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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – August 2nd

By Cynthia Sax on August 2, 2020

There’s still no response from Facebook. My accounts remain in review. I feel like I’m in the abyss…which makes me want to write a story about a crew stuck in an endless abyss. I WON’T write that story (yet) as I am focusing on the awesome cyborg romances I am scheduled to write.

Testing Truth, the next cyborg romance, is all set to release on September 15^th. The countdown is on! I love this story. Truth and his Princess are hilarious AND magical together.

Warlord’s Return, the next and the final Chamele Barbarian Warlords story (releasing in November), is still with my Awesome Editor. I have my fingers crossed she loves it as much as I do (if that’s possible – smiles).

This week, I’m writing the first draft of Holding Hoarse, the December FREE cyborg romance short story. The goal is to complete the first draft this week and then complete the second (hopefully final) submission draft next week.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

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Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

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Family (Including Pets) Of Book Characters

By Cynthia Sax on August 1, 2020

My Awesome Mom is a cozy mystery reader. Many heroines in cozy mysteries have pets.

My Mom worries about these pets. This was a recent conversation I enjoyed with her.

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Awesome Mom: (on the phone) The lady in this book has been away from her border collie all day. She’s going to return to an ‘accident’ on the carpet. That’s for certain.

Cynthia Sax: (grins) Dogs in books don’t tend to have ‘accidents.’

Awesome Mom: They might not say it on the page but you and I both know that border collie is leaving a ‘gift’ in one of her shoes.

LOL

***

We, as readers, tend to care about a character’s family members, including fur babies. As a writer, I care about them also.

It is one of the HUGE considerations when writing stories. The heroine might have found love with a hunky cyborg but what happens to her loving parents? Will THEY be happy with her daughter living on a faraway planet? Will the hero’s being-eating ‘pet’ be happy living on a crowded ship? Will the hero’s brethren accept the heroine’s newborn human female?

I not only look at their current happiness but I also consider their future happiness. What happens when the newborn becomes a toddler or a teenager or an adult? What happens when the parents get older or need help? Will the being-eating pet want a family of his own?

The hero or heroine would consider the happiness of their loved ones. As a writer, I do the same.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

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Bonus Weeks And Doing Nothing

By Cynthia Sax on July 31, 2020

I did almost nothing this week writing-wise. I had great intentions but I also had no expectations. This week was a bonus week. I completed the submission draft of Warlord’s Return (releasing in November) a week early. I could take the week off and still remain on schedule.

So I did exactly that—nothing. (grins)

During second drafts, I tend to lock myself in the writing cave and focus only on that. Housework is ignored. The Dear Wonderful Hubby tries his best not to disturb me. Even my Awesome Mom skips her once-a-week call.

When I emerge from the writing cave, I water the plants. I ‘catch up’ with the Dear Wonderful Hubby. I call my Awesome Mom for 3 hours. I return emails and think about book promotion and the next story.

And I sleep. I read. I watch movies and TV shows (during second drafts, I like to only have that story and nothing else in my brain).

It was great. I enjoyed the week.

But I’m also looking forward to the fresh writing planned for Monday (Holding Hoarse, the free short story releasing in December).

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

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A Premise For Holding Hoarse

By Cynthia Sax on July 27, 2020

I finally thought of a great premise for Holding Hoarse! Woot!

The heroine is a doll (or ulu) fabricator. I KNOW. That is a no-brainer for our ulu-making hero and you’re likely wondering why I took so long to figure that out. Sometimes the simplest solutions are the solutions we can’t see.

I’m super excited about this story and I’ll be starting it this week. This is a short story so I might also be finishing it (the first draft) this week. I love that about short stories. They make me feel super productive.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

Pre-order Now:

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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 26th

By Cynthia Sax on July 26, 2020

My Facebook account has been in review 5 weeks and counting. Some buddies have asked me why I don’t merely set up another account. I HAVE set up a second account. Facebook thinks I am impersonating myself. I suspect if I try to set up a third account, they’ll think the same thing.

So I wait and I write. (grins) I’ve been busy during this Facebook break.

Yesterday, I completed the second draft of Warlord’s Return, the next and the final Chamele Barbarian Warlord story (releasing in November). I think you’ll love this story. Liking the way it read, I’ve sent it to my awesome editor.

I have a newsletter coming out this week (you can sign up for it here – https://cynthiasax.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=64b6189b7fff32ec76ff320b2&id=ecb94709ae ). There will be a contest in it, a TERRIBLE joke, and I will be talking about the stories releasing in the rest of 2020 and all of 2021.

I have quite a bit to chat about so I’ll save the extra scene for August’s newsletter. It will be worth the wait. I promise. (grins)

I’m taking the rest of the week ‘off’, which means I’ll likely be writing a fun short story that I might or might not bundle in the future under the C.S. Sax pen name.

