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Missive From the Darkness

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, July 16, 2016, In : A Writer's Life

First up, I have finished the content editing on Secret Desires, which is currently due out in December of 2016, but that is not final and we may actually have a release date in October depending on red Sage's schedule.

On the other hand, you can see I have not been blogging, posting to literotica, or otherwise active as of late. Sadly, in addition to working a demanding job and sending all my spare time hunting for a new one. In addition, I have had some serious health issues.

I discovered I a...

The Editing Bug Bites Too

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, In : Site Updates & News

Unfortunately, you can see it's been a month since my last post. Working a seasonal retail job around Christmas pretty much ate up all my time, and frankly time off was spent doing laundry, grocery shopping, and sleeping.

Now things have evened out, and you'd think I'd be hit by the writing bug, but alas, the editing bug got me. I will be uploading the next Fantasy Emporium story to literotica soon, but I am also working on the next Marly Jackson (rather, trying to get started) as my hands as ...
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Better Late Than Never...

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, November 28, 2015, In : Site Updates & News

I’m back, baby!

After a lot of soul searching, I’ve decided to come back to Literotica. I’m staying off the forums. In my wise old age I have learned that the Internet with its anonymity is a playground for assholes, and encourages the darker sides to normal people. As such, I’m no longer participating in forum posts or chains, but I will check it for any private messages/questions.

I miss writing for lit, connecting with my fans, and being able to write shorter stories instead of just ...

106-3: I Have That Goddamn Vitamin C Song Stuck In My Head Too....

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, August 8, 2015, In : Writing 106

We made it to the end. If you are reading this, you have a website, a blog, and social media accounts under your publishing name. You have a completed, published book, you are a member of a writing group, you’ve been attending events as an author, and you’re working hard at marketing yourself. Maybe you have an agent, a publishing contract, or you have a growing reputation as an Indie author.

If you followed all the lessons, whatever your goal was, you have reached it, the first and most i...

Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay....

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, In : A Writer's Life

For the first time in my life since I began writing fiction at age four or five I am taking an intentional break from writing. I’ve taken long breaks before (when school/work got too heavy, or due to suffering depression I couldn’t focus) but those were times I had to. Now is by choice.

I freely admit I have suffered three bouts of depression in my life. The first time was when my mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness and quickly faded, dying just one year later. That was the worst ...

Eight Ball Says: Ask Again Later

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, January 12, 2015, In : A Writer's Life

Hello my friends! As you know by now Hidden Magic is available in multiple formats for $4.25 at eRedsage or $4.99 for Kindle at Amazon, and for Nook at Barnes & Noble. And I released The Dryad currently available in all eBook formats at Smashwords, soon to be on Amazon and Barnes & Noble plus many others. So I have been busy not only with holiday madness but getting the word out.

I understand as such many of my long-suffering Literotica fans have been wondering about future free writings, pa...

Updates on My Free Stories

Posted by Nora Quick on Sunday, December 7, 2014, In : Site Updates & News

Since 2007 I've been a loyal writer on Literotica. I've won 4 awards on there and had some great experiences (except in the forums. Sadly, like any site, the forum is just filled with trolls because the poor mods are vastly outnumbered). I recommend you check out Literotica.com if you enjoy erotic stories (and even non-erotic ones, there's everything there.)

I had predicted story orders before but of course there was a reshuffling thanks to the interminable work on making The Violin Case work ...

Book & Story Updates for Late 2014/Early 2015

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, October 14, 2014, In : Books

It's time to take stock of my life, my writing life. I don't take much stock of my life in general, for in general i leave my livestock alone. However things are gearing up.

Quickly, I have a new story in literotica in the Halloween Contest now, a short erotic horror. Please check out Blood On The Moon and be sure to vote, thanks!

First, updates that are 100% guaranteed:

The Violin Case, the 2nd Marly Jackson Mystery on sale Nov 11th, 2014 for Amazon Kindle

Marly Jackson is back. Still reeling fr...

