Giselle Renarde's Blog, page 75
April 22, 2014
Need a sunny beach vacation? Grab Bali Nights. Now!
I've been holding off announcing the existence of my new novel until it's available in print at Amazon, but I can't keep quiet anymore. The ebook is up, and it's available for a great price, so I'm going to tell you about it. Right now!Bali Nights is a novel published by Xcite Books. It's the longest book I've ever written. It's not just BBW travel erotica. It's not just a multicultural erotic romance. It is true LGBT fiction--with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (or, at least, genderqueer/non-normative) content. If you're looking for a sunny beach read after this long winter we've had, Bali Nights is it!
I wrote Bali Nights for two main reasons:
A few years ago, I saw a really interesting documentary about Bali's "Beach Boys." Beach Boys are male prostitutes who cater to... women! Yes, women. I found that endlessly fascinating, because you don't hear much about women paying for sex. Seems like the stuff of fiction, right? The first ebook I ever wrote was an MMFF menage novelette called The Birthday Gift. It's a queer multicultural sunny summer travel erotic romance. Right off the bat, it was a fan favourite. Eight or so years later it's still a strong seller! In the back of my mind, I always kind of thought I should write another MMFF type book. Well, Bali Nights is that book: LGBT fiction, erotic romance, BBW multicultural travel erotica... the list goes on!
Erotic romance by Giselle Renarde explores lust and sexual fantasies on the sandy shores of Bali...
Do Beach Boys really exist? They’re said to be hot young surfers who sell their bodies on the sandy shores of Bali—and not to other men, oh no. Beach Boys specialize in seducing women.
According to Kimmy, Beach Boys are not only real, but they’re Bali’s top tourist attraction. And she should know, considering she hired one last time she vacationed there. How she convinced co-worker Shandra to fly halfway around the world just to pay a guy for sex, Shandra will never know… until their first day in Bali, when she falls for Man: tall, dark, handsome, and on the make.
There’s something different about Man—he’s nothing like the guys back home. Shandra can tell him things she’s never shared with anyone, shed her inhibitions, and abandon herself to the best sex of her life. Now she understands why Kimmy was so anxious to return to her Beach Boy, Budi.
With Man’s encouragement, Shandra surrenders to a lust for men (and women) she’s long denied. But there’s more to a Beach Boy than meets the eye. Are Budi and Man really as trustworthy as Shandra and Kimmy think, or will their secrets shatter the girls forever?
I invite you to pick up a copy of Bali Nights right now, because I'm not sure how long the ebook's going to stay at $2.99. That's an incredible price for a full-length novel!
Grab it at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bali-Nights-Giselle-Renarde-ebook/dp/B00JG89N46
or B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bali-nights-giselle-renarde/1118702889?ean=9781783754472
***Giselle Renarde is an award-winning Canadian author and contributor to more than 100 short story anthologies from such diverse publishers as Chicken Soup for the Soul, Oxford University Press, Simon and Schuster, and Cleis Press. Her book The Red Satin Collection won Best Transgender Romance in the 2012 Rainbow Awards. Giselle loves a geeky girl and lives with two bilingual cats.
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Canada just got hotter!
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Published on April 22, 2014 18:03
April 20, 2014
The Best BDSM Erotica Series
I've got treats!
For the last few years I've been contributing short stories to "Best of" anthologies like Best Bondage Erotica. Since BDSM's so hot right now I figured, hey, why not publish these babies at a value price so the whole world can grab a copy?
The first three "Best BDSM Erotica" ebooks are already on the market, and you know what? They're only $0.99 each!
Forgotten Bodies
Spanking erotica from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.
After three kids and many, many years of marriage, there's plenty of love between Susan and her husband Anthony. Only one problem: Susan lost her libido, and she's convinced she'll never get it back. She's afraid to tell her husband. Anthony's aged incredibly well—he’s more handsome now than he was when they met. If she doesn't satisfy his desires, she’s afraid he’ll find someone who will. But when Anthony surprises her with a spanking, will Susan find a new route to arousal?
