T. T. Kove

New release: Reunited

2012-02-08T18:42:00.003+01:00

Reunited

Kiss Me Quick is a collection of short and sweet stories from authors familiar and new, celebrating the season of love. Come and enjoy these tales of misunderstandings, lonely singles, pining lovers, and so much more! Because if there is one thing that is never in doubt, it's that LT3 knows the way to your heart, and these stories are a straight shot.

Excerpt

"Doctor Fielding!"

Damian turned around at the feminine voice and watched a nurse come up to him, holding a chart in her hands.

"There's a patient in exam room two. He needs sutures."

Damian took the chart from her, flicking it open to look over what was written.

"He's slit his arms," the nurse told him quickly as he started walking towards the exam room. "He hasn't said much, but he appears to be suicidal. Should I page psych?"

"Do that." Damian nodded to her then opened the door to the exam room and stepped inside. "Good day, I am doctor Fiel—" The words stuck in his throat when he took in the man sitting in front of him. He'd raised his head when Damian had entered, revealing brilliant green eyes. Soft-looking blond hair fell around his face and over his forehead.

"D-Damian," the man gulped, bending his head quickly and turning his arms over, fingers digging into the fabric of his pants.

"Josh." The name came out in a whisper, memories flooding him for a moment. Damian swallowed heavily, trying to dislodge the bump stuck in his throat. He looked back down on the chart, and yes indeed, there was his name, right at the top.

"Of all the doctors, I had to get you." Josh's voice was barely even a whisper.

New release: Desert Fire

2012-01-25T21:55:00.002+01:00

Desert Fire (Legend & Lore 2)

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Brand is a man adrift: he is wolf shifter and fire mage, a traitor to his people for saving a friend on whom he turned his back long ago, a friend who no longer has need of him. He has no place to call home, no one to call family or friend, and no idea where he belongs.

With nothing better to do, he decides to seek out the infamous dragons in the firelands, curious to see if their fires will be hot enough to burn a fire witch, to see if perhaps a place that welcomes fire might have a place for him...

This is the sequel to Forest of Fenris.

Coming soon: Reunited

2012-01-16T08:50:00.003+01:00

Reunited (Kiss Me Quick)

Eight months ago, Damian's lover left him, vanishing out of nowhere, leaving Damian heart-broken. When he is summoned to take care of a patient with badly sliced arms, and warned the patient might be suicidal, the very last person he expects to see is the lover he never thought to see again.

Kiss Me Quick is a collection of short and sweet stories from authors familiar and new, celebrating the season of love. Come and enjoy these tales of misunderstandings, lonely singles, pining lovers, and so much more! Because if there is one thing that is never in doubt, it's that LT3 knows the way to your heart, and these stories are a straight shot.

Coming February 8th, 2012 from Less Than Three Press.

Coming soon: Desert Fire

2011-11-30T15:59:00.005+01:00

Desert Fire (Legend & Lore #2)

This is a direct sequel to Forest of Fenris.

Coming January 25th, 2012 from Less Than Three Press.

Cover: Winter Love

2011-11-08T20:22:00.003+01:00

This was in my inbox this morning! Technically I saw it last night, right before bed, but the high-rez version was waiting this morning. This is the first story in my Seasonal Love series, previously referred to as just the Related series. This cabin looks so inviting. I wouldn't mind snuggling up in there in front of a fire when winter comes!

This is a contemporary m/m series and this particular book is set in both Norway and Finland. It'll be a few months till this one is released, so I have no blurb or excerpt yet.I don't know how many stories there will be in this series, but I have two others finished, and plans for a couple of more.

I also re-rid the color scheme of my livejournal layout in honor of this beautiful cover! Go check it out if you feel so inclined! ^__^ Have also updated the website a bit. Added a welcome page, which will be more interesting in time when I get more stuff up on the site, and added the blog to it's own page named 'News'. I think the site looks better with its own welcome page than the recent blog posts.

Am also participating in NaNoWriMo this month, and am now nearing the end of Polar Nights. Next up I'll either tackle the rewrite of the next Svalbard book or the rewrite of an old story titled Returning Home. Haven't decided which yet, but they're both interesting stories, so I'll see which one pulls the most when Polar Nights is finished and take it from there.

Excerpt: Polar Nights

2011-11-04T23:19:00.004+01:00

: cover made by me for illustration purposes only

This is the first story in my Svalbard Saga, which is a series I write in 2009 and am now rewriting completely. These are my NaNoWriMo projects for this year, and I'm over halfway done with Polar Nights now and figured I should post a little excerpt. Take note that it is completely unedited (also by me), so there is bound to be some mistakes here. But enjoy the entire first scene of the story nonetheless!

July 2009, Longyear City, Svalbard

Andreas had not expected this. Not at all.

He knew he'd most likely still find Christian attractive, but that he'd turn into such an idiot at just the sight of the man ... he had not expected that.

He had managed to stammer forth a hello, but hadn't said a word since. Now he was sitting in the backseat of Christian's SUV, listening to his younger sister Kine talking animately in the passanger seat.

She didn't share the same thoughts as Andreas, but then she was actually related to Christian, so for her it would've been illegal. Andreas was not related to Christian, not by blood. He was the brother of Andreas' stepmother, but Andreas didn't think that counted for anything. He could crush on Christian all he wanted. He always had.

Whenever Christian came for a visit in his teenaged years, Andreas had lusted after him. Christian was only eight years older than Andreas, so the age difference wasn't that big of a deal, and besides, Christian looked good. He always had.

Andreas didn't listen to Kine's chatter, instead he found himself staring at Christian, who was driving the car. His hands, strong and tanned kept a firm hold on the wheel. His hair was a golden shade of brown, and though Andreas couldn't see his eyes now, he knew from many years back that they were a brilliant green. Christian's face was tanned too, as if he spent alot of time outside, which he probably did. He had a shadow of stubble on the lower part of his face, so he hadn't shaved today, and Andreas found it to be incredibly hot.

He had to practically tear his eyes away and he settled for looking at his own hand, which twisted nervously in his lap. why was he so nervous anyway? He shouldn't be. This was Christian. He had known him for as long as he could remember, though he hadn't exactly spent any quality time with him. Besides, he was twenty-four, he should've grown out of this nervous muteness in the proximity of a guy he liked by now. He wasn't fourteen anymore, after all!

Andreas was glad Kine was there though. If she hadn't come with him, if he'd been all alone with Christian now, he wouldn't know what to do. Live alone with Christian, when he couldn't even say a single word properly to him ... it would've been too awkward.

It was only in the beginning of July, and there would be at least two, maybe three weeks until he would be able to move into his dorm. He was going to start at the university on Svalbard in August, but until then he had to live with Christian.

And Kine ... she really hadn't had any choice. Being only sixteen, she was still living at home and under her parents' rules, and they had decided, as punishment for her wild behaviour this last year, that she would do good with some time on Svalbard. They hoped she would calm down.

At first she had been angry and sullen about being forced to spend her summer up on an arctic island, in a small settlement with only about two thousand people, but she had gradually warmed up to it, and now it didn't look like it bothered her all that much being here.

Andreas remembered the night her parents had had enough. She had come to Andreas' place, which he shared with his best friend Varg and Varg's twin-brother Frey, in the middle of the night, completely wasted. Andreas had had to call his father and tell him and Anna where Kine was, and when they had heard her vomiting, he couldn't hold back the state she was in.

She had been grounded a long time for that episode, and she had been without phone privileges too. Anna had taken away her cell phone, and she had only gotten it back when her punishment was over.

Andreas could never remember Anna being so hard on him, but then he wasn't Anna's son. Maybe she'd gone easier on him because of that? He didn't know. But he hadn't been as wild as Kine either. And if he'd gone to a party and gotten wasted, well, then he'd made sure they knew beforehand that he would be staying over at Varg's place. Varg's parents hadn't exactly liked it when they came home drunk, but their upbringing consisted of their children having to learn by themselves. Varg had had a looser upbringing than most Andreas knew, and all through his teenaged years he'd always wished that they were his parents too.

Andreas was brought out of his thoughts by Christian shutting off the car.

"Is this where you live?" Kine squealed from the front seat. "It looks so nice!"

Andreas looked up and took in the small, two-story house that was painted a bright red. Looking around, he saw that most house were painted in bright colors.

"It's enough for me," Christian replied and got out of the car. "It gets a little cramped with visitors, but we'll work it out."

Andreas got out as well and walked around to the trunk, which Christian popped open.

"What do you mean cramped?" Kine asked.

"I only have one extra bedroom," was Christian's answer. "And there's two of you. But I've put a bed in my office, so one of you can have that. I'll let you two argue about who should sleep where though." He lifted out first Andreas' suitcase, then Kine's.

Andreas accepted his own suitcase with a nervous smile, then stood back and waited to see what Christian would do next.

He headed for the house, with Kine's suitcase in one hand. Kine followed closely behind him and Andreas trailed after her.

Christian put Kine's suitcase down in the hall, and Andreas put his besides it as he shrugged out of his jacket.

"I'll give you the quick tour. Ground floor consists of living room, kitchen and my bedroom. Upstairs you have the second bedroom, my office and a bathroom."

"Only one bathroom?" Kine made a horrified grimace.

Christian turned to smile at her, and Andreas felt his stomach tumble over, even if the smile wasn't directed at him. "Yes, only one bathroom. But I'm sure we'll manage just fine."

Christian led them through the house. It was sparsely furnished, but it was comfortable and homey, and Andreas liked the house right away.

"I'll sleep here," Kine announced after seeing the bedroom upstairs. She looked at Andreas, but when he didn't reply, she just shrugged and followed Christian to look at the bathroom.

Andreas looked around Christian's office. There was a desk, with a computer, a book-shelf, and a sofa, nothing more. Andreas guessed that it was one of those sofas that could be turned into a bed, because there surely was not other place to sleep in the room.

"Does it look alright?"

Andreas startled at Christian's voice coming from behind him and he turned to find the man standing in the doorway, smiling slightly.

"Y-yeah." He cleared his throat. "It looks great. It's very kind of you to let me stay here."

Christian's smile widened slightly and Andreas could hear his heart speeding up. "It's no problem. You're family."

Those were not the words Andreas wanted to hear, but he guessed that was the way Christian saw him. How many years had Anna been with his father now? A long time, before Kine had been born. He had been eight years old then. After all this time, of course Christian would think of him as family. Anna was like Andreas' mother, after all. She was the only mother he had ever known, though he had never actually called her that. He never would either, but he loved her like one.

Andreas had never met his real mother. She had died from cancer when he was about two years, so he had no memories of her. He had seen a few pictures, seen that he looked like her, but that was it.

Andreas went back down to get his suitcase. He deposited it in his new room, and looked around once more before he went down to join Kine and Christian, who had left him alone when he fell in thoughts, in the kitchen.

"I thought we could go out to eat tonight," Christian told them. "There are several good places around here."

"Yeah, that sounds great." Kine was all smiles, so different from how she'd been the last month. She'd been sullen and grumpy, not at all happy about being shipped off to Svalbard. Andreas could not tell if she was being sincere or if she was just faking it for Christian's sake.

No matter what, he was happy she was there and that she took care of most of the talking. Andreas did not know what to say to Christian, and if he did have anything to say he didn't know if he would manage to say anything properly to him. He had never been so tongue-tied in his life. But then he had never been living so close to Christian before either. Before, if he'd seen the man a couple of times a year, it would've been a miracle. Now he was here on Svalbard, living with him ...

But he had thought he was over his silly, teenaged crush.

Apparently he was not, though.

And, as naive as it might sound, he had not expected it.

Coming soon: The Huntress

2011-11-04T22:36:00.003+01:00

The Huntress (Legend & Lore #2)

Queen, Princess, Lady, peasant, mercenary, whore, pirate, knight, cop, clerk, soldier, and everything in between—and always a mother, daughter, sister, lover, and friend. The power and appeal of women is great, and there's nothing better than watching a woman do what she loves best.

But what happens when what she loves best is another woman? What does a Queen do when she wants no man to be her consort? What of a princess who will never be a damsel to any prince? What tale can you spin of women loving women? A modern tale of a working mother? A romantic tale of a stoic lady knight? A femme fatale? A lady dragon? A prostitute looking to change her fate? Read these tales of what can happen when the only thing that will make a woman happy is the embrace of another woman…

Coming January 4th, 2012 from Less Than Three Press as part of the Vixen Anthology

Release: Forest of Fenris

2011-09-14T09:02:00.003+02:00

Forest of Fenris (Legend & Lore #1)

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Never bet against a dark forest filled with monsters…

Desperate for the approval he hopes it will gain him, Mihai accepts a challenge from his brother: Venture into Fenris Forest, and retrieve a leaf from a rare tree to prove he did it. Though he has been warned to avoid the forest and the monsters that fill it all his life, Mihai's longing for approval trumps his fear. Mihai soon realizes, however, that it is his fear he should have heeded. Just as victory seems within his grasp, he is attacked by warg, the most dangerous beasts in the forest. Alone and helpless, Mihai resigns himself to being just one more person who went into the woods and never came out—

Until he is saved in the most unexpected of ways.

Giveaway: Forest of Fenris

2011-08-31T21:18:00.002+02:00

Coming September 14th, 2011.

Forest of Fenris

Never bet against a dark forest filled with monsters... Desperate for the approval he hopes it will gain him, Mihai accepts a challenge from his brother: Venture into Fenris Forest, and retrieve a leaf from a rare tree to prove he did it. Though he has been warned to avoid the forest and the monsters that fill it all his life, Mihai's longing for approval trumps his fear. Mihai soon realizes, however, that it is his fear he should have heeded. Just as victory seems within his grasp, he is attacked by warg, the most dangerous beasts in the forest. Alone and helpless, Mihai resigns himself to being just one more person who went into the woods and never came out—

Until he is saved in the most unexpected of ways.

