Welcome to wonderful Wednesday! I’m having a blast with all the guest posts, interviews, cover reveals…this book launch thing is exhausting but fun.
I’ve decided to skip out on ROW80 this time. I don’t really have time to write or keep up with goals. I’ve got so much going on right now for this book launch that I can’t see adding more to it, and I don’t want to reduce my pre-launch month to a list of things I have to report on every week. I’m hoping to join in again next time, though.
This week’s WIPpet was inspired many months ago when someone (I’m thinking it was Shan Jeniah Burton) mentioned in the comments that she pictured my Cat behaving much like his feline counterpart (really, I did write him that way). She suggested perhaps he might sit on Micah’s lap and mess with his keyboard. I’d already established (but hadn’t mentioned) that Micah’s an author, so I found the idea hilarious—but I couldn’t share why! Now that I’ve given you all last week’s post with their exchange regarding Micah’s novel, I thought I’d treat you to this bit inspired by my fellow WIPpeteer.
WIPmath: 10 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 17 paragraphs.
Cat looked over at the screen. “What are you working on?” He grinned. “Another het story without the heaving boobs?”
Micah let out a snorting laugh. “This one’s a little different from the last.”
Cat’s eyes widened. “Ooh! Is it lesbian porn?” He leaned in and whispered, “Lesbian alien tentacle porn?”
“Oh. My. God.” Micah laughed and swatted at Cat. “You are awful.”
Cat plopped himself in Micah’s lap, startling the breath out of him in a whoosh. “Let me see.” He twisted slightly so he could peer at the screen. “Why, Micah!” he said. “Are you actually writing a gay story this time?” He snickered.
“I wasn’t going to, no.” Micah tried to reach around to close the laptop, but Cat blocked him.
“But you have these two exceptionally hot guys, and they are totally flirting.” He read Micah’s most recent paragraph out loud. “Oh, they want each other bad. So much sexual tension there.”
“They’re on a road trip, discussing driving directions to the next city.”
“Exactly!”
Cat began typing, and Micah made a grab for his hands. “Don’t mess it up!”
“Not messing. I’m telling them they want to have hot sex on the hood of the car.” Cat elbowed Micah.
Giving in, Micah let him continue to type for a few minutes. He longed to stretch out his hands along Cat’s legs or wrap them around Cat’s waist. He tilted his head back and closed his eyes to rid himself of the intrusive thoughts. It wasn’t easy, given that he had a sweet, sexy redhead sitting on his lap, fooling around on his keyboard. With a low growl, Micah decided to do something about it. He put out his index finger and dug it gently into Cat’s ribs.
That did it. Cat yelped and pitched sideways. Micah grabbed him to steady him, and Cat stood up. He glared at Micah. “I was just getting to the good part.”
Micah studied the screen. “This is…absolute shit, you jerk,” he laughed. “Good thing I’m the one who does the writing. Also, this guy? Brad? He’s in love with Tammi. So it’s no-go with Karl.”
Cat crossed his arms and pouted. “Karl has an unrequited crush, then. Can’t you make at least one of them gay?” He batted his eyelashes. “Please?”
“I could. But I’m not going to.” He rolled his shoulders. “Maybe one of these days I’ll write a gay story. But I’ll need a new pen name for that.”
“I’ll bet I could think of one,” Cat said with a smirk.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you’ll take some time to check out the other entries. Many thanks to K. L. Schwengel, especially as she didn’t send her monkey minions after me last week. Happy writing!
All right, that did it, I finally, officially love Cat. 🙂 It took awhile, and I still think he’s as annoying as sand in your undies, but you wore me down.
Hahahaha! He’s supposed to be annoying. Even annoying people deserve love, though, right? 🙂
Thank goodness for that. 😉
Great scene – I loved the playful banter 🙂 I think Cat could wear anyone down!
LOL! He’s working on it. 🙂
“This is…absolute shit, you jerk” made me laugh, even as I cringed at the thought of anyone touching my work.
Love the banter here. And you’re right. Irritating people need love, too. 🙂
I know! I cringed writing it. I can’t imagine anyone messing around with my work.
I hope I can show in the next couple of weeks Cat’s other side. He’s irritating, but he has qualities Micah hasn’t seen yet.
Poor Micah – Cat’s not going to let him hear the end of it is he? Anyway, great scene. It seems that Micah’s falling for Cat hard. Is Cat going to reciprocate? Properly without making a joke of it?
No, Cat never does let this one go. Believe it or not, it’s important to the plot, odd as that may sound. And yes, Micah’s falling hard. Cat is too, but he’s not able to be serious about it yet, and we’re only seeing Micah’s POV, so he doesn’t know. 🙂
I like the banter and how Cat brings out Micah’s lighter side. I can only assume the converse is true and that Micah makes Cat more serious, but I could be wrong. You and I have worked together for so long that I don’t think it’s any secret reading m/m has a tendency to make me a bit uncomfortable, but I’m really enjoying your stuff, Amy. What is it with you and Adrian, always pushing me further and further out of my comfort zone? m/m, writing straight on erotica, alien gender-shifting porn, will it never stop?!?!? *sigh* *huff* *grin*
Well, the feeling is mutual. I never liked much stuff with religious themes before (and now I’ve actually written some!), and I definitely wasn’t into urban fantasy. But I love your work, so it’s definitely a fun stretch. 🙂
Yes, Micah brings out Cat’s serious/sensitive side, and I hope to be able to show that a little before I put them into stasis for beta reading.
I can’t stand if someone tries to read over my shoulder while I’m writing. Poor guy. Hope he finds a way to get back at Cat.
Yeah, I really hate that. I think it’s probably true in most professions. I doubt my husband wants me leaning over him while he grades his students’ work, either. 🙂
And again #CueReGiBlush
Aw. I promise, less racy next week. 🙂
omg you put in tentacle porn…. *hides*
Hahaha! That was originally in the section I posted last week and was inspired by something a family member said when learning about tentacle porn for the first time. After I wrote this part, I moved it here because it fit better. 🙂
Oh goodness, they just need to make out already! This is adorable, as was last week’s (which I only just read).
Hahaha! They so do. I’m not sure whether I want to share their very sweet first kiss or something steamier, but I’m definitely going to let them have their moment before the end of the month. 🙂
Haha – love it! Cat is such a mischief-maker. Poor Micah, trying to be so good with his het love story. 🙂
I’m hoping to get to the review of Lower Education this weekend. Forgive me for the delay!
LOL! Yep, Cat’s trouble—much like an actual cat. 🙂
No hurry on the review. The official book release is Nov. 1, so as long as it’s done by then, it’s fine.