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Wednesday, 5 May 2021

A Matter of Will - #WordSearch Fun No.4 #ParanormalRomance

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A Matter of Will Word Search Fun!

Greetings, Lovely People, I hope you are all well this sunny morning. It is #WordSearchWednesday here on my blog, so I have a new puzzle for everyone to enjoy.

This one is based on my short story A Matter of Will that was once part of Free Fiction Friday, where the subscribers to the Wittegen Press Newsletter are gifted with a free story on the first Friday of every month. These are exclusive to the Newsletter for six months, so if you would like free fiction use the link at the bottom to subscriber and join our little family.

A Matter of Will is a vampire/werewolf paranormal romance and is the first book in the series Something Never Seen. If you have been here before, I am sure you know how much of a vampire fan I am, but I love werewolves too. When it comes to fiction and TV I think I may actually prefer a lot of werewolf portrayals, but when it comes to film, vampires have it all the way.

My favourite vampire film is Fright Night (1985) and I have to admit to really enjoying Teen Wolf when it comes to werewolves. My favourite books are Salem's Lot for vampires (love both TV adaptations too) and The Wolf's Hour for werewolves.

Fright Night 1985Teen Wolf (TV)Salem's Lot by Stephen KingThe Wolf's Hour by Robert R McCammon

Q. What are your favourite vampire/werewolf books/tv/movies? LMK in the comments.

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Solution

For those who would like to check their answers or who can't find that last word, here is the solution:



Book of the Week

A Matter of Will: Shadow of Darkness (only 99c)

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

A Matter of Will: Shadow of Darkness
Edwin became alpha of his pack because of his brother's heroic death and he cannot live up to the memory. The guilt of being unable to protect all under his care from an invading coven of vampires is eating him, even though he and his pack saved many more lives by destroying the enemy. That one of those lost was Cal, a young mage Edwin had feelings for, does not help.

When Cal comes back with fangs, it is even worse. Edwin is faced with having his already broken heart utterly destroyed by what he must do.

Dive in to discover the paranormal world of Edwin and Cal in this, the first book of the exciting new series: Something Never Seen.

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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Dead Before Dawn - #WordSeach Fun No.2

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Dead Before Dawn - Word Search Fun

As promised, it is Word Search Wednesday and I have a new puzzle for everyone to enjoy. But don't forget, last week's competition puzzle is still open for entries until May 13th, so check it out if you haven't already.

This week's word search is based on my vampire novel "Dead Before Dawn" (almost typed Dad Before Dawn - which is a whole other kind of book πŸ˜‚). The book is full of actors, vampires, vampire hunters, action, adventure, romance, and life and death excitement, so lots to enjoy. It's available in paperback and eBook from Amazon, and eBook from all our other favourite book sites. See the bottom of the post for link.

The book was originally a real person fanfiction that I wrote for a Big Bang Event (a fiction exchange for long fiction where authors are paired up with artists). I liked the premise so much that I altered the setting and characters, and expanded the universe into a full original novel. I keep meaning to get round to writing the sequel. If only it would give me a clue as to how it should end πŸ˜‰.
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Solution

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Book of the Week

Dead Before Dawn: The Vampire Curse

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Semi-dressed man looking at a sunrise with the title "Dead before Dawn" over the top.
Max Statton's life will never be the same again.

While in Moscow for the premier of his new movie a terrifying encounter reveals some nightmares actually exist. Attacked by one of the city's resident vampires, Max is bitten and infected. Only a team of local vampire hunters prevent him being dragged into the violent underworld of the undead.

Fighting for his very existence, Max must resist the vampire curse with the help of Yulia, the hunter's doctor. But with his humanity slipping away, Max only has two choices: ask the hunters to end it, or risk becoming a monster.

When Yulia offers him a final, desperate, kill or cure option, Max must decide if he has the courage to take it. He wants his life back, and the idea of telling his friend and co-star, Gian Bossard, he's sort of in love with him, doesn't seem so frightening after vampires. However, Yulia's solution could just as easily send him to a worse hell than the one he's living.

