KINDLE PRICE PROMOTION

To celebrate the 7^th anniversary of my Civil Partnership this weekend, my latest eBook WATCHING HENRY LAWTON will be available for the next four weeks on Amazon for the low price of only $0.99. and 77p in the UK.  If you haven’t already read this sexy novella don’t miss the opportunity to grab a bargain summer read.

 

AMAZON USA             AMAZON UK

It’s been another busy week working on my next novel.  It’s too soon to give anything away yet but I can reveal that the new novel will be the first book in a trilogy of erotic thrillers.  You can expect great characters, mystery, murder and wild wild sex.  I’m halfway through writing the first book now and can’t wait to share more news about the project very soon.

I’m also working through some of my old previously published stories for a new eBook collection.  Some of those tales from the 1990s and early 2000s read in period pieces now in the era of apps, Facebook, Twitter etc.  It’s fun to rediscover these old stories though I must admit I don’t even remember writing some of them.

In the meantime I have to tear myself away from my characters to spend time with my handsome husband.  We’re celebrating our anniversary with a few days away in Edinburgh.  I love this city and can’t wait to get stuck in to the culture and history.  I’m looking forward to some great food, lashings of whisky, taking part in one of their famous ghost walks and spending quality time with the man I love.

It’ll be over before I know it and I’ll be back to work on the book.

PAY FOR PLAY ANTHOLOGY

Pay for Play a new erotic anthology from Bold Strokes Book, edited by R Talent, features my new story Sharing the Bill.  The theme of the book is prostitution and paying for sex.  It features twenty hot stories from authors including Landon Dixon, Bearmuffin, Jay Starre and me.

 

Blurb:  Where the man of your dreams is yours for the right price.

Pay For Play features a collection of well-crafted stories for those men who choose to stay on the legal side of the sex trade by vicariously dabbling into the seedy world of men who pay for their sexual favors from other men.

 My contribution Sharing the Bill is a really wild tale set in Gran Canaria and features three tourists and two local rent boys.  I was inspired to write this one after reading a book of Henry Miller's detailing his crazy exploits with whores and drop outs in 1930s Paris.  Sharing the Bill is a queer, modern day homage to Henry's dirty stories.  It was a lot of fun to write and hope people have as much fun reading it.

Pay for Play is available now in paperback and eBook from all major online retailers.

 OTHER NEWS

So what's new?  The great news is I'm balls deep into writing a new novel and it's a hot one.  I don't want to say too much just yet but I'm having the best time with a great set of a characters and a dark, mysterious storyline, packed with sex and danger.  It's not the book I set out to write after Watching Henry Lawton but as often happens with planning, it all went out the window.  An idea came to me that I thought would make a pretty good novella, around the same length as Henry but once I started work the characters and the story have taken over and its shaping into something much bigger.  That's as much as I want to say just now, but it's awesome and I love it.

I've also rediscovered some of my old short stories.  I found a box in the garage of old porn magazines from the 1900s/2000s which featured my writing.  I wrote so many stories back in my twenties, that I can barely remember most of them.  As they are all so long out of print I thought it might be fun to dust some of old tales off and put them out there again.  Later this summer I'll be publishing a budget priced eBook collecting some of the old magazine stories in one volume.

I've also got a story coming out in an anthology from Cleis Press called Steambath, editor Shane Allison, but I understand that's been put back till the autumn.

I've also been giving this blood a spring clean, adding new pages and trying to tidy up the organization.  It's a work in progress but I hope to add more features in the coming weeks.

In the meantime check out Pay for Play and stay safe.

Thom X

NEW EBOOK - WATCHING HENRY LAWTON - OUT NOW

My new eBook Watching Henry Lawton is available right now on Amazon and Smashwords and should be hitting other on-line retailers in the next week or two.  Watching Henry Lawton is a novella length story of 28,000 words.  It explores a young man’s obsession with exhibitionism and his kinky relationship with an older photographer.  Henry loves to show off his body – especially his big juicy butt – and Iain Stirling loves to watch him.

 

Available from:

Amazon UK

Smash Words

 

I hope you enjoy the new book.  It’s just the right length if you’re looking for a fast and sexy read.

Other news:  My writing hasn’t quite gone the way I planned since finishing Henry Lawton.  The longer length novel I wanted to start wasn’t ready to thrill me.  The outline needs a little more attention and my research could use more time.  It’s a big book I and I don’t want to dive into it unprepared.  Instead I’ve been working on a couple of stories for next erotic collection.

I’ve also decided to spend some time on my other genre writing.  I’ve had most success with erotic fiction but I also love horror, particularly ghost stories.  I woke up a couple of weeks ago from a particularly scary and disturbing dream.  I wrote it all down the next day and my imagination took over, developing a modern day ghost story.  I’m right at the point that I want to dive in and take it further.  My subconscious is doing a lot of the work and the characters are beginning to form.  I’ve got some time off work this month so I want to work on those ideas and see what develops.  I’m not sure yet what it’s going to be – a short story, novella or full length novel – but it will be fun finding out. 

 

WATCHING HENRY LAWTON - Coming soon

Hi guys

Today I'm excited to announce the details of my new book Watching Henry Lawton.

Blurb:

Henry Lawton is an exhibitionist. On-line, in pictures or in person, he loves to be watched. When he is introduced to Iain Stirling – artist and photographer – it seems like all of his dreams have come true. Iain wants to take pictures for his latest exhibition. Henry quickly realises that nothing is too extreme or explicit for Iain's unique brand of photography. But as he poses for the domineering older man, the exhibitionist quickly realises that being watched isn't always enough. Not when the photographer awakens deeper desires - desires he didn't even know he harboured – until now.

