Hey there, sistahs!
Great news on a couple fronts. For the first time ever, one of my books is now available in print form! My non-erotic suspense novel, Kari Okay, is finally proofed and approved and available wherever bookstores (online or otherwise) are cool enough to carry me.
In preparing Kari Okay for print, I made over 100 improvements to the text, and then used that to create a second edition of the eBook version, which is also available now. The print version is a cute little 8"x5" thing that runs around 260 pages, so I'm sure those of you who enjoy print will appreciate it.
As for the eBook version, I have some news there, too, beyond the new second edition version now being available. I was prepared to publish Kari Okay wide on other platforms this summer, but when I decided to issue the print version, I decided to celebrate it all for my loyal Amazon fans.
So, the eBook is now in a program called MatchBook, which means if you're kind enough to buy the print version of Kari Okay, you'll get the eBook version at a steep discount: only $0.99!
I've also dropped the price of the eBook a buck to only $3.99 as it's regular price.
And coming up, on August 1st through 5th, I'll be running another Free promotion on the eBook version, so you'll have another chance to snatch it up without having to spend a penny. So if you're looking to save some shekels, there's your tip.
So, lots of things happening with Kari Okay right now, and if you're all good and well-behaved sistahs, maybe I'll unleash my next release on you all soon. I don't have another non-erotic title up my sleeve just yet, but you might want to be on the lookout for a return to the sexy-time fun you've loved me for in the past.
Probably a short or two, in the short term.
Hugs and deep kisses!
Sarah
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Free Run on Amazon!
Hey there, sistahs!
Just wanted to let you all know: Kari Okay begins a long-awaited FREE run starting today on Amazon.com, and running through Wednesday, May 4!
If you haven't gotten a copy before this, get yours now! Once it's over, it won't be free again.
Just wanted to let you all know: Kari Okay begins a long-awaited FREE run starting today on Amazon.com, and running through Wednesday, May 4!
If you haven't gotten a copy before this, get yours now! Once it's over, it won't be free again.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Kari Okay Countdown almost half over!
Hey there, sistahs!
Just wanted to remind you all that the Kindle Countdown promotion on Kari Okay is already halfway over!
The book started out the Countdown sale at $0.99, stopped at $1.99, and is now back up to $2.99 with less than 20 hours left at that price before it leaps up another buck to $3.99.
Remember, this is a 55K-plus word novel and normally retails for $4.99 USD, so don't hesitate; buy your copy while the price lasts because once it's back at $4.99, it'll be staying there for a while.
Thanks!
Just wanted to remind you all that the Kindle Countdown promotion on Kari Okay is already halfway over!
The book started out the Countdown sale at $0.99, stopped at $1.99, and is now back up to $2.99 with less than 20 hours left at that price before it leaps up another buck to $3.99.
Remember, this is a 55K-plus word novel and normally retails for $4.99 USD, so don't hesitate; buy your copy while the price lasts because once it's back at $4.99, it'll be staying there for a while.
Thanks!
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
KARI OKAY to enjoy a discount on Amazon!
Kari Okay, my first-ever non-erotica New Adult Suspense novel, has been out for a while now, but things are about to get crazy-serious with it.
First of all, on Amazon.com, the novel, normally priced at $4.99 USD, will enjoy a week-long run on what's called a Countdown Promotion.
What that means to you is this: Starting Friday, February 28, the eBook for Kari Okay will be discounted to only $0.99! But don't wait too long to One-Click, because 36 hours into the promotion, it'll go up a step to $1.99. Then $2.99 another 36 hours after that, then $3.99, until the promotion is over.
What that means is, the quicker you One-Click, the less you pay! This special promotion runs from February 28 through March 6, so make sure you take advantage because after that, it'll be back to $4.99
In other Kari Okay news, I'll soon be unveiling it as my first-ever book available... in print! So watch this space for that announcement, once the book is completely ready.