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Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Flash Fiction: Vampire Valentine by Natasha Duncan-Drake



So I've written a short piece of flash fiction for Valentine's Day and, as you can guess from the title is has vampires in it :). Please be aware the story has mature concepts. It mentions sex, quite a lot, although there is no explicit sexual action, and drops the f-bomb a couple of times.

Vampire Valentine (m/m)

by Natasha Duncan-Drake


"You don't want to do this."

"Oh, but I do."

"I'll taste terrible."

"I beg to differ."

"I'm not a virgin, aren't you supposed to go after virgins?"

"Boring."

"I don't like pain."

"Trust me, it adds a little spice, you'll barely notice it."

Jack's back hit the wall and there was nowhere else to go. He had run out of manoeuvring room and Pietro crowded in before he could escape.

"When did they get you?" Jack asked, looking into the glowing eyes of his onetime best friend.

"Two days ago," Pietro said, mouth opening just wide enough so Jack could see his fangs, "on my way home."

"But you were in the sun today."

"Not all the legends are true, Jack," Pietro said and Jack found himself flattened against the wall as his friend invaded what was left of his personal space. "We had so much of it wrong. Vampires can go out in the sun as long as we've fed, it just zaps our strength. We burn much more quickly than a human too, but factor fifty is our friend."

"You've been lying to me for two days! Why didn't you kill me last night?"

"I was waiting."

"Why?"

"Valentine's day."

"So this is all some big joke, make me a loser at life as well as love?"

His girlfriend had dumped him in a spectacular scene only the previous week. Come to think of it, that was what had caused all this. Pietro had taken him out to blow off some steam and they had seen things.

"No, Jack, you've got me all wrong..."

"You're going to kill me!"

"No, I'm going to turn you. Those are the rules, you know about us so you have to be one of us."

"I don't want to be a murderer."

"We don't kill, Jack, that would be stupid. Imagine how many dead bodies there would be lying around if every vampire fed every night. There are six in the group we discovered and they're only one tiny conclave."

"But we saw..."

"The man was a hunter, he'd murdered two of the conclave. What we saw was an execution."

"They still killed him."

"It was him or them. You'd have done the same to protect your family."

Jack couldn't argue with that.

"But why today?"

"Oh, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, that is the question."

Jack swallowed nervously as Pietro leaned against him.

"I've been in love with you for years, Jacky," Pietro said, leaning close so they were all but nose to nose, "and yesterday evening was very revealing. How long have you wanted me too? How long have we been hiding behind our homophobic brainwashing?"

Jack swallowed again.

"Vampires are very sensitive to sex," Pietro told him, "it makes for a great hunting tool. You throw pheromones everywhere the moment I walk in the room."

It was one of those deep dark secrets Jack had carried around buried inside. They lived in a small town, they were both football stars and football stars in their town weren't gay.

"Years," he admitted.

With death staring him in the face it seemed stupid to deny it anymore.

"It's not so bad," Pietro said, those glowing eyes boring into his own. "The thirst is a bit of a mind fuck to begin with, but you get used to it quickly. I'm gonna miss chilli-dogs because they taste like crap now, but we still get to be us."

"How can we be us if we're vampires? Vampires don't make touch downs."

"Jack, I told you, the sun zaps our strength. On a sunny day we're almost human. Just remember the sun screen."

That didn't make any sense.

"We still get to go to school?"

"First rule of being a vampire," Pietro told him, "hide in plain sight. We don't just still get to go to school, the boss will insist on it."

"The boss?"

"Every conclave has a master vampire who keeps us young bloods in order. You'll meet her later. Lyonie is a bit intimidating at first, but she's cool."

"What if I say no?"

"No choice, Jack, sorry, those are the rules. We had no business breaking into that house; we brought this on ourselves. Besides the advantages are amazing, man. You would not believe how much faster my mind works now. And, wow, the sex, vampires are so good at sex."

"You had sex with..?" Jack wasn't quite sure what he was asking.

"Hunting tool, remember? I had to eat last night," Pietro said and smiled a very fangy smile. "So much fun too. You've never had sex 'til you've had it as a vampire."

"Who?"

