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April 12, 2013
Cartwheels!
I'm doing 'em! I got some fan-fucking-tastic news today that made me so happy. I will share details as soon as I'm able. But for now I'll say, I was soooooo worried and now am not worried anymore. I'm now soooooo happy! And yes, of course it is a book. A book I love very much was accepted. A book I obsessed over. Woo and hoo!Like I said, I'm doing cartwheels. But only in my head. Never in my life have I completed a successful cartwheel. Never! Hey, don't look at me like that. I'm tall and I'm afraid of heights. Do the math: that means no cartwheels. Heh.
XOXO
S
photo credit: HckySo via photopin cc
It's Friday!
Fist pump! And I finished my two pieces I wanted to complete today which pretty much means I can do whatever I want with the rest of the day. Double fist pump! The weather went from 97 and miserable Wednesday to 51 and chilly today. And I breathed a sigh of blessed relief (not a heat person, ya know?). Triple fist pump!
Hope you have something fist pump worthy planned for this weekend.
XOXO
Sommer
April 11, 2013
"I did not hate our leading lady, which you know for me is a big deal..."
Rarely do reviews make me super happy. There's usually too much anxiety involved. Deadlines, word counts, royalties, payment quarters, edits and blurbs: I've gotten used to all of them in the writing game. Not so much for reviews. They sometimes please me, they sometimes make me weep (true fact), but they rarely make me laugh out loud and even clap. But the review for
Boys Next Door
from So You Think You Can Write did just that!Check it out. The review and all the amazing photographic antics involved!
XOXO
Sommer
April 10, 2013
20 Questions With Angell Brooks: " A lot more action, and tighter pants..."
Good morning, lovelies :) Today's 20 Questions is with Angell Brooks. Or as the man calls her (as do many others) Miz Angell. As in: "Did Miz Angell comment on that blog you posted?" Even he knows she's super supportive and always around for writers (and others) in the erotica community. So time to find out some more about her, her likes and her writing...
XOXO
Sommer
1. Favorite YA book?
Remember Me by Christopher Pike. And, as a guilty pleasure, anything by Gordan Korman from my childhood.
2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat…Quinoa salad with veggie stir fry and edamame
3. Football or baseball?
Football for sure. A lot more action, and tighter pants.
4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating!
(It's my sexy bookshelf :P) Ok - Alison's Wonderland (Alison Tyler), Zombie Exterminators (Sommer Marsden), Melt With You (Alison Tyler), A Little Night Music (Sarah Dale), and Sex Dreams and Symbols (Dr Pam Spurr). And no I'm not kissing up. LOL.
5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
Takeout. That's how my ass got to be this big.
6. Favorite meal to cook?
Chicken fingers (baked not fried). Believe me when I tell you that they're awesome cold the next day.
7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
Ummm...wow - this one is tricky. As a little kid, The Great Space Coaster. As I got older, Silver Spoons. And I've been a WWF (now WWE) fan since I was eight.
8. Favorite TV show now?
Would have to say that I never miss an episode of The Vampire Diaries - or Supernatural. Sorry, couldn't choose just one.
9. Best teacher you ever had…
Terry Bland - grade eleven media
10. What did they teach you?
How to look beyond what the media is shoving in our faces. How to read deeper into a story, and look beyond the shadows to find the truth in everything.
11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about.
Pushed my mother against a wall. Definitely one of the worst moments of my life.
12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about.
I'd like to say something wonderfully original and fantastic, but the truth is that I've done nothing ... so far.
13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
Styx hoodie
14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Used to be vampires, but there's been some great arguments in favour of the werewolf camp. So kind of torn right now.
15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to?
My father and every lesson and bit of wisdom he left behind.
16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
Yes, I wrote some things that hurt people that I love very much. Even though they were fiction, they were taken for reality.
17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down?
I used to make myself finish books, but now I just put it down. Time is too short and there are so many amazing books out there to waste time on crap.
18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all?
If I read something that's terrible, if I can find something that's positive about it, then I'll review it. I won't give it five stars or praise what's not there. But everyone needs positive affirmations in their lives. Someone created that. And to completely discourage someone's creativity is a sin. (Sorry - bit of a babble)
19. Do you read reviews of your work?
It's not that often that I get reviewed, and since I've only been published in anthologies, I'll take what I can get. LOL. Yes I read them, and I'm grateful for every one of them.
