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Dark Stories And Light-Hearted Characters

By Cynthia Sax on July 20, 2020

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Testing Truth, the September Cyborg Romance release, will have everything you expect from one of my stories—steamy scenes, violence, trauma, pain, love, laughs. But it will also be lighter in tone than many of my core cyborg romances.

Why?

Because Truth deals with tension, with conflict by teasing others, by making jokes, by laughing at the ridiculousness of the universe. And half of the story is written from his view. (grins) It isn’t a dark story because he won’t allow darkness to hang around him.

It doesn’t matter how grim life gets, how bad the situation is, the losses he is facing, Truth is determined to lighten the mood…and he is usually successful at doing that. He has many human lifespans of practice at adding levity to his surroundings. He’s very good at it.

Will there be scenes that make you cry? Likely. There are several scenes that make me teary-eyed when I merely think of them. But expect more laughs in this story than you usually find in one of my cyborg romances.

It is a magical quirk of the universe that I’m telling Truth’s story at one of the times in history we need some lightness, some levity. I find that so very interesting. And Truth would appreciate that ‘coincidence’. He has a healthy respect for what humans often call fate.

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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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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 19th

By Cynthia Sax on July 19, 2020

My Facebook account is still under review, has been in that no man’s land for 4 long weeks. (big sigh) I email every admin email address I can find (including Zuckerberg’s) every week and I tweet at Facebook but I’ve never received a reply. I suspect no humans are actually working in customer service at Facebook and the bots are giving me the silent treatment.

I finished the first draft of Warlord’s Return, the sixth and final Chamele Barbarian Warlord series (releasing in November), last week. Woot! That’s always a huge accomplishment for any writer. This week, I’ll be working on the second draft. The second draft is much more brain intensive than the first draft. You might see some bizarre posts on this blog this week (grins).

I received the second round of edits on Testing Truth (releasing September 15^th) back from my Awesome Editor and have completed them. I love this cyborg romance and I think you’ll really love it also. Truth and his princess are magical together.

My agent said the idea I sent her would be a very challenging one to sell. The idea needs a big New York Publisher to work well so I’ve shelved it. I have a gazillion ideas. Input from advisors like my agent allows me to prioritize them, to figure out where I should spend my very limited time.

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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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The Power Of Books During A Crisis

By Cynthia Sax on July 18, 2020

My Awesome Mom hasn’t left her small apartment since the middle of March. She hasn’t seen her kids or grandkids in person (except for my eldest brother who lives with her) since then. Being at high risk, she can’t allow anyone to visit her. Her beloved baseball has also been postponed. I worried she’d find all this challenging.

She is incredibly and marvelously happy.

Why?

One of the reasons she’s happy is because she has discovered large print cozy mysteries. She has been reading at least one of those a day. They give her an escape into another world, a world in which there is murder (grins) but that murder is always solved and there is no pandemic.

These books have not only given her joy but they have greatly eased my concerns over her emotional wellbeing.

Reading and writing stories during a crisis might seem like a trivial use of our time. In the movies, during times of crisis, people are constantly fighting to survive, battling the baddies. There’s no downtime. It is all action all the time.

This is reality, however, and we need downtime. We also need happiness. To experience moments of joy at a time like this, to have the ability to leave all our troubles behind and escape is essential. It is magical. It empowers us to handle everything else.

That’s not trivial. At all. That’s a gift, one we should cherish.

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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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Warlord’s Return And Finishing A First Draft

By Cynthia Sax on July 17, 2020

I finished the first draft of Warlord’s Return (releasing in November) yesterday. Woot!

It is a steaming piece of sh*t as all of my first drafts are but the bones of the story are solid, the couple (Ariq and a heroine you haven’t yet met) is magical together, and I believe you’ll really like this 6^th and final installment of the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series. We return to the Refuge, the home of Kralj, so we interact not only with the Chameles but also with the modified humanoids (the flying triplets are physically grown and are causing chaos).

