Blog #6: As Long As You’re Mine has been Published!
I’ve been talking about it for quite awhile now, and it’s finally happened! The first installment in my Charlie Madison Trilogy has been published and is available for sale! It’s exclusive to one website right now, and only available through the link I provide, because I don’t want to go for a wider release right now. Here’s the link where you can find it:
http://www.lulu.com/content/1322510
They accept Paypal as well as credit cards, and the site is 100% safe to buy from. I just placed a bulk order for friends and family for Christmas, and their shipping prices are quite reasonable.
I’ve decided, after a lot of soul-searching and back-and-forth about it, to leave Orlando in the stories. It’s just not the same book without him, and as there’s no defamation of character in the books, legally they’re okay to publish using his name. I don’t think these works are disrespectful in any way to him (especially since there is no NC-17 content), they’re just my interpretation of him based on what I’ve read and seen. There is a disclaimer in the front of each book, discussing this, so I hope if he ever gets hold of a copy, he’s not upset by them. They are FICTION, and I can’t stress that enough.
The other two books in the series will be available soon, I just have to finish my revisions on them. I’ll post links for them as soon as they’re ready.
The cover art for As Long As You’re Mine was created by the wonderful Savannah Regier, so a big thank-you to her for helping me out. She’ll also be creating the covers for the next two books as well.
Here are some pics:

Close-up of my name: (the cover is very prone to fingerprints, unfortunately)

The rough cut of the back of the book: (The white space has been removed, and the text has been fixed since this was taken)

The spine (a little tattered from being carried around in my purse)
November 20th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Congratulations!!!! What a wonderful experience for you. Best of luck.