LT3 is giving away one free copy, to be handed out 9/13 at 22:00 EST. To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment at LT3's GoodRead's group! Contest closes at 21:30 9/13.

I will soon be a published author

2011-08-23T10:05:00.001+02:00

This blog has been ignored for quite a while, because I went back to livejournal. But I just changed the colors and layout and all on this blog, and I want to get back to it. Not as often as my livejournal, but I should post here once in a while at least.

I have news to share too! I have completely gotten emerged in fantasy, and have finished a few books in that genre. Forest of Fenris, an m/m fantasy, will be released September 14th and The Huntress, an f/f fantasy, will be a part of the anthology Vixen, currently set for release December 21st. Both are to be released at Less Than Three Press.

I also have jus submitted another story in, so we'll see how that goes.

Check out the awesome covers:

My brand new website

2011-02-19T22:14:00.003+01:00

... is up and going! It's still in progress, but I've got some stuff up on it. Free reads, especially, that hasn't been posted to the public anywhere else.

So click HERE and hop on over to see!

It is totally made of awesome. And all thanks go to nikerymis for helping me set it up. I couldn't have done it without her!^__^

Website

2011-02-06T18:02:00.000+01:00

The blogger is back to the .blogspot.com address, because I'm trying to set up an other website. It's being a hassle though, and seems to be taking some time.

So yeah ... I just have to be patient. (Though I'm not very good at that!)

Critique group?

2011-02-01T21:48:00.002+01:00

I've been thinking a lot about this lately. A critique group ... I was in one about two years ago, but school and real life got in the way back then (and major writer block) so I gave up my space. But now ... I'd very much like to be part of one again.

Would anyone be interesting in starting up a critique group?

One of only slash writers (m/m or f/f, or menages with people of the same sex), where there will not be any m/f sexin' involved. *g*

I've been thinking about this now because I am the only one reading my work, I do not have a beta or editor or anything like that. And critique is always good, isn't it? *g*

I'm not quite sure how to go about starting up a critique group. The one I was on before had some sort of forum, where we had to log in and post our stuff - where no one who wasn't a member could get to the stuff. Someone has Yahoo groups, someone uses Google docs (though I do not know how that works...)

If anyone would like to be a part of an all-slash critique group, both aspiring authors and published ones, contact me either here or send me an e-mail at: ttkove@gmail.com (ttkove AT gmail DOT com). And please, come with suggestions!^^

Or if someone just wants to be a beta, because I sorely need one, you can contact me too. I will be happy to beta in turn (so long it's slash, I do not read m/f)!^^

Next week's to-dos

2011-01-30T14:21:00.001+01:00

Writing:

finish up Tribulation
write the fantasy short story (the plague story)
start writing the longer fantasy story (untitled)
flesh out Apocalypse, and perhaps start writing it?

Non-writing:

get to know my iPad (when I get it)
download a writing program to the iPad
watch movies and relax
stick to my budget plan
read many books!

Hopefully I'll be able to stick to this. Now that it's in writing, I might feel that I have to do it, instead of just ... not do it. *lol*

iPad

2011-01-27T20:42:00.000+01:00

I just bought an iPad. Hasn't gotten it yet, seeing as I got it online, but I will. Oh, I will. I am so looking forward to this! Now I can write when I'm out, when I'm not home and sitting in front of my dear iMac.

I have become a lover of Apple. Now all I'm missing is an iPhone! But I'm not getting that. I don't really need a phone anymore now, except to call and text, and I hardly ever do that. Now I can write and go online on the iPad and that is just awesome.

I'm so excited about this, I can't even write! Though I am plotting. *g* So off to make myself some food, for dinner and for lunch at work tomorrow. Three days left of work, then I have a week of vacation, where I'm just going to be at home, with my lovely iMac!

Tribulation

2011-01-25T20:31:00.000+01:00

Tribulation is almost finished. There's a little over half the last part left. Except now that I'm back at work, now that the weekend is over, I have no motivation whatsoever to write.

Today I was done at four, but so far ... nothing. Tomorrow I'm working double shift - work 1 first, then straight to work 2. So nothing will be done then. Maybe on Thursday? Or maybe I can sneak some in on work nr. 2 tomorrow ... if I'm lucky.

Besides that, I have my next story in mind. It'll only be a short story, but it'll be the first story I write in my fanatsy series. I can't wait to start that one. But first Tribulation needs to kicked across the finish line. And it will happen soon.

If not this week, then the next, because then I have a week of vacation, and my only plans then are to write!

Some good advice

2011-01-22T13:49:00.000+01:00

I've slept twelve hours tonight, and now I feel refresh and eager to start writing! And I took some good advice from Brynn Paulin over at Writer's Evolution. There she wrote that she did a road map, something of a shopping list, before starting to write. Not really plotting the whole thing, but jotting down what needs to be in the story before it ends.

And I just did that. And now I have a whole story rolling around in my head! A fantasy story too, except this one is fantasy without any magic. At this point anyway, but I never know what's going to happen when I actually start writing. *lol*

So that's it. I'm going to start this story now, I think, because the inspiration is not there for the other two WIPs at the moment. Hopefully it'll come back, but now I have a new one to write! And I have to come up with a title for it too...

Empty...

2011-01-22T01:00:00.000+01:00

Have nothing to blog about. Nothing to write about. Have a brain filled with jumbled ideas over the whole wide spectrum.

Am going to bed. To relax and to get some reading done.

Tomorrow better be better! I have free this weekend, and want to spend it writing!

This isn't working

2011-01-20T21:12:00.000+01:00

My head is a jumbled mess. It's filled with ideas for stories in the contemporary genre, the supernatural, the fantasy and the sci-fi genre.

How can I get anything done when it's like this?!

I get bits and pieces done at the WIPs, but it seems I can't get anywhere when I'm working on two projects at the same time. But my mind's so fickle, I cannot just focus on one of them at a time.

I'm going to have to try. I have to finish one, then the other. Then I can start something new. This just isn't working anymore.

Anyone has any advice on how to keep your brain on track? Suggestions greatly appreciated!

Hot hunks

2011-01-17T22:22:00.005+01:00

Have nothing much to say today.

Am tired after a long shift at work.

So I am going to get some writing done before I have to go to bed.

Enjoy the eye candy though and have a good night!

Music - a source of inspiration

2011-01-16T21:08:00.001+01:00

When I write, I make playlists for my stories, so-called "soundtracks". It's something I've just started. I first did it when I decided to re-write the Troubled Minds series (which didn't work out, again) and now I've done it for Tribulation.

There's two main songs I listen to while writing:

Amaranth, orchestral version (Nightwish)
Meadows of Heaven, orchestral version (Nightwish)

For the big, epic sequel to Tribulation, which is currently named Apocalypse, I have some more songs that is inspiring:

Sinfoni Deo (Era)
Adiemus (Adiemus/Crimson Ensemble on pan pipe)
The Mass (Era)
Meadows of Heaven (Nightwish)

Those are the main ones, but Nightwish has several other songs on the playlist. These four fits for Apocalypse, they're inspiring for the story. And I can write to them even if there's actual lyrics, actual singing.

The two for Tribulation are orchestral. They fit more to that story; the instrumentals match the tone of the story. A bit sad, a bit lost, but with hope.

Music is inspiring for me. I don't need it so much to write, though I have it playing in the background. What I need it most for is thinking. When I walk to work I always listen to music on my mp3, and listen to music that fits the current story. That's how I come up with new stuff. New characters, new plot twists, solutions to a problem I've plotted my way into, or how to better write a section I'm having problems with.

So for me, music is a big part of my writing. It helps me gather my thoughts, to solve my self-made problems. I don't know what I'd do without music.

Need some help, please?

2011-01-16T13:58:00.004+01:00

I've always been bad at mathematics, and now I have to figure something out. And I hope someone can help me with this, it's important for the current story.

So... Let's say that one day in another dimension is one year on Earth. Then would one week be seven years? I think so... But three thousands years on earth, what would that be in that dimension? Would it be three hundred years? Or thirty? Or something else entirely?

But what if one week was one year on Earth? Then what would one year be? Ten years? Three, four and five thousands years?

I'm so bad, and I can't think properly when it comes to this! So someone, please help me! :)

What Do You Say With the First Line of Your Book?

2011-01-15T19:24:00.002+01:00

Took this from Devon Rhodes's blog - thought it looked cool and wanted to do it myself. I'm excited to see how I actually start my books, because I'm not quite sure anymore, it's a while since I wrote them! *lol*

“Oh, wow…”

A mixture of wild and rugged mountaintops came into Andreas’ sight as the plane neared land. Vast glaciers and icecaps, endless stretches of open tundra and beautiful fjord indented coastlines. Drifting ice and shimmering icebergs were floating in dark-blue sea and a boat was slowly making its way around them.
> Polar Nights

It was dark outside, like it was the middle of the night. Stepping out of the plane, Varg shuddered as the cold hit him like a bitch-slap in the face. He wrapped his arms around himself as he descended the steep stairs from the plane door to the asphalt. The artificial lights from the airport and the plane lit up his way as he made for the building, and the starlit sky with a full moon provided light as well.
> Northern Lights

Frey stretched where he was standing outside the hospital, looking up at the clear sky. It had been way to warm inside the building, and the cool air outside felt good, calmed his flushed and clammy skin down.

He ran his hands down his mint-coloured scrubs as he gazed out on the quiet town.
> Midnight Sun

“Oh fuck off, Jonathan!”

Varg slammed the front door shut with more force than was absolutely necessary—but it did feel good to abuse said door for a bit.
> Northern Skies

“This looks nice.”

Lasse dropped his bag in the middle of the cabin’s living room floor and looked around. Big living room with two sofas, television and an open fireplace, a kitchen with a stove, cabinets and refrigerator as well as a bathroom with a toilet and a shower.

“We need to figure out the sleeping arrangements,” Mathias, always practical as he was, spoke as he entered behind Lasse.
> Winter Love

“You are hereby invited to…” Demitri scanned the invitation, written in Russian, then cursed loudly and slapped the piece of paper against his thigh.

“What’s the matter?” Sander poked his head out of the kitchen doorway, looking at him curiously.
> Moscow Nights

Something Happened On the Way to Heaven

2011-01-10T22:56:00.000+01:00

That's the name of the current submission call from Less Than Three Press. I'm going to start a story I intend to submit to them. I have the idea clear in my head, I just have to start it. And that's the hard part.

It's all plotted out and all, but I hate beginnings. And I only have a little time to write, because I have to get up early tomorrow. And tomorrow I can't write, because I'm working both my jobs, one after the other. So I'll be working from nine tomorrow morning, till twelve tomorrow night.

Anyway, I want to start it now. So if the brain could cooperate, it would be greatly appreciated. We need to settle down and get this story started, dammit. Now!

Ocean Breeze, excerpt

2011-01-09T12:26:00.000+01:00

Here's the beginning of a contemporary story I started sometime ago. The beginning, and the only thing I have actually written on it. I'm just posting it, in case the inspiration comes flowing back, because sometimes it tends to do that when I post stuff.

“This is it?”

Dan took his eyes away from the building in front of him to look at his oldest foster son, Mikael. The teenager was staring at the white-painted building with a grimace.

“Yes, it is. Isn’t it beautiful?”

“It’s a shack!” Mikael exclaimed. “I can’t believe you bought this crap without seeing it, and then dragging us all with you out to this godforsaken island!”

“This’ll be good for us.” Dan threw one arm around Mikael’s shoulders, then turned his head to smile at his partner, Trond. Their youngest foster son, two years younger than Mikael at fourteen, Adam, and Trond’s eight-year-old son Leander, stood next to him.

Trond lifted Leander up and settled the kid on his hip. “Son, remember what we told you?”

Leander nodded eagerly. “You’re my only daddy, and daddy is uncle.”

“I can’t believe this shit,” Mikael snorted. “You buy this shack and expect us all to move and live here, fine. But how can either of you be good with hiding who you are? You’re gay and together, but now you’re just going to pretend to be mere business partners?”

“This is a small island,” Trond told the sixteen-year-old patiently. They’d had this discussion ever since Dan and Trond had told the boys of their plans. “We just want to live here peacefully without bigoted remarks or any such incidents. Besides, what we do in our bedroom belongs in the bedroom. No one has to know, because it’s none of their business.”

“Like you keep it in the bedroom,” Mikael said sarcastically, crossing his arms over his chest. “Do I have to remind you of the bathroom incident? Or the living room? Or the kitchen?”

Dan couldn’t help but blush at his foster son’s words. Mikael had the uncanny ability of walking into the wrong place at the worst possible time.

Trond, however, didn’t seem particularly faced with the teen’s words and just cuffed him upside the head.

Mikael scowled indignantly at him.

Dan decided to change the subject. “Anyway, the former owner is supposed to meet us here at noon.” He looked at his clock. It was a few minutes past noon. “He’ll be here any minute now, so all of you behave. And keep quiet about our real family relations.”

Trond and he had agreed to keep their relationship a secret, behind closed doors as it was, when they moved here. Such a small island like this probably wouldn’t look with kind and welcoming eyes on two queers arriving with two foster sons and a little boy. Dan should know—after all, he was from such a small place.

So here they were only business partners, co-owners of their own bed-and-breakfast. Dan was the chef, doing all related to food, while Trond did the management side of running a B&B.

“I th-think t-t-this loo-looks n-nice,” Adam spoke up tentatively.

Dan turned to him with a smile. “Thank you, Adam.” The fourteen-year old had always had a problem with stuttering, and even though it had gotten better since he’d come to live with Dan and Trond a year and a half ago, it certainly wasn’t going away anytime soon.

Dan knew much of the reason Adam wasn’t getting much better was because he had such a low self-esteem and was always anxious about it. And people didn’t exactly help with it—they constantly ribbed him about his stammering.

