While in the middle of writing book 3 in the Monstrous tales series, I told my accountability partner “The best part (about writing this series) is the ‘research’ I do to decide what the cock is going to look like.”
We giggled a bit over that but it got me thinking — I did do research for this series. On more than just cocks. I’m still doing it.
What’s that? you say. Research? On monster erotica?
Well, yeah. I started by researching different cryptids. I knew my monster in book 1 was going to be somewhat nature-y. I came across a Scottish cryptid called an Am Fear Liath Mòr (Wikipedia). At heart, it’s a guardian of the summit and passes of a mountain in Scotland. Frankly, he was exactly what I was looking for. Except for, well, I needed him to be kinda hunky.
So, he got a makeover and I shortened his name (and lost the accent mark). Instead of being a single creature, the Liath Mor were now a species and they protect the wild places.
Then there were his tentacles. The creature icon for The Wicked Woods is a tree with tentacle-like roots. I’m not going to lie, I knew I would be using that in the cover as soon as I saw it. Because, hello, A TENTACLE TREE!
Frankly, it’s like the Gods Of All Things Awesome smiled down upon me as I wrote book 1 because everything came together so nicely. Seriously, what are the odds I’d find a tentacle tree otherwise?
(And, yes, I really have been researching cocks. But you’ll have to wait until the 31st to see what that entails. Next week: The cover and blurb for Book 2 of the Monstrous Tales series!)
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