PARANORMAL 2017

Are you ready for next year?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on 2016, and your plans for 2017.

You haven’t heard from me on my blog because—as usual—I have been extremely busy. This last year has been pretty eventful—new job, family and friend matters, and putting in studio time, and next year is going to be something special.  My friend and I have been working hard towards putting together a new show for certain public broadcasting channels, and next year we will start filming. As many of my friends are aware, I’m very into everything paranormal—especially when it comes to stories and legends of monsters and faerie folk. Long before ghost hunting and monster hunting shows became popular, I was out in cemeteries and deep, dark woods doing my own amateur investigations, and I have experienced more than my fair share of the supernatural. So, I’m taking some of these experiences, and many others that are not my own, and my team of camera, audio, and investigators out to film some very interesting and scary stuff.

I’m not ready to announce the name of our investigative team yet, or announce their names, but I can say that our team consists of three investigators: Lead Investigator/Interviewer, investigator/intuitive, and our investigator/hired gun, and of course a small crew of cameras and audio. I will be behind one of the main cameras, and you will hear me from time to time sharing some of the important information about each adventure. We will be using drones, night vision, and all the usual contraptions for documenting any evidence—and we will be using the CSI methods of collecting physical evidence.

One of our first episodes will be based on an experience I had here in Oregon, in the woods. I can’t divulge too much information about it, but suffice it to say, I already have some interesting photos for this that I have documented certain aspects of what happened. We will also be interviewing other local experts in various fields including: a volcanologist, and other local paranormal experts.

We won’t be focusing on ghosts, or Sasquatch, but more on local myths and legends of the North West. We will do a few ghost hunting investigations to get some practice in with the team, and I will post those on our website once it is up and running.

Stay tuned everyone—next year is going to be an adventure! 

The Mile Below Resort Under The Sea!

If there were ever a story I’ve had more fun writing, it’s ‘Mile Below Peep Show’. The above picture is a fun interpretation of two characters in MBPS, the peacock twins. I really stretched my imagination on this one, as there are no underwater resorts of this scale anywhere in the world, unless you count The Poseidon Resort, which is still under construction (in the real world). Anyway, I had no idea it existed while I was writing MBPS. So, you see, there are quite a few treats waiting for you under the waves in this labyrinthine luxury of erotic steampunk adventure. And there will be more to come. I’m currently working on the third installment of the ‘Mile’ series, and the third book will be a novel, and it’s going to be one brassy adventure!

            You’re summer vacation doesn’t have to end. Pick up your e-book copy of Mile Below Peep Show and explore a world unrestrained by the walking world, and dive right in to what awaits: Delicious mermen, exotic peep shows, cocktails, a lusty labyrinth, and all manner of sexual follies wind themselves into a mouth watering novella that is sure to put a blush on your cheek.

Cheers,

Nishi Serrano

“Creating fantastic worlds imaginative enough to hold the unexplored…”
http://www.nishiserrano.blogspot.com

 MBPS Blurb:

Lady Rose fears her best friend Abigail Bertram is growing lonely and embittered by her life as heir and sole proprietor to her family’s business. After experiencing the pleasures and induction to the Mile High Airship Club, Rose and her husband William devise a plan to hopefully cure their friend of her prim ways and introduce her to a new, freer world, of carnal desires.

Taking Abby on their special vacation, the three friends embark on a steampunk carnival soiree under the sea brimming with mermaids, a cast of lusty characters, and of course—exotic peep-shows!

Will their adventure open Abby’s eyes to what she’s been missing, or will her heart stay chained to business as usual?

However, a surprise none of them intended shows up to test Abby’s brass, and possibly melt her heart.

Mile Below Peep Show can be bought here:

Decadent Publishing: http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=610&osCsid=bh2u6j55pgt534sffeqa7li183

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mile-Below-Peep-Show-ebook/dp/B00930OPTK

All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-milebelowpeepshow-924212-146.html

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mile-below-peep-show-nishi-serrano/1112685221?ean=2940015149692

 

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Zoo Promenade 2

Well, hello there, fancy meeting you on this trail! Nature’s great chandelier in the sky is sparkling all around us, and the breeze is hinting for us to follow it. Would you care to join me on a magical walk? Look there … do you see that vine covered arch? Just beyond it awaits an adventure. Come on—don’t be shy, the cute and wondrous inhabitants of the forest are always happy to have company, and to teach us a thing or two about life.

There are many wise eyes watching us from the treetops, but don’t fear, I’m right here with you.

Have you ever wondered what Yoda’s uncle might have looked like?

Yoda’s Uncle says: “Blind we are, if creation is destroyed by humanity.”

Oh, I almost forgot, handsome ‘Hairy’ promised me a photo shoot today! He’s the perfect gentleman, and so photogenic!

