Friday, April 16, 2010

Finding The First Crack By Carol Storm




To me, the most exciting moment in erotic fiction is not the big explosion in the middle or the torrent of passion at the end. It’s the first crack at the beginning – the special moment when the heroine lets her guard down just enough to let the hero know she’s not a perfectly sculpted ice princess after all. And it’s the same moment that the tall, strong, iron-clad hero reveals his first glimmer of inner warmth as well.

How does the heroine let down her guard? Maybe she admits she was wrong about the hero – like after they’ve encountered the real villain for the first time. But usually it’s not with words, just a gesture. Her body language shifts just a little, from confrontation to acceptance. And the hero picks up on that and provides firm but subtle male reassurance.

Let’s try this out using a typical scene from a hot genre:

CAROL STORM’S UNTITLED URBAN FANTASY

“I didn’t know Fangs was a vampire club,” Polly stammered. As they staggered out into the alley, Mike Bitewell threw his brawny arm over her shoulders, and for a moment she relaxed, leaning into his male strength.

“I used to be one of those guys,” he told her, his voice gruff.

Notice how the heroine is the one who appears vulnerable, yet the hero feels the need to confide in her. He’s protecting her with his greater strength and knowledge, yet when she signals trust he responds by revealing a weakness of his own. A good first crack leads to hotter fireworks every time!

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CAROL STORM'S latest release is GLORY AND THE CLEVER CAT, available now at Noble Romance. Come and visit Carol at her blog, THE STORM REPORT.

www.carol63storm.blogspot.com

Thursday, April 15, 2010

13 MORE Crazy-assed Texts from Last Night


13 MORE Crazy-assed Texts from Last Night

Note: I did my first “13 Crazy-assed Texts from Last Night” for my Thursday Thirteen on my own blog today, so I decided to continue it on our RWBB blog. If you want to see the first post it is here: http://jeannestjames.blogspot.com

I laugh my ass off every time I visit this site http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/. Sometimes I laugh so hard that I cry. People submit texts that they received to this website. I’ve decided (with tissues in hand) to go through and pick out some good ones to share for my Thursday Thirteen. I hope you “appreciate” them as much as I do.


By the way, the number is parenthesis before the text is the area code from where it was submitted. And on one last note, I have not altered any of these, so the misspellings and grammar issues, etc., are all the fault of the texters!


1. (562): omg, he ripped it...he ripped my vagina...best. night. ever.

2. (505): Thank you for holding my vodka while the police let me ride their horse.

3. (843): I had my own version of the Hangover last night. I woke up to a disassembled Christmas tree, shit on the futon, and a hamster in the bathroom with a necklace on that said "Feed Me Bitch." I don't own a hamster. I don't know what I drank last night, but I want to do it again.

4. (219): Dude, I just saw a bird vs. squirrel fight. A car won.

5. (812): The sex was so good, I called my ex during the 2nd time just so he could hear. Is that mean?

6. (540): so i woke up. still drunk and discovered my roommate in the living room passed out dick-in-hand watching porn.
(1-540):What did u do?
(540): turned the porn up and opened the windows so everybody goin to class could see him.

7. (520): just friend requested my arresting officer from last night. too soon??

8. (734): So he said if we had sex he'd take me to Build A Bear. My virginity is so worth a trip to build a bear.
(810) You’re 20.
(734) IT'S BUILD A BEAR!


9. (949): while fucking on the counter the whip cream was conveniently right next to us. i love thanksgiving

10. (641): Last night I got a napkin with 4 names & numbers: Katie, Ellen, Kylie...and Brandon.

11. (404): you made your cat watch a peta video with you, so you could show it how just how good its life is

12. (404): What part of "waking up in the crawl space of my house with a raccoon" sounds like a good night to you?

13. (403): I want to poop on a bird, just to show them what it's like.

These are a few I found entertaining, but there are many, many more. Have you ever gotten an unbelievable text? If so, share!


Here's a special announcement from a fellow Romance Writer who Behaves Badly:
"Today at Long And Short Reviews, Noble and Phaze books romance author Carol Storm is giving away a FREE story, LADY BELLASTON'S LOVER. DON'T MISS IT!!" www.longandshortreviews.com

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Humpday Help - Chocolate


Monday began like any normal Monday after Spring Break...and yet I survived.
After taking hubby to the airport, I was on my way to the Cub Scout Shop when I ran over a mysterious thumping thing. Once in the Scout Shop parking lot, my 4 yr old and I watched as my poor tire hissed a final hiss then lay flat on the pavement. I went to pop open the trunk to retrieve the spare, but due to the declining age of this "classic" vehicle the trunk was stuck in the closed position.

