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An Olive-Green Gown and Malachite Shoes #8Sunday #RainbowSnippets #SnipSun
Genre:
Poetry plus a supernatural coming-of-age story (vampires).
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Publication Date:
February 15, 2024
Ebook Price:
$1.99 or free with Kindle Unlimited
Book Blurb:
The poems, story, and thoughts included in this brief volume were inspired by the independently produced album Wayward and Upward by Spinoza Gambit. The story Prodigal Moon and the poem 401 Rush were included in the Wayward and Upward anthology published by Off Topic Press.
I opted to publish this book on my 59th birthday. It would be a wonderful gift to learn that my work inspired you or led you to learn more about the Wayward and Upward album and anthology.
With love,
Ornery Owl
Book Length:
49 pages
Excerpt
You can read last week's snippet here.
https://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/2024/02/first-day-of-summer-8sunday.html
She was wearing a knee-length olive-green gown that looked like it might have been all the rage in the 1920s and a pair of shiny, malachite-green shoes.
“Hello,” the girl greeted.
“Hi yourself,” Valentins returned.
“I’m Deborah Virgo. My family just moved into the house across the road from you.”
“Valentins Hines.”
Author Bio
Ornery Owl is a wise old bird who seeks the truth behind the lies. She uses her observations to heal the wounded soul. In essence, she is the spirit of an odd little bird whose wings were clipped at a young age. She is at once a whimsical manifestation of poetic expression and a fierce protector of those targeted for derision by an angry and unsympathetic world. Depending on how you perceive her, she can be either a goddamned delight or your worst nightmare.
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Ornery Explanations
Sometimes I promote the same thing on more than one blog hop because my puny brain gets overwhelmed and then I become emotionally dysregulated. I hope you can understand my position.
It makes sense to promote this story on these three blog hops. It fits the Rainbow Snippets theme because there are gay characters who play significant roles. Neither Snippet Sunday nor Weekend Writing Warriors have genre restrictions, although most authors who participate in Snippet Sunday are romance writers. The main relationship in this story is a platonic friendship, but I would say it qualifies as a love story anyway.
The Dirty Dutchman and His Boy Toy #MFRWSteam
Length: 10,000 Words
Heat Level: Nuclear Blast (5 Flames)
Blurb
Candi knew hot things happened behind closed doors at the Pearl Beach Resort. After all, the place was owned by bisexual billionaire playboy Boris van Donk, who had a reputation for taking on all comers.
Candi's family of origin was strictly religious, and she has never given or received more than a chaste kiss in her 21 years. Between bad-boy Boris and her geeky, fun-loving, porn-writing housemates, an awakening of her desires is inevitable.
Spicy Snippet
Note: Some like it hot, and this snippet is really hot. Like nuclear blast hot. If you don't like it quite so hot, please turn back now.
I shared an entire chapter, The Big Reveal, during last October's Steam hop. You can read that post here.
https://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/2022/10/the-big-reveal-mfrwauthor-mfrwhooks.html
Just a tease. This is a novelette, I don't want to give it all away!
You can read the previous snippet in this series here.
https://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/2023/12/boris-gets-ready-to-ride-mfrwsteam.html
The Dirty Dutchman withdrew his fingers from his boy toy’s ass, leaving the young man craving more. When Valentyn grasped his own cock for relief, van Donk slapped his hand away, scolding him. The Silver Fox pushed the pretty boy back onto the lounge, spreading his legs open. He slipped on a condom, poured lube over his cock, then positioned himself between the younger man’s legs, slowly easing his shaft into the slippery tunnel.
Valentyn was clearly in ecstasy as his boss availed himself to his tight asshole. He grimaced and bucked as van Donk slammed his cock in deep.
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A Smolderingly Seductive Muse #MFRWAuthor #MFRWHooks
Genre: Gay Romance, Holiday Romance, M/M Romance, Romantic Comedy
#bisexual #m/m romance #polyamory #role playing
Heat Level
5 Flames
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
ASIN: B0CP9WP2DF
Publisher: Naughty Netherworld Press
Publication date: December 23, 2023
Length: 14,500 words (Novelette)
Blurb
Parsifal returns home to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. As he arrives at the airport, he is greeted by his brother Hart and his ex-boyfriend Bobby. Bobby is accompanied by his new boyfriend Seth. As they spend the day together, Parsifal notices something peculiar. Bobby seeks comfort from Hart rather than Seth after a minor accident at the park.
