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| Lisa Lane |
| THE DARKNESS AND THE NIGHT trilogy is now in paperback! |
| 2010.12.19 01:52:00 | |
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Now, all three books in my erotic horror trilogy, The Darkness and the Night, are available in trade paperback! About The Darkness and the Night I wrote book one, Blood and Coffee, with Homer's Odyssey in mind--a dark, vampire's odyssey that would take the character to Hell and back in her quest for the HEA, a story arc that would continue throughout most of the trilogy. The twisted romance between Karen and Billy is very primal, with neither experienced enough to understand the difference between love and lust, a lesson that comes hard for Karen. Book two, Cosmic Orgasm, is all about Karen's self empowerment as a woman. Karen takes charge of her life, despite all she has suffered. Although still on the run, she makes finally makes her stand, and finds true love along the way. The third book, Twins of Darkness, is a little different, as it follows the first eighteen years of Karen's twin children's lives, while she and her lover hide out in the jungles of suburbia. To achieve this, I divided the story into four parts: Vampire. Mommy. covers the first several months following the twins' birth; The Innocent One covers them as young children; A Family Affair takes place during their adolescent years, and The Awakening occurs when the twins are in their late teens. Karen tries so hard to give her kids a normal life, despite her vamipirism--unfortunately neither of the twins is anything close to "normal," which results in some very unforseen consequences. Links: Also available in Kindle. Tags: Lisa Lane | The Darkness and the Night | Blood and Coffee | cosmic orgasm | Twins of Darkness | vampires
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| Lisa Lane |
| What Draws Me to Write Erotic Sci-Fi and Horror . . . with Literary Elements |
| 2010.12.09 10:15:14 | |
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One might think there would be major differences between writing space opera and crafting erotic horror, but it is what they have in common that makes both genres among my favorites to write. Take the similarities between aliens and vampires, for example. You might not think the two have much of anything in common, but consider the following: · Since both are open to creative interpretation, the sky’s the limit on character attributes, strengths, weaknesses, abilities, beliefs, etc. · Both allow for creative freedom in world-building and universe “rules.” · Both create an outlet through which the author might explore the human condition. I also happen to be a big fan of canonical literature, so I also feel compelled to write for the well-read audience. The result is my own unique brand of dark, literary erotica: multi-layered, with intricate characters and an intense reading experience. Fang-tastic Books writes about The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee: "Lisa Lane has managed to combine it all into one fascinating read that defies conventional genre labeling. She's a great storyteller with a wild imagination and if you are interested in something dark and new this is a book for you." Bitten by Books writes about The Darkness and the Night II: Cosmic Orgasm: “Karen is one vampire that you won’t forget!” Cerebral Reviews writes about The Darkness and the Night III: Twins of Darkness: “As I’ve already said, the plot is superb, and when such a plot comes along, I always marvel at the human imagination and what it can produce. . . . I won’t reveal the spoiler here, but what I will say is what happens between Karen and the person ‘brought back’ gave me pause to wonder what I would do in her situation. Yes, it made me stop reading to ponder, but I see that as a good thing. A book that can make you think like that…well, it’s good, right?” Whipped Cream Erotic Reviews writes of Lust in Space: “Ms. Lane embraced all that we love about sci-fi fantasy and heated it up to super-nova proportions. My question for Ms. Lane is, is this a long-term mission? If so, I'm applying for a boarding pass.” I don’t write just to tell stories, but because I love words. I love crafting sentences that contain multiple meanings, creating characters that have no choice but to face their dark sides, and building worlds in which politics, religion, and hypocrisy are free domain and subject to my literary wrath (Stephen King and Kurt Vonnegut meets Scribblerus, if you will). I write because I want to leave my readers with something different, something profound or personally meaningful. Since many of my storylines are so complex, I ask you the reader: Have either the Lust in Space books or The Darkness and the Night trilogy left you with unanswered questions, unsure about characters, or unsure about a twist? Conversely, have you found (or think you have found) any of my literary “Easter eggs” and care to share? I’d love to chat about it. Tags: Lisa Lane | The Darkness and the Night | vampires | Lust in Space | space opera Hits: 407 | Read more... |
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| Lisa Lane |
| Vampires Hit Suburbia! |
| 2009.06.05 03:56:51 | |
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Book III of the trilogy is finally here!
