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New Release - The Gift of Holly

 I've got another Christmas story for you. Like the last story, it's a romance and not quite as steamy as my other stories, but there's still enough sexy steam to keep you warm in this holiday season. This will be the last Christmas story for this year. Originally, I'd planned to do four stories. Alas, it is not meant to be this year. This last story took me longer than I'd planned and time was of the essence.  I mentioned in a previous post about my lack of time management. Was I ambitious thinking I could do four stories this month? Maybe, maybe not. I learn a lot with each new story I write and these past few weeks have been a learning experience for sure. I'll explore this more in depth in future blog posts. In the end, I feel if I hadn't been over ambitious to some extent, I may have only gotten one story out this month.  Speaking of stories. I present to you - The Gift of Holly MAKE A WISH UPON A SNOWFLAKE DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND IT MIGHT COME TRUE! H...

New Release - Her Secret Santa

 Are you ready for a new story? Of course you are! I had seriously hoped to have a new story out way before this. I know my last story was a holiday story and so is this one. Don't worry, I'm not going to write just holiday stories from now on. But, I have more Christmas stories coming before the end of this year. The other thing is, this story didn't turn out as steamy as my other ones. This is a romance story. Whereas the other ones I consider more romantic erotica. So if your looking for a cute Christmas love story, this is it. Don't worry, I still have some steam in it. I can't help it, gotta have my steam! Now I present you to the first story in my Holiday Wishes Series - Her Secret Santa. MAKE A WISH UPON A SNOWFLAKE DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND IT MIGHT COME TRUE! Brianna Alone at Christmas. That’s what I’m going to be. My parents are going out of state to visit my deadbeat brother and my best friend is leaving town with her boyfriend. I wish I had a hot guy to s...

Cover Reveal

  Finally, after all this time, I'll soon have another story out! This is going to be story #1 in a series that I'm still trying to figure out a name for, but right now I'm thinking the series will be called Holiday Wishes, but nothing is certain yet. Don't worry, each story will be a stand alone story, which means you don't have to read them in order. So I present to you the cover for the first story in this series - Her Secret Santa. I'm busy putting the finishing touches on the story and hope to have it out in a couple more days. I took a break from it yesterday to do a cover. I do my own covers and I'm finding that I really enjoy making them. I guess all those art classes I took in the past are not going to waste after all. While I did study art at one time, I don't have any graphic design skills. I won't lie, it really worried me if I could make decent looking covers myself. I discovered that many authors used a free online tool called Canva. So...

What's Coming Soon - Christmas!

Well, here it is the end of November already. I had planned to get at least one story out this month, then that nasty thing called a day job got in my way. Such is life. Once the day job settled down, I realized Christmas wasn't far off and I really wanted to work on some stories for the holiday. I also realized how unorganized I am. I've tried in the past to manage my time better and be more organized with pretty much my entire life, but I soon fall off the wagon and go back to flitting my time away. It happens. But as we near the end of 2020 (already!) I reflected back on this past year and my writing goals that I didn't reach. So I did something that, I'll confess I'm not very good at, I reached out to a friend for help. I have an awesome friend who is good at planning and organizing his time and stuff. So with his encouragement, I put together a rough plan for the remainder of the year. With Christmas coming and all that entails, it'll be a time crunch for s...

Don't Worry, I'm Still Here

I logged into this site the other day and realize I hadn’t done a blog post since August. Where did the time go? I’m sure there is a logical explanation for it, like maybe something happened in the time-space continuum, or nasty little gremlins were causing mischief in the time-line. I’m certain it was something along those lines. If that seems unbelievable then I’ll just blame this darn pandemic. After all, that’s what all the cool kids blame stuff on these days. But in reality, I guess I just got busy with other things. On September 1st I had finally had enough of letting myself go and started working out again. Only this time, I tried not to push myself so hard, so maybe I’d stick with it this time till it became a daily habit. Which is has. Here we are in mid-October and I’m still working out daily. I feel tons better overall and I have more energy and a clearer mind. But speaking of mind, also in September, I suffered a head injury. After a trip to the ER, the doctors confirmed I ...

