Marriage Training Ch. 14

YAY!  Chapter 14 of Marriage Training is now available!

Thank goodness... I'm going out of town tomorrow night immediately after work to head to DragonCon and I was starting to think that it wouldn't come out before that!  Oi vei.  I think because the Summer Contest is going on that things are taking longer to come out.  That almost always happens when there's a contest going on unfortunately.

Just an FYI - yes the Earl is in this chapter, no it's not a training day... yet.  I wanted to give them a little moment before he actually joins in the training =)  That comes with the next chapter.  Which I'm working on of course, although lately I've been pounding out work on Stronghold.  Since the characters are currently cooperating =)  Definitely want to take advantage of that while it's going on!

I'm not sure how much work I'm going to get done this weekend cuz I'm guessing I'm going to be pretty darn exhausted, but I am bringing my laptop so we'll see.  Maybe I'll get a little something something done.  But I definitely won't be posting a blog again till I get back. 

Soooo... I'm just going to go ahead and say right now, I hope you all enjoy this chapter of Marriage Training and that you have great weekends!

Angel Recommends: Sex and Violence! (Sort of)

Okay, so you know the whole, 'the fantasy is hotter than the reality thing'?   Yeah, well this fantasy is soooooooooo hot it's sizzling!

Kit Rocha's Beyond series, of which two books are out, are one of the series that I wait for with impatient anticipation.  The first one was so freaking hot and I completely fell in love with Dallas, who is the big bad boss of Sector 3, even though he wasn't the main male character - his best friend Jasper is.

When I saw the trailers for the movie Elysium, it kind of reminded me of these books.

Except that Eden, where the very rich, wealthy and pampered live, is next to the Sectors.  It's a little bit like Hunger Games in that way except that Eden does its best to ignore the outside.  Picture a super conservative, super puritanical haven where no one is allowed to do... well... anything.

The sectors each have their own specialty, allowing their populations to survive.  One is basically a prostitution sector, supplying mistresses to the wealthy men of Eden (since sex is basically taboo there), another focuses on technology, and Sector 4, where Dallas rules, has its hand in all sorts of illegal smuggling and trade of illicit goods.

Sector 4 respects its women, sex is basically a free-for-all, and yet there are some hard and fast rules for monogamous couples who want to claim each other - which they do with a tattoo around the neck.  Everyone is inked, and your ink tells your story and identifies you.  And for someone with a fear of needles, the fact that Rocha manages to make a tattooing scene incredible sexy... that's saying something.

We follow Noelle, daughter of one of Eden's Councilmen who ends up in Sector 4, as she adjusts to her new life, which also gives us the chance to learn all about Sector 4 and Dallas and his gang through her eyes.  Dallas' right hand man, Jasper, is more than a little obsessed with Noelle, but he recognizes the need to go slow with her since she doesn't even know what sex IS much less how to process the amazing sensations that go with it.  Sharing means caring in Sector 4, but both of them realize they want to tattoo each other's necks...

But nothing comes easily.

This book has lots of sex, lots of plot, lots of fantastic danger, and is the most amazing blend of sex and violence.  Sure it glamorizes both things... but who cares?  The fantasy is incredibly hot.  Made me want to run around and find a guy with tats to bring home to hubby and have an orgy with LOL.

Although I don't think any real man could measure up to Dallas *swoon*  And book 2 is all about him and Lexi.  YUM.

Oh, and I forgot to mention the best part... Beyond Shame, book 1, is only 99 cents on the Kindle.

Book 3 is out today and I am so super jealous of this lady who got to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review... It looks like it's going to be just as good as the first two and I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT!!! 

Stronghold Teaser

So I've finally got a new outline for Angel and Adam... we'll see whether or not they'll let me stick with this one LOL.  It fits where they are at the moment, but they're good at going off-script.  Anyway... I think that I really am about halfway through the book which means that I'm right on schedule for a fall release, which is good.  YAY!

For Marriage Training - I submitted the next chapter of that (Vivian and the Earl finally meeting!) on Thursday evening so that should be out sometime next week =)

And, here's a teaser for Stronghold!!!!:

The desk that Master Patrick sat down at was huge, it made her feel like a dwarf by comparison.  A man smaller than him would have looked overwhelmed by it, but it suited him perfectly.  

"Have a seat, Angie," he said, and even though he was using the pseudonym she'd chosen rather than her real name she felt the immediate need to obey.