As a bonus feature, get a bondage story, The Golden Ruler, absolutely free!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JPJPKPW
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/429134
All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-forgottenbodies-1478980-147.html
An Appreciation for Beautiful Things
Bondage erotica from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.
Dell's mother-in-law is convinced he's gay. That doesn't bother him. So what if he has an appreciation for beautiful things? Why should beauty be a gay guy's exclusive domain? What does irk Dell is that every time his wife Genevieve gets off the phone with her mother, she seems a little swayed by family opinion. Dell's got nothing to prove. Tying her up, spanking her, making her scream for mercy--he doesn't do these things to prove that he's straight. He binds her wrists and smacks her with an antique hairbrush because he just loves taking charge.
As a bonus feature, get a bondage story, The Golden Ruler, absolutely free!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JRC8U4K
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/429813
All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-anappreciationforbeautifulthings-1479509-147.html
Suffer
Femdom erotica from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.
Every Sunday, Rex visits a professional dominatrix, hoping her particular brand of punishment will alleviate his guilt. For a while now, Rex has been cheating on his wife with a younger woman. Despite his incessant remorse, he can't bear to leave the girl or confess his misdeeds. Instead, he employs a Domme to spank away his heavy emotional burden… and Mei-Xing knows what Rex needs even better than he does.
As a bonus feature, get a bondage story, Dry Rub, absolutely free!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JSYTI7K
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/430413
All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sufferfemdombdsmerotica-1482889-362.htmlGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
For the last few years I've been contributing short stories to "Best of" anthologies like Best Bondage Erotica. Since BDSM's so hot right now I figured, hey, why not publish these babies at a value price so the whole world can grab a copy?
The first three "Best BDSM Erotica" ebooks are already on the market, and you know what? They're only $0.99 each!
Forgotten Bodies
Spanking erotica from award-winning author Giselle Renarde. After three kids and many, many years of marriage, there's plenty of love between Susan and her husband Anthony. Only one problem: Susan lost her libido, and she's convinced she'll never get it back. She's afraid to tell her husband. Anthony's aged incredibly well—he’s more handsome now than he was when they met. If she doesn't satisfy his desires, she’s afraid he’ll find someone who will. But when Anthony surprises her with a spanking, will Susan find a new route to arousal?
As a bonus feature, get a bondage story, The Golden Ruler, absolutely free!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JPJPKPW
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/429134
All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-forgottenbodies-1478980-147.html
An Appreciation for Beautiful Things
Bondage erotica from award-winning author Giselle Renarde. Dell's mother-in-law is convinced he's gay. That doesn't bother him. So what if he has an appreciation for beautiful things? Why should beauty be a gay guy's exclusive domain? What does irk Dell is that every time his wife Genevieve gets off the phone with her mother, she seems a little swayed by family opinion. Dell's got nothing to prove. Tying her up, spanking her, making her scream for mercy--he doesn't do these things to prove that he's straight. He binds her wrists and smacks her with an antique hairbrush because he just loves taking charge.
As a bonus feature, get a bondage story, The Golden Ruler, absolutely free!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JRC8U4K
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/429813
All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-anappreciationforbeautifulthings-1479509-147.html
Suffer
Femdom erotica from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.Every Sunday, Rex visits a professional dominatrix, hoping her particular brand of punishment will alleviate his guilt. For a while now, Rex has been cheating on his wife with a younger woman. Despite his incessant remorse, he can't bear to leave the girl or confess his misdeeds. Instead, he employs a Domme to spank away his heavy emotional burden… and Mei-Xing knows what Rex needs even better than he does.
As a bonus feature, get a bondage story, Dry Rub, absolutely free!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JSYTI7K
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/430413
All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sufferfemdombdsmerotica-1482889-362.htmlGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 20, 2014 22:30
April 14, 2014
Available for the first time as an #ebook: The Therapist and the Whore
A short story from the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology Take Me There: trans and genderqueer erotica.Manny never tells anyone the full truth. Her therapist Liesl doesn't know she started binding her breasts and stopped correcting people when they call her "Sir." Her girlfriend Danica doesn't know she's been sleeping with a transsexual prostitute named Star. Manny identifies as a butch dyke, so why isn’t she acting like one?
