I’m on Medium

Not to bury the lead, but I set up a Medium account, where I’ll post some short stories (some old, some new). Check it out at kennywriter.medium.com, and definitely follow it, please. The good stuff will start flowing once I hit 100 Followers.

But that’s not all this post is about. I wanted to give a few shout-outs to other authors in the genre, and some of the great news that’s happening. First, to continue with the Medium theme, here’s some quick bullet points:

Speaking of Ben Boswell, he’s recently started a Patreon account. Currently, I believe it’s free as he builds his critical mass. If you like what he does and want to see more of it, definitely head over there to support him.

Finally (at least finally in terms of plugs), hotwifebooks.com, which you may have noticed hasn’t been updated in a while, should be making a comeback soon, only now, it’ll become the home to all the #ACHE writers. The hope is that it’ll be a searchable resource for people looking for hotwife (and cuckold) themed erotica books. Keep an eye out for that!

Take care, all, and if you’ve got a moment, please follow me on Medium. Would be hugely appreciative.

Friday Update on Sunday

So I’m off to a bad start already. I said I’d post updates on Fridays, and now I’m too days late for my very first of these. Okay, better late than never?

First, let’s get one thing out of the way: I’m still working on Bull’s Eye 5, but it’s not quite done. This was my fear when I started publishing this series. I had four written and was working on the fifth. I was afraid that even with a lead time of a few months, I wouldn’t be able to get the finale completed in time. I ended up editing and revising the first four books more than I’d anticipated, and now here we are.

That said, I really am working on this final book. I’d say I’m about a third to a half in, but have most of it plotted out (as much plotted as I ever do). It’s just down to time and execution. I’m happy with what I’ve written so far, though, and fans of the first four should enjoy this last.

In other news, I’ve started a collaboration with the talented Max Sebastian. Inspired by his recent pandemic book, A Lockdown Affair, we got to talking about other pandemic-related hotwife plots this weird new and scary world has opened up. What we landed on was a classic tale of a man waking with amnesia, with a coronavirus twist. I’ll leave it at that for now and tease it out in other updates (hopefully on Fridays).

Bonus, though, Max is a machine when it comes to writing. We have already written twice as much in that collaboration than I have with Bull’s Eye 5. Good things are coming your way. Hang in there, everyone.

And stay safe!

Yes, I’m alive!

And I’m still writing, believe it or not, just not at the same pace as in years past. Ben Boswell and I are actually working on a big collaboration that’s just hit about to hit 100,000 words.

The major project that I’m working on, however, is Bull’s Eye, which is going on a few years now, I guess. I’ve completed three of the five books, and all that needs to be done in the fourth book is a few revisions. I’m hesitant to start publishing them because I’m worried that I’ll put out three (or four) and then you’ll be stuck with a long wait for the last.

On the other hand, perhaps that would give me the pressure and deadline that I need to get me over the finish line.

What does everyone think?

Site back up

Got hacked there for a bit, but things are back up and running, including my sister site, hotwifebooks.com. Speaking of that site, though, I’m thinking of shutting it down. I barely have enough time to write, let alone maintain it (as you can see, the catalog is a bit out of date).

Let me know if you want me to keep it up, though. If there’s interest, I’ll keep it going.

Oh, and yes, still writing. Just busy with life, family, and my other job. I’ve got a fun thing cooking with Ben Boswell (we’re probably going to release it as a couple of books, like Parallel Lines. And I’m writing my third book of the Bull series, with plans to start publishing that shortly (?).

Thanks for being patient.

What’s going on, Kenny?

It’s been almost a year since my last book, Annie’s Affair, was published. I’ve had a couple short stories published in some Best Hotwife Erotica anthologies, but nothing of significant length. That’s nuts. I once had a goal of published six books in a year, and while I never got there, I think I came pretty close. Now, there’s a good possibility 2018 might come up as a giant zero.

This isn’t to say that I’m not writing. I’m writing all the time. I just haven’t been able to finish anything. And it’s not like I’ve just been writing the beginnings of things (although I have my fair share of those). I’ve actually got almost three stories complete, other than the climaxes. Two of these stories are books. One of them is a five part series of novellas (four of which are mostly written). I just need to push to complete before jumping ship to another. I’m obviously not a very disciplined writer.

I’ve talked about some of these books before, but I’ll briefly outline them again as a refresher.

 

In Too Deep (working title)

David’s wife, Amanda, goes to work undercover as a stripper. David only learns this when he coincidentally wanders into the strip club where she’s working, then it becomes all he can think about. The questions keep him up at night: What is the case she’s working? How much longer will it last? And what, exactly, does she need to do to maintain her cover? What’s even harder to shake is the excitement that grows as he thinks about her, as sick and wrong as that is.

I know how this one’s going to end. Hell, I think that I’m on maybe the last major set piece of the book (not the final chapter, but at the climax, which will probably unfold over a number of chapters). I even have a cover designed for it.

But I got distracted by the current project I’m working on:

 

Untitled (Chesterbrook neighbors)

When Andy and Rose learn that their neighbors, Jordan and Louis, are separated, it’s shocking. When they learn that the reason for the separation is that Louis wants Jordan to be a hotwife, it’s confusing. Especially when both of them find that they’re intrigued by the prospect of being a hotwife—something neither wants to admit to the other for fear of following the same fate as their neighbors.

