tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39439948363160825352024-03-05T16:46:20.725-08:00Yvonne Sarah LewisYvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-25374585598396609182016-04-21T07:08:00.000-07:002016-04-21T07:08:27.891-07:00The Moment of HappinessTravelling at high speed with a friend yesterday I discovered I was <i>happy</i>. Not ecstatically <i>pleasured</i>, but simply happy. I'd done a little writing and signed it off, and was now on my way to go walking with him in the sunshine. He drives very fast and while he's much safer driving at that speed than I would be, it was clear that any mistake or mechanical failure could be instantly fatal. No messing about in hospital; straight to the morgue. Yet if I had to go, then I'd rather it be while I was happy. The prospect of instant death was irrelevant: what mattered was the moment, the happy moment. I could have kissed him. But I didn't, not while he was driving!<br />
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It occurred to me that I'm often happy but don't realise it. I'm too busy, pressing on to the next thing or worrying about the last one. Now I was content to relax and enjoy each moment as it came, the hedgerows whizzing past, glimpses of countryside, snatches of birdsong. Living - for the moment - <i>in</i> the moment. And that's all it took.<br />
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We had a pleasant, hilly walk, a good pub meal, and saw the sunset from the garden of the pub. Then he drove us home. At high speed.Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-64050414161383025642015-05-28T02:51:00.002-07:002015-05-28T02:51:34.132-07:00Red Knicker DayI declare today a Red Knicker Day.<br />
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It looks like someone's been having a Red Knicker Night!Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-36895037549472174842014-08-26T02:35:00.000-07:002014-08-26T02:35:20.001-07:00The Whore of Nightingale FarmI've now started work on my new novel. The working title is <em>Poppy.</em> She's a character from my book <em>Virginia</em>, a newly-wed girl who posed for Mick the painter a couple of times. She also ended up in his bed. In the new book, this infidelity causes trouble with her husband.<br />
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I've written the first chapter, where Poppy's husband Steve throws her out of the house and delivers her to Ginny, whom he calls <em>The Whore of Nightingale Farm.</em> I have a lot of events and characters planned for Poppy's future. These may include a night raid, and a visit by Ginny's old lover Charlie--it's about time he got out of jail. I'm looking forward to finding out what happens in chapter 2!<br />
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On a mundane note, the shenanigans with Whiskey Creek Press and Start Publishing had demotivated me so that I've hardly written a word for months. Well, it now looks like being sorted out--in a few more months. And whatever happens, I'm back writing again! Yippee!<br />
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Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-76369654360990734172014-07-21T05:39:00.000-07:002014-07-21T05:39:03.853-07:00Whiskey Creek PressMy publisher, Whiskey Creek Press (WCP) may be taken over by Start Publishing, a part of Start Media. A contract amendment was sent to WCP authors but the terms were unattractive so I have not signed. My original contracts with WCP will therefore stand. The takeover was targeted at the end of June 2014, but I've seen no evidence of progress. <br />
Since a change of publisher was in the offing anyway, I decided to take back from WCP those books for which my WCP contracts were finished, and try them elsewhere. Publication by WCP had continued on an 'at will' basis following the end of the contract period. I formally notified WCP that I wished to withdraw books and the company has confirmed they have been withdrawn.<br />
The following books are not now available:<br />
<em>A Rose Without Thorns</em><br />
<em>In A French Country Vineyard</em><br />
<em>In An English Country Dungeon</em><br />
<em>In The Japanese Knot Garden</em><br />
<em>Laodameia</em><br />
<em>Torrid Teasers #56</em>, containing <em>Dancing With Douglas</em> and <em>Everyone Gets Frisky At Weddings</em>.<br />
My other books are still within contract with WCP and remain available:<br />
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Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-54666381044852357922014-06-12T07:43:00.001-07:002014-06-12T07:44:40.303-07:00Harmony in the Harem - out now!My latest book came out this month. I now have fourteen books available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Here it is:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Simon has loved and
left many women, but in sultry Charlotte he meets his match.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She poses a conundrum: “How can I take you as
my lover and still keep faith with my husband?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book on harem etiquette shows her how to solve the riddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has Simon considered the consequences of
sharing her with her husband John?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has
