{"id":199,"date":"2009-03-12T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2009-03-12T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T16:35:00","slug":"cover-art-redux-what-im-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/cover-art-redux-what-im-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art Redux &amp; What I&apos;m Reading&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First off, thanks to everyone who voted\/commented on my <a href=\"http:\/\/emlynley.livejournal.com\/16893.html\">cover art poll<\/a> yesterday! My publisher is going to reconsider the art for the cover and maybe change the cropping. I&nbsp;don&apos;t want to lose the superhunk and hope they don&apos;t re-shoot it with a different model!&nbsp; One of the pub&apos;s owners is a pro photog and he shoots all the covers, so I expect he has other images from the shoot that could be used instead. I&apos;m still interested in comments and poll votes, so go ahead and add to the discussion on yesterday&apos;s post.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I&apos;m so behind on word count, my TBR pile is calling me to dig in.&nbsp; Here&apos;s what I&apos;m reading now, and next on the list:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/emlynley\/pic\/0000h0yz\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"160\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/emlynley\/pic\/0000h0yz\/s320x240\" \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Techno Thrall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> by <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ljuser\"><a href=\"http:\/\/storm-grant.livejournal.com\/profile\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"17\" width=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/p-stat.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif?resize=17%2C17\" alt=\"[info]\" style=\"border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 1px;\" \/><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/storm-grant.livejournal.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>storm_grant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><br \/>The first time I saw this blurb and heard the concept I was hooked. It&apos;s not a romance, though it&apos;s hot and sexy. Lately I&nbsp;find myself more and more drawn to futuristic storylines&#8230; this one will grab you too:<\/p>\n<p><i>This man&apos;s too hard, this man&apos;s too soft, this man&apos;s just&#8230;a robot?<\/i> <\/p>\n<p> Detective Deyla Reckard lives in a time of communication implants and spray-on condoms. Robots are common as workers, soldiers, and pleasure-toys. And sometimes as criminals. A case of an e-companion attacking its owner makes Deyla question her firm belief that humans are good and robots are bad. Then she meets the man of her wet dreams and begins to fall in love, although who&apos;s human and who&apos;s robot, she&apos;s not sure. <\/p>\n<p> <i>Warning, this title contains explicit sex, graphic language, and dark themes.<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>Not into m\/f, check out her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlrpress.com\/ShowBook.php?book=GYMDANDY\">GYM&nbsp;DANDY<\/a>, m\/m romance that&apos;s been getting some awesome reviews lately!<\/p>\n<p>On deck: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravenousromance.com\/modern-love\/ripping-the-bodice.php?flypage=0\">Ripping the Bodice<\/a> by Inara Lavey. Normally I&nbsp;don&apos;t read m\/f but look, a whole bunch of m\/f suddenly got my attention. This one is a comedy, so take the title with more than a grain of salt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First off, thanks to everyone who voted\/commented on my cover art poll yesterday! My publisher is going to reconsider the art for the cover and maybe change the cropping. 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