I'm totally into this iPod Touch app, Jazz Radio. I normally listen to the fusion station, but tonight I'm listening to bossa nova, Brazillian-style jazz. I'm a total jazz person and this app has all the genres to choose from. Anyway, it makes for a pleasant ambiance when writing:) Peace.
Writer's Sketch Pad: My PostPub thoughts about Monet Love, the story and characters
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I give the reader basic physical description, like she's a fleshy woman or he's got a nice build, but I leave my characters sketchy on purpose, because I really want readers to dive into this sexy, sultry world and fill in the blanks. Ideally, Monet Love readers should be picturing the sexiest people they can think of when they're reading it.
Are the characters in Monet
Love racially ambiguous? The story's universal, anyone can relate. The
main character, Monet, is a black woman, independent and confident as
she is, she's stuck in a love triangle with two men. Her family are also
black folks, love interest number one, Dwanye, is a Caribbean blend of
cultures and love interest number two, Miguel, a man who exerts an
incredible amount of influence over Monet is Latino. So, as John
Leguizamo once quipped, this story's got it covered in terms of
ethnicities. It also takes place in Washington D. C. and St. Thomas.
Both the locations are very diverse, and romantic relationships among
the various cultures are not uncommon.
Monet Love fits into several genres. One is the urban genre, which is basically books by new black authors, many of whom are indie, writing about very "now" subjects like hip hop, crime stories, and there's a lot of erotica in that genre as well. This story also falls under romance, general erotica and short fiction.
There's a good bit of steamy sex in the story. The genre demands it. You may see a little smoke and sparks flying out of your eReader or smartphone (smile/wink).
There's a good bit of steamy sex in the story. The genre demands it. You may see a little smoke and sparks flying out of your eReader or smartphone (smile/wink).
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Overview
This edition contains part one, Monet Love, An Erotic Love Story (also called "The Beginning"), part two, Island Steam and part three, Resolution.
Part One: Monet Love, a sexy nurse at Fairview Hospital, has come to the end of an exhausting emergency room shift when her fantasy man, Dwayne, visits the nurse's station. Sparks fly as the brief encounter sets the ball rolling for an intense night of passion that bleeds into the next day.
Part Two: The story sizzles taking you away to the clear blue waters of the Caribbean. Monet takes a job at a hospital on a Caribbean island to recharge her batteries. Worlds collide when she encounters two men from her past one night out on the island with friends, forcing Monet to make a life-changing decision.
Part Three: Monet Love is at a crossroads. She's made promises to one man, but still has strong feelings for another. With her bang-up wedding just 72 hours away, Monet makes a decision that shocks those closest to her.
Pay attention to this! Monet Love contains sexually explicit scenes between consenting adults and is intended for mature audiences only.
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Overview
After working as the head pastry chef at New York City's finest French restaurant for years, the passionate master of all things chocolate, Renni Martin throws caution to the wind and returns to Harlem to open a chocolate factory where her grandmother once ran a cigar shop in the old neighborhood. It's a gamble, but just as things start working out, her love life, business affairs and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to cater the celebrity wedding of the year, all get turned upside down when her ex-lover, a rival chef, hatches a devious plan to destroy everything she worked so hard to build.
Art Imitating Art
For those of you who've read Monet Love, Island Steam, this is the kind of music I imagine played by the fictitious band Love Action that my main character, Monet loves so much. This is a reggae remake of the Swedish band Koop's hit song, Island Blues. Very cool song. This would be awesome to use in a soundtrack if Monet Love ever becomes a movie some day (fingers crossed). Check it out!
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