Erotica in the mainstream, Ageism in Romance Fiction, and Writing Plans

Remember back when I used to post photos of Hot Guys all the time?

 Guy of the Week
Taylor Kitsch

I saw John Carter last week, it was a hot mess, but Taylor's still hot.

with Jessica White

Is it okay to reveal I'm watching Rupaul's Drag Race instead of writing?
Ugh, this is my first day off work since last Friday, which is the main reason my Breakdown update didn't happen. Boo I know. I'll have it ready for you guys this Saturday though.
I spend too much time internet surfing sometimes, and low and behold the last few weeks I kept hearing about a book called 50 Shades of Gray, which is being called mommy porn by the always late and out of the loop mainstream media. Apparently Shades was originally Twilight fan fic that got self published and exploded in popularity. Shocking, women like to read about sex? What kind of madness is this?!?!
Out of curiosity I read the excerpt on Amazon.com

Story Update

Hi all, I really wanted to get Breakdown up today, but its not going to be finished.
It really wasn't my intention but my day(read: graveyard shift) job got in the way of me writing this week.
Which I hate, more on that later. I wanted to post this though and at least let you know what was up and its not me in disappearing mode again.
I will be back in a couple of days with some more posts on IR and writing. And I will definitely be updating Breakdown with a good portion.

talk soon
RC

How much IR in IR ? And BW/WM Stories

Hope everyone is enjoying their week. I will be back by Saturday with another update on Breakdown.
I've been meaning to post for a while on this topic, but I got sidetracked.

Back a few years ago when I first started writing, my main familiarity with IR literature was the first IR novel I ever read. The Color of Love by Sandra Kitt and Seressia Glass' No Commitment Required.
Ive read other, but these stick out in my head the most.

Breakdown Updated

Hey guys, I updated the story today. Hope you like it.
I will be updating it again this coming week. Please take a second to leave a comment, it's greatly appreciated.
I am still going to be doing some extensive updating to this blog starting this week. I will be updating more with my own posts as well as Breakdown.

Here is a link to my youtube playlist, its all the music I listened to when I was writing.

Someone

Hope you are enjoying the new version of the story.

I will be uploading weekly from here on in.

I will be updating the story again this week, not sure which day but new stuff will be up by Saturday.

stay tuned
RC

A Loss for Words

I know. What the figgety fuck happened?!?!?!

I have wooooefully neglected this blog again, and my writing duties.
I can't apologize enough.
I uploaded the new version of Breakdown this morning, and I will post the next part within a week. Please leave me some feedback and let me know what you think. Good or bad, I appreciate all critique.

What's been going on with me. Despite what you may think, I do think about this blog and writing everyday. Its the actual doing that's the hard part. I think somehow, even though I didn't want to admit it. I fell out of love with writing for a while aka years. Which is why I have a mile long back log of projects that need to get finished. And with my lack of practice, I lost my voice.
My words had a hard time flowing and I wouldn't actually read what I wrote, so I would go back over it, and say, what the hell is this? This isn't my work and what I expect form myself.
As a writer I do want to hold myself to some standards and not just have anything published because IR romance has a cult following and I KNOW someone will buy it.
No. That's  not me. I'd rather not be known at all than be known for shitty storytelling.

You guys have no idea what a pain in the ass uploading long story to blogger is. Even though its formatted in my word processor, in blogger when I copy and paste it comes out as one long paragraph and I have to go in and separate the dialog.

I hope you like the story. Its a bit different than what you might be used to from me, and honestly, at this point I'm still not sure where I am going to go with it. But it will remain a free read. I just don't know if I am going to post the rest here or my website.

I'll be back extra soon. (No more breaks or hiatus')

~Rachel Cade

Haven't forgotten

Click on the pic, its Glorious:)

Ok all, mark you calenders, this Saturday I will be posting new portions of Breakdown. I am going to extend even what you've read so far and do a few more pages. I guess it will be a novella, but I never know. I am also in the midst of doing an overhaul of Nineteen, it's pretty much going to be a new story, so I will post the new excerpt before its published. I keep procrastinating about this but I will be adding a works in progress page over the weekend so you will no where I am in my longer term projects.
I mean 2012 is coming, if the worlds going to end I might as well publish something right?

• Breakdown Update
• Progress Page
• Release Date/Contract News Page