Dealing W Discipline on Smashwords & Characters

For you smashwords readers, you can now find Dealing with Discipline on there =)

So...

I won't lie... I like some of my characters better than others.  Who wouldn't?  Of course I like all of my heroes and heroines at least a little bit, but I have my favorites.

The Domestic Discipline series has been really interesting for me to write because I'm getting to work with such different characters, all coming from really different places.  

There's Eleanor, who is spoiled but with an underlying sweetness, she rebellious, smart, and willing to take a lot of risks even if she goes about it in odd ways.  I have to admit, I admire her spirit even when I want to shake her for not being able to see things the way I do.  From the very beginning I liked Edwin for her... she needs a strong male who will love her for who she is but be willing to take her hand when she needs it - without trying to break her.  He can be just as frustrating as she can, in his own way.

Irene is based off of me when I was younger, which means I feel like shaking her a lot of the time.  She's so innocent and naive, especially when it comes to her ideals of love and how much she lets people push her around.  Of course, with Hugh around she's starting to come into her own, but she's still got a lot of growing up to do.  I do love Hugh, although I felt a little bad for saddling him with Irene... she's got a lot of baggage that he wasn't aware of but he does really love her... and, well, that's what comes with arranged marriages!  Granted, I don't find Hugh as sexy as I do Edwin - even after he realizes how much fun spankings can be he's never going to do it just FOR fun the way Edwin does - but he's got his own place in my heart.

Alex... oh Alex.  He just keeps pushing everyone away - even me!  I'm still not entirely sure what his true feelings for Grace are.  Admittedly, I went into this series prepared to dislike Grace but she's getting under my skin and her back story is much more complex than I originally intended.  She's a creature of extremes - romantic and cynical, loving and vindictive; she can be cruel and competitive or loyal and kind as a friend.  I'm really looking forward to their book because both of them absolutely fascinate me and I think out of all of the characters they're going to have the most difficult struggle.

But my favorites, by far, are Cynthia and Wes.  I am so excited to finally be working on the third book, even though I'm not going to be focusing on it until I finish Stronghold.  I'm just excited to finally get there.  Cynthia has been, hands down, my favorite character as soon as I conceived this series and Wesley has moved to be right up there with her.  He needs a woman who is going to push him and keep him on his toes... and if you've read the teaser for Seduction by Spanking then you know that Cynthia is Trouble with a capital T (right here in River City! lol). I just adore her and I hated that she couldn't really be a part of the first two books other than the letters from the Countess of Spencer to her son, but I am so looking forward to bringing her out now!

Anyway, I posted the same teaser that's at the end of Dealing With Discipline on the Domestic Discipline Quartet's page... so you can check that out if you haven't read it yet =)  Otherwise... I'm now going to be turning my focus to Stronghold for a bit!  And for all you Stronghold fans I should have a blog coming out on that in a couple of days =)

Also... Chapter 12 of Marriage Training has been submitted.  Going by the comments on Ch. 11 it's probably going to disappoint some people.  Oh well.  I can't help it.  Things in the story have already been changed due to influence by reader comments, but I'm not going to change everything so I've just gotta go with the way that I want the story to go.