The Beginning and the End by Marci Baun

My guest today is the owner of two publishing houses, Wild Child and Freya's Bower. She also happens to be an editor extraordinary and a talented wordsmith. Be sure to take advantage of WCP and FB's February specials! Join their newsletter and get 40% off a purchase of a purchase of $5 or more.

WCP: http://bit.ly/w1VGE

FB: http://bit.ly/3RrxoT

Without a newsletter subscription, you can still save. 25% off a purchase of $5 or more by using the codes below.

WCP: 4c19604a15

FB: 493b041c26

But enough about business :) Let's see what Marci has to say about love!

Before you can start a new relationship, you have to end the old one. Whether it was the most recent one you just left, or that one you keep thinking “if only,” you have to let it go to find your next victim, er, lover. (grin) If you don’t do that, you’ll hop from one…man to the next, dissatisfied with every single one of them not sure why you can’t find that one hubba hubba to be with for however long you want. (Two days, a week, a month, a year, 50 years, etc.)
This is the voice of experience—or at least my experience. And I’ve seen it happen time and time again with my friends too.

You see, a few, or more, years before I met my husband, I dated…a few men. (grin) My last boyfriend before my husband, I knew from the beginning he wasn’t “the one.” Of course, when I met him, I was nowhere near being ready to meet “the one,” so that really didn’t bother me. And when I finally broke up with him, it was three years later, and I still wasn’t ready for that special someone.

We stayed friends. It was hard, but we managed. And when he finally met someone new…well, I didn’t see it coming. I wasn’t prepared. I thought I was over him. I spent an entire day crying, and I asked myself, “Do I still love him?”

The answer eluded me, at least that night. In the morning, I saw things a little more clearly. What I was crying about wasn’t the fact that he found someone else or that I loved him and wanted him back, but that I was afraid with him taken, I would be alone for the rest of my life. That prospect scared me. (Seems silly, I know, but I was 29 at the time. People constantly asked me when I was going to get married, or how come I wasn’t married with kids, or… Well, you get the picture. And so, I thought I was rapidly approaching that time in my life where I would be an unwanted, unlovable old maid, if I hadn’t reached it already. Oh, the drama!)

That realization set me free, and finally, I was ready to meet someone new. It took a few years, and a few really scary dates, but I found “the one” when I was ready for him, and okay being with myself.

So, as hard as it was, I had to let go of the old (in this case, old fears that somehow were mixed up with letting go the old boyfriend) to start the new life of love that awaited me. Of course, some of my old flames will always hold a special place in my heart. They will, just not the same special place my new and forever love holds.

Did you find you that once you let go of your last love, you were open to new love finding you?

The Weirdness is Coming!

I'm thrilled to share with you Wild Child Publishing's upcoming release of Weirdly, vol 3, of which I am happily a part. Well, okay, CJ Elliott--my darker alter-ego is a part of it. And CJ has whipped up a doozie of a tale for y'all.

Best Laid Schemes is a twisted tale of betrayal, revenge, and madness. Adeline Pickington's husband is at it again. There's perfume on his clothes and lipstick on his collar is hard to miss. He's humiliated her like this so many times she might drink herself into an early grave. With a prenup in place, Addie can't walk out unless she wants to wind up penniless. Her only option: Kill the bastard. Addie does her research, sets up her alibi, and follows her cheating husband to his 'fishing' cabin. She plans to murder him and his little floozie in flagrante delicto, but the best laid schemes of mice and murderesses often go astray. Now Addie's gotten herself into mess she may not make it out of alive.

Watch for the weirdness, January 26th!

Available today!

I'm proud to announce two new releases today. They're both bite-sized bits of action packed fiction.

The Wedding Feast is my first horror short story written as CJ Elliott. Buy it today at Wild Child Publishing

On the heels of unbearable personal tragedy, Chloe escapes to the peace of a family cabin in rural Kentucky. When her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, she's forced to go against her better judgment and accept a ride from a stranger.

Shade is tall, darkly handsome, and taciturn. He takes her to his cabin in the woods to use his phone, where he introduces her to his gaggle of motherless children. Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, Chloe's visit stretches on and more mysteries about Shade and the children crop up. Can Chloe make it back to civilization and safety before this family's deadly secret engulfs her?

Another first for me, this BDSM story just might melt your hard drive! Buy it now at Freya's Bower.

Fiona Wilder's name didn't fit her at all...until she met Marcelo. Introducing her to a world of sexual play--limited only by their imaginations--he unlocks Fiona's wildest fantasies.

Book One: Master and Servant: Fiona becomes Marcelo's protégé, discovering the power that comes from submission.