It was as he asked the question Jack realised he was hideously jealous, which was ridiculous in the extreme.

"Just some guy I picked up after I left here," Pietro said. "He was consenting and we both had a good time, he just ended up a half pint low and doesn't remember how he got home."

Jack had absolutely no right to feel possessive of Pietro in the slightest, in fact, given the current situation it was utterly stupid, but he couldn't help it.

"Tomorrow night we can find someone together," Pietro whispered in his ear, "share them."

Jack's groin throbbed at that thought. There was just one problem to overcome first though.

"How..?" he couldn't believe he was asking and the question stuck in his throat.

"How do I make you a vampire?"

He nodded.

"First I bite you," Pietro said, leaning in and breathing on his neck.

He couldn't help shivering.

"That'll make a connection between us, you'll feel an echo of my pleasure. Then, if you let me, I was going to suck you off, see how long your legs can hold out. After that I'll bite you again and feed you some of my blood. We can take it to the bed then, just go with the flow. I'll bite you some more and keep feeding you my blood while we play until, just before dawn, you'll pass out. When you wake up you'll be a vampire like me."

"My parents are upstairs," Jack felt he had to point that out.

They didn't often come down into his basement room, but he was pretty sure if they heard strange noises they would.

"Then you'll just have to be quiet," Pietro said and smiled a very not-innocent smile.

"Who turned you?"

"Lyonie. There was less sex when she did it, but I don't wanna waste a perfectly good opportunity."

Pietro pushed against him and Jack let out a small moan. He was already hard, who was he kidding. Praying that his best friend was telling the truth and he would not wake up in the morning and see his entire family as a smorgasbord, Jack turned his head to one side.

"That's my boy," Pietro said.


Jack gasped as Pietro simultaneously bit him and rubbed a thigh hard between his legs. There was no turning back now.

~*~

If you would like to read some more of my vampire fiction, my new novel is available from Amazon and Smashwords in paperback and eBook.

Dead Before Dawn: The Vampire Curse

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Max Statton's life will never be the same again.
While in Moscow for the premier of his new movie a terrifying encounter reveals some nightmares actually exist. Attacked by one of the city's resident vampires, Max is bitten and infected. Only a team of local vampire hunters prevent him being dragged into the violent underworld of the undead.

Fighting for his very existence, Max must resist the vampire curse with the help of Yulia, the hunter's doctor. But with his humanity slipping away, Max only has two choices: ask the hunters to end it, or risk becoming a monster.

When Yulia offers him a final, desperate, kill or cure option, Max must decide if he has the courage to take it. He wants his life back, and the idea of telling his friend and co-star, Gian Bossard, he's sort of in love with him, doesn't seem so frightening after vampires. However, Yulia's solution could just as easily send him to a worse hell than the one he's living.


Amazon(ebook & paperback) | Smashwords (ebook only)

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Paperback Here I Come! The Tribulations of Going From Kindle to Print

Paperback Here I Come!

The Tribulations of Going From Kindle to Print


I am really excited today because, for the first time I have a novel out in paperback! I have had short stories in other people's paperback, but never one all to myself.

Happy Dance!
Having been publishing in eBook form for several years now I am very used to the rigmarole involved in that, but preparing for print is another step up again. We still need the description and a killer title etc, so I won't go into those here, but these are steps I went through in addition to that.

It is possible to pay for all the formatting and cover work, but of course that incurs significant costs. This blog post is all about DIY and a few of the things that had me scratching my head :).


Where Shall We Publish Our Paperback?


If we are already using KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) to publish our books we really only have two choices:
There are other options out there, but I only looked into these two.

KDPCreateSpace
Pro
Con
Pro
Con
Kindle & Paperback are linked (still waiting for mine to link, they say it takes up to 48hrs)Don't have lower cost proof copiesHigher royalty when bought directly from CreateSpace site.Paperback is displayed on Amazon, but is not linked to the Kindle version if you set up the Kindle version first.
If you are a prime member postage is free.
Don't have member rates for author copies
Offer lower price proof and author copies.
Postage is quite high if you want it before just under 2 months is out.

