Kassandra Ecclestone

ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race

Interrupting writing my trilogy for a week, to work on a titillating short story. Nearly done with it and it's wild, o so wild 😅

I don't even dare talk to my partner about what it is: not sure they would survive 🥵

Hope to finish and publish it soon, not sure where and how.

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Car leaving the highway meme. I am the car. There are two directions: continue down the road or exit at the last second. Driving on along it says 'doing cool people shit'. Exiting the road says 'writing weird smut'.

It's a Thursday evening, what are you doing? Out having a good time with friends or something like that? Or creating unusual media?

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I am both surprised and enjoying it. I thought I would write just one book, which quickly turned into three and has the potential for even more 😅

Self-publishing feels a bit daunting right now but there are quite a few good guides out there to help me.

All nice so far.

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What's your favorite sentient object romance? I haven't read a lot yet but so far I'm having a blast!

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155 more than 0 🤘

I'm not sure what the catalyst was for me. It wasn't anything specific. And now I suddenly find myself writing a trilogy 😅

A comic, 4 panels. 1. A character is in a cave, glowing with crystals, up to their ankles in water. They sit on their knees, leaning forward into a treasure chest. "I've finally found it... After 15 years." 2. They raise their prize in triumph and shout "The scroll of truth!" 3. Close-up on the scroll. Its text says: "You should finish the book" 4. They throw away the scroll in anger, saying "nyehhh"

Sometimes the harsh truth is that indeed, we should just finish writing the book instead of doing all the other stuff. 😜

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It includes my novella A Marriage of Undead & many more stories from favorite authors like @caseyblair.bsky.social , @kehealey.bsky.social & more: geni.us/romantasyreb... #romancelandia

Hehe. The stuff I'm writing is not at all that hardcore, but it is also not quite mainstream 🥵

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“I had some… interesting dreams last night. Reality is a bit blurry for me. Did we… did you lower the seat to let me lay down?” She turned a bit pink, asking him like that. “Yes, we did do that. I mean, lowering the seat, yes we did that.” She was both getting better at figuring out his moods, and his voice was getting more expressive, conveying his slight embarrassment at the memory. “And ehm, did you let me… rub you?” Her blush was deepening, sending hot flushes across her chest. She could swear she was now hearing undertones of horniness and blushing from him as well. “Yes my Cate, that also happened. It felt… damn it. It made me feel better than I’ve ever felt before.”

A first look at Book 1 of my romance trilogy. It'll be a set of short novellas surrounding three sisters, each with their own story and an overarching story to connect it all.

Keeping some details of the series hush hush for now. I'll let you know more about what the book's about SoonTM 😊

I'll keep that in mind, thank you!

2/2 Thusfar I haven't considered character illustrations yet. I am happy to let readers visualize the characters in different ways. In all the art I make I feel that I have a responsibility to leave some things to the imagination of the audience. Leave some mystery and self-determination to them.

I definitely have ideas for the cover. My hunt for artists has slowly begun. I'm thinking along the lines of these two books, kinda, but with less defined character images (slightly more blurry, more faded colors etc.)
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And I'm trying to keep the country it takes place in as vague as possible. Choosing to avoid markers that for instance would place it in North America or Africa. Quite the challenge 😊

Visuals? For the book? Do you mean the cover? Or just the images I have in my mind of the characters and settings?

I'm deliberately keeping myself from forming mental pictures of the characters: so not just me but also readers can interpret their looks in many ways. 1/2

Definitely character driven for this trilogy.

'Big Stuff' has been set in motion before book 1 starts. Said 'Big Stuff' tries to dictate happenings but our FMCs are not having it and take action (often together with their respective partners) to move the plot forward in their favor.

It is a sentient object romance trilogy. I'm keeping the objects secret for now😊. The first book focusses on respect and consent. I'm working on the second right now and am still figuring its angle. I think the third one will be centered on acceptance, grief, and healing, in an upbeat-ish way.

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Choosing names for the three sisters in your romance trilogy, trying to be unconventional yet accessible, special yet believable.

And having all three names contain Easter Eggs that have just the right amount of hints to them...

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Was sitting by myself today at lunch, zoning out. It had been a rough morning at work. A colleague approached and asked if I wanted alone time or if she could join.

Really sweet of her to ask like that😊. Love it when people normalize personal headspace like that.

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I think it will be a while before I can send it out to readers. I'm letting it breathe a bit before returning to it for editing multiple times.

Thank you for your interest, I'll keep it in mind!

Thank you very much!

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Just finished the first draft of a short novella/long novelette! 😀

It's the first of a trilogy I plan to release this year. Quite a ways to go, I know, but really happy to have made it to this first milestone! 💃

More news soon...

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