After a sigh then a laugh, I called a wrecker. Mr. Wrecker came to my aid and saved the day. (No, he wasn't a hottie... just a normal Joe.) I've learned to keep a sense of humor and look at life as an adventure. But ... the truth is... I have a stash of chocolate! Chocolate makes everything better.

Yep... the good stuff.


Bittersweet (50% cocoa) - for unlimited consumption after long days at work, enduring a child's temper tantrum at the market, and calmly handling any roadside emergency.

Dark (35% cocoa) - at least on bar after successfully managing a 4 yr old,an antsy tween, a demanding teen, and a phone call at the same time; completing dinnertime, bath-time, story-time, and bedtime before 10:00pm.

Now that it's Wednesday... aka Humpday... the week has not improved with the exception of a new guinea pig for the youngest child. If anyone is looking for me, I'll be wallowing in chocolate. Oh... pass a glass of wine, please.

Exploring Sensuality with Food

It's really hard to write when I like to eat, food is sensual, and I happen to be on a diet. Right now all I can think of is ice cream, chocolate, and cake. What I can eat borders along the line of fruit--at best. How am I supposed to make fruit as sexy as the slide of ice cream with syrup and whipped cream or chocolate squares with peanut butter melting on my tongue? I had to delve into yummy, simple ways to make fruit that are just as satisfying after a good roll in the hay. This is what I came up with:


Bananas Foster

Grilled Chocolate Banana’s

California White Cheddar and Apples

Fruit Nachos

Cherries Jubilee

Mango Melon Soup

Pear Ginger Sorbet

Mexican Pineapple Water

Fresh Strawberry Granita

Amaretto Strawberries

Watermelon in Rose Lime Syrup

Those are some of my favorite sinful treats that are much better for you--and more alluring, than a cake or cookie. Sex is exercise and is certainly good for the waistline. Why not keep that good thing going by reaching for something sensual that will give you enough energy for round two?

Monday, April 12, 2010

Erotica~ Old West Style

I just finished the second book in  my series, The Bounty Hunters: 5 Card Stud.   The tough hombre` at the left is the image in my mind I have of Snake McCallister, bounty hunter and all around Texas bad-ass.

Sometimes readers shy away from western romance, thinking perhaps there's nothing erotic or sexy about the Old West.

Hah! Talk about a world of chauvinist males where female submission was supposedly a way of life.   I think history recorded the male version. I like to take that myth, and play the what if game.

What if a woman wasn't submissive?  What if she had real sexual needs, with no one to satisfy her body's cravings? Would her otherwise strong will, bend to that of a man who gave her the release she yearned for?

Or would that man find himself so driven by the lust that consumes him, that his normal control and common sense might fall victim to her will?

Eden Pace, meet Samuel McCallister. He's a stud on the make, 1880's Texas style.

Blurb: Five Card Stud

Bounty hunter, Sam McCallister only knows two smart women. When he meets Eden Pace, he has to up his count to three. Eden faces him across a poker table and is all set to clean out his pockets. But Sam has a few cards to play she's not expecting.The lady is the prettiest woman and the best card sharp Sam's ever met. She's also wanted for murder and he's got a handbill with her picture on it, just waiting for him to take her in.

Sam's got five cards he carries in his pocket he calls reminders. When Sam meets Eden, he finds himself in a high stakes poker game with his heart on the line, and all five reminders don't help him at all. After he takes the lady gambler into custody, he finds out she has a few tricks of her own. Eden is no shy miss. A widow determined to do her own outlaw hunting, Eden is following the man who killed her husband. She uses seduction to free herself from her bounty hunter captor, only to discover that she's got more trouble chasing her than Sam McCallister. Ansell Black,the most dangerous outlaw in Texas, is hunting her, and it will  take all of Sam's skill to save the woman of his dreams. 