Yeah, no mistaking this man for anything other than "in charge."  The authoritarian tone of voice had her moving before she even thought about it, to one of the cushy black leather chairs in front of the desk.  It was incredibly comfortable.  The kind of chair that she'd like to curl up and wallow in, read a book on a rainy day... it would have worked just as well in front of a fire as it did in this office.  

But with the scary man behind the desk, his hard gaze fixed on her, she couldn't relax.  Instead she shifted her weight, taking tiny peeks at him because for some reason she couldn't bring herself to directly meet his eyes for more than a moment or two.  She'd managed it at Chained, but they hadn't known she was submissive.  It had been easier there.  No doubts welling up in her mind, no second thoughts about what she was about to do.  

"Did you read over the contract that I sent you?"

"Yes Sir."  About fifty times.  It had included all the rules and regulations that governed Stronghold.  

"Good girl."  

Something inside of Angel warmed as he reached into his desk and pulled out a stapled stack of papers.  Yeah, she wasn't attracted to Patrick, even though she could acknowledge that he was extremely attractive, but she still liked being called a good girl by him.  There was just something about it that satisfied a need deep inside of her and made her feel all happy and glow-y.  

"This is the same thing, in paper form.  You can look it over if you want.  And then you need to sign it."  He glanced at the clock.  "Your Dom for the evening should be here any minute."

She felt a little awkward looking over it in front of him, because part of her said to trust his word, but the more cynical part of her that taught self-defense said always be sure.  So she skimmed it, familiar enough with the sentences by now to know that they were identical to the one that he'd sent her online.  Even though she couldn't read as fast as Leigh, she was pretty fast skimming, which cut down on the length of time that she was looking it over. 

As she picked up a pen, Patrick's phone rang.  

"Hello?..."  There was a long pause.  "Shit.  Alright, I'll be right down."

Putting down the phone with enough force that Angel jumped (okay, so she might be a little bit jittery considering that she'd just signed a release to have all sorts of dirty and debauched things done to her), Patrick sighed and gave her a reassuring sort of smile.  It warmed his face and enabled her to meet his eyes.  

"I have a situation I have to see to... I don't want to have to leave you here alone though.  Hold on a moment."  Getting up, he went back to the door that they'd come in from, the one that connected to the lobby.  Angel clasped her hands together.  A situation?  What did that mean?  Was it a sub that had gotten hurt?  Someone's scene gotten out of control?  Why would the owner of the club be needed if unless it something bad?

As her panic started to well, Patrick stuck his head out of the door.  "Jared.... oh hey, good you're here.  Never mind, Jared."  He shifted so that more of his body was out of the door, his voice still loud enough that she could hear every word he said.  "I've got a situation downstairs... Tom offered Ellie a club contract last week but she refused."

"Of course she did," another deep male voice said.  "Ellie never signs club contracts."

"Yeah but she's been scening with him a lot lately, I think he got his hopes up."

A derisive snort. 

"Anyway, she turned him down for a scene tonight and accepted an offer from Will, so now I've got to get downstairs because Tom's throwing a hissy fit, Ellie is making it worse by ignoring him, and Will is pissed."

"As he should be if Tom's interfering with a scene over a sub that he has no claim to."

"Yes, thank you for telling me what I already know."  Master Patrick's voice was dry, but she could tell that he respected whoever he was talking to.  He was sarcastic but not derogatory.  "Anyway, Angie's in here, so you can chat with her before choosing a room for the scene.  Interrogation, jail and school are all open."

"Okay, thanks."

Then Master Patrick was moving away and another man was entering.  Angel was starting to stand, feeling that she should get up and introduce herself, but as soon as she caught his crystal blue gaze her knees and lungs locked up and she found herself sinking back into the chair.

Very tall, very attractive, with very blue eyes, blonde hair and a goatee... and he looked more than grouchy as recognition flashed across his face.  

He looked downright pissed.

Fighting With My Characters

You'd be surprised how often this happens.  The Stronghold characters are particularly trying.  Justin and Chris had the tendency to go off the rails, even though Liam, Hilary and Jessica were all pretty well behaved.

Now trying to deal with Adam and Angel... I'm going a bit nuts, I won't lie.  The bastards just keep changing things up on me!  Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can get frustrating.  Especially when I look at my most recent outline that I've written for them (I'm on the fourth or fifth now, I can't even remember) and realize that it's not going to work.  At all.

