I hope you don't mind if I get whimsical! I haven't had much sleep, and I just finished up a huge order to print up this graphic as business cards, postcards, and a banner. While doing all that work, I thought, "What would I use as a tag line for my books if I didn't already have them on the covers?"
"Girlfriend, you need to get laid!"
I don't know if you've ever known anyone as geeky as Felicia, but I have, and do, and was, and, and.... (I might be marginally Aspie.) And after all the lousy sex out there, it took a good man to make me enthusiastic about the subject!
-- Yes, you, Darlin' Man, my Sweet Thang!
So my sister couldn't read past the first book because Felicia gets laid like halfway through. And to her, that's the End of Story. How pitiful, to think the story ends once the lady has given herself to the man! Whereas it's just the beginning of a long series, eleven more books, in which miraculous things happen because Felicia is a Very Happy Lady, because she has a Very Awesome Husband!
"Yeah, you THINK you're getting away with something, you miserable fink!"
Victor has the patience of a saint, but he's a seether. And when he decides he's had enough, he'll hand you yer nuts on a platter along with yer boot leather and a slice of humble pie on the side.
It's all because he grew up mega-paranoid. And rightfully so -- fer pity's sake, if you're taken to the wilderness and then to space to hide from the people who just slaughtered your family, you deserve to be! He's been bombarded ever since, and then something really horrific happens to him. So yeah, he has trust issues.
Thank goodness Felicia took enough psychology in college to understand the, ah, murky stuff. Even in herself...!
"You're absolved of almost anything if you can put me through the mat!"
Phillip's so into fighting, he'll start a bromance just to make sure his best friend's getting laid! If he trusts you to fight no-holds, you've just won the lottery because he'll do anything just to keep you around. Although he's intellectually astute and knows that might does not equal right, it comes a close second to being an honorable man. The most honorable bad-ass you'll ever meet! Too bad he's rather shy with the ladies...!
He unfortunately thinks his Imperial stature means he'll never really come to harm, despite his natural and parentally-instilled paranoia. Getting someone banned doesn't hold a candle to whuppin' their ass, though, and he's lucky he has friends at the right time and place. And if he finally realizes he's your friend, it's for life.
Crown Prince Zhaiden is close to perfect, but he let his cock do his thinking one time, and had to pay for it for years. I have to admit that I knew his ex-wife at one point. I've had people say, "How could you DO that to him?!" And I say, "Hey, people like that exist. If I can help even one person recognize a sociopath and get the hell out of their way, I will have Done My Duty To My Readers."
He's such a sweetie-heart, though! I adore his interaction with his children. And he's pure Royalty, through and through, always considering the big picture, always expecting the best from his people, and always delighting in their excellence. He has one big scar, but otherwise he's pure beauty.
Which is true, Stefan, but guess what? If you don't let it out here and there, sometimes it comes out in a big, terrifying way
Brothers Josef and Evan can pretty much do so, but then again, they're typical males. Whereas you, sweet Stefan, are a philosopher and a wannabe angel, if you could just get your emotions under control. You're so sensitive to the public that I'm amazed you're so outgoing!
So strive for those crumbs of freedom, my lad! They're not nearly as impossible as propriety makes them out to be. Ask and ye shall receive, because there's glorious bounty in life, and handsome princes are hard to come by. I'm glad you don't settle for the socialites, myself!
It's amazing how three close siblings can be so totally different in their approaches to life. Brian's a playboy, Anne's finally loosening up, and Christian just wants to be one of the guys. This must have been the hardest book to write, because I had to give Brian and Anne equal time, when all I really wanted to do was write about Christian, the Good Guy with the heart of pure gold.
Oh, and Rosita! I think the "Easter Egg" I wrote for this book -- something like 33K words! -- is the best character development I've ever written. Rosita deserves the knight in shining armor, who is actually a handsome prince! The very last line in the book makes me cry, EVERY time! Maybe I'll tell you why someday.
Yeah, poor Evan. The youngest Imperial Son has the worst things happen to him. Still, it turned him from a typical male into a man who doesn't depend on surface realities anymore.
Since this book consists of four novellas, I kept calling it Book 6.5, but I'm changing my series so it's filed as a regular book. This will be Book 7, and I'll keep the title the same, mostly because there are too many candidate names I could use for it. Like charity, cruelty, frailty, liberty, rarity, sanity, travesty, adversity, atrocity, brutality, futility, obscenity, publicity -- and only charity is considered a 'noble virtue', the guideline by which I select my titles. And it's completely inadequate to the task, so Evan's Ladies it is.
Prince Matthieu will be the Emperor of his generation, so he works super-hard to keep EVERYONE on track, educated, and feeling like they're an integral part of his family. He's the most inspirational character, yet he's also as 'real' as they get! He'll cuss with the other Servicemen and take his fair share of duty, because he understands he'll need to know what the average fellow goes through. Yep, he's always been brilliant, probably because of that galactic tour his parents took when he was an infant.
What totally blows him into the Dimension of Dread is when people... give up. He doesn't understand it, until he's had his own soul shredded and realizes that he wants to give up. But he can't, that's so not him. But it hurts sooo bad. But you just can't give up, not when everyone depends on you. But--!
Oh, Princess Grace, you have a lot of moral decisions to make, and to judge, and to act upon on the spur of the moment. Grace is good because she has one real guiding principle: be the perfect assistant to the Imperial Family, by order of succession, naturally. She's so seriously intellectual that she asks herself philosophical questions like the one above before she gets out of bed in the morning.
But you don't usually see or hear those questions; they're there in the background, and Grace has a propensity to find the perfect way to distract people. My favorite line in the entire book: "Why did it seem like everyone blamed her for their bad decisions?" A question she instantly sets aside to get someone started on a task, naturally. And I adore her absolutely blinding dedication to Matthieu, even though they have their disagreements, too!
"After all I've done for you?!"
This is the book that's made me re-number my series. Prince Richard came popping out after I had already finished Ability and begun working on Civility. I won't tell you much, except it's more romance than sci fi.
The lovely lady Meredith is his Cinderella rescue, but he's not quite sure what to do with her after that. He's pretty enlightened for a man, tries to treat the lady as an equal, but sometimes he slips up. But there is one unforgivable in his book: being unfaithful. And Merry... well, she's not really unfaithful, but it sure does look bad!
I anticipate this book to be finished by July or August. It's already at 75K words, but there's the editing and the prep work, too. Still, be on the lookout for it!
Yeah, Brielle isn't your typical Royal by any means. She's just out to have fun because life has dealt her terribly harsh blows. Her self-esteem is fairly high, but it wasn't always so, and when she finally goes ga-ga for a guy, she kind of realizes he's her only hope for love. Yet she also realizes he had contributed a lot to her mental stability at a time when she often thought she couldn't bear another moment.
I particularly loved writing this book because of a propensity I have for recognizing my mind is being blown, and how, and pursuing that new perspective or way of thinking until I can call it up at will. Brielle thinks in terms of 'Command Perspective', but it's just maturity, plain and simple. Still, she totally rocks!
Books in the pipeline: two prequels that I've work on and off on for foreeeeeeevaaaaaaah, so I'd like to actually finish them someday! But I mostly work on what has captured my attention at the time. Oh, and the final book of the To Be Sinclair series, Civility, which I've already started. The only thing I'll tell you about it is that it features Princess Elizabeth, who is then 57 years old, and she's gonna have an adventure! Wooooohoooooo!
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