I’m building covers for the self-published version of my M/M erotic romance space opera MORO’S PRICE. Bear in mind, I’m still finessing the art placement and text on both covers. Cover #1 links in some themes from the story (faceted diamond, star-field, male fighter in silhouette), but I still think it looks a little too…
Read More New Covers for Moro’s PriceAge warning: the books and links shown here contain adult material. From May 3 to 4, 2018, this book and some other BDSM titles will be half-price at the NineStar Press website. Check them all out. Splurge a little: my fellow NSP writers offer really good reads! MORO’S PRICE is a space opera romance about…
Read More Flash BDSM romance sale: ‘Moro’s Price’ half-off!Since I’ve a nice uptick in sales lately on this M/M space opera romance, here’s a mood board of my original art inspired by the story, cover background from Natasha Snow, and images from Alphonse Mucha, The Nature Conservancy, and Pinterest. I don’t know any other way to respond to the anniversary of 9-11, or…
Read More Moro’s Price mood boardIn honor of a great opening week for my M/M space opera romance MORO’S PRICE, here’s a snippet from its direct sequel, MORO’S SHIELD. Basically the start of the second chapter, because I can’t post the first chapter (it’s that smutty). But this is not just a series about sex: it’s about adventure, intrigue, and…
Read More Moro’s Shield snippetAs of November 26, 2020, the second edition of MORO’S PRICE will no longer be available. I’ve unpublished it, in preparation for a new self-pub version arriving soon. For some reviews of the first edition, go here. I’m pleased that my longtime friend Sherwood Smith bravely took up an ARC of this version, then gave…
Read More Moro’s Price 2nd EditionThe rewritten, expanded version of my smutty M/M space opera romance, Moro’s Price, is now up for pre-orders at NineStar Press. It should hit other vendors in a few days to a week after publication on June 26, 2017. A shout out to my brilliant editors, and to cover artist Natasha Snow. She managed to…
Read More Moro’s Price revised edition now on sale!Character names and titles are important in fiction (duh!) Different genres have different naming trends and types, if not outright rules. A clever writer can exploit or twist those, while a tone-deaf writer can suffer for them. Of course, it helps to read massively and currently in your target genres. I have a perennial problem…
Read More Character names and titlesI’ve been at a plateau for a while on the big fantasy project: polished, but not quite gleaming. This weekend, three things happened: I wrote a decent pitch for an upcoming pitch contest. I tightened the first chapter, and bridged new and old versions with really strong scenes. I forced more emotion into one character,…
Read More When writing goes exceptionally wellMy debut novel MORO’S PRICE, a M/M space opera erotic romance, was first published in 2012. I’m pleased to announce that a newly revised version will be coming soon from NineStar Press. If you liked the original version, I think you’ll love this one. If all goes well, you’ll also be seeing the direct sequel…
Read More New version of Moro’s Price coming soon!Corel’s new digital arts platform Painter 17 is out now, and I’m fiddling around with it this week. I finished this teaser art piece for the new version of Moro’s Price in about 30 minutes, and that was because I was slowly playing around with some of the new Artist’s Favorites brushes. I should have…
Read More Painter 17 teaser artI’m having too much fun completely re-writing this book. Should revisions be fun? Slightly different names, timelines, inciting incidents, backstory. Still a big, messy space opera romance. Still familiar to the 1500 – 2000 of you who read the first one, but hopefully much better. The new first line of the new Chapter 1…
Read More First look: Moro’s Price revisionsSo, since I didn’t get Singer In Rhunshan into PitchWars (and knew it would be a longshot), I’m back to the revisions on Moro’s Price. For those of you who didn’t know, the latter is a big space opera-ish M/M erotic romance set against a futuristic but by no means scientific background. When wrote it…
Read More Valier, digital pastel, 8-26-2016I say ‘first edition’ because I have several future paths for my first published novel, now that its association with Loose Id LLC has come to an end. Moro’s Price no longer exists as an ebook on Amazon.com, or on the Loose Id website. Over the next month or so, it will leave AllRomance Ebooks,…
Read More Moro’s Price first edition 2012 to 2016Follow this link to my interview with the talented and tolerant Theophilia St. Claire, as we talk about the creative process, my experiments with contemporary M/M romance (aka my novella Maestro), and some ‘taboo’ writing subjects. Some purposefully vague news: If you’re interested in my debut novel Moro’s Price (a M/M erotic romance space opera)…
Read More Spotlight on Maestro, news on Moro’s PriceWell, my turn has finally rolled around in Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. I actually had to go check my notes for what I wrote about…oh, yeah, heh heh. The Sonta. I hope you enjoy the article. If you want to know more, follow the Author’s Notes on the left side of this blog.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 22Bitten By Romance’s new fall blog tour begins today, September 1st, 2015 with a post from Eve Langlais, who lists her perfect science-fiction heroes. The button above will take you to the main BBR website, with the Tour schedule including live links. (Second warning: this link will take you to an 18 and over blog!…
Read More Tour of the Universe! (Adult content warning)During the month of September, I’ll be part of this shindig: http://www.bittenbyromance.com/2015/08/tour-of-universe-2015-schedule.html There will be excerpts, behind-the-scenes backstories, prizes…and maybe…just maybe, a special announcement. I’ll also be giving away a digital copy of my debut M/M romance novel Moro’s Price, as well as this glass and fiber necklace: Bear with me while we finalize exactly…
Read More Bitten By Romance’s ‘Tour of the Universe’!There’s an old saying: I wouldn’t join any club that would have me. I’m considering all sides of that argument, right now, for reasons I’ll clarify in this post. A very kind and enthusiastic reviewer just nominated my M/M erotic romance space opera Moro’s Price for the 17th Annual Preditors & Editors ™ Readers’ Poll.…
Read More Moro’s Price up for an award!(Adult content warning, just in case you’ve forgotten the disclaimer on the left sidebar: the following post contains male/male erotic references. Don’t read or follow the links, if that’s not your thing.) (Note added 12-6-2014: Thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you to all the readers who have tweeted and re-tweeted the link…
Read More Moro’s Price first chapter (adult content advisory)Since Moro’s Price stumbled off Amazon last January and was relisted through heroic efforts from Loose Id, I’ve been watching mostly domestic sales in the US. I don’t know why, but the last month has seen a strong sales spike from Canadian and UK buyers. Thank you so much! You have my heartfelt gratitude, and…
Read More Thanks to Canadian and UK readers