Completing a first draft is a time for celebration in the Sax household. Heck, any win at all is a time for celebration and completing a first draft is a HUGE win. As Jodi Picoult says, “You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” And as my awesome editor once told me, I have to write the first draft. She can’t help me with that. She CAN help me with everything else.

Even if the first draft sucks big hairy donkey balls, it is an achievement. It gives writers and editors something to work with and that is a very good place to be. Celebrate those first drafts.

If my schedule allows it (laughs semi-hysterically), I set aside a first draft for a day or two, give myself some space, some distance from it, before rolling into the extremely intense second draft. I tend to continue thinking about the story and jot down ideas, solutions to plot holes, etc to include when I pick it back up again.

The timing of this completed first draft is great because Testing Truth (releasing in September) has returned from my awesome editor. I’ll work on that today and this weekend.

Then on Monday, I’ll start the second draft.

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Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

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Tolui is a Warlord in search of a planet to rule. He has been leading his fellow clones in a stealth battle, fighting for both control of the Chamele sector and the right to exist. The brave warriors he commands warrant respect, and they deserve the best.

That best isn’t the barren, dangerous terrain on Chamele 4. When Tolui crashes on that planet’s surface, he’s determined to leave it as soon as possible. The tiny human female rescuing him might be as beautiful and as wild as the land she inhabits, but her flowing words, trusting gaze, and enthralling submission won’t stop him from rejoining the war.

After many solar cycles of living alone, Lea is overjoyed when a tall, scarred, muscular warrior falls from the sky. Her savage stranger is strong and severe, and he makes her feel safe, an emotion she hasn’t experienced in a long, long time.

He also insists they must part. Before they do, she’ll show him the splendor of her home, and she’ll enjoy his big form, collecting passionate moments she can revisit when she’s solitary once more.

Every additional moment Lea and Tolui spend together increases the chance they’ll both die. Lea is being chased by female-hating fiends. Tolui is being hunted by the best bounty hunters in the universe. War will soon arrive on their threshold, and the blood spilled might be their own.

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Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

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Why Writers Write Under Pen Names

By Cynthia Sax on July 16, 2020

Every so often, someone writing under a pen name does something horrific. They betray a reader’s trust or they try to scam the system or they do something else not-very-nice.

Following this type of revelation, there is often a call for banning pen names. The people leading this call are usually either uninformed about the writing business or they are people readers should think twice about trusting.

Why do I say this?

Because many professional writers use pen names.

Stephen King has used multiple pen names (Richard Bachman, John Swithen and Beryl Evans are known pen names of his). Jayne Ann Krentz officially uses THREE pen names at the present ( Jayne Ann Krentz, Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle). Nora Robert is also J.D. Robb, Jill March and Sarah Hardesty.

Cynthia Sax is a pen name. That is unlikely to shock anyone. I’ve been open about that, likely TOO open about it. (grins) I’m certain some of my buddies are tired of hearing that information.

It is easier to list the few professional writers who HAVEN’T used pen names rather than list the writers who do use pen names.

Why Do Writers Use Pen Names?

There are a gazillion reasons why writers use pen names.

They might want to signal that they write in a certain niche or they are writing in a different niche than the one they normally write in. Jayne Ann Krentz writes Romantic Suspense. Amanda Quick writes historicals, for example.

They might write so many books; a publisher can’t handle their output. That’s one of the (many) reasons Nora Roberts publishes her romantic suspense novels under J.D. Robb.

They might not want one of their readerships to find certain books. A great example would be a writer who writes both steamy romances and children’s books. She wouldn’t want her kiddie readers to find those very adult books.

In my case, I don’t want the friends and family of my very religious and extremely Awesome Mom-In-Law to find my steamy romances. She has been wonderful, supports me so much, and I would never want my writing to hurt her in any way. (We have to protect the ones we love, don’t we?)

I know some writers who are hiding from exes and other bad people. They feel safer writing under pen names.

Maybe the writer’s books under one pen name didn’t sell well and publishers are nervous to take a chance on her next absolutely awesome novel. A new pen name gives this wonderful book and this gifted writer a fresh start.