Dan hoped moving here to the small, idyllic Warholmen would help Adam relax, not feel so nervous all the time or afraid that someone would bully him because of his speech problem.

Scrunching gravel brought Dan’s attention away from Adam and to the man approaching down the road. He was middle-aged, in his mid-forties if he should guess at his age, with thick brown hair turning silver at the temples.

“Hello, guys. I’m Reidar Eriksen.”

Both Dan and Trond shook hands with the man and exchanged names and pleasantries before Reidar unlocked the building and led them inside.

“As you can see, it needs a bit of work, which I told you over the phone,” the man said, motioning around the big, main room.

Dan looked around. He didn’t see the junk lying around, or the flaking walls. He saw what this room could be. The main room of the B&B, where the guests could eat and socialise. And over to the left there could be a kitchen, with everything he’d ever need. It would be an open kitchen, so that the guest could see inside, but enough closed off so that they couldn’t see how the food was being prepared—or what food was being prepared for them.

“No one’s used this building in a very long while,” Reidar spoke as they moved upstairs. “There are beds in the rooms here, but I’m not sure if the mattresses are usable. There aren’t any covers though.”

“We’ve brought everything we wanted to keep with us,” Trond told him. “We have it all in the hanger. We’d been expecting to sleep on air-mattresses for the first few days though.”

They went through all the rooms—every single one bare except a bed and mattress. When they were done they went back down.

“This place is great!” Dan was smiling so widely his jaw started hurting, but he couldn’t help himself. He was so excited. “So much potential. This is going to be so awesome!”

“I thought so too,” Reidar said, smiling slightly. “That’s why I decided to sell it to someone who would actually do something about it. I never would, I’m not cut out for these kinds of things.”

“We certainly are,” Dan assured him.

“I am really glad of it.” Reidar grinned, then thrust out his hand. “I’ll leave you alone to figure things out. If you need food, the convenience store’s just up the street. Can’t be missed.”

Dan shook the man’s hand, then went back to admiring the building as Trond exchanged a few words with him.

When the door closed firmly behind Reidar Eriksen’s back, Dan found himself being whirled around and pulled into his lover’s arms. Trond kissed him soundly, then rested his forehead against Dan’s. “Our dream, baby,” he whispered. “We’re finally living it.”

“Yes, we are.” Dan wrapped his arms around Trond’s neck and hugged him close. “This is it, love. This is our future!”

Frustrated

2011-01-09T11:50:00.000+01:00

Dear Brain,

Can you please settle on one story a time?

It would be greatly appreciated, so that maybe I'd actually get some writing done.

Thank you.

Resolutions

2011-01-04T19:30:00.001+01:00

2010 has not been a productive year for me. Yes, I got something done, but not much. I haven't really been writing for months - and certainly not finished anything. But now it's 2011 and I have set myself some resolutions:

1. Write. And finish what I start.

2. Write at least 2K a week.
3. Blog more.
4. Stop being a lurker and comment on other blogs.

5. Get published.

I can manage this. I can. I will. 2K a week is not much. Actually it's quite little, but when I work two weeks without stop, sometimes I'll just be to tired to write.

But aside from the resolutions I have some writing plans for the new year as well, a bit more specific than the resolutions.

- Finish the Polar Nights rewrite so I can do something with that series.

- Finally get the hang of Russian Roulette, and the other sequels in the Related-series.

- Come up with actual names for the Svalbard and Related series.

- Write the fantasy and sci-fi ideas my head is coming up with at lightning speed.

The Polar Night rewrite is kicking my ass. And if PN isn't finished, I can't do anything about the sequels, because PN starts of the whole series. I like the rest of the books, just not the first one... and that is complicated indeed. But I think I'm getting the hang of it now. If only the two stubborn men will talk to me!

So please, do that. Talk to me, so I can finish your bloody rewrite.

I'm back!

2011-01-02T22:42:00.000+01:00

It's been a while since the last time I updated, I know. I've been in a complete funk writing wise, but I think I'm working my way out of it now.

Or I would, if my head could focus on one story at a time. Which it can't. But that's how it is.

I'm gathering my mind, my ideas, and hopefully something will come out of it.

I'm also reading a lot lately. I'm hooked on sci-fi and fantasy, primarily written by Megan Derr. Currently I'm trying out Sasha L. Miller and am loving her two stories in the Fairytales Slashed Vol 2 anthology.

Other than that, I've got myself an iMac. And I love it. Will do much more photoshop stuff from now on, now that I don't have to use the bloody laptop.

So yeah, that's a little update from me. I promise I'll update more often from now on, and hopefully with something that is at least partways interesting. LOL!

A little update

2010-09-14T21:47:00.000+02:00

Haven't written much the last week. Still hasn't gotten settled after moving, and I can't write in the living room where there's people around me. So, not much writing done.

And I'm not much for Apocalypse at the moment - I can only take so much of something that is not contemporary. So now I'm back to writing contemporary, but that hasn't quite worked either, for the reasons mentioned above.

But now I'm getting stuff in order and I hope I'll finally be able to write properly again. Now I just need a new computer. I can't take this damn laptop anymore, I need a stationary. And when I buy that, this damn laptop is going to die. It has so expired.

Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. I'm struggling with getting into the current story. But I'm confident it'll work out in the end, even if it turns out I have to write on something else.

Sunday status

2010-09-07T19:07:00.002+02:00

Yes, I know, it's Thursday. And I haven't written in two weeks. But I've been on vacation for eight days, and just came home last night. And before I left I didn't have time to write a blog post, because I wrote on Apocalypse uptil the moment I had to check all my luggage and leave.

But I did write some the week before I left. Not much, but some. Haven't written anything at all on my vacation, because the computer stayed at home.

Apocalypse: 19'200/40'000. Which means I have written 3'500 words in the week before I left. The final word count has been upped, as you can see, because I don't think I'm even half-way in the story yet.

Now that I'm back, I'm hoping to be able to write more. We were moving the week before I left too, which is one reason why I didn't get to write more.

But now it's back to work (urgh...) and writing. Lots of writing, at least that's what I'm hoping for!

Sunday Status

2010-08-23T20:40:00.000+02:00

I'm writing now on Monday evening because Iwas up late writing yesterday, and have been at work all today. After getting the status down, I'm going back to writing again. I have done some serious wordcount this week, and I am quite happy about it!

Polar Night rewrite: 8'200/25'000. This means I've written 3K on this story this week. All in the beginning of the week, actually.

Russian Roulette: 4'500/20'000. Haven't written as much on this, just 600 words. Ridiculous. But the reason is the next story.

Apocalypse: 15'700/35'000. I've spent all weekend writing on this. 15'700 words in total. That is damn good. And it's a total new genre to me (I've tried writing speculative fiction, paranormal/religious/spiritual etc. before, but never succeeded). This time I'm going to! This story has taken over my brain and it's amazing!

So the total wordcount of this week is: 19'300. That's like a wordcount for a whole month lately, seeing as I haven't been able to write much the last months. And damn, this feels good!

Have made no new purchases this week. Have been rereading the first book in Mercedes Lackey's Last Herald Mage series, and am now reading book two for the first time. Loving this series!

Oh, and there was no Wednesday WIP this week, because I wasn't quite sure which WIP I was working on. I was diddling through several until my brain started going crazy about Apocalypse on Friday or Saturday, I don't quite remember which. *g*

Sunday status

2010-08-16T20:58:00.002+02:00

I haven't written much this week. Seems I'm in a slump again. Don't know why. Maybe it's because I'm not alone anymore - the rest of the household came back from vacation. I couldn't really write before they left, and now I can't after they've come back.

Russian Roulette: 3'900/20'000. This means I've written 2'200 words on RR this week. Alas the only thing I've written this week. Not much.

American Dream: 7'900/20'000. I have no idea how much I've written on this, because I didn't list it last week. I thought it was firmly on the backburner, but alas, that isn't quite so.

I've also bought some books this week:

Whiteout by Heidi Champa
The Manituw by Lisbeth Jerkins
Horse Tales by Vincent Diamond

And some movies:

Hero (directed by Yimou Zhang)
House of Flying Daggers (directed by Yimou Zhang)
Curse of the Golden Flower (directed by Yimou Zhang)
The Legend of the Shadownless Sword (directed by Kim Young-jun)
An Empress and the Warriors (directed by Siu-Tung Ching)
Shinobi (directed by Shimoyama Ten)
Ichi (directed by Fumihiko Sori)
14 Blades (directed by Daniel Lee)
Dance of the Dragon (directed by Max Mannix, John Radel)

Every film is set in an ancient setting with martial arts themes, except the last one. That's a contemporary martial arts/ballroom dancing film. It seemed good, so I bought that one too. Though I was mostly after the Yimou Zhang trilogy and wuxia films originally. *lol*

Wednesday WIP

2010-08-11T00:15:00.006+02:00

I'm also starting up my Wednesday WIP. If I don't have a topic to blog about, I'm afraid this blog will either consist of bullshit or being updated very infrequently.

My current WIP is Russian Roulette. It's been on the backburner for months - but now it's finally started talking to me. And you know why?

Because of this:

When I listened to it everything just clicked into place.

Everything was wrong in the old version. It couldn't start where Mikhail left off in Moscow Nights. It just wasn't possible. And the other main couple couldn't be the people they were in the old version at all.

They have been recast and will be getting their own story after RR. And Russian Roulette starts over a year after the events in MN. So it isn't anything like the first version - it's a whole new story.

And I'm loving it!

Sunday status

2010-08-08T21:17:00.003+02:00

I'm starting up my Sunday status again. I don't have any word-count to announce, because I have no idea how much I've written this week.

However, I will state the current word count on my WIPs, so that I'll know next week:

Polar Nights rewrite: 5'200/25'000. Not all of this wordcount is original writing though - I'm using and tweaking scenes from the original, as well as changing and adding to it.

Russian Roulette: 1'700/20'000. Also a rewrite, but this will be all original, except from the prologue. It contains scenes from Moscow Nights, told from Mikhail's POV.

Ocean Breeze: 1'000/10'000. Short story that will probably go on the backburner now that Russian Roulette is finally back on.

I've also bought several books this week:

Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton
Pieces by Shawn Lane
Leo: All That You Are by Jamie Craig
Alex's Appeal by Jenna Byrnes and Jude Mason
Life, Over Easy by K. A. Mitchell

Plus, I have several other books lined up ready to be read as well. I certainly won't lack in books for a while, that's certain.

Layouts

2010-08-08T12:16:00.001+02:00

I've changed the layouts both here and on Love Between Men. I felt it was time for a change, and now the layouts (especially the one on this blog) are simpler and easier to read. I hope it's likeable, and tell me if you prefered the old one better. *g*

I don't like changes much, it takes me a good while to get used to it, but the layout on this blog had been like it was all summer, so I felt like doing something different. I like it, but I did like the old one too.

Oh well, I'll stop rambling about it and go back to my rewrite. *g*

Ups and downs

2010-08-02T21:20:00.002+02:00

I'm loosing the groove on Summer Fever. I really thought I had it down now that I rewrote the whole second part. But alas... The inspiration is wearing off. I don't know why.

But I am going to finish it before I start the next story. A story which I've been wanting to start for a while now, and am totally in love with. It's not related to any of my other stories, it's a new little mini-series of (so far) three planned books.

Can't wait to start that one!

And there's my problem really... Once I get totally into a new book, I can't seem to focus completely on the one I'm currently writing! It's really frustatrating, when I really want to completely the current wip, but have no will or inspiration to do that...

Ideas and dilemmas

2010-07-27T21:49:00.000+02:00

I have new ideas everyday. Okay, maybe not every day, but pretty often. And they're new and exciting and bump the old upcoming stories down. Sometimes I wish I had a switch so that I could turn the new ideas off until I got the old ones written.

The Related-series (which is not a name, just telling that it is related to the Svalbard series, which is not a real name for a series either really...) has been bumped far down the list. There's at least five more books that needs to be written for it (one of which is almost fininshed, but has to be rewritten).

But all these new ideas are taking up space in my brain! And they won't go away. They just snuck in line and refuse to go back where they belong - which is in the very back of the line. It's frustrating, but I'm also happy that I have new ideas.

My writer's block is over (knock, knock, knock) and I'm writing again. And it's wonderful. No matter what I write. So I should be glad. But the poor books who have waited so long... It's not like I can just forget about them - the characters has been introduced in the previous books and needs their stories told.

Oh well, I'll probably get to it sometime... One is forefront in my mind, at least. Together with two, three new ideas. I'll see what I end up working on once I've finished Summer Fever. It'll just have to go naturally - there's nothing else for it...

Rewriting

2010-07-25T21:50:00.000+02:00

Summer Fever needs to be redone. I just started now, though I'm quite happy with the beginning. It the end of the first part and the entire second part I'm not happy with.

So all that has to be rewritten. And I'm having an idea how it should be instead. Some of the angst has to go - it just wasn't working like that.

SF was supposed to be a light summer romance. The way it is now, it is not light at all. Some serious issues and evil people have come into play. So I'm scratching them and writing the book as it is supposed to be.

I'm positiv that it'll turn out good now. And that I'm going to finish it, instead of finding something wrong with it again. *lol*

Covers

2010-07-25T20:48:00.000+02:00

I spent yesterday and today making covers for all my stories. Finished stories, WIPs and stories I haven't even started yet. But having covers to them is an inspiration, plus I like tweaking on Photoshop.

So if you're interesting in seeing them, go to Love Between Men and click on the page for each series. Covers and blurbs are there. And please tell me what you think, I like feedback. *g*

What next?