Lower royalty rate.
Distribute to other vendors.


It worked out cheaper and quicker for me to publish on CreateSpace, wait for it to appear on Amazon.co.uk and order a copy from there because I have Prime than do it direct from CreateSpace.

These are the prices for my book:
Author copy price = $3.63
However, postage was:
Standard Shipping $4.88 Estimated Delivery Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2017
Expedited Shipping $7.99 Estimated Delivery Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2017
Priority Shipping $14.38 Estimated Delivery Date: Mon, Feb 06, 2017

Since this was a proof copy I wanted, I wanted it quickly, so my only option was the maximum and then it still wouldn't arrive before next Monday, total cost £14.42.

As it is, I ordered from Amazon.co.uk for £8.99 and it was here yesterday.

For those living in the US, theses costs may be considerably cheaper, I'm sorry, I have no idea.

However, if I go up to say 10 author copies, for a promotion or something, then it is cheaper to go through CreateSpace, especially since I hope I would be organised enough to order in advance :).

Since I could change my book to be KDP later, I went with CreateSpace to begin with, in case I wanted author copies. Then CreateSpace was having a problem with my TAX number and was telling me it was going to withhold 30%, so I gave up and switch my book to KDP. If I want author copies I'll create a new edition on CreateSpace later with a new ISBN.

KDP documentation also says it doesn't have author copies yet ... so they may add them.

Once a book is transferred to KDP it is no longer available on CreateSpace because of ISBN issues.

Next time I will just go straight through KDP.

Formatting the Book - Not As Easy As Kindle


It might seem a pain sometimes for us to format our books for Kindle, but, trust me, that is plain sailing compared to what needs to be done for a print book. Luckily for you and me, KDP and CreateSpace offer very nice templates to help.

However, before you can download a template, there are some decisions to be made:
  • Print type: Black & White or Colour
  • Paper type: Cream or White
  • Trim Size: They have many, they recommend 6x9 in as the most popular, but you can pick a different one if you would like.
  • Bleed Settings: needed for images and illustrations.
  • Cover Finish: Matte or Glossy
I used the KDP templates because I started setting my book up there first before I realised about CreateSpace. CreateSpace offers you a particular template when you pick the trim size.

The easiest option for us novelists is to pick the formatted template with sample content. We then have to replace the content within the template, but it makes it a lot easier to see what we are doing!

So we have are template, now we have to get our book into it.
  1. Save the novel manuscript as plain text. We do not want any of our current formatting to get into our new template.
  2. Copy each piece of content into the correct place in the template. i.e. front matter to front matter, chapter to chapter, back matter to back matter.
    If there are too many chapters, delete the spare.
    If there are not enough chapters copy one of the template chapters and paste it in until there are enough.
  3. Make sure all the chapters are numbered correctly.
  4. Manually enter the table of contents with page numbers for each chapter. Now many novels do not have tables of contents and the advice I saw and went with is that if our chapter headings are just numbers, a toc is unnecessary, but if our chapters have titles, it is usual to have a toc.
The template deals with margins and opposite page positioning, and chapter title spacing and everything like that, so it makes life much easier for us. We can get a professional looking finish without knowing everything about the setup.

The Cover - Also Not As Easy As Kindle

A normal book has a back and a spine as well as a front, which makes the cover for a paperback trickier than that of a Kindle book.


The really tricky bit is the spine and making sure it is the right size. There are formulae for calculating the size, but luckily for us, KDP have templates again. So, if we are designing our own cover, poping along to the KDP templates page and downloading the correct one is by far the easiest solution.
Tip: The 'Page Count' is the number of document pages in your book, not the number of leaves (physical book pages with a back and a front), even though when KDP tries to explain page count it uses 'page' for both the number of pages and the number of leaves and is utterly confusing.
Then we just use this template to build our cover, taking account of the guide lines.

As is says under their instructions we need to save our covers as print quality PDF. In Photoshop this is easy:
  1. Choose 'Save As'
  2. Pick 'Photoshop PDF' from the Format options.
  3. The 'Save Adobe PDF' option dialog will come up - choose '[Press Quality]' from the Adobe PDF Preset list.
  4. Click 'Save PDF' and it's done.

