Shalia’s Diary – During the merry month of March, Shalia
continues to deal with her least favorite trainer Resan as matters on the
transport go from bad to worse.
In other Shalia news, I am considering putting the next
storyline (which would be Book 8) in book form and selling it BEFORE posting it
on the blog. However, it will be more expensive than usual for me to do it this
way. To get Book 8 in advance of the blog, the ebook will cost $2.99 U.S. It
will be posted in serial form as usual on the blog for free. Once all entries
for that storyline are up, the ebook will be reduced to the usual 99 cents.
This is my potential response to all of you who have told me you’d gladly pay
for the entire storyline up front rather than wait. Let me know in the comments
how you feel about this option, as I have not made a final decision yet.
Clans of Kalquor 10:
Alien Hostage – I have been working diligently on the next CoK book. I am three-quarters
finished with the first draft of Alien
Hostage, due out mid to late April for North American ebook readers. In
this one, Tasha Salter (Cissy’s twin from Alien
Indiscretions) is kidnapped by the Basma’s henchmen. Tasha learns the Basma
is set to begin his attack on those loyal to the Empire. Her only hope for rescue
in time to warn Kalquor lies with the most unlikely of allies: the Basma’s own
son Falinset and his clanmates Nur and Wekniz.
Portals to Risnar – As many
of you know from the excerpts posted on WIP Wednesdays, I have begun work on
the first book of a new sci-fi series. Portals to Risnar is shaping up to be
more romance than erotica. There will be a hot and heavy scene or two, but not
on the level of Clans of Kalquor or my other works.
The overall premise of PtR is that victims of alien abduction in our
present day world are being taken to a planet called Risnar by a race called
the Monsuda. Abductees are subjected to experimentation and then sent back to
Earth until recalled for more experiments. In the first book (still untitled),
a young woman named Jeannie escapes the Monsudans. She is discovered by other
beings on the planet, a couple of hunky Risnarish men. One of the men in
particular, Kren Zvanhahz Bolep, is attracted to the exotic Earthling.
Unfortunately, the language barrier keeps them from communicating properly. All
Kren knows for sure is that Jeannie emerged from a Monsudan hive laboratory –
and if she’s judged to be the creation of his people’s greatest enemy, she will
have to be destroyed.
Here for your amusement is Jeannie’s first impressions of her new
Risnarish friends from the unedited WIP:
Particularly the one
that held her close to his body that had started out as hard as steel and now
felt every bit as pliant as her flesh. He smelled like the outdoors, a nice,
woodsy scent. He looked down on her now, his pupils as shiny as brand-new
nickels with eight-pointed starburst pupils. His pointed ears moved, perking
towards her as if he waited for her to tell him something particularly clever.
If not for those
weird eyes and ears and the gold, brown, and white-striped skin, his face would
be utterly human. He looked like one of those cosplayers that went to comic
book conventions, a kind of tiger-zebra-superhero perhaps. Certainly his
physique ran in the hyper-masculine superhero direction.
Holy smokes, he was
naked too. Naked with no genitalia. Jeannie was relieved she wasn’t in danger
of being ravished by Super Alien Dude and his friend, but a small part of her
mind thought it a shame that such a stunning specimen had no equipment.
The half dozen other
manimals – she kept thinking of them as that with the stripes they wore –
converged on the one holding her. Their nickel eyes were wide as they jabbered
excitedly. They were various hues of browns, golds, whites, blacks, and even
greens. All striped. All with ears that sat on either side of their heads but
higher than where a human’s ears protruded from the skull. The ears were mostly
pointed, reminding Jeannie of foxes, but they changed shape slightly too,
sometimes scooping like cups, as if to catch every sound coming from whatever
direction they pointed.
And they were naked.
Though they looked masculine, not a one of them possessed even the most
vestigial hint of a sex.
Don’t worry about the lack of genitalia, my friends. Risnarish men have
all their important parts, along with a few other surprises.
There is no release date for the first book yet. My agent wants to shop
it around to various publishers when it’s finished, which will probably be in
the summer.
Speaking of publishers, I am delighted to announce I have signed a
contract with Totally Bound Publishing. I look forward to working with this
wonderful bunch of people. Totally Bound has one of the best reputations in the
erotic/romance publishing industry, and I’m in amazing company with superb authors. More
details will come as news develops.
It’s my son’s birthday weekend. He’s discovered monster trucks, so I am
off to ear-splitting, mud-splattering, big-wheeled fun today. Everyone have a great weekend!