With intense emotional attachments to a girlfriend, a therapist, and a whore, Manny's situation is complex. She can't juggle these three women anymore… but how can she choose between them?
Excerpt:
It felt nice to be soaped up by Star, naked, skin to skin. As Star ran suds down her ass crack, Manny mulled over her compounded lies. “I told Liesl Danica won’t look at me naked. I don’t know why.” She stared at the faint reflection of her dark skin in the white tile.
With a lilting giggle, Star rubbed the soap from Manny’s cheeks. “Classic case of shifting the blame. You feel guilty for hiding your body from your girlfriend. You feel guilty for being here with me. If you pretend it’s Danica who won’t look at you, you have your perfect excuse.”
“But I know it’s not true.”
“It becomes true the second you tell Dr. Liesl. You believe everything you say to her. When you lie to her, you’re lying to yourself.”
As warm water coursed across her flesh, the sudden insight brought Manny to a new level of nudity. Star washed and dried her, bound her tits and helped her on with her clothes.
Buy now from: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JNKEJ7IUK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00JNKEJ7ISmashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/428323All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thetherapistandthewhore-1477918-358.html
***Other titles in the Transgender and Genderqueer Erotic Romance series include:
Friends of DorothyDressing for DinnerThird RailA Wolf in Grandmother’s ClothingEclipse the StarsLicorneSpring FeverEverybody KnowsGlitter in the Gutter…and more!
***
Giselle Renarde is a queer Canadian, avid volunteer, and contributor to more than 100 short story anthologies, including Best Women’s Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Bondage Erotica, and Best Lesbian Romance. Ms Renarde has written dozens of juicy books, including Anonymous, Ondine, and Nanny State. Her book The Red Satin Collection won Best Transgender Romance in the 2012 Rainbow Awards. Giselle lives across from a park with two bilingual cats who sleep on her head.
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 14, 2014 20:10
April 12, 2014
Saturday Night Smut: She’s My Best Friend’s GILF
Jesse’s never been with a woman, but not for lacking of wanting! He just gets nervous thinking what he’d do with a girl, if he ever found himself alone with one. When Jesse visits his best friend one Sunday afternoon, Brad’s not home—but someone else is. Brad told Jesse his grandmother was staying at his house while recovering from surgery. What Brad didn’t mention was that his cougar GILF grandma got a boob job!
Bonnie loves younger men, and she can’t wait to show off her big new breasts. When Jesse shows up at the door and nobody else is home, the sexy granny takes her opportunity to pounce. But will Jesse be up to the task? Or will the inexperienced young man come before he’s called?
She’s My Best Friend’s GILF (Grandma Got A Boob Job!) is a first time short by Vulgaria’s sweetheart, Lexi Wood!
EXCERPT:
“Brad told me his gramma’s been staying with him, but I’ve never met her.”
“Sure you have,” the woman said, extending a hand to shake his. “Well, now you have. I’m Bonnie. You must be Jesse.”
Jesse gawped. “You’re not Brad’s grandmother!”
She smiled and tossed her hair behind her shoulder, showing off her massive breasts. “Well, sure I am. Why wouldn’t I be?”
“You’re just too… I mean, you’re so… I mean, you look nothing like my grandma!”
When Bonnie laughed, her big boobs bounced inside her tight, low-cut top. That hot pink colour glowed against her tan skin. She certainly didn’t look like a woman who was recovering from surgery.
“Well, come on in.” She wrapped her fingers around his wrist and drew him into the house. “I’ll make you a sandwich.”
“You will?”
She cocked her head as she led him into the kitchen. Jesse wasn’t sure what aroused his senses more: the promise of food, or the insinuation of Gramma’s giggles.