2010-07-22T18:50:00.000+02:00

Summer Fever is nearing it's end and now my mind's all over what story to write next. There's three options, basically. One is the first Taboo story, which I have barely started, but will have to start over again. The other is the first story in the SOS series. And the third is a new idea I started thinking off yesterday where nothing is set in place, no names, anything. I just know the basic premise of the story.

It's hard to know what to write next. Do I write a taboo love-story? An angsty first part of a so-far planned trilogy? Or a slightly drama-ish story about starting over in a small town, but having to keep the most vital part of you secret?

I don't know... But I'm still on SF, so my mind's going to be dwelling all around it until I figure it out. Right now I'm thinking SOS, because that's not supposed to be as long as I'm thinking the two others might be.

Also... Summer Fever has not turned out the way I wanted it to. It was supposed to be a fluffy little romance of falling in love up in the mountains surrounded by forest and nothing else. But it's come to be a little to much drama for me, a little to heavy backstory for one protag, and issues that really should be dealt with. So what to do, huh?

Who knows?

A place just for my stories

2010-07-18T21:50:00.000+02:00

I've made a new blogspot. It's not going to replace this one, not at all. It's just a place for my contemporary series. This is still my primary blog, where I can blog about whatever I feel like.

On the other however, I'll only post about the various stories. Every post with significance will be posted both here and there, but I do want a place where I can post about every country and city and town each story takes place in, and all kinds of information like that.

So if you're interested in checking it out, click HERE.

Hello

2010-06-30T23:15:00.000+02:00

Haven't updated in forever. But the writing is going.

Slowly, but it's going.

I'm hopeful of maybe getting something done soon.

Writing again

2010-06-13T20:44:00.002+02:00

I'm back from my vacation. It's been nice being away. And it's sparked some new inspiration. Not for a new story at the moment, but for a very old one.

I have now just started another rewrite of Scarred Souls. I know I say it everytime, but this time I feel like I've nailed it. Josh's POV isn't meant to be explored -- it was meant to be written from Damian's. And that's what I'm doing. And it's going great.

Other stories... is not doing so great. But then I have a history of only being able to work at one at a time. So I'm not worried. They'll all come back to me eventually. I'm very optimistic writing wise today.

Tomorrow it's back to work. I'm not looking forward to that at all.

But at least I'm writing again.

That's something! *g*

London

2010-05-30T19:14:00.001+02:00

I'm on vacation for two weeks now, and I'm really on vacation. I'm in the capital now and leaving for London on Tuesday, where I'll be for ten days. I have no laptop with me.

So there probably won't be much to update for a while. Inspiration is still low. But maybe this trip will help it up and going again?

Maybe my next story will take place in London. *g*

Anyway, that was it for this time. Don't look forward to an update until after I get back from London. Because I'm taking a much needed break from forcing myself to write. *g*

Update

2010-05-25T20:46:00.001+02:00

Inspiration is at a low again. Though it does tend to come back when I post about it being absent. Don't know if it will this time though... Because I have discovered K-pop.

Yes. Big Bang especially. They're so damn good. Favorite songs at the moment is Lollipop and G-Dragon's Heartbreaker. G-D and T.O.P are so hansome in the Lollipop video! That one is amazing. And G-Dragon looks awesome with blond hair! *g*

And as you should know, music inspires me. And I have no stories where the inspiration can be spiked with this kind of music. Well, okay, I have one, whick takes place in Japan, but I haven't quite got the hang of the plot for that one yet...

And I'm not starting any new stories. No way.

I have to many WIPs as it is.

Plus, I'm going to London in a week. I'm so excited about that I don't know what to do with myself. Seriously. *lol*

Oh no!

2010-05-18T22:59:00.002+02:00

I'm having a new idea for a story. No, not a story, but for a series. A series of short stories, where at least one of the main characters has a phobia or some sort of illness. I even have a name for it; Troubled Minds.

It's still developing, thankfully, so I'll be able to finish Summer Fever before it takes control of my brain. But this is some idead - I'm really liking it. It'll be a challenge though, writing about people with mental illnesses.

A good challenge, I think. And a hilarious one - I can think of so many hilarious situations with the various phobias I've been researching. Like fear of crossing the street, or a gay men afraid of men, or fear of nudity or people. *lol*

Yeah, this is going to be fun. *g*

Ranting about wips

2010-05-17T22:45:00.000+02:00

Juggling two stories is bloody difficult. Especially when said two stories are so different. On one hand there's Summer Fever, the contemporary romance. On the other there's the first book in a paranormal/supernatural/apocalyptic series.

Right now I'm writing on the second book. But I need to get SF done soon if I want to send it in to the submission deadline. But at the same time I'm so getting the feel of this series and it's going so smoothly. I actually can't wait to start the sequel. *lol*

And it's so good to get this series started - because I've never been able to write something other than contemporary. Not finish it anyway, though I've started a lot. They never really got off the ground really.

But this one is getting off the ground now. It really is. I've had this idea for ages, but it has been scattered. Today however, it all just clicked into place. And here I am, writing it. *g*

I guess I'm just going to go with the flow here. Write what feels right at the moment. Today it's the series, tomorrow it might continue to be the series or be SF. Whatever happens happens... I'm just happy to be writing again! *g*

Sunday snippet #1

2010-05-17T00:50:00.004+02:00

“You don’t like me much do you?”

“No. Not really.”

“Want to fuck me?”

“Sure.”

--snippet from Northern Lights

Pictures as inspiration

2010-05-15T21:13:00.003+02:00

Sometimes I find the perfect pictures for my characters. Not often. Actually it's quite rare. I've only found pictures of two of my most recent characters - pictures that fit them to a t. And both happens to be my favorite characters ever.

The first one is Varg. He is introduced properly in the second Svalbard book, Northern Lights, which is his story. I found this picture while browsing around on DeviantArt, and it was like a slap in the face. Exactly how I pictured Varg. Exactly.

The other one is Jonathan, who's story is also Northern Lights. That's right, he's Varg's love interest. And I have found the perfect modelof him too. He's such a handsome man.

I just love when that happens. When I find a picture of someone that looks exactly like how I picture my character. It gives me so much inspiration.

Now, it's been a while since I found these pictures. So they're not giving me inspiration for the current wip. However, the background image on this blog does give inspiration to that one. I always use background images inspiring for the current wip now.

But now, I've got to get back to said story. It's picking up it's pace! And I have to get it finished asap.

Music as inspiration

2010-05-12T23:35:00.002+02:00

Music is the best inspiration there is. I always listen to music, and I always think about my stories. Old characters with stories I've given up (for now), current characters or new ones. But sometimes, like now, I'd like to only think about one character. One couple. One story.

But what when I don't listen to music that inspires that certain story? And I can't think of any music to inspire me?

I'm currently listening to La Isla Bonita, and that makes me want to write something cute, fluffy... and Spanish. But I need to write Summer Fever! I finally got it going again the day before yesterday, and I need to continue. I am inspired, I just can't find the right music.

And it's so bloody annoying when this happens. I've been thinking about the story all day at work, but now it just won't come. But I'm not giving up. I'm going to write.

End of story.

Inspiration is...

2010-05-10T21:46:00.000+02:00

... seriously lacking.

I haven't written much in months. It's so frustrating! I want to write, dammit. But I just can't... I have no inspiration.

It seems I have these months where I'm not writing once a year. I remember the one last year. Well, two. A little one when I'd just started Midnight Sun, and a longer one in the middle of White Nights.

Argh! I need something to... spike the inspiration, or something. Whitecaps is not it. I've been watching some Deadliest Cath episodes to get inspired, but it's all going so slow. Only 1500 words into it, still. It's so sad. It's certainly not going to be finished for the submission deadline. So I can just forget about that.

Perhaps I should restart Summer Fever. Have a totally new idea for it.

Or maybe write more in the Svalbard'verse or Contemporary'verse. I don't know yet. I'll have to think about it, I guess. This is so hard. What to do, what to do? ...

Indecisive

2010-04-25T14:15:00.001+02:00

I'm very indecisive at the moment. I want to finish Whitecaps, the crab-fishing story. I want to rewrite Polar Nights, first story in the Svalbard series. I want to write an assassin story. And I want to write both a paranormal/supernatural-ish story as well as a sci-fi story.

I have never ever managed to write (well, I have managed to start, but not finished) a paranormal/supernatural/fantasy/sci-fi story. I'm best at the contemporaries. I know it. But still I want to write something else too, I have so many ideas.

But I guess I should just get back to reading contemporary books, because then I'll be back to be inspired to my own contemporary stories. Whitecaps is on a deadline, after all, so I need to finish it. And I want to rewrite Polar Nights asap.

I also want to start on a story I've been planning for ages set in Canada. It's all the good stuff - snow, ice and polar bears. Just as Svalbard does. I really do love those places. So need to write more stories taking place in them.

Also love the Bering Sea and Alaska, thus Whitecaps. Has some plans of writing more crab-fishing stories too. Just love it.

But the inspiration is lacking... Yes, I really do need to start reading contemporary again and stop researching stuff for p/s-ish and sci-fi stories.

Updates

2010-04-22T19:33:00.001+02:00

I'm finally updating. If anyone's still reading, you can see the changes that has been made. The blog's looking quite good now, I think. And it's got my current inspiration as a background.

The sea.

Because I'm writing a story about crab fishers.

I haven't been very inspired to write it - or any other story lately though. And I blame Harry Potter. I've been rereading the books, and been completely obsessed with writing Snape/Sirius fanfiction. Yes, Snape and Black. I love the thought of the two of them together. *lol*

But now I'm back to contemporary books and the inspiration is coming back. Slowly. Gradually. I'm just happy it is. Particularly because this book is on a deadline - it's for a submission call put out my a publisher I've been dying to get into.

More will come soon - I'm getting this blog up and running again. And it's not just a blog anymore, is it? It's a homepage. Yes, I'm getting this homepage up and running! *g*

Moscow Nights finished

2010-01-04T01:54:00.004+01:00

Yep. Just wrote the last period. It wasn't as long as the others, but I don't mind. As long as the stories pass 20K, I'm happy. I feel all the books in this series has to lie on a wordcount from 20-25K. Some over, but none under 20K.

Now I'm going to bed, so I'll start Russian Roulette tomorrow. That one is a direct sequel of Moscow Nights, so I feel that I have to write it now that I'm tuned in on these characters. I'm looking forward to it too!

Although, I also want to start writing Black Sun, the next Varg/Jonathan story and Frenh Passion, Tooru from Sakura Kiss's story.

But they will have to wait. RR first, then one of them after. Or maybe I'll even start one while writing RR - I am very inspired at the moment, after all. *shrug* But I'll see. Tomorrow is set off to starting RR, no matter what.

In The new Year

2010-01-01T22:33:00.003+01:00

I hope 2010 will be an even more productive year than '09 has been. I have many stories I want to write, and more come to me at least every second day. *lol* So hre's the stories I have planned to read, and I will also list some goals I have for 2010.

Writing plans for 2010:

Black Sun, another Varg/Jonathan story

Russian Roulette, sequel to Moscow Nights, featuring Mikhail from aforementioned book and White Nights

French Passion, sequel to Sakura Kiss, featuring Tooru

Tokyo Heat, sequel to French Passion, featuring Yoh, Takeo's secretary

Playboy Amour, sequel to French Passion, featuring Ryuu

Midsummer Days, another sequel to Winter Love and Moscow Nights, featuring Oliver and Mathias

American Dream, kind of sequel to Moscow Nights, featuring Sander's brother

Also want to write more stories from Svalbard. More Varg/Jonathan, because they're my favorite characters ever, and Frey/Jørgen and Radimir/Aleksandr also need another tale told, in a shared book. Also want to write other stories with every couple I've written about in this universe.

Goals for 2010:

Finish all stories and...

GET PUBLISHED!

The year in review

2009-12-31T12:46:00.003+01:00

Thought I'd list everything I've done this year (writing-wise, that is). '09 has been a busy year, lots of writing has been done (except the couple of months I suffered major writer's block. So I'm going to list the months, word count for that month and what story I completed that month. Also wrote on a lot of other stories, but they're still not completed, so they don't count. Only completed stories will be listen.

January:

52'000 words

completed Polar Nights, which I started in December '08

started Northern Lights

February:

32'000 words

completed Northern Lights

started How About a Boyfriend?

March:

27'000 words

completed How About a Boyfriend?

rewrote Scarred Souls

started Midnight Sun

April:

33'000 words

continued writing Midnight Sun

May:

24'000 words

finished Midnight Sun

rewrote Scarred Souls again

started White Nights

June, July, August, September and October were the months for the major writer's block. However, White Nights was completed in one of these months. I think it might've been September or October, but I'm not sure.

November:

52'000 words

won NaNoWriMo!

wrote Northern Skies

December:

app. 60'000 words

wrote Winter Love

wrote Sakura Kiss

started Moscow Nights

I still have today left to write for December, and I'm getting over the 60K mark. So December has been my best month this year. November and January on a shared second. I hope this'll continue into the next year - because I have loads planned. But I think a new post is in order for that - and that'll come tomorrow as the first post of January 2010!

Sakura Kiss finished

2009-12-28T03:29:00.006+01:00

Just finished Sakura Kiss. Well, kind of. I'm contemplating adding an epilogue.

Was going to continue with the Japanese - do Tooru's story, but decided to write Moscow Nights instead, before Midsummer Days, which was originally planned to take place before the former. But I changed it, because I want to get to the second Russian book; Russian Roulette.

After that I think it's back to the Japanese guys again in French Passion and Tokyo Heat.

Also got an idea for another book today, tentatively titled American Dream about a Norwegian jockey and American horse racing. I love horse racing, and that idea sound so cool. I actually wanted to write that one after SK, but it wasn't planned at all (didn't even have a name for the MCs) so decided to leave it be for a while.