Watching Henry Lawton is a 28000 word erotic novella from the acclaimed author of The Sex Cabaret and Bedtime Stories exploring themes of exhibitionism, voyeurism, submission and domination.

 

The book will be available in all ebook formats from week commencing 25th March 2013.

This is the first book I've written of novella length.  In the past, when writing for traditional publishers, I found my word length was dictated by the publishers looking for short stories or novels of 75000 to 85000 words.  With Watching Henry Lawton I wrote the book to the length it needed to be, without padding or ruthless cutting.  As both a writer and a reader I think 25000 to 35000 words is a wonderful if not perfect length for erotic fiction.  I'm really pleased with the finished book -- and my beautiful cover boy.  I can't wait until you start reading it.

 

Ryan's Secret is still available for free over at www.smashwords.com.  The book is currently available on Amazon at the minimum price of $0.99.  I'm hoping it will also be availabe free there very soon.

 

RYAN’S SECRET – FREE in Multiple formats/ NEW NOVELLA INFO

All of my e-books are now available in standard digital formats to suit most e-readers, including the free e-book Ryan’s Secret. Previously the books were exclusive to Amazon and Kindle but are now listed at Smashwords in multiple formats including Kindle, EPUB, PDF, RTF etc.

Check them out right: here

The books will appear on sites including Barnes and Noble, I-tunes etc in the coming weeks.

Thanks to everyone who has downloaded and enjoyed Ryan’s Secret. If you enjoyed the story please take a few minutes to post your on-line reviews. However brief, every review and rating helps.

All of my books are now available digitally with the exception of my 2003 novel The Chain. As it’s the 10^th anniversary of the book I want to do something special for its digital release: a special edition which will feature the original text together with a 2013 “reboot” including new scenes and related short stories. The tentative publication date for this new edition of The Chain is August 2013.

The other exciting news if that my new novella WATCHING HENRY LAWTON is almost ready to go. I’ve just completed the third draft of the book which I started writing last autumn. Watching Henry Lawton is a raunchy story of obsession, voyeurism and spanking featuring two very sexy characters Henry Lawton and Iain Stirling. I became more than a little infatuated with Henry and his voluptuous arse when writing the story and I hope many of you will too. I’m working on the format and artwork right now and the book will be released just in time for Easter. I’ll post further information right here over the next few weeks.

I’m also busy making plans for my next books. In a slight change of pace and genre my next erotic project will be a gay romance (M/M). There will still be plenty of raunchy sex but I want to write something that is more focused on the relationship between two men as they fall in love. One of my favourite short stories is Daddy Fuller in Bedtime Stories where I touched upon love and romance and I want to explore those themes in a larger, more detailed storyline. Right now it’s shaping up to be something of novella length, but the story and characters could still dictate something bigger.  Who knows; I certainly don't which is part of the fun and excitement.

I’ve also written a couple of short stories for my third, as yet untitled story collection.

RYAN'S SECRET - FREE E-BOOK

RYAN’S SECRET: A PREQUEL TO THE SEX CABARET

 

 

Ryan James is an average boy; fit, good looking and looking forward to his forthcoming wedding to Michelle.  But Ryan has a big secret: a deep infatuation with another man.  Not just any man but Alfie Garcia – the world’s top gay porn model and star of the outrageous live show The Sex Cabaret.  With his wedding day looming Ryan’s secret threatens to overwhelm him and put everything he values in jeopardy.

 Check out the links to the right for this free 6000 word prequel to my novel The Sex Cabaret.  This e-book is available in Kindle and PDF versions and contains a preview chapter of The Sex Cabaret and an exclusive author Q&A.

Enjoy.

The Sex Cabaret is available now at:

Amazon UK

 

Amazon USA

 

 

A PRODUCTIVE PERIOD

It's been a couple weeks since my last update. The reason for this is that I've been hard at work on my new novella "Watching Henry Lawton" and am happy to report that the first draft is complete -- woohoo. It's always a thrill to reach the end of a story and type THE END. The initial elation is often short lived as the realisation dawns that there is still a huge amount of work to do before the story is ready for anyone to read, but I always enjoy it while it lasts and celebrate with a few drinks. For now the manuscript will be put aside for a few weeks while I concentrate on other matters. I've narrowed the choice of artwork for Henry Lawton down to two images and three different designs. I'll post the final image right here as soon as the decision is made.

While Henry waits I'm busy researching and planning my next book, which won't be strictly an erotic novel, but will feature plenty of sex. It's shaping up to be pretty epic -- a story spanning five decades of love, lust, success, deception, greed and revenge. I'm working on some wonderful characters and hoping to capture the spirit of the 70s and 80s "bonkbusters" I love so much by authors like Harold Robbins and Jackie Collins.

I'm also working on a couple of short stories including “Ryan’s Secret” which is a spin off tale from "The Sex Cabaret". I'll be posting Ryan’s Secret right here as a free ebook as soon as it’s finished and edited as a thank you to everyone who has downloaded and read my books.  Look out for that very soon.

So it's all work at the minute but in the best possible way.  With the snow coming down heavily today, it’s a perfect time to stay at home and write.

I'm looking forward to a luxury weekend away at the beginning of February but until then I'll be flat out working on these projects. I love how "Watching Henry Lawton" has turned out and can't wait publish it later this year.

Take care and stay safe.

Thom X