Buy Now!Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JN90HVGSmashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/428281All Romance Ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-she039smybestfriend039sgilf-1477915-356.html
Coming soon to more vendors!
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 12, 2014 21:28
April 11, 2014
Oubliette is Back! Get your Lesbian Ghost Story Threesome Now!
Miranda and Saba always fight on vacation. They even miss the ghost walk at their castle cum luxury resort hotel because they're too busy arguing. When they stumble upon a mysterious woman in need of help, there's no staff around, so the couple brings Oubliette to their room. Where did this strange girl come from? Why is she so dirty? What's with the clothing that went out of fashion three hundred years ago? And does Oubliette have the power to reunite two lovers who’ve been at each other's throats all night?
Read an Excerpt from Oubliette:
“I’m not wearing the right shoes for this,” Saba objected while Miranda coasted down the gravel path.
“You’ll be fine. They can’t have gone too far. Wow, it’s really dark out here.”
“Nice to get out of the city,” Saba said. “No light pollution.”
Miranda was about to say, “I’m so glad we came here,” when she heard the crack of a branch underfoot. Saba must have heard it too, because they stopped in their tracks at precisely the same moment. It happened again: footsteps in the wooded area beyond the path. Miranda grabbed Saba’s arm and squeezed.
“I’m all goosebumpy,” Saba whispered.
“Yeah, me too.” Miranda clung even harder to Saba’s arm. “Do you think it’s an animal?”
“No, it sounds too big.” Saba raised her voice to call out, “Hello! Is anybody there?”
Miranda had never listened so hard in her life.
“We’re not too far from the castle,” Saba said softly. “Why don’t we head back?”
“No, I want to find out what it is.” Miranda crouched down and aimed her flashlight into the bush. Even fully illuminated, the greenery looked dark. It was thick enough that she couldn’t see what was making those noises. Probably just a skunk. She’d laugh if that’s what it turned out to be. Laugh, and run.
And then another noise, a murmur. Like a baby. She strained to hear where it was coming from, or even what it was, but her heart thundered in her ears. It was hard to hear anything else.
Saba squeezed her shoulder, digging sharp nails into her flesh. “We have to go in there. Somebody’s hurt.”
“You think?” Miranda pried apart the branches she couldn’t see past.
She jumped when her flashlight caught a pair of eyes.
***
Get your copy now!
BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/oubliette-giselle-renarde/1119059254?ean=2940045799997
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/424122
All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-oublietteaneroticlesbianghoststory-1466123-182.html
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JF6P6DG
Coffee Time Romance: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookStore/pubs_product_book_info/indie-authors-giselle-renarde-c-152_193/oubliette-p-12074
Giselle Renarde is a queer Canadian, avid volunteer, and contributor to more than 100 short story anthologies, including Best Women’s Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Bondage Erotica, and Best Lesbian Romance. Ms Renarde has written dozens of juicy books, including Anonymous, Ondine, and Nanny State. Her book The Red Satin Collection won Best Transgender Romance in the 2012 Rainbow Awards. Giselle lives across from a park with two bilingual cats who sleep on her head. Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 11, 2014 22:36
April 10, 2014
#ebooks in the Audrey and Lawrence Adultery Erotica series are ON SALE for $0.99
Just a super-quick post to let you know that all 7 individual ebooks in the Audrey and Lawrence Adultery Erotica series are now on sale for $0.99 at Amazon!
I've written previously about how adultery has kind of become the last taboo. When it comes to what erotica readers want, a man cheating on his wife with a pretty young thing generally comes in last place. But I like it (because I've lived it) and if you like it too, this is a sale you can really sink your teeth into: older man, younger woman... jealousy and sex.
Burgundy Ropes and Voltaire is a great example--bondage, emotional torment, a cat.
There are 7 ebooks in all, plus the anthology with all... hmm... I think there are 12 stories in total? But the complete collection costs a little more than $0.99.