 Adult Excerpt: 5 Card Stud


Sam McCallister had to remind himself that Eden Pace was wanted for murder. He’d given her a chance for explanations and she’d rejected it.  Both things got his full attention. He’d expected tears, maybe pleas for mercy.  She’d thrown him off stride when she unfurled her cards and started her strip tease. 
Eden Pace calculated every move and it pushed Sam to stay ahead of her. It disappointed him in a way yet unexplored, that she bartered for her release with her body.  He wasn’t surprised, but he’d thought her a cut above an easy woman. That he’d been mistaken, seasoned his desire with contempt. He couldn’t help but wonder how often she used sex to smooth the path of her travels.
 Maybe he’d care in the morning, but now, the mystery woman had chosen seduction as her weapon. She’d named the game, offering him a taste of heaven to let her walk away.
“Taste me,” he invited her. He was caught in a web of lust more powerful than any force he’d ever handled before. He didn’t expect it, and was caught by surprise when she sank to her knees between his legs.  Her hair brushed against his thigh, and his cock swelled bigger, jutting toward what it wanted.
“Christ,” he shuddered, already under her spell as she nipped along his inner thigh and moved toward his groin with lips and teeth.  Eden’s face was flushed, her full bottom lip pink against the ruddy cock she tasted.
He didn’t suppress his groan of pleasure when she sipped delicately along his hard length, stopping to swirl her tongue, or trace a thick vein. Then she explored the slit at the end, tasting the pre-cum that seeped there.
She lapped the head with feathery strokes that made him want to jut his hips and thrust deeper into her mouth and down her throat. But he didn’t.  He held onto his control as she licked him like a kitten eating up cream.
God what a mouth she had. She wasn’t shy about taking what she wanted either. Sam had been fucking women since he turned fourteen. He’d tried every position or method of coupling known to man or woman and enjoyed every one of them. As he watched the woman part her lips and take him, he appreciated her skill at the same time he rejected her knowledge. Then he forgot everything but pleasure.
 Nibbling her way down his shaft, she applied lips and tongue in a wet caress.  When she shrugged delicately against his thigh, he widened for her, spreading his legs and shifting to give her more room. He couldn’t suppress the growl he emitted.
Her skin was hot where she leaned against his leg.  He reached down and squeezed her breast as she worked his cock with her lips. The rounded globe was both soft and firm in his grasp. His hand closed tighter, wanting.  He thumbed her rigid nipple and felt her shudder against him as she buried her face between his thighs.
 First the left testicle, then the right enjoyed the soft caress and tantalizing miracle of her mouth.  His nuts were so hard and tight he risked shooting his load right then, but he set his back teeth, gripped the arms of the chair, and let her play.
“Easy sweetheart,” he murmured as her black hair cascaded around her face and she tilted her head for better access.  Eden rolled the hard balls in his sack between her tongue and the roof of her mouth and Sam spread wider, encouraging her.  “Don’t stop, Eden. Use that pretty mouth on me some more.”
God it was an erotic sight watching her work her lips and tongue back up his cock.  Sam loosened the knot that still confined her hair, and when it tumbled free, he stroked the back of her head, savoring the exquisite feel of her worshiping his flesh.  The silken mane hung almost to her hips, cascading in a shimmering mass. He drew it away from her face to better see what she did.
Eden was flushed, her eyes glazed with passion as her lips played along his length, nuzzling his flesh, enjoying him.  Sam didn’t know many women who liked this form of love play, but it was clear Eden was one of the few.
By the time she reached the top, Sam’s control was lost.  “Play times over sweetheart.” When her lips surrounded the head of his cock, he cupped her face and thrust into the warm moist heat of her mouth, withdrawing, and then thrusting again.  “Take more of it,” he ordered her.  She widened her jaw upon demand, and he angled her head to take him deeper. 
 He had intended to have her pussy first, but his cock had other ideas.  “Suck on it,” he guided her effort to take his size.  “Relax your throat and let me in, Eden.” His directions were unnecessary.
She adjusted her position and swallowed his length, throat muscles caressing the sensitive head.  Her hands came up to fondle his balls, as she rested her head against his thigh opening her throat for his thrusts.
Eden made a humming sound, and the clasping muscles vibrated around his pumping cock. Sam lost his control, coming in hot spurts of cream that she drank from him.  He cradled her head as she greedily swallowed his release.
Her tits bumped against Sam’s calf as she milked him with her mouth. Sharp nails raked his thigh to add yet another point of sensation and his hips came off the chair, bucking upward in short jabs that spewed his seed into her. At the last moment, she gripped his hips with her hands, pulling him deeper.
When Eden had drained the last drop of cum from him, Sam sank back and closed his eyes savoring the extraordinary pleasure she’d just given him.
Delicately, she stroked his left thigh with her hand, prolonging the ecstasy as he sucked air into his lungs and fought to regain his hold on sanity. “Hang on a minute Eden and I’ll satisfy you.” 
His head was spinning from the power of the climax. It had knocked him almost senseless for a moment. Sam barely noticed when the silken head left his thigh. She got his attention a moment later, though. When he heard the click of a cocked hammer, he opened his eyes.   
“I’ve found my own release.” Her husky reply mocked him as she stepped into her clothes and pointed the gun at him. 
5 Card Stud~ Coming Soon

