I've been reading the PvP webcomic for many years and I've met the creator Scott Kurtz a couple of times at signings and conventions.  I have to say I admire how he has been able to turn his creative ability into a career and he seems like a down-to-earth person. He recently wrote a post that I really enjoyed and something which I should try to take to heart as I endeavor to become a writer.

I need to remember that stories are important.

http://pvponline.com/news/stories-are-important

Here's an example of Scott's artwork from a spin-off, D&D-inspired comic called Table Titans.  If you like table-top RPGs and a fun fantasy story, give it a read.

A funny video that shows some interesting human psychology.  Watch it to the very end :)

What's in the box?

Battle Suits: Turtles by Space Corsair & painted by flags_of_war!

It's kind of amazing how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continues to appeal fans over the years.  There's something about those reptilian, Japanese weapon-wielding, Classical artist-christened characters that just fascinate people :)

Here are some cool TMNT miniatures created by Space Corsair and painted by flags-of-war.  The paint job really brings out the amazing details in those miniatures.  My experiences with model building as a youth showed how I could never paint anything with such precision, much less sculpt such awesome figures, so I'm always impressed to see this kind of artistry. 



Battle Suits: Turtles by Space Corsair Painted by flags_of_war!

I think I've switched gears to trying to write a longer novel.   I may do it under another pen name, but I expect I'll still want to write erotic horror/erotic comedy with this pen name.  I think time management is the thing that I need to work out.

In the meantime, I've been ignoring time management with web surfing and thought I share a couple of canine-related laughs.

Succubi Image of the Week 444

Succubi Image of the Week 444: Tera reviews a really excellent piece of succubus art.  The artwork is one of my favorites too :)  It really makes one imagine what kind of story led up to the scene.  It might be fun to try to write that, but I'm already just trying to get my own ideas out on the keyboard.

I don't want to forget the artist is Violic Chen.  Great work!

The old saying 'Laughter is good for the soul' is not only wise, but there is medical evidence backing up the notion. Here's a nice 2009 review of some published studies:

Scientific Research Stuff!

I particularly like "if laughter does, in fact, decrease stress hormones, this would be one mechanism that might explain the proposed connection between laughter and immune function, and from there to improved health outcomes."

I guess you need to be a science nerd to find this interesting, so let's get to a laugh.

Lyanna Mormont from the Game of Thrones cable series is rapidly becoming the new Chuck Norris of the Internet. Many memes with her just recycle old Chuck Norris ones, but I really liked this original one:




Hope this gives a chuckle. And the funniest part of her being a meme is that the actress' last name is Ramsay (A joke only GOT fans will get).

I think I'll start re-posting more funny stuff I find to get more active on this blog. Plus it will help keep that stress hormone reduction mechanism going.

Happy 4th of July or post-Canada Day or just Happy Monday! 

Here are some fireworks - Everyone loves fireworks (except some dogs and nocturnal flying creatures)

The talented artist Omac inspired the character of Selina in the Shadowlust series, and he has a new pic over on his DeviantArt page.   It's one for the summer season.

Summer Time by OMac

I'm really hoping this July 4th weekend will give me a chance to kick myself into writing more.  I was doing all right at the beginning of the year, but my goal of a story a month has fallen away.  At least I've started over on Literotica, so I'm hoping I'll be able to do either free Literotica stories or ebooks depending on which I'm inspired at the time.

I guess I should have mentioned that I had to go out of town for the last week because of my job.  I suppose I should have been blogging about that, but there's really nothing too exciting about living out of a hotel for a week in a town with a population under 4000.   But that's over and....

It is good to be back home.

This GIF reminded me about the Independence Day sequel that's coming out.  I enjoyed the first one but I am not giving high expectations for the sequel.  It's always difficult to do a decent sequel and the trailers haven't convinced me this will be worth the price of a ticket.   I've read that the flop of After Earth is the reason Will Smith did not want to do another science fiction movie with a father-son theme.   I'm really not sure having him would help with a movie that feels more like a cash-grab rather than a legitimate sequel for the fans.  

A new short story of mine has been posted up on the free erotic story site Literotica.  This one helped end a dry spell of writing for me, so I'm really glad I was able to finish it.  In the future, I hope that posting stories like this will help keep me writing if things slow down again.

