Anyone up to helping pick character names?

2/4/14
~Okay, I'm going to close this. :) The two most popular names were Adlar and Varo. Hovic lost out by one vote! I'm putting his name at the top of the list... in case this turns into a series, lol. Thanks, guys! Y'all were a big help. :) I think I'm going to post this on here, but not as a flash. I *may* post it once a month... it'll be longer in length that way. Problem is, that cuts down on who I can send it off to. But, on the other hand, you guys comments really help. I found that out with Harvest!
~M




*Bangs head on keyboard*

Okay, my Muse woke me up this morning. Oh God, that hasn't happened since... Well, Harvest was the last time I dreamed up a story. For those of you around from back then, you know what that means lol.

HUGE FREAKING STORY LINE!!!

I mean, Harvest took a year to write and ended up around 200K. I'm about to scream because I really don't have time for something this time consuming right now. And yes, I've been at this all day... just taking notes!

*sigh*

So, I took notes. It looks like it's M/M scifi again. Two planets at war over a resource. Heck, I'll throw some of my notes up here for ya. This isn't *all* of my notes, but it's enough to give ya an idea of the story line. I think this is going to be an enemies to lover story, which means there will be some kidnapping going on and probably dub/con sex at first. That's if the whole thing doesn't dry up on me lol. And keep in mind, this is still very early in the planning stage. Changes might, and probably will, happen lol.

~Conflict: Black Phospolrock - through phospolthesis, the rock releases a chemical compound

 that is refined and contained. It’s then sold to other plants the Draknorians have treaties with as a fuel. The Yesri has since gone to war for what they want.

 ~Planet – Draknoir.  Called Draknoirians

~The Draknoirians planet is a Nightshade planet. Meaning, they have only two hours of daylight. Rest of the time is darkness. They control access to the Phospolrock. Rich culture and educated, but violent. Has both males and females. Live below ground.

~Highly developed senses of hearing- pointed ears, but placed at the same place as human ears. 

~Specially adapted slit pupils - Their eyes can adapt to both low-level and bright day levels of illumination. Color can range a dark maze to bright golden yellow. They can see at only one sixth the light level required for the other species. 

~Pale skin. Almost have a fey look to them. They are *not* feline lol.

~fangs

~Planet – Yesri.  Called Yesrians 

~ppl live above ground.

~ has a day/night cycle. 22 hours of sun. 8 hours of night. A day is 30 hours long.

~All ppl have shades various shades of blonde hair. Eye come in three colors: green or blue… There are brown eyes, but those are rare and found only in the ruling family. Look human.

~Ruler wants Phospolrock. Need it for their ecomomy. But they are also scared of the Draknoir. Rumors say they bite and drain their victims of life. Hmmm... didn't say blood.

But here's what I'm wanting - pick two names for the main characters:  
Varo 
Rayno 
Adlar
Yerla
Imnok
Hovic 

Leave the names in a comment please. :) Kinda interested in seeing what names are best liked lol. 

Whoop! Whoop!

So yay, the anthology story I plan to submit is finally finished! After a quick proof it'll be ready to be sent off. And just in time since the deadline is right around the corner, lol. I cut this one a smidgen close!

The main character is one of the top models in the world. All that changes when he's involved in a car wreck and left scarred. (That's what the anthology is based on.) It's only 12K but you get a good feeling of how someone who makes a living from his face and body feels when that face is scarred. And, of course, there's someone who loves him and refuses to give up.

I'm really happy with this. If it *is* accepted in the anthology I'll post more info. But this is the picture I found that got the story started.

  

Yeah. Now that's something to get inspired by, lol. See ya tomorrow. :)

~M

Quick Note

Hey guys!

There's a blog hop going on over Easter if anyone is interested. I'm not in this one, but I will be in the one for May. It's a good way to find new authors, enter contest and maybe win a prize! LOL, I've done a few of the blogs in the hop so far and entered some of the contests.

Go to Blog Hop Central and you can go from there! Man, there are so many to check out, lol!

~M

 

Few Hours Left

Well, in a few hours Darkness Awaits will no longer be for sale. :'(  For those that bought it I want to say thank you so much! :)

So, it looks like I'll be a few weeks without anything out, then Nighttime Wishes will be released. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Darkness. I *may* tweak a few things and see if I can find another home for it. Or I might just self publish it—I'm still kicking that idea around, too. I'm not planning (oh no, there's that damn word again!) to change it much though if I do tweak it.

I just don't know yet, and with all the things I've got going on right now it may be a while before I can get to it. But yeah, it was my first published book and it kinda hurts to see it disappear for a while. *sob* 

Ah well, we'll see what the future hold for Max and Michael.

~M

Quick Note

*Grin*


I'm at it again, lol. Like I don't have enough going on, oh no, I just got to go and get hit with an idea for another story!


So, how y'all feel about demons? Just wondering, lol, cause I got this idea for a killer-yes, pun intended-idea. I've never done demons, so this is a new area for me. *wink*

Ever heard of Asmodeus? He's one of the seven princes of Hell and represents the seven deadly sin Lust. It's said people who fall to Asmodeus' ways will be sentenced to an eternity in the second level of hell. He has 72 legions of demons under his command and is under Lucifer the emperor.