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Sultry Sunday




“I want to taste you and then have you taste yourself on my lips,” he said when their lips parted. “Okay?”


She nodded because she didn’t trust herself to speak. Her heart fluttered and she felt a twinge between her legs.


He lay down next to her and unrelentingly kissed her with a passion she’d never felt before. He scooped her into his arms and held her tight against his body. She could feel his heart beating alongside her own.


His right hand found its way up her shirt and hastily found her breast. As he fondled it she could hear moans of pleasure escaping his mouth in between their passionate kisses.


Her hands were exploring his upper body through his clothing. She could feel his rippling muscles through his shirt and it sent a wave of excitement through her body. The twinge between her legs was rapidly mounting.


When their lips parting both gasps for their own breathe.


“Damn,” he muttered.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Sinful Saturday: Erotic Jewelry

 (Their not pierced, but their sexy enough for me not to care so much. Good, no?)

Erotic jewelry is not really a staple in erotic romance or erotica. I've been trying to figure out why that is, and the only thing I could come up with was jewelry is ultimately a distraction from the other naughty bits on display. Despite the wide history that body piercing has in increasing sexual arousal, sometimes the vision of a pierced bit acting as the aphrodisiac, it's still a wonder to me that the actual act or inclusion of piercings is still somewhat taboo in a mainstream erotic world. Which brings me to the intriguing history of erotic jewelry in the all the naughty places! Some of my favorite things to ogle and a definite instant turn-on!

Nipple Piercing: A piercing that can lead to a tingling taunt in the bedroom, these were once used a symbol in the Roman Army to show rank and reinforcing their masculinity. It also shifted to a right of passage for British and American sailors who had conquered a vast amount of longitude and latitude. They briefly caught a resurgence of popularity with women the 1890's but it died out until after World War 2.


Navel Piercing: A tantalizing piercing that can both illicit a shiver of response or connect to a more lower piercing in more intimate places, navel piercings weren't used by native tribes nor does it have a long history. It was simply made into a pop culture phenomenon from music videos and fashion icons in the nineties increasing in popularity because of the ease in hiding it under clothing. 



Tongue Piercing: Though used as an alluring accessory in the bedroom with the various vibrating rings that are out on the market, a pierced tongue used to mean a tribute to the gods in Aztec culture. It also symbolized a way to suck evil magic out of someone's body.



Personally, I just think piercings are a fun and alluring way to accessorize. For the most part they are easily taken care of, fun to manipulate (with clean hands), and easy to remove leaving barely a scar. Though not appropriate for most professional atmospheres, most workplaces are embracing the freedom of piercings as they evolve from a simple nose stud to a line down the spine several inches long. But hey, it's all about what gets your rocks off right?

For me piercings have always terrified me, which is why when I get them the adrenaline rush is like no other. It's total turn on for me putting my flesh in someone's hands and hoping it turns out okay. Now, granted, I do a painstaking amount of research before I get pierced, but it is still one the sexiest things to me. I look for those same traits in those I'm attracted to, seeking out lean, tattooed, tall men with piercings and tats knowing that they've gone through the pain I went through--and liked it.

In the coming months I think I'm going to make an effort to put the art of body jewelry back into erotica. I'll let you know how it goes, cool?

Spice it up...Flirty Friday




Every couple needs to keep the spark alive. Switch it out every once in awhile...











Whether it's a gentle kiss on the neck for no reason...












A new sexy negligee in his favorite color...











An outfit that's totally out of character for him...















A special alluring look that she's not expecting...










