Chance is a story that does not want to be written.
I’ve plotted, I’ve printed it out, I’ve stuck it on my ereader to get a different feel for it… but it’s still only creeping up in the 100s of words. I can’t seem to make the break on it, the one that lets my fingers fly through it *sigh*
And with that moan out of the way, it’s back to the wip from hell 😉
Lost Gods releases at 7pm EST from Liquid Silver Books Yay!
::update:: Buy it here!
Here’s a pic and a blurb to remind you… (I’ll update the page link when it pops up *grin*)
Frozen for decades on an abandoned asteroid, Katya Ortaega thaws and collapses at the feet of the most deliciously sinful man she has ever seen… she thinks.
Katya’s problem is her memory–she hasn’t got one. Her mind is blank. And now she’s stuck on a drilling platform with James Kinsare, a man who has her skin tingling and sometimes not in a good way. James is not who he appears to be and she can’t trust him… even as she finds him far too attractive.
All too soon, her past rears in the form of a man intent on killing both of them and now they have to work together to stay alive. However, Katya’s memories begin to resurface. And James Kinsare, the man who’s kept her alive against all the odds, the man who’s thawing her frozen heart, he might prove to be the biggest threat of all.
I did the absolute final read through of Paladin yesterday and sent it off as a ‘Creamy’ theme consideration 😀
Today, I have to plot Chance and try and get some writing done on it. Tomorrow is the autism course, Samwise’s nativity play and a night out with the fighting Uruk-hai (ie the reception mothers) – so bugger all in the way of writing tomorrow 😉
So the contract has left my hot little hands and I can officially say I’m an EC author now *grin*
They contracted my ‘Succulent’ theme story FLESH AND SHADOWS. It’s due for release in May.
And thank you to Mima for the title. I love it! Can you tell I’m back in full-on *squeee* mode again, lol
This is the blurb:
Flesh-fruit. The First Minister’s favourite delicacy and, thanks to her boss, Agent Niamh Sullivan’s responsibility. A coup on the planet where it grows has forced a change of administrator. Now she must cross the quadrant to evaluate Zeta-Draconis-prime’s new leader, Isaac Rand. Rand intrigues her, tempts her…but she has her orders. Her duty comes first. Always has. Always will.
Rand has a secret. He’s been bitten by one of the deadly shadow-snakes who also share the planet and he’s changed. He will go to any lengths to see that he remains in charge of his planet, including using his alien abilities to convince Niamh to lie to her superiors. His plan is simple, but what he doesn’t realise is that his venom is an aphrodisiac. With it, Rand has become irresistible.
Now Niamh must deny their overwhelming mutual attraction. But as their need for each other spirals out of control the danger becomes apparent. Rand will take her humanity, take who and what she is. Niamh has to make the choice. Turn him in. Or succumb to his forbidden temptation.
Now I have to throw myself into cyberpunk yumminess. I have so much fun writing, it hardly seems decent 😉
I’ve been singing to this, hehe. Good job no one’s home 😉
It’s ten thousand word longer than it should be and took up all of Nano instead of half of it…but now it’s finished. YAYAY. I need to grab a proper title, write a blurb and synopsis. That can wait a week or so. The deadline for the sub is 1 Jan 2009 (It’s an Ellora’s Cave Creamy theme sub 😀 ) so I have time to get it in later.
Now I have to focus on Chance. I plotted about 3/4s of the way through earlier in the week when Paladin eluded me, so I’m good to write for a few days before I start to scream and curse this wip too 😉
Forbidden has a new title. I’m just waiting for approval before I release it to the world. Hope I get it 😀
And I’ve polished Reiver to within a inch of its life (it was already very buff *grin*, but another quick shine doesn’t hurt) and the full just hit the ether.
I’m in a silly state of full-on *squeee* today… but now I have to settle down and take a certain Paladin in hand. Yay
I got an email yesterday offering me a contract on Forbidden. Yay
It needs a new title and thanks to a host of people *grin* I was able to send off a list late last night. So, now I’m waiting to see which one the editor likes. I marked out my favs and I’m hoping one of them is okay… 🙂
I’ll reveal more when the contract leaves my hot little hands, hehe
All right, I was (and still am) struggling with a sex scene in Paladin and could not work out why the scene was so s-l-o-w and difficult to write. I’d ploughed through the last scene in the story, and a wip before that, Demons, I’d piled up the sex scene count.
Now, it’s just hit me. It’s not a sex scene, it’s a making love scene.
Sex scenes are like action, fast, fun and a joy to write. The making love scene is complicated, slow and taxes my brain. The two characters have pushed past the lust and are heading for something more meaningful. Thinking back to other stories, this is the reason the sex was such a pita to write then too, lol
I’m not sure if this realisation helps me or not but at least I know now why I’m cursing my screen 😉
Dawn Montgomery told me about StumbleUpon at the weekend and I’ve become addicted…though she now gets link after link on IM, so I am getting my revenge. Here’s one that has us both snorting:
KIM KNOX 