K.C. Burn - Erotic Romance Author » Writing http://kcburn.com Hot Men, Scorching Romance Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:21:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Good News! There WILL Be Alien Nookie… http://kcburn.com/2011/12/good-news-there-will-be-alien-nookie/ http://kcburn.com/2011/12/good-news-there-will-be-alien-nookie/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:52:27 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=902 I have in my hot little hands a contract from Carina Press for the sequel to Spice ‘n’ Solace!  And yes, there is alien nookie ;) At the moment, the book is still nameless and I don’t have a release date, aside from summer 2012.   Jathan and Kaz make brief appearances (before editing, anyway), but the story focuses on new people.  It’s taken a long while getting this one out into the world, for a variety of reasons, but I’m so thrilled.

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1. Trompe L’oeil is available at Amazon!  I’m assuming ARe and Barnes & Noble will follow shortly (fingers crossed).

2. I have a title and approximate release date for my new Carina Press novella.  It will be called First Time, Forever and should be out sometime in March 2012, assuming all goes well. No official blurb, but it’s a contemporary about two married guys trying to reconnect after their son goes to university.

3. I have an author page at Dreamspinner Press!  Very cool, although I’m hoping I’ll have cover art to share soon.  Still no exact release date for Cop Out.

 

]]> http://kcburn.com/2011/10/minor-news/feed/ 2 Cover Art Is Here! http://kcburn.com/2011/08/cover-art-is-here/ http://kcburn.com/2011/08/cover-art-is-here/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:35:12 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=712 I have some gorgeous cover art for Trompe L’oeil, from the talented April Martinez.  I just love it!  It pulls in so many facets of the story (yes, even the towel is part of it), but the bits I’m happiest about are the brushstroke effects to mimic the appearance of the painting, and a fabulous image of the Toronto skyline.  Just awesome!


]]> http://kcburn.com/2011/08/cover-art-is-here/feed/ 4 Sources of Inspiration: The Hellhole Apartment http://kcburn.com/2011/08/sources-of-inspiration-the-hellhole-apartment/ http://kcburn.com/2011/08/sources-of-inspiration-the-hellhole-apartment/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:27:20 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=687 This here is my first retro-blog.  I chose this blog to republish partly because it references Blood Relations, which just became available at Barnes & Noble, and partly because I drew inspiration from this same apartment in my upcoming release, Trompe L’oeil, which is on the coming soon page at Loose Id – YAY!
My first apartment was a hole, for various and sundry reasons.  But I’m a writer… which means it also gave me a lot of inspiration (when I wasn’t cowering in the corner thinking I should call the cops or wondering just how many cockroaches qualified as a public health hazard).

The apartment was in a old, large house that had been cut up into small, separate living spaces.  As such, my kitchen and bedroom were on the ground level, but I had to go down a flight of stairs into the basement to get to my bathroom.  My bathroom wasn’t shared… exactly.  But it did house the only entrance to the fuse boxes and meters for all eight apartments.  Yep, every time someone needed to read the meter or change a fuse, I had to let them into my bathroom.  Nice, eh?

The guy in one of the basement apartments greeted everyone with a hearty “Hey, Neighbour!”  He had long hair, thinning on top, and always wore a bandana and a black rock band t-shirt.  He looked like the quintessential aging biker.  To add to his “allure”, the ledge by the stairwell leading into his apartment was lined with empty Jack Daniels bottles, ALL of his windows were boarded up and he had a security camera over the front door.  Which he either had hooked up to an alarm or he monitored obsessively — as I discovered when the landlord (in my bathroom) accidentally removed the wrong fuse.  Mere seconds passed before “Hey, Neighbour!” guy was pounding on my door, demanding to know why his camera was out.

If that wasn’t enough to get the creative juices flowing, the two guys in suits who came to my door asking about him sure did.  I suppose they could have been Jehovah’s Witnesses trying to save him, but let’s say I’m skeptical.  Speculation did, however, run rampant through my brain after that.

If we go with Occam’s razor and assume the simplest explanation is the truth, “Hey, Neighbour!” guy probably had a small home grow-op.  My husband (then boyfriend) was convinced he was a draft dodger, as well.  Could be.  It was Canada, and he was the right age.  Or maybe he was just a harmless, eccentric and/or paranoid older man whose appearance made people (like me) jump to conclusions.

But that’s the beauty of writing fiction.  I could easily take “Hey, Neighbour!” guy and make him a serial killer, or make his apartment  the entrance to a secret lab for spies or a detention center for werewolves or vampires.

I’ve incorporated memories of that apartment into many of my stories, in a few subtle ways.  Adam’s apartment in Wolfsbane and Frazer’s apartment in Blood Relations carry echoes of my first apartment.  If I write a horror story, I’ll be sure to include the cockroaches — all I’m going to say here is that I now know what a cockroach infestation SMELLS like.  Eeeeeewwwww!

What I liked best about that apartment?  There was so much creative mileage I was able to get from it.  “Hey Neighbour” guy had other incidents…  the old guy who lived in the other basement apartment… the landlord… the cougar… it’s like the gift that keeps on giving (but thankfully sans bugs).

]]> http://kcburn.com/2011/08/sources-of-inspiration-the-hellhole-apartment/feed/ 2 New contract with Dreamspinner Press! http://kcburn.com/2011/07/new-contract-with-dreamspinner-press/ http://kcburn.com/2011/07/new-contract-with-dreamspinner-press/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:20:46 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=671 So thrilled!  I recently signed a contract with Dreamspinner Press for my first contemporary novel.  It’s a lot harder (for me) to write a story that doesn’t have a vampire, werewolf or alien in it somewhere, so I was really pleased with the way this one turned out.  It’s called Cop Out and it’s — surprise — the story of a cop coming out.  It should be out before the end of the year, and I’ll post a blurb soon!