A night out on the town with a hotel room waiting your arrival...

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Thursday 13



My Thirteen Favorite Romantic Movies



1. Some Kind of Wonderful









2. While You Were Sleeping









3. Ghost









4. When Harry Met Sally










5. Gone With the Wind










6. Pretty Woman









7. Legends of the Fall









8. The Notebook











9. Pearl Harbor








10. Sleepless in Seattle










11. Titanic









12. Love Story










13. Pride and Prejudice







So there you have it, my favorite thirteen romantic movies. So what about you? What are some of your favorites?

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Shh...It's a Secret

I have a secret.

No one's seen it yet, but eventually it will come out. It won't be noticeable, unless you pay attention and read the books I write.

I've no problem sharing my secret and aside from one other person, you will be the first to hear it.

For reasons that I haven't begun to understand yet, there is always a yellow chair in my books/series. There's nothing special about this chair, it changes every time depending on the characters and situation. It morphs to suit the needs of the character who owns the chair. It's indiscriminate, both males & females own it. A constant is that it is always there and it is always some mustard yellow color that the character can't decide why they like. Usually they don't. However, the chair always means something.

I'd like to take this opportunity to share some of the marked differences:

In a few weeks, my Sci-Fi romance, Midnight's Ghost, will be released with Liquid Silver Books.

The ugly, didn’t-match-anything yellow fabric stitched to the chair’s metal support system had been through a hell of a lot with me and even though Midnight's Star had gone down in flames, I hadn’t been able to let the chair go. Luckily it had been easily salvaged from the wreckage after I recovered from my injuries and the chair was installed on Eidolon after Dad had been killed and the ship was left to me. It still bore the scars of the Midnight's Star crash as I wasn’t about to repair them. They were like badges of honor to me. A display of the life I had once lived, the mistakes I had made because I had been young and impetuous.

While my first release, Flash of Dark, doesn't have such a chair, it's only because the chair in that series wasn't meant for those characters. Instead it is characters the reader will meet in the second book of that series, Blood Fever, due out this summer.

The oddly shaded yellow color of the upholstery did nothing to enhance the woman sitting in the chair, but the bright beams of moonlight set her aglow. Then again the chair would stick out like a sore thumb with any décor. It was ugly and pitiful with its dark curve of antique wood leg. He’d never taken the time to throw it out because it wasn’t a priority. Now he was glad he hadn’t.

And most recently, in the story I just complete the first draft on.

Satisfied with her position, he moved away to lower himself into his favored chair several feet away from her. This room had always been about indulgences and this chair was certainly no exception. That indulgence was why he kept the piece of furniture down here instead of up in his loft. Besides, it didn’t fit his living arrangements upstairs and wasn’t even comfortable – at least for extended periods. The color didn’t even match anything else in the room, aside from the sunny yellow throw pillows of the same shade on the couch across the room.

Is it because I can't think of anything else? No, of course not. Is there some different meaning that I secretly harbor some desire to own a yellow chair? Nope. There is no deep dark meaning. It's simply mine.

But now I've shared it and now I have to find something else that's mine. ;^)

If you're a reader, is there some thing an particular author writes such as this that you find yourself liking (the first one for me that comes to mind is the button Roarke always keeps with him in the ...in Death series of books)? If you're a writer, is there something like this that you find yourself developing? It doesn't have to have some deep meaning, just something that's fun and adds a touch of you to each story you create.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Let me Speak I have a Voice

“Come on it should go this way.” Voice A states.

“No I want it this way.” Voice B defends

“You better let me speak or…” Voice A warns.

“Or else what?” Voice B shoots back.

“I won’t say a word and we’ll see how far you get without me.” Voice A said with no inflection in the tone.

“Okay lets compromise.” Voice B suggests.

Voice A and B watch each other then sit down to discuss.

This is a mythical conversation between a writer (Voice B) and the characters (Voice A).

As a writer it is hard when you have vision of how a story will go then it takes a different turn because of how the characters want it to be. Characters have personalities, wants, desires, and opinions just like anyone else. I learned long ago to let them flow as they are supposed to. I learned to work together instead of against each other. This helps me create vivid real people and paranormal beings that make you want to laugh, cry, fight, and love with them. Writing takes a mix of all parts working together.