Proofing the Book

Right, so now we have our cover and our manuscript, so we can upload both into KDP or CreateSpace. We have to have both to convert and then proof the book, even though the downloadable proof doesn't have the cover in it :).

In both cases we can preview the book proof online, including a 3D rendering of our cover, so we can check how it looks. This is all well and good, but definitely download the PDF proof as well.

In KDP there is a link to download this right in the previewer. There is a PDF icon at the bottom of the screen which when clicked allows us to download the proof.

In CreateSpace, we have to wait until our files are approved and then there is an option to download the proof in the same place as the online launcher.

Now here is the most important thing I learned when proofing my book:

Print out the proof.

Not kidding, you would not believe the number of errors I found because I went through it with a red pen on paper. They were only tiny errors, like one wrong letter on a 'his' or an 's' on something that shouldn't have been a plural, but they were there.
Tip: To make it easy to find the errors again when we are making the corrections, noting down the page number on the front of the proof every time we find one is the way to go.
Some things to look out for that you normally wouldn't in a Kindle doc are:
  • blank pages - the only place we should have blank pages in in our front matter to make sure everything is in the correct place and that our first chapter starts on a page facing us.
  • page numbers in the table of contents - mine were all a page out from about 2/3rds through because I had moved a piece of formatting and forgot to recheck the numbering before uploading the file.
Once we have made all our corrections to our master manuscript and re-uploaded it, we are ready to move on to pricing.

Pricing the Book

There is really only one way to know how to competitively price our book, and that is to check to see what other paperbacks in our genre are being priced at.

Unfortunately for us, print on demand is more expensive than mass market paperback production, so we are never going to be able to be competitive with all those big names who have their paperback at ridiculously low prices when they first comes out. Don't stress over this, there are plenty of other authors, self-pub and tradition pub who also don't have this advantage.

When we have set up our book on KDP or CreateSpace it will have a cost to print per unit. This is how much it costs to produce the book and depends on size, print, paper and number of pages. This cost is taken right off the top when the book is sold.

Then there is the percentage KDP or CreateSpace will take as their cut. I tried to understand how they worked this out, but I have no idea where the number came from, so I just believed them. This is added on to the cost to provide the minimum book price.

If we sell our book at the minimum book price we get no royalties. Possibly useful for having a sale at some point, not much for making a living.

What we need to do is pick a price for our paperback that has how much we would like to earn tacked on the top. Both KDP and CreateSpace helpfully tell us what our royalty will be for any price we pick, so it is easy to see.

I went with $10.99,/£8.99 because it left me some wiggle room if I want to take it down to do a sale etc. later. KDP and CreateSpace will calculate prices for us just based on the dollar amount, but it looks more professional to have the more expected numbers.

Press the Publish Button

All that remains is taking our courage in our hands and clicking that publish button.

On CreateSpace there is the option of ordering a proof copy before publishing, which can be a good idea if the shipping doesn't take forever or cost the earth.

On KDP we can only get a copy after it is published, but never fear, it is going into a huge pool so the sharks shouldn't find it too quickly. Order a copy as soon as it is live and check it as soon as it arrives.

Then market like there is no tomorrow.

~*~

Dead Before Dawn: The Vampire Curse

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Max Statton's life will never be the same again.

While in Moscow for the premier of his new movie a terrifying encounter reveals some nightmares actually exist. Attacked by one of the city's resident vampires, Max is bitten and infected. Only a team of local vampire hunters prevent him being dragged into the violent underworld of the undead.

Fighting for his very existence, Max must resist the vampire curse with the help of Yulia, the hunter's doctor. But with his humanity slipping away, Max only has two choices: ask the hunters to end it, or risk becoming a monster.

When Yulia offers him a final, desperate, kill or cure option, Max must decide if he has the courage to take it. He wants his life back, and the idea of telling his friend and co-star, Gian Bossard, he's sort of in love with him, doesn't seem so frightening after vampires. However, Yulia's solution could just as easily send him to a worse hell than the one he's living.

