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Emily Tilton They do run concurrently; the best guide to the order to read them if you want to follow the in-world chronology is by their publication dates. If you want to keep the near-future, far future, and farther future timelines separate, you could save "Beyond the Institute" and "Galactic Discipline" for last.
Emily Tilton Sorry it took me a while to see this question! It is, it's from "Lamia," specifically. :)
Emily Tilton Hi! I'm so sorry it took me so long to see this question! I'm actually signing readers up for my ARC team right now; message me if you'd like the link!
Emily Tilton Thanks so much for the kind words, Glenn! I'm afraid I don't. It's just the way my own BDSM orientation works.
Emily Tilton Thanks for the question! I'm afraid this answer won't satisfy you, but it's got the benefit of being the truth. I never wrote more of Jane's story because it seemed to me to be taking shape like several other of my Institute stories. In my mind, Jane's later career at the Institute follows much the same course as Kristin's in "At Leo's Command." By that time, I'd begun to want to tell different kinds of Institute stories.
Emily Tilton They're some of the many wonderful models of the stock photography world. :)
Emily Tilton Probably because in my fantasies I'm a slutty doormat. :)

I guess I would respectfully disagree on the "simpering" front, but I do find it difficult to write strong-willed heroines because in fantasy I'm such a good girl myself. I agree that in real life submissives have to be strong and daring to live their erotic identities in a world that rejects their desires.

I guess I think the "kidnapped and enlsaved" issue is different from the character issue. Again, though, that's because of my own fantasies, and I'm sorry they don't appeal to you!
Emily Tilton I'm going to go a little off the beaten path with this one, because I frankly have so many favorites that I want to highlight one that could easily get overlooked, and which dovetails very nicely with my next book, due out sometime soon. Lily Dale and John Eames, of Anthony Trollope's "The Small House at Allington" and "The Last Chronicle of Barset" never get together, and that's frustrating. It's also Trollope's best portrayal, in my opinion, of the plight of the Victorian gentleman's daughter. Worth checking out, if Victorian is a thing for you.
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Emily Tilton The Omnibus just showed up on Blushing on Monday. I'm really sorry about that! If you find me on Facebook or Google Plus, I'll try to make it up to you with a freebie.
Emily Tilton Hi Rowan! I'm a huge spanko, so spanking blogs like Rollin Hand's Disciplinary Tales and Bonnie's My Bottom Smarts (which, though it's dormant now, has wonderful archives and a blogroll that's still updated) are favorites.

On the more general BDSM side, I don't think you can beat Nikki Blue and Heather Cole's Vagina Antics!

Thanks so much for asking. :)
Emily Tilton LOL! Yes, it took me a LONG time to be able to write it that way. I think it was the hundredth or so time I was reading my favorite scenes from "Story of O," and I realized that those scenes all had something in common. . . something I wanted very badly. . . :D
Emily Tilton When I tried to write more conventional stuff, I always got blocked. For better or worse, though, whenever I have trouble in writing erotica, I just skip to a hot part that I can write one-handed, and the block is gone.
Emily Tilton Living multiple lives!
Emily Tilton Really this is just for erotica writers: if it's hot for you, it's probably hot for someone else. That erotica you wrote to turn yourself on, because no one had written the story you really wanted to read? Publish it!
Emily Tilton A fellow author who likes my stuff was joking about how she wanted Master Leo from "Bought and Trained" to train her and fall in love with her. It got me thinking. . . it's tentatively called "At Leo's Command."
Emily Tilton Umm, well, this is kind of naughty, but when I'm reading one-handed, if you know what I mean, I'll often think, "Wow, that's hot, but what if. . ." :D
Emily Tilton If we call "An Extreme Marriage" my most recent book, the answer is very fun. See this blog post!

http://etiltonexplorations.blogspot.c...

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