{"id":1220,"date":"2015-07-18T17:34:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T21:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2015-08-04T16:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T20:42:58","slug":"quoi-de-neuf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/quoi-de-neuf\/","title":{"rendered":"Quoi de neuf"},"content":{"rendered":"

So much writing, so little time!<\/p>\n

Work is progressing on Better the Devil You Know<\/em>. I'm over the third-way mark and I'm digging the way the story is going. I originally thought to release it under a different name because it's different from what I normally write, in that it's pretty dark. I have to say that I have some doubts as to how well it's going to be received. It's dark, not romantic at all, and the end is... well... not sure. It's going to be about 50k when it's done, and it will be done sometime soon. The tags go something like this: murder, graphic torture, sexual abuse, forced incest<\/em><\/p>\n

The other thing I've been working on is a short story (15k) that will come out either in an anthology or published on its own (or both? I wonder if that's possible?). It's also not my normal fare. I'm not going to say much more about it until I know what is going to become of it, but the tags for this one are: erotic romance, sweet, transsexual, insta-love, HFN<\/em><\/p>\n

Then there is Let Me Shift<\/em>, which is actually coming along great... I just had to take a break from it because these two *points to books mentioned above* were yelling louder than I can ignore.<\/p>\n

One day I will get back to Sentenced to the Sword<\/em>, my gladiator story. Especially since I have such a great pic to use for the cover (Thanks to the wonderfully talented Varian Krylov and her gorgeous cover models -\u00a0Strangers in Strangeland<\/a>) But before that... I need to get to Saban and tell his story in Learning to Speak<\/em> (A Baal's Heart Book).<\/p>\n

And, because Tom won't stop complaining about how he's \"bloody bored as all hells\"... I have to get back to the triad soon.<\/p>\n

*gestures* THIS is why I've been busy lately and not around much. That and it's summer - BBQs, sunbathing, drinks on terrasses on warm summer nights. :)<\/p>\n

The Baal Heart Trilogy is on sale for 25% off for the month of July at Smashwords<\/a> - you just have to enter the coupon SSW25 at checkout.<\/p>\n

Sign up for my newsletter<\/a> (I'm going to actually send one out soon) to keep up with new stuff and get discounts on books and excerpts and whatnots.<\/p>\n

And finally - if you haven't already, you can pick up a copy of Discovery at Amazon<\/a> today and check out some awesome LGBTQ flash fic, including a story by yours truly.<\/p>\n

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So much writing, so little time! Work is progressing on Better the Devil You Know. I’m over the third-way mark and I’m digging the way the story is going. I originally thought to release it under a different name because it’s different from what I normally write, in that it’s pretty dark. I have to say that I have some doubts as to how well it’s going to be received. It’s dark, not romantic at all, and the end is… well… not sure. It’s going to be about 50k when it’s done, and it will be done sometime soon. The … <\/p>\n

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