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I had some very nice comments on my
work this week and last week. On the site, All Romance, where I am a
bestseller (yes, I like saying that), a reader wrote that she enjoyed
all of my work. On a different site, a reader said 'just read all of
her work.' That was mighty nice. Yet the most fascinating and fun
comments have been about the realism I've managed to put into my
books. A reader who went to see Zero Dark Thirty
said that the Seal Team Six
in that film reminded her of Falcon Squad from the Soldiers' books. I
had done some research on special forces units in general. We worked
with one on Demon Under Glass. He came to our attention after
commenting that it took longer to strangle a man than we shot in one
scene. This formidable crew guy found film far more peaceful than the
military (geez, he must have had a hard time as a soldier to think
that). Yet, he was really affable, laid back and funny in a very
twisted way. The actor who played Rik in the short film version of
the Soldiers' book actually was in such a unit as well. Why do they
drift toward film. Beyond that, I interview others who were in a unit
or were close to people who were. The freedom about hairstyles and
operating outside of protocol were not made from whole cloth. I was
very pleased that someone saw my guys in characters that were even
closer to the real thing. I was asked by a different reader if the
menu I go into loving detail about in Ensnared is real. The answer is
yes. All food I mention in my books are dishes I've had. Often times,
I've made them as well. Food is an excellent way to ground even the
most far flung of fantasies in reality. There is a cookbook 'written
by' Vincent Greven that covers almost ever dish I mention in the
Soldiers' books. The current release date is in time for the Writers
Romance and Rainbows 2013 Book Fair. We'll see.
This week, I received a lovely note
about a yaoi story I wrote for the e-zine, Full Metal Orgasm,
called The Companion. This incredible anthology of really good and
sexy prose is only $3.99! There is a large sample of the story on this site. My story starts on page 18.
The story was inspired, in part, by a character in the web comic,
Teahouse, that I fell in love with. Gilder is big and likely
dangerous while being romantic, tender and highly sexy. The reader
turned out to be a very talented writer who thought highly of the
story. He also sensed the tension and danger to the main characters
and that their was a great deal to the society that created their
dire situation. I revealed that the civilization in The Companion is
a past society from the Ensnared universe. It is one of The Time That
Was. He encouraged me to write more from that civilization and the
others. I do plan on doing that when I get the time. I was very proud
of that story. It was difficult to put all that back story, erotica
an nuance in less than 20,000 words. It was a lovely thing to take
the time to do for a writer, and I really enjoyed the interaction
with him. So, gentle readers, I'm here and willing to chat about
writing and my work any time – even if you don't absolutely love my
work. I'll be writing a really hardcore yaoi story for an upcoming
edition of Full Metal Orgasm. I'll reveal more about that when it
gets closer to publication.The Companion manages to have some food
references as well. In fact, it took everything in me to not get
carried away with talking about food and food preparation.
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I love that yaoi is full of food in the
manga and anime. Since I love writing about food, it was great to
know that it wouldn't look weird in the yoai novels. And I really
loved that all the dishes are real. I've had this whole ongoing
adventure with cooking Japanese food, because I decided to look up
octopus wieners after an episode of Junjou Romantica. I thought it
would be fun to do a video blog on food seen in yaoi anime. Later, I
decided to include the foods in the manga I was editing for Digital
Manga in the video blogs. Ironically, the video that I saw as the
first one of the Cook Like a Uke with actual ukes is only getting
edited this coming week. I shot it almost a year ago! It's Tonjiru
and features a real like Misaki from Junjou Romantica. So, next
week's blog will be all about the two new Cook Like A Uke videos. One
will cover the long overdue Tonjiru. The other will be based on a
story in Sakira's 'Too Hot for Kindle' yaoi manga, Wild Boyfriend.
They will both be worth the wait!
