• BDSM,  BDSM Romance,  Dungeongourmet,  Ebook,  Erotica,  NaraMalone

    The Dungeon Gourmet dubbed “deep and touching”

    I found a link to a lovely review for The Dungeon Gourmet in my email. This was different kind of story, about a different kind of love, and two people who found themselves — like many lovers these days — trying to maintain a long distance relationship. That storyline introduced some obstacles, not only for the characters, but for me as a writer. I had to find some new ways to tell my story. I felt like a cook serving up an untested recipe to a room full of guests. I’m so pleased Mistletoe over at Whipped Cream, enjoyed the meal. There’s an excerpt below and a link to the…

  • ARG,  book mashups,  Ebook,  ehanced ebooks,  Immersive Fiction,  writing

    Why mess with a good thing?

    Mention reading ebooks and most people give you a dill-pickle face reaction. Then they take a deep breath and I know what’s coming. Before the first vibrations cross the space between their vocal chords and my eardrum, the words they will say reverberate like a stuck loop in my brain: “But I love the feel of a paper book, of turning the pages. You can’t get that from electronic books.” I’m reminded of my grandfather’s arguments about the superiority of horse over horseless carriage, and how the horse instinctively knew every stop along his mail route. “You can’t get that from a car,” he said. My grandmother had a similar…