A look in the rearview mirror and what lies on the road ahead.
First, I wish all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. Thank you for every page you read. It means a lot to me, something I am grateful for and don’t take for granted. 2022 was an interesting year with a couple of firsts for me. Let’s take a quick (okay, not so quick) look back.
In January (it’s been so long ago I thought it was released last year), I released “It Just Fell In,” my humorous take on a Jerry Springer episode. It was one of the shortest stories I’ve released. I also included the cookies from my 2021 Halloween story “Bake at 350.”
In May, the finale to “Secrets” was released. I truly loved this series and thought it was some of my best storytelling. Whether that was conveyed, I’ll leave that up to the readers. When I originally wrote Secrets, it was supposed to be a trilogy. Sometimes, though, the story doesn’t end where we expect it to, and that’s what happened here.
Next, I tried a new platform, Medium. My goal was if I wrote there maybe I’d write a little more consistently and quickly. Eh, I don’t know if I accomplished that. At a minimum, the readers got to see the story develop since I published the chapters soon after they were written. Although, it can be hard to keep up with the storyline when you only get a chapter every week or two.
The story, as you probably already know, was “Almost Paradise,” Book 1 in Locktober. The concept was supposed to be a few chapters (3-4) at the beach, and the rest when they got back home. Well, I do have a problem with keeping stories short, and in my mind, that’s a good thing. There were too many interesting ideas on the beach to limit it, plus it gave me more time to develop the characters, something I’m still working at getting better at. Although this is fiction, I try to at least keep a little bit of believability in my stories. A wife shouldn’t flip a switch and become a hotwife. Where’s the why and how?
So, the story got split. What was in the concept is now books 1 and 3. Huh? Yeah, I’ll explain later. Anyway, after some cleaning and some alterations here and there, all the chapters were joined, and the book made its way to Amazon at the end of September. BTW I want to thank all my readers for the unexpected success of this story. For me, it exceeded my expectations, and in the Hotwife/Cuckold genre where I also occasionally explore bi-curious husbands, the reader base is already limited. So, thank you!
Another first happened with my last book, “Taken by the Viking @ the Con.” It was my first time participating in a collaboration with other authors. Our theme was a Hotwife at a comic/sci-fi convention. I had fun writing this story, though it was shorter than I would have preferred. We needed to keep it at a reasonable length.
I based it on my trip to Kansas City’s convention earlier in the year. Though none of the sexy stuff happened on my trip, it gave me a good insight into vendors, booths, and how fans flock to some celebs, while lesser authors barely get a look.
Also, except for one chapter, I wrote this story from the woman’s POV. Most of my stories over the past couple of years have been dual POVs, so I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and try it. The main reason the one chapter is from the husband's POV was that I needed his insight right then to show how he felt about what was happening.
Now to the present and what 2023 may bring…
I’m about 2/3 done with “Shake That,” Book 2 in the Locktober series. This one is also currently published per chapter on Medium. I had planned Book 2 to continue the interaction between the two couples, but of course, I had an idea for Jessica and Nathan since they return home first. Plus, I wanted to get Nate’s insight on how he felt about what happened on the island and where they go from there. I hope to have this finished in a month.
Book 3 will continue the story of the two couples, and it’s likely that Cody from Book 2 will make an appearance. It will also ramp up the bisexual discoveries of Nathan and Daniel that started in Book 1 and carried over (for Nate) in Book 2. Release date? Unknown but possibly late Spring/ Early Summer.
I plan to get off my ass and finish “From Death to Life.” Since it’s a completely different genre, I’ll most likely use a different pen name. Hopefully, it’s done by Summer.
What else lies on the horizon? I have over a dozen ideas, but nothing concrete that demands to be written next. But…knowing me, something will pop into my head and be too good to pass up.
Until next time...
In January (it’s been so long ago I thought it was released last year), I released “It Just Fell In,” my humorous take on a Jerry Springer episode. It was one of the shortest stories I’ve released. I also included the cookies from my 2021 Halloween story “Bake at 350.”
In May, the finale to “Secrets” was released. I truly loved this series and thought it was some of my best storytelling. Whether that was conveyed, I’ll leave that up to the readers. When I originally wrote Secrets, it was supposed to be a trilogy. Sometimes, though, the story doesn’t end where we expect it to, and that’s what happened here.
Next, I tried a new platform, Medium. My goal was if I wrote there maybe I’d write a little more consistently and quickly. Eh, I don’t know if I accomplished that. At a minimum, the readers got to see the story develop since I published the chapters soon after they were written. Although, it can be hard to keep up with the storyline when you only get a chapter every week or two.
The story, as you probably already know, was “Almost Paradise,” Book 1 in Locktober. The concept was supposed to be a few chapters (3-4) at the beach, and the rest when they got back home. Well, I do have a problem with keeping stories short, and in my mind, that’s a good thing. There were too many interesting ideas on the beach to limit it, plus it gave me more time to develop the characters, something I’m still working at getting better at. Although this is fiction, I try to at least keep a little bit of believability in my stories. A wife shouldn’t flip a switch and become a hotwife. Where’s the why and how?
So, the story got split. What was in the concept is now books 1 and 3. Huh? Yeah, I’ll explain later. Anyway, after some cleaning and some alterations here and there, all the chapters were joined, and the book made its way to Amazon at the end of September. BTW I want to thank all my readers for the unexpected success of this story. For me, it exceeded my expectations, and in the Hotwife/Cuckold genre where I also occasionally explore bi-curious husbands, the reader base is already limited. So, thank you!
Another first happened with my last book, “Taken by the Viking @ the Con.” It was my first time participating in a collaboration with other authors. Our theme was a Hotwife at a comic/sci-fi convention. I had fun writing this story, though it was shorter than I would have preferred. We needed to keep it at a reasonable length.
I based it on my trip to Kansas City’s convention earlier in the year. Though none of the sexy stuff happened on my trip, it gave me a good insight into vendors, booths, and how fans flock to some celebs, while lesser authors barely get a look.
Also, except for one chapter, I wrote this story from the woman’s POV. Most of my stories over the past couple of years have been dual POVs, so I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and try it. The main reason the one chapter is from the husband's POV was that I needed his insight right then to show how he felt about what was happening.
Now to the present and what 2023 may bring…
I’m about 2/3 done with “Shake That,” Book 2 in the Locktober series. This one is also currently published per chapter on Medium. I had planned Book 2 to continue the interaction between the two couples, but of course, I had an idea for Jessica and Nathan since they return home first. Plus, I wanted to get Nate’s insight on how he felt about what happened on the island and where they go from there. I hope to have this finished in a month.
Book 3 will continue the story of the two couples, and it’s likely that Cody from Book 2 will make an appearance. It will also ramp up the bisexual discoveries of Nathan and Daniel that started in Book 1 and carried over (for Nate) in Book 2. Release date? Unknown but possibly late Spring/ Early Summer.
I plan to get off my ass and finish “From Death to Life.” Since it’s a completely different genre, I’ll most likely use a different pen name. Hopefully, it’s done by Summer.
What else lies on the horizon? I have over a dozen ideas, but nothing concrete that demands to be written next. But…knowing me, something will pop into my head and be too good to pass up.
Until next time...
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