she?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His contempt for John changes to
pity and burgeons into something more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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And here's the Amazon link: <br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harmony-Harem-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/dp/B00KRQ2VDG">http://www.amazon.com/Harmony-Harem-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/dp/B00KRQ2VDG</a><br />
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My publisher's being taken over, so I've had to switch all the links on my website from the publisher's site to Amazon. Here's my website: <a href="http://yvonnesarahlewis.com/">http://yvonnesarahlewis.com/</a><br />
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Hope you enjoy it!Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-27658204379856175562014-05-26T01:08:00.001-07:002014-06-12T07:46:43.783-07:00A delightfully decadent tale<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
"If you want a rousing tale of BDSM, like 50 Shades of Gray, but better written,
and more realistic to the world of BDSM, then this book is for you"</h2>
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I've just had a great review for <em>Garden of Thorns: "</em>I found the book well written, the sex scenes hot. And there were a lot of them,
one after another, with the story woven in between them. The tale is intriguing
with enough roadblocks thrown in to make it an edge of your seat read to see
what happens next."<br />
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See the full review <span class="c0">by S. R. Howen 2014 EPIC award winner </span>at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Thorns-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/product-reviews/B00HNAWCF6">http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Thorns-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/product-reviews/B00HNAWCF6</a><br />
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<br />Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-2040362980004655642014-04-23T11:04:00.000-07:002014-04-23T11:04:06.559-07:00Harmony in the Harem due in June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and left a lot of women, but in sultry Charlotte he meets his match.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She poses a conundrum: “How can I take you as
my lover and still keep faith with my husband?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s read a book on harem etiquette which shows her how to solve the
riddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has he considered the
consequences of sharing her with her husband?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Has she?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His contempt for her
husband changes to pity and burgeons into something more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result is something none of them could
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<span lang="EN-US">I'm very excited about this, a new departure for me, including significant 'boy-on-boy' action. Hope you all enjoy it too.</span></div>
Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-44552481701827120342014-01-04T02:53:00.001-08:002014-01-04T02:53:24.677-08:00Now on Amazon!Here's the Amazon link for <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garden-Thorns-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/dp/B00HNAWCF6" target="_blank">Garden of Thorns</a>Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-59412283560960559072014-01-02T02:04:00.001-08:002014-01-02T02:04:39.143-08:00It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix!My book, <em>Garden of Thorns</em>, subtitled, <em>It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix</em>, was published on New Year's Day by Torrid Books. I'm really pleased with it.<br />
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It tells the story of Jennie, who suffered many misfortunes, but when she meets leather-clad Galatea and her strange slave, Cyan, her trials really begin. Here's a snippet:<br />
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Jennie woke: the car had
stopped. She looked up into Galatea’s smile.<br />
“We’re here.” The woman raised
her arm and Jennie sat upright.<br />
“Where?”<br />
“Home. Where Cyan and I live.
And work.”<br />
It was a street rather like
the one in which she’d been ambushed. Old, brick-built factory and warehouse
units. The car had pulled into an entry and a wide door was lifting itself up
in front. When it was open, the car surged forward into a dark space. The
white-painted wall of the garage was lit up in the headlamps. Random items were
hanging on it. Leaning in the corner was a T-shaped frame made of stout
timbers. Jennie gasped.<br />
Hanging from the ends of the
T-frame were chains, terminating in metal bands.<br />
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Here's a link to the Torrid Books website:</span><br />