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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade #2 - Word of the week: Moonlight

And we're on to week #2 of the drabble cascade. Thank you to everyone who played last week. This week our word prompt it moonlight and everyone is welcome to join the cascade, all you have to do is write a drabble, be it fanfic, original fic or even meta. The only rule is that is must be exactly 100 words.



Foolish Heart
by Natasha Duncan-Drake

They said moonlight was the key. If he looked into the pool under the light of the full moon he would see his one true love and then all this foolishness would be over. Once he knew who the girl of his dreams was, he could put all of his pining for his best friend's brother to the back of his mind and forget it.

The sky was clear, the moon bright and Liam closed his eyes and bent over the pool. He recited the sacred words and looked. His heart skipped a beat as Paul stared back at him.



If you would like to join the cascade then click the image below and it will take you to this weeks intro post that has all the details.

Monday, 14 January 2013

New Titles: Giveaway Games Anthologies

Wittegen Press is pleased to announce the arrival of eight new anthologies.
In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now the 28 stories from The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games have been gathered here into 8 different volumes.
If you would like to purchase all the stories in one volume at $3.99/£2.55 there is:
Myriad Imaginings by Natasha Duncan-Drake and Sophie Duncan Myriad Imaginings : All The Stories From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games
by
Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

2 writers, 31 days of writing madness, the result: 28 fabulously diverse stories for your reading pleasure, including horror, fantasy and science fiction, paranormal adventure, young adult and erotica.
(http://www.wittegenpress.com/myriadimaginings)
If you are a particular fan of Natasha Duncan-Drake or Sophie Duncan and would like to purchase just their stories we have two options for you at $2.99/£1:92:
Half of Everything by Natasha Duncan-Drake Half of Everything: Stories by Natasha Duncan-Drake From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games
by
Natasha Duncan-Drake

Many genres, 14 exciting stories in this anthology of shorts and novellettes by Natasha Duncan-Drake. Whether you're looking for horror, Sci-Fi or something else, you'll find what you're looking for in this collection.
(http://www.wittegenpress.com/halfofeverything)
The Other Half of Everything by Sophie Duncan The Other Half of Everything: Stories by Sophie Duncan From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games
by
Sophie Duncan

Many genres, 14 exciting stories in this anthology of shorts and novellettes by Sophie Duncan. Whether you're looking for horror, Sci-Fi or something else, you'll find what you're looking for in this collection.
(http://www.wittegenpress.com/theotherhalfofeverything)
If you would like to collect only certain genres of stories we have five volumes available at $1.99/£1:28:
Book of Darkness by Natasha Duncan-Drake and Sophie Duncan Book Of Darkness: The Horror Stories From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games
by
Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Ghosts, zombies and haunted dolls are just a few of the disturbing creatures you will meet in this volume of short stories and novelettes.
Sleep Of The Damned by Natasha Duncan-Drake
BFF by Sophie Duncan
Just One Day by Sophie Duncan
The Crosses We Bear by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Queen Of My World by Sophie Duncan
Dead Not Dying by Natasha Duncan-Drake
(http://www.wittegenpress.com/bookofdarkness)
Beyond Our Horizon by Natasha Duncan-Drake and Sophie Duncan Beyond Our Horizon: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games
by
Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

A thief discovering an affinity with dragons and a university professor being forced to confront his past are just two of the short stories and novelettes in this volume.
Queen of Heaven by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Sci-Fi)
To Life Reborn by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Fantasy)
The Gift by Sophie Duncan (Fantasy)
The Machine by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Contemporary Fantasy, M/M Romance)
Song For A Soverign By Sophie Duncan (Fantasy)
All In The Mind by Sophie Duncan (SciFi)
(http://www.wittegenpress.com/beyondourhorizon)
Supernature by Natasha Duncan-Drake and Sophie Duncan Supernature: Paranormal Stories From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games
by
Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Discover the touch of the supernatural in this volume of short stories and novelettes.
The Name Is The Game by Sophie Duncan
Cleave To Until Forever by Natasha Duncan-Drake
The Vampire Who Loved Me by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Girl In The Mirror by Sophie Duncan
Timothy by Natasha Duncan-Drake
(http://www.wittegenpress.com/supernature)
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Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

