Erotica writers have always been victims of the highest scrutiny. Selfies have to suffer a worse fate than authors who are being published through traditional ways for the simple reason that the industry regards them as a threat. When I read my first MM book I felt like I had received some kind of freedom—for so long I had wanted to read my favorite stories, wishing they were written with gay characters. It always felt like queer people had no right to fantasize. There would be something like one Brokeback Mountain in decades and you just had to live with that. And now I can read an MM book every day if I want. You name the fantasy: werewolves, vampires, taboo stuff, torture, war, YA, romance—you will find something that’s worth reading. And now, with the new ‘rules’ and regulations it just feels like we’re stepping back instead of going forward. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future of this but I can only hope this censorship stops one way or another. Life’s going to suck otherwise. It feels a lot like that freedom I found by holding an MM book that day is going to be taken away from me.
Speaking of taboo, I have a new release by the name of SOULMATE. I know, putting incest in your book is like giving it the worst possible publicity and its bad for sales, but frankly I’ve always written books because I felt like writing them, and because there weren’t any other books like it out there. In my search for incest-related MM books, all I could find were sorry attempts at writing happy-incest-porn where the characters just lack the depth or the darkness that I wanted to see and I couldn’t relate with them at all. So, I thought I’d write one myself. So for anyone who’s interested here’s the blurb and some more info:
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Blurb:
There’s a very fine line between love and sin.
The Mason family has a secret. Hunter and Kayden grew up trying to cover that secret and trying to find a way to deal with it, but all they’ve received in return is misery. When Hunter brings home a girl that looks like she’s going to be staying a while, Kayden begins to find that hard to deal with.
Extract:
Kayden rubbed his hands in an effort to warm them but the cold he felt wasn’t because of the weather alone. He was getting anxious and nothing had even gone down yet. He turned into the back alley, usually filled with people looking for a fast fuck, but for some reason happened to be entirely deserted today.
“Hey,” he heard the male voice before he saw him walking his way.
“Hey,” he said in return.
The boy stood there, brown eyes glinting under the effect of the streetlights. His face had an oddly exotic appeal with the dark hair and high cheekbones. His eyes watched Kayden closely and he showed no desire to hide it. He lit a cigarette before he introduced himself.
“I’m Jacob,” he offered his hand. It was the first time Kayden had an actual feel of him and he couldn’t help but feel a little tingle inside.
“Kayden.”
Jacob was still staring at him with mischief in his eyes. “You don’t remember me do you?”
Kayden tried to jog his memory. “Should I?”
“Perhaps I wasn’t able to make the kind of impression you made on me.”
“I don’t understand.”
“I’m sorry I have a habit of being cryptic,” Jacob said. “We bumped into each other—I mean literally bumped—back at Beretta’s hangout. Remember? You were coming out and I was going in and we collided by the sliding door?”
“Right, I remember now.”
The grin on Jacob’s face widened. “Why are you nervous?”
Kayden tried to look away. “No reason.”
More staring.
“So?” Jacob asked at last. “Your place or mine?”
“Your place is fine.”
Jacob blew smoke through his nose and smiled. “Sure about this?”
Kayden rubbed his hands together again. “I’m sure.”
Jacob’s eyes were still prying, searching as he took the remainder of the cigarette out of his lips and ground it under his boots.
“Let’s go.”
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Links:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G5R2FOG
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18111404-soul-mate
https://www.facebook.com/authorkolanderson
ABOUT KOL ANDERSON
I love to dream. And sometimes enjoy the concept of nightmares turning into fantasies, hence the dark subject matter of my books and the constant HEA approach. I do love the idea of love, and I have a passion for reading and movies and music and anything that keeps me distracted from the fact that life is pointless.
You can interact with me on Twitter @AndersonKol
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GIVEAWAY
To win a free ebook copy of “SOULMATE”, leave a comment to this post alongwith an email ID
Contest ends on 9th November, 2013 @ 23:59 Pacific Time!!
Congrats on your new book. I really like your cover, which I know for self published authors can be one of your many challenges to handle.
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I love the scope of m/m, and I’m curious to read this story!
