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Awesome Indies gives Caged ★★★★★
Read the review at Awesome Indies
Bey
Uncut
Intact. Uncut. Hooded.
Yes, I am talking cocks.
One of the things I decided when I started writing was to skip any talk of foreskins. Why? Because my audience is largely made up of North American women whom, from my understanding, don't share my love of an intact cock.
It makes me sort of sad and I wonder how true it is.
Do you know how much more you can put into a sex scene when you're talking foreskins? It's a whole other source of pleasure - sliding, pulling, nibbling... but will it engender a squick factor in my readers?
Caged: NOW IN PRINT!
Can you tell I'm excited?
It's available right now from the CreateSpace eStore. It will be available at Amazon (all stores) in 5-7 business days and in the expanded distribution channels in 6-8 Weeks.
There's just something really neat about holding your very first book. Having it on your Kindle is one thing... but holding the physical version in your hand? That's special.
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So... in another vein:
There are definite downsides to not reading your own genre. For one, I don't know what are considered clichés or just overdone in romance/erotica. For another, I can't recommend work like my own because I don't know who else writes historical fantasy romance erotica (if that's what mine is). That's what happened this week - a fan contacted me asking if I had suggestions to tide them over until I finish the sequel to Caged. I had no idea what to say.
Sorry N - maybe someone will respond to this post with suggestions. I will let you know.
Tonight is a drawing night. Tomorrow is a writing day.
No concentration for writing today... but look! Another portrait of Tom Hardy as Freddie from The Take.
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Writing and Drawing
I'm taking a little break from writing today. I've only written about 600 words of the 1000 that I normally like to get out in a day but eh, my mind is elsewhere and I'm not going to sweat it. I'm still new to this digital portrait painting... so many brushes to choose from! I have no idea how to use half of them and end up using the same three over and over. I should ask someone else who does digital painting what brushes they like to use.
The giveaway contest for Caged ends in less than 12 hours! So exciting. Tomorrow is the launch of the paperback edition - I know some people will be very happy about that.
Kinks
One of the side effects of writing erotica and having a very supportive family is that you wind up with a bunch of family members who are now acquainted with a number of your kinks.
Interview with Bey Deckard @ Hines and Bigham’s Literary Tryst
Interview with Bey Deckard, author of the Baal’s Heart series
About the Author
Born and raised in a small coastal town in northern Québec, Bey spent his early summers on his uncle’s boat and running wild on the beaches of the surrounding islands, lighting fires and building huts out of driftwood and fishermen’s nets. As an adult, he eventually made his way to university and earned a degree in Art History with a strong focus on Anthropology. Primarily a portrait painter and graphic artist, Bey sat down one day and decided to write about the two things that he felt most passionate about: sex and the sea.
Bey currently lives in the wilds of Montréal with his best buddy, a spotty pit bull named Murphy. Caged is his first novel.
More Edits. Done Yet?
Long day of editing yesterday. stretches shoulders I really should get myself a good chair and desk soon before I become a cripple. The print version of Caged is on track to be released on the 15th. I'm still waiting for some more edits but I'm hoping they'll be minor, or already taken care of in the first batch, so I don't have to spend so many hours digging through the book again.
It's interesting to see how my writing has matured.
New chapter finished for the sequel. I'm on track there too - passed the 1/3 mark. I'm wondering, however, if this book might be a smidge longer. There's so much of the story left to tell.
I also have to get back to a writing side-project that I'm working on.
And... I have to stop thinking about this other book I have to write. It can wait... I can't do everything at once.
New Tablet
So happy with my new Bamboo tablet. My old Wacom tablet was over a decade old.
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Thank you
I was just having a beer with a buddy of mine who is also a writer, talking about how incredibly weird it sometimes (hell all the time) feels to have people out there... reading your work. It makes my head spin at times to think that there are people reading what I write and, not only that, but enjoying it.
I enjoy my own writing. I do. But it never occurred to me that anyone else would. Which is why, when I ask someone to review my book, I get stressed out about the outcome. I think to myself: I'll be ok with three stars. It'll be great! It'll be fine. Really.
And then they give me 5 stars. *shakes head* Floors me. Every time.
Thank you to my readers and reviewers and anyone who's been part of the process! Really... thank you.