Play It Again, Sam - Vitamin C or Sarah McLachlan

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, August 25, 2014, In : Story Previews

Ending a book or series is really hard for an author. I know, whine, whine, whine, why don't I? I know for many aspiring writers writing an end is an almost impossible dream, but once you master that it feels like graduation day every time you do it.

I know, you're asking wha? Bear with me. Remember graduating high school? You were so proud. A new life. College or work, adulthood! But you knew some of your friends you'd never see again, or you'd lose touch and become acquaintances instead. Bit...

Helpful Hints from Hell

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, August 18, 2014, In : Contests

Hello friends. First the good news: Out of the Past (Part 3 ) won 1st place in the Literortica Reader's Choice Awards for August 2012. I guess Laurel & Manu are just a little behind on tallying so it was just awarded now two years later.

It's great to find that out. Admittedly, I kind of wish I had discovered this earlier. See, OOTP and the loose sequel Love On the Run were my ode to 1980's pulp novels. My guilty pleasure. Sandy beaches, a deadly mystery, casual sex, and buried secrets making ...

Our Organization Is On Fire, Please Continue To Hold On The Line...

Posted by Nora Quick on Sunday, August 3, 2014, In : A Writer's Life

There haven't been blog posts all of July because Yola, my host, changed their system and the blog updater wasn't working. If you can read this they must have figured out which cable the IT Gimp chewed through and replaced it.

The latest chapter of A Dangerous Legacy was uploaded last night to literotica.com so look for it soon.

Secret Desires will be coming down this August as I plan to rewrite some of it, heavily edit it, and have it published late 2015 or early 2016.

So until later, happy rea...

Preview of "A Dangerous Legacy" Chapter 19

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, March 14, 2014, In : Story Previews

Unfortunately I wasn't able to resume regular blogging when I thought. My computer issues are all fixed now, but it backed me up on life, and at last I am all caught up.

The muse didn't like being pent up so on 2 separate days I wrote 2 new chapters of A Dangerous Legacy and the first was put up lickety-split on literotica and the second has been submitted. It should go up soon, but until then, here's a preview:

Seconds later magic had brought me to Malachai.

“Sorry!” I turned around fightin...

Heeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrreeeee'ssss Johnny!

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, February 24, 2014, In : A Writer's Life

Finally! The new hard drive has been installed on my new computer, the OS as well, and all my files got transferred over. However there were some corruptions which delayed everything but now all is sorted out.

One of the corruptions delayed ending Secret Desires which as you know was already delayed. However, the last chapter and a short epilogue have been completed, submitted to Literotica.com but are available now on my site, found HERE. I do hope you enjoy.

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A Preview of Part 15 (Chapter 17) of A Dangerous Legacy

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, In : Story Previews

Let's get right to the meat. Enjoy this preview:

Summoning with magic was harder when you didn’t know exactly what you sought. After fifteen minutes I had alarmed a few wolf librarians, rifled the council stacks, but I had a book accounting Chenzhou.

After two hours I was horrified. Vampires were not quite the creatures legend had made them out to be. They were born that way, as long as both parents were vampire, and until puberty were fully human.

And wolves had slaughtered even those childre...
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Welcome To Another New Year

Posted by Nora Quick on Sunday, January 26, 2014, In : A Writer's Life

Hello my friends, and welcome to another new year. I know my life may seem overly dramatic, and trust me, I'm tired of it, but that's the way it is. You're probably here to find out why I've been AWOL from this site and literotica.com for so log. The short answer is: shit happens.

First up, in my new home the only place for my broken-down-laptop which is now a desktop is the living room. I now share it with 2 other people and have constant distractions with a 5 year old child and a TV in the s...

A Preview of Part 14 of A Dangerous Legacy

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, December 13, 2013, In : Story Previews

Hello all my little ones.

Good news, the unpacking is complete. I have located the Writing 101-105 Lesson plan so new postings will resume. And for now, I have a preview of part 14, aka Chapter 16 So without further ado, here we go:

Three hours later I was in my guest room, a suite in the east wing of the hotel we’d apparently commandeered, and I knew the matching suite in the west wing probably held Malachai. My pack was littered about the room but I had denied entrance to Val or any of the ...