Adam's too demanding about what he wants and Angel's too unpredictable.  Even her best friend Leigh isn't quite cooperating with me when it comes to timeline stuff.

I'm over 50,000 words in, which is usually about halfway through a book for me, but I honestly have no idea where we are in the story.  I know what's going to happen in the next chapter and that's about it, because they keep changing where they're going.  We all have a vague idea about where everything is headed, but every time I try to define it they just grab the reins from me and start moving in a new direction until all the plot twists and pathways that I'd worked out no longer work anymore.

*bangs head on wall*

It really makes it hard for me to plot things out.  I thought I'd go ahead and write a new outline for them... but there's no real clue as to where they're going after the next chapter.  They were pretty good about following the most recent outline that I'd written for them, right up until they met each other and now sparks are flying in entirely different ways then I'd originally planned.  It's kind of like a mental wrestling match.  And I'm about to add a new Dom to the equation, and to the cast of Stronghold characters, in the form of one of Angel's friends and all I can think is "oh crap... what is this going to do to my plot line?"  Cuz I don't think it's going to do what I originally intended.  - if you're checking out my Pinterest, btw, the new Dom that I'm introducing is Master Michael and you can see his "picture" up on the Stronghold page.

In other news... Vivian and Gabriel are being more romantic / softer than I would have thought during their first meeting... which makes me wonder how his involvement in her training is actually going to go.  That should be interesting.

And Cynthia and Wesley, despite being the two rebels, are actually doing what I want them to.  Of course I'm only about one chapter into their book so I don't know if that really counts.  But it's nice that someone's behaving!

So yeah.  There's some behind-the-scenes drama going on (if it can be called that) but I'll be posting a new teaser for Stronghold this weekend.  I just gotta decide what I want to post =)

Venus Transcendent Now Available on Smashwords

For those of you who use Smashwords for reading - Venus Transcendent is finally available!  For books that I do the free promo thing on Amazon for, I have to wait a certain amount of time after the promo before I can make the book available on another site, so that's why the Venus books take so long to come out on Smashwords.

Been working hard on my current offerings... have another blog post in a couple of days =)

Marriage Training Ch. 13 and Pinterest Page

And we're only one chapter away from the meeting of Gabriel and Vivian!  Super excited =)

Chapter 13 is now available - for those who have been getting impatient over the slow pace should be happy with this chapter.  It's not as detailed or erotic, because it's kind of a bridge chapter.  We're moving past the training that's been happening and into a new part of the book, with lots of new developments.  I still have detailed sections, but things are moving much faster now =)

And I am SO looking forward to having Gabriel be a part of the training!  I'm working on the scene where they first meet right now and I'm just having an absolute blast. 

For those of you interested, I do have a Marriage Training Pinterest board now, since I'm going to be turning it into a book.  Eventually it will be a Society of Sin board for ALL those books, but for now it's just Marriage Training =) I love the pictures I found for Vivian and the one I found for Gabriel.  Working on finding a better Dr. Monroe one.  I've also been updating the other boards, particularly Stronghold, lately, so if you haven't checked them out for a few days there's definitely some new stuff up =)

Gonna try to get some more writing done today.  WOOT!

Alternate Conclusion to Secret Anal Sex

Soooo a long time ago I wrote a story called Secret Anal Sex =)  It was during Survivorphile when I was doing a lot of different stories.  I always meant it to be a one off and was fine with the conclusion, but I was recently contacted by someone who goes by the username FinishTheDamnStory who likes to finish stories that they feel are incomplete and they asked if they could write a conclusion for it because they felt there was more story there.  In particular they wanted Lauren to get revenge on John.

Personally I never planned to write an ending for it, so I said, sure go ahead!  You can find the new "conclusion" here.

It's definitely not the kind of story I would have written, mostly cuz I rarely write stories with the woman in charge because it's just not my forte, but I found it fascinating to see where someone else wanted the story to go and see a sequel to some of my work.  I enjoy reading new stories and having this one be a continuance of my own work made it that much more interesting to me =)

So if you're interested, there ya go! 

I'm keeping an eye out because the next chapter of Marriage Training should be out soon... in the meantime, I had an AMAZING birthday and I'm having a pretty fantastic weekend now =) YAY!