New ideas has to simmer for a while, to get them figured out (kind of) in my head. Or else I'll be writing without a plan, and that just screams writer block. So no, never do that. Ever. Must write those stories where I know at least some of what's going to happen. And the characters' names. Lol.

Winter Love

2009-12-13T18:50:00.001+01:00

Just finished the first book of the spin-off series to my Svalbard'verse. It's called Winter Love and concluded on 24K. I'm starting the sequel right now! I'm not sure what to name it exactly, it's a choice between Sakura Kiss and Tokyo Romance.

Guess I have to write it first to see what will fit best. This one takes place in Japan, wherein the MC is a Finnish photographer and his love interest is a Japanese CEO of the advertising company he's currently working for.

Been looking forward to this story ever since I fleshed out this character in Winter Love. Now I can finally write it! And look forward to the sequel to this one again. Lol.

Other books lined up to be written in the new year is;

1. Helsinki Heat (sequel to Sakura Kiss/Tokyo Romance)

2. Midsummer Days (sequel to Winter Love)

3. Moscow Nights (sequel to Midsummer Days)

4. Mikhail's story (spin-off to White Nights of the Svalbard'verse).

5. Sixth story in the Svalbard verse

6. Seventh story in the Svalbard'verse

4, 5 and 6 doesn't have names yet. Or a plot. Well, the seventh Svalbard book has a plot, but I need to figure out the sixth before I can start writing it. I'll see what comes to me when writing in the spin-off series. Taking a little break from Svalbard at the moment to get this new series done.

And talking about the spin-off series... It needs a name. I can't be named spin-off series forever after all.

Svalbard'verse characters

2009-08-08T15:56:00.000+02:00

I thought I could post the avatars I made of the characters (the main as well as the minor ones) on faceyourmange.com. Some are exactly as I picture them, some almost exactly as I picture them. ;)

Andreas (ahn-DRE-ahs) and Christian (KRIS-chin) are the two main characters of the first book in the series, Polar Nights. These two are two of the avatars that are almost like I picture them, but not quite. It was as good as I could do though.

Johan and Anna are Andreas' father and stepmother. Anna is also Christian's older sister. They're only minor characters. Anna makes an appearance, and both Andreas and Christian talks with the two on the phone. They live in Oslo.

Jonathan (JAHN-ə-thən) and Jørgen (YOUR-gin) live in Longyearbyen. Jonathan is Christian's best friend. Jørgen is a guy Andreas befriends.

Varg (VAH-rig) and Frey (FRAY). Varg is Andreas' best friend back in Oslo, and Frey is his twin brother. Varg is a Goth - and his black hair is dyed. He is the most outgoing of the twins - Frey is the shy one.

Embla and Dag are Frey and Varg's parents. They're hippies, and they're currently somewhere down in Africa helping children.

Got more avatars, but if I post them and explain who they are, it'll be spoilers. And can't have that, now can we? Lol. I just love this site, and I'm going to use it in the future to to make avatars of my characters. It's nice really, so y'all can see how I picture them to! ;)

Svalbard icons

2009-08-07T13:33:00.001+02:00

Yesterday, while lazing around on the sofa being sick, I started missing the Svalbard 'verse. I've actually been kinda sick of it since I finished the fourth book, but now... I wanna write more in it! I didn't actually write anything yesterday. I'm not inspired to write anything at the moment, plus I'm sick, and my wrists are hurting again. But I did make some icons for the four stories! And they're pretty damn fabolous, if I do say so myself! :D

Don't quite know just what to do with them though. I'm thinking about not subbing Polar Nights anyplace, because I don't know how busy I'm going to be the next five months. I'm thinking I'm going to be very busy, and thus I don't want to sub it and maybe have it accept - because I won't have time. So I was thinking about just posting it for fun on y!Gallery, but there I can't use these icons because they've got real people in them. Fictionpress doesn't take icons at all. Perhaps I should post the story on livejournal? I don't know... Just know that I love my new icons and I need to find something to use them for!

Oh, and also... I think I might like the series to be called Arctic Heat. Anyone have an opinion on that name? I like it loads better than Winterhold. That was just a temporary series title anyway.

On writing and real life

2009-07-29T22:44:00.001+02:00

Ah, summers suck for blogging. And for writing. It really does. I've written what, two-three blogs this sommer? It's a shame. And don't get me started on my stories. They've suffered. But as I mentioned in previous post, I managed to finally finish White Nights.

Now I'm working on a story I'm hoping will be a novel. Bonds of Brothers. It's a bit of a mystery. Little brother kills himself, leaves a mysterious note and big brother must find out why he did it. I'm loving that idea, and I've currently got almost 4K on it. So that's good.

Summer's also suck for money. Haven't gotten myself a job (besides that week working on the festival) so I'm poor. And I was looking forward to school because then I get loan, but then guess what I just found out? I haven't read it all because I'm visiting relatives in the capital, so my brother told me over the phone, but apparently I've got to pay thirty fucking thousand August 15th. And I don't start school until August 19th, where I'll get the letter about the loan, have to sign it, send it in, and then I'll get the money. That can take edges. So at the moment you can say I'm royally pissed off. I have to get home and read it all though before I call or e-mail. It just can't be right.

But away from real life stuff. It's not interesting and pretty damn irritating.

Anyway, I found out today that my favorite author, Ms. Carol Lynne has a blog! That's so awesome. I read the first (and so far only) post and put her right on my blog list. You know, when I first started this blog, well, before that when I first started buying erotic romance, her blog was the one I searched for. And she didn't have one. That was so sad. But now she has! And I'm ~~stalking~~ following it from now on.

Speaking of Carol Lynne, I've just finished her new CV book. I didn't have the money to buy it - I seriously didn't - but I couldn't help myself. I needed it. Badly. And now I've finished it. It's was so good and so sad and I just want the next book and the one after that and the one after that (and so on and so on) now! Ah yes, I am obsessed. But they're such good books. And the Poker Night series to. What an ending to leave us with!

Okey, enough obsessing about books. Lets move it over to obsessing of my books. Polar Nights was ultimately rejected by TEB. Sad. So sad. So now it's just lying there. I don't feel like I can put my all into sending it someplace else at the moment - and not because it was rejected, but because it's summer and I'm just not inspired when it comes to writing. Not really. Well, I am kinda inspired with the Bonds novel, but that's it. Plus, there's so much going on in the summer, I don't have time to obsess over it. Of course, I might just wake up tomorrow and want to send it off. But I'll see. I know that story's good, and I'm not going to just let it lie there for long. I'm not.

And then there's the other three books in the series. I also want to write another one, well two, novel-length. I want one to be about the couples from the first two books, the other about the couples from the two last books. But the inspiration is missing at the moment - I have no ideas for it. Nothing that can actually turn into a novel. Perhaps I should do the short stories I'm thinking about in the Svalbard'verse first. Lol. I'll see what I end up doing.

I'm rambling. I'm gonna ramble a little bit more though. I've been to the movies two times while I was in the capital. Once on Transformers, the other on Harry Potter. Both movies were awesome. I totally want to re-read the Harry Potter series, but my box set with the hardover books, adult edition is packed away. Couldn't find them when I searched for them, so they're most likely stuffed in the farthest corner. It's typical, isn't it? But at least I have my faithful ereader. And good thing it's a nice little ereader too, because they don't sell them here in Norway, so if it fucked up I don't know what I'd do.

But I'm gonna stop ramble and go write now. Am planning to get chapter 1 done, and started on chapter 2. Also, last night, I wrote some of the prologue to the sequel. Yes, I'm just starting the first book and thinking about the sequel. Argh! They are trying to drive me insane, I swear. So I better go write. I'm gonna try update sooner from now on - but no promises. I would hate to break them. Lol.

White Nights finished

2009-07-14T22:26:00.001+02:00

Yeay, I just finished White Nights. I might just change the ending later - but for now I'm leaving it as it is. The story's going to be put away for a while, so that I can get it a bit at a distance before I reread it and make revisions. So yey, it's over! Wohoo!

Now, I think I'm going to write a story I thought about a while back, but didn't feel ready to write. I think I am now - just have to plan something and come up with names and all that first.

Might also continue some on the spin-off series - first story of which is Midsummer Days. Have written a bit under 1K, so might just write on that when I feel inspired. Think I want the other story to be my main WIP.

So then it's off to plan some! Just wanted to share the fact that I've finished the fourth Svalbard book!

I am alive

2009-07-11T23:31:00.001+02:00

I haven't posted in forever. Bad me. But the last months have been crappy writing wise, so it's not like I've had anything to share. It's getting better this month though, I think. I'm nearing the end of White Nights - finally!

I've been contemplating what to write next. Been thinking about some oneshots just to get back in the right writing mood. Oneshots I would like to self-publish - with covers I've made myself. I've found so many awesome stock photos I want to use to covers. Although, there're loads more pics of beautiful women than attractive guys, so I really need to write some lesbian stories. Lol.

Also wondering if I should start the spin-off series. Have some of the beginning written down - not even 1K, but it's a beginning. Also want to write something else. Been thinking about a story where a guy travels Route 66 in America. Sounds interesting. Also want to write that football story I talked about ages ago. And I want to write three other travel stories; one where the characters climb Mount Everest, one where they travel to the North Pole and the third to the South Pole.

Also want to write more in the Svalbard 'verse. Been thinking about two shared novels - the couples in the first two books in one and the couples for the two next books in the other. Also want to write something taking place in Reykjavik, and thinking perhaps one of the Svalbard couples could travel there.

But I don't know. Have so many ideas I don't know what to do.

Also going to co-write a story. Although we haven't gotten that far in the planning so I don't even know what that's going to be about yet.

So yeah, that's what I have to say today. Or tonight. It's late here. Lol. I'm going to try updating often from now on - at least not a couple months apart, lol. Might be weeks though - depending of it I've got something to tell or not.

Who knew!

2009-05-30T18:47:00.001+02:00

So on Thursday I had my last exam. It was Norse, so it went well. I hope. Lol. Later that day my mother and grandparents cam up and we carried all my stuff out in the hanger. I'm not going to live in that place any longer, and I haven't gotten another place up in Trondheim yet, so we were driving it back down to my hometown, where I'm going to stay for the summer. Hopefully get a job so I can earn some money before hairdressing school start in August.

So yeah, we didn't get home until two thirty in the night. But know what I realized while we were driving? It was around midnight and it was still light outside. And then I realized that we have white nights in this part of Norway. Who knew, right! I certainly didn't. But that's nice. I also got an idea for the second or third book in the spin-off series to. That one is going to take place in my hometown, as a matter of fact.

I got the proofread Polar Nights back yesterday. I fixed the mistakes and typed up the ones I'd found on my own, then I sent it back to the edit. Hoping for the best! I'm now also a member of a crit group. That's so awesome!

Don't think I have much else to say. Want to go write some more on White Nights. The guys should probably end up in bed, but they won't just yet. So yeah, got to write more - haven't written in several days now, and it's so sad... So must write!

Sunday Status

2009-05-25T18:07:00.002+02:00

And once again I'm writing this post on a Monday. Lol. I was to tired last night to write here. I wrote 6'049 words this week, 800 words more than last week. That's good, though I want up on the 10K again.

But that's not possible, because I'm on vacation now (except the exam on Thursday) and I'm at my mother's place and I don't get a moment's peace. Either we're going out somewhere, or the baby's making playing and making noises. But oh well. I'll deal. Lol.

I bought two books yesterday - I just couldn't help myself. I needed them. And they were on sale.

A Kinky Orgasm by Amanda Young
629 Miles To Love by Fae Sutherland and Marguerite Labbe

I've already read the one from Amanda Young (it was a short story, 10K), but I've still to start the other one. Looking forward to it though. And next Monday there's the new Cattle Valley book from Total-E-Bound, and I'm very, very excited about that!

I'm still working on White Nights. It's reached 11K now. Not quite sure what exactly is going to happen next, but I'm sure it'll come to me as I write. Lol. Also have started to think more about the spin-off series I'm going to start after this book. So excited about that one too!

Follower-thingy & writing update

2009-05-21T14:16:00.001+02:00

Just put up a follow-thingy down on the left column, under everything else there. Got a request for it, so I thought I'd do it. And it wasn't hard to figure out, just a click and it was done. Lol.

In other news, I'm now reading Where The Heart Is, the last book in the BCPI series so far. I know Ally Blue's got a new story in progress though, and I'm really, really, really looking forward to that! It's Adrian's story!

I also bought two other stories yesterday. I've never read any stories from these authors, but I liked the blurbs so much I thought I'd try them. I liked them so much I bought them right away and put them on top of my TBR pile. Lol. Here they are:

Awakening by D.J. Manly
Black Point by D.J.Manly & A.J. Llewellyn

The writing on White Nights is going well. I think. Am on chapter 3 now, and they're in Russia. I've made some research of the gay culture there, and soon they're going to the most popular gay club. And that promises drama. Lots of drama this story is, because one of the MCs are so damn stubborn.

Think perhaps I should make an own post about the research I did about gay culture in Russia. Perhaps find some pictures to. I like to find pictures of the places I write about. Because now I write about real places. Before, I used to set my stories in an unnamed (or a fictional) town in the US somewhere. Lol. This series is set on Svalbard, a little bit about Norway, and now Russia.

I find I like it better when I write about places that are real. Places around where I live. Now, I've never been on Svalbard or in Russia, but they're not so far away from Norway. And I have a Russian friend I ask all kinds of stuff about the language or names/nicknames and stuff when I need it.

So yeah... That was that update. I'm gonna go write some more now. The mothers have to be introduced soon. And they have a secret. Lol.

Sunday Status

2009-05-17T23:42:00.001+02:00

I've only written 5'291 words this week. But I have had some problems with White Nights, because I haven't been quite sure where I was going with it. Today, I found out, so now it's going great.

And I have had exam-reading to do. The exam was on Friday - I wrote something that made sense, but I'm not quite sure if it's relevant to the assignment. We'll see when the grade arrives. Lol.

