Laughter…that’s really what I’ve been doing for the past week. But I’ve made amazing progress on Hiding From Laughter and I can happily announce that it is done. You can pre-order for early access right now, and it’ll be up on Amazon for PO soon.
It’s got some fun cameos and a fun bonus alternate POV short that’s going to be in the back of the book and here on the site (probably tomorrow?). Spoiler-ish possibly, but it’s from Conner’s POV, so I think you can tell that a club trip is in store for our cuties.
But I thought I’d share an unedited bit with you guys so you can get a better feel for Ashton’s and Micha’s personalities. This is from a discussion on what counts as cheating (There is NO cheating in the book. They’re just figuring out limits and I think the whole conversation is hilarious.).
Sometimes I wasn’t sure we were living on the same planet.
Was helpful the deciding factor in who could join a scene and who couldn’t?
What book had he gotten that logic from?
It was definitely some squirrely author’s definition to justify book shenanigans, but there was no way to understand it without seeing the original conversational context.
And how dirty the book had gotten.
“What were you picturing when we made that rule then? Or what are you picturing now?” Because it wasn’t what I’d been picturing.
I really needed to figure out which book it’d come from.
“Um…that’s a good question. How would I define that?” Leaning back in his seat, Ashton frowned thoughtfully like he was getting ready to explain a work problem that he couldn’t figure out. “Fucking someone. But that’s obvious. Um. Either of us. Still obvious. You definitely shouldn’t be giving anyone else a bottle. I mean. Fucking hell. That would just be. No. We’re not doing that.”
We were going to need a new limits list.
Maybe several.
These two have the best conversations.
And another couple with some interesting conversations are from the Patreon story, Watching Me. I was swamped with finishing Laughter (sorry to Lori for turning that in for edits late) but I’ve gotten a great starting on their next chapter and it should be up later this week. (Read chapter 1 of Watching Me for free here, no sign up required)
Now I’m at the point where I have to pick a new focus for what I’m going to have as my primary work-in-progress book. Our options: Aubrey/Lincoln, the next Loving book, the next Southern Charm book, the next dragon book, and whatever else I told Sage I was supposed to be writing for April. (Oh, I just remembered what that was. Oops. Okay, who’s going to ask me on Friday if I’ve started the novella?)
Off to make notes and hopefully have a lot more to share next week.
I should’ve never crafted drunk.
Ashton knew being too honest when putting ideas into their jar of fantasies would come back to bite him at some point, and unfortunately he’s finally reached that point. So…now what? How is he supposed to explain his slightly curious fantasies when he isn’t sure where to start?
Maybe he just needs better ways to avoid the conversation completely?
Micha knows his not-so-subtle partner is hiding something…probably something ridiculous, knowing Ashton…but he’s got to decide how long he’s willing to let the insanity continue. Eventually, Ashton has to say what’s on his mind, right?
When crafting leads to nervous confessions and laughter, tickling won’t be the only thing that brings them closer together than ever before.
Author’s Note: This was originally in the Naughty November 2024 anthology under the Shaw side of things, but it’s been expanded and has been moved over to the MA Innes side. Ashton is curious about a lot of things, but Hiding From Laughter explores tickling that leads to a loss of bladder control and the little side he’s doing his best to ignore.
I’m very interested in Hiding From Laughter, and can’t wait till that comes out. and I’m also very interested in both dragons and southern charms books lol. can I also poke you and remind you ots been a min since we went to the college and the apartments?