1.) Today sees the posting of Chapters 4 and 5 of "Owning My Image," having made it through my hopefully sharper editing knives. In these, more opportunities for Laura lead to things heating up for her and her husband. Oh, and it's going to get a lot hotter, I promise. Speaking of hotter, Chapter 6 has lots of raunchy goodness and is a bit longer because I love to write all that squishy, chest arching stuff. As such, it will come out alone next Thursday.
2.) In addition, as an exercise, I worked up a good old-fashioned stroke story. Even though it has no character development whatsoever, I rather enjoyed penning it. And, shush, I kinda liked the characters. Furthermore, because I love to leave plot hooks lying around, there is potential for several follow-on adventures. But as it stands, it's a lone piece. Again, your votes and comments matter, so if there is a clamor, I can easily "just make more."
3.) Finally, a second story survived editing early. Originally planned for release next week, everyone has been so supportive, so I wanted to share early. I based this one on an e-mail suggestion from "On the Highway" and I hope you adore Naomi as much as I enjoyed writing her. It's technically complete, in so far as point 2 above. I'm sure you'll find the hooks I left behind to support future stories if it is successful enough to support expansion. Bah, who am I kidding? Even if ya'll don't enjoy it, I will write her backstory and sequels so I can find out more. I like her.
And that, right there. That liking of my characters…. Sigh. I like all my characters, no matter that recounting their madcap adventures drives me mad.