My Summer Won't End!

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, November 2, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Hello my faithful friends. First off, Chapter 14 of A Dangerous Legacy is now up on Literotica, I hope you enjoy. Chapter 15 was submitted 4 days ago so it should be up soon.

Secondly...my summer won't end, and that's why I haven't been posting.

Back in May my old apartment building got bought and, just my luck, the new owner decided he wanted to live in my apartment. So I got an eviction notice that didn't ask for money, just moving. Try as I might, I couldn't find a new place because rents in...

Missives From the Darkside

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, October 4, 2013, In : Contests

Okay, this'll be short and sweet, twice this fucking site/editor crashed while saving, so here we go staccato:

1. The italics error in A Deadly Legacy Part 11 on literotica will be corrected soon

2. The penultimate chapter of Secret Desires will be posted on literotica.com soon

3. Here is the cover for the forthcoming Hidden Magic:

Lastly, I will be entering 2-3 short-medium stories in the Halloween contest on literotica. More on that soon. Until later, happy reading!

Howdy Ho There Y'all

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, September 16, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Hello everyone. I have some updates and not all of it is good.

I know my readers are eager for me to finish the last chapter of Secret Desires and write more of A Deadly Legacy but I just can't right now. To be able to write you need stability and free time. I have neither.

I spent the last month working hard on building foundation for a new company venture in California, one that would give me stability and free time. And now I found out one of my 4 partners was just indicted for tax fraud. S...

Not Dead Yet, Or Perhaps Undead

Posted by Nora Quick on Thursday, August 8, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Hello there my faithful friends. Yes, it's been almost a solid month. I am still couchsurfing as I was kicked out of my old apartment by a new landlord who wanted to rehab it and the place I was going to move fell through. Then along came a new business opportunity which will require me to move to Los Angeles in December. The good news is that of the 3 jobs I have, I will go down to just 2: writing and...filming porn. Not starring, but running the company.

I've been trying to stay on top of ...

I'll Sleep when I'm Dead

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

All right, first a few updates for my literotica fans & loyal readers: The new chapter of Secret Desires (found here - permalink) will be on lit soon. Postings on lit are slow because they always slow during contests. This was supposed to be the final chapter of the story but I found I couldn't bring emotional closure that fast so there is 1 more coming.

A Dangerous Legacy will not appear on this site, merely on Literotica. Frankly, it's a mess and shaping up to be huge and I really don't have...

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Of Writing, Moving, And Insanity

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Hello there,

First up I hope you've seen the first few chapters of a new epic story A Dangerous Legacy up on literotica.com. It's a modern day fantasy story featuring my favorite supernaturals, werewolves and witches, but I'm still in the process of writing it and I am hoping dragons will make an appearance. The story follows Anna, a young woman in poverty who learns the long lost mother she's known of but never contacted has died and left her a legacy. To achieve her inheritance she must pas...

Knock Knock Still There?

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, May 25, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Alas, I lied. I didn't get back on here last week for a blog post. It's been a busy time.

I have a new landlord and I thought I was going to have to move next week, but moving has been put on hold. Great, all that packing for nothing. And I finally had a good second date with a nice guy. Fingers crossed maybe I have a new muse.

Well, I did finish Love On the Run so the last 4 chapters are up now. Enjoy, my patient friends. I am also greatly pleased that part 3 (chaps 9-12) are still at a perfe...

To Whom It May Concern

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Sorry it's been a month since posting. It's been an unusually busy month, not in a good way. Ayway, you don;t care about the actual drama and conflict of my life, you just care about the stuff I make up and pretend happens only to other people.

So in that spirit, Chapter 14 of Love On the Run is now up. I'm finishing up 15 this morning and then working on 16. So that means part 4, the conclusion, will be on literotica soon.

I also will put up a proper blog post this week. I have lots of thought...
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Meat On the Bone

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, March 23, 2013, In : Influences

It's March, and what a crazy month it's been. I've had some health issues which combined with other things means I am no longer planning to leave Chicago. That's right, I spoke to the smoke monster and I'm not leaving this island.

