I usually try to do something humorous and generally a bit risqué for my posts, as well as relate it in some way to a writer’s life (and I’m gonna do exactly that), but I couldn’t without first acknowledging the horrible tragedy in Connecticut.
My thoughts and prayers are with all of those devastated families whose lives will never be the same.
On Sunday, December 16th at 5:00pm EST, I will be lighting a candle and sending love and prayers out to them and I hope you will take the time to join me…wherever you are.
Individually, lighting a candle may seem like a small gesture, but healing doesn’t happen overnight. It happens in painfully small increments over time.
Similarly…it’s the small gestures—like the glow of a single candle—that offer strength and hope and light in the darkest of times.
Pass this on.
Tweet it.
Share it with your friends on Facebook
Stumble it! Tumble it! Pin it!
…and share it through any other social media groups you might belong to.
Let’s face it—Friday’s shooting has left its mark on ALL of us. It’s left us feeling hurt and helpless and at a loss to comprehend how something like this could happen.
We will probably never know the “why” of it, but it doesn’t matter at this point.
What DOES matter is that we survive it. That we move past the pain and sorrow and most importantly, that we cherish those we love and the time we have with them.
Because ya just never know how much time you have.
So remember…
Candle. 5pm EST, Sunday, 12/16/12. Pass it on!
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programing.
(There’s a BOOK GIVE AWAY and additional FREE READS included in today’s blog, so keep reading!)
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, ( like that’s anything new for me?) and so I’m a little late in getting my post up.
I consider myself a fairly modern woman and I ran across something this morning that made me smile.
We all want the “Fairy Tale”… the happy ending, if you will.
As writers, we have the ability to create as many happily-ever-afters as we want.
Having said that, I also came across a HP Fanfic titled “The Headmaster’s Wife” that provides a TON of smutty happiness (and a great story as well!) for quite a few characters.
Also… check out Shadowling Manor for news, teasers and excerpts from the “Passion’s Portal” novels from Ellora’s Cave. This is the place where the fairy tale meets the modern woman!
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the delightfully snarky take on the traditional “Frog Prince” fable below.
Life intruded and my apologies for that. Mother nature also had to put her two cents in and trapped me in my house for four days with over three feet of water in my street.
Not fun, but not life threatening and really just more of a nuisance/inconvenience than anything else. Been doing some reading and some research and trying to get some writing done the process…
Notice I said, “trying”?
I’m having trouble with the rapidly (and rabidly) breeding plot bunnies that seem to be overwhelming me in recent weeks.
In an effort to tame the bunny horde, I’m going to be trying something a little different in the coming weeks.
I’m calling this little experiment T.G.I.F./F.F.Day.
In case you’re wondering that’s NOT “Thank God It’s Friday” with a stutter!
It stands for…
Thank God It’s Fan/Flash Fiction Day!
You see, in order to stop the madness, I had to start writing some of this stuff down just to get it out of my head so I could then focus on the manuscripts I need to get done.
So, I’ll be posting bits of stories (or links to them) and I’m inviting those of you who might also have similar bits out there in cyberspace to do the same by posting the appropriate links in the comment section of this blog.
You can also use the comment section to, well…comment on the stories/WIP and let me know if you’d like to see more.
Who knows…that might just help me decide what my next project will be!
I’m going to start this off with an Adult Fan Fic (not mine) that I mentioned in a blog I posted in July.
At the time it was posted as a “WIP” but it is now “Complete” so if you’d like a bit of “light reading” here’s the link to“Broken Dreams”posted by “onecelestialbeing”.
Elodie at commutinggirl shared a marvelous idea from Stephanie Perkins, who was a guest on Natalie Whipple's blog regarding the creation of 'Love Lists'. Basically what this involves is listing all the things you love about the story you're writing to help keep you focussed on what is important and what you like about the story, so that when you're editing, you can throw away all the stuff that didn't make it on your list.
We're buckled down for "Isaac" here in South Florida... so thanks to "mywithershins", et al, for today's blog post!
See ya all on the OTHER side of the storm!