First Date

The story is about a guy who goes on a first date with a succubus.  It's an erotic comedy, and it has characters readers will recognize from the Shadowlust Series.   I think I will post short stories on Literotica to develop side ideas in the Penumbra setting that are not long enough for an ebook.  The ebooks will continue to follow the main plot ideas that I have in mind.

The community on Literotica is really active and I'm hoping to become more involved with it.  I've already used their volunteer editors and received some very helpful edits and suggestions.  (Thanks Redwings1201 and the one who asked not to be named :) )

This kind of thing might be what I need to remind myself to focus more on writing rather than spending time posting comments on gaming forums and 9Gag.

It's halfway through May already?  Where did the month go?

I've managed to complete a short story that I will be posting on Literotica shortly, and it was nice to finish it through the writer's block.  I'm thinking of asking some volunteer editors to look at it as well just to see what it's like working like that.  I hope I can stay on a roll and complete the next Shadowlust eBook while also trying to work on my Lovecraft-inspired story. 

Speaking of Lovecraft I saw this amazing picture over on the Cthulhu Reddit page.  I'd be willing to give that dish a try!  









Cthulhu Reddit post

I'm still trying to figure out how to make the layout of this blog less boring.  Now I have sections with the Shadowlust series of ebooks and that makes the blog look more lively.

Sometimes timing is everything.

I usually have horrible timing and I just try to prepare for it knowing that things will go wrong.  But sometimes, just sometimes, things go well. And sometimes they even go really well.

I try to do my taxes early, and I finished them online last month. Or at least I *thought* I did. It turns out they were not actually submitted even though the website said "Your taxes are done". I just found out today (17th) and I thought I'd be hit with a late fee, but this year taxes are due on the 18th because of Washington D.C. Emancipation Day.   That was a nice surprise.

Another shockingly good case of timing has been my lease renewal.  At this moment, I may not want to get into another year long lease, so I renewed for only 3 months which now gives me much more flexibility.

Now I'm starting to worry all this good timing is going to swing back, but then maybe my daily, low-level bad timing just keeps building up until I get bursts of good timing.  I guess that's not a bad way to have it :) 

I am back from my business trip and it has been a reminder to me that there are many jobs out there where one doesn't need to travel.  In fact, I dare say that most jobs in the world do not require getting on a plane to spend an entire week sleeping on a strange bed.  

That's not to say anything against who live that lifestyle or get fulfillment in the sense they are part of the 'movers and shakers' depicted so often in airline or hotel commercials.   But I rather believe there is a good amount of moving and shaking that can be done within one's own locality, and I have never had any need to find fulfillment in unfamiliar places.

Also unpacking sucks. 

I've had to go on a business trip for a full seven days, so my writing has gotten stymied.

Traveling seems to be a mix for me when it comes to creativity.   A change of pace or scenery can be helpful to come up with new ideas, but at the same time, many authors recommend having a set schedule and place where you do your writing.  Plus I can't think of anything more horrible than needing to travel to break out of writer's block.

When I have managed to write anything in strange hotel rooms, it may seem like I'm doing something worthwhile, but once I get back and read it, there's nothing worth keeping.  Maybe this time there will something from my efforts.

Traveling is also a massive time sink.   Not only is there all the planning before the trip but the post-trip issues the laundry, the empty fridge, dead plants etc.  Now if you're doing it for a vacation, there's a theoretical pay off for your troubles.  If you're doing it for work, the pay off is not getting fired.  Not really great incentive to travel for me.

Anyway, I'm hoping when I get back, the relief of not needing to travel again (hopefully) any time soon and return to my familiar writing area will help me actually complete the next eBook in the Shadowlust Series.

(I am also freaking throwing away this stupid undersized keyboard I bought because my laptop keyboard died right before the trip,  I should have just bought a full sized one, it's amazing how shrinking a keyboard makes it so hard to use, like learning to type all over again)

So I have a half-complete Shadowlust story that should be easy to finish but every time I sit down, it's like my fingers just freeze on the keyboard.  And I have an idea (several ideas) for a new comedy story but it's just stuck in my head rather than scrabbling to get out and be put into words.  Don't know why this is happening. It's both annoying and disturbing.

I've increased my amount of exercise recently, but I'm not going to stop that.  I simply need to figure out how to keep that up and keep my creativity going. 