Oh, well. I'll make the most of it. My self-owned business, my night job, has been requiring tons of my time lately. I've also been writing a project you'll never see, it's just for me. However, I've been productive: the latest chapters of Secret Desires and Love On ...

Inception Solved: the Totem at the End isn't Cobb's, it's Mal's, So Stop Analyzing

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, March 9, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Hello my faithful friends.

Once more I must apologize for a long absence. Working three jobs eats up my time, and doing such while battling depression is a challenge. It's gotten worse lately, just too many things going wrong, and last weekend a friend of mine was murdered. There are no leads on her killer but we've managed to raise money to help her family and are now working on putting together reward money for information on her killer.

It's a lot to deal with. I retreated into a strange kin...

Major News! "Darkness Calling" Update Too!

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, In : Books

Sorry for the delay in posting. as my previous entries told you, life has been very busy. The house my apartment is in was sold, my roommates are gone, and I am living alone, at least that's relaxing. Looks like my move to CA will be in March, still not sure.

Also, in my night job, I've hired 3 new people and have been training them so my time is fairly limited.

As such, major changes to publishing. First, the bad news: The Violin Case has been delayed again. I'm not going to give a publishing ...

Movin' On

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Sorry for the delay in postings. Both the new Love on the Run and Secret Desires are up on Literotica. I've been taking a break from writing and blogging to focus on my night job, and preparing to move.

In March, I'm packing up from Chicago and moving to Los Angeles. It seems life has more promise there for me, and I'm going to explore.

In a few minutes I will start writing the next creative writing lesson. Until then, happy reading!

Dispatch From the Front

Posted by Nora Quick on Thursday, January 10, 2013, In : Site Updates & News

Just a quick note today: the new Secret Desires chapter is up now on here as are chapters 5-8 of Love On the Run. They will be the last updates to these stories until March or possibly very late February.

I'm packing for my move west and finishing up the edits on the next Marly Jackson novel. As such my time for free writing is limited and will continue after a break this February.

The blog will continue and soon the creative writing lessons will begin again. Until then, happy reading!

Just Like Steinbeck Wrote & the Donner Party Tried

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, January 4, 2013, In : A Writer's Life

Well, it's become official. I am moving to Los Angeles. I'm not sure when, it depends on a few factors, but soon if I can. As such that will mean a decrease in writing, I have stuff to pack, stuff to sell, money to make, a storage unit to secure, and a new job to find.

I'll have to focus on keeping The Violin Case on schedule which means my Literotica writing will be slowed down. Sorry for that, but life happens.

In the meantime, I'm glad to see haters are emerging on Literotica. It's about tim...

The Abyss Looked Back, So I Punched It

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, December 28, 2012, In : Site Updates & News

Hello there, I have some good news: Chapter Fifteen of Secret Desires is up on Literotica.com now and I have a new story that will be posted there in 4-5 days, but is up on my site now.

Love On the Run is a little story I wrote just for me. I don't read much romance these days, but every now and again I'll write one just for me. Once it's up on Literotica.com people can vote, comment, or favorite it however they want, no offense, but I don't care. I'm sharing it because I know some readers wil...

Wolf Tales Volume I Delayed

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, In : Books

Well, well, well...Amazon.com *shakes head* They have delayed WTVI and I don't know when the hell it will come out.

It began when they sent me an email that said "It appears content from your book is available on multiple URLs. Please tell us each URL where your content is available for free and submit proof you are the copyright holder." You gotta love when someone basically says "we found errors, but you have to tell us where they are."

Now this sent me into a panic. Three earlier versions of...
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New Secret Desires Chapter Up & Wolf Tales Volume I Update

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, December 10, 2012, In : Books

The latest chapter of Secret Desires is finally up here. Look for it on literotica soon.

If you feel this awesome you've either figured out how to master serial writing while publishing a book, or you figured out how to mix coke with E

I am super-jazzed tonight. Wolf Tales Volume I is uploaded and just waiting for deployment on Amazon, and the original short stories that are part of it on literotica.com are down. I had to send a private message to Laurel, the site owner/admin. She took the t...