Meanwhile, Parsifal finds himself drawn to hot nerd Seth. The more time they spend together, the more Parsifal believes the feeling is mutual.
However, Parsifal's Christmas holiday is about to get even crazier. His redneck relatives are coming over for Christmas Eve dinner, and Parsifal is dreading the chaos that is sure to ensue. Between his family's quirky behavior and Seth's enticing presence, Parsifal’s vacation is shaping up to be anything but relaxing.
This is the second book in The Shape Of Heat series. It can be read as a standalone, but the first book, Awakening, should be read first if you wish to know more about the background of Parsifal and his girlfriends Candi and Luisa.
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Snippet
Read the previous snippet here.
https://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/2024/02/killing-me-with-his-seductive-gray-eyes.html
“Don’t even think about it, Parsley,” I admonished myself as I felt a stirring in my loins when I gripped Seth’s pale, slender hand. “We’ll draft a nice Gothic story about a smolderingly seductive vampire who has his way with the innocent young prodigal son who just returned home to Ye Olde Manor after a year away. We will have naughty video chats with our sexy girlfriends. We will not, and I repeat, will not seduce our ex-boyfriend’s new man.”
“So, how’s life in paradise, Parsley?” Bobby asked. “Man, look how tan you are! You make Seth and me look like we spent the last year in a tomb!”
“Didn’t we?” Seth joked.
Lil's Musings
I’m sure this problem isn’t exclusive to writers with ADHD, but having a brain with wacky wiring combined with the proclivity for second-guessing myself doesn’t help.
I have been struggling to wrestle a story into submission for this year’s Passionate Ink anthology.
With the March 16th deadline looming and having given this story three chances to straighten up and fly right, I’ve shelved it in favor of a quick and dirty plot that will hopefully realize who’s boss.
It isn’t that the story I was working on was bad, it’s just too damn intricate to be confined to 10,000 words.
Take two: I just shelved the second iteration of this project and am now working on a third one. While the story does have a cohesive plot, I decided to opt for the Metric Fuckton of Sex option as opposed to a subtler, more nuanced slow burn culminating in something explosive.
First Day of Summer #8Sunday #RainbowSnippets #SnipSun
Genre:
Poetry plus a supernatural coming-of-age story (vampires).
Buy Link:
Publication Date:
February 15, 2024
Ebook Price:
$1.99 or free with Kindle Unlimited
Book Blurb:
The poems, story, and thoughts included in this brief volume were inspired by the independently produced album Wayward and Upward by Spinoza Gambit. The story Prodigal Moon and the poem 401 Rush were included in the Wayward and Upward anthology published by Off Topic Press.
I opted to publish this book on my 59th birthday. It would be a wonderful gift to learn that my work inspired you or led you to learn more about the Wayward and Upward album and anthology.
With love,
Ornery Owl
Book Length:
49 pages
Excerpt
Deborah Virgo and Valentins Hines met on the first day of summer 2017. The youngsters lived at the wrong end of Fox Avenue. The electricity had been turned off in Valentins’s house, but he didn’t mind sitting on the covered porch painting figurines. His mother, Doriend Hines, was gone most of the time, working at the Daily Grind Bistro or The Zealous Whistle Tavern or staying overnight with old folks who paid her under the table for her caregiving services. Doriend was a workaholic who would have been thriving monetarily if not for being a functional alcoholic and opioid addict with a love of gambling.
Valentins was sitting on the porch at dusk, painting a vampire figurine for his haunted house, when a wraithlike girl with an alabaster complexion and waves of xanthic hair flowing to her mid-back entered the gate.
Author Bio
Ornery Owl is a wise old bird who seeks the truth behind the lies. She uses her observations to heal the wounded soul. In essence, she is the spirit of an odd little bird whose wings were clipped at a young age. She is at once a whimsical manifestation of poetic expression and a fierce protector of those targeted for derision by an angry and unsympathetic world. Depending on how you perceive her, she can be either a goddamned delight or your worst nightmare.
Follow Ornery Owl
Cara H and Ornery Owl Amazon Author Page
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(C. L. Hart is my fantasy, horror, and sweet romance author pen name.)