--Shannon
Some poor soul (or perhaps multiple souls) has been googling "upset by lack of comments on my fanfiction" and evidently has ended up on my blog over twenty times. And I do talk about fanfic a lot, but I've never given any tips on it. So, for the reference of whoever keeps googling into the abyss--and as sort of an homage to agony aunts--I present to you
Okay. A few weeks ago, I did a blog about “Fifty Shades of Grey” and all the “buzz” associated with it, but I am by no means an expert on the subject.
I write erotic fiction, as well as romantic, fantasy and paranormal fiction…and I have a regular “day job” that is completely separate from my “Author alter ego”.
There are however, those in my “daytime life” who know I write erotica so, of course, they assume I know all about “50 Shades.” (Go figure!) They have questions about the book, how it was associated with the “Twilight” Series, etc…and the most confusing thing to them is the concept of “Fan Fiction.”
I mean, seriously—the easiest way to explain FanFic to someone who has never heard of it, is to show it to them and let them read it… at their own peril, of course.
It had been years since I’d read FanFic of any kind, so I decided to check out some of the popular sites 1) to see what was out there, 2) to try to better explain it when asked and 3) to give folks who were interested a point of reference.
For anyone who may have NOT seen a FanFic site, the skill level varies from borderline illiterate to polished and ready for publication.
WARNING: Some of it is just flat out disturbing to even the most open-minded reader.
Also, some is so poorly written it is downright painful and NOT in a good BDSM way…
BUT!
Some have the mechanics of writing well in hand, are excellent story-tellers and with a bit of line editing could probably find a legitimate publisher for their original work.
(“Original” as in change the names and story enough to make it “original”… sound familiar?)
So, I got to thinking about a blog I did back in February, “Sex+Magik=AWESOME!” …
One of the things I pointed out was that the fun, magikal, fantasy stuff seemed to cater to the kids and why was that? After reading some of the current FanFic, there’s a LOT of folks out there who think the same thing and have expressed their fantasies through their writing.
Case in point…The Severus Snape character from the Harry Potter series.
Snape was my personal favorite and I wanted him to have a happy ending, or at least be vindicated in the end.
(HUGE Alan Rickman fan here, so the movies may have made me a bit biased on that count )
Anyway…I came across one particular FanFic series and found how the author wove the fantasy around and through the original work, to be quite interesting.
Oh… and the sex was loads of fun, too!
It needs a bit of line-editing, but overall, she did a very nice job of integrating the new “character” into the exisitng story, keeping Snape’s character, INcharacter and setting up for a happy ending despite the fact that Snape dies in the original…
Hmmmm…or doeshe?
Here’s the LINK to that story, so take a look and then YOU decide and let me know!
In the meantime…if you want a bit of magik and fantasy designed specifically for adults with no chance of copyright controversy at ALL, check out, “Serving Nicole” the first in the magikal “Passion’s Portal” Series. from Ellora’s Cave.
There’s magik, fantasy, other dimensions and of course, LOTS of steaming hot SEX brought to you by authors Marilyn Campbell, Brandi Evans, Nara Malone, Charlotte Stein, and “moi”,Shannon Emmel!
Check out the Shadowling Manor website for a preview of upcoming stories, magical characters and sooooo much more!
I do LOVE my job! It’s FANtastic!
Happy reading!
Shannon
PS: Here’s an ‘Idea Channel” segment on Fan Fic…whooda thought?!!!
Been having computer problems and shopping for a new laptop. Had to do a system recovery just to post this…a day late!
What I really wanted to do was give everyone a little hot summer “Eye Candy” and then remind everyone about the new multi-author series, “Passion’s Portal” that launched this month from Ellora’s Cave.
The first title, “Serving Nicole” by Marilyn Campbell, was released on July 3rd and more titles, from four other others including “moi” will follow soon.
In the meantime, we have a brand new interative WEBSITE for the series they you can check out.
It has lots of funs stuff like interviews with the authors, character blogs, interactive games and even its own “Book of Shadows” that ties in to the the series.
So…Now that I have your attention–
here’s the link to
