Comments Off I wrote more than 50,000 words of fiction in the first 15 days of National Novel Writing Month. And I’m actually looking forward to the next 15 days.
The goal I’ve set may be crazy and demanding, but I still enjoy writing stories, even when forcing myself to churn words out at a rate of about 3,500 a day (which for some, I’m sure, is low productivity).
Time to change gears from fantasy/romance to mystery/thriller.
Comments Off I have completed a quarter of my 100,000-word National Novel Writing Month goal.
I’ve drafted almost 26,000 words of the first novel, a fantasy romance which I’m writing under a different name, in eight days. I’ve had a few setbacks, so I’m about 800 words behind where I should be now. But if nothing else goes wrong, I don’t think I’ll have trouble catching up.
Comments Off I’ve participated in (and completed) National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) twice now. The first time the draft became the two novels Broken and Shattered, published last year. The second time I drafted Playing with Dolls which has yet to find a publisher. (But then, I wrote Dommemoir before Broken and Shattered and it found a publisher this year.)
Sometimes life happens while you’re making other plans. For many reasons (editing, promoting, personal developments, etc.), I haven’t had as much time to devote to producing new material as I would like. I very much want to draft out my next novel – a mystery/thriller that has festered in the back of my mind for many years and finally started demanding my attention last year. But I also would like to draft out a fantasy romance novel that I am writing in collaboration with my submissive, Patrick. I had hoped to have that draft finished before he went back to school in September.
As I mentioned, life happens. So, I’m going to try to do NaNoWriMo, twice. I have signed up as I.G. Frederick to draft the thriller (although that may eventually get published under a different pseudonym). I also have signed up under another name to write the first draft of the fantasy novel from Patrick’s outline. I am committing to writing 100,000 words of fiction in the next 30 days. Needless to say, I won’t be doing much else.
I’ve cleared my calendar, I’ve weaned my Twitter feed, I’ve trimmed my subscriptions. I will post my progress weekly and tweet my word counts daily. Wish me luck.
Comments Off The Salem launch of Dommemoir was hosted by Addictions Body Piercing & Tattoo because owner Emily Cahal was an invaluable resource when I was researching the body mod scenes in Dommemoir.
Of course, she had to have her own, autographed copy. She didn’t take it home, right away, however. I heard from one of the staff on Saturday who had started reading Emily’s copy of Dommemoir and wanted to know if she could please buy one of her own? On Monday, I stopped by to oblige only to learn that another staffer also had read the first three chapters of Emily’s copy and also wanted to purchase her own copy.
Thinking there might be other visitors at Addictions Body Piercing & Tattoo who might enjoy reading Dommemoir , Emily has acquired a few copies to sell to customers, friends, and lovers of erotica.
So if you’re in Salem and would like to purchase a signed copy of Dommemoir, stop by Addictions Body Piercing & Tattoo at 176 Liberty St. SE.
Comments Off Yesterday evening, the wonderful staff at Addictions Body Piercing & Tattoo in downtown Salem hosted the local launch of Dommemoir.
With the sound of the tattoo needle buzzing in the background, I read selections from Dommemoir and poems from Pain of Love, and autographed books.
Thanks to all who came and helped celebrate!
Comments Off On Wednesday (Oct. 7) between 5 and 8 p.m., I will celebrate the launch of my latest novel, Dommemoir at Addictions Body Piercing & Tattoo, 176 Liberty St. SE in Salem.
Everyone is invited to stop by for erotic poetry readings and a drawing to win a signed copy of my limited-edition poetry collection, Pain of Love. I’ll have copies of Dommemoir, Broken, and Shattered for sale. (Anyone who buys all three novels from me will get a free signed copy of Pain of Love as well.)
Comments Off The local alternative paper in Salem interviewed me for an article about the event at Addictions next week. You can read the story online at WillametteLive.
We’re still tinkering with my website, so check there frequently to see some of the improvements we’re making weekly. I also post bits of news from the front page here and to LiveJournal, so if you want the latest information, subscribing to the RSS feed (in the top right hand corner) or at LiveJournal is your best bet.
Comments Off I was honored to appear as featured author on the world premier edition of the Inkwell radio show earlier today. If you missed it, you can listen to the archives and the poster is on my pictures page. Host Nyla Alisia asked great questions of all three guests including Cecilia Tan and Paul Beidler. Dedicated to helping writers move forward in their craft and achieve success, The Inkwell is an entertaining AND informative radio program. The interviews on the subject of "So you write erotica, now what …" were so interesting, the show ran an extra half hour.
Comments Off We had great fun at my Seattle launch of Dommemoir. I had some delightful people attend my workshop. They asked great questions and were very attentive.
My publisher, Paul Beidler of Fanny Press, brought the most wonderful cake from The Erotic Bakery for the festivities after the workshop. It had the name of the book on the side and a bound marzipan cock and balls on top. I took great pleasure in biting the head off the cock — usually I don’t get to bite all the way through.
I’ve put up some photos of the cake on my website. (And no, that’s not me threatening to bite it off)
While the cake slowly disappeared, I read erotic passages from all three of my books, Dommemoir, Broken, and Shattered as well as a couple of poems from my limited-edition chapbook Pain of Love.
Thanks to all who came and helped celebrate.
Comments Off This weekend (today through Sunday), I’ll host the weekly Circlet Press Author Chat on LiveJournal. I’ll share some thoughts about changes in the publishing industry, rights issues, platform, author compensation, etc.
I would very much appreciate it if you would join me there and participate in the conversation. I’d love to see your comments on what I’ve written and would be happy to answer any questions. Stop Circlet Press Author Chat any time during the weekend.
I’m also sponsoring a poetry contest. Anyone who would like to submit an erotic poem will be eligible to win a free, autographed copy of my erotic poetry collection Pain of Love. The prize will be given to the poem I like the best. (As in all literary contests, the results are completely subjective. I reserve the right to award more than one prize.)
To enter, post a poem of 25 lines or less in the comments section for Erotic Poetry Contest. Both traditional and free verse are welcome. One entry per person. Deadline is noon PDT Sunday. Prizes announced at end of my day Sunday.
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