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Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-56921020176993855772013-12-10T11:05:00.002-08:002013-12-10T11:05:55.386-08:00Harmony in the Harem: a new departure.Mae West said that faced with the choice between two evils, she'd always go for the one she hadn't tried yet. My latest book, <em>A Taste for Blood</em>, is my first vampire story and the one I'm writing now is another first: the lovers are men. <br />
I've made references to 'boy-on-boy' action in earlier books: <em>In Rose Without Thorns</em> there were the Gay Gardeners, but that's definitely a woman-man romance. <br />
Now I've got the last two chapters of <em>Harmony in the Harem</em> in first-draft form. Although it includes lots of heterosexual activity, this time the romance is homosexual. I hope you all enjoy it. I expect it will come out in late 2014.<br />
To keep you going till then my full-length BDSM novel <em>Garden of Thorns</em> is to be published in early 2014.<br />
Busy, busy, busy!Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-69964060752481230622013-11-24T02:38:00.000-08:002013-11-24T02:38:11.592-08:00Now on Facebook!5-star review for A Taste for Blood:<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">"I enjoyed this erotica novella so much. The
writing is crisp and witty, the sexy scenes are sensual and not rushed. Reading
a story from Lucy's viewpoint was refreshing. While erotic it was also tasteful
with an air of a romp, young women discovering their sexuality.The author
maintained the Victorian world of privilege with no jarring breaks into modern
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has been a fan of Dracula movies through the years." <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Review by Melisse, at Amazon.com.</span></span></div>
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Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-49329896413779730262013-11-14T06:36:00.001-08:002013-11-15T00:17:17.547-08:00Great Reviews for Virginia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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by <span style="font-family: Verdana;">Robert D Clark<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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by Yvonne Sarah Lewis, is unashamedly a work of erotica. Fine if erotica is
your thing, but what if it isn’t? If you look closely, his book is far more.<br />
The protagonist, Virginia, is a strong woman who lives her life the way she
wants. If “the way she wants” means loving more than one man, so be it. She is
rational and mature enough to realize love doesn’t have to be exclusive or
possessive.<br />
Although there are many graphically presented sexual encounters, this is not a
simple “jump in the bed” book. It is a careful study of relationships. The
personalities of the characters are different, be they the gentle Peter and his
loving wife, Virginia’s sexually aggressive neighbors, or Mike, the painter who
can’t paint unless he’s cheating on his significant other.<br />
None of the characters are perfect. They can’t be. They’re human. Imperfections
aside, they all have strengths to more than make up for their weaknesses.
Ultimately, each in his or her own way, they are good people.<br />
Virginia is the glue holding them together and person able to bring out the
best in all of them. Lewis does a fine job of fleshing out her protagonist. You
may or may not approve of Virginia’s life style, but her nurturing nature,
ability to overcome obstacles without hurting other people, and ability to love
other people, even some who don’t at first seem to deserve it, make her an
estimable character and the book an enjoyable read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Virginia, by Yvonne Sarah Lewis starts out with a bang. No pun
intended. The first scene is a subtle but hot sex scene, the author treats the
scene realistically, while there is a little purple prose, it fits the scene
and the thoughts of "Ginny". It's not just the sex that draws you in,
you are introduced to intriguing plot points from page one.<br />
Ginny's lover is married, but as the book unfolds we find out that his wife
knows about their affair, or better to call it an arrangement. Ginny isn't your
typical woman on the side, either. As right at the start we know she lives on a
farm of some sort. Another tease is Ginny's thoughts on how she trained Peter,
got him at the right time. And as the story goes on, we discover Peter isn't
her only lover . . .<br />
Questions are raised. And you are drawn in to find the answers.<br />
Ginny has depth that comes out in the author's skillful handling of language
and pace. Descriptions are colorful, yet not overdone, just enough to set the
scene and the emotions.<br />
Ginny, is the character that brings it all together, her flaws and emotions
rule the day. I love her internal thoughts that run throughout the book, giving
you a glimpse of both what others see, and what she thinks through her sexual
encounters and her everyday life. It makes it real, and that's one of the
things I really like about this book. So many erotic tales are contrived. The
sex is over the top phenomenal, and mind blowing with every encounter, not so,
as we get Ginny's thoughts to remind us of encounters we might have had, that weren't
so phenomenal, but we let the other person think they were.<br />
It's a neat feat for an author to manage this many intimate encounters and
