Author’s Life – Page 7 – Musings of a Chaotic Mind

March 20, 2023March 19, 2023

Surprise Sale!

I’m normally more on top of things so I can post on Fridays, but I’ve been sick all month! First I was down with the flu, and now I have covid. Sigh.

But before I crawl back into bed, I wanted to let you know that I’ve got a sale going on this week.

Claiming His Brat now only 99 pennies
One week only (March 16^th-23^rd)

A rekindled romance. A second chance at love. The Dominant she needs.

When family tragedy brings Charlie back home to the ranch, she ends up face to face with the man she walked out on years before. Sam is just as hot and bossy as ever, but Charlie knows she made the right choice all those years ago and she’s determined to stay away.

But when her father’s will throws the two of them together, it quickly becomes clear that their explosive chemistry can’t be ignored.

Now he’s in charge whether she likes it or not, and it’s bringing back all those memories of what they had before. But if things are going to work it has to be different this time. She knows what she needs. She needs him to be her Daddy. The only question is… can he handle her?

Steamy scenes and kink.

Book one of Daddy Takes the Reins.
Series link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L7QNM26

*This is a kindle countdown sale, so it only applies to the US and UK
(Also in #KU and in paperback)

February 24, 2023February 7, 2023

Fiction Is Not A How-To Manual

In full disclaimer I didn’t make this meme. Most of the things I post on this blog, are obviously things I’ve made or own, but this is just something I found floating around Facebook. I strongly agree with it, so I wanted to discuss it today.

The meme says “If your moral code is strong enough that you are able to consume media with themes of cannibalism critically, but know it is bad to do so in real life, then that same logic can be applied to other themes/nsfw depictions in fiction. Just say it isn’t your thing and go.”

Goose Daddy Is Done!

As some of you may know, I’ve been working on a story for the Dirty Daddies Spring Anthology. I hadn’t expected to be invited to participate again so soon, since they like to bring in new blood with each book, but apparently, they thought this theme was in my wheelhouse.

And I admit I was excited. Since this one is supposed to be filled with humor my first thought was to go with my goose shifter. I absolutely intend to eventually do a full goose shifter book, maybe a series, but so far, I haven’t had the chance.

I did start with a historical anthology last year where I introduced the Brood family back in the 1700’s and then segued to the 1800’s with a trio of Brood brothers and their mail order bride. I had a lot of fun with it, and I’d love to go back and expand on that someday, but historical didn’t feel right for this.

So now we’re meeting the modern descendent of the family: Gavin Brood and I’m excited to see what people think of him and the woman he falls for, Gabrielle Daly.

Now, during the plotting of this it got a little off the rails with some hysterical scenes, which I still want to do! But I was encouraged to hold back somewhat. That’s okay though, because someday when I flesh this story out, I have a lot of wickedly amusing ideas to incorporate.

For now, we have a mostly light-hearted story with a decent amount of humor and the beginnings of a beautiful romance between two kindred souls and I’m happy with that.

Here’s a little teaser….

January 20, 2023June 4, 2023

Updated Files

I thought I’d break up the serious topics with an update since I haven’t posted one so far this year. I am trying to make an effort to post more frequently. Readers have said they prefer blogs who post at least once a week.

The problem, of course, is that I’m a full-time writer of books, which have to take priority because that’s how I pay the bills. So, I’m making an effort to post more in general, but weekly probably won’t continue for too long.

December 30, 2022December 24, 2022

End of Year Review

So, we’re coming to the end of 2022, and it’s been a very long year. I think we’re all feeling tired and worn out. Things are, mostly, back to normal from the pandemic, but I’m not sure life will ever be exactly the way it was before.

Readjusting to doing things out of the house again, has been stressful for a lot of us, especially since we know Covid is still around.

I’m sure we are all far too aware of how things have changed, how hard everything has been the past couple years, so it’s not something I really want to write about. Instead, I want to talk the fun stuff and my goals for 2023.