Facade unveiled, where does she go from here?
When I first wrote Unveiling Facade, I had intended to follow along the lines of Laura Antoniou’s, The Marketplace series. Well good intentions that they may be that really didn’t happen. In reality, it turned out to be more like a reprise of “Eyes Wide Shut” from a woman’s perspective. The one thing I had not intended on was for it to have a sequel.
That has changed, and all due to you the reader. When the first reviews and emails came in, I was stunned to the constant theme of “can’t wait to see what happens.” It never dawned on me that I wrote a cliff hangar as one reader told me. I will also admit, I resisted the notion of continuing Jocelyn’s adventures into the dark side of BDSM. There were other stories bouncing around in my head. Like a sexy Pirate story linked to a heathen voodoo sorceress who curses him. Or something sexually sinister back in the time of Le Belle Epoch days in Victorian Paris.
In the end, the readers won, and I am happy that you all insisted I continue her exploits. To that end, I have finished the first draft and it came out to be around 24,000 words, a novella, instead of a short story. Revisions and edits will begin and if all goes well I should have it ready by end of April.
The question I get asked is what will happen? I answer it this way, Jocelyn is flawed by her own anxieties due to her past. She never quite feels good enough about herself and it defeats her at the worse times. What I am attempting to do in the sequel, is to show how her decent into the dark world of BDSM, becomes her salvation. The goal, is to dig deeper into her psyche through interaction with others and personal reflection. Don’t worry you deviants out there, there will be plenty of torrid lust and some scintillating BDSM scenes.
One final comment, the post I made on Sunday about the line we walk in writing BDSM stories had a big impact on my own writing. A philosophical epiphany of sorts, and that reflection will be part of the revision process. I want you, the reader, to feel her exploration into a different part of her world and to see how it affects her and how she can overcome her flaws.
Enough about me. In other news, this Thursday, we will have an interview, by a good friend of mine, Kristin Daniels. She has released her book, Seven Nights. One hot menage story, but has twist and turns and told with real emotions.
Other reviews coming: July Cumming, Piper Presely, Angora Shade, Ava Stewart and Casey Cane. I have my own interviews coming up at other sites, and when thet come out I will share them here as well.
That’s it for now, and see you Thursday with Kristin Daniels.
