Today I have Stevie MacFarlane visiting to share an excerpt from her second book in the Marriage Market series, Grace. I asked what advice she'd give to writers who decided to try their hand at erotica. This is what she said:
If you want to write erotica, you have to be
ready to step outside your comfort zone at times. I began with baby steps, but I’m getting
braver all the time. Sit down and
write. Anything can be edited and
tweaked until you’re comfortable with it.
So true, but I have one other thing to add. Be careful not to write your story simply to make money. Just because other authors are writing scenes that make you uncomfortable, that doesn't mean you need to do the same. This market is large enough to support all different styles. Yes, step out of your comfort zone, but be sure to write about characters and events that personally appeal to you. If you don't like your story and characters, don't expect anyone else to fall in love with them. Now on to Grace.
Excerpt:
“While I was
aboard the Mystic Maiden, I wrote to Effie and Grace,” Amelia said avoiding his
eyes. “I told them terrible things about
you.”
“What kind of
things?” Hugh demanded, crossing his arms over his chest.
“Things I believed
true at the time,” she softly replied.
“I said I’d been deceived and you were a scoundrel who proposed to
scores of other women. My intention was
to divorce you immediately and possibly take a job until I earned enough to pay
my passage home.”
“Scores? I see. And did you write to them once you
realized it had all been a mistake. That
I was not guilty of these sins?”
“No,” she
whispered, looking at the floor.
“Why not?”
“I just
forgot. Everything happened so fast, and
then you brought me here and well…”
“And you had
other things to think about, is that it?” he asked.
“Yes, well Hugh
we’ve hardly left the house,” she insisted, blushing wildly. “I completely forgot I asked Alice to mail
those letters.”
“So, should I
expect an irate father at my door, demanding justice? Or perhaps Miss Lane will arrive to defend
your honor with her pistol.”
“How do you know
about Effie and her pistols?” Amelia gasped.
“She sent me a
picture of her holding a rather large firearm, along with a letter of thinly
veiled threats.”
“She didn’t?”
“Yes, my love,
she did. It arrived while we were in San
Francisco and Sam opened it.”
“Oh no,” Amelia
groaned, a hand to her cheek.
“Are all of your
friends prone to violence?”
“Effie isn’t
prone to violence. She’s just very
protective of those she cares about. Did
Sam write back to her?”
“Yes he did, and
he invited her to come to Seattle to see for herself that you were being well
cared for. He also informed her that
should she arrive with a pistol in hand she should be prepared for some old
fashioned discipline,” he said, resting his hip on the desk.
“That may have
been a mistake,” Amelia said, rounding the desk and pacing in front of it.
After several trips back and forth Hugh snagged her wrist
and pulled her into his arms.
“Is your friend
so fearsome then?” he teased.
“Not fearsome,
but fearless. Effie doesn’t care for
being bossed around. She may have taken
his letter as a challenge.” Looking up
at her husband’s face it was clear to Amelia he wasn’t taking it very seriously
and that worried her. “I need to write
the letters immediately,” she said, pulling away from him.
“By all means get
to work,” Hugh agreed, patting her bottom firmly. “It seems my life may be at risk.”
“This isn’t
funny,” she insisted primly, pulling her robe closed as his eyes traveled over
her naked body.
“No it certainly
isn’t,” he agreed. “It will be even less
so if Miss Lane shows up and Samuel finds himself at the end of a gun
barrel. If that happens I don’t think
Miss Lane will be the only one on the receiving end of a damn good spanking.”
“You don’t?”
“I’m certain of
it,” he promised with his eyes full of warning.
“Oh…well I better
get busy.”
“You do that and
while you’re at it don’t forget to mention I’m not an ogre,” he suggested as he
moved to the doorway.
“No, I
won’t. I’ll tell them you’re a wonderful
husband…even if you do spank me,” she finished with a whisper as she took up
her pen.
Hugh smiled,
watching her dark hair spill onto the desk as she wrote furiously.
“And Amelia…”
“Yes.”
“You might
mention that you particularly enjoy the marriage bed,” he offered as he walked
away laughing.
“Hugh!”
Blurb:
Grace Wentworth and Effie Lane were cautiously
optimistic when their dear friend Amelia decided to travel west to become the
bride of a man she'd never met. Despite their misgivings they were stunned when
Amelia wrote informing them she'd made a dreadful mistake in marrying Mr.
Jordon.
Determined to rescue her dear friend from the
clutches of a scoundrel, Effie made plans to leave for Seattle immediately.
Grace would follow when she could get away from the ever watchful eye of her
mother. Everything changed when Grace was forced to accept the proposal of a
cruel and violent man. Suddenly her mother's wrath could not compare with what
she would face as Horace Remington’s wife. Throwing all caution aside, she fled
with Effie even knowing her mother would most likely hire a Pinkerton man to
find her. However, she never expected to fall for him as they played a game of
cat and mouse from Chicago to Seattle.
For Jonah Blackthorn, apprehending a runaway
socialite seemed like an easy assignment. Locating two young, inexperienced
women would take him no time at all and the five thousand dollar reward offered
by the frantic fiancé would go a long way as Jonah had plans to leave the
agency to begin a new chapter in his life.
What he didn't plan on was being outwitted by
the brats or the fact that Effie Lane wasn't relying on her wits alone to get
them safely to Seattle. He also didn't expect to come to care for the redhead
traveling with her gun-toting friend. When he finally caught up with them he
was going to give Grace the spanking of a life time or kiss her senseless.
Maybe both.
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About the Author:
Best-selling author, Stevie MacFarlane, lives
in Upstate New York with her husband of many years. They have a huge, close-knit family and
frequently host twenty-five or more guests for dinner on weekends and holidays. She currently has 16 books out, including two
very popular series, Sugar Babies and The O’Malley’s. To explain her writing preference she used a
quote from her Amazon Author’s Page.
“All of my books are romances. I like a lot of
conversation, a bit of humor, some fairly hot sex and spanking. If you're into
whips and chains, these probably aren't for you. However, if you've ever
watched a movie where the leading lady is being a perfect bitch and you feel
like yelling at the leading man, "Oh my God, spank her you fool!"
these might be right up your alley.”
You can find Stevie on:
Amazon Author’s Page http://www.amazon.com/Stevie-MacFarlane/e/B00AJD34BU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1422383716&sr=8-1
Twitter: @steviemac1175
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