From a police officer working undercover to a commadore on a back end of nowhere space station, these protagonists all have sexy times ahead, with a heavy side of romance in this volume of short stories and novelettes.
Incubus Shadows by Sophie Duncan (M/M/M, Fantasy)
Undercover by Sophie Duncan (M/M, Crime Drama)
God of Love by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/M, Fantasy)
All That Glitters by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/M, Romance)
Connections by Natasha Duncan-Drake (F/M/M, Sci-Fi)
A Special Catch by Sophie Duncan(M/F, Sci-Fi)
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Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Meet a university rock band with a lupine secret and an alien with cat ears and a tail, among other young protagonists in this volume of short stories and novelettes.
Samling Born by Sophie Duncan (Paranormal)
Lost Kitty by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Sci-Fi)
The End Of The Journey (The Hidden War #1) by Sophie Duncan (Contemporary Fantasy)
The Beginning by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Urban Horror)
A New Path (The Hidden War #2) by Sophie Duncan (Contemporary Fantasy)
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012

New Novelette: Me, Myself and I (Dark Reflections #1) by Tasha D-Drake

I have a new novelette out. It's free to entice you into the new series :) and the second book will be out after I manage to convince Amazon to price match this one.

NEW From Wittegen Press FREE eBook Dark Reflections Series Book 1: Me, Myself and I by Tasha D-Drake Available 03 April 2012
 Me, Myself and I by Tasha D-Drake
Genre:  Science Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Male/Male Length:  Novelette (~15.5K words)
Date Pub:  03 April 2012, Available NOW from: Smashwords FREE, Amazon $0.99, £0.77, EUR0.99 (working on the price match)
Coming Soon from: Barnes and Noble, Diesel, Sony, Kobo, WH Smith, Google Books
Link to full listing with all download/buying options for Me, Myself and I
ISBN:  ISBN 978-1-908333-32-2, ISBN 978-1-908333-33-9

Description:  Book 1 of the Dark Reflections Series

Tristan is an actor and he plays a supervillain in the movies. At least he thought he did, but then he has an accident and he wakes up surrounded by the world of the films. Now he has to figure out if he's hallucinating, if somehow the movies are real and he's been transplanted to another world or if he is actually Devon, a supervillain having a psychotic break. Whatever the answer: it's frighteningly crazy.

"Me, Myself and I" is a sci-fi/fantasy novelette (~15.5Kwds), with a heavy side of male/male romance.

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Excerpt

Choose an item."Oh shit," he heard and turned, "Trist, look out."

He had just enough time to see the champagne cork flying towards him and then it hit him right between the eyes. He stumbled backwards, slipped, his head hit the wall and everything went black.

When he came to, his skull felt like it was splitting.

"Ow," he said and tried to lift his hand to rub something to ease the pain and came up short.

That got his attention and suddenly he was awake. He could barely move. He was strapped down at ankles, wrists, chest and pelvis and when he opened his eyes he was in a well lit white room with mirrored windows along two sides. At first he panicked, thinking spine injury and other horrible things, but then he realised the room looked familiar.

For a second he just lay there and stared.

"What the hell?" he asked no one in particular.

The room looked like the set, only the set of the room he appeared to be in hadn't had all four walls or a ceiling, or, for that matter, surveillance cameras in all four corners.

Looking down at himself, he found he was wearing some white pyjama pants and nothing else, which explained why he was a little chilly. The straps holding him down were large and black. It all looked like the set, just more real and not Hollywood. The only conclusion he could reach was that it was someone's idea of a joke.

It wasn't very funny, because his head hurt quite a lot and he was pretty sure you weren't supposed to play jokes on people with concussion.

"Hello," he said, trying not to sound too pissed off.

Everyone at the party had had quite a bit to drink and he didn't want to make too much fuss out of harmless fun.

"Can someone come and let me out please?" he asked, hoping that someone was actually listening. "I'm sure the joke's hilarious, but I have a headache from hell and would really like an aspirin."

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