Wolf Tales Volume I

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, In : Books

It's almost done! Fully edited, all that is left is to figure out the final story order of Wolf Tales Volume I and do some final formatting for eReaders. Almost there!

As such, if I can get this all done this week I will write the next chapter of Secret Desires to be up on here by 12/10 or the 11th at latest, only literotica just a few days later.

Oh, finishing a book is a little sad as always, but since this is a series I know my favorite characters will reappear in at a later date. Hell, I...

I Like Work, It Fascinates Me:I Sit & Stare At It For Hours

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

A friend in need is a fiend indeed. Let me state first and foremost I love my friends, many like siblings, but god, having a social life precludes being productive, particularly with writing.

Seriously, does work look appealing compared to this?

I really think college is valuable in only one way: it teaches us we only have time to fully enjoy two things. Want to do well in school and have friends? No sleep for you. Want to have good grades and a full nights sleep? Gotta be lonely. Want to s...

Feed A Cold, Starve A fever, and Sedate A Writer

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, November 16, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

Sorry for my absence, and the delay in posting Secret Desires Chapter 13 (now up and available here). I got hit by the flu and was down for the count for 4.5 days. Now I'm playing catch up on all 3 of my jobs. Ugh.

When you're sick you can;t write, you can't do damn near anything

After Thanksgiving, Secret Desires updates will be on hold for all of December so I can turn my attention to final edits and formatting of Wolf Tales Volume I. It's going to get down to the wire.

After that the next ...

Suddenly I Am Run Over By A Truck....

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

Happy Almost Halloween, kiddees. The title of this post is from something my father used to say. It pissed him off when dynamic stories or movies suddenly ended abruptly with no explanation. He used to chalk it up to lazy, bad writing, rather than an existential commemoration of the protagonist. That's what today feels like for me.

Irony: Tragedy and comedy are the same, but different. Set-Up, expectation, Culmination, Inverse return defines them both. However, tragedy sucks.

The literotica...

It's The Most Wounderful Tiiiiiiime of the Yeeeeeaaaaarrrrr!!!

Posted by Nora Quick on Thursday, October 25, 2012, In : Books

Halloween is almost here. It's time for parties, costumes, candy, and scary movies. Is there any better time of year? No! Well, mayhaps you celebrate Christmas (I don't) and get lots of gifts, but then you have to spend all that money and time getting gifts to exchange. While you'll be doing that I'll relaxing.

For the next week the blog will be sparing because I have something planned for every day from tomorrow, Friday 10/26 through the following weekend. I do apologize the past 2 weeks have...

Quick Missives

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, October 19, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

It's been a little while since I posted, been dealing with strange writer's block. I have blogger's block actually, but writing is going great. I started work on a short story that fit in with Halloween, trying to finish it.

I've been working my night job a lot lately and have a friend staying with me, so this is a very short post as I am very busy. The new Secret Desires is up on literotica, and Sunday it Chapter 10 will be submitted there and posted here.

The next Writing 102 will come tomo...
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New Book Coming This December! (Update on Marly Jackson 2 As Well)

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, In : Books

Hello all. 2012 has been a..."dynamic" year. Not a very good one for me, I've had a lot of health issues and set backs. Through it all I've been trying my best, but to ensure that Marly Jackson's next re-worked novel The Violin Case if up to snuff, I am delaying publishing to March 5th, 2013.

However, a project I have been working on will be published at Amazon and Barnes & Noble for eReaders only December 17th, 2012.

It will be Wolf Tales Volume I. There will be a new never-before-published sh...
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Fasten Your Seat Belts, It's Gonna Be Be a Bumpy Ride

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, October 8, 2012, In : Strangeness

I have a new story in Literotica's Halloween contest today. (I also submitted the next chapter of Secret Desires, currently available here.)