Hairy wanted me to add this photo of a very important message:

Do you know who Ganesh is? Ganesh is an elephant deity from India, who has a way with opening doors and eliminating obstacles. Let’s go see if we can find him!

Ganesh thought I should share this information:

Birds of a feather prey together …

Where did the wood go?

Boared …

Not amused …

Is it just me, or is nature’s art imitating life (look closely and you will see!) …

Ah, water, refreshing on a hot day, and teeming with surprises …

Eggcited!

Which way should we go now?

Helping hooves …

*Yawn* I think it’s nap time …

Time to wake up!

Wow, what a wonderful day it has been. I’m so glad you could take a walk with me. Will you join me again sometime? Who knows where I will head to, but it will always be an adventure! 

Thank you Portland Zoo for an amazing and educational visit: http://www.orgegonzoo.org

New Book Cover Artwork!

Ah, here I am in Portland again. And what better way to celebrate my return than with new book cover artwork that Decadent Publishing just sent me today for my novella 'Mile Below Peep Show'! I'm doing the happy jig right now :)

'Mile Below Peep Show' is a steamy steampunk carnival of lust under the sea. There are many delights in this undersea labyrinth: sexy tales of mermen and maids, peacock lovers, and forbidden desires. If you want to start your vacation early, then you'll want to get a copy when it comes available, though I'm still in the editing phase with my publisher, so I'll let you all know soon when it will be for sale.

Cheers to everyone!

'Stealing Time' With C.K. Garner

If it wasn’t for online friends like C.K Garner, I would probably stop writing. As mutual supporters of the writing sisterhood—she has been the best! I used to be shy online, until I started meeting some of the greatest, kindest, most talented people I’ve ever had the fortune of meeting—and it wasn’t even in person.  What’s even cooler is to see the process of writing develop in someone who has just begun and is already running at full tilt. If steampunk is your cup of literary tea—then you absolutely must read C.K.’s work, and pay attention: This girl’s imagination is on fire!

An interview with C.K. Garner, Author of Stealing Time (Musa Publishing, August 2012)

Q. You define ‘Stealing Time’ as steampunk and speculative fiction genres. In your view, what is steampunk?

Garner: Oh, that’s a tricky question as there are a lot of conflicting views out there about Steampunk. For me Steampunk represents an alternate historian’s Victorian Era world of fictional, though often plausible technological inventions similar to those in the works of classic Sci-fi, and speculative fiction authors such as Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and works of William Gibson. Other essential components are common travel by airship, or dirigibles, alongside other “path not taken” early technology like altered onset of pseudo-physics and mad science colliding with true science.  Steampunk is constantly evolving, embracing Dieselpunk, World Wars I& II Eras, as well as Steamgoth, and Clockgoth, possibilities and clockworks abound, so the definition is hard to set in stone.

Q. Most authors are asked two questions in every review: “When did you decide to become an author?” And, “How did you do it?” So, what’s your author story, C.K.?

Garner: I wrote my first story back in first grade; it was supposed to be a nice tale about Easter. I’ve always leaned toward a dark point of view, even as a kid, so I wrote a story about a giant rabbit that lives in a cave and comes out to eat little children once a year. Lol! Got an F grade and a phone call home for that one! As a teen, I bought a book about how to write romance novels, but got so much flak I abandoned ship, even though most of my friends still insisted I should be an author, because I was forever saying, “Oh hey, I’ve got this great scene in my head, listen…” In my twenties, I promised myself to become an author by age 46.  Two years ago, my writer’s block broke when I followed the advice of my best friend Christina to write a single sentence each evening.

     Soon, the tales were flowing like Niagara Falls; it was like being in a writing deluge; with me in a barrel going over the edge. Then came blogging, followed by hosting an amusing little horror group on a steampunk blog, where I became friends with author, Nishi Serrano, (oh, hey, that’s you!).  Nishi told me if I wasn’t writing a book yet, I should be. However, the real push to go from private writer to publishing my stuff, came when I chanced across Ariel Gore’s book, “How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights”. She says to submit your work before you think it’s ready, so you won’t miss the boat on getting published, i.e. take the risk, don’t wait forever. I wanted to send mine in after the manuscript was perfect, but instead, I gave myself a pretend deadline of two weeks after reading the Ariel Gore book, to have my manuscript ready to go. On the goal date, come hell or high-water, I’d submit it! So I did, and that’s my story.