Stuff That is Coming Soon

  I’ve gotten back in full swing of working again. Whatever sort of derailment I had back in July (probably the heat) has lifted, and I’m working on several things at the moment. So I thought I’d do a rundown of all the things I have going on that will come your way soon. New Stories First up, I found a story I’d started, I have no idea how long ago, that appeared by accident one day as I was trying to do something else (what that something else was is a story for another time) and I thought, hmm. . . I like this and this story would fit in with my Office After Hour series I started that I sort of fizzled out on. So a third story in the Office After Hours will come your way. I’m almost finished with the first draft. So far, this one is looking like it will be my longest story yet. It’s another MMF story. Getting Her Clients , my other MMF story, didn’t do as well in sales. I thought maybe MMF stories aren’t the way to go. But, I like reading those kinds of stories, and I’m having ...

No Ideas, No Problem

So my last post I talked about how it felt like my idea well had gone dry. After I wrote that post, I got to work and discovered an idea I’m jazzed about. So I’m back to work on another story. Two days after that I was sorting through some clutter and I came across the July/August 2018 issue of Writer’s Digest that featured an interview with George Saunders. I couldn't remember if I’d read that interview or not. So I took the time to read it. (This is why I never get any cleaning done.) In the interview he talked about being wary of outlines and how he tried to know as little as possible (about the story) at every step, so you’re open to the actual energy coming off the page. Well, gee, where was this advice two weeks ago when I needed it? I mean seriously, here is a guy who’s won a Man Booker Prize, and he starts out knowing as little as possible. Here I am, a producer of smut, trying to brainstorm as much as I can before I start. Yes, yes, I noticed the difference too. I’m not o...

Procrastination Came by for a Visit

This is me in the hot weather! I’ve been slacking. I think part of it is the hot weather; I don’t do well in a heat wave. At least that is the excuse I’m using right now. First off, I want to give a big thank you to everyone who read “Her Holiday Fireworks.” I hope you enjoyed it. It did better than I thought it would. That story was a spur-of-the-moment thing. Seriously, one day I thought, I should do a Forth of July story, got an idea and Bam! I was off writing. I’d cut it really close to get it out before the holiday, but I did it. Of course, while I wrote it, a million other things needed my attention. After I published the story, I thought I’ll just take the holiday weekend off. After that, other commitments reared their ugly heads. Then I was like, okay, I need to start another story. I’d sit down at the computer and type something. Delete it. Try again. Then I thought, well, where am I going? Am I going to write the other two stories in “The Office After Hours” that I was planni...

Have a Happy Independence Day Weekend!

I hope everyone has a safe a happy Independence Day this year! I know for many of us the celebration is going to be different due to the pandemic. So please remember to keep social distancing and please wear your masks. We're all in this together. So stay safe and have a Happy 4th of July! And don't forget if you need some extra fireworks, to pick up a copy of Her Holiday Fireworks from Amazon! (Yep, that's me making a shameless plug for my story ;-)

New Release - Her Holiday Fireworks

Greetings sexy readers, Zetta has a new steamy tale for you today! And just in time for the holiday weekend here in the U.S. The Fourth of July is always a fun holiday. Picnics, cookouts, spending time with loved ones and ending it with a fireworks display in the evening. I have some truly great memories of Independence Days past. Sadly, with the pandemic going on, most fireworks displays have been cancelled. Those of us wanting to keep loved ones safe, will not have picnics, cookouts or any of the other festivities this year. It is sad for sure, but I'm confident that this too shall pass, it'll just take awhile. In the meantime, why not read a sexy hot Fourth of July holiday story! Her Holiday Fireworks is ready for your steamy enjoyment! So get ready for a big hot dog and some fireworks (he!he! Sorry I just can't resist saying that). WILL THEY GET FIREWORKS THIS FOURTH OF JULY OR JUST ANOTHER DUD? Lindsey I hated working holidays. I wanted to be out having a good time wit...

