Finished transferring #ScratchTheSurface from Atticus to Scrivener, rewriting parts as I went. I've changed a fair bit, hopefully for the better, and extended the epilogue/final chapter.

With the editing tools in Scrivener I can hopefully do some more work to tighten it up and maybe lose a little off the word count, but I finally feel I'm getting somewhere.

#WIP #AmWriting #PNR #BDSMRomance #MMRomance #WolfShifters

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#MicroPrompt DESTROY

"I don't care what's in there. If you want them gone we'll destroy the whole lot. No one needs to see any of it, not if you don't want them to."

"He'll have made copies."

A growl rumbled in his chest. Yes, that slimy fucker would never have made this move without a back up in place.
"He won't use them," he said with as much confidence as he could muster. "If he did, it would push the button on the whole story."

#ScratchTheSurface #WIP

Nose buried in Caz’s crotch, Eerie’s lungs burned for air. The collar was tight around his straining throat. His cuffs clinked as he tugged against their hold, the filthy words rolling through him, setting him on fire.
He was a gentle breath away from coming in his pants when the impossibly hard cock in his throat pulsed. Caz let out a low groan, hips jerking as he emptied his load deep inside.

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #BDSMRomance #MMRomance

#WritingWonders Day 19: What things in my story would I like to exist in this world?

Without doubt it would be wolfshifters - The ability to turn into an actual wolf. To run as a pack. To sense your wolf inside you and have heightened senses even while in human form. To have a pack you belong to, who will defend you to the end of the world.

The shifters don't appear much in #Denial as both MCs are human, but set it's the same world as #ScratchTheSurface

#WIP #MMRomance #WolfShifters

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#MicroPrompt REMOTE

Caz picked up the flogger and remote before stepping off the bed. He lingered for a moment, wishing he had a camera to hand so he could capture the raw beauty of Eerie's trust and submission.

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #MMRomance #BDSMRomance

Back to Eerie for this one.

The low, Intimate voice forced icy fingers down his spine and slowed his blood to a crawl. “Happy Birthday."
Soft, cruel lips pressed against his temple. The cloying scent of aftershave subsumed him, with its conjoined promise and threat.
The taste of old pennies pooled under his tongue.
“Thank you, sweet girl.”

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting

#WritingWonders Day 1:
2 truths and 1 lie about WIP

I'm going to write about #Denial a lot this month as I'm trying to finish the first draft for #CampNaNoWriMo
I'm still discovering more about the characters and where the story is going, so I may also dip into #ScratchTheSurface for a few answers if the prompts fit better.

#Denial
*Kink awakening
*Break up of MCs due to cheating
*MC wrongly accused of GBH

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#Writing Wonders Day 31. Have you ever written alternative endings?

No. When I start writing, I only have a vague idea of where I want the story to end. It can veer off in a different direction from my original thoughts, but ultimately, it ends where it ends.
I write romance and can't cope with the thought of no hea, so I definitely couldn't write an opposing ending. When all is said and done, my MCs absolutely have to get a lasting, and happy ending.
#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting

#FridayKiss - ENDING

Ahhhhhh. He. Was. Going. To. Die.
“You… saw.” He closed his eyes. Shit. Shit.
“Yes, I saw and I touched.” That rumbling voice vibrated along his skin, rustling every nerve ending.
He could feel the heat of Caz’s breath on his cheek. When did he get so close?

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#WritingWonders Day 30: How has your vision of your MC changed since you wrote the first page?

Not a huge amount. I started with Eerie in my mind before I really knew what the story would entail. He is both a little more scarred and a hell of a lot braver than I had first envisaged.
His reaction to certain situations came as a surprise to both of us. He can also be a bit of a smart-arse in the right circumstances, which I didn't see coming.

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting #MMRomance

#WritingWonders Day 29: Describe your book’s cover.

This changes a lot. I've toyed with bound wrists and other kink suggestive images. The one I'm currently using in Atticus is of a naked torso, with hands coming around from the back, splayed open on his chest and belly.
I would love to commission an artist to create a cover specifically showing Eerie, if/when I can afford it.
For now I'm playing around with ideas.

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting #BDSMRomance

#WritingWonders Day 28: Does your antagonist have any redeemable qualities?

I tried to develop a few. I initially intended him to be more conflicted, but he honestly wouldn't let me redeem him at all. He's too consumed by his own rhetoric to allow it.
He wasn't originally going to play such a large role, but when I came to see that Justin wasn't such a bad guy, Damian Hart eagerly rose to the fore and took up the mantle.

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting

#WritingWonders Day 27: What would your MC's favorite book be?

Growing up, Eerie would have been restricted in what he was allowed to read. His escape was always music. Now he can, he might get into biographies of musicians - the ones who lived the craziest of lives.
He isn't a big reader, but he does like online blogs. His favourite is by a submissive he doesn't name, but whose personal mantras he uses when he feels overwhelmed.

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting

#WritingWonders Day 26 — If your characters were on a deserted island, which one would resort to cannibalism first?

My first thought was one of the wolf shifters - Humans are just another animal species, right?
But then I wondered what Rowan would do.
If he didn't much like the person, I have an inkling he wouldn't lose much sleep over eating them - after they were already dead.
We're not talking about murder here. He wouldn't do that... probably.

#WIP #AmWriting #ScratchTheSurface

#WritingWonders Day 25: If your MC was on social media, what's their favourite platform and why?

Eerie is NOT on social media. He doesn't want anyone from his past finding out where he is. This doesn't preclude him from using Rowan's profiles to cyber stalk certain people. I haven't discussed it in the book, but the more I think about it, the more sure I become - He stalks the ass off his brother, Charlie.

Of course, this doesn't mean he can't be found.

#AmWriting #WIP #ScratchTheSurface

#WritingWonders Day 24: If your book was a fable, what would the moral be?

Hmm...

Necessity is the mother of invention

or maybe...

Our greatest weaknesses can also be our strengths

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#WritingWonders Day 20: a fight or conflict scene.

A scene that brings together some of Eerie's least favourite things.
It doesn't go so well.

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#WritingWonders Day 19: Who or what does your MC hate the most?

Things:
Being stared at
Unsolicited touch
Being disregarded
Intolerant bigots
Panic attacks
Nightmares
Crowds
The Church of Truth

People:
The man (not named)
Reverend Cole
Damian Hart
Isabelle Hart

#WIP #ScratchTheSurface #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

#WritingWonders: Day 18: Rebel or a rule follower?

Eerie has ended up both, even though he's naturally a rule follower.
It almost killed him to live by the dictates of his parents and he was forced to rebel to find a way to scrape an existence on his own terms.

'Weekly church and social gatherings designed to grease the palms of the powerful, rich congregants. It was an ouroboros of a community and noxious to it's core.'

#ScratchTheSurface #WIP #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

#WritingWonders Day 16: What does your MC do to cope with pain?

Eerie derives pleasure and equanimity from pain, but only in certain situations. Trust is the lynchpin. He goes through a number of awkward encounters before he understands his failure to reach a blissful sangfroid is down to his fear of opening up.
When he finally does trust someone, and submits to them fully - Oh wolf!

Outside of play, pain is just pain and he will shut down and endure. No matter what.

#ScratchTheSurface #WIP