.
So if you have any input on my next stories, now is the time to put in your two cents to tell me what you want to see and read! Cause by the time I hit publish, everything will already long since be done.
Do to my amazing stalking abilities, I have seen people comment with things like "well, potential release date", or wondering if Sanders' prologue was just written because of "fan" interest in him from the first book.
I can tell you, Reparation will 110% be published on time. How do I know that? Because it's written. It's finished. Keeping a promise is important to me, and giving a release date is making a promise, in my opinion. I wouldn't have set that date if I didn't think I could make it, and I was able to set that date because why? The story was written.
Same with the Sanders prologue. I loved Sanders by the middle of writing Degradation. I already knew his backstory by the end of it - it demanded to be told, hence why it was the prologue to part two. I also knew he would be playing a much bigger part, so I wanted to get his story out there to explain some more about him and his ways.
I had no idea people would respond to him the way they have - I am beyond delighted and pleased. I get more comments about Sanders than I do about Tate, Jameson, and Ang combined. People just love him, and I'm so proud of him and the character he became. I'm very glad people love him as much as I do - but his story existed and was written long before I hit publish.
I wrote Degradation in early February of this year, 2014. I took the entire month of March off from life, didn't type or read a word, as I was dealing with a family emergency.
I picked the story line back up in mid-March. Sanders' prologue was the very first thing I thought of, very first thing I wrote. When I re-read, I actually usually skip it because I've read it SO MANY TIMES now. Separation had three separate starts - over 100 pages went in the trash - but Sanders' prologue always remained.
I think Reparation got started some time in April. The entire storyline was completely finished by the end of May. Did some rewrites and edits on Degradation, and then I started sending out ARCs between June 15th-20th - the same time I set up this account and my Facebook account.
So The Kane Trilogy was a trilogy long before I ever hit publish - my mission statement is no joke, I would never EVER publish an unfinished storyline.
Separation was such a bitch to write, caused me so many problems, took a massive amount more time to write than either Degradation or Reparation. Imagine if I had published Degradation without writing Separation? I would probably still be working on it right now. And I - personally - don't think that's okay or fair to do, with a cliffhanger ending. Why should readers suffer because I have writer's block and poor planning abilities? I can just hold my horses and NOT hit publish - people can't get antsy about a book they don't know exists.
So there you have it. I would like to say I included things just for the readers and fans - but alas, I did not. I couldn't, because everything you read existed long before any of you even knew who I was.
So if you have any input on my next stories, now is the time to put in your two cents to tell me what you want to see and read! Cause by the time I hit publish, everything will already long since be done.
Oh Sanders, My Sanders
You all think you love Sanders?
No, no, no, no, no - I love Sanders. I love him so much, and I am still so shocked - beyond shocked - at the reception he has received. At the fan base HE has built. No me - him. All him. It's amazing.
I never imagined when I wrote him that he would steal as many hearts as he has; that he would steal the show as much as he has. I have said it many times, and I'll say it again here - I receive more questions and comments about Sanders than I do about Jameson, Tate, or Ang, combined. Out of three books, a quarter of a million words, there are only two times we see Sanders' POV - the prologue for Separation, and ONCE in Reparation. That's it. Yet he is hands-down the favorite.
And people are repeatedly, over and over, asking for his story.
er ...., what story?
Not that I haven't thought about it - I virtually never stop thinking about all of them. It is becoming somewhat of a problem.
But the issue that I don't think anyone realizes is this -
A lot of what makes Sanders so captivating are his interactions with Jameson and Tate. The way he plays off of them and with them. But in Sanders' story, there most likely wouldn't be a whole lot of Jameson and Tate, cause let's face it, Jameson has trouble not being the center of attention.
And even then, another thing I think people forget -
Sanders isn't entirely "normal", he doesn't think like you or I. Re-read the prologue to Separation, and then try to imagine reading an entire novel - 80,000 words, at least - like that.
Sanders isn't really a big fan of contractions.
It doesn't flow particularly well, it reads ..., well, like Sanders. A little uptight. A little nervous. A little technical. Reading in Sanders-speak is a little like reading a textbook. Very intelligent, and very dry, and very unemotional.
A whole book like that?
And I can't change him, I can't change what makes him him, I just can't. And I would hate to put out a book that people might not like, because it's not just a book, it's Sanders' book.
Frankly, I'd rather never release one than risk people not liking it - he is that special to me.
I may or may not write his story. If I do decide to write it, I probably won't say anything until it's completely finished to my satisfaction.
So I am very sorry, for everyone who wants more Sanders. But my desire to bring you the best that he has to give, outweighs the overwhelming urge to deliver his story to everyone asking for it.
But y'all will be the first to know if I ever have a finished product, I promise.
No, no, no, no, no - I love Sanders. I love him so much, and I am still so shocked - beyond shocked - at the reception he has received. At the fan base HE has built. No me - him. All him. It's amazing.
I never imagined when I wrote him that he would steal as many hearts as he has; that he would steal the show as much as he has. I have said it many times, and I'll say it again here - I receive more questions and comments about Sanders than I do about Jameson, Tate, or Ang, combined. Out of three books, a quarter of a million words, there are only two times we see Sanders' POV - the prologue for Separation, and ONCE in Reparation. That's it. Yet he is hands-down the favorite.
And people are repeatedly, over and over, asking for his story.
er ...., what story?
Not that I haven't thought about it - I virtually never stop thinking about all of them. It is becoming somewhat of a problem.
But the issue that I don't think anyone realizes is this -
A lot of what makes Sanders so captivating are his interactions with Jameson and Tate. The way he plays off of them and with them. But in Sanders' story, there most likely wouldn't be a whole lot of Jameson and Tate, cause let's face it, Jameson has trouble not being the center of attention.
And even then, another thing I think people forget -
Sanders isn't entirely "normal", he doesn't think like you or I. Re-read the prologue to Separation, and then try to imagine reading an entire novel - 80,000 words, at least - like that.
Sanders isn't really a big fan of contractions.
It doesn't flow particularly well, it reads ..., well, like Sanders. A little uptight. A little nervous. A little technical. Reading in Sanders-speak is a little like reading a textbook. Very intelligent, and very dry, and very unemotional.
A whole book like that?
And I can't change him, I can't change what makes him him, I just can't. And I would hate to put out a book that people might not like, because it's not just a book, it's Sanders' book.
Frankly, I'd rather never release one than risk people not liking it - he is that special to me.
I may or may not write his story. If I do decide to write it, I probably won't say anything until it's completely finished to my satisfaction.
So I am very sorry, for everyone who wants more Sanders. But my desire to bring you the best that he has to give, outweighs the overwhelming urge to deliver his story to everyone asking for it.
But y'all will be the first to know if I ever have a finished product, I promise.
