JC Owens

The Bonding

JC Owens — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:11:25 +0000

Just a quick note to let people know that the second book in the Gaven series (Gaven: The Bonding) has been released today at Loose ID. I hope it will be a worthy successor to Gaven, the first book. Let me know what you think! The book will not show up on this site, only on my new site at jcowensauthor.net Take Care J.C.

New Website News

JC Owens — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:03:01 +0000

My new website is up and running. There are still some changes being made, but for the most part, it is done. Thank you to Undead Weresquid who created the new site and will maintain it for an author who is computer challenged! You have to love weresquids ; ) Gaven: The Bonding is out on Aug.17 and you can see the cover art on my new site at jcowensauthor.net. I will still post to this blog until October, then everything will only be on the new site. Take Care J.C.

new website

JC Owens — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:58:56 +0000

Just to let everyone know that I am having a new website constructed. The person who looked after the current site disappeared with the codes etc, so I have no choice but to get a new one. It will look almost exactly the same. The new one will be jcowensauthor.net, and I will let you know when it is up and running. I will continue to update the old site until October, just to keep people in the loop, but the new books will not be there. Take Care J.C.

Cover art

JC Owens — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:32:53 +0000

For those of you who are interested, the cover art for Gaven: The Bonding is now up on Loose Id, under their “Coming Soon” section. I am blown away by the beauty of the artwork. It is exactly how I pictured Vlar to look. As always, Anne Cain outdoes herself; she is so talented! Take Care J.C.

Upcoming

JC Owens — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:55:54 +0000

At last I have dates for my upcoming books! “Gaven: The Bonding” is scheduled for Aug.17 and “The Emperor’s Wolf” for Oct.19. “Taken” is at Samhain Publishing, but that could change. “Draconian Measures” is the book currently being worked on and is approximately one third done. Many, many thanks to my readers who keep me inspired and focussed! Take Care J.C.

Newsletter Jun.17/10

JC Owens — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:09:54 +0000

Things are starting to look up! “The Emperor’s Wolf” is now under contract to Loose ID, so both it and “Gaven: The Bonding” are in the final stages. Still no date though; will let you know as soon as possible. I finished the stand alone book “Taken”, a contemporary story about Landon, a young mercenary who, to save his brother, is sent on a mission to kidnap the brother of a mob boss. If only it had stayed that uncomplicated… This book drove me up the wall. I kept thinking it was done and then the story went on and changed and…sometimes these characters are a pain, through and through. Oh well, Landon finally has his story… I just sent the manuscript to Samhain publishing, so we will see where it goes from there. Now I can take a few days off for a job well done! Yay! Maybe I can actually get out and see the sun… Take Care J.C

Frustration

JC Owens — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:35:32 +0000

I have been waiting for real news before I posted here, but as things seem determined to be vague, I will at least let my readers know what is currently happening. Thanks to Ana and Jalane for their e-mails which made me realize how long it was since I last gave out information. I have finished two books that have been in at Loose ID since the beginning of the year; Gaven: The Bonding and The Emperor’s Wolf. I had fully expected that they would both be published by now, but I have received little information as to dates. Gaven: The Bonding is now a signed contract, but I may move The Emperor’s Wolf to another publisher if things continue as they have. Taken, another stand alone book, is just being finished and I am going to send it elsewhere to try to speed things up. I certainly never expected six months to go by without a title being available. Thank you so much for your interest and I will let you know when things start moving. Take Care J.C.

Wow

JC Owens — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:52:05 +0000

Wow. That is really all I can say. I was a little stunned to find out “Gaven” had been nominated for an award on Love Romance Cafe’s best of 2009 list, under erotica. I try not to get to hyped up over what is said on the internet about my books, because as I have learned from other authors, it can take you from the heights to the depths in moments. Some will love your book and some will hate it. Some will not understand what you were trying to portray, others will. So I try not to read reviews or get too down hearted about criticism. In a million years I would never have thought the first erotica book I wrote would get this far! I did not win, but that means nothing to me. The very fact that people liked it enough to nominate it is amazing and I just wanted to thank those who did so. I never have a particular faith in my writing skills and this made my day, giving me inspiration to continue to write. Thank you so very much! Take Care J.C.

Newsletter Jan.24/10

JC Owens — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:38:07 +0000

Well I cannot believe it is almost a month since Christmas. Where the heck did January go?? Well I met my personal goal and have finished Gaven: The Bonding. I fought with this one a lot because I wanted it to be a worthy successor to Gaven, since so many people have supported the original book. It certainly ended up being considerably longer! Loose ID has both “Gaven: The Bonding” and another title, “The Emperor’s Wolf” now, so it will be up to them when they are published. I am currently working on finishing “Taken” and then will move on to another book in the Gaven universe, about Sadan and Graitaan, who you will meet in “The Bonding.” That book will be titled “Draconian Measures.” Their story should be quite interesting to write in all regards! I will also be working on a futuristic book, named “Forsaken”, about demon hunters. Take Care J.C.

