Every Day I'm Rambling

Haven't had a ramble post in  a while... feel like I have a fair amount to ramble about =)

I went on a bit of a writing spree for Pieces of Stronghold earlier this week, which seems to have slowed for a bit but I think it's probably going to be picking up again.  I'm just figuring out how to get from where it is to where I want it to go... also, sometimes when plot gets interrupted for a sex scene, that slows me down a little.  But after going several chapters without one... well, I feel like it's due.  Plus it's fun to catch up with Hilary and Liam =)  I wasn't sure I was going to be doing their POV or not, but it turns out I was!

One thing is, if you like the series, this is def going to be a novella that you don't want to miss.  There's some serious shit going down.  I'll make sure that you don't NEED to have read it in order to enjoy Breaking the Chain, but there's some pretty significant events happening.  Speaking of BtC; RaineyCloud9 has sent me a few cover mock-ups and it's going to be sooooooooo pretty!!!!  I'm so excited =)  My goal right now is to get Pieces out by the end of this month and BtC out by the end of July / beginning of August.

IRL I've got a million things going on... Renaissance fairs, a beach trip, AwesomeCon, putting together cosplays, and going to see Avengers for the second time.  Freaking loved it.  Anyway... costumes costumes costumes!  I love dressing up.  Looking forward to doing it tomorrow.

I've been slacking on finishing up Homeschooled because I've been spending every free minute I have working on Pieces.  It's just where my head is at right now.  Lots of motivation.  I just finished one of the scenes that I've seriously had spinning around my head for MONTHS and it was such a relief to get it out.  Got more like those coming up.  It's going to be a very packed little novella.  I say novella... sooooo novellas are technically about 20,000-30,000 words long.  A novel is about 70,000.  My so-called novellas tend to be about 50,000 and my novels are usually 100,000 or more.  I think the Poker Loser Trilogy was the only time that I stuck to true novel length.  Pieces is currently at about 35,000 and I'm going to try to keep it to about 50,000.  I hope.  Ugh.  Still lots of story left to go into it.

I'm still gonna start the price at 99 cents, but I may up it to $1.99 after a month or so of being on sale if it gets up to actual novel length.

By the way, if any of you has picked up the Poker Loser Bundle, or if you've just read the books before singly and don't mind writing a review for the trilogy as a whole, it would be much appreciated!!!!! =)  It needs some review love.

Soooooooo I'm reading this book series, which I love, but the author is starting to do some cliche things and I'm just like ARGH.  I really hate the double standards for men and women; where men get to put their dick in whatever they want but the heroine has to remain pure and wait for him to figure out his shit, no matter how much it hurts her.  BULLSHIT!  I like to try and mix things up.  I've got a Victorian story that I started working on a year ago and still write a little bit of when I'm in the mood (eventually I'm going to actually sit and concentrate on it) where the guy is going to have to keep it in his pants the whole time while the heroine gets to explore her options.  It's a LOT of fun to write.

I'm also doing some stuff in the Stronghold series where I turn some cliches on their heads... at least, I hope that's what I'm doing LOL.  One of my beta readers said something to me the other day, making an assumption about where a particular story line is heading, and in my head I laughed maniacally... cuz they were wrong!  lol.  Is it wrong that I enjoy that so much?

That's me.  Right there on the bottom.  He even has my squinty Asian eyes. =D  Hopefully everyone doesn't hate where I end up going lol.  An author's greatest fear!  (No but really... well, most authors.  I could name a few... argh.  But that's why I stopped reading their books).  I have to say though, some of the new characters that I'm introducing in Pieces are already delighting me in ways that I hadn't realized they would.  Also, I'm introducing 4 new Doms that are going to get novellas, although they will NOT be part of the main Stronghold group.  Yup.  I'm gonna do a spin-off of a spin-off.  I can't help it.  One short scene and they had me hooked. I was already writing stories for them in my head.

Anyway... if you follow me on Facebook (or if you don't, you should), go to my page and "Like" my most recent status to find out a tease-spoiler about Pieces ;)  no, but seriously, please do, I'm honestly dying to share this.

Have a good weekend!