Also been reading alot. Purchases I've made the last week is:

What Hides Inside (Bay City Paranormal Investigations, book 2) by Ally Blue
Twilight (Bay City Paranormal Investigations, book 3) by Ally Blue
Closer (Bay City Paranormal Investigations, book 4) by Ally Blue
An Inner Darkness (Bay City Paranormal Investigations, book 5) by Ally Blue
Where The Heart Is (Bay City Paranormal Investigations, book 6) by Ally Blue

This is one awesome series. I bought the first book, Oleander House, quite some time ago, but other books kept being released so it was always pushed back. But then I started it on Thursday, I believe, and I'm hooked on this series. It's awesome! Gonna start book 4 when I go to bed now, and I can't wait! Everyone, read this series, it's so amazing!

Time converter

2009-05-15T20:29:00.002+02:00

What to do now?

2009-05-13T14:56:00.001+02:00

So I just finished EM Lynley's Sex, Lies and Wedding Bells. Loved that book, it was awesome! (except the stupid woman - but then I never like women who's in a relationship with an MC in a book, lol!).

Now's the question, what am I gonna read now? Should read more history (I've got two books left) and the exam's on Friday. But neesh. I hate history, and I'm not even gonna continue this shit next year, so you know what? I don't care if I fail (which I will - I failed the exams before Christmas too, lol!).

Perhaps I should just read through Polar Nights and find mistakes. I'm coming to the part where there's some major changes now, so it should have all of my attention. I also should write more on White Nights. But am still not quite sure what's going to happen there. Should they go hiking for a few days, then get the not-so-bad-news? Or should they get the not-so-bad-new before they go out hiking? Decisions, decisions.

Then there's the books I want to read. The Written Word series by Jamieson Wolf, which I won for free. Have had my eyes on those for a while. Also want to start Ally Blue's BCPI series (though I only have the first book, and can't afford buying new books). Also want to read new books that's come out; Z.A. Maxfield's Physical Therapy, Ethan Day's Dreaming Of You, M.L. Rhodes' Passion series, Kim Dare's latest books... But then again - I haven't got the money to buy any more books. Haven't got money to shit, besides getting up to Trondheim for the exam.

Think I'll just focus on my own stories and history reading until Friday. Though if I'm gonna read something, I think I'm going to read something I've already read before. Doesn't have to think to much then, lol. And I'll leave all new books until after this stupid exam. Can concentrate better on them then.

Sunday Status

2009-05-11T15:30:00.001+02:00

Yes, I know it's Monday. I was to tired to write this post last night, even though technically, it would've been Monday then to, because I didn't finish writing until long after midnight. I almost reached the 10K this week, but not quite.

All together I wrote 9'730 words. That's good, considering I haven't had the best week writing wise. Midnight Sun has been kicking my ass, after all.

Now I've just started White Nights, and although I know roughly what's going to happen, I don't know what's going to go on before that, so I'm just kind of going with the flow at the moment. The flow is going quicker and quicker though, because right now it seems that what's going to happen is gonna happen long before I'd expected it to happen. (Did that even sound right? I do hope so.)

But anyway... I had excepted what was going to happen to happen halfway in the book, or a little before. Now it seems like it's gonna happen right away. Like, in the end of the first or beginning of the second chapter. Uh-huh. Okay. I'm just going with the flow. Who knows what'll happen with these two Russian guys later in the book - perhaps something else will happen to them to. I don't know.

The Svalbard 'verse books... I don't outline them. I know roughly what's going to happen and then just start writing. And it all just reveal itself to me as it goes. That's so nice. I love this series. I really, really do.

In other news, I just finished the first two books I've ever read by M.L. Rhodes - Under My Skin 1 & 2 - and they were awesome! She's one of my new favorite authors, that's for sure! And now I've started J.M. Snyder's Carey'd Away. It had a really good start! ;) Hope the rest is just as good!

Now, I should start reading for my history exam. I've got four/five books to read and the exam's on Friday. I haven't even started. Uh-huh. Wise of me, I know. But it's so boring. I'm not gonna continue come fall - I'm starting hairdressing school then. And I just can't be bothered with stupid medieval history. Writing and reading is so much more fun!

The Svalbard series

2009-05-10T21:02:00.001+02:00

I don't like the series name Winterhold. I did, but not so much anymore. I'm thinking of changing it to maybe Arctic Heat, Arctic Love or Arctic Desires instead. All three sounds better, though I'm not quite sure which I like best. Arctic Heat maybe, but I'm not sure.

But then, this also bids on a problem... The first three books - Polar Nights, Northern Lights and Midnight Sun - all takes place on Svalbard. In the arctic. So the series title fit. But the fourth book, White Nights, takes place both in Svalbard and in Russia. Now, St. Petersburg is not in the arctic. But still, at least some of it takes place on Svalbard so the series name still fits this one.

But the fifth book... That won't take place on Svalbard at all! It takes place in Norway and Russia I'm thinking this time Moscow, and this the title will be Moscow Nights, but I'm not sure yet... Also been thinking about using the title Midsummer Days/Nights... But I don't have to decide this now - I haven't even started White Nights yet, am only doing some research of gay culture in Russia.

So what to do? Should this last book be a spin-off, a stand-alone not under the series name? Or perhaps the start of a new series? A spin-off of the Svaldbard'verse. That might go. Because I want to write some more stories in this wonderful universe. I especially want to write a story about a guy who's Sámi and who joiks.

But then I need a new series name. And I can't think of one. But White Nights will be in the Svalbard'verse, so I don't have to figure it out yet. If this fifth book actually does turn out to be first in a new series, then White Nights will so far be the last book in the Svalbard'verse. I am thinking about writing a book with the old characters though, so it might not! ;)

Help me decide!

2009-05-08T21:43:00.001+02:00

Finished Midnight Sun a while ago. I'm tired of that story at the moment, the last scenes have been kicking my ass, so I'm putting it away for a while to get some distance to it.

Wanted to start writing something paranormal just now, but that crazy idea is gone now. I'm not good at paranormal, so I shouldn't really be writing that.

But... I still don't know what to write. So I'm going to say a little about each series I want to start, and if you reader (are there any of you?) likes one better than the other, please tell! I really need some help in deciding.

This is the series I planned on starting before I finished MS. It's about a married couple, Malone and Dale, who moves to a new town with their foster son, Kyler. This is the hometown of Dale, and Mal and Kyler isn't really happy about moving there, but they try to deal with it for Dale. Also, Mal is jealous of Matt, Dale's ex who's very attractive.
This is the series I came up with first (I think). Previous one started out as another series, but ended up as the one it is now. Anyway. This one takes place on an all gay luxury resort on an exotic island. FIrst story is about a guy that comes here to get away from his life for a while and visit his best friends, who owns this place. He ends up falling for best friend's cousin, who's staying there and taking care of the horses.

Neither of these books are going to be all that long - I'm thinking max 15K. In series 1) the stories are connected - everyone knows each other. In series 2) only the owner of the luxury resort and the staff makes appearances in every book.

So what do you think? Which series to start first?

It just hit me...

2009-05-06T11:47:00.001+02:00

... why I'm having such troubled with Midnight Sun. I'm writing this scene from the wrong point of view! I should write it from Frey's, not Jørgen's for christssakes!

Maybe I can write it over again from Frey's point of view and stick it in the previous chapter, because I can't write 4K from Jørgen's POV as it is now. This scene just isn't meant to be written in his POV. So got to change it.

Hope Frey's chapter won't be to long, though really, it doesn't matter, does it? Some chapters in this series are only almost 3K, some are up to over 5K. So it varies. Surely this chapter can to then. Because it must be written from Frey's POV. It must!

So perhaps I have a shot at finishing this manuscript before I start something else anyhow! I surely do hope so!

Conflicted emotions

2009-05-05T22:52:00.001+02:00

The last two days I've been kinda 'meeeh' about Midnight Sun. But I've told myself I'm going to finish it no matter what, and finish it soon just to get it over with. And then I decided earlier I wanted to write a few very short erotic stories to get my thoughts over on something else.

But now, I really want to write the first book in a small series I planned a little while back. And I want to start NOW! Right now! I know what the books about, it's new and exciting and I don't want to wait!

What to do? I'm wondering if perhaps I should take a little break from MS, because really, when I'm a bit tired of it, it won't turn out good, will it? But then, what if I do take a break and can't get back to it? It's almost done - it is! But I feel that the last stuff I've written aren't as good as it should be...

Argh! What to do? Maybe just finish it, put it aside to get a distance from it, then change what I don't like later? Or just put it aside for a bit, and start something else?

I also have two other books I want to write in the Svalbard'verse. One is about two characters from MS, the other won't take place in Svalbard per se, so that one's more of a spin-off... But whatever! I know about the fourth book, a little anyway, but I hadn't planned on writing that for a bit. Need to get Svalbard on a distance for a while, no matter how much I like that place.

Thus the new series. New and exciting, that is. Though, will I feel this way when I get to the second book, the third book or the fourth book and so on? I don't know. I don't care, not really. What happens happenes, but it will be written sometime. But when I grow tired of something I need to get a distance from it. And then suddenly one day I see something that inspire that particular story again and it's BAM! and new ideas flood me.

But still... I don't know. I want to finish Midnight Sun, and then start on the new series. But if I do, when will MS be finished? As it is now, it goes so slow. Because I'm not inspired. So I'm torn. Does someone have any advice? I could really need some right now.

Books I've bought lately

2009-05-05T19:17:00.002+02:00

I've been spending some money on books today. Just had to buy some more, even though I really should be reading for my exam, which is on the 15th. But I hate history. I'm not going to continue studying it come fall (I'm starting on a hairdresser school!), so I frankly don't give a crap.

But back to the books. These are the three I bought today:

David's Dilemma by Lynn Lorenz
Under My Skin by M.L. Rhodes
Under My Skin II by M.L.Rhodes

I loved Lynn Lorenz' Common Powers series (I wonder if she'll write more stories in that one? I really hope so!), and she's one of my new favorite authors. I haven't read any of M.L. Rhodes though, but her books sound good, and I've only heard good stuff about them, so now I'm trying them out! Well, after I finish David's Dilemma that is - got to read that one first.

And this are the books I bought last week (the first two was perhaps bought the week before though):

Men of Tokyo: Sudden Bliss by Sedonia Guillone
Men of Tokyo: Sudden Surrender by Sedonia Guillone
Men of Phuket: Tongue-Thai'd by Sedonia Guillone
Men of Tokyo: Sudden Heat by Sedonia Guillone

I love her White Tigers series. I'm really looking forward to the next Men of Phuket book - Ryu was my favorite character of the whole series, though I absolutely fell in love with the others as well, and I'm dying to read the rest of his story!

Sunday Status

2009-05-04T01:20:00.001+02:00

This week's been productive too, although not quite as much as the previous one. I'm not on two-figured numbers this time. I've written 9064 words this week - and I'm happy with that. Most of it was on Midnight Sun, but some was also on Polar Nights.

I got an answer from the editor, had to do some revisions, which I've now done. And now I've sent the manuscript off to be proof-read, and when that's all done, I'm going to send it in again. Hopefully this time it'll be good enough! ;) I'm also going to read through it myself, to see if the new revisions are any good.

I've also just finished going through How About a Boyfriend?. I'm going to submit that one to Cobblestone Press. I'm going to do it tomorrow though, because I want to change the title. It sounds a little... I don't know... Not quite like a serious story. But I'll see what I can come up with. Titles aren't my best field.

Other than that, Midnight Sun is staring to near it's end. I haven't written anything in two days or so though, because I'm not quite sure what's going to happen. Well, I know what's going to happen, but there's a couple scenes before that that I don't know what is yet. Got to think about it.

I also want to write Rudy's story, the one from HAaB. And I also want to write a sequel to the story featuring Keegan and Hayden, after they hooked up in HAaB. A little drama, coming out, family... You know, all that goody stuff.

Besides this, I've got several other stories I want to write to. I want to finish Unexpected Comfort (which is only on the beginning of the story...), start a new series (which is so far away from the Svalbard books as it can get) - a little love/paradise hotel on a tropical island. Also have another small series planned that I wanna write about a group of people who know each other. And not to talk about the football story I want to write. And two other books in the Svalbard 'verse!

I've got so much I want to write I don't have time for it. Oh, what to do?

Winter Love

2009-05-02T15:24:00.001+02:00

Lasse is spending the Christmas Holiday on Oppdal with his four best friends. The vacation was supposed to be about them, skiing and snowboarding, but what Lasse hadn’t counted on was falling in love…

Marko is spending the holidays on Oppdal too, with his brother and their friends. He hadn’t expected to fall in love either, but that’s exactly what he did. But what is he going to do about it, in the closet as he is?

And what about when Christmas Holidays are over and they have to go back to their respective homes? Is this just a holiday fling—or something more?

Northern Skies

2009-04-30T15:22:00.001+02:00

Having been together for a year doesn’t guarantee a happy ever after. Far from it.

Varg and Jonathan are having problems with communication—and both are plagued by doubts about their feelings for one another. When jealousy also comes into the mix, it makes for some drama between them.

Andreas and Christian hasn’t had much time together lately, and it has left their relationship strained. But Andreas doesn’t want them to end up fighting all the time like Varg and Jonathan, and he’s determined to fix things between them.

But what about Varg and Jonathan? Can they work out their feelings and actions while spending Christmas in Norway with friends and family? Or is the relationship doomed before it even started properly?