Don’t get me wrong in no way it is always roses and harmony but I’ve learned to work together. This is about getting the best story out to you the reader. In the process of creating characters that live you must keep true to the characters. Years ago this was hard for me. I had a vision I wanted but it didn’t ring true to the characters. When I realized in order to make the best book I would have to get deep inside the characters psyche I learned to listen and get their personalities so it rings true. It is a balancing act that you work on for each book to get it just where it needs to be.

Even when I read I can tell if a “voice” of the characters. I don’t know if that’s just me but I do and I enjoy novels that the characters voice is real more. Even some characters that stick with me even after the story is finished I take with me as I sleep. They pop up in my dreams. That to me is a sign of a great book. Characters that stay with you afterwards and make you wonder what is going on in their lives.

With my own characters that I have already written I don’t have to wonder. They pop up in my dreams also letting me know they are still there. When I am on a roll with a new character they won’t let me sleep or have a moment to myself.

LOL. Yeah my mind is full and I love it.

My question to you. How does the characters in any novel you have read or written speak to you?

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Taige Crenshaw is a multi-published author with books available at Ellora's Cave Publishing, Liquid Silver Books, Loose Id, and Total-E-Bound. Taige has been enthralled with the written word from time she picked up her first book. It wasn’t long before she started to make up her own tales of romance. With novels set in today, in alternate dimensions, or in the future she writes with adventure, fun sassy heroine’s, and sexy hero’s. Always hard at work creating new and exciting places Taige can be found curled up with a hot novel with exciting characters when she is not creating her own. Join her in the fun, frolic, interesting people and far reaches of the world in her novels. You can find out more about Taige at her website: http://www.taigecrenshaw.com or blog: http://www.taigecrenshaw.com/blog.

Friday, April 2, 2010

The Bunny Hop

Join us and hop down the bunny trail through the Bunny Hop Blog Tour. Take a trip through nine blogs of 'egg-ceptional' hunk biographies that will make your blood heat up, make the butterflies in your abdomen flip with ecstasy and a warmth rise from deep within and twinge.

Find and collect all the Bunny Hop 'egg' words in each blog and at the end of the blog send an email to dawne.prochilo@yahoo.com with ALL the words for your chance to be in a drawing for fabulous and erotic romance ebooks plus a special grand prize of an autographed copy of Mary Quest's Tormented Soul.

So hop, bump, grind, rub...do whatever you have to do to meet all our scrumptious men



Meet Our Naughty Authors


Mary Quast

Savannah Kougar

Dawne Prochilo

Madelyn Ford

Gem Sivad

Elise Hepner

Chloe Waits

Becca Simone

Jeanne St James

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thursday 13

13 Ways to Say "Kiss Me" From Around the Globe

1. German: Küss mich!
2. Spanish: Besamé
3. French: Embrassez-moi
4. Dutch: Kus me
5. Portuguese: Beije-me
6. Italian: baciami









7. Hawaiian: Honi mai
8. Japanese: Kisushite
9. Russian: tsyeluj menya
10. Polish: daj buzi
11. Chinese: wen wo
12. Arabic: Boosni
13. Romanian: te rog saruta-ma



Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Getting in the Mood For Erotic Romance


Let's face it, sometimes I'm just not in the mood to write--or even talk, about sex. However, my job doesn't stop turning just because I'm not in the mood anymore. I still have to pull out all the knee shaking, lip quivering, delicious goodness. What's a girl to do? First things first: make a list of sexy goodness!
  1. I light chocolate peppermint scented candles, or some other sexy scent of the moment



      2. I whip out some of my favorite short story treats for "research"

     3. I put on a little plaid skirt and garters.

                        4. I look at sexy men ( Not the best pic but have you seen the man in a tight t-shirt dancing? Because that's where it is at! P.S, I tried to find this video on Youtube for you people and I couldn't find it after two hours and gave up.)

     So those are my go-to solutions for writer's block. What do you do when your just not feeling your day?

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

A Day in the Life of THIS Writer


Ha ha ha. Ok, that’s me laughing. A day in the life of a writer… If it was only that simple. Or for me, typical. I guess for some writers and authors it is. For example, she gets up at 5 AM, writes for a couple hours, makes breakfast, sends the kids off to school then goes back to writing. The kids come home, she helps them with their homework, makes dinner, then after they go to bed she writes a couple more hours. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Yeah, right. Well, I work full-time (as do most writers). And I work second shift as an emergency dispatcher. I only get one weekend off a month and I work almost all holidays. (I know, it sucks, doesn’t it? Ok, everyone boo at once. Thanks, I feel better!)

