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May 31, 2010
Top Five Posts for May – Oded Fehr Has Slipped Away From Us!
Some surprises this month!
and the #1 post this month was not our favourite hero of all time! Gasp! Oded has been pipped at the post! However, he is still the top post of all time.
1. MM and MMF – Let's Try Again. Why Do Women Like Men Who Like Men?________________________________
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May 30, 2010
How Important Is "I Love You?" In Erotic Romance?
Courtesy of Gloson, Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gloson/4...
Shawn Lane, erotic romance writer with Ellora's Cave amongst others, posted an interesting question the other day on her blog. She said that as a reader, she felt cheated if either of the two main characters in a romance don't utter the words "I love you," and wanted to know if her readers felt the same.
I suggested that:
1. erotic romance was slightly different from straight romance, and
2. actions can speak far...
May 29, 2010
Dancing In The Snow
Hope those of you in the States are having a great long weekend so far, and those of you in Canada are having a great weekend.
Here in Alberta, we've had rain…followed by snow. Unbelievable. Here we are at the tail end of May, almost June, and it's snowing.
We've worked all this weekend, Mark and I, to do a quick renovation on a bedroom as my mum and dad are arriving here next week for the first time since I moved here thirteen years ago. After working our tails off all day laying hardwood l...
The Structure Of Erotic Romances From A Writer's Point Of View
When you first settle down to write an erotic romance after reading so many of them, it may seem deceptively easy: just dream up swags of hot, hot, hot sex scenes, and add an "I love you" scene at the end and you're done.
But an erotic romance – a good erotic romance – is a highly complex species and while piling on the sex and a happy ever after scene will maybe get you published, it won't get you rave reviews and it certain won't win you long term fans and readers…or big royalty cheques. N...
May 28, 2010
Winner of the DEAD AGAIN Prize Pack
The winner of the Dead Again prize pack has been selected by random number generator and contacted by email, and sent her gift pack.
Congratulations goes to Virginia C who won for herself:
1. A $15 Amazon Gift Card
2. A copy of Dead Double
My thanks to everyone who entered!
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May 27, 2010
Experimenting With Sex. It's Up to You and No One Else
I've been sitting on this for a few weeks now, tossing up whether I should say something or not, and by now it's probably far too late. But I thought I would speak my piece anyway, just in case some other lost souls find their way here.
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May 26, 2010
Kiss Across Time – Out in Kindle and a New Review, Too
My Teal Ceagh erotic MMF paranormal romance, Kiss Across Time, is now out in Kindle format with Amazon, for all you Kindle readers.
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And today I received a nice review from a new-to-me reviewer, Pajama Mommy.
This was definitely an interesting paranormal erotica book. There was so much in there I wasn't expecting. The description sounded intriguing, and the characters themselves as presented offered so much more so I wished it wasn't a novella since the world the writer introduced us to...
An Unexpected Hero – Steve Martin in It's Complicated
It can sometimes take me a long while to catch up with a movie that everyone is raving about, because my social life is so limited. Movies get levered in there as rare luxuries. Sherlock Holmes, for instance, I was lining up at the door on boxing day because, well, that's my thing. I've written books about the man. Given that the last time I'd seen a real live movie at the cinema had been two years before that, it'll give you a measure of how much I moved moutains to be standing there...
May 25, 2010
I Finally Got My Revenge! Principal Pound Ate Dirt…Well, Canvas.
Remember, back in March, when I was slugged by Principal Pound during one of Mark's wrestling matches?
Well, Friday night, I got pay back. We drove to Regina, Sasketchewan, for the High Impact Wrestling show's May line-up. The rematch of Mr. Intensity and Principal Pound was highly anticipated, but Pound is a weany for all he weights 275 pounds. He climbed into the ring, grabbed the microphone and started yelling insults at me. Me. Telling me to stay in my seat and callling me a...
May 24, 2010
I'm At Alternative Read Today – Last Stop of The Kiss Across Time Tour
Today I'm guest posting at Alternative Read, on the last stop of Teal Ceagh's book tour for the erotic paranormal romance, Kiss Across Time, from Ellora's Cave. I'll be giving away a copy of Eva's Last Dance to a reader, too, so do stop in and say g'day.
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