]]> http://kcburn.com/2011/07/new-contract-with-dreamspinner-press/feed/ 0 Mid Year Check In… AKA Oh, those New Year’s Resolutions… http://kcburn.com/2011/07/mid-year-check-in-aka-oh-those-new-years-resolutions/ http://kcburn.com/2011/07/mid-year-check-in-aka-oh-those-new-years-resolutions/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:12:21 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=663 Back at the beginning of the year, I posted my writing goals for the year.  As a quick summary, I intended to write at least 215K words while completing (and hopefully submitting) 6 manuscripts.  Well, I’m pleased to say I hit 171K words this week.  There’s still half the year left; I’m definitely on target with word count.  YAY!  As for completed manuscripts, I have four done and one in progress.  What do you think?  Looking good?  I think so!  As for submissions, only two them are on submission so far, but I think — for the first year EVER — I came up with goals for the year that I could attain! Fingers-crossed for no catastrophes :)

 

]]> http://kcburn.com/2011/07/mid-year-check-in-aka-oh-those-new-years-resolutions/feed/ 0 It’s Free Book Week at Carina Press! http://kcburn.com/2011/06/its-free-book-week-at-carina-press/ http://kcburn.com/2011/06/its-free-book-week-at-carina-press/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:21:03 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=655 Starting on June 20th, every weekday, all week, Carina is offering a spectacular title for free download. And when they say free, they mean ACTUALLY free. Not “sorta free”, or “free with a $50 purchase” free, but actually, totally, no strings attached FREE! So, get thee to Carina press to download a free book every day! Here are the books being offered, and the links and promo codes for your free download:

Monday’s FREE BOOK is:
The Debutante’s Dilemma by Elyse Mady
Just type in the promo code DEBUTANTEFREE at checkout
http://ebooks.carinapress.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=50C0978A-DAC7-44E7-B627-C26A520471C0

Tuesday’s FREE BOOK is:
Demon’s Fall by Karalynn Lee
Just type in the promo code DEMONFREE at checkout
http://ebooks.carinapress.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=1E5A3A07-9BC7-4449-9B8F-377C21E2F664

Wednesday’s FREE BOOK is:
The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale by Christine Bell
Just type in the promo code TWISTEDFREE at checkout
http://ebooks.carinapress.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=D79D7CD6-1BAA-4D2E-AE65-FF0E42F79BE7

Thursday’s FREE BOOK is:
Blue Galaxy by Diane Dooley
Just type in the promo code GALAXYFREE at checkout
http://ebooks.carinapress.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=827CC21D-6F33-437A-977B-B0F291B70367

Friday’s FREE BOOK is:
Friendly Fire by Megan Hart
Just type in the promo code FRIENDLYFREE at checkout
http://ebooks.carinapress.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=E1466469-DB0C-404F-A0AA-3491BB9E9B14

]]> http://kcburn.com/2011/06/its-free-book-week-at-carina-press/feed/ 0 A Long Awaited New Contract! http://kcburn.com/2011/03/a-long-awaited-new-contract/ http://kcburn.com/2011/03/a-long-awaited-new-contract/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:14:19 +0000 KC http://kcburn.com/?p=577 I spent a lot of time angst-ing about a particular WIP late last year – I wrote it out of order, I had issues with the penis references, and the title gave me fits. Well, I just got the contract from Loose Id! YAY! And so far, we’re keeping the title I wanted it to have: Trompe L’Oeil. I know, I know, it’s French, but trompe l’oeil is an artistic term for trick of the eye and it features heavily in the story.

I have no info on release date or anything, but here’s a super-short blurb… which also may change, who knows? I really love this story, despite all the hair pulling :)

After spurning the advances of his sponsor, Maxwell, a Depression-era artist, is cursed to live for eternity as a life-sized nude painting, never to know the joys of love. But when Tyler, a lonely history professor, acquires the painting decades later, can his fascination with the painting’s subject cause them both to fall in love and break the spell?

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I know, it was supposed to be the 15th… got my wires crossed & it’s today!

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Copyright © 2011 by Harlequin Enterprises Limited Cover Art used by arrangement with Harlequin Enterprises Limited ® and ™ are trademarks owned by Harlequin Enterprises Limited or its affiliated companies, used under licence.

I finally have cover art for my upcoming sci-fi release from Carina Press, Spice ‘n’ Solace. So pretty! I’ve had such great covers, I can hardly believe it.

Anyway, here’s my blurb (again).  :)   Release date is scheduled for March 2011.

The Galactic Alliance’s most important negotiator, Jathan One-Moon, is responsible for ensuring the yearly negotiations with the Ankylos are successful.  If he fails and the Ankylos go to war, the human race will likely be exterminated.  As if that wasn’t enough, he’s under pressure to marry and produce an heir.  When he mistakes the brothel owner, Kazha Deinos, for his escort prior to the negotiations, the resulting evening makes Jathan realize his life is missing a man who can be a true partner to him.

Kaz never met his most important client, and Jathan’s misconception allows Kaz the freedom to give in to desires he’s never let himself indulge in before.  But Kaz has a business to run, one that a rival is trying to steal, which will force him to reveal his true identity to Jay.  There’s also the little issue of Jathan’s impending marriage.  Kaz is not interested in being a boy on the side of Jay’s marriage, no matter how much he’s come to care for Jathan.  Will Jathan and Kaz find a way to be together, or will losing the man Jathan’s grown to love be yet another price he must pay for saving the human race?

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