What happens when vampire Karen suddenly finds herself also the suburban housewife? What happens when her "human" children slowly mature to become all that she strove to protect them from? Horror, romance, and erotica unite in this third installment of the wildest vampire story you'll ever read! http://www.ravenousromance.com/breathless/the-darkness-and-the-night-3-twins-of-darkness.php Tags: vampires | erotic | erotica | The Darkness and the Night | Twins of Darkness | Lisa Lane | vampire twins | Doppelganger Hits: 989 | Read more... |
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| Lisa Lane |
| Now Available in Paperback! |
| 2009.05.22 07:04:38 | |
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The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee and The Darkness and the Night II: Cosmic Orgasm, are now both available in paperback, and can be purchased through Amazon.com: The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee The Darkness and the Night II: Cosmic Orgasm Don't forget that The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee is also available on audio book, here at Ravenous Romance, and both books can still be purchased in e-book format, for those looking to cut their costs--and their carbon footprints. Thanks so much for reading! Tags: Lisa Lane | The Darkness and the Night | paperback | print books | vampires Hits: 666 | Read more... |
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| Lisa Lane |
| Two New Reviews! |
| 2009.04.29 01:45:36 | |
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Phoebe Jordan of Talk About My Favorite Authors just released reviews for the first two books in my The Darkness and the Night series, giving Blood and Coffee 3.5 Open Books and Cosmic Orgasm 4 Open Books. My thanks to Phoebe, who delved into horrorica--not her genre of choice--on a chance, after reading and enjoying my romantic, erotic sci-fi novel, Lust in Space. I think these reviews are very fair and accurate, and I am happy to share them now with you. From Phoebe's review for Blood and Coffee: I had a good time reading this novel because it was different from many of the novels that I usually read. I both liked and disliked Karen because even though she is a strong female character there are times that I really thought she could have done things differently if she wanted to. This also goes the same for Billy the vampire who turns Karen because seems like a nice loving guy but then he shows his true colors as a psyhco. There were some very steamy sex scenes between Karen and Billy that I really enjoyed because they have this attraction to one another even though at first Karen hates Billy for turning her. I also felt kind of creeped out when I read some the scary suspense scenes throughout the novel and I should expect that since it is a dark horror erotic novel with vampires. I enjoyed reading the novel though sometimes I wondered who was good and who was evil throughout the novel because sometimes Karen seemed like she was headed towards being evil while somtimes Billy was headed towards actually being good. Towards the end of the novel I was really looking forward to reading the next The Darkness & the Night series to find out what else is in store for Karen and Billy after the way this novel ended. I give this book 3.5 Open Books Read the full review here. From Phoebe's review for Cosmic Orgasm: This book is much more exciting and scarier than the first book because now I have a sense of who is evil and who isn't unlike the first book. I like Karen more in this novel because she has come to accept that she is a vampire and doesn't have to kill a human in order to survive. There were some pretty scary and heartbreaking scenes in this book that I enjoyed reading about because it really helped me understand Karen and even Billy more than I did before. I finished the book much quicker than the first and by the time I read the last sentence in the last chapter I really wanted Lisa Lane's next and conclusion to her The Darkness & the Night series to be published already so I could read it. I give this book 4 Open Books Read the full review here. Tags: Lisa Lane | The Darkness and the Night | Blood and Coffee | cosmic orgasm | reviews | Phoebe Jordan | Talk About My Favorite Authors | vampires | horror | erotic Hits: 492 | Read more... |
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| Lisa Lane |
| Darkness All Around! |
| 2009.03.26 20:04:45 | |
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The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee is today's featured book! Check it out ... and don't forget to drop by author Lilly Cain's blog, where we will be discussing the finer features of the series all day. Want a hint at the phenomenon that led to The Darkness and the Night II's sexy, quirky subtitle, Cosmic Orgasm? Curious about sex on the Astral, or just what makes vampiric tantric sex? Stop by, and join the fun TODAY! Tags: guest blog | Lilly Cain | The Darkness and the Night | Astral Travel | tantric sex | vampires
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| Lisa Lane |
| CONTEST! |
| 2009.03.09 03:18:57 | |
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In celebration of Ravenous Romance’s March 9 release of The Darkness and the Night II: Cosmic Orgasm, I will be giving away three free copies of the first e-book of the trilogy, The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee. The contest is simple:
I will pick winners at random, on Friday the 13th, and will send notification by e-mail. Good luck, and happy reading! Tags: cosmic orgasm | Blood and Coffee | The Darkness and the Night | contest
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| Lisa Lane |
| Vampires in Romance and Erotica |
| 2009.01.22 05:42:15 | |