still bring a story to life. When things don't go well, and Ginny is left with
making a choice . . . well you will have to read to find out if in the end this
free spirited woman has to give up her lifestyle to save what she loves most.<br />
Four stars for this sexy tale, it kept my interest from start to end, with an
ending that isn't the normal formula romance ending.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-37667830052407513252013-10-16T06:21:00.005-07:002013-10-16T06:22:26.725-07:00A Taste For Blood - published.<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm delighted that my book has been published and is now available from Torrid Books and Amazon!</div>
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Here's the lovely cover for <em>A Taste For Blood</em>, which is to be published on 15th October by Torrid Books: <a href="http://whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com/authors/Yvonne_Sarah_Lewis.shtml">http://whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com/authors/Yvonne_Sarah_Lewis.shtml</a><br />
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I'm delighted with it, because it's beautifully done, and clearly shows the passion of my heroine for her vampire lover.<br />
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I'm grateful to everyone at Torrid Books for working so hard to get this book out in time for Halloween, especially the editor, Dave Field, the cover artist, Gemini Judson, and Jan Janssen, the Executive Editor. Thanks to you all.<br />
Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-87159411158127212862013-08-20T01:16:00.000-07:002013-08-20T01:17:54.694-07:00Contract Signed!I've signed the contract today on <em>A Taste for Blood</em>. We're going to try to get it out for 15th October, in time for Halloween, bumping my <em>Garden of Thorns</em> back to a 2014 release. Very pleased! Current blurb for <em>A Taste for Blood</em>:<br />
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adores handsome nobleman Arthur, but when Count Dracula comes ashore in Whitby
she falls under his influence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Lucy
is no feeble victim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eagerly gives
herself to the very male vampire and their enjoyment of each other is
mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her dark desires surprise even
Dracula himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Arthur is prepared
to fight for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will he defeat her
vampire lover, or will her passion for Count Dracula conquer all?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Love to you all,<br />
YvonneYvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-73063935597004268762013-07-28T02:12:00.000-07:002013-07-28T02:17:19.120-07:00A Taste for Blood<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lucy Westenra has had a poor deal from Bram Stoker and his followers. She's depicted as Dracula's passive victim. I think there's more to her than that, so I've written this story from her point of view, to set the record straight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It begins where Lucy is helping Mina to say an amorous farewell to her fiancé before he leaves for Transylvania, to meet with Count Dracula. Lucy tells her own tale, of love between her and Mina, her own fiancé Arthur, and of course, the extremely male Count himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Re-reading Bram Stoker's excellent Dracula, and other novels written at the time, I find that servants are barely mentioned, yet they must have played an important part in the lives of the protagonists. To redress this balance, I have created a maid-servant, Ida, to look after Lucy, to protect and comfort her when she can. Ida is a woman of the world, and with her robust attitude and good humor makes Lucy's life happier and more exciting than it would otherwise have been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've submitted my novella, A Taste for Blood, to Torrid Books today.</span>Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-3971584450654699092013-07-16T07:19:00.002-07:002013-07-16T07:19:50.731-07:00Garden of Thorns: Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Torrid Books editor has read it and passed his edits on to me. I've revised it and provided some changes of my own, including replacing "pert, round butt" with "bare butt". Butts in fiction are always pert and round unless specified otherwise.</div>
<br />Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-5064518852450869382013-06-26T00:55:00.001-07:002013-06-26T00:56:29.146-07:00Contract Signed!I've just signed a contract with Torrid Books for publication of my twelfth title: <em>Garden of Thorns</em>.<br />
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dominatrix.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tormented by a love she
cannot even declare, Jennie flees to the city, where she’s fired from her job,
betrayed by her boyfriend, and can’t pay the rent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her landlord offers a solution: she can be
nice to him—and to all his friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
meets black-clad Galatea and her sullen chauffeuse, who take her to their home.