So, I work in the evenings and when am I most creative? In the evenings. I know, I know, I am trying to get another job (or convince my fiancé to let me stay home and write full-time – ha!).

My point is that there is no typical day in the life of this writer. Some days I write, some days I don’t. If I’m off, I can sit and write for hours and on other days I can screw around on the Internet doing promotion and networking (psssst… that’s a form of “socializing”).

I sometimes come home from work around 11:30 PM and can be up to 1 AM writing. Some days I’m too tired. Some days I don’t have a creative thought in my brain.

The one up side to my job is that when I have “down” time later in the evening, I can work on things like this blog post (shhhhh!) or do edits on my latest work-in-progress or do revisions for my editor. Or even do online socializing (I mean networking!) at my online-based RWA chapters, the Yahoo groups I belong to, or the writing forums I belong to (here’s a shout-out to my fellow Romance Divas).

And then there is always life, which seems to get in the way of writing. Too tired, too busy, too cranky, too (fill in the blank). You get the picture.

But even so, even with my whacked out work schedule and my non-existent writing schedule, I do get things done. I have to be flexible and I think that is the key. I can’t beat myself up when there is a day, or a week, or even a month where I haven’t written anything new.

Here’s the proof that you can get things done when you life is atypical: last September, my first novel, Banged Up, was released with Liquid Silver Books. And my second, my bestseller m/m novella, Rip Cord, came out in November with Phaze Books. My third, Double Dare, an interracial m/m/f ménage a trios, was released in January at Loose Id.
A day in the life of THIS writer is far from typical.

You can find out more about me and my books on my website and my blog.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

New Release Today : Repossession by Elise Hepner

Today my new Excessica erotica release Repossession hits online shelves! Just like some of my other favorites this one is filled with naughty BDSM but with a sexually experimental twist. I'll be giving away one copy to a reader who comments today. Repossession is available in all e-book formats including Kindle.

Blurb:
Mina knows that after several years with her vanilla husband she's never going to get the hot and heady sexual experiences she craves unless she looks elsewhere. During their divorce Mina is willing to risk everything for a heart pounding, head exploding orgasm. She embarks on a sexual journey of self fulfillment and submission that could only play out in her wildest fantasies. There is no turning back.

Warnings: This title contains strong language, kidnap scenario, BDSM and mindgames.


Excerpt:
Casually, I brought up the email and re-read it. It made my fingertips tingle. I dialed up the scent on my vanilla plug-in, worried Marla in the other booth could smell the excitement seeping through my orange cotton underwear. Without thinking my fingertips strayed along the edges of my thigh, under my skirt, and inside my underwear at my pulsating pussy, swiping up the scent with a small dip into the fabric and then up to my nose. Before I could hesitate an email box was in my display and my pussy stained fingers were flying over the keys as if possessed.

To: Harrison22
From: FetishFreak88

Hi,
 First off, thank you so much for the compliments! It was nice to log-in to such gentlemanly behavior. As for my pictures, yes they were professionally done in one of my favorite dungeons in NYC, Pandora’s Box. As a lifer within the BDSM lifestyle community I’m a regular there. Some would even say they know me by name,  if that name happens to be “bitch”, “slut”, or “cunt”. Colorful language is such a turn-on. Anyway, I would love to meet you for a cup of coffee sometime to discuss our opinions on the culture. I also just broke out of a serious relationship and I’m looking for a permanent Master liaison for long-term. Let me know if you want to audition

Kisses,
Fetish

Within seconds I was staring at a glowing wall of “SENT” displayed on my monitor. In terror and with a whole new level of adrenaline I realized I had just sent a naughty email at my workplace. After sniffing vaginal juices on my fingertips. Touching myself at work. The overwhelming need to masturbate and dip further into this illicit streak hit me like an on-coming train. Rather than getting off in the public stalls that smelled like Maybelline products and hairspray I walked to my boss’s desk and called out sick. For the whole fucking week. I needed a little alone time after my sexual office breakdown.
 

Sultry Sunday moments of passion

Sundays spent at home are a special day...the possibilities are endless. Love in the morning, love in the afternoon and a passionate evening.

