That’s the question I’ve been asking myself all weekend. You see, my nice, neat 30K M/M dragon shifter story Fire Season has become a full length novel… pretty much. And no, it’s not done yet despite having had a May 1 deadline. I’m at 44K and I think it’s gonna hit 50K which is the low end of the full length novel mark I think.
The reason this story has gotten so big is because… men have emotions apparently. At least, my dragons do. And their emotions confuse them, which in turn angers them. Oh, and they get horny at the least little thing and have to get their rocks off. Expending their energy when they get wound up about emotions happens a few times. Tennis, swimming, some porn watching… yes, all these things occur in this book as poor Holden and Garret figure out how to be mates.
Really, one of the things that I like most about this story is that I get to stand on my soapbox and espouse my theory of people specific sexual orientation rather than gender specific. We’ll see who rags on my ass worse over this idea, the gays or the hets. Usually, the way this stuff works is that the group that complains the loudest that I’m full of shit, is the group running scared that it’s the truth and will upset their nice neat apple cart about hardwiring. (Something that can’t be proven conclusively anyway.)
The other thing I really like about this story is that it’s springboarding me into details about Vahid’s story. In Fire Season, you finally get to see Vahid’s cool demeanor crack slightly over another executive in the company, a red dragon named Emily. In my head, the Emily and Vahid story has been taking shape because of their actions/reactions toward one another in Fire Season. She drinks and is seriously unhappy. He never shows emotion but totally gets pissy about her drinking. The reasons for their behavior are there in the story if you care to put 2 and 2 together and make a few assumptions, but the truth will out in Ride the Lightning Book 5 which will be out in 2010.
Now that all the male emotions have spent the weekend exhausting me, I need a nice Marcus to calm me down and prepare me for a wonderfully horrendous work week. I hate month end. I really do.
Would you look at that photo? Yum. Do men still wear cut off jeans? Cause I always thought they looked good on the right pair of thighs…
I don’t know about you, but sorta wish those shorts would come back in style. Especially with summer coming. Okay, especially with the top button already undone. HEH.
Have a great Monday!
4 May
7:46 am on May 4th, 2009
Lex, why is this book not finished and in my inbox? *lifts brow*
Actually, I love this. Men do have emotions, they just show them differently. And I’m excited to read this one when it is done! Maybe you should do a poll to see who is the most concerned about hardwiring…hmmm?
Woot! Let’s hear it for cut offs!!!!!
1:01 pm on May 4th, 2009
Ride The Lightning? like in the Metallica album?
And yes, us mens have emotions. Sometimes too many, depending on the event.
5:14 am on May 5th, 2009
My hubbie has plenty of emotions. I like to bring the ones htat make him horny out. Makes life so much fun to have him thumping around and horny.
marots last blog post..SSSoooo tired
6:00 pm on May 5th, 2009
Yeah, the much maligned insensitive male is a bit of myth in my experience. The guys I’ve know are all beautiful caring people… I can only attest to the libido of one. (Not to say the others don’t have a libido, it’s just not mine to explore — fidelity being what it is. This is not a complaint. And this comment is not going where I’d planned. Oops.)
I can’t look at cut off shorts and not think of the worst boss I ever had. He was awful. The perfect pair of jeans however does it for me every time.
Nats last blog post..Lemon-aid
10:57 pm on May 6th, 2009
I am so over Emily.
(Just kidding. Do you think she’ll take me back?)
Iron Fists last blog post..caption this
11:26 pm on May 6th, 2009
Maurya – Patience, grasshopper!
Marty – Yeah, the music seems to suit the tone of that story. I may play the CD while writing it.
Marot – You are a cruel bitch but I love it!
Nat – You’re right about jeans. I’m a fan of the button fly. I’m sure I’ve done a blog post on that too.
Iron Fist – Only after you find her in an exclusive BDSM club where she’s lost control and all sense of judgment and let someone whip her until she’s pouring blood and marked for life… When this story comes out, all the women who read it will want a strong, dark haired man who seethes with hidden, suppressed emotion. You may need more copies of the photo of you drinking the Black Dragon cocktail. You can sign them and give them to your fans at the Romantic Times convention where the women will fight over who gets to buy you dinner.
Winters last blog post..Men Have Emotions?
1:54 am on May 8th, 2009
Yeah…I didn’t think so either, but apparently they do. Ugh, I think I prefer it the other way around tho, cause immature people have immature feelings/thoughts. Okay, I’m ranting when I should be raving about yr post and how great Fire Season and Ride A Lightning both sound. If you need a beta reader, I have developed a mild case of self-destructionitis. I might be coerced into helping you. *G*
Stuck up bitch out.