I have to give so much respect to the bloggers out there who do this on a daily basis. There's a real talent for the men and women who share what they love, do, or gossip about. I was told that it is best to allow the readers to know who you are by blogging every other day.
However, I don't know what to blog about! I could blog about my book, but then it makes me open up my MSWord and start typing. Especially if a great idea pops in my head.
Then I thought about blogging about being a husband and a father of five. Yet, I don't know if anyone would even want to know that. Yesterday, I had the bright idea about blogging about what S&M means to me, but it really started to look creepy and I quickly deleted it.
So I decided to go to the basics. Why did I write a book based on this genre? In all honesty, it was because of my wife. I was a struggling in trying to get my horror novel published and my wife couldn't stop talking about how great the crossfire series was and that I should read it.
Of course, I just gave her a weird look and I said: "I'm a guy, I'm not reading that shit." But then I looked at the large plethora of books my wife had, all in the same genre and without her noticing, I began reading them. There were some that were good and there were others that weren't. Seriously it made me wonder how they were able to get it published.
Then I noticed something else, they were all the same. Sure the cast of characters was different, but the situation was the same. This Cinderella scenario. Don't get me wrong, it does make a compelling read, but it was still the same. Then I began reading the dark BDSM novels and there was some that were just too dark and it made me angry just by reading it. And that is when I gotten inspired to write my story.
I wrote the first three books of the series within four months and I lied to my wife on what I was writing. I did this not because I was ashamed. I wanted her honest opinion. So I told her a relative of mine wrote it and I was proofreading it for her and I asked her for her opinion considering all the books she read is all in this genre. She fell in love with the story and wanted more and that was all I needed.
I sent my book out to God knows how many publishers. I was even picked up by Blushing books at first, but they release me from my contract a month later. Citing "Contemporary and erotic romance written by men don't sell well." Then they suggested that I use a female pen name, but I refused. After two additional months of submission and denial. I was picked up by Beau to Beau and they gave me a chance.
My book was published on April 27th and currently my rank is 122 for erotic romance, but those numbers change every hour and it gets very confusing after awhile. I was then informed that my second book Longing was being released on May 19 and my publisher is releasing the third on two weeks after that and so on until the fifth and final book. So I am writing like a mad man. It's one thing if the books are fifty to a hundred pages, but each book is over two hundred or over four hundred pages long so I am a bit drained. But in a good way.
I am currently 124 pages into my fourth book and I am still in the beginning. This might be a five hundred pager and then it's off to write the final bool. When I am done I am taking a two week break and then write my next series whis I had already penned down. Thank you everyone for your support and I truly hope you enjoy the Masked Emotions.