“I haven’t made up my mind about you yet,” she said.
“Well, Amy from America,” he said. “I think you have. And now it’s up to me to prove you right.”
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Book Excerpt Tuesday: Sky Woman Brings The Steam
In my book, Sky Woman, Miranda “Miri” Reynolds finds herself suddenly on another planet, being wooed hard by a trio of brothers who want her for their own. Luckily, she’s found another transplant, a guy by the name of Avi, who’s schooling her in language and culture but isn’t about to get between the brothers and their goal… Continue reading
In Honor Of The New Seeder Complete Edition Release – Here’s An Excerpt From “Changeling” #FridayReads
In the third book of The Seeder Saga, Changeling, Lizzie finds herself kidnapped by a handsome alien by the name of Indar. Indar is a Seeder, a group of people responsible for “seeding” mankind onto various planets throughout the galaxy. He took Lizzie away from Earth for her own good, but she’s not seeing it that way yet.
In this scene, Indar’s getting in his regular workout aboard the ship, and invites Lizzie to join him…. Continue reading
So You’ve Started A New Series….What Can We Expect?
Windsinger is finally out (print and electronic), and of course, this is the grand opening of my new series, The Elemental Destinies. In book one, you meet most of the players for the four book series – with one exception.
I’ve had a few of you ask me who’s going to end up with who, and that’s a question I don’t mind answering. Book two is already set for our Seasinger, Kai – he’s got a prominent part in book one, as does our Earthsinger, Manni. There’s a great rapport between the two of them because Kai is such a straight-laced Alpha male and Manni is a sarcastic, ballsy chick who doesn’t easily put up with guys like that. They also have a bit of history that has yet to be told.
Time For A #FanFic Friday! Go Adrift With A Pirate & Pancakes
In my FanFiction, Adrift, Hook gets hit with a dastardly curse that alters his future and turns him to darkness. Emma gets thrown in for the ride, and it becomes clear that she’s still a savior – sent to save him. In this scene, he’s still not sure what her agenda is or if he trusts her, but he can’t deny that she stirs his blood. He plans on wooing her in a time-honored fashion: He’s going to make her pancakes.
Resource Thursday: Writer Resource Links
Hello everyone – here are this week’s writer resources. Our subject today: Inspiration!
10 Works of Art Every Writer Should See In Person
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
Writing Prompts That Don’t Suck (these gave me some great short stories – one of which germinated into my latest novel)
Ray Bradbury On How Listmaking Can Boost Your Creativity
Hope these got your creative juices flowing! Happy (miserable, brow-beating, frustrating) writing!!
He Felt The Need To Clarify…
“You were nearly naked. You were nearly naked, and I noticed.”
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“You’re Trying To Warm Me By Irritating Me?”
“There are many wonderful ways to get a woman warm.” His hand closed over hers. “Shall I show you a few?”
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Sometimes Writing Good Sex Means Not Writing Sex At All
One of the things I learned early on when writing romance (and after having read many, many good romance stories) is the judicious use of the sex act.
That’s partly what sets erotica apart from romance as well – erotica spells it all out to the nth degree because that nth degree is really the entire point of the book. A good romance (either in a romance novel or as a story arc in a book of another genre) might show you characters making the beast with two backs, but having it spelled out every single time actually detracts from the real goal: showing a growing relationship.
There are many ways to show that your characters are having great sex without them having great sex. For instance, in Someday In Dublin, my characters Michael and Amy have been happily shagging each other across two continents. It was time to move onto something more important, but it didn’t make sense for them to be in a hotel room and not taking advantage of that. So I wrote this scene: Continue reading
Bookus Interruptus: The Art Of Balancing Your Invading Ideas #Mondayblogs #amwriting
I’ve got a lot on my plate right now.
In addition to a tradtionally published book that I’m knee-deep in edits for, I have a self-pub’d series that I just released book one for and I really need to flesh out an outline for book two.
Then there’s another book behind the one I got the contract for that my editors are going to be wanting some direction on. Then, into all this madness strolls another idea.
And damn, but it’s a good one. I can feel my brain longing to follow this idea down a dark, alley, willing to see where it’s going to lead us. My breath coming in little pants of excitement as I wonder if this one is going to terrify me, or excite me, or leave me feeling hollow inside. Continue reading
Britt DeLaney 