Q. What writing advice do you have for fledgling writers and authors?

Garner: Read. A lot. Read the authors that you like, and try to emulate their style. Read the rubbish-heap stuff too! There can be something gleaned from even the poorest written of novels. Next, experiment by playing with the characters of each novel: How would the character of the great novel handle the situation in the rubbish heap title, and vice versa. Write it down. It’s a fun way to get your creative juices going, and come up with original ideas for your own manuscript. Learn to speak in each voice, or more accurately write in each hand, especially when trying to get the flavor of a certain time period; of course, the idea in the long run is to develop your own style.

Q. You mentioned having writer’s block. How do you handle it now, and what advice would you give?

Garner: Two things: First, step away from the keyboard and grab a piece of paper and a pencil. Writing by hand increases brain activity, and it really works for me to break down the writer’s block wall. Next write a single sentence, just thoughts, even if it’s only, “Alpha to OMG, I cannot write a thing!” The idea is to start, then keep it up for at least 20 minutes. Do it every night until the brain-juice gets flowing again. Hmm, on second thought, you don’t want to pull a “Shining” fiasco ala Stephen King’s character Jack Torrance, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, all work and…” Lol!  You get the picture. Second, play the “What If Game”, (also attributed to Stephen King): Look around your room, or take a walk. See a lady putting on lipstick at her desk? Make her a killer, patiently waiting to poison her next victim with a kiss. Did your boss scream at you today? Change his name in a story, alter his description, and now he’s the crazy man in your what if getting hauled away in a white straight jacket. See that beautiful lady with the bright red hair? Take her home to bed! Okay, just in your story, right? You’re the writer; you have lives to ruin, people to raise up as zombies, or turn into heroes!
Q. What is your next project?

Garner: I’m currently working on the sequel to Stealing Time, as well as a Victorian murder mystery and a fantasy novel.

Q. Where and how can we find Stealing Time for purchase?

Garner: Stealing Time is scheduled for release August 31, 2012 as an E-book from Musa Publishing’s Urania Sci-fi and Spec-fi imprint. It will be available for download as an E-book on Kindle and Nook, as well as PDF for PC’s from Amazon, Smashwords and directly from the Musa Publishing website at http://www.musapublishing.com.

Q. How can readers contact you?

Garner: You can visit my blog at http://www.ckgarnerstealingtime.blogspot.com  or feel free to Tweet me at http://www.twitter.com/ckgarner  

Whipped and Steamed and Ready For Release!

Are you ready to lose yourself in an erotic Steampunk adventure? Whip yourself into a frenzy of delight on August 19^th when ‘Mile High Airship Club’ is released through Decadent Publishing. Tea, airships, and stockades—oh my!
     Being a fan of Steampunk, and of Ann Rice (aka A.N Roquelaure), I felt the need to dabble a little into my own brand of erotica—classy, alternative, and atmospheric, the later in fancying the story transports you to a different world, not just focusing on the naughty bits. So, without further ado, allow me to give you a nibble of what is to come:

Mile High Airship Club (PG Excerpt):

“I commend you on your fashionable home and sharing a marvelous selection of wines.” Captain Harland complimented. “And, may I politely add, you are blessed with a wife as beautiful as the diamond-bright stars.” Rose squirmed uncomfortably at the compliment, afraid her husband would become jealous of the captain’s obvious admiration.
     William winked at Rose, allaying her fear, and held his glass high. “Indeed, I am a fortunate man, Captain Harland, and even luckier for the honor you are soon to bestow tonight.”   
     “Oh, my, what tribute have you gained?” Rose was not aware of any new titles to her husband, but knew he deserved the highest of praise. 
     “For us both, my love, a membership to an elite club,” William clarified.
     Rose clasped her hands together in excitement; she had only just started accepting societal invites, as every married woman should. Her favorite clique was, of course, the Royal Temple Gardening Society. “Well, don’t keep me in suspense. What affiliation will we be attending?”
     Captain Harland clucked. “It’s a secret, my lady, and must not be spoken of.”
     Rose scoffed. Surely he was joking. Seeing her disbelief, William added, “It is true, Rose. We must first prove our loyalty before we gain membership.”
     “My lady, the path to membership will begin aboard my airship, and a more delightful voyage you will never have,” the captain claimed. Rose was mystified, then ecstatic, for she had never traveled in an airship. It made her giddy expecting to share the first experience with her lovely husband and perhaps the fine-looking captain.
     “Ah, but let us retire to the study, Captain. An after dinner tawny pairs well with a fine cigar. Rose, if you will excuse us.” William stood and bent to kiss his wife on the forehead. Rose watched the two men leave, paying extra attention to the captain’s firm behind. She waited a solid twenty minutes before removing herself from the dinner table and sneaking quietly to the door of the study. Rose’s stomach fluttered as she peeped through the large keyhole, intent on discovering all she could about the captain’s mysterious invitation.

MHAC's release is August 19th, be sure to support the small press and their authors: http://www.decadentpublishing.com