 

Thankfully when something mocks me, I get irritated.  And when I get irritated I get stubborn. I'm not freaking going to stop banging against this wall until something gives.

#writersblock #thissucks

A Review of More Tales from the House by R.K.B. Kirin

A wonderful and detailed review by Tera over on Succubus.net.  Check out her other reviews if you're looking for other supernatural erotica!

A Review of More Tales from the House by R.K.B. Kirin

"Tales from the House" and "Tale of the Farm" will be part of the 2016 Smashwords Read an Ebook Week promotion, taking place March 6-12 2016!   Both will be made available for free for the week on the Smashwords catalog.  "Tale of the Farm" has always been a free ebook but for this week "Tales from the House" with the awesome cover art by O-mac will be free to pick up as well!

Smashwords informed me that "More Tales from the House" was accepted to their premium catalog which means it should be even more available - Hooray!  I hope people like it since this installment is getting past the introduction of the setting and moving into some of the plot ideas I have.  There are several things I have in mind, and I need to see how I can present them in the story.

That said, I'm trying to decide if I should continue with the next Shadowlust ebook or do a new series which will have more comedy.   Dark desires and inhuman lusts are great themes, but I like doing funny stuff too.  I'm also worried the Shadowlust stories will get stale if I keep focusing only on them.

More Tales from the House is out!  The third book in the Shadowlust Stories series, this follows the events from "Tales from the House".  

Dirk finds himself trapped in a bastion of the supernatural known only as the House where the beautiful, sinister Selina endlessly seduces and entices him. Desperate, Dirk delves into ancient books seeking answers, but how can he hope to find a way to resist Selina’s wanton charms and insatiable, inhuman lusts?

Wonderful cover art by O-mac once again:

10,646 words, Approximately 30 pages

Available on Amazon $0.99

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C2AHWZ6

And available on Smashwords $0.99

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/617212

In case anyone was curious about the original art that will be used for the next cover, here is the link to O-mac's Deviant Art site (**WARNING** Adult content)

http://o-mac.deviantart.com/art/Seductress-3-118947204

I really have to thank O-mac for letting me use his terrific artwork!  Obviously the inspiration for the character of Selina the stories : )

The draft of the next book in Shadowlust Stories is completed!  Since the story centers around the characters of Selina and Dirk from "Tales from the House", I have decided to have simply make the title of the next book be "More Tales from the House."  Heck, it was either that or "Tales from the House 2" : )  Although that option does give it that horror movie sequel feel. 

I've sent the draft out for a bit of feedback.  I'm hoping it will be well-received in preview.  The cover art will again use an excellent image of Selina by the talented artist O-mac.  I'm planning to put out the book this weekend around Feb 20th for only $0.99 on Amazon and Smashwords!

Free eBook!  This is second book in the Shadowlust Stories series (It was actually done back in December, I need to catch up on my blog).

This eBook was done in collaboration with K.Bell, who will hopefully be doing more of her own stories too! When she gets a blog up, I'll make sure to post the link.

Available free on Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/601794

Also available on Amazon but for $0.99 until their price matching kicks in (But if you want to pay, I won't mind! : ) )
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/

This free book was meant to let people decide if they like the series.  I probably should have made the first book of the series the free one, but I'm still trying to figure out how eBook publishing works. 

The story introduces two new recurring characters who are connected with Selina and the mysterious House from the first story, but they have much different way of doing things.  They're not actually the characters depicted on the cover, maybe I should have done that instead - Ah well, still learning! 

The cover art was a 3D image done by ChromaDrake.  There are additional (and more adult) images of the cover characters over on his DeviantArt and Tumblr pages.

http://chromadrake.deviantart.com/
http://chromadrake.tumblr.com/






































You can favorite me over on Smashwords if you like the stories!

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RKBKirin

(Published 12/18/2015)

My first eBook!  This erotic horror story is the first eBook of a series called Shadowlust Stories.  It will revolve around supernatural seduction and sex with twists on classic and modern themes of horror.

Character inspiration and cover art by the artist O-mac who does a great job capturing a pulp-horror feel!   Check out O-mac's other great art here on Deviant Art! o-mac.deviantart.com/

Available on Amazon for just $0.99
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-House-R-K-B-Kirin-ebook/dp/B017QE8UYK/

And also on Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/591338

Published 11/7/2015

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