Fireworks are Coming

It’s that time of year here in the U.S. Time for picnics, hot-dogs and fireworks, the big birthday celebration of our great country. Sadly, with this virus mess going on, many people won’t be enjoying the holiday like normal. So I decided to heat things up for you. That’s right, I’m doing a steamy Fourth of July story. I’ve always been a sucker for steamy holiday stories, but Christmas is still several months off. So I thought, the fourth is nearly here,  why not do a story for that? I mean come on, a story with a big hot-dog and plenty of fireworks, how could I resist? Right? Right! I’m in the finishing phases of the story now and hope to have it out within the next couple of days, just in time for Independence Day. In other news . . . I’ve got some more stories in the works. I had started on the next Office After Hours story, but it was turning into an ugly beast that wasn’t too pretty or sexy. So I took a short breather from that story, and possibly the series for the time being...

New Release - Getting Her Clients

The second story in The Office After Hours Series — Getting Her Clients is now available! After much hard work, the story went live on Amazon this morning. I hope you enjoy this super steamy hot story and it gives you the much needed escape that I'm sure we all can use right now. Getting Her Clients: The Office After Hours 2 A MMF Steamy Short Story What happens in the office after hours . . . Vanessa When my co-worker doesn’t show up for an important after hours meeting, it’s up to me to make sure the owners of Elistar Tech sign on as clients, or else I’m out of a job. The owners are two men who are hot as sin, but I learned the hard way to never mix business with pleasure. Guess I’ll be looking for a job tomorrow. Dustin and Jake When Vanessa shows up alone for our meeting, the last thing we really want to discuss is business. We’ve both had a serious attraction to her since we met her. Now the three of us are alone in an empty office. We’ll become her clients, but we’re goi...

The Office After Hours Story 2 Cover Reveal and Update

Here’s the cover for the next saucy short story in the Office After Hours Series. I titled this one Getting Her Clients, and it’s hot, hot, hot. Or maybe I should say sexy steamy hot? Either way, this one’s steamier than the last one. This is a MMF — That’s right, my lucky heroine in this story gets not one, but two smoking hot men! Not only that, but she gets a real smooshy Happily Ever After as well. Oh, such a lucky girl. I was always a one book boyfriend per story type of gal until I read my first MMF story . . . then I was hooked. So of course I had to write one. Well, okay, I’ve got several of these multiple men one woman stories planned for later on. In fact, once I finish up the next two books in The Office After Hours Series, I’ve got some reverse harem action coming your way. But that’s later. In other news, I’ve finished the rewrites for this story and working hard on the edits and polish, which never seem to end. But I’m getting there. If all goes well I should ha...

The World Sucks so Lets Escape

Let’s face it, right now the world sucks, at least more so than normal. With everything that’s going on, it’s hard not to feel down some days. What I miss the most is going to the cinema. I LOVE going to the movies. I don’t know why, I just do. I much prefer to see a movie on the big-screen instead of on my TV. But that’s just me. I heard on the news the other day that theaters may reopen soon. But I’m still not going till we at least get some better control over this virus. Which might not be till next year. Sigh. When I decided to be a producer to smut, it was way before all of this Covid crap started. But even then I sat down and asked myself why I wanted to do this. After all, if I was going to self-publish I might not make much money at this. That is the reality in the self-publish world. So money aside, why did I want to write these sexy stories? Escape. Not just escape for me, but for readers. I am first and foremost a reader. If I wasn’t a reader, there is no way on ...

After I Hit Publish and What’s Next

It’s out there, my first self-published sexy story. After waging all out war on self-doubt, fear of failure and all those other nasty things, I finished my story and hit publish on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning, my story was live on Amazon. So I got busy and set up my Author Central page, did a blog post that the book was live, spread the news to the very few people that knew I was doing this, and got to work on my next story. I also set up my Goodreads author page. It’s been a whirlwind of activity. But now that I have everything set up (at least I hope I do!) I can get back to the most important part of all of this, the writing. What Surprised Me Most I really suffer from self-doubt and some unfounded fear about my work. I thought I would hesitate about hitting that publish button on Amazon. But I think I stayed so busy Saturday, that by the time I was ready to hit publish, I was too exhausted to feel much of anything. I’d spent the entire day researching keywords, doing anoth...

It's Here! His Workaholic is Live!