They offer her work, training, and a place to stay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she must work as a dominatrix, train as
a slave, and there are fetters chained to her bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has Jennie forsaken the frying-pan for the
fire?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If she escapes the dungeon must
she sell her body to pay the rent?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can
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I'll post when I hear the publication date. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.<br />
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Love, YvonneYvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-46643899862241655752013-06-07T23:58:00.002-07:002013-06-07T23:59:25.622-07:00Garden of ThornsI've just sent my novel off to Torrid Books. I hope they like it.<br />
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My heroine Jennie fled from her Shropshire home to live in Manchester, in my short story <em>Everyone Gets Frisky at Weddings</em> (<em>Torrid Teasers #56</em>). Now she's finding things don't always go well in the big city, despite help from her friends Rhoda and Terry, whom she met in <em>Everyone Gets Frisky at Weddings.</em> <br />
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It began life as <em>Jennie</em>, and this has been the working title for over a year. Lately, I decided something more informative was required, and toyed with the title<em>, It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix.</em> But this is a bit cumbersome, and perhaps a little too humourous, too, though it describes the book very well. I finally hit on <em>Garden of Thorns</em>, which suggests what the novel's about, and fits well among my other <em>Garden</em> novels: <em>In an English Country Dungeon, In a French Country Vineyard, The Japanese Knot Garden, In a Welsh Country Garden.</em><br />
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At 78,000 words, <em>Garden of Thorns</em> is a little long for Torrid Books, but I hope they'll approve it. I wrote 91,000 but have cut 13,000 of a parallel story strand told from the point of view of Carol. I'll probably develop this into a short novel.Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-59749795512104608852013-05-28T03:48:00.001-07:002013-05-28T03:48:30.770-07:00It Isn't Easy, Being a DominatrixFirst draft complete.<br />
I've discarded a separate story strand because it did not add to the central story, which is Jennie's struggle to establish a fulfilling life, so the wordcount is now 77,000. I'm doing a <em>continuity</em> edit now, making sure that things happen consistently in time, and sorting out my colours(!) Then the book will lie fallow for a week or two before I edit through again and submit it for publication. So please be patient!<br />
Love, Yvonne Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-43179321914634941752013-05-20T01:16:00.001-07:002013-05-20T01:16:41.029-07:00End in Sight for JennieI'm starting what I think will be the final chapter, though I've not finished the penultimate one. I know where I'm going with both, so this is not a problem. I started writing this novel in January 2012, so it's taking a long time - and this is only the first draft! Sorry this is only a short post - I want to get on with the novel!Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-18382124469553563532013-05-07T23:15:00.003-07:002013-05-07T23:15:56.727-07:00It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tormented by a love she cannot even declare, Jennie flees to
the city, where she’s fired from her job, betrayed by her boyfriend, and can’t
pay the rent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her landlord offers a
solution: she can be nice to him—and to all his friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She meets black-clad Galatea and her sullen
chauffeuse, who take her to their home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But Galatea has a set of manacles in the garage and a whip at her
belt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has Jennie forsaken the frying-pan
for the fire?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Must she sell her body to
pay the rent?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can she win through her
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This is the blurb for my current novel, working title: <em>It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix</em>, which is nearing completion. Jennie was previously heard of in Everyone Gets Frisky at Weddings, a short story in Torrid Teasers #56. <br />
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I had an email from my publisher, Torrid Books, saying they'd not heard from me for a while, and had I got anything for them? I had to oblige! I now have over 80,000 words and expect to complete the first draft in the next couple of weeks. It's a romantic but strict BDSM novel, which I hope you will enjoy.<br />
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Love,<br />
Yvonne.<br />
Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-55817868360185525152012-08-07T21:06:00.000-07:002012-08-07T21:06:58.559-07:00Even Writers Take Vacations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just spent a great week with a host of other writers at the Caerleon campus of the University of Newport, South Wales. The statue above is at the entrance to the little town.<br />
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I attended lectures on writing romances - most of my books have a romantic element, even <em>In the Japanese Knot Garden</em> is ultimately about the fulfilment of love. And I gave a talk on writing erotica - well, I would, wouldn't I? With the astonishing success of <em>that book</em> there's more interest in the subject than usual.<br />
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Here's the main building, flying the Welsh dragon flag. Although we'd had two months of almost continual rain, it's always sunny at Caerleon.<br />
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They have an annual arts festival and there are sculptures throughout the town, including the biggest Welsh love-spoon in the world. There's even one depicting fellatio, but here's my favourite:<br />
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The idea came to me while struggling up a mountain in sleet and wind. I'm glad to say it warmed me up considerably. I hope it does the same to my readers!Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943994836316082535.post-44971068996535156332012-07-21T00:12:00.001-07:002012-07-21T00:12:08.550-07:00InspirationThe gleam of sunlight on the muscles of a young woman's arm, and I knew what my two heroines were going to do once they were nicely tucked up in bed. Someone's going to get a surprise, and both will find themselves somewhere they've never been before. There are so many ways for people to please each other. Mmm.Yvonne Sarah Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16810319531115461942noreply@blogger.com0