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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 157th (Back in the saddle with MUMMCHG)

March 18, 2013 Chris 14 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with My Underwear Matches My Cowboy Hat Guy (MUMMCHG) once again.

was working at

with a couple of really

s when he became

and started to wonder if he should

or find something

to help him cool down. Suddenly, just like in one of his friend

s of

, appeared from

and decided that

should also be a

and whisked Dylan away before he reached

*blink blink blink*

“Argh!! Mom!! NO MORE NAUGHTY BOYS!!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 156th (My Lips Are Actually Fused To His Neck Guys)

March 11, 2013 Chris 14 Comments

Congrats to Annie, who wonÂ If It Flies (Market Garden #3) by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov!Â If It Flies is being released today by Riptide Publishing.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting the My Lips Are Actually Fused To His Neck Guys (MLAAFTHNG).

According to

, “

and

Â – hide your

from any

or expected, whether it seems

or not.”

The end. Very short one today – um, I’ll blame the start of Daylight Savings Time. 😉

*too annoyed for commentary* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 155th (WTF Covers)

March 4, 2013 Chris 19 Comments

Congrats to Kelly, who wonÂ Velocity (Impulse #3) by Amelia C. Gormley! Amelia released Velocity on March 2.

Congrats to Michelle (Mi), who wonÂ The Fight Within (The Good Fight #2) by Andrew Grey! The Fight Within is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be doing something a bit different – instead of a little story, you’ll have the chance to see a few covers that I thought were fugly or that caused me to gasp “WTF?!” at my screen. Brace yourselves.

This title isn’t actually m/m, although it sure looks like it to me. The allegedly female character is the one in the background. I think. Is it my imagination, or does it really look like they used two male models?

I’m pretty sure that the guy on the left’s head doesn’t actually belong with “his” body. The guy on the right’s red hair looks perfectly natural, too!

How not to add tattoos…

Sadly, I think the horns look less awful than the crown, which is definitely damning with faint praise. And the proportions are off all over the place.

No! Not the leopard pox! Flee for your lives!!!

The proportions are just… off on this one.

Nice hair, dude with the weirdly tiny head.

This guy really needs to wear a bra over those saggy moobs.

So, which is your, erm, “favorite”?

“I approve even less of these naughty boys than I do of the usual naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 154th (WiHG… again)

February 25, 2013 Chris 12 Comments

Congrats to Joder, who wonÂ Collusion (Diversion #2) by Eden Winters!Â Collusion was released on February 24 by Amber Quill Press.

Congrats to Urbanista, who won Take It Off (Market Garden #2) by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov! Take It Off is being released today by Riptide Publishing.

Congrats to Irene, who wonÂ Something in the Way He Needs (Family #1) by Cardeno C!Â Something in the Way He Needs is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG)â€¦ for the eighth time.

Both

and

were held in

in front of the same

jurors, who believed

but also agreed that it was

, so

, they made

, which left them all promising

that they would each be a

(that notorious

!), who would

them from

s and

, since the

by a fortuneteller showed that their

would be

Well. Hello, pronoun confusion! 🙂

“Are the naughty boys gone? Is it safe to wake up yet? And did I just dream that the big kitty was mixed up with those naughty boys?!?” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 153rd (Armpit Angel Guy)

February 11, 2013 Chris 16 Comments

Congrats to Crissy, who won Shadow Memory by Jennifer Brooks!

Congrats to Donna, who wonÂ Once a Brat by Kim Dare! Once a Brat is being released today by Riptide Publishing.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Armpit Angel Guy (AAG)… Can you figure out how he got his name? 😉

Said Armpit Angel Guy, “

were

and

, trying to make it

and maybe a little

action when we remembered we were supposed to be

, our

, which we couldn’t really accomplish by staring at our

, wondering if

and if

, a

, and believing

could fuel our

and show us all the

before

time.

“I have complaints. About naughty boys. And the lack of furry pink rattly mice around here!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 152nd (Cowlick Overload Guy)

February 4, 2013 Chris 14 Comments

Congrats to Carey, who won A Volatile Range (Stories from the Range #6) by Andrew Grey! A Volatile Range is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Cowlick Overload Guy (COG). He looks about 12, doesn’t he?! (The covers with the teddy bears on them don’t help matters, either.) o.O

went from

and having

while

to being accused of

, plus

AND

, after he heard

and contracted

(erm, parvovirus, whatever)* when he met a

who

him during a

, tracked him to his

, then told him, “

or I’ll bite your

!”

*No actual medical facts were harmed in writing this Misadventure.

“Hiding from the diseased naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 151st (Welcome back again, Crouching Guy)

January 28, 2013 Chris 15 Comments

In an interesting turn of events, after this week, I only have two contests on my schedule (for the first week of February). So if you’re an author interested in doing a promo/giveaway, email me and we’ll talk. 🙂

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with Crouching Guy yet again.

had him

down the

, searching for some

after he met

and

and realized that

, especially when

and his

told him that

would need to be spilled by the

during

. The end. I think. But really, who can tell? 🙂

Mayhem, trying to will naughty boys away by sheer annoyance since 2010!

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 150th (Don’t Make Me Get Out the Belt Guy)

January 21, 2013 Chris 17 Comments

Congrats to Carla, who wonÂ Light the Fire by JL Merrow! Light the Fire was released January 20 by JMS Books.

Congrats to Jess1, who wonÂ Love Meansâ€¦ No Limits (Farm #9) byÂ Andrew Grey!Â Love Meansâ€¦ No Limits is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Don’t Make Me Get Out the Belt Guy (DMMGOTBG)! Many thanks to Sweet Vernal Zephyr for coming up with the name. 🙂

The

had a

on how to

for

(

) wasn’t going so well because of the

that

had incurred

and

s as part of their

program out on the

prairie. Things had been pretty tight even before those debts, so they were all living on

and the

, hoping they could find

before the

across the prairie spelled their doom.

Um. Yeah. Look! Over there! Something that is not this incoherent Misadventure! 😉

“Mom! We need to rescue that black kitty from the naughty boys!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 149th (Get Thee To a Chiropractor Guy) (GTTACG)

January 14, 2013 Chris 16 Comments

Congrats to Wanda, who won Under the Rushes by Amy Lane!

Congrats to Jen B, who won Cardio Conditioning (Work Out #7) by Andrew Grey!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Get Thee To a Chiropractor Guy (GTTACG). (This post is like old home week or something – you’ll see a lot of familiar faces!)

When trying to decide