The One Shade of Red Launch Blog Tour One Shade of Red launches on April 2, and 12 great bloggers — all professional, top-notch independent authors — have generously donated their blog space to helping the book’s profile rise. Each day over the next two weeks, you can visit the blog for a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Tania Saiz [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons An in-progress view of collaborative publishing Now that I’ve finished my first draft of my current novel, I’ve decided to share with you blog readers a real-time look as this work progresses through collaborative publishing.Regular readers will know that my current work-in-progress is One Shade […]