From all the way over at Charley Descoteaux’s blog comes an interview with J. M. Keep, iconoclastic and independent co-author of some hot and thoughtful fantasy and science fiction erotica. Keep and I have a Thing tomorrow, too, so stay tuned for that. The Command & Control for this blog hop resides at L.W. Witt’s…
Read More Day 5 of the Absolutely Erotic blog hop…Because this deserves a separate, if tardy, post. Today’s bloggy goodness comes to you from Thea Landen’s site, where she interviews Charley Descoteaux. One of the projects Charley talks about is the upcoming release A Sunday Kind of Love, of which Charley says: “It would be fun to make this movie, and not only because Ewan McGregor…
Read More Day 4 of the Absolutely Erotic blog hopToday, fellow Loose Id author Mina Kelly will be hosting Thea Landen. I post individual links to the authors on the hop because their blogs merit far more than a cursory skim of the relevant post. Go on. Dig a little deeper. As a group of smutwriters, we have very diverse interests beyond writing hot…
Read More Day 3, Absolutely Erotic Blog HopOn the Blog Hop front, Erika Lindsen is hosting Mina Kelly today here, in a discussion of Mina’s book Inescapable. On the art front, last week I took on an urgent free commission from Kadorienne, a long-time friend and beta reader. I owe her: for dragging me back into fan fiction 13 years ago, for…
Read More AW Blog Hop updates & assorted insanityIt’s here! Starting tomorrow May 8, 2013 and for the rest of the month, tune in for various author interviews, snippets, and other goodies. The main site is hosted by L.A. Witt here. If you offer lucid, non-spammy comments on my blog, any of the participants’ blogs, or on L.A. Witt’s main blog, you will…
Read More Live: the Absolutely Erotic Blog Hop ScheduleI’m a sucker for glowing things. Lights in the dark have always made me happy: from nightlights, tiny lanterns in pools or gardens, star-fields seen in planetariums and unspoiled wilderness, and my first glimpse of a big city at night – all the way to phosphorescent oceans, modern LED lights, photoluminescent plastics and glass, and…
Read More Glowing ThingsAnother writing-and-reading PSA. Go here to check out author Brenda Novak’s annual online charity auction. She’s been doing this for a number of years, and the prize board this year looks amazing. Forget the antique jewelry, art, and unique vacation packages you might win – check out some of the professional services available. Query-writing assistance.…
Read More Brenda Novak’s Annual Online Auction for Diabetes ResearchIn honor of Day Two of the Romantic Times conference, and for all the commercial print, e-pub, and self-pub authors in my genres, here’s a link to a great article by a friend of mine, Vera Nazarian. Your mileage may vary, but she brings a dose of reality to the promotion process that I find…
Read More Secrets of Book Promotion (link)In honor of Beltane revels everywhere and the first day of the Romantic Times conference (neither of which I’m attending, alas) here’s a new excerpt. Standard disclaimer: it may not see the light of day in published form. Non-standard disclaimer: heed the rate warning, please. I’m now at the stage of this book where there…
Read More Teaser for ‘Leopard’s Leap’ pt 3 (adult content)Yes, the lack of capitalization is intentional, per his longstanding tradition. From SFF.Net, I’ve just had word that he’s gone. I’ve written about andrew j. offutt before, but his life is worth noting and celebrating for his contributions as a science fiction, fantasy, and erotica author. I hope his creations and co-creations will live on…
Read More andrew j. offutt, RIPThere’s a standard bit of advice every new writer gets: ‘Show me, don’t tell me.” As a reader, may I add another request? Make me feel something when I read a story. Twist the knife a little. Make me laugh, cry, cringe, burst with pride and love. Make me yell at you, dear author –…
Read More Twist the KnifeHere it is, folks. The hop runs from May 8 to 23, 2013. The grand prize winner will be randomly drawn from all the comments left on every blog. Den Momma L.A. Witt will handle drawing the winner. She has to survive the Romantic Times conference next week first, so we’ll see how hungover she is.…
Read More Absolutely Erotic Blog Hop ScheduleYes. I am evil. I used that title. In this case, it is happily appropriate. Mark your calenders, good readers, because from May 8 to May 23, 2013, I will be sharing blog space, excerpts, interview questions, and prizes with the talented and insane erotica writers who meet in an atmospherically accurate dive bar a lovely…
Read More Coming AttractionsMy M/M erotic romance space opera Moro’s Price will be one of the titles featured today over at Top2Bottom Reviews’ Thursday Promo section. (Adult content warning if you follow the link, yadda, yadda, you know the drill by now.) What the heck kind of book is it? Think ‘Firefly’ meets ‘Rome’ in the Fiftieth Century,…
Read More Teasers for ‘Leopard’s Leap’, pt 2I recently attended an Al Stewart and Dave Nachmanoff concert at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Scottsdale. (Aside: Al and Dave are brilliant guitar players and polished singer/songwriters who not only craft songs with several-hundred-word vocabularies, they’re also wickedly funny in between songs. Come for the music, stay for the comedy.) It was one…
Read More A Tale of Two MuseumsI so wish my high-school English classes had featured things like this. Chaucer tweets the song ‘American Pie’. And Tom Weller’s masterful Godzilla vs Beowulf parody, which still makes me giggle to this day.
Read More Fun With Archaic EnglishAllie Ritch has allowed me to be part of the general havoc/hilarity that is ‘Hooked on One-Liners’. Again, be warned that we’re erotic romance writers. Following the link can take you to some fairly-explicit sentences, so if you’re underage or live in a place where that could get you in trouble, don’t do it. The…
Read More Hooked on One-Liners, part 2After some Real Life derails, I’m hard at work at both Leopard and on Moro’s Shield. The latter begins only a few hours after the end of Moro’s Price. Working blurb: On the run from two human empires, Moro seeks Sonta help for his damaged nervous system. Val must make amends for one of his teenage…
Read More Teaser for ‘Moro’s Shield’My friend Kate Lowell wrote a very thoughtful rebuttal to my previous post about aiming high in publishing. It’s good enough that I have to examine it in full. Bear in mind, my normal response to rejections is usually a mild obscenity, followed by a shrug, followed by 1) revision if I feel the editor…
Read More Pebbles, Pachinko, and Publishing, part 2This is a shameless re-direct to Allie Ritch’s blog, where she showcases the first group of one-line promos from some of our fellow erotic romance authors. It’s a quick and tasty derail: one sentence from a book, the author’s name, a buy link, and a website link. I’ll be in the second group in a week…
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