It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a busy few weeks for me. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been writing new stories, refreshing old ones, and getting a whole set of releases ready. <\/p>\n
Killing Game<\/i><\/b> comes out this weekend and it will be nice to see my very first original novel back on the market. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s had a revamp since it first came out and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve improved it in places. I loved exploring Cain, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s truly his story, showing his darkness and at the same time giving readers a real feel for his fight for redemption and his desire to cleanse himself so he can be with Lily. I have always loved hit men, and even wanted to be one as a child (although my inability to kill things would have eventually done my dream in. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d make a great Buddhist)<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been working on getting my historical pirate romance twosome, The Merciless<\/i><\/b> and The Merciless: Vengeance<\/i><\/b>, ready for re-release later in the autumn. Final edits have been done on paper because I was sorely lacking a laptop at the time and I always spot more errors when I read off paper. I just need to suffer through the laborious task of transferring all the corrections into the word document and then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m done with those two books and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be ready for release.<\/p>\n
Since getting my new laptop, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been writing again. First up was The Night<\/i><\/b>, which I now have the rough first draft of penned. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fantasy romance set in my Tri-Kingdom<\/i> series and is only a short at 16000 words, but it still packs a punch and is a great introduction to this new world of mine. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s completely fantasy, a whole new world with little resemblance to our own. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a myriad of characters to explore, including elementals, vampires, werewolves, sky pirates, sea pirates, witches, wizards, faeries, elves and the reigning empires monarchies, to name but a few. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be very colourful and involving, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very excited about writing more in this series as I really get to let go.<\/p>\n
Okay, I do get to let go when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m writing my Vampires Realm<\/i> series too, but not to this extent. There are rules in the VR world that clearly can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be broken as it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s set in our world. With the Tri-Kingdom<\/i> series, I have free rein to do as I want.<\/p>\n
Which neatly brings me onto the Vampires Realm<\/i> series…
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m writing a new story for it, a short that my fellow author Maria urged me into writing because she really wanted Venturi and Prophecy to get together. When I offered up a mention of maybe writing a story involving Prophecy, Venturi AND Valentine, she was relentless in convincing me to go ahead with it. So, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m now writing a ProVenTine story (nifty shipper word, huh? PROphecy VENturi valentine in case you were wondering… does sound like a Roman general though). <\/p>\n
The short story in question is being written as I speak, or type if you like, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve clocked up 9000 words of it in just a day and a bit. Not bad, if I do say so myself. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very hot, extremely burn-your-hands hot. It has the potential to burst into flames on my laptop! I hope it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve only just got the bugger and would like to keep it in one piece.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entitled Spellbound<\/i><\/b> and has jumped the queue somewhat, leaping over Reunion<\/i><\/b> and In Heat: Mating Call<\/i><\/b> to be written first. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind as it means I get to release it earlier, which is always exciting. I had scheduled it in for a Jan 2008 date, but I might be able to get it out for Halloween. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve decided that I like being able to write on the fly, shifting my schedule around to suit. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got release dates reserved as I know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll always have something ready for them, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pot-luck which story it is. Stories seem to flow better if I write what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in the mood to write and throw the schedule out of the window!<\/p>\n
In terms of the heat level for Spellbound<\/i><\/b>, think In Heat and then add some. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really exploring the power of a threesome here, and of course a vampiric threesome is always going to be hotter than your average one. I may even bring in a little bondage, magical of course, since it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Prophecy involved. Interestingly I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m writing it strictly from her POV. I just started out that way and it seems to fit the story nicely.<\/p>\n
Next on the cards once this has been written is In Heat: Mating Call<\/i><\/b>, the sequel to my bestseller In Heat<\/i><\/b> (sold 800 copies to date, not bad for roughly 8 weeks on the market, and spent 3 weeks at number 1 in Erotica on Fictionwise). The sequel introduces another character, this time a rival for Erik. The dreams return and are hotter than ever since there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now another man involved, Prince Kristian of Denmark \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a white tiger shapeshifter. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got it all plotted out and scene plans written. I should be able to start writing it next week, once I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read over In Heat<\/i><\/b> for a refresher on the characters and have finished writing Spellbound<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a couple of covers to make. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done the roughs for In Heat: Mating Call<\/i><\/b> and have ideas in my head for Spellbound<\/i><\/b> and Cabin Fever<\/i><\/b> (a winter 2007 release). I just need to get around to making them. None of them are going to be turned into paperbacks, so I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to fork out too much hard cash to get them made.<\/p>\n
Wow, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a big update!<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really proud of In Heat<\/i><\/b> for selling so well. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to get cracking on the sequel, and while I have an inkling that I may well write a third story for Prince Kristian, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to make any promises. I do like the stories, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure whether or not they should become a series. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see how I feel. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of stories that I can write along these lines but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to end up writing same-old same-old stuff. I know most HQN novels are just rehashes of the same plot with the odd difference, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to go there just to make money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a busy few weeks for me. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been writing new stories, refreshing old ones, and getting a whole set of releases ready. Killing Game comes out this weekend and it will be nice to see my very first … Continue reading