There are many different references to this demon. I think I'm going with the one that says Asmodeus is a cambion... a half-human offspring from the union between a human male and a succubus, or of an incubus and a human female. I think having the power of a incubus will add a little spice to his love life, lol.

Of course I'll put my own spin on things. And we'll see if this ends up as a HEA or not. I'm kinda thinking it will, knowing me. But there's all kinds of happily ever after, and what a demon considers happy is... well, shall we say different from us? *giggle*


After all, there's hell... and then there's HELL. ;)


~M


Now gotta come up with a damn title!

Quick Note

Hey guys! I wanted to give a good friend of mine a shout-out for a book she just had picked up by Dreamspinner Press.

Talismania's Sorcerer's Knot is under contract and is a gay male fantasy novella story with tentacles. Yes, I said tentacles! *Fans self*

Brilliant Disguise is her blog. It's also listed in My Blog List over to the left there. :) This is her first erotica eBook release and boy, lol, she started off with a bang! Dreamspinner is pretty big in the eBook publishing world and I'm tickled pink for her!

So, drop by for the blurb she posted and check out her blog. She has lots of cool stuff over there, lol.

~M

Quick Note

Here's a link to a 15 March Smashwords interview of Literotica author and erotica publisher Selena Kitt on publishing of erotica and the ongoing distribution problems:

http://blog.smashwords.com/2012/03/inside-mind-of-best-selling-erotica.html

Quick Note

Okay...

Sounds serious, huh? Truth is I do have something serious to tell you guys, and I hope everyone understands. I just put the delete request in for my Greek Gods... and The Harvest.

This wasn't an easy decision to make, believe me. My plan was to leave each series up until right before it was published. But, after finding so many stories by Lit authors stolen and posted on another site I had to seriously reconsider that plan. Yes, I wasn't one of the authors stolen from... this time. And that's the problem. I dodged a bullet this go-around, I might not be so lucky next time. From the looks of things this deal with stealing stories isn't going away any time soon.

I hate having to do this, I really do. I've been kicking the idea around for a while, but been holding off doing anything. Then I found that site and that pretty much made my mind up.

I'm not pulling everything off Lit. And there will be more stories coming later. I still plan to do the young stories, too. Then there are the short stories on here that I plan to expand and post. The Yellow Rope will be the first one to post at Lit.

Believe me when I say this wasn't easy for me, and I hope you guys understand.

~M

Quick Note

Well, it’s official. Republica Press is going out of business. 

1. Sales of Republica books on every site will end as of April 1st. Anything up until then will be treated as normal and go on our final statement. So all books can still be bought until then. 

2. The rights will revert to the authors immediately. This is really great news! We will get the master copies. As I understand it we get the covers, also.

3. Then it's up to the authors to do what we will with those. I'm still thinking about what I’m going to do with Darkness Awaits. I may revise and expand it, but won’t change the plot. There’s a few things I’d like to tweak. 

I want to thank Emma for that first email so long ago. Without her I don’t know if I would have ever worked up the nerve to publish. I’m sad to see RP go out of business, but the memories left to me are ones I’ll never forget. So… thank you, Emma.

~M

Quick Note

So, the good news. I received the mock cover for Nighttime Wishes last night and the artist did a wonderful job. I swear, it was like she could see in my head and see my human character perfectly. The background fits the theme… I’m tickled pink, lol.

And now for the bad news. The publishing company that released Darkness Awaits is more than likely going out of business at the end of the month. It’s not certain, but I got the impression this was a done deal.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do with Darkness Awaits yet. Well, nothing until the end of the month, then after that we’ll see what my options are. I had planned to publish Priceless, Perfect and Pure but that’s on hold now until I get the sequel to Nighttime Wishes finished.

~M

Quick Note

*Gasp*


I won a book from the Valentine's Contest that Babes in Boyland ran! And even better, I got the book I had my eye on. ;) Okay, the cover caught my attention first. Anytime I see a cute guy with a blindfold I'm there, lol. Throw some cuffs in the mix and I'm *really* there!


The blurb sounded interesting, too. Then I got the email from Piper telling me I placed, went to look to see what books were left and... the book I wanted was still available! Hot damn, what luck.


The book is called Razor's Cut by Xara X. Xanakas. And I loved it. I do wish it had been longer, but I still loved it. Liked it so much I joined the blog the author has, lol, so I can keep up with what's coming. :)


Here is the Goodreads link : http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13420856-razor-s-cut


~M

Quick Note!

Hey guys!

MJ and Piper are doing a contest for Valentine's Day on their blog Babes in Boyland http://mjandpiper.blogspot.com/2012/02/babes-in-boyland-valentines-day.html?zx=8a64f14fffa0ca52

You can find them also here on my blog list. They have 22 prizes up for grabs. Check them out! If interested in entering the contest leave a comment on their blog. They have instructions on what to do. It sounds really neat!

~M