My regular erotica fans might not be interested in Lust in the City of the Dead-it's an incest story. What!? You may be asking yourself. Well, I'll let you in on a little secret. I love reading incest stories.I don't think incest is right, and the reality of it disgusts me. But as a fantasy in pornography, it's titillating.

Let's take a moment to examine w...

Vote Early, Vote Often!

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, October 6, 2012, In : Contests

I have 2 stories (of 3 planned ones) in the Literotica Halloween Contest. Please my friends, read them and vote!

First up is the short 4,500 word (on Literotica that's 2 pages) erotica horror Something Wicked This Way Came. It's a short story about Gina, attending a sexy reunion Halloween party only to meet a masked man who seduces her. But just who is he? More importantly...what is he?

Next we have the novella Wolf Tale: The Magic which is part of the Wolf Tales universe. It's the story of Eli...
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Secret Desires Update

Posted by Nora Quick on Sunday, September 30, 2012, In : Site Updates & News

Been having a few problems with Yola lately. The last blog post never got updated until now, and it screwed up Secret Desires.

That should be all fixed and finally Chapter Six of Secret Desires is up here, should be in literotica in a few days.

Tomorrow I'll have the next Writing 102 lesson up, until then, happy reading!

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Out of the Past Part 4 & Quick Update

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, In : Site Updates & News

Out of the Past Part 4 has been uploaded to Literotica, but the entire story, all 4 parts, is live here now. It's not edited like my other short stories, I was hoping it would be novella length but didn't quite make it.

Also sorry for the slow blogging. As it happens when you're sick the second you're better you have to play massive catch-up so I did yesterday and today. I managed to do some writing but also in these 48 hours will have spent a combined total of 19 hours out of the house for wo...
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A Birthday Note

Posted by Nora Quick on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, In : Site Updates & News

Well, it's after midnight, so it's my birthday. I'm not the biggest birthday person in the world so I made my mom's chili today for tomorrow (no cooking tomorrow AND second day chili is always better than fresh). My brother took me hiking Monday and my father may stop by at dinner time with a card. That's about it, and that's how I like my birthday, nice and quiet.

In other news, the thing keeping me from blogging/writing much will be ending this week. Starting next week Writing 102 picks up a...
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Writing 102: 1-A When Someone Offers You Free Drugs Say "Thank You." Drugs Are Expensive!

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, August 4, 2012, In : Writing 102

Welcome to Writing 102. You should be 1/3 to 1/2 way done with your first draft at the time you read this. In Writing 102 we're going to cover the basic nitty-gritty that needs to take place NOW in your process. We'll cover deciding how you will publish, tailoring your manuscript to market, and the most common issues that plague you while you write. Today we begin with finding a fanbase.

Today we learn the difference between self-promotion and attention whoring. Pay attention!

Whenever you ...

Preview of "Out of the Past" Part 3 & Update

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, August 3, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

First off I apologize there has been a lack of posting. It's been hell week for my day job and my computer suffered some crippling injuries. I'm back though!

I'll be beginning writing 102 soon (as in ideally tomorrow) but for now I want to leave you with a preview of the next chapter of Out of the Past. Enjoy!

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Strained to a breaking point she realized she was outside a little mom & pop shop with signs in Spanish. Inside she dug out a twenty and asked for a p...

Preview of Part Two of "Out of the Past"

Posted by Nora Quick on Sunday, July 22, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

It's been a whirlwind week. I finally uploaded a new chapter of Out of the Past. Gods, it was hard to write, struggling with the dynamic of the characters and the tone of the story. Long story short I ended up writing the single longest sex scene I have ever tackled. I really hope you appreciate it, because I fucking hate writing sex scenes. Truly, it's all for you guys.

So that should be up soon, and soon as well the fully edited version will be up here. I'm still working three jobs and juggl...

Killing The White Rabbit

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, July 20, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

Blog posts and writing in general have been spotty at best lately. I normally work three jobs, and do okay with it, but for a month now I've had house guests. These are the kind that mess up everything and make you cook all their meals, but you can't kick them out because they're family and have nowhere to go. One of them is a three year old. Add to that my landlord has gone bonkers and so I'm planning to move...of course output is going to be spotty.

This is how I feel right now...I just look...

Don't You Ever Laugh As the Hearse Goes By...

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, July 14, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

I've had my best friend Susan "Devin" Droste staying with me for two weeks, and living with another writer opens your eyes. It's amazing how many things go into our subconsciousnesses to formulate the tapestry that is us. Nowhere is it more apparent than when you write.

How does the subconscious work? This picture is as accurate as any

Something funny happened. I started writing Out of the Past, a short story styled after those 1980's pulp novels you bought off the circular rack at a gas st...

Preview of "Fey World" chapter 25 (The End) & Reflections.

Posted by Nora Quick on Thursday, May 31, 2012, In : Story Previews

Oh, you know you want it. You want to know how it all ends. And I'm gonna give you a preview,but first...I like to tease.

I know, I know, right now you feel like this. c'mon, it's cute! Credit

It struck me that finishing Fey World is actually the end of a major chapter in my own life. Back in August of 2007 I was in a very different place. I was married, still happily at that time, we'd bought our first house, and just finished installing new appliances, painting, and redoing the floors. ...

Big Changes

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, May 26, 2012, In : Site Updates & News

There are some big changes on this site. You may notice a new page on the navigation list to your left: Novels & Novellas. This page contains links to all my finished erotic novels & novellas (also available on literotica.com). In the future I will publish new chapters of works in progress the same day they are uploaded to literotica so you can read them 5 days in advance. However this will happen after Fey World is posted in compete on literotica. I hope you enjoy!

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Fey World Chapter 24 Preview & Notes

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, May 26, 2012,

The penultimate chapter of Fey World will be on Literotica soon. We'll get to a preview in a moment but I wanted to take some time to reflect on it.

I have a confession: I wrote this story with no summary or outline until chapter 20. Eep! If it ever seems disjointed, that's why. The very first lines came to me while I was...sitting on the toilet. The idea of the last Viking fleeing from a monster and stumbling onto something magical hit me. Three mysteries in one, science fiction...I HAD to wr...

Creating Your Own Landscape

Posted by Nora Quick on Saturday, May 19, 2012,

I write this rewatching Stardust the film. I confess though Neil Gaiman is awesome I have a hard time reading most of his work, but the film adaptations are much more accessible. Why? Because Gaiman has the most completely unique landscape of any author I have ever encountered. Though it makes him slightly inaccessible to me, that's a good thing.

Many Gaiman stories have certain parts that make as much sense to me as this sign. Credit

Every writer should have their own landscape. What is a l...

Fey World Chapter 23 Preview

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, In : Story Previews

Today I uploaded Chapter 23 of Fey World to literotica and with luck it'll be up by Friday. They've been slower in recent months, so we'll see but here's a teaser for you:

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“In my childhood I heard many tales, and one tells of an old Jarl, a small king, who was lost at sea during a raid. He landed on a strange shore but a storm had cast many men overboard as well as their supplies. By the time this Jarl reached the shore he was the sole survivor.

“He wandered fo...

Writing 101: 1-B Under the Influence

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, May 4, 2012, In : Writing 101

Last 101 lesson we discussed gaining inspiration from direct sources, basically crafting tasteful fanfiction. Today we delve into the world of "no copyright lawsuit worries" inspiration drawing again from stories, movies, and TV shows, but using basics and not directly specific plot points and characters. Indirect influential inspiration is about using voice, themes, and imitating minor arcs.

Just hang in there, we'll get through it. Credit.

A note on voice: it is basically comprised of your w...

Developing A Thick Skin

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, April 16, 2012, In : A Writer's Life

Most writers are introverts. No, that doesn't mean we're shy, it just means we work better alone, socializing tires us out, and we always think before we speak. Another trademark for introverts is we do tend to be thin-skinned.

This is a writer's natural sleeping position, with that exact expression

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I have yet to hear anything bad about Marly Jackson but since I've taken a break from updating Fey World on literotica.com, I've been getting many negative comments on my other storie...

Two Legged Lampreys & The Women Who Love Them

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, In : Strangeness

Welcome all, I hope you survived the holiday. Today's post isn't going to be on writing so much, it's more of an update/explanation/rant. Of course a rant. Also, this was originally written on Monday 4/9/12 but Yola had issues that prevented it from being posted until now.

I don't know how computers work exactly, but this seems like a reasonable explanation

First off, to my literotica fans, I do apologize there has been no update on Fey World as promised. Times have been lean on my end and I...

2012 Releases Changing

Posted by Nora Quick on Thursday, April 5, 2012, In : Books

I once wrote how announcing any project before it was completely written dooms it. Seems I'm right.

The next Marly Jackson novel The Violin Case will be coming out in September as planned. By the grace of the gods that hasn't changed, however there are some other changes. After a potential project came up with my copy writing job (telling you about it will doom it, I swear!) the erotic romance I was working on for a publisher has been shelved until 2013.

As such I have a spot of downtime and af...
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Smoke. Smoke. ARE YOU SMOKING YET!?! (NSFW)

Posted by Nora Quick on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, In : Writing Advice

There are many “subliminal” messages we are “treated to” every day. Even if, like me, you don’t watch TV to escape them, they’re still there. I can’t tell you how many damn times I’ve watched a “public good” ad online about taking to teens about sex and had to run out to buy a burger. Wait, wha? Well, those ads always seem to take place at the dinner table and families always eat either chicken or beef. Come to think of it, I eat way too much beef. Humans should only have...

The Remainders Of The Day or Fucking Muse (NSFW)

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, March 23, 2012, In : Writing Advice

Inspiration is one of the most common things writers struggle with. It either rains or pours. We know about the drought times, aka "writer's block" but not about the buffet time. It's frustrating just as much, and if you've never experienced it, picture this: you had a big lunch at home and are stuffed when a friend calls you up and invites to you a $2.00 all you can eat steak buffet, but you're so full you feel sick, and now you feel pissed off in three ways. That is the feeling of having to...

Happy New Year & Kindle Lending

Posted by Nora Quick on Sunday, January 1, 2012, In : Writing Advice

Happy New Year, one and all. All right, in all pragmatic fairness, no one can ensure 365-6 continuous days of happiness, so um, Survive the New Year?

First off, my first novel Case of the Missing Millionaire for Kindle is now available through Kindle Select for 90 days. This means if you're a Kindle user and have Amazon Prime (I do and if you don't, Prime is soooo worth it. For something like $75 a year all your 2-day shipping on Prime products is free and your overnight is only $3.99. I proba...
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On Book Titles & Sex Advice

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, December 12, 2011, In : Strangeness

I've had a strange life journey. I'm 31 and not yet ready to write my biography, and frankly if I tried I doubt anyone would believe me. Of the many strange paths I've wandered down, one was studying psychology and earning 3 degrees in it. This might not sound strange, but in proper context with my other various jobs it always surprises people. I extensively studied human sexuality and I'll admit to a vast wealth of personal experience with the subject and so it has suited me as the go-to per...
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Serial Stories & 600 Word Story Contest on Lulu

Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, November 4, 2011, In : Contests

For those of you who found me through Literotica.com you're probably familiar with my story on there "Darkness Calling." I have just uploaded the penultimate chapter and am almost done writing the final chapter. After a few years on this I have to admit, I'm glad to be saying goodbye.

The problem with writing serial stories is that it will always, 100% of the time, take longer than you expect. Life happens. In my case with this story I took almost 2 years off due to some major life changes, an...
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Working on "The Longest Midnight" & "The Violin Case"

Posted by Nora Quick on Monday, October 10, 2011, In : Books

I'm hard at work on my next 2 novels. The first is The Violin Case, the follow up to my current Marly Jackson Mystery Case Of The Missing Millionaire out now. The Violin Case is due out September of 2012, and is being completely reworked from the alternate novella (found on literotica.com) already online.

I've also begun work on The Longest Midnight the first novel of the Something Wicked Series, an urban fantasy story line co-authored by my best friend and poet Susan Droste.

In The Longest Mid...
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