This week we welcome Demelza Carlton. She writes sexy stories with extensive research and flair of her Australian upbringing. She is a prolific writer with two-dozen titles available. Her latest Ocean’s Cage (Turbulence and Triumph Series Book 5) is currently available for pre-order. Demelza has been known to frequent SPRT after parties so she knows the routine. We will pick her brain on marketing, writing process and how to incorporate research. Join us Thursday at 7 PST/10 EST for a roundtable discussion with Demelza Carlton.
Hello all!
Quiet time…
BatmanErica Hello Erica
Woo hoo! I’m in the comments on time.
What will John Read’s avatar be tonight
SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY FELLOW CHUMBAWUMBA FANS!
Hi all. 🙂
ElianneAdams Hello!
xgranville Okay I’m apparently the only one
ElianneAdams G’evening!
xgranville Why would you say such a thing???
xgranville Can’t hear you cuz your mouths full of …
MrJohnRead xgranville I felt the urge. The urge for a whiskey drink. For a vodka drink. For a lager drink. For a cider drink.
xgranville MrJohnRead Did you sing sons that reminded you of good times?
MrJohnRead xgranville AND the songs the remind me of the better times, of course, Danny Boy!
ElianneAdams I’ve come to listen to Demelza’s accent.
ZoeYorkWrites ElianneAdams I know right – it’s all the wonderful things!
BANANAS!!
MrJohnRead You can’t see it – but my tagline says “I like bananas”
michelleread kiwi!
MrJohnRead Bananas are good! – The Doctor
BatmanErica michelleread that’ll do!!
Yawn. Stretch.
matmorrisauthor hola!
matmorrisauthor shake off the Dave hangover
xgranville MrJohnRead o/~ radioactive radioactive
matmorrisauthor Drink. Burp.
MrJohnRead matmorrisauthor That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard all day.
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead o/~ shake it off, shake it off
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead Aaaaaand we’re on the music kick
MrJohnRead kiwi!
ElianneAdams Hey there! Thanks for letting me fb stalk you today 🙂
michelleread ElianneAdams Hey, stalk away. I’m not shy.
MrJohnRead BatmanErica matmorrisauthor Not gonna lie, I’m not paying attention to Demelza at all, I’m just playing my guitar. =(
Bonjour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKNbqnUsPrQ
Had a bit of rain yesterday http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/11771068/Wellington-flooding-Best-reader-photos
xgranville Oh my gosh what is wrong with you…I mean the world…I mean…..I can’t stop looking at it.
BatmanErica I heard! Any flooding at yours?
matmorrisauthor she just mentioned torture and abduction…
BatmanErica WHOA! That’s bonkers.
xgranville just the giant pond in the street outside. We live above street level so were fine. The people down the road were below street level and needed a pump.
BatmanErica xgranville Wowza. That’s crazy. Glad you guys were okay at least.
michelleread xgranville It’s like it was made for this page.
xgranville michelleread correct
Any questions for the woman with the best voice on the internet?
xgranville Dad spent a few hours cleaning out the streams he has down the gully on his property (he lives on the side of a bush covered hill)
michelleread xgranville
BatmanErica michelleread xgranville OOOH SLOTHKITTY!
xgranville michelleread it’s a slitten 😛
BatmanErica xgranville michelleread I prefer Slothkitty.
BatmanErica xgranville michelleread I’m not gonna lie, that sounds dirty.
MrJohnRead it’s cause you’re dirty
Candles, lots of candles.
MrJohnRead careful, that’s how london burned down.
michelleread what was her release strategy?
BatmanErica MrJohnRead I thought that was the Daleks.
BatmanErica MrJohnRead true
MrJohnRead BatmanErica xgranville michelleread You gonna take that bro? Wassup wit dat?
Ohhhh I like when she says Cristin Harber
xgranville MrJohnRead BatmanErica michelleread Nono, she’s right
michelleread Can she say Dolly Parton? Wallaby?
MrJohnRead xgranville BatmanErica michelleread Ah. Well then. May I suggest candles, candles, candles?
BatmanErica michelleread Did that answer it or do you want me to ask it in a different way?
Is wattpad still a viable option? If so, for which genres?
MrJohnRead michelleread Hahaha!
michelleread that answered it but you just did ask it in a different way
michelleread Is she going to voice her own audiobooks?
michelleread Has she ever been tempted to chase trends (maybe try a sekrit pen name)?
xgranville MrJohnRead BatmanErica michelleread
ZoeYorkWrites she might already have a sekrit pen name
MrJohnRead xgranville BatmanErica michelleread Did you know a balloon tied to a mailbox is the international signal for PARTY OVER HERE!?!
xgranville here that usually indicates it’s a children’s birthday party. Avoid at all costs!
ZoeYorkWrites michelleread I meant to ask this one – I’ll ask it next! We were just talking about the audiobooks before the show! Sorry
BatmanErica xgranville I go for the macaroni salad. I stay for the bouncy castle.
xgranville macaroni salad isn’t a think here, it’s probably sausage rolls, cheerios (a kind of little sausage), fairy bread and chips.
BatmanErica xgranville Fairy bread you say… Hobbits…
xgranville it’s hundreds and thousands on buttered bread.
Zing!
Joe Nobody has a company that will allow you to use audible and acx and provide american details for you. I find link…
BatmanErica xgranville Ooh yuck haha. Like the Dutch with their chocolate sprinkle toast. I thought that was only for people with wooden shoes.
BatmanErica Interesting…
MrJohnRead Gadzooks!
What is the average length of her books?
I may have missed it, but how long does it take her to finish a book?