Wednesday WIP

2009-04-29T22:27:00.002+02:00

I've decided to post about my current WIP every Wednesday. My WIP at the moment, is as you should know Midnight Sun, the third Svalbard book. I'm on 17K at the moment, this it's slowly nearing it's end. It's supposed to be around 25K, but I do have a feeling this one might end up being longer. There's just so much left to happen in it. Lol.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, this book has a sort of mystery in it. Now, I'm not good at that, so it's not much of one. Lol. I can say that there's poachers on Svalbard, shooting polar bears. How is it sold? They're just on the wrong place to the wrong time. Lol. I don't know... Mysteries and especially solving mysteries is not something I do well. Haven't tried it much before, but I see now that I'm very, very bad at it.

But it's a nice change. It's not all about the relationship, as the previous two books has been about. And speaking of that, I got the answer to Polar Nights. A few things has to be added (like a new characters, which has be excited, but also kind of nervous), be revealed and explained, and then I can send it in to the editor and who knows... maybe it'll be accepted? I'm going to have to start on making those revisions - but tomorrow we're going away for the whole day, so it's won't happen until Friday at least.

I don't really have much else to say. The characters are acting nice, except now I'm in the middle of a sex scene and those are hard. I have to finish it though before I have to go to bed (have to get up early tomorrow... ugh...) - because stopping in the middle of a sex scene... That's just begging for some major problems and writer's block when I'm going to continue said scene.

And as you can see, I have added some lovely pictures of Longyearbyen in this post - so you can all see the gorgeousness that that place is! I'd like to go up there to live and work for a year, just so I could experience it all. And that says a lot, because I hate cold. Lol.

White Nights

2009-04-28T15:14:00.001+02:00

Radimir has been in love with Aleksandr for over ten years. Even when he’s been with other people, he hasn’t been able to get over his old friend.

Aleksandr has been in love with Radimir too. But he knows that Radimir can’t ever fully commit to any relationship—he’s too much of a player for that.

But when Aleksandr hears that his mother is sick, and that Radimir’s mother is taking care of her, perhaps they can overcome their differences as they travel to Russia together?

(cover made my me for illustration purposes only)

Cheating warnings

2009-04-27T15:33:00.002+02:00

Know what I detest? Cheating. More than anything, I detest cheating. And no, I haven't just been cheated on. I don't have anyone in my life who can cheat on me. Lol. No, this is about books, and my stories.

Seriously, something you'll never see in one of my books is cheating. Now, in Connor's Cravings, Connor did cheat on his wife at the beginning there, but he was going to tell her when she got back from a trip (unfortunately, she saw the cheating part by herself, lol!), but what can I say? She's a woman! I don't care about her! And Jonah, whom he cheated with, is his true love! That was the first time they hooked up too. And Connor told his wife he wanted a divorce and that was that. He never had any sexual contact with her in the book at all. Which is the way I like it.

My characters, when they've found their soul mate, will never cheat. Ever.

Now, this worries me in books. There should be a label on books when characters cheat on their true love. Seriously.

I so wanted to read this book a while back, only to find out that one character cheated. And damn was I glad I didn't spend money on it. Then there's this other book I want to read, but that man's engaged to a woman while meeting his male true love. Now, I don't care if he cheats on the woman, she's not important. But does he sleep with her after he's met and slept with his true love? I don't know! And I would like to know that, because if he does, I'm not sure I want to read this book.

And there's this other book by the same author, where this same man apparently slept with someone else. Now, was this before or after he met his true love? I don't know that either! And I would like to. Because if I read a blurb or a review and I think there's even a chance that one of the MC's might cheat, I don't want to read the book, no matter how interesting it sounds.

So I don't like cheating. I don't want to read a book where the main character cheats on his other half. Doesn't matter if he's already in a realtionship with someone else - when he's met his other half he should stay clear of the person he's in a relationship with and break up. Seriously.

And warning... Why can't there be cheating warning? There's warnings about m/m, menage (which I don't like either, I detest that to, unless there's a m/m/m. I just don't like women and men having a sexual relationship in fiction - I'm all for the manlove after all), BDSM, and all of that. So why can't there be a warning for cheating?

If I buy a book I want to be sure that something like that doesn't happen. Because if I do buy a book and there's cheating between the two main males, it will, for me, be a total waste of money. And my time and my mood. And that's not fun. Sure, I don't mind drama and a rocky path, as long as there's a happily-ever-after, or a happy-for-now, but cheating just ruins everything for me. Two men meant to be together shouldn't cheat on each other. That's my opinion - and I'd like to read books where that doesn't happen.

Now, I haven't actually read a book lately where one cheat, but this has been bothering me for a time. And now I just had to get it out. Lol. But I'm serious - I wish there was a cheating warning on books. That warning would never need to be on my books, but I'd like to know which books contains that - because then I would never buy said book, even if the blurb sounded interesting.

Midnight Sun

2009-04-27T15:12:00.001+02:00

Frey moved to Svalbard to be closer to his brother. He’d never expected to fall in love with another man up there—and that the man seemed to like him in return. The sex is the best Frey has ever had, but can someone really love him?

Jørgen never expected to fall in love up on Svalbard—not with someone who lived there permanently and who hopefully like him back, anyway. But is it love from Frey’s side, or just physical attraction?

Can they get rid of each others doubts and commit to a real relationship? And who are the people poaching polar bears—the people they’ve indirectly encountered two times, with one of them almost ending in tragedy…

(cover made my me for illustration purposes only)

Sunday status

2009-04-27T01:30:00.002+02:00

I'm starting up sunday status again, because I've actually got some writing status to tell you about! I've been writing on Midnight Sun this week (and a little bit on another story called Unexpected Comfort), although the last four days have been all MS.

And I'm proud to say that this week I have written 13'806 words! Yes, I'm up on the 10K a week again, finally! I couldn't be happier.

And MS is going fine. It's supposed to be halfway done now, with 8 words from 14K, but I don't think it is. I'm pretty sure this one will be longer than the two previous stories. Mind that I did say this about Northern Lights, and that one turned out 1K or so less than Polar Nights.

But MS has a little bit of mystery. And two unexpected characters plopped up, and I think they'll want their own story. But really, how many gay men can there be up in the arctic? Ok, to be fair, one of them does live in Barentsburg, not Longyearbyen, and the other is visiting from Russia.

So three gay couples and one lesbian lives in Longyearbyen where the population is a bit over 2K people, one gay man in Barentsburg where the population is about 400 people. Not so bad, is it? I don't think so anyway. But I wouldn't have minded if everyone was gay. LOL.

Northern Lights

2009-04-26T15:09:00.001+02:00

Varg reluctantly travels to Svalbard for Christmas to visit his best friend. Thinking he is going to have to spend Christmas celibate and the third wheel, he certainly isn’t prepared for meeting and falling in love with Jonathan, handsome bastard extraordinary.

Jonathan sleeps around with anyone. But sleeping around and falling in love are two quite different things, and the latter was something he’d sworn never to do again. But upon meeting Varg that promise gets harder and harder to uphold—no matter how much of a pain in the ass the younger man.

Can these two get over their past and learn to love each other? And what happens when Christmas is over and Varg is going back home to Norway?

(cover made my me for illustration purposes only)

Polar Nights

2009-04-25T14:10:00.000+02:00

Andreas is going up to Svalbard to recuperate after being released from rehab. He’s also going to be staying with the man he’s had a crush on since his teenaged years. And after one look at him, it’s obvious the crush hasn’t lessened any in the years that have gone by—and it’s growing stronger.

Christian is the younger brother of Andreas’ step-mother, and he hasn’t seen Andreas since he was a teenager. Now, faced with a very grown up young man, he’s completely unprepared for the intense attraction he feels towards him.

But Christian is plagued with guilt over wanting Andreas so much, while Andreas still has his own issues to figure out. Can they figure each other out? Or will Andreas go back to Norway without the man he’s always wanted?

(cover made my me for illustration purposes only)

I'm writing again

2009-04-25T03:05:00.001+02:00

I fail yet again. So sorry. I'm not going to promise to update more often now though, because then it just doesn't seem to happen and I'll be a big, fat liar. Now, can't have that, can we?

I haven't been blogging lately though because I've been reading so much. Carol Lynne's new books, Lynn Lorenz' Common Powers series, Ally Blue's Adder, and now Sedonia Guillone's White Tigers series - I'm on the first book now, and loving it. Well, I'm annoyed to though, that the main character's father is on him to marry (let him lvie his own life and be with the man he loves dammit!), but besides that, I'm throughly enjoying the book.

These last three days I have been writing though. I started editing Returning Home, but then felt a sudden need to continue on Midnight Sun. And it's going quite well too! I know exactly what's going to happen in the book (this one will have a bit of a mystery in it!), I just haven't quite figured out the chronology of it, but it'll come to me as I write. It always does.

I also have to go through the first two books and make some changes. First of all, all the characters now have surnames (yes, they didn't have that before), and I've gotten myself a map of Longyearbyen, so now I can insert details of where exactly stuff is and what street they live on and all that. Also need to add dates so I know when they story takes place - they have to coincide with the various festivals, after all, which I'm not quite sure it does, really. I'll have to go through and check though.

I'm still waiting for an answer from the editor on Polar Nights. She said it would take until April, and it's April now, so I'm starting to get nervous and a tiny bit hopeful. I also wonder if maybe she have sent the reply mail but that I haven't gotten it, which happened with my yahoo! mail in December. If I haven't gotten a mail by the end of the month though, I'm going to have to write and ask. I don't trust mails anymore, not after my yahoo! went to shit.

And that's my update for today (tonight or morning really, it's three in the night/morning). Oh, and if anyone knows the answer to this, you drive 3 km on approximately 10 minutes, right? I knew this once, but now I've completely forgotten. And I'm not good at math.

Update

2009-04-08T00:24:00.001+02:00

Again I fail at updating this blog. Last week I wrote over 7K words, if I should belive my excel spreadsheet correctly. Which I do. I just don't get when I wrote those 7K. Lol.

Anyway. I'm working on Midnight Sun again. I'm on chapter 2 now, and it's going great! I'm pshyched. I'm hoping this'll be finished soon though, because I've got a new series I'm planning. This one will take place in California, and it's named Beach Boys. For the time being anyway. So yeah, I'm dying to start planning more on that series and actually start writing it.

I'm also working on Scarred Souls - which I've know rewritten again, this time to the 3rd person point of view again, with some new changes. I'm also working on Rudy's story - the guy from How About a Boyfriend?.

Those are not my main priority though - Midnight Sun is, and then the new series. These two are just for when I'm stuck on my main projects.

And that's an update on me. I'm going to try update my blog more often from now on, seeing as I've started writing again. Besides Sunday Status I'm thinking about having a Wednesday WIP where I write about my current work-in-progress. I'll see though if I get the time tomorrow - if not it'll probably start next week.

Sunday Status

2009-03-16T14:21:00.001+01:00

I've got nothing to share. I wrote only about 1'500 words this week, and 1K of them was on this crazy story with the name of The Pink Horde and the Tale of Charlemagne, which is just a crazy story about Jesus. No serious story at all. Me and a friend of mine came up with this psycho idea while we were supposed to write our assignment for university.

So that's that. Writing wise, this week sucked.

Sunday Status

2009-03-09T00:54:00.002+01:00

I haven't written a new entry since the last status last Sunday. Geesh. In the beginning of the week I was busy writing, now I'm hooked on some new music, make up and clothes. Yeah. I haven't got much else to say, so let's just go over to the word count:

Inner Demons (Scarred Souls complete rewrite): 25'263/50'000. (Have thus written a little over 12K in this story this week. That's good. I'm happy with it.)

So this week I've written a total of 12'205 word. A little less than last week, but who's counting?

Sunday Status

2009-03-02T00:43:00.001+01:00

I've actually got a word count worth mentioning this week. I added about a thousand words to Polar Nights, I finished How About a Boyfriend? and I've written the most in Scarred Souls rewrite.

I'm wavering on the title though. I'm thinking Josh's POV should be Inner Demons and Damian's Scarred Souls, but Scarred Souls was originally Josh's title and it does fit him. ID fit Damian to. So I'm thinking about changing them back.

It's just I had this perfect line in my head where Chloe's talking with Damian, and she mention 'scarred souls' so that's why I figured he could have that title. But now I have another line where Josh says it, so I'm definitely going to change it back. Just have to argue a bit more with myself first. Lol.

So, over to the word counts:

Inner Demons (Scarred Souls complete rewrite): 13'058/50'000. (All of these 13K have been written this week. That's pretty productive, I'd say! And most of it is all new stuff, only a few lines are taken from the old story.)

How About a Boyfriend?: 10'960/FINISHED. (Wrote the final 1K on it today in-between a difficult scene for Inner Demons.)

So this week I've written 15'607 word altogether. Wow. I'm getting the hang of it again. Lol. Maybe I should have school assignments more often so I can forget about them and write what I want instead? Lol.

In other writing news, I think I'm ready to start going through Returning Home and rewrite some parts. It's just been lying on my harddrive for a couple of months now, with nothing done to it, so now it won't be quite so new and perfect anymore. Lol.

I'm not going to say it for sure, but I think I am ready to start rewriting the parts that need it. Inner Demons might decide to take up my time though so I won't get it done. Or perhaps Northern Lights feel like being edited soon too.

And about that assignment... It's crap. But it's just a first draft, so I'm going to send it in tomorrow anyway. I'm tired of the whole thing. I want to burn it. Or well, delete it. Which I cannot do, obviously, but I still want to. It really does suck that much and I have no clue how to make it better.

Major rewrites

2009-02-25T20:51:00.001+01:00

When I finished Scarred Souls the first time (the time I actually wrote the end, not all the times I started it over again) I thought it was finally done. But no, I had to rewrite it. I thought it was done then.

But no... The boys didn't want to be in the same story, they wanted their own stories. So I had to rewrite again, thought I've only done Josh/Damian and Spencer/Lesley (which, by the way, is a story I'm not to thrilled about). And I finally thought that they were done (the two I've already written).

