Mylakena the young rural and innocent protagonist female of 23 is taken from her humble and naïve life in a village to the bustling and fashionable city where begins her forced transformation by the devious acts of four men, one of whom is her uncle Kahtin. Mylakena is sold into the scary and strange household of the young, athletic, and strikingly handsome Jerallenar and his father Krajick. Here Mylakena finds hope in the friendship of Fayishtar and his sister Lalini, Jerallenar’s second cousins, only to discover that both brother and sister may have their own ulterior intentions towards Mylakena. Krajick, Jerallenar’s father, terrifies Mylakena from the onset, especially after what he does to her on her first night at his mansion. Crumbling from all these experiences, the reader is led to feel pity and sympathy for Mylakena yet just like her the reader is forced to question whether her circumstances are indeed bad considering her humble beginnings and alternate choices. The small red bird that accompanies her from the village all the way to the mansion of Krajick and Jerallenar, is a symbolic metaphor as she moves from her innocent life of a young girl into a formidable one as mistress of a household, wife and daughter-in-law.
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Guest Post – Why Do I Write ‘Sizzling Sorcery’ by A. L. Butcher (@Libraryoferana) #Fantasyauthor #darkfantasy #Fantasy #Meetanauthor
Why do I write ‘sizzling sorcery’?
I sometimes get asked why I write sizzling sorcery – basically why my fantasy adventures contain adult scenes, and it has caused some interesting conversations. Some people are shocked, a few are offended, some laugh and look embarrassed, some tell me that’s awesome.
When I first published The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles – Book I my late mother was in the last stages of cancer. The book was published in early June and she died in mid-September. I’d told my parents about the book, and they were delighted. Neither of them were fantasy readers, or readers of erotica (as far as I know) but they were pleased nonetheless. My mother had told everyone. And I mean EVERYONE. Whether she mentioned the bedroom scenes I have no idea, but my mother’s elderly neighbour visited whilst I was there and asked about the book and could she read it.
Guest Post: Challenging Myself With Sex Scenes by Tanith Davenport (@tanithdavenport @goddessfish) #giveaway
Hyperventilating is my sixteenth story, which means I’ve written a lot of sex scenes. A lot. And it can get quite difficult to come up with different things to write. I’m currently working on the next book in the Rock My World series, which was a little easier as it includes BDSM which I don’t write very often, but outside of that it can be hard to avoid things getting a bit samey. How can I challenge myself and keep things fresh?
Can I change up locations? Positions? Introduce toys? Use different terminology? That last is a tough one, as I’m sure many writers have found – get too coy or too purple with your language and it’ll be highlighted in red during the editing process. There’s only so much you can do with your words, so I had to come up with other changes.
The Things Authors Say – A Guest Post by Nancy Fraser (@nfraserauthor @goddessfish) #giveaway
I’m a collector. Not teacups or other dust-gathering objects. I collect words. As authors, we often look to other writers for inspiration. I thought I’d share some of my favorite writing-related quotes.
As An Author, What Scares Me the Most? – A Guest Post by Jayce Carter
I had thought about starting this off with a joke—something about how phone calls I don’t expect or having to wear pants terrifies me. While both of those things are true, though—and let’s not forget the horrors of having to decide if those I am not a robot test pictures are in the square or not—I figured, why not be more honest on this one?
I’ve spent lots of years talking to other writers, and I commonly hear how they are terrified of writers’ block. They’re afraid of having nothing to say or not saying it the right way. Those blank pages are what keeps them up at night, the fear that they won’t fill those pages with anything good. I’ve always felt odd, like I don’t quite belong, because it is the absolute opposite that haunts me.
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Non-Traditional Fem Dom – A Guest Post by Ralph Greco, Jr.
Sure, we’ve all seen the familiar fem dom tropes. Some of us might have even tried one or two (don’t worry, your bedroom’s secrets are safe with me). But even though lots of the ‘usual’ kinks work well, there is so much more to fem dom than brandishing a whip, wearing a leather corset, and occasionally saying the words “you’re such a bad boy” to your submissive.
As never all that turned-on by the ubiquitous ‘kitten-with-a-whip’ scenario, even from early on in my interests to now many years later as I make my living penning erotic literature, I have always tried to infuse what many would consider niche erotic content (spanking stories, satire mixed with smut, BDSM play scenes) with slightly-to-the-left-of-usual concepts, themes, and characters. So, when I came to write and consider my collection, No Whip, No Problem, I found I was writing and amassing short stories where I made sure to be very creative where the action and characters were concerned. Just to be clear, the tried-and-true approach of fem dom is all perfectly fine, powerful, and has undoubtedly fueled many a late night for me. But I just wanted to try my mind and flying fingers at short pieces where the woman leading the action did not dominate with a cat o’ nine tales or was dressed as a teacher or nun.
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