Watch this movie: The Girlfriend Game

If you haven’t seen this video by Armen Antranikian, then you owe it to yourself. If you’ve already watched it, then I recommend watching it again. It captures so much of what I write and what you enjoy: voyeurism, that tenseness that comes with watching your loved one flirt, and all the heavy emotions that swirl when things go too far. If I could kickstart more of these movies, I would. If I could pick someone to turn one of my books into a movie, this guy would be the one.

Word of warning, while this video isn’t hardcore, I’d recommend against watching it at work. Besides, it’s good enough that you should find some quiet time to immerse yourself in it.

The Girlfriend Game from Armen Antranikian on Vimeo.

Update on Training to Love It 3

So February is almost gone, and as many of you have observed, there’s no book yet. I’ve also done a poor job of managing expectations, so I apologize for that.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make a February deadline for the next book in this series. I’ve had a few distractions come up, in addition to the fullness of my regular life. I will say that I’ve written over half of the book, and it’s one of my most ambitious to date. It’s also been one of the most difficult. I wrote a long time ago something about not doing sequels, and as I write this final book in the trilogy, I’m reminded of why that is.

Will this be the book that you’re expecting, reader? Probably not. Was the second book? Based on your reviews and your emails, for many of you, it was not. A fresh book with new characters is easy. We start with a blank canvas and zero expectations. I’m allowed to tell whatever story I want. With a follow-up, everyone has an idea of what they want, including myself. Worse, I’m tempted to start bending my narrative to meet the expectations of everyone. That would be a poisonous path to take. One of my guiding principals as an author is to not do that. I write for myself, and as soon as I stop doing that, I’m going to stop writing. I posted this years ago, but it’s worth mentioning again (not just to authors, but for anyone who strives to create):

If your work is filled with the hope and longing for applause, it’s no longer your work–the dependence on approval has corrupted it, turned it into a process where you are striving for ever more approval.

Who decides if your work is good? When you are at your best, you do. If the work doesn’t deliver on its purpose, if the pot you made leaks or the hammer you forged breaks, then you should learn to make a better one. But we don’t blame the nail for breaking the hammer or the water for leaking from the pot. They are part of the system, just as the market embracing your product is part of marketing.

(From Seth Godin)

So Training 3. It’s being worked on. I promise. It’s more than halfway there, and it’s rolling now. I’m putting everything I have into it because the story of Erin and Tom (and AJ) deserve it. To all of you chomping at the bit for the book, I ask for patience. It’ll arrive. There will be some surprises. And this story will finally be told in full.

As always, thanks for your support.

Happy (and sexy) holidays!

perfect-gifts-1000New short from me now available on Amazon for just $.99: Perfect Gifts.

He harbors a fantasy of watching his wife with another man. She fantasizes about the hot, black guy she teaches in night school. And along comes Christmas, a time to make everyone’s dreams come true. A time for two, perfect gifts.

It’s been a good year, and so much of that has to do with you, my readers, and the support you’ve shown—through emails, through reviews, and through simply purchasing and enjoying my books. I can no longer put free books on Amazon, so this one’s priced as low as possible. Find it here.

If you’re looking for more Christmas (and holiday) erotica, here are a few of my personal favorites:

my-wifes-christmas-surprise2My Wife’s Christmas Surprise
Ben Boswell

Take an overweening boss, a beautiful wife, and a diffident husband. Add the booze and music of a rocking office Christmas party. Throw in a deep, festering, unresolved conflict. And what do you get? A very special, very twisted, very Boswell Christmas story.

Ho Ho Ho.

 

It Started With Mistletoe
Kirsten McCurran

When a snowstorm keeps Eve and Kurt in the neighborhood, they visit Marie and Brett’s hot Christmas party. Eve feels frisky after a few spiked drinks and playing down in the basement leads to another hot swap after the other guests have gone. This is the second story in the Eve & Friends series. The first is It Started With a Joke

 

And of course, my own (free) book:

Naughty But Nice

Dan was resigned to a Christmas alone. He told himself it was fine, that experiencing the holidays through the smiles of others was enough. But on Christmas Eve, the prospect of life by himself without the magic of the season was crushing. And then she walked into Santa’s shop, one last present to unwrap before the holidays came to an end.

 

December Update

By now, hopefully you are aware that the first two books in my Training to Love It series are out on Amazon, and you’re probably wondering when the third and final book will be out. I promised an update, so here’s the best I can do: early 2016. And I’m shooting for very early 2016, but as these things go, it will probably not make it in January. My apologies for the delay, but this is my most ambitious project to date and I want to get it right. I took my time with book 2 and I hope everyone saw the merit.

That said, I took a break once I finished Training 2 and have nearly completed a Christmas short. I’m shooting for the special gift to you all to be available around Christmas Day, so watch for that.

And in the meantime, here are some recommended reads:

As always, thank you so much for your support and feedback!

Training to Love It 2 update and excerpt

November is here, and as you have probably noticed, Training to Love It 2 is not available. My sincere apologies. I’ve gone through several drafts, and while they’ve been good, they’re not quite right, and I don’t want to release something that doesn’t live up to the first book. I’m still targeting November for a release, though, and feel I’m close. I just need time!

But to tide you guys over until then, I’ve posted an excerpt from book 2. It should give you all a taste of that thing I’ve heard you all wished you could have seen in the first book. Enjoy, and watch this space (and Twitter) for updates on book two.