You may have noticed my diminished presence on my social network sites. I know I haven't been around as much lately. I've been trying to focus on writing. The problem I have is that I get really distracted when I'm online, and then I don't write. I'm trying to find a balance between the two worlds. I think you're amazing and I want to let you in on what I'm doing and where I am with everything. Just in case you haven't seen it, I posted this on Facebook this week. It's a screenshot of Iniquity and Sea of Stars (The Kricket Series, Book 2). I've been working on both manuscripts at the same time. I did this when I wrote Incendiary and Under Different Stars. It worked well for me then. It helped me keep Incendiary from becoming stale. After I posted this picture on Facebook, I was scolded by a couple of people because I haven't given you an update on Iniquity in awhile. Sorry. I was also scolded for writing Sea of Stars (Kricket #2) at the same time as I'm writing Iniquity. Some don't like the fact that I'm working on both projects simultaneously. I understand your concerns. I have a couple of reasons why I'm working on the sequel to Kricket at the same time as Iniquity. 1). Working on the Kricket novel is helping me to write Iniquity. When I get stuck on something, I toggle over to the other manuscript and keep going. It allows me to sort out the issue by continuing to write and find the fun in it. I don't get in my head or worry over small details. I don't over think the problem. I work through it by WORKING. 2). Under Different Stars has been doing really well. Its success has recently garnered some interest from the national columns: USA Today HEA and io9. This, in turn, has helped piqued some interest from a couple of kick-ass publishers. Because of this, as well as the fact that readers don't want to wait a long time for this sequel, I need to be working on it now. I'm sorry if that makes some of you angry. You don't have to wait for me. You can read something else and fall in love with other characters in other books. I will understand your need to move on. I won't look at it as a breakup. We'll just call it what it is: giving each other space. (That was my attempt to find humor in the situation.) But, if you'd like to have a teaser from Iniquity, I can give you that. A Facebook follower requested a juicy BRENNUS and EVIE teaser for her birthday. So this is for you, Cassandra Riley. (This teaser has not been edited. It is in its raw form and subject to change.) TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE Brennus scoops me up in his arms and holds me to him. My hands go around the back of his neck and brush up against his velvet-soft black wings. He takes me to a gold silk-covered sofa. He magically retracts his massive wings through his shirt and into his back before he sits down on the cushions with me on his lap.
Brennus pulls the pins out of my hair one by one. My intricately woven hairstyle unravels with each lock he frees. “Emil might come back, Brennus,” I say worriedly, glancing at the double doors still wide open. Brennus sees my fear and lifts his hand; the doors violently swing closed with a slam. “Better?” His eyebrow lifts like it’s asking the question. I raise my hand and the furniture nearest the door slides across the floor and piles in front of it. I exhale and nod.
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Happy Friday! I have a special teaser to share with you. I hadn't planned on posting it, but a reader contacted me on Facebook and asked for a little bit of Brennus in honor of her birthday. So, you guys can thank Teaka Lilly for this one :) Happy birthday, Teaka, and many, many more. This is a teaser with Brennus and Emil <--(new character in Iniquity), but it's told in Russell's point of view. (As always with most of my teasers, this has not been edited. It's in its raw form and subject to change.) TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE TEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASERTEASE “Tell me who killed my mentor!” Emil demands. He’s torn up about it.
“Casimir? Was he yer mentor?” Brennus asks, toyin’ with Emil. “Ye should tank da aingeal who did it. Casimir wanted Genevieve for himself. He planned ta use her ta gain power in Sheol.” “He’d never betray me.” Emil’s anger is a tangible thing. Brennus shrugs. “He did. Maybe ye’re na dat important after all, Emil. Dey’ve probably been spoon-feedin’ ye dat nonsense since ye were born. Finn, whah’s worse dan an evil aingeal?” Finn grins. “A spoiled evil half-aingeal?” Brennus grins as well. “Och, ye have ta luv me brudder; he’s so cheeky. He was always da favourite.” Emil isn’t amused. “You’ve kept Simone from me.” Brennus’ expression becomes serious; his fangs engage, click. “She’s Genevieve, and she's moin.” |
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