And Kari Okay will become available in markets beyond Amazon later this year, so if you're a fan of Nook, Kobo, Google Play, or wherever, keep watching this space.
Speaking of Google Play, my first five titles are now live there for the first time ever. That means Bliss Kiss, Beyond Bliss Kiss, Pure Bliss, Steamy Bliss, and the collection, College Bliss, are now all available to Android-lovers worldwide!
Look for the rest of my library, coming to Google Play Books soon.
And thanks for the loyalty, sistahs. I have more erotic and non-erotic tales in the works. This is shaping up to be a good year to be a Sarah Salari fan!
Monday, January 20, 2014
Kari Okay: An Amazon-Exclusive (for now)....
Hey there sistahs!
I'm pleased to announce KARI OKAY is now available, at least on the US site so far, on Amazon.com, where it will be an Amazon exclusive through March at least. Like my other books, it will make its way out to other sites as well, later this year. I'll let you know when.
When her new boyfriend dragged her to a karaoke bar, the best Kari hoped for was to make a new friend or two and maybe sing a song. She never expected to get involved in a singing competition, or to meet the mysterious, somehow alluring, Shyla, or the dark turn the night, her boyfriend, and her life, would take that evening after the music died down. Kari Okay is a story of survival, suspense, and social satire that makes for a compelling, page-turning tale.
Warning: This title contains a dramatic rape scene some readers may find disturbing. Please take this note of caution seriously.
Kari Okay runs approximately 54,200 words in length. While it is the first mainstream novel by popular Amazon erotica author Sarah Salari, Kari Okay is not a work of erotica.
I'm pleased to announce KARI OKAY is now available, at least on the US site so far, on Amazon.com, where it will be an Amazon exclusive through March at least. Like my other books, it will make its way out to other sites as well, later this year. I'll let you know when.
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| The cover to Kari Okay is designed by Sarah Salari. It contains visual elements originally found in photos © Igor Normann, dundanim, and SUDIO 1ONE—Licensed through Fotolia.com. It also contains elements from a photo © Onemannbrand—Licensed through Dreamstime.com. |
Warning: This title contains a dramatic rape scene some readers may find disturbing. Please take this note of caution seriously.
Kari Okay runs approximately 54,200 words in length. While it is the first mainstream novel by popular Amazon erotica author Sarah Salari, Kari Okay is not a work of erotica.
What actually inspired KARI OKAY?
In my last post, I confessed that my new novel, coming out later this week, KARI OKAY, has a dramatic rape scene in it and therefore the book has no erotic content, since it's a different type of novel completely.
What I didn't share as much on in that post was about what actually inspired the novel to begin with, and why I'd want to write a novel about such a dark theme.
Some readers dismiss erotica writers as "serious artists," and sometimes that's okay, but it's a pigeonhole that simply doesn't fit me. While I enjoy writing sexy fun, I also enjoy writing other sorts of things, too. Sometimes because actual events in the world piss me off.
One such event happened several years ago, before I was an active writer. It involved an at-the-time young professional athlete and an accusation of sexual assault ... something not uncommon, unfortunately, in the world of professional athletics.
However, the way in which this particular story unfolded flummoxed me.
The media outed the victim's identity.
And once that happened in one place, pretty soon everyone was repeating her name. Imagine the horror! Bad enough that you have been raped. Worse that you were raped by a pro athlete. But then your name is tossed out to the public so that you'll never know any peace at all, but have media idiots portraying you as everything from a temptress to a whore?
Unthinkable.
I didn't like how that particular real-life episode played out. I wanted to tell a tale that explored what life would be like for a young woman in that sort of situation. And I wanted to furthermore portray the devastation that something like that ... the backstage reality of damaged and destroyed lives that you never really hear about once the famous athlete "settles the case and puts it all behind him."
My tale, Kari Okay, is fictionalized. I give my character some measure of justice, even though she suffers a lot at the hands of her assaulter. It's a story that's suspenseful, contains some social satire, and has some bite to it because there are, unfortunately, several real-life cases where things very much like this have happened.