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Ornery Explanations
Sometimes I promote the same thing on more than one blog hop because my puny brain gets overwhelmed and then I become emotionally dysregulated. I hope you can understand my position.
It makes sense to promote this story on these three blog hops. It fits the Rainbow Snippets theme because there are gay characters who play significant roles. Neither Snippet Sunday nor Weekend Writing Warriors have genre restrictions, although most authors who participate in Snippet Sunday are romance writers. The main relationship in this story is a platonic friendship, but I would say it qualifies as a love story anyway.
Killing Me With His Seductive Gray Eyes #MFRWHooks
Genre: Gay Romance, Holiday Romance, M/M Romance, Romantic Comedy
#bisexual #m/m romance #polyamory #role playing
Heat Level
5 Flames
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
ASIN: B0CP9WP2DF
Publisher: Naughty Netherworld Press
Publication date: December 23, 2023
Length: 14,500 words (Novelette)
Blurb
Parsifal returns home to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. As he arrives at the airport, he is greeted by his brother Hart and his ex-boyfriend Bobby. Bobby is accompanied by his new boyfriend Seth. As they spend the day together, Parsifal notices something peculiar. Bobby seeks comfort from Hart rather than Seth after a minor accident at the park.
Meanwhile, Parsifal finds himself drawn to hot nerd Seth. The more time they spend together, the more Parsifal believes the feeling is mutual.
However, Parsifal's Christmas holiday is about to get even crazier. His redneck relatives are coming over for Christmas Eve dinner, and Parsifal is dreading the chaos that is sure to ensue. Between his family's quirky behavior and Seth's enticing presence, Parsifal’s vacation is shaping up to be anything but relaxing.
This is the second book in The Shape Of Heat series. It can be read as a standalone, but the first book, Awakening, should be read first if you wish to know more about the background of Parsifal and his girlfriends Candi and Luisa.
Buy Link
Ebook: Just 99 cents.
Snippet
Read the previous snippet here.
http://www.naughtynetherworldpress.com/2024/01/reuniting-with-his-brother-mfrwhooks.html
Hart gave me a great big bear hug and put my bags
in the trunk. I settled in the passenger seat. Bobby and Seth, who had flown
into Nashville from Los Angeles, were riding in the back.
Bobby reached around the seat to hug me. He was
still the same golden-haired, freckle-faced ray of California sunshine that I
remembered. Seth was quiet and had a brooding artist vibe about him. He had
shaggy coffee-brown hair with long wedge bangs and a pale complexion. He smiled
shyly when he shook my hand.
“Seth Dinapoli,” he said, his voice cool and
whispery like the winds outside a haunted castle.
“Parsifal Matveev. Pleased to meet you.”
"The pleasure is all mine," Seth said,
unaware of how he was killing me with his seductive gray eyes peeking from
behind his dark curtain of hair.
Lil's Musings
I’m sure this problem isn’t exclusive to writers with ADHD, but having a brain with wacky wiring combined with the proclivity for second-guessing myself doesn’t help.
I have been struggling to wrestle a story into submission for this year’s Passionate Ink anthology.
With the March 16th deadline looming and having given this story three chances to straighten up and fly right, I’ve shelved it in favor of a quick and dirty plot that will hopefully realize who’s boss.
It isn’t that the story I was working on was bad, it’s just too damn intricate to be confined to 10,000 words.
The Problem With Overzealous Accusations of AI Usage
This adventure is part of the College Guys Coming Of Age series. The story ends on a happy note without cliffhangers.
In his freshman year of college, Zenobios Dumitru was a formidable defensive tackle for the Mataneu Marauders. Rather than pursuing a professional football career, he decided to serve his country. He was critically injured during Operation Neptune Spear. He returned to Louisiana with a purple heart, a patch over his left eye, and scars on the left side of his body and face.
Zenobios manages the Heroes sports bar, a popular hangout for the Wolf Bay Buccaneers. He supports his elderly, disabled mother who suffered a stroke in 2018. He has also taken custody of his niece after losing his sister in a drive-by shooting incident in 2019.
Bayo Wulf is the arrogant starting quarterback of the Wolf Bay Buccaneers. He and his rowdy crew constantly cause problems for Zenobios. A group of Mataneu Marauders players come to Wolf Bay seeking revenge after Bayo injures Zenobios during an arm wrestling match. During the ensuing brawl, Bayo’s best friend Aeschere Dane is critically injured. As Bayo sits at Aeschere’s bedside in the hospital, he realizes his hard-partying ways have turned him into a person he doesn’t like very much.
