An Update on "Fifty-One Shades"

When I started writing and serializing Fifty-One Shades on March 9, I wrote:

New episodes posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, until a publisher hands me a fat stack of Benjamins and offers to publish it. Then I'll take it down, change the characters' names to "Edward" and "Bella," and hide from my fans in my new McMansion in a gated community in Beverly Hills.

In addition to completing the first draft, I've also spent the past two weeks fending off publishers. At first it was easy to tell them to leave me alone. I'm an Artist. My Pure Vision will not be sullied by the dirty hands of commerce. Unfortunately, as the size of the Beverly Hills McMansion that publishers dangled in front of me became progressively larger and more ridiculous, my Artistic Integrity slowly dissolved into the California sun...

I'll be suspending the excerpts on this site until I have a chance to review the offers on the table and make a decision about the direction I want to take Fifty-One Shades. Thank you to the readers who have been following the story, commenting, rating it on GoodReads, and spreading the word about Chris Gray and Anna Steal. Their story will continue, in some form. Stay tuned...

Coming This Summer: "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey"

Da Capo Press has bought North American rights to Fifty-One Shades: A Parody, and will be releasing the full-length novel this summer in the US and Canada as Fifty Shames of Earl Grey in paperback and ebook formats.

Read the full story on the blockbuster deal at Publishers Weekly.

COVER REVEAL: "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey"

Da Capo Press' art department really knocked this one out of the park... The ebook and audiobook will be released July 10, with the paperback scheduled for July 31 (dates subject to change).

Pre-order (US/CAN): Amazon | B & N | BAM | Powells | IndieBound

A shrewd, laugh–out–loud parody of E. L. James' bestselling Fifty Shades of Grey series:

Young, arrogant, tycoon Earl Grey seduces the naïve coed Anna Steal with his overpowering good looks and staggering amounts of money, but will she be able to get past his fifty shames, including shopping at Walmart on Saturdays, bondage with handcuffs, and his love of BDSM (Bards, Dragons, Sorcery, and Magick)? Or will his dark secrets and constant smirking drive her over the edge?

"Parodies of best sellers are hot items these days, and E. L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey erotic trilogy was just begging for a spoof." – USAToday