So, yes, there's a potentially disturbing event in the novel, but it's about a lot more than that. I hope you will all enjoy the suspense, the humor, and the message of survival it offers.
What I didn't share as much on in that post was about what actually inspired the novel to begin with, and why I'd want to write a novel about such a dark theme.
Some readers dismiss erotica writers as "serious artists," and sometimes that's okay, but it's a pigeonhole that simply doesn't fit me. While I enjoy writing sexy fun, I also enjoy writing other sorts of things, too. Sometimes because actual events in the world piss me off.
One such event happened several years ago, before I was an active writer. It involved an at-the-time young professional athlete and an accusation of sexual assault ... something not uncommon, unfortunately, in the world of professional athletics.
However, the way in which this particular story unfolded flummoxed me.
The media outed the victim's identity.
And once that happened in one place, pretty soon everyone was repeating her name. Imagine the horror! Bad enough that you have been raped. Worse that you were raped by a pro athlete. But then your name is tossed out to the public so that you'll never know any peace at all, but have media idiots portraying you as everything from a temptress to a whore?
Unthinkable.
I didn't like how that particular real-life episode played out. I wanted to tell a tale that explored what life would be like for a young woman in that sort of situation. And I wanted to furthermore portray the devastation that something like that ... the backstage reality of damaged and destroyed lives that you never really hear about once the famous athlete "settles the case and puts it all behind him."
My tale, Kari Okay, is fictionalized. I give my character some measure of justice, even though she suffers a lot at the hands of her assaulter. It's a story that's suspenseful, contains some social satire, and has some bite to it because there are, unfortunately, several real-life cases where things very much like this have happened.
So, yes, there's a potentially disturbing event in the novel, but it's about a lot more than that. I hope you will all enjoy the suspense, the humor, and the message of survival it offers.
A serious note about KARI OKAY
Hey there sistahs,
I've been talking about my next release, due out later this week, for some months now. I'm proud of it in many ways, but it is a change of pace for those of you who only know me by my erotica. This book is different, and we need to talk about why for a moment.
Anyone who's read my erotica knows this about me: What I enjoy writing about most is first-time lesbian experiences. They're fun tales, and that's all erotica is meant to be, I think: a sexy bit of fun.
And originally, Kari Okay was going to follow in that tradition. But something happened on the way to writing The End.
The first thing that happened is that the story began to grow. Originally I was expecting this story to run around 10,000 to 20,000 words. Instead, by the time I was done, I'd unwittingly written my first full-length novel: Kari Okay runs 54,200 words.
But I've been playing around for about a year with the idea of stretching myself into new genres; crossing over into things like science fiction and thrillers, and mixing parts of those genres with the fun erotica I enjoy writing. I expected this story to be more like my last release in August: a bridge between my pure erotica and my crossover stuff.
When I reached about a quarter-way through my story, however, I realized two new facts: first, Kari Okay was going to become my first crossover novel. And second of all, I couldn't let it become confused with my other erotica titles... because of a particular chapter and its fallout.
Why?
Anyone following my Holiday Bliss stories knows that I started including a minor theme of social menace in my stories for a while now. I wanted to include the reality that those who become open about their lesbian lifestyle don't exist in a perfect-world bubble where everyone is as accepting and pleasant and "okay with it" as they ideally ought to be.
So in one of my stories, I had a bully harass Jaz in a fast-food checkout line. I had a similar scene in another of those tales. But I kept them brief and not too dark, using them to serve as ways for Jaz to bond with new girls she had met.
But in telling a novel-length tale, I had the room to tell more about the life of my new tale's main character. And it had to involve more than just a simple seduction scenario. There had to be more story to tell to sustain such a long narrative.