The next ‘official’ story on my schedule to write is Holding Hoarse, the December FREE cyborg romance short story. I STILL don’t have a premise for it that grips me, that screams ‘Write Me!’ I’m hoping, by writing the other short story, I’ll find an absolutely awesome story idea for Holding Hoarse.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

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Book Brain And Writers Working Weekends

By Cynthia Sax on July 25, 2020

My goal for today is to complete the second draft of Warlord’s Return (releasing in November). That requires revising the last three chapters.

I have SEVERE book brain. The book is all I can think about. The Dear Wonderful Hubby knows there is no holding a logical conversation with me on days like this. I am useless for making decisions. He usually either makes dinner or he orders it…and he always has quite a bit of chocolate on hand. (grins)

It is Saturday and I woke at my usual 8 am and will likely work until 2am or longer. I don’t usually work THIS hard on a weekend, only when I’m completing second drafts, but I almost always do something writing-related.

Many writers work weekends. Writers who juggle a full time job in another field with the writing often devote their weekends to writing. We might not appear as much on social media or answer emails on the weekend but that doesn’t mean we’re not working.

Being a writer is, in my humble opinion, one of the best jobs in the world. When we love what we do, we tend to do it more often…and on weekends. (smiles)

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

Pre-order Now:

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https://books.apple.com/us/book/testing-truth/id1520415369

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Story Ripples

By Cynthia Sax on July 23, 2020

One of the many things I love about writing in a (now) huge world like the cyborg series is I have the ability to see the ripples actions make throughout the universe.

Almost every story can be read on its own and that holds true for Testing Truth but the more stories you read, the more impact certain events will have on you, the more meaning they will have.

In Testing Truth, as one small example, the heroine’s planet had been occupied by the Humanoid Alliance. When the cyborgs rebelled, they took away the Humanoid Alliance’s fighting force. The Humanoid Alliance couldn’t hold the heroine’s planet. They retreated. The heroine and her subjects were freed.

(This is all relayed in the second chapter. It isn’t a spoiler.)

The actions in a story occurring 7 core stories ago impact this story. Truth wouldn’t have met his female in his story if the cyborgs hadn’t mass rebelled.

Every story changes the cyborgs’ world a little bit. The actions in Testing Truth will add more ripples to the world, especially for the Rebel cyborgs.

This is one of reasons I doubt I’ll ever get series fatigue. The world and the occupants of that world constantly change.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

Pre-order Now:

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Teenage Cyborgs

By Cynthia Sax on July 22, 2020

Future, Vector and Kasia’s son, makes an appearance in Testing Truth. We find out more about this freeborn C Model and his challenges on board the Reckless, reporting to his extremely protective Dad.

Future is physically fully mature. Cyborgs reach that point within one solar cycle (one year). Emotionally…well…he’s a teenager. He might have a little more control over his moods WHEN he wants to have that control. His processors and other mechanics assist with that. But when he’s acting without restrictions, he’s similar to a human teenager.

Young cyborgs, under Humanoid Alliance control, didn’t have the luxury of acting like human teenagers. Their training was severe. If they expressed emotion, they were decommissioned. If they refused commands or talked back, they suffered the same fate.

So the freeborn cyborgs are the first generation to have that experience. It is almost…a privilege (though I suspect their parents don’t always view it as that). And it will make them very different from their parents.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

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Indie Publishing And Why There Won’t Be A Romance Novel Shortage

By Cynthia Sax on July 21, 2020

On a recent phone call with my Awesome Mom, she commented on how there are very few movies being released to the movie channels and streaming services. She talked about how her favorite TV shows no longer have any new episodes.

She also worried she’d run out of new books to read.

I told her there was absolutely NO chance of that happening.

Why?

Because many of the series she loves are written by Indie writers. These writers have always worked remotely. Their teams are small (my team consists of a cover artist and an editor) and they usually deal with these team members through email and other messaging systems. They sell primarily through the online booksellers. Physical bookstores being open isn’t a big factor for them.

The Great Pause hasn’t impacted our production systems. Our muses might have taken the hits (or, in my case, they might be supercharged – grins) but our systems are intact. Most of us will continue to release our books on schedule.

Movies and TV shows, in contrast, require hundreds, sometimes thousands of people. They have to be filmed on location. Actors and others have to meet face-to-face. That’s difficult and dangerous to do under the current circumstances.

I suspect the big Trad publishers, the huge companies often located in New York, might experience a few hiccups. They rely more heavily on physical bookstore sales. Hundreds of people are involved in production and distribution. They aren’t as accustomed to working remotely.

But there are plenty of Indie Romance writers, like myself, who can fill in any gaps.

You will NOT run out of Romance Novels to read. (smiles)

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

Pre-order Now:

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