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Arr matey!
People find it hi-lar-ious that I wrote a book about gay pirates. I am getting bombarded by pirate-themed messages, including cute gifts like this little fella. My friends think they're funny.
Writing is going well. I'm at a part in the book where it's basically been fully written in my brain for months so putting it to 'paper' is going smooth. Three chapters in three days... about 10k words.
Every once in a while when I sit down to write a scene, my characters rebel. I'm glad that they do... They know themselves and keep me on the right path.
Tom: "Listen mate, do ye really think I'd be as daft as that? Come now... be a dove and change it, aye?"
Baltsaros: "I hope you're planning on rectifying this in the next few chapters. I can't see this working in the long run. You've done much better in the past. If I were you, I would redo it."
Jon: "Do I really sound like that? Really? I thought we were over that..."
Unfortunately I think I have to put one of my projects on hold. I might wait to continue Sentenced to the Sword in the fall - I just have too much to do these days, and my writing is paying the price.
This time around, for Beyond the Spires, I'm thinking of hiring an editor. Maybe. I'm just really bad at letting others touch my stuff. Juvenile, I know. All my report cards growing up said approximately the same thing: Gifted. Does not play well with others.
I'll think about it more. Weigh my options.
Today is a gorgeous day... I think I may actually go read outside and catch up with all the books that are going unread on my Kindle.
Music and Lyrics
I love music... but it's gotta have lyrics for me to really love it.
Here is the soundtrack to my novel Caged.
Interview at The Novel Approach
SALTY DOGS, SPICY LANGUAGE? WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM PIRATES? WELCOME BEY DECKARD AND A GIVEAWAY!
TNA: Hi, Bey, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start with the sharing part of the interview? Would you tell us a few things about yourself: hobbies, interests, odds and ends stuff?
Bey: Hmm open-ended questions… those are the ones I’ve never been good at answering. I’m still trying to figure out what people want to know about me and what is considered over-sharing. *laughs* Is emoting ok? I like to emote.
Well, let’s see… when I’m asked about hobbies, the first thing I always say is that I collect skulls – which is the truth – but it’s not like it’s an active hobby. I just have a whole bunch of them around the house.
Mostly, I like going down to the local pub for a pint with a buddy. I watch a shitload of movies and TV. I get tattooed or pierced. I draw and paint. I do pro bono web work and graphics for certain companies, associations, and dog rescues.
TNA: Yeah? What’s your favorite tattoo? What makes it your favorite?
Read the Rest at The Novel Approach (plus! enter to win an e-copy of Caged)
Multitaskingmomma gives Caged 5 Stars
I am at odds on how to approach my review for this book. This was huge in terms of plot and character development. Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas is the first installment to the Baal's Heart series. This is an action packed pirate swashbuckling mega-adventure set in times gone by. This is also far from a romantic story. Instead, I see this as a story of three men who survived through all their life's experiences and made do.
4.5 Stars for Caged from The Novel Approach
BEY DECKARD’S “CAGED: LOVE AND TREACHERY ON THE HIGH SEAS” JUST MIGHT STEAL YOUR HEART
Review: I’m fairly newish to the romance genre, in the grand scheme of things, but I’ve more than made up for lost time over the years. I love my romance books like I love my coffee—hot, addictive, and insomnia inducing. Bey Deckard’s Caged: Loved and Treachery on the High Seas is all that and more, and did I mention pirates?
The Blogger Girls give Caged 4.5 Stars!
JustJen writes: "Wow, where to start with this one. This called to me right away, from the cover and the blurb, it just sounded like my kind of story, and I wasn’t disappointed. It is everything that the blurb leads you to believe and then some...."
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New 5-Star Review of Caged & New Teaser Promo
New 5-star review by Annette Gisby from zipperrippers.blogspot.co.uk:
A book with BDSM, pirates and an adventure, how could I resist this?
I've seen this book placed in some retailers as erotic, but I think calling it that does it a disservice. This book is much more than erotica, and while sex does feature heavily, it is more about the relationships and emotional aspects than the physical ones.
Read the rest at zipperrippers.blogspot.co.uk
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New teaser promo:
What do you think?
Caged is Awesome Indies Approved!
What does this mean? you ask. Well, for one it means that has been awarded a place on the Awesome Indies list of quality independent fiction.
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- identify and honour independently published books that meet the same standard as books published by major mainstream publishers and their imprints,
- promote and support AIA authors and their books,
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- raise the image of independently published books amongst readers.
So Many Words, So Little Time
Slowly creeping up to 50% on Beyond the Spires. I keep thinking that I should put up a teaser chapter somewhere, but unless you've read Caged, there's at least one big spoilers.
And I personally hate spoilers.
Another chapter done of Spires. Next is a chapter for a different writing project. After that, there will be another chapter for my gladiator book - Sentenced to the Sword (I'm still looking for beta readers)
So many words.
I'm waiting for my first really bad review to see how I feel about it. I have been reading through bad reviews of other books on both Goodreads and Amazon, and I'm amazed at the range of complaints and the sheer vitriol of some of these reviews.
Can't lie... makes me a little nervous.