After tons of hard work His Workaholic is now live! Whoo Hoo!!! I keep staring at it on Amazon, somewhat in disbelief. But I didn't stare too long. I got busy and set up my Author Central page, and now I'm working on this release post. So much to do yet. Not to mention another story to get cracking on. I do hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This is a short steamy read. So if you like your stories hot, this is for you! His Workaholic: The Office After Hours 1 A Steamy Short Story What happens in the office after hours . . . Loren I’m tired of staying late at the office every day. My only perk is seeing the smoking hot man that cleans the office every night. Is it sad that I fantasize about the cleaning guy? Probably. I need a new job. Kyle When I agreed to temporarily help my friend out with his cleaning business, I never thought I’d meet such a sexy workaholic. I want to do more for her than just empty her wastebasket. I want to make her mine. If ...

Cover Reveal and Updates

Well, howdy sexy readers. Get ready, because I’m getting closer and closer to my first release! Whoo Hoo! So I present to you the cover of my first story - His Workaholic. This one is a steamy hot short story . Because who doesn’t need a sexy hot quickie? And yes, I use the word ‘hot’ a lot, sorry. This story is a shot erotic romance, probably more on the erotic side than the romance side, but it comes with a cute, sweet ending. Or at least I think it does, then again since I wrote it, what the heck do I know? I’m putting the finishing touches on it now. I’ve drafted a blurb for the story, but it still needs a little work yet. This entire process has been an uphill slog for me. I’ve battled self-doubt around every corner. Almost gave up a couple of times . But I figured what the heck? I’ve got nothing to lose on this. Except the money I paid for the stock photo on the cover and I splurged for a domain name for this site. Still, it’s a minor investment. And e...

How-To Write Smut Books Make it Look so Easy

I’m hard at work putting the finishing touches on my first story. Some days I feel like I will never get there. All I can say is those books on writing and self-publishing short erotica and short romance make it look way easier than this. I’m sure part of it is my own insecurities. Well, okay, that’s probably most of it to be honest. When I decided to do this, I read several how -to books on writing and self-publishing short erotica/short romance. Basically, in a nutshell, what they said was that you could write a story in 2 or 3 days, then make a cover, upload it to Amazon and/or other retailers and Bam! You’re on your way to building a smut empire. Easy peasy . I’m here to tell you a few things. First off, I can write a story in 2 or 3 days, no problem. However, revision and edits take me more than 2 or 3 days. At least it is for this first story. I’ve had to do a complete rewrite of it. Did it help? Heck yeah, it did. But it took time. I did a lot of edits first...

The Editing Never Ends, or, It Will Never be Perfect

I love to write. But writing is rewriting and I don’t love that as much. Others take great joy in rewriting, but not me. I take great joy in the creating. To me nothing is better than getting an idea and typing away in the heat of passionate creation. That’s where I find my joy. I’m working at rewrites and edits for the first story I plan on publishing. Except, my other failing is I’m a perfectionist, at least with my writing. I never thought I was. I mean, I’m often untidy in my surroundings and with many other things in life. I often say “good enough” and move on. It’s not like that with my writing, and it was only recently that I discovered this. I had a friend that retired from being an Art Director at a big New York City advertising firm. I remember him saying, “Isn’t it amazing how many people go over the same piece of writing and still errors get through.” He’s right. This happens. Just look at books published by major publishers. Often I see reader reviews com...

Listening to the Crickets

Well, until I get something published and get my name out there, I’m probably just writing this for the crickets. We all have to start somewhere, so I thought I’d get this first post out of the way. This is not my first blog or my first adventure in writing. But the first post always feels awkward. Sort of like a first date with a really hot guy and you worry that no matter what you say it’ll sound stupid. Yeah, that’s how this feels right now. The next post will be better. I’ll find my stride, eventually. I just have to get this one out of the way to start. In the coming days and weeks I will share with you my sexy writing adventure. This is something I’ve always thought about doing and then late last year I decided, what the heck, why not do it? This is not some, I’m bored at home because of this whole virus thing, it’s something that has been in the works for a long time coming. Maybe a few of you have thought of embarking on a similar adventure and maybe these ...