Gigi singing at outpost 0255

Gigi and briq at outpost 0255

Kataru Book 1 Picking Candy

 Candy Morales is a cosplayer by trade and a picker at heart. She has no problem digging through trash if it means finding a treasure. When a friend leaves her a box full of antique glass eyes in a dumpster she decided to dive right in. Emmett Bradshaw is an alpha wolf shifter ex-marine with a weakness for curvy females. After ten years of self–imposed exile he’s come home to take over his pack. One thing he never expected was finding the woman of his dreams rummaging through garbage. Emmett did what any warm-blooded wolf would, slap her tempting round backside.

 

Picking Candy

For those of you who enjoy cosplay, nerds running amock and shifters this one's for you. I'm trying to put the final touches on it, but find myself unable to finish. I know what I want to say but there seem to be a block. The entire story is practically done, but the final details refuse to fall into place. Has anyone had that problem happend to them? How did you overcome it?

Interview

Hi Nenites,  here's a link to my interview at authorisland.  Everything you wanted to know, plus more!

http://authorislandinterviews.blogspot.ca/2014/03/nena-duran-interview.html

Gigi is up for Pre-order!!

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-gigi-1461457-340.html , https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/422302 Yeay, Gigi is up for preorder at allromance and Smashwords!!
If you haven't check out #protectoratewars  book 1 Amada available on #amazon  , #smashwords  , #allromance  thanks!!

Nena Duran Interview-Entrevista con Nena Duran

Hello Nenaites! First off thanks to all of you who read #protectoratewars book 1 Amada. Book 2 Gigi is coming soon on April! Second, I'm going to be featured on an interview on #authorisland at the end of the month. What's next for Nena and the Nenaites? Well, I'm working on a shifter romance I've tittled "Picking Candy" which I hope will turn into a series. This story will loosely tie with a trilogy I've been developing for quite some time. After I'm finish with it, I hope to go back to the Protectorate Wars. Not sure if I should create a short story in between Gigi and Mah'yanna's (book 3). I have an unresolve thread in the story that would be perfect as a 2.1 kind of short story. What do you think? I'll post a little totally raw and unedited excerpt of "Picking Candy" soon. Thanks!

!Hola Nenaites! Primero que nada gracias a todos los que leyeron #protectoratewars (Guerra del Protectorado) libro 1 Amada. Libro 2 Gigi saldrá pronto en Abril! Segundo, voy a ser introducida en una entrevista en #authorisland a finales de este mes. ¿Qué será lo próximo para Nena y sus Nenaites? Bueno, estoy trabajándo en una historia de shapeshifters o cambiaformas titulada "Picking Candy" que espero convertir en una serie. Este relato estará ligéramente vinculado con una triología que he estado desarrollando por un tiempo. Luego que finalize la misma, regresaré a Las Guerra del Protectorado. No estoy segura si debería crear una historia en medio de Gigi y Mah'yanna (libro 3). Tengo un arco en la historia que no he resuelto y pienso que sería perfecto como una historia corta 2.1. ¿Qué opinan? Espero publicar un extracto completamente crudo e inedito de "Picking Candy" pronto.!Gracias!

Reading

I usually don't post rants or personal opinions because they are, well...personal. What happened to  make me break my own rule? Well, the other day I was poking around the net and stumbled upon a comment.


I don't know if the person was a writer or an avid reader or perhaps both. This indiviual's main complain was to the effect he/she was reading a book and had to put it down a couple of times to look up a word. He/she went on to say why doesn't the writer used the most common word??


Sorry for the inconvenience dear reader. Sometimes the use of the less common word is necessary and dare I say essential to the plot. Writers should encourage discovery and wonder. Readers should have the thirst for knowledge. To read something just because it's what everyone's reading, or what the media is telling you is "in" is just absurd.


A writer shouldn't compromise the integrity of his/her writting just because it inconvenience someone. What happened to reading and learning something new? What happened to prose for the sake of it? Granted, I love reading fast paced action books. There are times, however I want to get lost in rich narrative, the poetic language that elevates my soul.


When I was in the fifth grade a teacher gave me a book to read. It was hard for me because the book was meant for high school level (The Time Machine). Another challenge, the book was in English. I should clarify I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. My first language is Spanish, although English is taught in schools not everyone cares to learn beyond the basics.


So, book in hand I went home and started reading. It took me around two weeks to finsih because of all things I had to put the book down several times per page to look up a word. By the end of the school year I was reading English at a high school level. I had also discovered Poe, Shelly, Asimov, J.R. Tolkien, etc...that was years ago in the mid 70's. I didn't had google search or an electronic pad which allows you to look up a word instantly.


To complain about "having to put the book down" is so preprosterous I had no choice but to speak up. Do me a favor whoever you are complainer, keep it to yourself. Don't take the joy of reading and discovering form those of us who relish it.


As a writer, I hope my readers keep an open mind and embrace the challenge of a new word. Oral expression is been stiffled and compressed by the media. The ROFLMA, ROFLMB, IDK, OMG, WTH, WTF, IMHO have a place in modern times, but keep in mind the art of conversation is a dying art. Don't let the art of reading and writing go the same way.


TTFN, LOL.