To find these stories at Amazon, switch your search settings to "Kindle Store" and then search Audrey and Lawrence Adultery Erotica.
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
I've written previously about how adultery has kind of become the last taboo. When it comes to what erotica readers want, a man cheating on his wife with a pretty young thing generally comes in last place. But I like it (because I've lived it) and if you like it too, this is a sale you can really sink your teeth into: older man, younger woman... jealousy and sex.Burgundy Ropes and Voltaire is a great example--bondage, emotional torment, a cat.
There are 7 ebooks in all, plus the anthology with all... hmm... I think there are 12 stories in total? But the complete collection costs a little more than $0.99.
To find these stories at Amazon, switch your search settings to "Kindle Store" and then search Audrey and Lawrence Adultery Erotica.
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 10, 2014 11:08
April 9, 2014
#LitFic #ebook Introductory Sale! Only $0.99 for Ugly Naked People and Other Stories
I want you to run, run like the wind, to get your copy of my new literary fiction collection, Ugly Naked People and Other Stories, published by Untreed Reads.
If the title "Ugly Naked People" sounds familiar, it should. It's a well-received lesbian eating disorder short that's been on the market since 2010. Thanks to everyone who gave it a five-star review! I know you're not used to me writing anything that's not hot-hot-hot, but I can do it. Oh, you think I can't? Well, just buy a copy of this ebook. I'll show you!
Ugly Naked People has been bundled with four other stories and they're all a little different. I can't say, "They're all about X." Four stories are queer fiction, but one is a straight romance about older adults. Actually, there's another story about older adults, too--in Dennis and Dad, the main character is concerned that his gay father might be in the early stages of Alzheimer's. And even the three lesbian stories are pretty diverse. I mean, two are contemporary fiction and the other is an Inuit horror story!
This is a solid grouping of fiction, and for $0.99 you can NOT go wrong!
Ugly Naked People and Other Stories
by Giselle Renarde
From humor to horror and erotica to literary fiction, Giselle Renarde knows how to capture the LGBT (and straight) experience. Collected here, for the first time, are the short stories from this prolific author that have been previously published by Untreed Reads. We're sure you'll find something within its pages that will pique your interest and make you look at the world a little differently.
This collection includes:
Ugly Naked People
Mahaha's Victims
Nobody Gets Lucky
Dennis and Dad
Love Again
Grab it NOW:
The Untreed Reads Store: http://goo.gl/YwuLQe
Amazon: http://mybook.to/unp (this is a universal link for Amazon and will take every reader to the correct store for their country)Apple's iBookstore: http://goo.gl/lvtXoRBarnes and Noble: http://goo.gl/kUQBxDKobo: http://goo.gl/67Q9dCGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
If the title "Ugly Naked People" sounds familiar, it should. It's a well-received lesbian eating disorder short that's been on the market since 2010. Thanks to everyone who gave it a five-star review! I know you're not used to me writing anything that's not hot-hot-hot, but I can do it. Oh, you think I can't? Well, just buy a copy of this ebook. I'll show you!Ugly Naked People has been bundled with four other stories and they're all a little different. I can't say, "They're all about X." Four stories are queer fiction, but one is a straight romance about older adults. Actually, there's another story about older adults, too--in Dennis and Dad, the main character is concerned that his gay father might be in the early stages of Alzheimer's. And even the three lesbian stories are pretty diverse. I mean, two are contemporary fiction and the other is an Inuit horror story!
This is a solid grouping of fiction, and for $0.99 you can NOT go wrong!
Ugly Naked People and Other Stories
by Giselle Renarde
From humor to horror and erotica to literary fiction, Giselle Renarde knows how to capture the LGBT (and straight) experience. Collected here, for the first time, are the short stories from this prolific author that have been previously published by Untreed Reads. We're sure you'll find something within its pages that will pique your interest and make you look at the world a little differently.
