January 27, 2013
Greetings! Week
number four and a milestone for me. A full month of posts. Woo!!
It's probably
ridiculous, but once I find a groove, I tend to stick with things. And I've
seen and heard about keeping blog content fresh and regular for reader who want
to interact with authors. I'm one step closer to getting on that track.
Tonight's Sunday
Snippet features a preview of my upcoming release, Creative Ink. I don't
have a date for it yet, but it's off with the editor. Creative Ink will be
launching the Black Unicorn Comics series, which I've sort of set up to
resemble episodes. They'll be fairly quick reads, but should be packed with snarky
fun times. And this cast of characters is so much fun to write. The story
concept came from a friend of mine who posted this prompt, an inside look at a small indie publisher, as a cast the TV show
challenge. I got so inspired by casting the characters, the sages got busy and
started throwing plot bombs. Seriously, the first episode nearly wrote itself.
(That so doesn't happen very often. LOL)
So, here's the tag
line:
Brian Wells and Lucy Sanderson are the
creative duo behind the rising success of Black Unicorn Comics. Surrounded by a
close knit group of co-workers they have fun and crazy adventures, keeping
their relationship burning hot in spite of it.
And here's the
snippety peek…
Brian always sent his hero,
Xavier, on the best adventures. But he'd turned things upside down for his next
issue. Instead of having Xavier outsmart the Zone militia, Brian ended the
installment with Xavier behind bars. The last panel would be a full page
rendering of Xavier's confinement in a rat infested cell.
Lucy shuddered. "I'm not
kidding, Brian. It's awesome."
He smiled sheepishly. "It is
coming together brilliantly."
She nodded. "There's only
one thing I gotta know…"
He answered before she even
voiced the question. "Yes. Marta is going to save him." He gave her a
sly smile. "She'll have strip for the regiment to get Xavier out of hack,
but it's a small price to pay, yeah?"
Lucy threw her ever handy stress
ball at him. "You shit. Tell me you didn't promise Harry I'd pose for
that."
It wouldn't be the first time she
questioned her sanity about agreeing to be the model for Marta, Brian's alien
warrior/goddess/side kick for his epic hero, Xavier the X-Tra-Terrestrial.
Brian lifted a brow. "It
might be too late for that."
Lucy rolled her eyes. "You
can tell Harry to eff off. I will not add more material for his masturbatory
fantasies." Harry might be incredible with ink, but his people skills were
sorely lacking sometimes.
Brian smirked. "Uh,
love…it's definitely too late for that. He has an entire wall of you in…well,
let's call them compromising positions."
Lucy rose slowly from her seat,
walked gracefully around the desk and stood behind Brian. She leaned forward
and let her lips graze over his ear.
"If you ever want to have me
in a compromising position again, you'll rectify that." Her hands lightly
squeezed Brian's shoulders then smoothed down the front of his chest.
"Make sure those drawings are gone by the end of the day, 'kay?"
Straightening back up, she
flicked her tongue against his ear—it always made him wild—then turned and
walked away.
I mentioned the
characters are loads of fun to write, yeah? The next episode has Brian, Lucy
and crew at Crazy Con (fictional as far as I know. :D) and hijinks ensue, per
usual.
And that's it for
this week's post. I hope you enjoyed.
(Inspiration for the BU offices)
Happy Reading!
Skylin
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