Can Bayo atone for his actions against Zenobios? What will he do about his growing attraction to the man his fellow gridiron tough guys call Grendel?
I wrote the above blurb for the story I'm working on for potential inclusion in the Passionate Ink anthology. I pasted it into WordTune, which is a grammar and spelling checker similar to Grammarly and ProWritingAid. WordTune suggests possible changes to certain sentences, which I sometimes accept, sometimes forego, and other times laugh at because they sound entirely ridiculous.
To sum things up, the above blurb was entirely created by a flawed human being who is terrible at writing blurbs and run through an AI proofreader of the type that has existed for about fifteen years. None of it was created by an AI. However, when I ran the blurb through an AI checker, it was flagged as potentially containing material created by Copyleaks or ZeroGPT. I have never used either of those programs.
Here is what the blurb would look like if it was written by an AI. I had QuickWrite (which I use to create writing prompts, occasional images for blog posts, and sometimes filler scenes that are rewritten before I ever submit a piece for publication) create a blurb for the same story. I have not edited QuickWrite's version of the blurb in any way.
In the heart of Wolf Bay, where pride and power collide, a heated showdown between two men will test the limits of forgiveness and unexpected desire.
Bayo Wulf, the charismatic and cocksure quarterback of the Wolf Bay Buccaneers, has always been the ruler of the gridiron and the king of his domain. But when his arrogance crosses paths with the enigmatic Zenobios Dumitriu, a combat veteran turned owner of Heroes Sports Bar, a storm of animosity begins to brew.
Zenobios, known as Grendel to Bayo's mischievous circle, has endured relentless torment at the hands of the quarterback and his friends. When a chance arm wrestling match leads to a debilitating injury, Zenobios seizes the opportunity to unleash the fury of his former teammates, the vengeful Mataneau Marauders.
Caught in the crossfire, Bayo's loyal companion, Aescher Dane, falls prey to the escalating violence, leaving Bayo with a choice: continue down the path of destruction or awaken to the harsh truth of the person he has become.
As Bayo embarks on a quest for redemption, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to Zenobios, forcing him to confront a powerful attraction that defies the boundaries of friendship and leaves him questioning everything he thought he knew about himself.
In "Showdown in Wolf Bay," the battle for self-discovery and acceptance takes center stage, as Bayo must navigate a treacherous path strewn with unpredictable twists and turns. Will he find the courage to right his wrongs and mend the shattered bonds, or will he succumb to the darkness that threatens to consume them all?
Prepare yourself for a riveting tale of redemption, unlikely alliances, and the undeniable power of love in the face of adversity. The clash between Bayo Wulf and Zenobios Dumitriu will leave an indelible mark on their lives, shaping their destinies in ways they could never have anticipated.
I ran QuickWrite's blurb through the AI checker. It was flagged as potentially containing material generated by Copyleaks, but not ZeroGPT. Apparently, QuickWrite is more human than I am.
I honestly like QuickWrite's blurb better than mine and may incorporate parts of it. I readily admit that I suck at writing blurbs.
Recently, many publishers have started stating that if submissions contain material suspected of being written by an AI, the author submitting the material will be blacklisted. Due to the reasons I have explained above, I am opposed to this approach. The overzealous use of gatekeeping will only result in erroneous accusations and discourage writers who cannot afford to hire a professional editor for every project and rely on programs like Grammarly, ProWritingAid, and WordTune to help them self-edit. There is a close resemblance between the current approach and the welfare system in the United States, where the purpose is to catch those who scam the government rather than help those who truly need assistance.
The craft of storytelling has always incorporated tools such as writing prompts. For many years, those of us not making Kingly sums of money have used proofreading software to improve the readability of our work. Barring all but the elite from publication will harm the literary landscape rather than improve it.
I would rather have a few AI-generated stories slip through the cracks than have the craft of writing become limited only to those individuals with the monetary means to always hire a professional editor or have innocent people accused of wrongdoing and perhaps give up on writing altogether. Most people will not have an artificial intelligence program write their story and claim it as their own. Ultimately, the bad actors will be exposed.
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