20. Red wine or white wine?
White. Red gives me headaches, as unfortunate as that is.
Once told that ‘Life is too short to live in beige.’ Angell Brooks lives in technicolour dreams as often as possible. Translating that into naughty tales to titillate and tease is a challenge she gladly accepts on a daily basis. When the voices in her head decide to give her a break, she sees her city as an adventure to be taken – the live music, the theatres, the clubs and pubs and interesting people all around. There is never a dull moment, and she embraces it with truth and love. Find her in anthologies by Cleis, Harlequin and December Ink Press.
Blog: http://mizadventurez.blogspot.comTwitter: @angellz
XOXO
Sommer
1. Favorite YA book?
Remember Me by Christopher Pike. And, as a guilty pleasure, anything by Gordan Korman from my childhood.
2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat…Quinoa salad with veggie stir fry and edamame
3. Football or baseball?
Football for sure. A lot more action, and tighter pants.
4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating!
(It's my sexy bookshelf :P) Ok - Alison's Wonderland (Alison Tyler), Zombie Exterminators (Sommer Marsden), Melt With You (Alison Tyler), A Little Night Music (Sarah Dale), and Sex Dreams and Symbols (Dr Pam Spurr). And no I'm not kissing up. LOL.
5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
Takeout. That's how my ass got to be this big.
6. Favorite meal to cook?
Chicken fingers (baked not fried). Believe me when I tell you that they're awesome cold the next day.
7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
Ummm...wow - this one is tricky. As a little kid, The Great Space Coaster. As I got older, Silver Spoons. And I've been a WWF (now WWE) fan since I was eight.
8. Favorite TV show now?
Would have to say that I never miss an episode of The Vampire Diaries - or Supernatural. Sorry, couldn't choose just one.
9. Best teacher you ever had…
Terry Bland - grade eleven media
10. What did they teach you?
How to look beyond what the media is shoving in our faces. How to read deeper into a story, and look beyond the shadows to find the truth in everything.
11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about.
Pushed my mother against a wall. Definitely one of the worst moments of my life.
12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about.
I'd like to say something wonderfully original and fantastic, but the truth is that I've done nothing ... so far.
13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
Styx hoodie
14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Used to be vampires, but there's been some great arguments in favour of the werewolf camp. So kind of torn right now.
15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to?
My father and every lesson and bit of wisdom he left behind.
16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
Yes, I wrote some things that hurt people that I love very much. Even though they were fiction, they were taken for reality.
17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down?
I used to make myself finish books, but now I just put it down. Time is too short and there are so many amazing books out there to waste time on crap.
18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all?
If I read something that's terrible, if I can find something that's positive about it, then I'll review it. I won't give it five stars or praise what's not there. But everyone needs positive affirmations in their lives. Someone created that. And to completely discourage someone's creativity is a sin. (Sorry - bit of a babble)
19. Do you read reviews of your work?
It's not that often that I get reviewed, and since I've only been published in anthologies, I'll take what I can get. LOL. Yes I read them, and I'm grateful for every one of them.20. Red wine or white wine?
White. Red gives me headaches, as unfortunate as that is.
Once told that ‘Life is too short to live in beige.’ Angell Brooks lives in technicolour dreams as often as possible. Translating that into naughty tales to titillate and tease is a challenge she gladly accepts on a daily basis. When the voices in her head decide to give her a break, she sees her city as an adventure to be taken – the live music, the theatres, the clubs and pubs and interesting people all around. There is never a dull moment, and she embraces it with truth and love. Find her in anthologies by Cleis, Harlequin and December Ink Press.
Blog: http://mizadventurez.blogspot.comTwitter: @angellz
April 9, 2013
Super fast blog today...
Am running out the door. Wanted to just pop in and say hubba and also hubba. Might need to watch more than 15 minutes of this here show Vikings.
Have a beautiful, braided, strong, sexy, huge...um...day!
XOXO
Sommer
Have a beautiful, braided, strong, sexy, huge...um...day!
XOXO
Sommer
April 8, 2013
"And the final tale in the collection, Sommer Marsden's “Magdalene,”...
... left me close to tears."
