Fifty Shades of Grey

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A.western:link { }A.ctl:lMy second novel, One Shade of Red,launches TOMORROW, April 2, on Amazon, Smashwordsand other e-book retailers. I’m very excited about this. As you can see in the previous posts, I have done much more publicity in advance this time around: I posted excerpts over the past few months on […]

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 […]

Sample Sunday: One Shade, Chapter 2

One Shade of Red is nearly ready for the world, thanks to the awe-inspiring assistance of three great people: first, my wife, Roxanne Bury, who’s doing a careful, word-by-word edit; next, fellow author and iAi member Gary Henry (@LiteraryGary), who has done a story edit; and David Cassidy (@DavidCCassidy), who has designed a knock-out cover.I’ll […]

Sample Sunday: Damian falls down

With this post, I’m reviving a Written Words tradition: posting brief samples of my upcoming work on Sundays. I’m aiming to publish One Shade of Red, my spoof of Fifty Shades of Grey, in about a month (hopefully less). And to give you a taste, here’s a bit of Chapter 1: Falling Down, where the […]

An independent guest review: 50 Shades

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. […]