In 2024, I ran a series called ‘Past Pages’ in my reader group. Each month, I’d spotlight past books published during that month – sharing writing secrets, character insights, and the stories behind them. I even opened the floor for questions and comments. This year, I’m bringing ‘Past Pages’ to my blog! Feel free to join the conversation, whether you participated last year, or not. I’m excited to revisit these books with you!
Somehow I missed posting this in August. Oops.
August- 13 total books have been published in August since 2016! Below is the full list by year, click on each title to check out it’s full blurb, keywords, tags, preview the first chapter, and links to purchase. In 2024, I added 3 books to this list!
Let’s take a closer look at 3 of the titles released in the past.
The Revolution
I totally screwed myself with this one lol.
When I started writing the prequel to the Romance and Revolutions series, I heard all of the guys talking so I wrote that down.
Just the talking lol.
It was pages of their conversation but no names or descriptions.
Once I realized what I’d done, I went to my editor at the time and begged for help. She talked me through how to figure out who was talking and how to separate the conversation so it all made sense.
I had to print out the whole conversation and highlight the different speakers and then she made me pick out all the pictures for them. It was soooo hard and I told myself I would NEVER do that again.
Now I just write the first page of random conversations and stop before it gets out of hand. But that also means I have dozens of book starts where I have half a page written. At some point, I need to sort those out but that’s a project for another time.
Answer in the comments: Have you read the prequel to the omegaverse? What else do you want to see in that universe? Do you have a favorite character in that world? Do you have any questions for me about The Revolution or my omegas?
Learning to Walk
This was hard because I knew random little things about Gareth and Cashel but I didn’t know enough practical things about them. We were definitely in a weird place author/character wise.
As I started writing Learning to Walk, I had to keep stopping to figure out what they were thinking and what they would do…and that drove me insane lol.
It might sound confusing but for me it’s soooo much easier to start from a blank slate and just see what happens and how they turn out. I think that might be why a lot of the side characters you guys want to see books for have so few details. It’s easier for them to come to life for me later.
But once I figured out what was going on and why they had questions and slightly weird responses, it was fun to dive into their life.
And I just love how Bates soaked up all the crazy.
Have you read Learning to Walk? These are the roommates from Save Me Santa (the Christmas book with the spider lol) and it was fun to see those guys again too. (And I’ve had so much fun with the new books in this series discovering how Joe and his partners see these guys lol).
Answer in the comments: Have you had fun exploring my kinky apartment complex? Do you have any questions for me about Learning to Walk?
Their Alien
My aliens!
I love all these guys and just this universe in general but this book came about because a lot of you were asking how well they shared and what a poly relationship would look like with them.
That was a very good question but the first thing that came to mind was that their partner’s happiness would be their primary focus. So it seemed like we just needed to have a reason that their cute human’s happiness needed someone else too.
I think the fact that Reid (the 2nd human in this one) wasn’t the type of guy who made our newest alien’s more primitive instincts come out made it easier for him to accept. I also think the way he had to lead Reid into accepting his Dom side made it easier. It’s hard to be jealous when you’re the teacher and you have so much responsibility.
Just thinking about how they figured everything out in this one and how the sharing works makes me think about what a relationship would be like if one of our aliens really likes being watched with his submissive human.
And I think we need to see a book where we’ve got two tentacled Doms wanting to share the same human.
What do you think?
Answer in the comments: If you’ve read these books, what kind of stories do you think we need to see next? Do you have any questions for me about Their Alien?
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