So I went in that direction and started building Kari Oakley's life out as I wrote, and before I knew it, I reached a scene that had to be written, but which was too dark, too disturbing, and too serious to make it part of a light-hearted sexual romp. That scene entirely changed the book as I was writing it.
Here's why:
Kari Okay contains a scene in which the main character undergoes a violent rape that has serious and lasting repercussions on her for the rest of the novel (and, it is implied, beyond).
The scene is violent and brutal and a bit unexpected. I do not spend an undo number of words describing it, but the rape scene may still be upsetting to many readers, especially those who have endured a sexual assault themselves.
The scene is not written in any sort of remotely erotic way. It is portrayed for what it is: an act of violence, domination, and control that leaves Kari forever changed, and not for the good.
I'm aware of how controversial such material can be. Rape is no light-hearted matter, and is in no way arousing to anyone. (Or at least it shouldn't be.)
Realizing that scene was necessary for the story I now understood I was telling changed what I felt comfortable doing with the rest of the book. When I decided to include the rape scene, I felt uncomfortable including erotic lesbian content in the rest of the novel.
The reason should be obvious. First, it's very disconcerting for readers to endure a rape scene, and then feel in the mood to be aroused by a more sensuous love scene later on. Erotica and rape just don't mix.
Also, I knew that a rape scene can make retailers nervous all by itself; add in "light-hearted, sexy fun" in other scenes, and it sends a mixed message to the reader, and one could easily draw the mistaken conclusion that Kari Okay portrays the rape that way as well. (It does not.)
I didn't want to break trust between me and my readers in that way, let alone my retailers and me.
While lesbian attraction is a subplot in the novel, I have downplayed that element carefully to avoid the impression that rape in any way, shape, or form "causes" lesbian attraction. And again, there is no erotica content in the book. It's a different kind of read, and for very good reasons.
I hope many of you can tolerate both the rape scene and the lack of erotica content in Kari Okay, and are willing to take a chance on my tale. Despite the dark theme, it is a tale of suspense, coming of age in college, and even has some laughs in it in aspects of the tale that involve social satire. It's not so much slapstick humor as it is funny in the way parts of Breaking Bad were funny. In-tone comic relief used to release the tension.
I also promise that not all my books outside of erotica will be this dark and serious. I have more erotica in me, and tales of suspense and science fiction that mix in erotica content without verging into this.
But ultimately, keep in mind that Kari Okay is primarily about survival, not victimization. It has unique characters, fun themes, and makes for a suspenseful ride. I don't mean to make it sound unappealing; I believe it's a compelling read, and I hope you'll consider giving it a chance.
I would not have felt right, however, had I not warned you in advance.
Peace, love, blessings and joy on you all. Never give up!
I've been talking about my next release, due out later this week, for some months now. I'm proud of it in many ways, but it is a change of pace for those of you who only know me by my erotica. This book is different, and we need to talk about why for a moment.
Anyone who's read my erotica knows this about me: What I enjoy writing about most is first-time lesbian experiences. They're fun tales, and that's all erotica is meant to be, I think: a sexy bit of fun.
And originally, Kari Okay was going to follow in that tradition. But something happened on the way to writing The End.
The first thing that happened is that the story began to grow. Originally I was expecting this story to run around 10,000 to 20,000 words. Instead, by the time I was done, I'd unwittingly written my first full-length novel: Kari Okay runs 54,200 words.
But I've been playing around for about a year with the idea of stretching myself into new genres; crossing over into things like science fiction and thrillers, and mixing parts of those genres with the fun erotica I enjoy writing. I expected this story to be more like my last release in August: a bridge between my pure erotica and my crossover stuff.
When I reached about a quarter-way through my story, however, I realized two new facts: first, Kari Okay was going to become my first crossover novel. And second of all, I couldn't let it become confused with my other erotica titles... because of a particular chapter and its fallout.
Why?
Anyone following my Holiday Bliss stories knows that I started including a minor theme of social menace in my stories for a while now. I wanted to include the reality that those who become open about their lesbian lifestyle don't exist in a perfect-world bubble where everyone is as accepting and pleasant and "okay with it" as they ideally ought to be.