Newsletter Dec.16/09

JC Owens — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:10:20 +0000

I am finding it very interesting to watch the reaction to Wings. I like to write close to the edge, to provoke responses based on emotion. I am not a gentle writer; I tend to want to explore the darkness within people’s minds, the things they do based on cultural acceptance. So many things we do reflect the attitudes of those around us, rather than our own deep beliefs. Sex and sexuality is one of the most powerful forces in history. It has provoked wars and brought peace, it has brought people to the heights of understanding and the depths of depravity. I write of those people who are real. They are not good, nor are they totally bad. Just like us. No one and I mean no one, on this earth, is entirely good or bad. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has elements of both within them, despite what they might believe to the contrary. That simply makes us people. We are here to learn, not to be perfect. I like some of my characters to begin as doing things that we are not comfortable with, to stretch our acceptance of him. When readers do not like or trust the character to begin with, that is what I am seeking. But like people in real life, I like to believe that there can be redemption, that that person can come to a higher understanding and realize that their behaviours are hurtful to others, that there is always another way. By the end of the book, I hope that people begin to understand the character a little even if they cannot like him. What is acceptable? That is based on our culture at the time. If you look through history, it is interesting to see the different levels of acceptance that have existed. Times when women were powerful, times when men ruled totally. Times when sexuality was open and free and times when it was brutally repressed. Times when men loving men was so common, no one would have even thought to comment on it. (How I wish that openness could again exist here. Despite all our protestations of acceptance, that seems far away.) I don’t pretend to understand it all. I simply explore the way that people view themselves and those around them in sexual terms. Slavery makes people uncomfortable, as it should. Certainly in this day and age we understand and abhor such a thing, but even now it exists. Just because it makes us uncomfortable does not make it disappear. There will always be those who take advantage of others. What I write about is the existence of such things, but that the characters, despite their upbringing and culture, begin to realize the wrongness, the fact that the one they treat so harshly is a person, a being in their own right. They deserve to be loved for themselves, not for what they may or may not be able to give their master. My books are not comfortable. I don’t want them to be. I want people to question, to understand how these things damage a person’s mind more than their body. How one can be sucked into a relationship based on sex and one sided love. If it ended there, how very empty that would end up being. If it was not for the master coming to his senses, this in no way would be a happy ending. Instead it would be more like the hell that abused spouses, male and female, go through. There is no happy ending there, only endurance and misery. That is a form of slavery in its own right, and we ignore it every day. When my books end, it is with the understanding that the characters will have much to work on. As with reality, their relationship will not be without effort and mishaps. Damage has been done and only with love and patience will that be healed. We often hurt others; the important part is how we handle that. Do we walk away and refuse responsibility or do we realize that we have a duty to right a wrong? People are so very complicated. There are endless responses to what we read and view and experience. That is what makes us so interesting. When we have a very deep response to something, that is often a sign that there is a problem, in issue we have to address. That is when we have to face it, not tuck it away and hide from the discomfort. Once we bring it into the light, stop hiding from it, then we can begin to heal it. That has happened so often in my life. I did not even know there WAS a problem, and then, suddenly, something triggered a powerful response and there it was. An issue I did not even realize existed. Then I had to take each one out and examine it, try to understand it. The hardest thing to face in life is ourselves. We are afraid of what is in us, when really it is all the things we have collected over time. It needs to be faced and only then will it begin to lose its power over us. Each book I write comes from somewhere deep inside, somewhere that needs to tell that story. I have written so many books that have never been published and probably never will. They are far, far more uncomfortable than any I have shown. Call it catharsis. I write angst and always will. Some more so than others, but always I need to take the character to the depths so he can rise again. Most of all, I hope to appeal to emotion, good or bad, because that is what life is about.

Now, after all that pontificating, I am quite exhausted and I still have to give news ; ) “Wishes” is on the back burner for now. I need to do a major re-write, so…instead I just handed in a new book, “The Emperor’s Wolf”. At this time I do not know when it might come out, but I will keep you posted. The second book in the world of “Gaven” is going well and I hope to have it finished sometime in January. The title will be “Gaven: The Bonding.” I also just started another book based in the same world, but much, much earlier. It is the story of Vlar’s father, Sadan, and his love of a draconian warrior. Title not yet known. These two are definitely NOT victims…although they just might kill each other!! One day I WILL write Vlar’s story (as per many requests) but I thought I would start earlier. Another book soon to be finished, is “Taken”, a contemporary story of Kirith and Landon. Landon is a young mercenary who tries to kidnap Kirith, the son of a mob boss. They come to an “arrangement” that promises trouble to them both.

I hope that all of you survive the silly season reasonably intact and come out full of turkey or whatever tickles your tummy! Take Care J.C.