A ‘Cosmic’ Review

Or is it? Actually, overall I’m pleased with this short but succinct review by Joyfully Reviewed, which notes that “Cosmic is an incredible journey of passion and love played out in the stars” and offer my sincere thanks to the reviewer. Nonetheless, I tweaked a puzzled eye at the remarks regarding the slow build. Maybe I’m being too British but I’ve always warned my audience if they think they’re going to get a light background story as a support for several encounters of the erotic kind, then think again. They’ll get the erotic encounters all right, the passion and the love, but I don’t know how to write without ’story’.

Every story requires conflict, and the best stories contain internal and external conflict, something Angela Knight very much proclaims. It was through her work I discovered Loose-Id and decided that although this kind of work was entirely different to what I’d been doing, I wanted to try to write for them. I later thanked Angela for her indirectly leading me to them and being the lovely lady that she is, she was thrilled to hear it and pleased for me.

In some ways, maybe not all my work is typical of the market I’m currently writing for and maybe compared to some it will mean for lower sales. On the other hand, the reader responses I mostly receive privately tell me I must be doing something right. I’m joking when I talk about being British and our ’stiff upper lip’ and all the connotations that come with it, such as we’re not comfortable with matters concerning sex. I think the truth is far from the stereotype. However, we do want more than a quick tumble for our money. Most authors probably write the kind of books they’d like to read and for that no one can make an apology. I need plenty of story. I need a slow build before the…um…ultimate climax. After all, isn’t that what foreplay is all about? *g*