So in one of my stories, I had a bully harass Jaz in a fast-food checkout line. I had a similar scene in another of those tales. But I kept them brief and not too dark, using them to serve as ways for Jaz to bond with new girls she had met.
But in telling a novel-length tale, I had the room to tell more about the life of my new tale's main character. And it had to involve more than just a simple seduction scenario. There had to be more story to tell to sustain such a long narrative.
So I went in that direction and started building Kari Oakley's life out as I wrote, and before I knew it, I reached a scene that had to be written, but which was too dark, too disturbing, and too serious to make it part of a light-hearted sexual romp. That scene entirely changed the book as I was writing it.
Here's why:
Kari Okay contains a scene in which the main character undergoes a violent rape that has serious and lasting repercussions on her for the rest of the novel (and, it is implied, beyond).
The scene is violent and brutal and a bit unexpected. I do not spend an undo number of words describing it, but the rape scene may still be upsetting to many readers, especially those who have endured a sexual assault themselves.
The scene is not written in any sort of remotely erotic way. It is portrayed for what it is: an act of violence, domination, and control that leaves Kari forever changed, and not for the good.
I'm aware of how controversial such material can be. Rape is no light-hearted matter, and is in no way arousing to anyone. (Or at least it shouldn't be.)
Realizing that scene was necessary for the story I now understood I was telling changed what I felt comfortable doing with the rest of the book. When I decided to include the rape scene, I felt uncomfortable including erotic lesbian content in the rest of the novel.
The reason should be obvious. First, it's very disconcerting for readers to endure a rape scene, and then feel in the mood to be aroused by a more sensuous love scene later on. Erotica and rape just don't mix.
Also, I knew that a rape scene can make retailers nervous all by itself; add in "light-hearted, sexy fun" in other scenes, and it sends a mixed message to the reader, and one could easily draw the mistaken conclusion that Kari Okay portrays the rape that way as well. (It does not.)
I didn't want to break trust between me and my readers in that way, let alone my retailers and me.
While lesbian attraction is a subplot in the novel, I have downplayed that element carefully to avoid the impression that rape in any way, shape, or form "causes" lesbian attraction. And again, there is no erotica content in the book. It's a different kind of read, and for very good reasons.
I hope many of you can tolerate both the rape scene and the lack of erotica content in Kari Okay, and are willing to take a chance on my tale. Despite the dark theme, it is a tale of suspense, coming of age in college, and even has some laughs in it in aspects of the tale that involve social satire. It's not so much slapstick humor as it is funny in the way parts of Breaking Bad were funny. In-tone comic relief used to release the tension.
I also promise that not all my books outside of erotica will be this dark and serious. I have more erotica in me, and tales of suspense and science fiction that mix in erotica content without verging into this.
But ultimately, keep in mind that Kari Okay is primarily about survival, not victimization. It has unique characters, fun themes, and makes for a suspenseful ride. I don't mean to make it sound unappealing; I believe it's a compelling read, and I hope you'll consider giving it a chance.
I would not have felt right, however, had I not warned you in advance.
Peace, love, blessings and joy on you all. Never give up!
Kari Okay cover reveal!
Okay folks, my next big release is going to hit any day now. Unlike my other releases to date, KARI OKAY is not a work of erotic fiction. Instead, I have decided to tell a story that is not that erotic at all, but should still be of interests to fans of my work and themes, as it's a work of serious lesbian fiction, although it's about a lot more than that, as well.
Here's a peek at the cover:
Here's a peek at the cover:
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| The cover to Kari Okay is designed by Sarah Salari. It contains visual elements originally found in photos © Igor Normann, dundanim, and SUDIO 1ONE— Licensed through Fotolia.com. It also contains elements from a photo © Onemannbrand—Licensed through Dreamstime.com. |
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