My second novel, One Shade of Red, launches April 2. What’s it about? With this novel, I turned Fifty Shades of Grey — currently the fastest-selling book ever — on its head. And then, I added more sex. To give you a little taste, here’s an encounter between the two main characters: Damian, the naive twenty-year-old virgin, and the only […]
One Shade of Red It’s nearly done! My spoof of Fifty Shades of Grey is nearly out. What began as a lark for National Novel Writing Month in November is nearing the final stages of publishing. I’ve written, re-written and edited it myself, shown portions to established authors in the field, and had it edited […]
Creative Commons licence It should be. It should be the easiest thing in the world to write about. But it’s not. Last month in the New Republic magazine, commercially published author Sam Lipsyte wrote about the challenges he faces when confronting a sex scene in a novel: We might have the tendency to quickly cover […]
Fifty Shades of the worst book I ever read by Evan Zenobia Evan Zenobia is editor of the Eclipse News blog and a close friend. He has graciously given Written Words permission to reprint this independent review of the bestselling Fifty Shades of Grey. A meaningless setting. A cast of thoroughly unbelievable, unrelatable, one-dimensional characters. […]
Creative Commons License. Some rights reserved by Reinis Ivanovs One Shade of Red is now in front of its editor! I have promised to keep you faithful readers apprised of my progress in publishing my second novel. So there it is: now with editor Gary Henry, author of American Goddesses and What Happened to Jory, member […]