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
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.
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.
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!!
“You were nearly naked. You were nearly naked, and I noticed.”
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“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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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
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
Windsinger is LIVE!! Grab your copy today!
This is the first book I’ve launched simultaneously in both print and eBook, and for some reason Amazon hasn’t linked the two yet when you pull up the book’s information page. Until then, you can order the print version direct from Amazon Createspace (they’ll have your Amazon billing info) right here.
Several of you have reached out either by email, DM or comments on fics and posts to ask me about Windsinger (and the rest of the series), so here ya go!!
Q: Where did you get the idea for Windsinger?
A: This actually came from a short story I wrote a few years back. I was in a writing contest and I really wanted to push my boundaries. I decided to write a short horror piece just to see if I could. In the story, the main character had much the same gift as Cecy (I’m not giving it away) but he didn’t use it as altruistically. He was a selfish, creepy old guy. Anyway, I thought it was a great premise for a novel – this ability, and since this involved air specifically, I started thinking about all the basic elements. And then I wondered how “singers” would present themselves in each of the elements.
Q: Are you introducing all the characters from the series in this book? Continue reading
Britt DeLaney 