Again, I’m on the final chapters of this one. It was meant to be a light diversion, but turned into a full novel. I like the characters and the game that they’re playing. It’s not too heavy (like In Too Deep became) and it’s basically writing itself. In Too Deep (and my next set of books) requires a lot more plotting than this one. You should see it out first, hopefully… soon?

 

Bull’s Eye (five book series)

This one I’ve alluded to on Twitter and on this blog. It’s, perhaps, my most ambitious project to date. I wanted to write something different, and since I’ve written mostly from the husband’s perspective and a few times from the wife’s, I wondered whether it would be possible (and more importantly, interesting) to write from the bull’s. This one follow’s Paul on his journey from discovering the world of hotwifing and cuckoldry to getting caught up in it. It is, ultimately, a slow-burn romance with a lot of sex along the way.

It started as a single book, but when I realized that I couldn’t do it justice in just one, I split it into two, then three, then five. I’ve fallen in love with characters before, but never quite as hard as this (not Paul, but the female lead, who I won’t spoil). I think that’s why it’s so hard to write the final book of the series, because I want to do it justice, and honestly, I’m not sure it’s going to have the happy ending that I’m rooting for. I’m just going to write it and see… and that scares me.

 

So that’s my update. Hopefully I can finish that Chesterbrook story soon. In the meantime, hotwifebooks.com is still kicking with new things to explore, if you’re looking for some good books. We’ve added a couple new authors there, Sidney Sitravon and K.T. Morrison.

We also just published a new Best Hotwife Erotica anthology, this one centered around group sex. If you haven’t picked it up, do grab it. It’s only $0.99.

Want to support me? Then support my fellow authors. If you’ve read their books and enjoy them, but haven’t left a review, do that. More than anything, reviews help drive traffic to the books, which help with sales—not to mention help boost confidence and good vibes for the authors themselves.

My serial, and other upcoming things

I wanted to publish a post weekly, and here I am, barely getting my second blog post up in the first two months of 2017. My apologies. I’ll try and be more diligent, but I promise you it’s not for lack of writing.

One of the newest things I’m working on is a serial that follows a couple, Clarissa and Jackson Williams, as they work through a rough patch in their marriage by playing a game. I haven’t figured out what this game is called yet, but essentially they take turns giving the other a roleplaying scenario, and then act it out (eg. “meet me at a bar and pretend that we’re strangers”). It’ll be released as a series of novellas, with each novella covering one of these scenarios, and hopefully, we’ll see the couple evolve over the course of the whole thing. I’d like to publish each novella pretty close to one another (a month apart or so), and I’ve only written the short-ish prologue chapter, so it’ll be a while before that one will be out.

A book (full-length) that’s much closer to seeing publication is called Following Temptation, and let me tell you, I’m excited about this one. I’d put it down to work on a few side projects, but after finishing the prologue of the serial above, I went back to Following and fell in love with the couple all over again. I mentioned this book back in the January update, but for a refresher, it’s about a couple who discover that their neighbors are having an affair, and how they follow them into, erm, temptation. Or at least into sexy times. I’m working hard to get that out in the next month or so, just in time for….

Best Hotwife Books, Volume 3: Caught! This one should be out in a month, themed around “Caught!” and however the authors—Max Sebastian, Kirsten McCurran, Arnica Butler, Ben Boswell, and myself—interpreted that. I haven’t read all the entries, but the few I have, I can tell you the offerings are pretty diverse.

That’s got me thinking, though. Would other authors be interested if I made a space available (either here or on HotwifeBooks.com) to post your own stories written around these themes for free? I wouldn’t sell these stories, but also couldn’t pay anyone royalties for them. It would be more like a mini-Literotica, although you could post links to your blogs/author pages on Amazon. No promises that I can do this, but I’d like to gauge interest here.

Anyway, that’s it for now. I still have the bull story, as well as another collaboration with Max, although we’ve only started kicking around ideas. If you missed it, Out of His League came out last month, as well as a short on FrolicMe.com (which requires a membership).

Upcoming book in July

I can’t believe that it’s July. Where did June go? For that matter, where has 2016 gone? Hope everyone’s summers are going well. If you’re looking for an inexpensive beach read and haven’t picked it up, the anthology I did with some other great authors, Summer Confessions, is still .99 over on Amazon. You probably already have that though, so plug time is over.

A few months back, I wrote a draft of a book that is now called Separated, With Benefits. It will be my next release, and if all goes according to plan, it’ll be out sometime in July. I hate setting high expectations, but…I really like this book. It’s different than what I normally write. First of all, it’s a romance… like, we start with a man and a woman who are not a couple (although they are married). Ethan and Nicole, as the title suggests, are going through a trial separation as the book opens, living on opposite sides of the country and struggling with what it means to be separated and single. Do not worry, though, there’s plenty of signature Kenny Wright extramarital confusion and voyeuristic eroticism. At the heart of the book is Ethan’s struggle between trying to rekindle what he once had with Nicole, and letting her go and live her own life apart from him.

Anyway, I enjoyed both writing it (it probably made it onto paper faster than any other book I’ve ever written) and reading it after the fact. I’m anxious, but excited, to share it with all of you.

Stay tuned!

In the meantime, there are a few other things to look up (these are plug, so move along if you hate plugs):

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.