Finished (for now)

Well I'm pleased to say that last night (well this morning at 4.30) I finished the first draft of the spy story I've been working on. That's one out of the way although I'm now working through the first draft making sure it makes sense and expanding it a little.

I've got a couple more scenes to do in Melting Point 2, although they might take a little while to do since they are pinnacle scenes and they need to be done right.

Other then that I've got the last part of a small story to do and lots more to type up.

Back to the edits

I've been a bit lax

In posting and keeping everyone updated I'm afraid. So let me fill you all in.

I had the Rekindling the Spark edits sent to me and they have been sorted out and sent back. The rough release date for it is September 15th, my editor really likes the story and is encouraging me to release some follow up stories which I'm presently working on.

I've got a number of deadlines that I want to hit (although these are self imposed deadlines they are still keeping me busy) so I've had my head down working on them. In the meantime we (my partner and I) have had a lot of animals to look after as well as houses and places to be.

So I am still here and will be updating soon as well as contacting the winners of the Melting Point competition!

More edits!

I have been busy writing over the past few days, starting a new project and trying to get words down for it although it's not flowing as well as I would like so far. However I have submitted a couple of pieces this week although I wont hear back about them until much later this year.

Last night my new edits for Rekindling The Spark turned up. Rekindling The Spark was to begin with submitted for an anthology, it wasn't picked for that nor for the follow up anthology. However I was asked if I would be okay for it to be released under the Obsession Heatsheet theme for Phaze. Although I'm still not sure how it fits in the theme my publisher and editor both thing it works so I am more than happy to go with the flow.

I don't know how these edits are going to go since I've not actually looked at this story for just under a year, but I'm sure I'll get back into it!

Anyway I better get on with it although I do get the feeling that I'm going to be switching between edits and wip's but I'll get there

My recent writing

The other day I decided I would get organised with my writing and make a list of everything that I've presently got on the go and that need things done with them. I got a little depressed when I realised that it filled one side of A5 (letter writing paper size for everyone that doesn't have A5 as a measurement), especially when I was actually still adding things that I had totally forgotten about but that dearly need some work. However every cloud as they say has a silver lining (- or something like that!), the silver lining in this case is the feeling of accomplishment I feel when I actually cross something of the list.

I've got a few pieces now waiting to go out once they've been edited and read through a number of times, then I have some pieces that I need to concentrate on. Some are almost finished and only need a couple of scenes tweaking here and there whilst others like the piece I'm working on now is only 200 words in.

Since making the list I think I'm more aware of what I have to work on and I can see what still is a long way away from being submitted.

Must dash know I'm going out to teach a class!

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Telly: Nothing presently
Music: Fish
Choc/Yummy: None at the moment
Mood: Happy but slightly depressed
Main Writing: 311
Flash Writing: None so far
Reading: Too many things - but you know what I'm enjoying it!

Freedom to Serve is now out!

The latest Coming Together charity anthology has been released today. Coming Together: With Pride contains my short hot story Freedom to Serve, it's a short m/f BDSM piece that I hope people will enjoy reading.

CONTENTS:

Introduction (Will Belegon)
Today (Kally Jo Surbeck)
Raven (James Buchanan)
A Girl's Best and Earthy Things (Heather Fowler)
Don't Look Down (Mari Freeman)
Echoes of the Past (Mychael Black )
A Brief Discourse... (P.S. Haven)
When the Angels Fall (Helen Madden)
Customer Service (Eon de Beaumont)
Nuit Blanche (Giselle Renarde)
Western Pleasure (Shanna Germain)
Chemistry (Lisabet Sarai)
Fire and Ice (Cassie Exline)
An Early Winter Train (C. Sanchez-Garcia)
Selling Foxx (I.M. Cupnjava)
Be Prepared (Storm Grant)
Freedom to Serve (Nicole Gestalt)
The Personal Is Political (Jean Roberta)
Past Perfect (Alessia Brio)
About Coming Together (Alessia Brio)

As usual no author will be making any money via royalties for this anthology, instead it will be donated to the charity in question. In this case that charity is AVERT.

The book is available presently from Phaze however it will soon also be available from the following places:

PHAZE (ebook & print)
ARe (ebook)
AMAZON (print) & AMAZON (Kindle ebook)
FICTIONWISE (ebook) & MOBIPOCKET (ebook)
BARNES & NOBLE (print) & BOOKS-A-MILLION (print)

It's ISBN numbers are:
Ebook: 1-59426-891-6 / 978-1-59426-891-5
Print: 1-59426-892-4 / 978-1-59426-892-2

Buying directly from Phaze will allow the organisers to donate a larger amount to the charity involved since overhead costs are decreased considerably. However wherever you buy it from I hope you will enjoy feeling good about a product that will also be doing some good behind the scenes!

You can find more information from the books home site here: Coming Together: With Pride