For
the past 9 years I’ve been writing away under the pen name Kay Jaybee - and WOW-
have I had the most fun!!
14
solo publications, 3 new novels lined up, press appearances, erotic readings,
modelling sessions, and even been up for a Best Author award! Let’s face it,
I’ve done everything (and more) that I have ever wanted to do - except one
thing.
That
‘one thing’ was to have a novel published outside of the erotica genre. This
isn’t because I’m ashamed of what I do, or because I don’t consider erotica
‘real writing’ - far from it - but simply so I could prove to myself I could do
it - that I could write something that didn’t have sex as the lynchpin of the
story.
And,
after years of deliberating over whether I was brave enough to step outside of
my erotic comfort zone, I have finally dipped my toe into the world of
contemporary romance- and so the new me has been born!
May
I introduce you to Jenny Kane!!
My
very first novel as Jenny is called AnotherCup of Coffee!!
Here’s the blurb...
Thirteen years ago Amy Crane
ran away from everyone and everything she knew, ending up in an unfamiliar city
with no obvious past and no idea of her future. Now, though, that past has just
arrived on her doorstep, in the shape of an old music cassette that Amy hasn’t
seen since she was at university.
Digging out her long-neglected
Walkman, Amy listens to the lyrics that soundtracked her student days. As
long-buried memories are wrenched from the places in her mind where she’s kept
them safely locked away for over a decade, Amy is suddenly tired of hiding.
It’s time to confront
everything about her life. Time to find all the friends she left behind in
England, when her heart got broken and the life she was building for herself
was shattered. Time to make sense of all the feelings she’s been bottling up
for all this time. And most of all, it’s time to discover why Jack has sent her
tape back to her now, after all these years…
With her mantra, New life, New
job, New home, playing on a continuous loop in her head, Amy gears herself up
with yet another a bucket-sized cup of coffee, as she goes forth to lay the
ghost of first love to rest...
I
did worry at first that it would be difficult to write this novel. That I’d be
itching to pop in the occasional sex scene just so I’d feel on safe ground- but
to my surprise that didn’t happen once. Perhaps it was because one of the main
characters is an erotica writer, who I can naturally relate to, and that a
great deal of the action (as the title would suggest) takes place in coffee
shops (my spiritual home!)
I
confess however, I am nervous about unleashing Another Cup of Coffee on the world - what if no one likes it? What
if it flops? What if I’m never asked to write another romance again?????
EEEKKK- Paranoid thoughts- maybe, but quite normal for us writer types I assure
you!!
I
guess I’ll just have to wait and see if people enjoy my non sexy work as well
as my kink- if you fancy seeing what all the fuss is about- then you can order
your copy of Another Cup of Coffee here...
Thanks
again for letting me visit you today, Lily.
Jenny xx
Bio
Jenny Kane is the author of the contemporary romance Another Cup of Coffee (Accent Press, 2013). This is Jenny’s first novel, but more are in the pipeline...
Keep your eye on her blog at www.jennykane.co.uk
You can also follow Jenny-
Twitter @JennyKaneAuthor https://twitter.com/JennyKaneAuthor
Jenny
also writes as the erotica author Kay Jaybee.
As
Kay she has written several novels, novella’s and short stories,
including, The Retreat, (Xcite 2013), The
Voyeur, (Xcite 2012), Making Him Wait
(Sweetmeats, 2012), The Perfect
Submissive (Xcite, 2012), Digging Deep, A Sticky Situation (Xcite 2012), and The Collector (Austin & Macauley, 2012).
Details
of all Kay’s work can be found at www.kayjaybee.me.uk
Thanks Lily!! This is my first ever guest blog as Jenny!! So far- I'm delighted to say- my new novel is going down really well- fingers crossed it continues to do so!! Jenny (Kay) xx
ReplyDeleteReally interesting piece, one which I can relate to having the same journey but the other way round (women's fiction to erotic romance) - though I've not had as much published as Kay. The insecurity and doubt are so understandable, but undoubtedly ill-founded. Good luck with Another Cup of Coffee - sure you won't need it!
ReplyDeleteThanks hun! I don't think the nerves ever go, no matter how published you are. Maybe that's a good thing- stops us taking things for granted!! So far so good for ACOC though- good luck to you for all your stories!! xxx
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