I'm beyond honored and immensely pleased to hear the nice things Lisabet Sarai had to say about my story Magdalene which appears in Geek Love edited by Shanna Germain and Janine Ashbless. It's reviews like this one that keep me plugging along in the writing life. So thanks to Lisabet and Erotica Revealed for taking the time to review. Read the full review HERE, she had a lot of wonderful things to say! And check out the book if you can. I cannot wait to get my copy in my hot little hands.
XOXO
Sommer
April 5, 2013
I find books stimulating too...
Thanks to a recent post by Alison Tyler I went ahead and ordered myself a copy of Carrie's Story
. Somehow, I've never read it before! I am feeling so poorly I might allow myself to nest and read this weekend. Sadly, it will probably be tissues and cough drops curling up as opposed to hot and sexy curling up, but hey, you can't win them all.What are you reading this weekend?
XOXO
Sommer photo credit: Mandee Carter via photopin cc
April 4, 2013
Under the Weather...
So I'm giving you something pretty to look at :)
Don't forget that there's some fun stuff going on for #Gaypril at the Xcite blog and right now. You can tweet me at @sommer_marsden and tell me what animal you'd choose if you were a shifter (I'll choose my faves), you can tweet me questions, you can...win stuff! (See a few blogs down. Ya know, the one with the big rainbow :} ). Also, Restless Spirit is on special on Amazon for 99 cents! That's a whole lot of erotic novel for less than a buck. Grab yours before it goes back to the regular Kindle price.
And that's all the energy I have. Have a lovely Thursday. Send tissues! Send cough drops! Send someone to take this damn cold away :P
XOXO
Sommer
Don't forget that there's some fun stuff going on for #Gaypril at the Xcite blog and right now. You can tweet me at @sommer_marsden and tell me what animal you'd choose if you were a shifter (I'll choose my faves), you can tweet me questions, you can...win stuff! (See a few blogs down. Ya know, the one with the big rainbow :} ). Also, Restless Spirit is on special on Amazon for 99 cents! That's a whole lot of erotic novel for less than a buck. Grab yours before it goes back to the regular Kindle price.
And that's all the energy I have. Have a lovely Thursday. Send tissues! Send cough drops! Send someone to take this damn cold away :P
XOXO
Sommer
April 3, 2013
20 Questions with Rose Caraway: "...the most challenging and exciting thing that I have personally done is participate in an MMA cage fight."
On today's 20 Questions I hope you'll all welcome Rose Caraway. She has a dreamy voice, a great big heart and is just too nice to even describe. So read about her in her own words/answers.
XOXO
Sommer
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Rose Caraway is a native Northern California writer, narrator and podcaster on the hit show “ The Kiss Me Quick’s” , an erotica podcast. Her writings predominantly showcase her sex-positive approach to life, as well as her commitment to both feminism and masculinism. She encourages listeners to accept that sexuality is the cornerstone of a happy healthy existance. Being a staunch supporter of the LGBT community, she believes that people of all genders and orientations should be considered complementary and interdependent and necessary for a truly healthy and functional society. In addition to writing, Rose’s other passions revolve around keeping an active lifestyle, and a deep love of music and its many incarnations. She is immersed in the martial arts and has earned a Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. She also studies and practices, Brazilian Jujitsu, Krav Maga and Mixed Martial Arts.
You can contact Rose Caraway here: iTunes Email:thekissmequicks@gmail.comWebsite: thekissmequicks.com Facebook: Rose Caraway Facebook Fan Page: The Kiss Me Quicks
XOXO
Sommer
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Rose Caraway is a native Northern California writer, narrator and podcaster on the hit show “ The Kiss Me Quick’s” , an erotica podcast. Her writings predominantly showcase her sex-positive approach to life, as well as her commitment to both feminism and masculinism. She encourages listeners to accept that sexuality is the cornerstone of a happy healthy existance. Being a staunch supporter of the LGBT community, she believes that people of all genders and orientations should be considered complementary and interdependent and necessary for a truly healthy and functional society. In addition to writing, Rose’s other passions revolve around keeping an active lifestyle, and a deep love of music and its many incarnations. She is immersed in the martial arts and has earned a Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. She also studies and practices, Brazilian Jujitsu, Krav Maga and Mixed Martial Arts.
You can contact Rose Caraway here: iTunes Email:thekissmequicks@gmail.comWebsite: thekissmequicks.com Facebook: Rose Caraway Facebook Fan Page: The Kiss Me Quicks
