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A small excerpt from my loves landscapes story


This is a short scene from my loves landscape submission. I have now finished all the edits and will see about getting it posted here some how when the mmromance group have published it.

 

Story Extract:

 

As usual, Adam arrived early, no doubt hoping to find Ben only half dressed, just out of the shower. This time when Ben heard the doorbell, he opened and looked out the bedroom window to ensure it was Adam and not a neighbor, before calling down, “The door’s unlocked, Love.” The endearment slipped out before he could think better of it.

 

When he heard the front door open and shut, he then called out, “I’m upstairs. Can you give me a hand with something?” He hoped his voice was steady because his heart was beating double-time. This was the first time he had tried something like this.

 

Adam opened the bedroom door and stopped in shock on the threshold. Ben was lying on the bed with not a stitch of clothing on. His hard cock was pointing straight up at the ceiling, and he was watching Adam’s reaction with a very vulnerable look in his eyes. Adam started to grin, and with startling speed he pounced on Ben for a hot and steamy kiss.

 

When they came up for air, he asked with a smile, “Now what can I help you with?”

 

Ben grinned with him while running his hands over every bit of Adam’s hard body that he could reach. “Well you see, I have this hard problem I thought you could help me solve before work, but first you have too many clothes on,” he replied, trying without much success to keep a straight face. His giggling turned to gasping as he saw Adam shedding his clothes, and he got his first proper look at Adam’s body.

 

Adam was big all over, his whole body was rippling with muscles, and there wasn’t a spare inch of fat on him anywhere. He also had tribal tattoos all over his left shoulder, and there was a sun tattooed on his right shoulder.

 

Ben moaned at the sight, and he felt himself getting harder than he could ever remember being.

 

He moaned again as he felt Adam’s hands find his hard cock and start to stroke it with strong, slow strokes. His head fell back, and his body arched into Adam’s expert touch, while he felt kisses being feathered across his face and down his neck. He felt Adam’s fangs lightly scrape his neck, and he cried out at the sensation that shivered down his spine at the contact.

 

“Yes, please bite me,” he pleaded, as he writhed beneath Adam’s caresses. He felt Adam pause. “Please remember I work for Jamie. He had told me all about the effects of being with a vampire,” he added, and before he took another breath he felt a sharp pain in his neck. Then he experienced an orgasm so huge his vision went black for a few moments, before all the colors came rushing back. He screamed his pleasure at the top of his lungs as he felt Adam sucking gently on his neck, drawing Ben’s blood into himself.

 

As soon as Ben stopped shuddering, Adam withdrew his fangs and licked over the spots to ensure they healed. Adam panted to catch his breath. Just tasting his mate’s blood, and hearing him cry out in completion, had been enough to make him come just as hard as Ben had. He searched Ben’s face worriedly, until he saw Ben’s sated smile and the look of pleasure in his eyes.

 

 

Comments and feedback are always welcome.

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Cia

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Ooh, I love vampire fiction! I can't wait to read it. I just subbed my story in to them too. Did the MM Romance group's editors already go over this? You can make changes if they haven't, but if they have here are a few things to remember, for future work.

 

Use the find feature in Word on words like 'that' and then read each sentence aloud with and without the that. Many times we put them in when they are actually unnecessary. Example: Ben grinned with him while running his hands over every bit of Adam’s hard body that he could reach. (Here your that is unnecessary)

 

I am working to correct this in my writing, too, but avoid telling us your character 'feels or felt' this or that. Giving us the sensation makes it far more immediate. Example: He felt Adam’s fangs lightly scrape his neck, and he cried out at the sensation that shivered down his spine at the contact. (Here you have issues but I'd do: Adam lightly scraped his fangs across Ben's neck. A shiver ran down his spine, and he cried out.)  Example: He moaned again as he felt Adam’s hands find his hard cock and start to stroke it with strong, slow strokes. (I'd do: Adam found his hard cock and started to stroke it with both hands, using strong, slow strokes. He moaned.) 

 

Avoid independent body movements: Example: He felt Adam’s fangs lightly scrape his neck (Adam's fangs can't do anything one their own--see suggestion above) Adam's hands find (Adam's hands can't find anything on their own--see suggestion above) Example: His head fell back and his body arched (One, heads don't fall back and bodies don't arch on their own. Two, he's lying on a bed already so this visual seems off. I'd do: Ben collapsed against the pillows and arched his back)

 

Head hopping: I'm not sure what POV you are using, third obviously, but are you limiting to just one viewpoint per character per chapter/section making these head hops or purposely switching viewpoints in the same section using omniscient viewpoints for your two main characters? If you intend for this to be limited Ben's POV in third person, which is how it started so what I assume, then you have a few head hops: Example: Adam opened the bedroom door and stopped in shock on the threshold (Ben can't know exactly why Adam stops. You could show it from Ben's POV to make it obvious, though. I'd do: Adam opened the bedroom door and froze. He stared with his mouth wide open.) Example: Just tasting his mate’s blood, and hearing him cry out in completion, had been enough to make him come just as hard as Ben had. (There's no way for Ben to know this. You'd need to have Adam tell Ben he came from tasting him and hearing his pleasure to share it with the reader)

 

Small things: You have Adam pushing the door to the bedroom open, but if it was shut how did he hear Ben all the way outside, with the front door shut too? I'd refine the visual to have him push the door all the way open, indicating it wasn't shut. Either that, or refine the scene so that the reader knows that Ben knows Adam could hear him through the doors/distance because he's a vampire.

 

You did say comments and feedback are welcome.  ;) Sorry, I know that's a lot of info. Feel free to me PM about these comments and/or your story posting. You are more than welcome to post the story here. I posted mine as an eBook last year, but I think I'll post as both the story and eBook on GA this time. Congrats on finishing your story, and I hope you enjoy the event! It's a lot of fun all summer.

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Caz Pedroso

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This story has been throught two editors and a proof reading group over thst last two months . Yet you gave me more to work with in this short paragraph than they did.

 

Unfortunately it has already gone to the formatters now but I was planning on editing and expanding on it before posting it as an ebook on GA. I will be sure to advertise for an editor and beta reader before I post it. 

 

Thank you very much for your thoughts this is my first full length story and I will most likely have fun changing lots before finally posting it. 

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  • Site Administrator
Cia

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I have been fortunate to work with quite a few excellent editors over the last two years. They've taught me so much, I can't even begin to thank them enough for their insights into writing and how to polish a story. I often try not to work with new authors, though,  because the amount of critique I share can be daunting to someone beginning in the craft. Your story isn't poorly written, so I hope I didn't give you that impression. There is simply a lot of refined writing techniques you could apply, when you're given the information. Until I was told about this stuff (and I've made each and every one of those I pointed out) I had no idea the issues were there or how to fix them.

 

Oh, and if you wish to share my critique with your editors/group, feel free.

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Caz Pedroso

Posted

Your critique was very welcome.

 

I believe new authors need to learn good habbits from the start.

 

They shouldn't be put off by comments and suggestions that are designed to make their writing better.

 

I will try to send your comments to my editor.

 

Thanks again

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