Here are some of my favorite Sunday past times that can steam you and your partner up all day long...


Snuggling in bed on cool, crisp morning...









A bubble bath with the one you love...












A night of passion you'll remember forever...


A back massage, rubbing all the right places...

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Sinful Saturday ~ Mae West, Sexual Rebel


When caught between two evils, I generally pick the one I've never tried before.

~ Mae West


One of my favorite all-time sinners is the actress, author and so much more, Mae West. Long, long ago I read Mae West’s autobiography. For her times, she was one brassy, *do things her own passionate way* lady. Yes, she was a sexual rebel. She went against all the conventions, and paid dearly for it many times. She also earned my undying admiration because she was one brainy broad and a true rebel in so many ways, other than her well-known and well-advertised lustful appetite.

I think we women owe her a debt of gratitude. I doubt the current erotic romance and erotica genres would be as vigorously accepted without her influence, and without her personal courage. I doubt we would have as much personal freedom as we do now, to express our individual sexual natures.

I say individual because we are all different. We have the right to be shy and retiring and say no to ‘sex’. Just as we have the right to be outrageously *out there* erotic. We have the right to be who we are, to live our true sexual natures as women.

Mae West was notoriously known for having her brand of fun, her kind of good time. Here’s an unedited snippet of Stacy and Zyrru, my heroine and hero, having their kind of *getting to know each other* good time. They star in a short tiger shapeshifter story I’ve written recently.

And, yes, Zyrru is doing some ‘sinning’ since he’s supposed to remain in human form while vacationing on Earth. However, he and his shifter brethren are letting their real tiger ears and stripes show, as if they’re in costume, for the Masquerade Call of the Wild Ball. What bad tigers they are, too! Chasing after all that sumptuous human woman tail.


Unedited snippet from my WIP ~ The Tiger’s Masquerade

Stacy jumped at his light nip on her neck, totally unprepared for what he’d done--actually how he’d done it. Her eyes flew open.

She felt him steady her by gripping her upper arms firmly. Already, his tongue laved her stinging flesh, the strokes so incredibly passionate she moaned, and let her head loll back.

The sexy strong licking of his tongue tripped her clit into a spasm. Stacy whimpered with pleasure, with her need for more, the sound a blissful rush up her throat.

Stacy wasn’t certain why she trusted him, given her rotten sexual experiences with most men. Maybe it wasn’t a matter of trust, but of wanton desire. Maybe, it was her fantasy of him.

He turned her around slowly, pressing her against the wall. The deceptive strength of his body overwhelmed her senses, and made her an easy capture for him.

He turned her around slowly, pressing her against the wall. The deceptive strength of his body overwhelmed her senses, and made her an easy capture for him.

Like the rake she accused him of being, he gripped her gown skirts and lifted them above her waist, exposing her naked throbbing pussy. Stacy had worn no underwear of any kind, preferring the satin-sensual feel of the gown.

He thrust without compromise, cradling his hard cock against her feminine apex. Still covered by his trousers, his beastly shaft seared a brand on her swollen mound. Stacy gasped for breath, and struggled for a hold on her sanity.

“Ripe for my taking.”

Dangerous, soft, his growled words thrilled through her.

“Zyrru,” she managed between pants.

Her head spun while her body begged like a tramp for his ‘taking’. Stacy slumped against the wall and became conscious she gripped his forearms. Her nails dug into the ultra smooth fabric of his jacket.

Attempting to blink her way back to some sort of rational thought, she glimpsed the descent of his lips. Lost inside the wildfires of passion, she met the trapping slant of his mouth.

Her mouth yielded and he took the kiss he wanted. It was the kiss she wanted to give him, sultry and wicked. And unending, so it felt, until their lips parted with a gentleness that surprised her. Their mingled breaths whispered a promise to each other.

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HAPPY SPRING SINNING!

Savanna

Savanna Kougar

~ Run on the Wild Side of Romance ~

Author of ~


All Shades of Blue Paradise
Red Lioness Tamed
When a Good Angel Falls ~ In Print
Tangerine Carnal Dreams
Murder by Hair Spray in Gardenia, New Atlantis ~ In Print
Black Cat Beauty
Her Insatiable Dark Heroes ~ In Print
Stallion of Ash and Flame ~ In Print
Branded by the Texans ~ Coming in August 2010 from Siren-BookStrand
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