a.c.Mason

Susan Hanniford Crowley’s latest A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS is now available.

Blurb.

Georgia doesn’t know she’s a Harmony. Jobless and about to be homeless, her heart sinks when a hand snatches the coat of her dreams from the storefront window. Then she sees him staring at her reflection . . . the stalker.  

Trevor Stenwood, a vampire and Arnhem Knight, is handsome, sophisticated, and tongue-tied every time he sees her. Sworn to protect the supernaturals of the city, he’s fallen for a woman marked for death by demons. How can he save her when she’s afraid of him?

At Christmas time in New York City, will love bloom in the snow? 

It just went up on All Romance Ebooks.  So do you want to melt your snow and keep warm then go to 

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-avampireforchristmas-387184-139.html

Excerpt:

             When the waiter arrived with menus, Georgia was dizzy with expectation.  She looked at her menu.  There were no prices and it was hard to choose from so many delicious sounding meals.

            “What are you having?”  She leaned toward Trevor.

            “I was going to start with the lobster bisque and move on to the shrimp scampi.”

            “That sounds good.  I’ll have the same.” 

            When the waiter returned, Trevor gave him the orders.  He waited until the man was out of hearing range.

            “Georgia, you know you could have ordered anything.”

            “I know.”  She gazed out the window.  Snow danced over the waves.  Then snowflake and wave would touch as in a kiss and the snow would be gone forever, absorbed into the water. 

            “May I move my seat so I can sit next to you?”

            She thought about saying no, but the truth was she was ready for him to be closer.  “Okay.”

            He moved the chair so he was exactly next to her and they could see the same thing out the window.  “It’s sad, isn’t it?”

            “What?”

            “The snowflake is so exquisite, but its life is so short.  The ocean is eternal.  It loves the snowflake and when they meet.  .  .”

            “The snowflake dies.”  Georgia sighed.

            “No, not at all.  The snowflake changes into water and becomes immortal.”

            Georgia turned to face him.  They were so very close, his mouth above her lips, his eyes gazing deeply into hers.  She could feel him searching for some answer.  Then his lips possessed her mouth so gently, sweetly, as if to caress.  Georgia felt herself melting like the snowflake touching the ocean wave.  She kissed him back.  Every kiss led to another.  She felt his arm steady her.  Her eyes were closed, as his finger brushed her cheek.

This weekend I took some time to search the web for storyboards. I’ve worked in TV before so I’m familiar with them but I want something simple that will work for me. I didn’t find one.

I want a template that has the following things.

A number of bigger boxes each that will represent a scene and will have a smaller box in the upper left hand corner for the scene number.
 

I figured I’d turn creating what I need into a blog entry. I’m going to use this to work on the outline of my next plot. I’m going to start with something small to get my feet wet. CHOCOLATE DAMSEL is a 14,000-word short that I wrote over two weeks in the spring. I have a sequel in mind called CHOCOLATE TEMPTATION.  

I’ll keep you in the loop about how this is working for me. I’m going to try to upload a word document for download in case you might find my storyboard template useful. Once I do, I’ll add the pointer here:storyboard-scene-box

Odd for me to be blogging my own site on Monday but today on Nights of Passion you can read and maybe win an autographed copy of Gothic Victorian Romance Author Leanna Renee Hieber book THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE OF MISS PERCY PARKER. 

http://nightsofpassion.wordpress.com/

Mason
a.c.Mason
Darkness ♀♂ Desires
www.acmason.com

After months of blindfolds and secrets, after countless encounters without a single word spoken, Dean Lucas knows what his mysterious partner at the adult-only club Entice wants and gives her everything she physically desires. But now, he hungers for more than just her body-he craves her heart, too.

Betrayed by her ex-husband, Zoe Grant has finally found a way to be herself, a way to sate her long-hidden desires-without the risk of another broken heart-and the fact that she doesn’t know the man’s name, has never seen his face, suits her just fine.

But, when the two are unknowingly brought together outside their mutual comfort zone, will Zoe be able to set aside her past and surrender her trust once again-and can Dean convince Zoe, nameless or not, that love knows no bounds?