The writer’s real name could be long or complex or she might not like it very much. Or she might want to honor a loved one by using a part of that loved one’s name.

Maybe it is easier for her to write truthfully, with full emotion, if she feels no one knows those are her emotions on the page or if she pretends she’s a separate person.

Maybe it is easier for her to tackle criticism of her work if it is published under a pen name. The editor or reviewer isn’t criticizing HER. It is her author persona that is being criticized.

Maybe the writer uses a pen name because it is safer for her. Writers, especially female writers, receive some ‘interesting’ messages. Some of these can be quite scary. We’re talking go-to-the-police-right-away levels of terrifying. A pen name makes a writer a little bit more difficult to track down.

Some writers use pen names because…hey, they’re fun to use. We feel like superheroes with our secret identities. (grins)

There are many, many more reasons, too many to list here.

Would Eliminating Pen Names Eliminate Bad Behavior?

Short answer – No.

Bad people are bad people. They don’t play by the rules so creating a new rule around pen names is unlikely to stop them. And it WILL inconvenience a lot of good people, honest people, people who would never betray their readers’ trust.

Also, unless the writer shares the information or the pen name is clearly a pen name (a name like Man Titty, as an example – grins), we don’t know who is writing under a pen name. It would be an administrative nightmare to track this and there are other areas we should be focusing on.

Pen names are a part of the writing world. They’ve been around since the beginning of publishing and I suspect they will be utilized forever.

I am extremely grateful for this option.

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Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

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Vivarium And Aliens Thinking Like Aliens

By Cynthia Sax on July 15, 2020

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I watched Vivarium on the weekend.

This movie has romantic elements but it is NOT a Romance. Don’t expect a Romance ending.

It is also a SciFi Fantasy. The world and premise have HUGE plot holes in it. They are intriguing but they make no d@mn sense.

For example, there is a huge amount of effort expended for very little payback and I’m almost certain aliens with that amount of power could design a more efficient means of achieving the same results.

If you plan to watch this movie, put logic aside and simply enjoy it.

Because it IS an enjoyable movie. The world is fresh and interesting and it sparked my muse.

Most alien movies feature an alien species that looks excitingly different but thinks very similarly to humans. One of the things I loved about Vivarium is…they flip this. The aliens in it look similar to humans yet they THINK very differently.

And it isn’t due to culture as it is with the aliens in many of my stories. The BRAINS of the aliens in Vivarium are different. They can’t dream, as one example, and it was implied they don’t have the capacity for imagination or creative thought.

Imagine not being able to imagine. Yeah, that freaked me out a bit. Because much of what we do every day is based on creative thought. That’s how we tackle problems we face for the first time.

And sleep for these aliens must be endless darkness. I LOVE dreaming. That is one of the many enjoyable parts of my day…or night. (grins) Dreaming is like watching a movie that has been especially filmed for me.

I am unlikely to craft an alien hero/heroine who has a different type of brain. Why? Because I adhere to Common Ancestor Theory with my humanoid aliens. That proposes that all humanoids and humans come from one common ancestor, which is why my aliens can make babies with my humans. Their genes are extremely similar. That means their brains would be extremely similar also.

But for writing buddies who don’t adhere to Common Ancestor Theory, messing around with the brains of aliens can be an awesome variation in your worlds. It would cast ripples across every facet of your societies and make them excitingly different.

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Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

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The Cyborg’s Secret Baby – Free For A Limited Time

By Cynthia Sax on July 14, 2020

Every once in a while, I run a sale on an older title. Today, The Cyborg’s Secret Baby is FREE everywhere. This is a standalone story, one of my favorite Cyborg Romances and it often is ‘lost’ because it isn’t officially part of the Cyborg Sizzle series. I LOVE that it will have a bit of a spotlight put on it.

The Cyborg’s Secret Baby

A fierce cyborg warrior and his curvy human female share a no-longer-so-little secret.