But no again. No such luck. Seems that Scarred Souls in one story (well, now stories really) is one of those stories that never will be absolutely perfect.

Because now I'm dying to rewrite it again - with different stuff going on, though some the same, although some will be in the past. And I want to write it in 1st person, from Josh's point of view. I also want to write the exact same story from Damian's POV, though - but that won't happen until I've written it entirely from Josh's.

And after those, I want to write Spencer/Lesley from Spencer's POV (he's got more stuff going on than Les, thus he's more interesting). Then Chad/Dion from Chad's POV and Kian/Silver from Kian's POV. I also want to write the lesbian story, from Chloe's POV. And I've got at least two/three other stories I want to write in the series as well, I just don't know which POV the stories should be in.

I'm going to be busy. With writing stories in first person. Does publishers even publish first person? I think I've never read one. But that might be because I didn't like first person before, though now I really don't mind it. So I've never read it, before now. Now I like it just as much as 3rd person, if it's written in past tense. I absolutely detest everything that's written in present. I really, really hate stuff written in present tense (both first and third person).

But back to the boys in the Troubled Youth 'verse. I've got ideas - big ideas for all the stories. And I want to write them all right away!

Which I can't do... I'm really trying not to start Josh's story right away. Because I've got my two assignments that needs to be done. But he's practically screaming at me to rewrite his story. He's not happy with it the way it is now. And neither am I, now that I think about it. Gosh. What a mess.

Polar Nights now perfect

2009-02-23T23:48:00.001+01:00

I just finished the last scene on Polar Nights - now I'm pretty sure it's perfect. The last missing scene is now added. I'm really happy with it now - I think it's perfect.

So now it's over to Northern Lights. Lots of stuff are lacking there, so much adding to be done. At least I think so. I haven't looked at the MS in a while - I've just left it there to stew for a while.

I also have to finish HAaB - I left that one in the middle of the very last sex scene. I think I'm feeling better now, so hopefully I can finish it during the week.

And then I have to concentrate on my assignment. The first draft has to be in by Monday.

After my history assignment and Norse translation, I'm hoping to get to Midnight Sun. But I also have another book (or series really) I want to write. These will be paranormal.

I also want to continue writing about Svalbard - I don't think I'm ready to let the guys go. I love them to much. I think perhaps I want to write a new trilogy of novellas about them, one story for each couple. Or perhaps write one novel with all of them in.

I'm not quite sure what yet. I'm going to have to think about it. All I know is that I'm not ready to let the guys go after Midnight Sun.

No sunday status today

2009-02-22T23:41:00.001+01:00

Because I've been sick all week. I've only written a couple hundred words, not even worth mentioning. I have read alto though.

Carol Lynne's The Last Bouquet, then on Monday I went to the movies, watching Twilight. I got obsessed so I bought the book and read it. I just finished reading the 12 leaked chapters of book five, Midnight Sun, which takes place exactly when Twilight does, only written from Edward's POV.

And today I started book two in the saga, New Moon. It's so good! It's just... Edward's not there. I'm in love with Edward Cullen. Seriously. So come back! Well, I'm enjoying the book, because I know how it ends. I like spoilers, so I've read summaries. Lol.

Also, my mood's funny today. Plus I'm sick. So that's no good combination. I'm all... depressed. Though that's not quite the right word. I don't know. It's weird. I can remember feeling like this once before, but I don't remember whatever it was all about.

But anyway. I'm like half-dead right now. So I'm going to bed. I've gone to sleep early this week - which I never do. Today is actually late, considering this week. Though usually, it really isn't. But as I said, I'm half-dead, so I'm gonna go to bed, though I am going to read some New Moon of course before I fall asleep.

And this post probably doesn't have any meaning at all, because I'm sick, tired and in a depressed-kind-of mood. It's just weird.

Sunday Status

2009-02-15T22:49:00.001+01:00

This weeks status is far better than the previous weeks have been. I'm really happy with it this week, although of course, it can be better. But I'm not going to complain - seeing as it's better than I've done the last weeks.

I'm hoping to get much done this week too, because I'm going to be travelling a lot between Trondheim and my hometown this week - family's up to visit from the capital, so have to go back and meet them, after all.

I'm also planning on starting doing some schoolwork though. Got to read and take notes and highlight. So if I start with this this week as my plan is, there'll be a little more writing time, but I'll try my very best to reach my daily word count of 1K and try to push for 2K each day.

I write better at night then at day, so if I do school work at day, plus reading awesome books!, and write at the evenings, I think everything'll go smooth.

Now, over to the word counts;

How About a Boyfriend?: 9'449/11'000. (Started this this week - on February 10th to be exact. So all the words on this has been written this week!)

Midnight Sun: 1'488/25'000. (Started this on Friday, hand wrote half of the first scene in class and finished the rest that same day. Also wrote some of scene two today. I'm focusing on finishing HAaB before I turn all my focus on this one though.)

I've also written some more, a couple hundred words on All Tied Up and Make a Run, but I've put those on the backburner so I'm not even going to bother listing their word counts. So everything added up together I have written 11'578 words this week. I'm finally on a double-digit a week again! It feels so good!

And now... I'm going to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow to go to school. I also have to buy Carol Lynne's newest release tomorrow, The Last Bouquet, so that means I have to finish Eros Rising before then. I'm over half-way through it though, so that'll work out.

I also have to go downtown tomorrow. First to figure something out with boat and bus, if there's some arrangement to make travelling cheaper (seeing as I travel so often). Second trip downtown will be tomorrow evening, because me and a friend, and a friend of my friend, are going to the movies to see Twilight. Yes, we're late - but oh well... At least we're seeing it? Lol.

New story idea

2009-02-11T21:33:00.001+01:00

I want to write a story about a footballer. And then I don't mean that silly American game where guys run around on a field carrying the ball, I mean the real game where men actually use their feet on the ball. That's why it's named football, so why're Americans calling that other silly shit by that name and football by soccer? I don't get it - do they want to stand out? Because the rest of the world don't call it that - they use that name for the sport that actually is football.

But enough about that. I just had to get it off my chest. But yeah, I want to write a story about a footballer. A story set in England, because that's where football's really big. Now, I don't like football myself, I think there's other sports we can have on TV - but nooo, either there's football, handball or skiing. TV's not very versatile, is it?

So yeah, I want to write a story about a footballer. A famous, very rich and gay footballer. I have no clue of what the story will be about besides that, except for the man-on-man action, which of course, will be in the story. I don't write a story without that theme.

I've been thinking about this for a while. I think, if the characters actually decides to pop up in my head and give me some inspiration for what the story will be about, I will write this. After Midnight Sun, which I will write after the short story I'm working on now.

Oh, I just had the most amazing idea. How about a gay football team? Lol. That could be fun, and so totally inspire several more stories about footballers. Could write a series about the whole team. Lol.

I don't think that was such a bad idea. Not really. Of course, I don't think there's a completely gay football team out there, but that's what fiction's for right?

Hmm, now I'm all excited. And I've got a lot to think about. Lol. I'm not so sure about a whole series of footballers, but I know I want to write a story about one at least.

Books!

2009-02-10T22:29:00.001+01:00

I won a free ebook from Amber Allure today. How cool is that? I answered a survey and they drew a winner from those that had answered it. I chose Beautiful Disaster by J. M. Snyder. Yesterday I also bought her newest release Playing the Field: Faceoff from AA.

There are lots of good authors there, and I'm sad to say I haven't shopped there as much as I'd like. But I'm going to start now though. There several books I want from there, but I just have to get some money first.

I've also bought a couple other books. Three Valentine m/m novellas from Total-E-Bound, Secret Admirer by Ashley Ladd (which I've already finished), Secret Service by Kim Dare (which I'm halfway through) and Secret Rendezvous by Jamie Hill (which I'm going to read next). Then there's two from Samhain that has been released for quite some time, The Happy Onion and Untamed Heart, both by Ally Blue. And one from Resplendence Publishing, In For a Penny by Carol Lynne.

And next week there's two books that I have to get. First is The Last Bouquet by Carol Lynne and the other is High Line by T. A. Chase. So I've got a lot of reading ahead of me! And I'm loving it!

About my writing, I'm not going to say a thing. It'll only jinx it. Seeing as I easily go tired of stories in the beginning stages, I end up putting them aside. So I can't talk about a story until I'm a little further into it. What I can say is, I'm not working on the story that stands as a WIP on the left here. I jinxed it by talking about it, by putting it up there. Stupid me. Lol.

Sunday Status

2009-02-09T03:01:00.001+01:00

This weeks status is slightly better than last weeks. Still 10K beneath the two first weeks of Januray (or whatever it was), but I'm satisfied. Mostly because 3K of this word count was written today in my new story, All Tied Up, which is a bondage story - if the title hadn't clued you in already. Lol.

Northern Lights: 23'697/FINISHED. (It's finally done. 3'478 words written this week.)

All Tied Up: 2'941/20'000. (Started it today, and today's word count s just awesome, now isn't it?)

I've also gone through Polar Nights, done some edits, added some stuff, so 909 words belongs to that story and 356 belongs to lesbian story. Now, the weekly word count is exactly 7'684. Good word count, I think. Better than the last weeks.

In other news, I gave up on lesbian story. I just can't write females! So I'll stick to my guys. They're more fun anyway. Lol.

What did I just do?

2009-02-06T00:24:00.001+01:00

I finished Northern Lights! Yep, I finally did! It finished at 23'697 words. Might get some more words whenever I go through it to edit it. But this is the final word count, for now. And it's a good one, isn't it? It's also longer than Polar Nights by about 1K or so.

So what am I going to do now? I'm actually going to try write a lesbian story. I have an idea, have the beginning all figured out and some stuff throughout and I have hope for it. It's tentatively titled Blurring the Lines.

It'll also take place in Norway, more specifically Trondheim, where I happen to live and go to school. The two girls will also go to the same university that I do. So in this story, I've actually seen the places I will be writing about. Lol.

I have hope for that story. I even have sort of sequel planned, with a secondary character from the first story.

I'm going to be starting this tomorrow. Because now I have to go to sleep. I really have to. I have to get up at seven in the morning, because I have to go up to uni so I and a friend of mine can practice our oral presentation. I hate oral presentations. But at least we have a cool subject; "The Fall of the Roman Empire". So there's one good thing about it all. What I'm going to say is a bunch of crap though that doesn't make sense. Lol.

Sunday Status

2009-02-01T23:42:00.001+01:00

This weeks status is even shittier than last weeks. I've been to engrossed in reading. I have all of J. L. Langley's books now (well, not the anthologies...) and I've read the Ranch series and the Sci-Regency series.

Now I'm on the With or Without series, and on the second book. Then I have a novella anthology in that same wolf'verse left. After that, I'm not sure what I'm going to read. I'm thinking about a book by T. A. Chase.

But seeing as I'm very poor until the 15th, I'm not quite sure I can afford buying books. Even if I can argue otherwise at times, food are more important. Lol. I'm a poor student living of very little money every month, after all. Lol.

But over to the status. Look at this crappy thing;

Northern Lights: 20'219/24'000. (I know exactly what's going to happen, I just can't seem to focus on the story, focus on actually writing it. It sucks.)

So this weeks total word count is 3'674. It totally blows. I haven't even written my goal of 1K a day. There's been two or three days where I haven't written anything. A big fat zero.

951 words of this total count belongs to Chad's story in the TY'verse though, but I don't wanna write in that 'verse any longer (until next time I get inspired anyway) so I'm not putting it up.

God, I need to get into the writing mood again. These shitty word counts is driving me insane!

Troubled Youth'verse

2009-01-30T22:46:00.001+01:00

I suddenly want to start writing new stories in the angst'verse again. Or well, new and new. Chad's story is going to be completely written, perhaps only a few scenes stays the way they are from the previous manuscript.

I'm not sure how I feel about Spencer and Lesley's story, so I think I'll send it to my critique partner when she finishes another MS I sent her, to see what she thinks of it.

I'm anxious to start Chad's stories, and Josh and Damian's second story. I'm also thinking about Chloe's story. There has to be an angsty lesbian story in that 'verse as well, and I'm digging Chloe. And I like the girl she'll end up with too.

I'm also dying to start Kian's story! Kian's a total sweetheart. Wynn and Madison's story should also be written, but that one's going to be hard, me thinks. Because Wynn's such a sadist and Madison's such a masochist. Lol.

So at the moment, these are the stories to-be-written in the Troubled Youth 'verse:

Scarred Souls (completed, Josh/Damian)
Fragile Hearts (completed, working title, Spencer/Lesley)
Relentless Desires (working title, Chad/Dion)
Inner Demons (Josh/Damian, plus a bit of two new characters)
Measured Doses (working title, Chad/Dion, plus a new character)
Silver Lining (working title, Kian/Silver)
A Wasted Life (working title, Wynn/Madison)
Lover's Lane (working title, Chloe/Quinn)

Plus, there's some characters that are going to get their own stories but whom I can't put up, because they could be spoilers.

So yeah, I have my work cut out for me with this series. Plus, I want the stories in this 'verse to be longer than my usual stories, which does not really go over 30K. SS was over 60K, and that's one story I'm perfectly happy with. (Or I think I am, at the moment... Lol).

I'm going to finish Northern Lights first though, before I start anything else. But that's almost done, so it won't be long. Only problem is, I'm not sure if I want to write Chad's story first or start on the second Josh/Damian book.

I should start on Chad, because the second J/D takes place six months after their first and Chad's first story. Although, I might just merge Chad's stories into one book, but I'll see about that when I start writing - how long it turns out.

But that's it. I'm going to go write now. Because I am writing tonight. Yesterday I didn't write a thing. Which is all J. L. Langley's fault, because of her awesome Ranch series and Sci-Regency series! Lol. Earlier I started Without Reservations, the first book in her With or Without series.