This collection includes:
Ugly Naked People
Mahaha's Victims
Nobody Gets Lucky
Dennis and Dad
Love Again
Grab it NOW:
The Untreed Reads Store: http://goo.gl/YwuLQe
Amazon: http://mybook.to/unp (this is a universal link for Amazon and will take every reader to the correct store for their country)Apple's iBookstore: http://goo.gl/lvtXoRBarnes and Noble: http://goo.gl/kUQBxDKobo: http://goo.gl/67Q9dCGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 09, 2014 21:14
April 7, 2014
Deadline Extended: Angels in America (No! That's wrong--it's "Angels in Our Midst")
Sorry. Had to get a little queer reference in there. I think I posted this call for submissions last year, but the deadline's been extended and the Chicken Soup people emailed it around again, so they're obviously keen. I've got nothing. No angels over here. How about you?
Oh, also, looks like they've recently changed their website. Here's the direct link to their "Submit Your Story" page, so you don't have to go searching for it: http://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/submit-your-story
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels in Our Midst101 Miraculous Stories of Faith, Divine Intervention, and Answered Prayers
PLEASE NOTE TITLE CHANGE from My Guardian Angel
If you have already submitted a story for either My Guardian Angel or for Angels in Our Midst, we have it — please do not resubmit!
Celestial, otherworldly, heavenly. Whatever the term, sometimes there is no Earthly explanation for what we experience and a higher power is clearly at work. People see angels in various forms: heavenly, human, animal, and others.
If you have had a personal experience with an angel, please submit your story. We are looking for stories of true wonder and awe from people who have directly encountered or received help from angels. How did your angel protect you or someone you know? How did your angel help you or someone you know? How did your angel manifest himself or herself?
This book is for everyone who has a story, whether religious or non-religious. Please note that we are not looking for stories about people who are "angels" because they do nice things, and also please do not submit eulogies about a loved one who has died and is now an "angel."
Here are some possible story topics, but we know you can think of more:
• Angel visitations
• Divine protection and guardian angels
• Miraculous recoveries
• Messages from an angel
• Prayers answered by an angel
• Receiving support from angels or spirits
• Angel intervention
• Receiving guidance or lessons from angels
• Interactions with angels
• Receiving news or warnings from angels
Please remember, we do not like "as told to" stories. Write in the first person about yourself or someone close to you. If you ghostwrite a story for someone else we will list his or her name as the author. If a story was previously published, we will probably not use it unless it ran in a small circulation venue. Let us know where the story was previously published in the "Comments" section of the submission form. If the story was published in a past Chicken Soup for the Soul book, please do not submit it. We do not reuse stories.
If your story is chosen, you will be a published author and your bio will be printed in the book if you so choose. You will also receive a check for $200 and 10 free copies of your book, which lists at $14.95. You will retain the copyright for your story and you will retain the right to resell it.
SUBMISSIONS GO TO OUR WEBSITE.http://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/submit-your-story
The deadline for story and poem submissions was extended and is now May 15, 2014. The book will be published in October 2014.Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Oh, also, looks like they've recently changed their website. Here's the direct link to their "Submit Your Story" page, so you don't have to go searching for it: http://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/submit-your-story
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels in Our Midst101 Miraculous Stories of Faith, Divine Intervention, and Answered Prayers
PLEASE NOTE TITLE CHANGE from My Guardian Angel
If you have already submitted a story for either My Guardian Angel or for Angels in Our Midst, we have it — please do not resubmit!
Celestial, otherworldly, heavenly. Whatever the term, sometimes there is no Earthly explanation for what we experience and a higher power is clearly at work. People see angels in various forms: heavenly, human, animal, and others.
If you have had a personal experience with an angel, please submit your story. We are looking for stories of true wonder and awe from people who have directly encountered or received help from angels. How did your angel protect you or someone you know? How did your angel help you or someone you know? How did your angel manifest himself or herself?
This book is for everyone who has a story, whether religious or non-religious. Please note that we are not looking for stories about people who are "angels" because they do nice things, and also please do not submit eulogies about a loved one who has died and is now an "angel."
