I had a lovely reader interaction today that ended with me not making the sale. Because I realized quickly that the types of books I wrote were not what she was looking for. She was understanding, and we had a nice little chat. She was so sweet, and didn’t berate me for not writing what she liked.

I totally forgot to pick up lunch and I am manning this booth by myself today. Oops

Hear me out: A monster romance holiday anthology, where the plots are based on Hallmark Christmas movies. But with monsters. And 🌶️🔥. After establishing a promising career in a real estate dev company, Penelosephone returns to her small town to oversee a new development in the Old Forest...

I need to make a spreadsheet of all the bookish events within driving distance.

Story done! Now it needs a title, cause we can’t keep calling it “We Broke A Chair.”

It's release day! Changed for Desire, the delightful sequel to Bound to Desire, has been unleashed upon the world! Enjoy a cozy-adjacent why choose fantasy romp with TTRPG vibes, found family, and a lot of f— um, feelings. Yes, feelings was totally what I was going to say. books2read.com/u/3nJ98o

Remember that urban fantasy gender flipped Snow White? The short story? Where the seven dwarves are shortstacks and fey? So it’s done but it’s 45K words. Yeah, I was surprised, too.

Everyone* fears Nahia. She won the war, but they all remember how. And what keeps her from doing it again? It tears her apart. No one fears Octavia (except "pretty women are scary" types). They should, though. She's obviously a warlock and how do you think she safely travels alone? *Except the MMC

We're reviewing Kickstarter's "Three Ways to Maintain Momentum" email. One of the suggestions is "Add a new reward" and all I can come up with is "Clea will send you a personal, possibly weird or inappropriate, thank you." Because I think it's funny. (We won't be adding it.) Examples include:

It's the final week for our Summoner Kickstarter! Summoner v1.0 and Summoner v2.0 are paranormal romance anthologies about a demon summoning app and the sexy chaos that follows. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

I have a praise kink and imposter syndrome. So I want you to tell me I'm a good girl and that I'm doing a good job, but I won't believe you.

Still editing the fluffiest 🌶️ thing Tallis and I have ever written. It'll be a nice standalone when it's done. Was talking with another author today about how it helps to have a few standalones, because not everyone's ready for a series. But it's so fluffy, not sure it's a good representation.

Went to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights last night. I had never been before, and it was so fun. I think as a former theater kid and someone who also did haunted houses, seeing that kind of event at that level of production was just magical.

Just a reminder that we have a really fun Kickstarter going on right now for our Summoner anthologies. One written by myself and @cherryflavoredclea.bsky.social, the other by a group of our writer friends. They're fun, light-hearted, and sexy! Help spread the spooky season with some demon goodies!

Saved by Desire is done! And by that I mean written. But we wrote a complete trilogy! Time for the butt wiggling happy dance!

Charming Fetish, an imprint of Periapt Press, is running a Kickstarter for two anthologies in the Summoner universe!

I simply cannot stress it enough. You cannot sit this out. They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised. Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

We have an anthology with a demon summoning app coming next year. It’s part lexicon, part succubus/incubus Tinder, part infernal Yelp. A friend pointed out that we could make the different demons’ profiles, and now I am spending way too much time researching and designing this fake app.

I have sparkly sunscreen and the deodorant with aluminum. And books that would get banned in any Florida school district. Tampa, I’m coming for you.

How my editor knows my WIPs: Warlock 2 30/70 story “We broke a chair”

So I am super upfront about the fact that this is a pen name. And I am going to be doing an event in Florida, as this pen name. While staying with my father. And hoping he doesn’t try to attend said event, so I don’t have to tell him that I have a pen name.

Me: I think there’s too many spicy scenes in [WIP]. Editor: Well, there’s often a lot of spicy scenes in your work. What’s the ratio? Me: Um, 70/30. Editor: …is the 70 the story? Me: No.

I’m aware of what a mess it is right now. I’m gonna keep doing the work, sending money where I can, showing up when I can, doing my best for a positive change. But I need to protect my sanity, and I have a book coming out on May 1, so I’m gonna focus on that for a little while.

Edits to Bound to Desire are done! I have removed over 300 instances of "just" and checked for the correct spelling of blond/blonde and several other things! I will now get myself a little treat!

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the truly Irish way: open rebellion against any who try to repress or control you. We need more of that here in the U.S.

You know, I never understood the "good girl" thing when I was younger (despite being a burnt out former gifted kid with ADHD and a praise kink). But at this point in my life I have spent so many years doing so much for little to no acknowledgement that it's starting to make sense.

I saw this, so now the rest of you have to. I giggled.

"You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I."

This is who they want to portray as an agent of Hamas.

Behold, the book that officially makes me an award winning author! 😁Absolutely read Seriah Black's Quench to the Hilt, and then check out Poitín No. 69 while you're at it.

The second warlock story is done! I mean, it's written, it's not READY or anything, be reasonable. <Verb> <preposition> Desire will have to wait until we're done getting Bound to Desire shined up and off to print. (Do you sense a theme in how we're naming the books in this series?)

I wish I had the patience for tumblr. There are still some gems floating in there.

The horrors persist, but so do I. And since I persist, so does my editing pile. Made it through Round 2 of revisions to chapters 1-10 of Bound to Desire. 12 chapters to go. Onward!

I spent too much of my evening looking up what blueprints were called before actual blueprints were invented. #fantasy #wip

Erotica consortium's Love Potion 69 has advanced to the final round in Golden Pigtail's category The "It's Always Better Together". It can be found here: geni.us/u1JTn Voting is here: alexasommers.com/the-golden-pigtails-2024-finals/ #anthology #lovepotion69 #erotica #goldenpigtails

This Valentine's enjoy a Bouquet of Teases. 💙📚 🌶️ #valentinesday

Okay, we're back from the entirely-too-short vacation! Time to get this smutwagon moving again!

Gulf of your mom

I should stop proofreading smut and go to bed.

While I am letting Bound to Desire rest for a few days, I cracked open the isekai to start planning “episode” breaks. It’s a little weird looking at my writing and wondering how I can make it more anime.

Weighing in at 98K words, I have completed the first substantive edit of Bound to Desire! Please clap.

No, salve was correct, she did not rub the last of the slave into his scales. Anyway, back to editing.

Just FYI, men in our books moan, growl, groan, cry out, and otherwise make it very clear that they are enjoying themselves.

Because what else can we do, right? Anyway, wrapping up Chapter 12 of Bound to Desire. Almost halfway done with this round of edits. I think if I can stay focused I may finish by the end of January after all. Then it's Round 2 (which will be MUCH faster) and then off to the editor.

I had a list of people/businesses that made typography/discrete book covers, and now I can't find it...

Okay! Bound to Desire will come out in the spring. The first Tales of Bharata story should follow in the early summer. So...first episode of isekai story in the fall? That feels like a reasonable publishing schedule. Unless I give in to my dark impulse to completely redo the isekai story. Hmm.

We have a title for the Untitled Warlock Story! Prepare yourselves for Bound to Desire, coming this spring! Mwa ha ha ha ha!

One of my writing friends has been reading over the warlock story as I finish chapters, and trying to stay ahead of her has been very motivating.