Stealth, a K Model cyborg, knows his passion for Zebrina, the commander’s human daughter, is forbidden, yet he can’t resist the curvy female. He craves her touch, cherishes her sounds of pleasure, would do anything to keep her safe.

When he’s faced with the choice of protecting his fragile human or living to see the next sunrise, he chooses her, always her, sending Zebrina halfway across the universe to safety. He doesn’t realize their stolen moments had consequences neither of them believed possible.

After hearing her warrior died in battle, Zebrina focuses on the last gift he gave her. Doing what is right for their child is her sole priority. She will put their son’s happiness first, even if that means choosing another male over the love of her life.

The Cyborg’s Secret Baby is a STAND-ALONE story loosely connected to the Cyborg Sizzle series.

It is also a Second Chance Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often-violent universe.

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Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

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Writing Prompts

By Cynthia Sax on July 13, 2020

The next story on my schedule to write is Holding Hoarse, this year’s free short story (releasing in December). The challenge is…

I haven’t yet figured out a great premise for this story. I have premises. I always have premises. (grins) But they aren’t right for Hoarse, the C Model cyborg hero.

One of the things I do to break out of my small idea box is look around me, find an object or a news story or a line of a song or something else random, and then write as many premises or story ideas as possible involving it.

I go wild with these ideas. I flip tropes or expectations. I think of the most bizarre things. There’s no judgment. I am unlikely to share these ideas with anyone else unless I use them or I think they’re fun and might inspire other writers.

When writers freely share premises with other writers, we call them writing prompts.

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Writing Prompt:

An asteroid speeds toward Earth.

As it draws closer to the planet, scientists realize it isn’t an asteroid.

It is an egg.

And it’s hatching.

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This writing prompt or premise was inspired by a carton of eggs and was influenced by my love of disaster movies.

I am unlikely to ever write it. My alien romance stories aren’t set on modern Earth. So I’m sending it out into the universe, freely giving it to other writers, hoping they are inspired by it or write it as it is.

Has this premise already been written? That’s likely. There are thousands of books published every day. I’m certain someone else has thought of it.

But no one will think of it quite the same way as I do or as you do. Premises are common. Stories are unique to each writer because our voices are unique. No one has the same way of thinking, the same experiences, the same perspectives as you do.

If you are inspired by a story prompt, you are free to write it.

As for me… (big sigh) I’m still looking for a great premise for Holding Hoarse. It will come to me. I know that. But it might take a few more story idea brainstorming sessions.

(If you want to see some of the story prompts coming out of these brainstorming sessions, I usually share them on my Instagram account – https://www.instagram.com/cynthiasax/ )

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Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

Buy Now:

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/warlords-mercy-cynthia-sax/1116524052

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https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0886K65F9

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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 12th

By Cynthia Sax on July 12, 2020

My Facebook account is still under review. I don’t think humans are actually working in their customer service anymore and the bots don’t know what to do with my situation. (sheepish grin)

The cyborgs aren’t being helpful at all. They like that I have more time to spend with them. Hoarse is demanding his story. He isn’t telling me what his story is about but he wants it written. Now. (eye rolls) This is what I’m dealing with, my friends. (laughs)

Testing Truth, the next cyborg romance (releasing September 15th) is still with my awesome editor. She’s looking at it for the second time.

I’m completing the first draft of Warlord’s Return (releasing in November) this week. I have three more chapters to write. Thus far, the hero (Ariq) and the heroine are still alive. (grins) Woot! I consider that to be a win!

I’m revising a short story today. As I mentioned last week, I might not publish it but it will be closer to that stage after this weekend. The short stories are muse cleansers and they’re fun. They keep me in the zone as I take a break from the fresh writing.

I had a great idea for a very different story this weekend. I jotted it down and sent it to my agent. She will give me some insights into whether or not anyone would be interested in reading it. It needs to be published through a large publisher to work.

That’s one of the issues with having been kicked off Facebook—I have TOO many great ideas now. My brain is buzzing with them. That is both an awesome upside and a challenge as I only have so much time to write. (big happy sigh)

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Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

Buy Now: