Weird Wednesday – I Dare You!

Those were the words my editor said to me one time several months before Christmas. Mind you, this editor and I were good friends. I had worked with her for over ten years and three different publishers. A few months before Christmas with the last publisher I worked with her on, my editor told me about call the publisher wanted to put out sexy shorts. She dared me to write sexy Krampus.

Yeah, the anit-Santa, who eats naughty children.

The first short, really only had Krampus has the bad guy, and there were other sexy times.

Well, Pat, my editor, was all like you need to write something with Krampus has the main character. So, over the course of several years, I ended up writing six different stories featuring Krampus being all hot and bothered with whoever he felt like, and saving the day to boot. They were fun and Pat loved them.

Needless to say, after Pat passed, I haven’t been able to write anymore of the sexy Krampus stories. As it was, it took mea good two years or so to get back to writing anything remotely romance related. I wrote other stuff of course, but losing her was a kick in my soul. She’s been gone several years now, and I find writing romance more difficult, but that’s a whole different topic.

This was all about being dared to do something. The whole purpose of the post was to not dare a writer to do something because you know the writer is going to find a way to do it anyway and put it into a book. LOL. Lesson learned and a piece of advice, never dare a writer to do something because they will find a way to do it.

A side note: Pat was a great editor and she edited over twenty books for me. I never met her in person and wished I had, but she always threw me a rah, rah when I needed a pick me up. I always hate having my stuff edited, but it is the bane of being an author. However, I always learn a lot. Pat ripped through my manuscripts and made me better for it.

What was the outcome of the dark, you ask? Here it is. I present, Krampus Porn! LOL

Krampus, Bah Humbug from Changeling Press.

Ask me something, I dare you!