Featured Guest: L.C. Chase ~ Prompt Me~ #Interactive

Diverse Reader is THRILLED to welcome author and artist L.C. Chase here today. I absolutely love this post! She's reaching out to all of you to prompt her! And WOW! Does she have an awesome gift for someone if you rock the prompt. Be sure to check it all out.

Prompt Me

L.C. Chase

Happy Thursday, everyone!

I had a whole other post planned for today, but life and all that. Things I thought would be done by now aren’t, so my next big project announcement will have to wait just a little longer.

When I was pondering what I might post about instead, I thought about when I started writing seriously a dozen years ago. I joined an online writing community in search of support and guidance, and found a wonderful group of aspiring scribes. The group is gone now, unfortunately, but one of the things we did every week was write a 1,000-word flash fiction – exactly 1,000 words – based on a simple prompt. Whoever won the week got to choose the prompt the following week, and away we went. It was a great creative exercise, and it was amazing how much story some writers could be pack into such a short word limit. 

I haven’t been writing much for the last five years, and in a quest to kick those creative juices back into gear I thought I might try revive the challenge. What I would like to do here today is see if any of you would like to play along and “prompt me”. It can be a single word; a half dozen random words that must be included; an object; an opening sentence; a scenario; etc.

If I write a flash fiction staying inside the word limit based on your prompt, I’ll name a secondary character after you, and post the freebie “coffee read” on my website.

If I chose your prompt and am so bitten by the creative bug that I end up writing a novella or novel length story, not only will I name a secondary character after you, but you will receive a free advance copy of the final story.

So, what do you say? Want to throw a challenge at me?

About L.C. Chase:

Cover artist by day, author by night, L.C. Chase is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist; an EPIC eBook Awards winner for Pickup Men; a nine-time Ariana eBook Cover Art Awards winner, and Bronze winner in Sinfully’s 2014 Reader’s Choice Awards for Cover of the Year. She also won runner-up for Best Gay Contemporary Romance and Best Gay Book in the 2016 Rainbow Awards for A Fortunate Blizzard; honorable mentions for Best Gay Contemporary Romance in the 2015 Rainbow Awards for Pulling Leather, and Best Gay Mystery/Thriller in the 2012 Rainbow Awards for Riding with Heaven.

Connect with L.C. Chase:

 Website

 Newsletter

 Facebook

 Custom Cover Design

 Predesigned Book Covers

WANT TO PROMPT L.C.?

Wonderful! Simply send your prompt: It can be a single word; a half dozen random words that must be included; an object; an opening sentence; a scenario; etc. 

To this email:
authorlcchase@gmail.com

Make sure to add your name and an email she can get in touch with you 

Have fun!

Release Day Review: Waves Of Winter by LC Chase #Review #Giveaway

Title: Waves of Winter 
Series: World of Love
Author: LC Chase 
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication Date: November 22, 2019
Length: 92 pages 

Reviewed by Erin


Synopsis

The west coast of Vancouver Island is one of the few places to boast world-class winter surfing, and Vancouverite Kellan Tremblay hits the waves as often as possible. On the ferry crossing to the island, he meets Australian Jax Colston. Jax is there for some snowboarding. He’s intrigued to discover that not only is winter surfing a thing, but you can surf and ski in the same day. Sensing a kindred spirit, Kellan offers to play tour guide and gives Jax a place to stay in his spare room.

The two men bond over all things surf and snow, and it isn’t long before their passion for life lands them in bed together. Neither wants the week of cold days and hot nights to end, but Jax has to go home soon. Still, Jax doubts he’ll stay away for long. The draw of fresh powder, the long hot nights and the thrill of just being with Kellan will keep him coming back for a long time....

Series World of Love | Canada - British Columbia.

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Review

If there’s one thing that I really enjoy as a reader, it’s when the setting of the book is as much a part of the story as the story itself and boy is that ever the case in Waves of Winter by LC Chase! Set off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Waves of Winter is a treat for anyone who loves vivid imagery. Plus, who knew winter surfing was a thing?? I know I sure didn’t before reading this book! The characters are pretty fabulous too, lol. Kellan and Jax are charismatic, sexy, and fun and I really enjoyed watching these two meet and their relationship develop. 

As a novella, the book moves fairly quickly so there’s not a lot of time spent on back story’s and character development, but you do get a pretty good sense of what makes both Jax and Kellan tick. Surfing for one, being outdoors for another. I really enjoyed how their personalities just seemed to mesh right from the get-go. There is a lot of flirting, which was cute, but it did seem to drag on a bit much as well as all the interruptions but all in all the romance was sweet and swoony. 

If you’re in the mood for a quick read with some gorgeous scenery with no angst and lots of fluff and good feelings, then you definitely need to check out Waves of Winter. I know it left me with a smile on my face and I bet it does for you, too!

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