Imagining naughtiness – #SpankAtoZ #WipitUp

Today’s letter is I for imagination and it forms part of my WipitUp Wednesday post too. Fiction is all about imagining the make-believe, conjuring up fantasies and putting words to them. These scenes could be my fantasies, although I’m not a bottomless pit of ideas, so I also try to imagine what other people might fantasize about and want to read when they seek out an erotic book. Then, within the story, … Read more…

Tania reveals her secrets

I’m making a guest appearance on Tori Carson’s blog.  That isn’t entirely true. Tania is putting in an appearance. The lead character from Touched has put herself in the spotlight to answer some questions about how I portrayed her in the book. Now given the level of personal details I reveal about her, she might not see me, her storyteller, in quite favourable terms. To read how she answers such … Read more…

A life of their own

Another book creeps closer to being published. This is the start of a new stage in life of Jason and Gemma, and a new trilogy. Why am I writing about the same characters? What makes an author turn one book into a series? It wasn’t intentional. Some books I write, the words come to an absolute conclusion. At the end of the book, you draw a line under everything, things have … Read more…

Introducing the Dom

The third book – Trust Me to Keep You – continues the story of Jason and Gemma. In this volume, I shift the focus from time to time on to Jason.  So many BDSM books are told solely from the perspective of the submissive girlfriend / lover  and the Dominant is left in the dark. In this book I bring Jason out into the limelight a little more. He  still … Read more…

The order of events

I started out planning to write a trilogy, there may be more eventually, but I’m sticking to the first three for the moment. It is always assumed, when you write a story in parts, that they will read in order. However, eBooks are not neatly lined up on the shelf. People find one volume, but not necessarily the previous or the next.  I am hoping I have provided sufficient back … Read more…

Discussing the limits

The genre of BDSM has become popular for romance readers, especially stories about Domination and submission. Things which were once taboo have become more acceptable to read about. When I developed my storyline for the series, I didn’t want my heroine to be inexperienced.  Many D/s books have the heroine as innocent or naive about their sexual awakening or for those who are sexually active, they are unaware or unsure … Read more…

Building a series, what to say

There are more books to come.  A series based around the same characters and others will come into play too. What to say without spoiling the story lines.  I don’t want to ruin the first book by giving away too much about the next. I can tell you the title: Trust Me to Own You A theme is developing and trust is a big player.  It is not the only … Read more…

Introducing the characters

Unless you start a book with a birth day, your characters are already fully fledged people with personalities and attributes. Plunging into their lives with little knowledge of their backgrounds, their pasts and influences, means there is a mystery about them. I’m not writing a biography, but somehow there needs to be a background development for each key character.  I need to unpeel the layers of an onion to expose … Read more…