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I find that I no longer even think about whither a story has m/m, m/f, f/f or any variation of those. It’s the romance I want to read about. And that was a really intriguing excerpt. I’d love to read more. Thanks for the chance to win.
Laurie P
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This book really sounds interesting. I would love a chance to win it.
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This sounds interesting. I liked the excerpt and loved the tagline: “There’s a fine line between love and sin.”
A while ago I watched a good Brazilian movie – “From Beginning to End” – with similar themes. It is available on Amazon but not Netflix – speaking to your censorship comments.
Thanks for the post and the giveaway.
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Sounds like a good read,my kind of book.
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Please count me in, thank you for the extract, and the chance. mevalem258 {at} gmail {dot} com
I would like the opportunity to read this. Thank you.
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Oh boy oh boy in boy! Loving the sound of this!
I’ve wanted to read something by this new-to-me author for some time now.
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Love the Broken series and am looking forward to reading this one!
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I brought this book yesterday and read it till I was finished . I loved it . It was my first book that I had the pleasure of reading by you and probally wont be the last, I wont give away its content but I unterstand how and why I love this book Thanks I would Love and actual hard cover hehe
INtriguing. The blurb and the excerpt certainly make you want more.
I’m going to go ahead and admit I’ve always loved reading incest themed m/m fiction. I haven’t been able to find too many and can probably count on both hands the titles I’ve read involving incest between brothers. I’m really excited to see that you’ve just released one.
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I have to admit that I’m not entirely sure about the incest-topic, but so far I’ve enjoyed lots of books written by Kol Anderson that I want to give it a try. And hey, to win a copy would be the best start 😀
Greetings from Germany
Birte
Hunter, Kayden, Jacob. This now has me intrigued as to who’s related to whom. And how do they know they’re soulmates? My asking questions is always a good thing, lol.
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Thanks for the messages everyone.
I’m compiling a collection of all the shorts into one paperback book. 🙂
I certainly hope the censorship fiasco gets stomped out, because books like these are the ones I devour. Can’t wait to read more!
ashley.vanburen[at]gmail[dot]com
It’s a sad truth that we have had books out for generations now about the dangers of thought police and censorship, and yet there are those in power who’ve not learned a thing. Talk about a great example of why we need more books, not less. I don’t know how people got so comfortable with telling other people what they should think or express, but it turns into a pretty ugly thing. I can’t imagine what we’d have left to read if everything that someone found objectionable was taken away from us. Maybe the back of a shredded wheat container.
I’ve read some thoughtful, well-written books with an incest theme, The Brothers Bishop comes to mind, and I think it’s a topic worthy of exploration, just like anything that’s happening in our world. Will it be for everyone? No. But no one’s saying you have to read it, just that it’s available. I think the problem is that people read “incest” and think of the horrible crimes that happen against children by members of their family. (This obviously should still be written about, just not in celebration or glorifying.) Or if they’ve stumbled on any of that “happy-incest-porn,” which is laughable and insulting, they might want to turn away. For me, when I’m reading a story that has an incest theme, I want there to be an exploration of who these people are, why they made these decisions, what are the ramifications, etc. That’s the type of story I’m looking for, and it sounds like Soulmate does that.
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I know exactly how you feel. I felt like I found a whole other world of freedom when I found gay novels. For so long it was like… well, they didn’t exist. Now they’re everywhere! But then.. yes… now, publishers and sites are restricting what a reader can read. I don’t want ANYONE telling me what I can or cannot read. It’s not for them to decide. It’s such a huge step back to have amazon, paypal and all these other publishers say “it’s disgusting or taboo or inappropriate” to publish. I hate it.
Oh god, I really want to read this book!! This sounds so fantastic and OMFG YES!! It’s been so long since I last read an Incest book… ahhh! o< May I ask… will it only be published an amazon? For the very reason that they've banned book that they deemed "inappropriate" (yet, there's a bunch of M/F with the same material) I no longer purchase from them. 🙁 shit… I guess I'm just going to have to look at this book from afar… but so glad you wrote it.
Thank you so very much for the contest!!! <3 <3
I hope I have the chance to win it. LOL…
Judi P
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Wow! I want to win one, please. I live in the Philippines… Is this possible? 🙂