It's finally here, the sequel to the Tiger's Tale. You asked for it, wonderful readers, and I have finally delivered--it's release day for Blind Heat, the second book in the Pantherian Passions series. It's a big read with lots of adventure, Passion, and romance. Wonderful paranormal romance author, Siobhan Muir is hosting me today over at The Weird, the Wild, and the Wicked blog. Drop by to learn more about Blind Heat and comment to get into the drawing for a copy of the first book in the Pantherian Passions series, The Tiger's Tale.
I got an email from author Marilyn Campbell this morning asking if it was very complicated to make little word games to go along with some interactive material she's putting together for the Passion's Portal website (it's not open yet but I link here when it is).
Of course that got the wheels turning, and with a book/website/virtualworld launch of Blind Heat just two days away there are a million other things I should be doing, but I found a cool way to embed word searches, so you get to try that out. I did look for a crossword tool but haven't found one I like yet. I'm going to try and restrain myself for searching out more fun and get back to work.
Word Search Sample
The word search is easy to use. Click the first letter in a word then drag across the word to select it. I had a tough time finding some of these and I wrote it!
Ten thousand words I didn't write yesterday.
Ten thousand words I should write today.
Ten thousand words I'll worry about tomorrow.
"After all, tomorrow is another day." ~Scarlett
2. Ground Hog Day
Gone with the wind.
Gone with the wind.
Gone with the wind.
"What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today." ~Phil
3. The Matrix
I will write.
Write I will.
Will I write?
"Anything is possible." ~Neo
This post was written in response to this week's Carry On Tuesday prompt and as a contribution to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night. Drop by to join the fun and to see what others have written.
I'm part of a multi-author series just approved by my publisher, Ellora's Cave. As soon as I fire off the final edits on Blind Heat this coming Monday, I'll be turning my attention back to Make Me Wet--a selkie story that will be my first contribution to the series. But you don't have to wait on me to enjoy the story. Marilyn Campbell is in final edits on her story, the first in the series. Authors Brandi Evans, Shannon Emmel, and Charlotte Stein are also hard at work on their submissions.
We're gonna make this a long hot summer. ;)
Drop in at the Passionate Reads blog today to read the teasers. Come on, you know you love a little teasin'...
PASSION’S PORTAL, has been approved for development as a paranormal, erotic romance series at Ellora’s Cave. The stories will be individually written but tied together by the Sisterhood of the Elemental Goddesses and Shadowling Manor, a spooky old mansion on the northeast coast of Maine. Witches, wizards and warlocks, werewolves, shifters, dragons and selkies… Shadowling Manor is an Equal Opportunity Paranormal Environment. Every room has a secret, every portrait a history, and any door just might be a portal to another realm. Sex magick is at the core of the Sisterhood’s power and the energy created during sexual activity is what keeps Shadowling’s portals open.
Blogging over at PassionateReads.com today on how not to choke under pressure:
What do you do when you gotta have some words, you gotta have them fast, gotta have them now?
What do you do when you need to be able to visualize the greatest love scene of all time, but the ticking clock and the days crossed off on the calendar are the only thing you see when you close your eyes?
Read more...
I'm secluded and finishing the final edits on my next release, deadline is the April 30. Hopefully I'll be close enough to done to get back to regular blogging by next week. If not it'll be after the 3oth. :) Above is a glimpse at what's coming.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
I working madly to get the final edits back for Blind Heat and blog touring on Snatch Me. Still, I don't want to totally neglect my own blog.
A question I get a lot on Snatch Me is how romance and sex works in virtual reality. Readers want to know how I can write about virtual love scenes like they are real, as if the characters really feel them.
I thought I'd give you a glimpse of what happens.
And even here you have to keep in mind, you're looking from the outside, through a window rather than from inside the world. If you were inside one of these avatar's heads, seeing through their eyes, you'd have a more convincing view. You don't hear the conversation going on, though the body language says all you need to know.
After a few minutes inside a visually rich, responsive world, your brain starts to believe you are really there. Your mind fills in data for the missing senses. The person at the keyboard fades away.
In this movie, by the time we reach the point where the man slides his hand along his lover's inner thigh, I think it's safe to say the woman behind the avatar feels that touch. Have a look and see if you agree.
This lovely Machinama, Wish, was created by Coco Latzo.
