Sunday funnies

July 31, 2011 | Sunday funnies

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Six sentence Saturday

July 30, 2011 | Six sentence Saturday

From A Taste of Scarlet: Treeland Tales Book One

The pressure was so light it hardly counted as a kiss, but it rocked his world. Keeping his eyes closed, he savored the feeling of her breath on his mouth. Slowly he raised one arm. When she didn’t pull away, he framed her face with a rough palm and breathed in.

This close, her wild berry fragrance had a deeper layer of sweet cream, and the musky trace of desire was stronger. He inhaled again, sorting through the notes. Another underlying blend of surprise, curiosity, and courage tugged at his heart.

Fan Girl Friday

July 29, 2011 | Fan Girl Friday

Between finishing the holiday story and beginning the new project, I sampled a whole bunch of books and actually read a few. Most of this reading was more about market research and less about reading for pleasure. Still there’s no rules that says I can’t enjoy deductible expenses. This is why I buy purple pens, but I digress…

Out of the half-dozen futuristic erotic romances I sampled and/or purchased, none had non-human aliens. Even the mechanically enhanced characters looked, acted, and talked exactly like current day citizens. This was true even though they were not from Earth or even this galaxy. This strains my credibility.

Shouldn’t at least some of the aliens be, well, alien?

Since readers have proved themselves open minded enough to embrace vampires and shifters and fae why not something a little less vanilla in the humanoid category?

If you were designing an alien hero, what would he look like?

Real life

July 28, 2011 | Real life

There are drawbacks to being an optimist.

Here’s my list:

1) I always think everything will work out great.

2) I always thing the process will be smooth and painless.

3) Experience hasn’t changed the two previous beliefs.

Expecting the best is an ingrained trait. Accepting whatever happens is something I need to work on–a little caution wouldn’t hurt either.

I have learned the hard way, to double any estimate of how much time I need to complete a book before committing to a deadline. Even that isn’t always enough time…..

How about you are you an optimist or a pessimist or somewhere in the middle?

WIP Wednesday

July 27, 2011 | WIP Wednesday

One of my classic writer mistakes is starting the adventure too early.

The best tip I’ve absorbed on where to begin a story is right before everything changes. Wisdom from more than one sage author, and yet there are problems applying this excellent advice. For openers there’s not just one change. Then there’s the problem of judging how many words is right before? I need enough words to introduce the protagonists, their goals, motivations, and conflicts, to say nothing of necessary world building….

Beginning are delicate things, fraught with dangers….

Teaser Tuesday

July 26, 2011 | Teaser Tuesday

Just in case your summer isn’t hot enough, Slave Market: Demons and Dragons Book Two is available on Amazon!

Music Monday

July 25, 2011 | Music Monday

Sunday funnies

July 24, 2011 | Sunday funnies

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Six sentence Saturday

July 23, 2011 | Six sentence Saturday

From A Scarlet Past

Vivian kept the grin teasing her lips to herself while she admired the rear view of the gorgeous Alpha’s backside. There was no law against staring or against enjoying the fleeting contact with his healing tongue. The male’s touch had been nothing more than an ordinary kindness one wolf would offer another, but his caresses heated needy portions of her that had nothing to do with kindness. Even now the memory rippled through her, spreading sensual pleasure sort of like a good belly scratching, but much more intimate.

When he shifted to human form, she stared, swallowing drool like a hungry pup waiting for a turn at a succulent roast. Thankfully, like most males, he lacked any modesty and turned to face her as he shrugged into his trench coat.

Fan girl Friday

July 22, 2011 | Fan Girl Friday

Entertainment, whether in the form of music, movies, or books falls into the I’ll-try-just-about-anything. I listen to all kinds of music from French rock and roll to experimental opera. Movie favorites range from subtitled kung fu classics to Hollywood musicals. Reading is the same way. I like to try something entirely different because I can’t even guess what will thrill me until I spend time with a new genre.

Military thriller sounded like a long shot in the likely to please stakes, but once I tried Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October I was instantly hooked on a new class of books–high tech submarine adventures.

My favorite authors in this sub-genre are by Tom Clancy, James H. Cobb, and Patrick Robinson.

Do you have favorites that you would’ve bet against?