In other news, “lock lucifer in the bathroom” will be my new game with michelleread
here you go http://www.kboards.com/index.php?topic=173413.0
Turtle head
MrJohnRead Chicken butt
MrJohnRead michelleread will it be a sexy roleplay game? 😉
BatmanErica MrJohnRead michelleread yes it will…
+1 for sharing snippets! I love that. 🙂
MrJohnRead michelleread don’t forget to write the 5k word erotic short 😉
ZoeYorkWrites Same here. Love snippets.
BatmanErica MrJohnRead michelleread We’ll just make an audio book
BatmanErica MrJohnRead michelleread Do they sell that game in Canada?
MrJohnRead michelleread you’ll have to make sure you make more noises than just a couple of grunts 😛
ElianneAdams ZoeYorkWrites Should be a candy.
“Snippets, it doesn’t satsify.”
xgranville BatmanErica MrJohnRead michelleread Probably not, too uncouth
JamesEThoenes but it does leave you salivating for more…
michelleread what about your sekrit book?
matmorrisauthor do you like pie?
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EWWL3niBWY
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor Sure!…
matmorrisauthor sweet or savoury?
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor Full disclosure: I’m not listening to the show at all, I’m playing my guitar.
matmorrisauthor BatmanErica 😐
matmorrisauthor I know. I saw that earlier.
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor Why are these separate options?
matmorrisauthor I’m just filtering the options
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor In that case, my answer is “Yes.”
matmorrisauthor 🙂
Might have used newspaper to wipe their butts.
BatmanErica That’s where that lost sock went!
xgranville it’s what our parents used to use when they were living in houses that had outhouses
Corsets!
Kneecap babies…
xgranville Hahaha!!
xgranville Biscuit knees!
MrJohnRead xgranville Awwwwwwwwwww Jacob
MrJohnRead xgranville Haha I love that. Biscuit knees. Perfect.
xgranville my youtube says it’s live but I’m obviously behind as you guys post things here that I have no idea what you are talking about until a minute or so later o.O
BatmanErica xgranville Weird… BISCUIT KNEES!
Why put a cliffhanger when you can just let them drop?
xgranville american biscuits or everyone else’s biscuits?
BatmanErica xgranville I was thinking everyone elses. Either way…very crumbly knees.
Question for Demelza: KU, love it or loathe it?
xgranville now i feel like some dark chocolate wheatens…
JamesEThoenes Why make the puppets dance when they you can make them DIE!?!
xgranville JamesEThoenes It’s all about the journey.
BatmanErica xgranville
MrJohnRead they be scones and I like them with strawberry jam and whipped cream. Real whipped cream.
MrJohnRead BatmanErica xgranville Deres yer country biscuits, dere-YUP!
xgranville MrJohnRead BatmanErica never look at kneecaps the same
MrJohnRead xgranville BatmanErica Can’t look. They’re too delicious.
MrJohnRead xgranville BatmanErica Wee little baby ones. So cute!
BatmanErica Why am I wondering if South America is familiar with Amazon now?
I killed a character off in book 3 and cried. Even though I had written in book 2 that the dude was dead.
JamesEThoenes *shrugs*
JamesEThoenes BatmanErica I smell a pending copyright infringement, and the first time a company has sued a river.
I’ve never killed a single character…
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Shh.
BatmanErica I pretend killed my hero in book two and cried like a baby.
Most of my sales come from America, then UK. Bugger all from anywhere else.
ElianneAdams does that mean he pretend lived or lived lived?
ElianneAdams BatmanErica I hate it when I pretend die.
Does Demelza prefer being on the top of the hour or on the bottom of the hour?
BatmanErica ElianneAdams He was dead, but then the phoenix in him revived him. 😉
ElianneAdams not the necromancer?
BatmanErica ElianneAdams No, no necromancer.
MrJohnRead Demelza is totally a top.
The Dude abides.
Scott.Richards But does he need to use all them curse words?
Pass the cigarettes around..
MrJohnRead *does the Snoop Dog
Scott.Richards LIAR! YOU LIE! YOU LIE THROUGH THE SLITS OF YOUR LYING TEETH!
michelleread MrJohnRead Hey hey hey, whatchu got there
michelleread MrJohnRead Pass to the left!
MrJohnRead michelleread Is that money?
xgranville Scott.Richards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j2gVSGVpqg
michelleread MrJohnRead can I touch it?
xgranville Scott.Richards Through the slits of your lying teeth will be the name of my next album now
Afterparty?
The show is ending.
BatmanErica Myess. We shall post a link!
xgranville post it
Thanks for another great show. 🙂
Sorry I missed it chaps. I’ve been on the phone to my isp for the past 2 hours as my internet has been down! I’ll catch up on it later on today.
ElianneAdams Thanks for coming!!
michelleread ElianneAdams That’s what she said…
Carl Sinclair michelleread ElianneAdams Boom!
Carl Sinclair Coming to the afterparty?
michelleread Carl Sinclair I dunno how long this internet will be up. Post a link and I’ll try. I also have the baby awake and being a baby.
BatmanErica xgranville HUZZAH! https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYeA1B2vFx2p2s5kJ9sPl9YrEYQEl_HlIiRSH-ctp7C9xDjO-Q
AFTER PARTY! Click here to join in!
https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYeA1B2vFx2p2s5kJ9sPl9YrEYQEl_HlIiRSH-ctp7C9xDjO-Q
JamesEThoenes Not sure if I answered this properly…but given I write on average 3,000 words on a writing day and 20,000 words in a writing week, a novel takes 3-4 weeks of work to finish, though I don’t always get those 3-4 weeks in one block.
michelleread OH! You SAID that? Now I’m blushing.
ZoeYorkWrites ElianneAdams Oh my…if I’d known this… *blush*
Best show ever!
DemelzaCarlton JamesEThoenes Thanks, this is exactly what I’d wanted to know. 🙂 Enjoyed the show very much.