I haven't blogged in quite some time. That's because I've been busy writing.<\/p>\n
As me, myself and I - Mary Anne Graham - I just put out the first in a new series. My \"Lovely Lairds\" series will consist of 3 books that follow a trio of Highland Lairds as they meet their matches. The first, Romancing The Rose<\/a>, is out and about now everywhere, or almost everywhere, including Amazon - which is where the above link goes. \u00a0(I love my Kindle Fire even if it is the version from several years ago. \u00a0Got my youngest a newer, HD (refurbished) version for Christmas and he hasn't even set it up yet! Can't pry that kid away from all those computer games.)<\/p>\n Be sure to check out Romancing The Rose<\/a>. \u00a0 I got lots of fan mail asking me to set a series in the Highlands because so many people enjoyed my book that is a permafreebie everywhere, the lead to my Forever Series, A Faerie Fated Forever<\/a>. \u00a0If you haven't read Faerie yet, there is Zero reason not to pick it up for your ereader - yes ZERO, like the price! Once you have that one, be sure to pick up all the Forever books. \u00a0Ahead on my writing horizon, but a wee bit down the road, is Vlad's story. \u00a0It's written in my head. \u00a0I just have to get it down on my keyboard....<\/p>\n But Muse has been so active of late, making up for a period of a little while back when the fickle wench left me altogether, that I've had to --- CREATE ANOTHER ME. \u00a0Yes, dear duckly readers, I introduce you to the dirtier, more sensual side of your favorite duck lady..... \u00a0Olivia Outlaw. \u00a0 That's my new \"pen name\" for my brand new series of erotic romances. \u00a0Why Olivia Outlaw? \u00a0Well, believe it or not, friendly duck fiends, \"Outlaw\" is my maiden name. \u00a0It was quite a moniker for a lawyer - which is still my day job until I can give it up to write full time. \u00a0My first boss used to joke, a lot, about how he hired an Outlaw while a nearby firm hired a new associate whose last name was.... Justice.<\/p>\n Outlaw captures the rebellious feelings of my new writing identity perfectly. \u00a0And I chose \"Olivia\" because it sounds so darned good with Outlaw. \u00a0Anyway, Ms. Olivia Outlaw is a much more in-your-face sexual kind of lady. \u00a0I've been told that my Forever Series, in particular, is quite sexual -- too much for some reviewers' tastes. \u00a0While that is true, in all my other romances the characters' relationships, their histories, or events move the stories along. \u00a0In \"erotic romance\" it's the sex that actually advances the story. \u00a0While that is something of a technical difference, it is a very important one.<\/p>\n I decided to create a \"pen name\" so that readers not willing to boogle over to the dark and delicious side of love with me can still enjoy my other, more traditional tales. \u00a0When you see one written by me as \"Olivia Outlaw\", you'll know that it'll be shorter than my regular books -- much shorter -- but it'll be much, much, much - (Did I say much?) - SPICIER. \u00a0Ms. Outlaw's stories are downright out there, so much so that they come with their very own disclaimer!<\/p>\n My first \"Olivia Outlaw\" book is out and about now too. \u00a0It is a a 21,000 word novella that is Book One of a male\/male romance series between an English Duke, Harrington Richards, the Duke of Devonshire (Ring) and Sultan Ali Paszade bin Osman (Note I don't say Grand Sultan. \u00a0The Grand Sultan is Ali's father.) \u00a0It's my \"Sultan's Toy\" series and the first is entitled: \u00a0Captured - Book One (The Sultan's Toy)<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0Again, the link goes to Amazon though it's available in most venues.<\/p>\n I'm already hard at work on Book Two of Ring and Ali's story. \u00a0The novellas are much shorter and faster to write, so I expect that Book Two will be available within the next 2 weeks, and possibly sooner. \u00a0If you're already a Ring and Ali fan, you won't have long to wait! \u00a0I'm loving this new genre and the novella format because it's like writing a book with so many \"good parts\" that the next steamy session is always only a few pages away.<\/p>\n How will my waddle into erotic romance work out? \u00a0 That depends upon my quacking fine readers. \u00a0So far, sales of my Outlaw title are running substantially higher than sales of any other title, including A Sixth Sense of Forever<\/a>, which is my Graham bestseller across the board. \u00a0That bodes well. \u00a0Besides, sometimes writing under a pen name turns out pretty fine. \u00a0There's a certain English lady named Erika Leonard who wrote a trio of books under the pen name E.L. James. \u00a0 I hear that the \"Fifty Shades\" series turned out quite fine for Ms. Leonard, ahm, Ms. James, ahm -- bet she doesn't care as long as the royalties get deposited in the right account.<\/p>\n That's my attitude as well. \u00a0 I'm hoping that Ms. Outlaw will help Ms. Graham write her way to freedom from her day job so that both of them can write full time! \u00a0You can help - pick up copies of BOTH Romancing the Rose<\/a> and\u00a0Captured - Book One (The Sultan's Toy)<\/a> and you'll be contributing to my freedom fund.<\/p>\n And, I promise, I'll try not to stay away from the blog so long again. \u00a0We have all sorts of nifty news to consider and quack about and I know I've missed out on our pondside chats for a while. \u00a0That absence, more than anything, should tell you how much I'm enjoying writing the erotic romances. \u00a0If I can't tear myself away from writing them, I'm hoping you won't be able to tear yourself away from reading them!<\/p>\n HAPPY 2014 everyone - may this be the year that all our dreams become our realities!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I haven't blogged in quite some time. 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