I’m making good progress on the first draft of Seduce, the third book in my Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series, now. There have been highs and lows with writing this one, and my word count per day is lower than my normal full-speed output. I blame the fact that it’s a novella and therefore it isn’t meticulously planned out. I tend to be more flexible with novellas and let them take the lead.
Speaking of taking the lead. Antoine, the aristocrat vampire hero of the book, has taken it upon himself to dictate a few changes. Seduce is supposed to be as hot as the first two books, but this vampire has a lot of emotional torment that he needs to get off his chest and he’s refusing to cooperate with the erotic side of romance. I had expected him to act stand-offish considering his heroine (an elite vampire!) but the man has decided that HE will tell the story, not me. I do so love it when heroes take over the book. It does happen from time to time. At the moment, the only change was a scene earlier than anticipated and an extra one. I’m sure once we get this out of the way, he will be feeling lighter and will respond when I whip him into behaving wickedly.
I did get to write an on-the-fly unplanned scene today that I probably enjoyed a little too much.
Is it wrong of me to enjoy writing a crazed vampire?
Snow is just so delicious when he’s having a nuclear and terribly animalistic meltdown. Snow lovers out there will find a few surprises in this book.
I’m up to around 26,000 words now. This one may run to closer to 40,000 words in the end. I have a few things to add into the opening chapter already and will go back and tweak it when I hit the end. I’ll up the ante in other scenes too, layering in the erotic since Antoine is intent on trying to scupper me. Strange to have a hero refusing to get down and dirty. I did manage to write 10,000 words today, but it took me close to 7 hours. Normally, I could write 10k in 5. I haven’t written for a while though, so I’m out of practice.
Still, this nice tidy amount of progress today means that I have now reached a total of 6.5% progress on my year’s writing target of 400,000 words. Yay!
If you’re new to the Vampire Erotic Theatre series, the first book, Covet is due for release on January 14th, but it’s available right now at Amazon Kindle Stores! It has been receiving great reviews at various websites, including a 4.5 Star Top Pick from Night Owl Reviews!
Covet
Felicity Heaton
They’ve burned for each other for two years, the forbidden attraction between them growing each night. Now resisting the sinful desires of their hearts is becoming impossible.
Javier knows better than to succumb to his hunger for Lilah. The mortal female belongs to a powerful aristocrat patron of Vampirerotique, the theatre he runs with three other vampires. A single touch is all it would take to break the sacred law of his kind, sentencing himself to death, but his passion for her has become too fierce to ignore and he will risk everything to make Lilah his.
Lilah has fought her desire for Javier since arriving at his theatre as a servant but each glance he has stolen, his eyes promising pleasure that will satisfy her longing for him, has chipped away at her defences and she can no longer deny her need and her forbidden feelings for the powerful vampire male.
When they find themselves alone in a private box during one of the erotic performances, will they surrender to their passion and live out their wildest fantasies in a night of wicked pleasure or will the threat of Lilah’s master keep them apart forever?
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