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Vampires are a common theme in romance and erotica. A number of well written vampire-based works have been released here at Ravenous Romance. What’s not to love? Vampires are dangerous, powerful . . . and nocturnal. What woman hasn’t enjoyed indulging in some kind of vampire fantasy? When comparing works, it’s fun to see the differences in mythos, characterization, and story, and yet intertwined amongst them the same basic elements and themes, those which make vampires so continuously popular. There is much so more than meets the hypnotic eye, when it comes to the reasons that vampires continue to seduce us helpless mortals, century after century; it all boils down to theme. In The Darkness and the Night series, the themes I chose came through motivations that I’m sure are common among other writers of this genre: with writing about vampires comes a freedom to express both our strongest hopes and our darkest fears about ourselves, and about humanity. With great strength and power, we find that there must also come a relative weakness. With vampires, the greatest weakness is generally sunlight, making darkness the ally and light the nemesis. Might we take the “darkness” and “light” themes a step further by taking them within, making the vampire the perfect model for the struggle between “dark and light” that exists within us all? In The Darkness and the Night: Blood and Coffee, Karen faces numerous struggles, the greatest of which being overcoming her recurring impulse to kill. Many of the situations she falls into, however, threaten various freedoms that previously, in her innocence, she had taken for granted. Control, chance, opportunity, and fate are strong themes throughout the book, and I think they mirror the struggle that all young women face, when finding their place in the world. The moral dilemmas Karen faces are obviously grossly expanded versions of those faced by the average woman, but they still pose the same questions: How would you respond if, overnight, you lost everything that had previously defined your life? What would you be willing to sacrifice for your freedom, if it were taken away from you? What would you do, if you got pregnant, and then realized the father was a “monster?” In the second book in the series (release date still TBA), the themes shift focus to freedom and control in the first half, and then shift again in the second half, to opportunity and fate. In this story, Karen is forced to face her darkest fears in order to reclaim all that should be rightfully hers, escaping a mental institution, and even the clutches of Hell, for a second chance at life, a second chance at love, and a second chance for her unborn twins. The trilogy, as a whole, takes a serious look at all that we hold most sacred as human beings, and then challenges and tests the beliefs we hold, the boundaries we set, and desires that exist within us all. From Brom Stoker, to Anne Rice, to the many talented authors here at Ravenous Romance, vampires have held their place as the objects of our passion and desire. As writers, writing about vampires is a surreal and sensual experience. The profundity of each individual story translates differently through every reader who decides to come along for the ride. Still, we each take from these guilty pleasures some kind of insight; as we explore the darkness, in turn we move ever closer to reaching and understanding the inner light we all also so desperately crave. Tags: vampires | The Darkness and the Night: Blood a | The Darkness and the Night | darkness | light | human nature | monsters
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| Lisa Lane |
| Welcome to My Blog! |
| 2009.01.15 05:59:46 | |
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First and foremost, I would like to thank Ravenous Romance’s staff for all of their hard work and amazing talent. I am proud to be a part of this fantastic venture, and I know that this is only the beginning.
I came to Ravenous Romance by accident. I was, and still am, an avid reader of Lori Perkins’s blog, and when I saw her open call for short stories for an anthology titled Sex and Shoes, I knew that it was an opportunity that I could not pass up. I had only written a small amount of romance and erotica, my genres of choice being science fiction, literature, and horror, but I realized upon writing “My Two Size 10’s” just how much I enjoyed writing about romance, sensuality, and sex. When Ms. Perkins put out another call, this time for the Men in Shorts anthology, I knew that I needed to contribute to that one, as well ... and then came the 12 Days of Christmas anthology, to which I ended up contributing yet another short story, "Two Turtle Doves." I was hooked.
I signed up to write an original sci-fi novel (Pandora’s Hope, release date still TBA), when I realized that I had a trilogy that would mesh perfectly with Ravenous Romance’s style. The Darkness and the Night had been a work in progress for several years, based on a novel I wrote with my twin sister nearly twenty years ago. The series had some romantic and erotic elements, but I knew the books were not yet hot and seductive enough to live up to the Ravenous Romance name. After some initial work, I sent in the first installment to Ms. Perkins. With her help and direction, I was able to take the work to the next level, adding a sense of depth and sensuality that had been lacking in previous drafts. Ms. Perkins also came up with the subtitle, Blood and Coffee, which I absolutely love.
I am currently redrafting the second installment of The Darkness and the Night, which I have tentatively titled, Blood and Shadow. I am confident that those of you who liked Blood and Coffee will love Blood and Shadow. I have numerous twists and surprises in store, and I am grateful to the muses for their dedication to the quality and depth of this particular work. I know already that this book is going to be even better than the first, and I cannot wait to share the finished product with you.
I am also currently at the tail-end of writing a 5000+ word short story that serves as a prequel to The Darkness and the Night trilogy, but also stands alone, for those who have not yet begun to read the series. I have received numerous requests for additional stories following various characters in Blood and Coffee, and after much consideration, I decided to write about stepmother and witch, Spring Collins. I am very happy with how the story is unfolding, and I hope to be able to share that with you, as well, in one of RR’s upcoming anthologies.
More soon … and happy reading! Tags: writing | The Darkness and the Night | Blood and Coffee | Blood and Shadow | Lori Perkins | first post
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