Con Sangre out on Smashwords
Whoa buddy, that was fast. I see that Con Sangre, the book I just last night published at Smashwords (I haven’t even had a chance to closely inspect the final product!) is up on Goodreads. So I suppose I should announce it. And I will do so in a singularly unprofessional way, I expect.
Con Sangre is part one of a three part series about two men, Dustin and Thayil, on Philos. Philos is a planet that has been colonized by religious factions trying to escape the sins of Earth and go back to a ‘simpler’ time. This part one is over 90K (yow!, though some of that is ‘interlude’ material that some ‘first-readers’ at LJ loved, some didn’t). The second book is written and on the table for the next ebook, so I hope to have it out soon. The third book needs some major overhauling, so may be a while. Each of the three have a complete story-arc, though the entire story of the men takes more than one book.
I’ve chosen a ‘set your own price’ pricing structure (meaning, you can download it *free* if you'd like), so I’d like to explain that for now, any funds will be used in some combination of the following: 1. Paying for pro-services for future ebooks, 2., donating to a local(ish) LGBTQ youth support group that I love and already support. Meaning, in short, that funds will be used to offset (some of) the costs of my writing habit and to support LGBTQ causes, not for profit. BTW: I can do this because I have a good day job that I mean to keep and I simply do NOT have the time to treat this like a business with major financial paperwork/incorporation/complicated IRS/DBA stuff, etc., so please don’t judge (or steal/pirate from) professional writers who need to make a living.
And oh hey, a warning. This book is NOT hardcore erotica (ala most of my writing to date). It is slow burn, long development. If you read primarily for the heat, this may not be your book. This was an experiment, in part, of seeing how long I could draw out unresolved sexual tension. You can decide if I succeeded.
As always, thanks so much for reading!
Con Sangre is part one of a three part series about two men, Dustin and Thayil, on Philos. Philos is a planet that has been colonized by religious factions trying to escape the sins of Earth and go back to a ‘simpler’ time. This part one is over 90K (yow!, though some of that is ‘interlude’ material that some ‘first-readers’ at LJ loved, some didn’t). The second book is written and on the table for the next ebook, so I hope to have it out soon. The third book needs some major overhauling, so may be a while. Each of the three have a complete story-arc, though the entire story of the men takes more than one book.
I’ve chosen a ‘set your own price’ pricing structure (meaning, you can download it *free* if you'd like), so I’d like to explain that for now, any funds will be used in some combination of the following: 1. Paying for pro-services for future ebooks, 2., donating to a local(ish) LGBTQ youth support group that I love and already support. Meaning, in short, that funds will be used to offset (some of) the costs of my writing habit and to support LGBTQ causes, not for profit. BTW: I can do this because I have a good day job that I mean to keep and I simply do NOT have the time to treat this like a business with major financial paperwork/incorporation/complicated IRS/DBA stuff, etc., so please don’t judge (or steal/pirate from) professional writers who need to make a living.
And oh hey, a warning. This book is NOT hardcore erotica (ala most of my writing to date). It is slow burn, long development. If you read primarily for the heat, this may not be your book. This was an experiment, in part, of seeing how long I could draw out unresolved sexual tension. You can decide if I succeeded.
As always, thanks so much for reading!
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Jul 24, 2014 05:00PM
Ooh, I've been waiting for another slow burn from you!! Looking forward to this one!
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Kaje, I could have SWORN I answered this within an hour of you posting it, with something like: "KAJE! How ARE you??" But now it isn't here and is this an Alzheimer's moment? (shouldn't joke about that, it runs in my family). I wonder if I forgot to hit post??So anyway. Thanks! And how have you been? :)
Oco wrote: "Kaje, I could have SWORN I answered this within an hour of you posting it, with something like: "KAJE! How ARE you??" But now it isn't here and is this an Alzheimer's moment? (shouldn't joke about ..."LOL - I didn't see it, but who knows on GR - maybe the gremlins ate it.
I'm doing well, editing frantically, rewarding myself periodically with some reading or writing time. I will give myself your book when I get the current novel edits sent back *grumble, grumble, rewriting last chapter...*
I haven't seen you around much either, although my family history is equally disquieting. I hope you're having a good summer.
But you are being so remarkably successful, the *grumble grumble rewrite* tactic must work wonders! Okay. Maybe not for blood pressure, but...:D
I just read your blog post on going to Rochester and that sounded so wonderful and uplifting. :)
It was good - a new experience and definitely some interesting and admirable people that we met. I'm glad I got a little out of my comfort zone and went.I can't complain about the writing - well, I can but shouldn't. I'm just not fond of editing, and I have a novel stalled with about 10K left to write while I edit the rest of the queue, which makes me itch to get back to it. But yes, in general I'm having a lot of fun with it. (I got to do Sci Fi/paranormal for my latest freebie, which was a blast.)
I love your writing, so it's an insta-buy.I love your donating to causes, too. And what you said about paying a fair price for authors' work when it's their living.
And slow burn? Lovely. I love the buildup of nuances of a relationship. This will suit perfectly.
I like hot stuff too, but make me care about the characters first, or it's just p0rn.
Sue, thank you for such kind words! Yes, this one does move more slowly than most m/m, so it will almost surely not be as popular as others. But here is hoping that it suits you wonderfully. :)Oh, and I've made some good progress on the third in the last couple of days (unraveled a couple of sticky knots in the plot), so I'm feeling a bit up about that. Of course, my vacation is over soon... ah well.
