Erica Nylund is a woman struggling with
injuries that changed her world. When she stumbles across a man
searching through her bag in the women's changing rooms, things change
in ways neither would ever have expected.
Shoes of Glass is, as commented in a post last night, a bit of an experiment for me. Time and again I'll say I enjoy connecting and talking with people who enjoy what I do - I'm a person before author but I'll leave that talk for the retrospective post later on.
Point is Shoes of Glass has come about predominantly through talking and discussing things with people interested in this sort of thing. A premise was suggested, molded and later made to fit the monthly story challenges I take a part in. This month wanted addiction and stockings as prompts. It fit all too well.
Originally, the story challenge piece was going to be a chapter for 'Queen of Sands', expanding the monstergirl universe from Deity of the Desert, after the 5 star reviews the first two got, making me want to develop on the story of Zo'qeth and its Queen. After I got talking about this premise though, it took over.
It was nice to get back into writing some BDSM stuff again, if only really in principle. Erica is just beginning her venture into really trying and enjoying the title of Mistress, for her very personal reasons. There's a lot of focus on the thrill of power, manipulation and control that comes with dominance for her. For Daniel, of course, he's wrapped around her little finger and can't seem to stop wanting it. The freedom he gains from being with her is its own rush, and while he might not quite understand it yet, he likes the way she looks at and talks to him compared to other people.
It's a story that's going to go places, and it's starting here. Now you're wondering where the usual excerpt is - that's where this release is a bit of an experiment too. The next post down has the story challenge version of this publication in full. Releasing a full story on the blog and selling it at the same time? I must be mad! Well, chances are you're right.
There's some method though, it's the story challenge version which has a 7k word limit. I've had to cut some things out and other things short. I've gone back and extended those for publishing, maybe not doubled in content as with Hot, Wet & Tied Up or Deity of the Desert expanding into three volumes, but it's not quite the same story. It's a sample, or a short, an idea of the sort of content and emotion I put into my work.
There are other factors, such as the the number of people that have influenced the story, it needed to be publicly shared with them, the connotations of ownership and support that come with buying, that this is the start of what could develop into several volumes and that traffic is very transient. If you're still with me, check the next post down for the lightly abridged blog post version.
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