Here are some possible story topics, but we know you can think of more:
• Angel visitations
• Divine protection and guardian angels
• Miraculous recoveries
• Messages from an angel
• Prayers answered by an angel
• Receiving support from angels or spirits
• Angel intervention
• Receiving guidance or lessons from angels
• Interactions with angels
• Receiving news or warnings from angels
Please remember, we do not like "as told to" stories. Write in the first person about yourself or someone close to you. If you ghostwrite a story for someone else we will list his or her name as the author. If a story was previously published, we will probably not use it unless it ran in a small circulation venue. Let us know where the story was previously published in the "Comments" section of the submission form. If the story was published in a past Chicken Soup for the Soul book, please do not submit it. We do not reuse stories.
If your story is chosen, you will be a published author and your bio will be printed in the book if you so choose. You will also receive a check for $200 and 10 free copies of your book, which lists at $14.95. You will retain the copyright for your story and you will retain the right to resell it.
SUBMISSIONS GO TO OUR WEBSITE.http://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/submit-your-story
The deadline for story and poem submissions was extended and is now May 15, 2014. The book will be published in October 2014.Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
Published on April 07, 2014 22:51
April 6, 2014
Why I Want to Write a Book About Depression (also, I need your help!)
A few months ago, I was sitting in my grandmother’s living room with my sister Leslie, my mother and, of course, Grandma herself. That day, my grandmother told Leslie and me a family secret that had been buried so deep we’d never heard it before. We’d never even heard whispers about it.
The family secret involved family violence and mental illness. It involved my mother’s siblings being removed from their parents’ custody, divided up, and temporarily placed in orphanages, institutions, and a predecessor of the current foster care system.
My mother had never told us she’d been in foster care as a child. If my grandmother hadn’t brought it up that day, I’m sure Leslie and I would never have found out. As far as my mother was concerned, it was a memory she’d rather forget. As she put it, “What happened in the past has no bearing on the present.” She wanted her shame to remain a secret, even from her own children. Mom was not happy with Grandma for telling us.
“We’ve gone too long not talking about these things,” my grandmother said. “It’s been almost sixty years of pretending these things never happened.”
And then she brought me into the conversation, saying, “Giselle had the right idea when she saw a therapist in university. She needed to talk to someone, so she did. That’s the healthy approach.”
My mother was livid. She shouted, “Don’t you ever mention Giselle’s therapy again!”
I looked around the room. There were only the four of us, and we all knew I’d been severely depressed as a young adult. I asked my mother, “Why don’t you want her talking about my therapy? It’s not a secret. It’s not something I’m ashamed of.”
My mother snapped, “Well, you should be!”
The room went silent—that heavy sort of silence that sits on your chest, making it hard to breathe.
“Why should she be ashamed?” my grandmother asked. “She needed help and she got help. That’s admirable, if you ask me.”
“No, it’s not,” my mother said. “When you go around saying you’re depressed, you’re in therapy, who’s everybody going to blame? The mother! Everyone will think it’s my fault.”
“Who is everyone?” my sister asked, after keeping quiet for a long time. “There are only four of us in the room and we all know.”
My mother said, “I don’t want to talk about this.”
And that pretty much shut down the conversation.
Though I don’t think it’s a healthy attitude, I can understand my mother’s fearful defensiveness. If anything, it made me sad for her. Maybe she’ll never be able to stretch her emotional boundaries wide enough to discuss her past. But to shut me down so adamantly, and to insist that I muzzle my experience with depression? It was jarring, to say the least.
That’s why I’ve decided to write a book about living with depression. Not to spite my mother, though I kind of see how it might come across that way. No, she’s welcome to feel ashamed on my behalf, if she so chooses. Writing this book is important to me because I don’t want other people to feel ashamed of their depression. Being depressed is bad enough without being shamed for it!
My depression peaked when I was in my late teens and early twenties, but it never went away. I still live with depression. Though I’m no longer seeking therapy to cope with day-to-day life, I find that talking to other people helps tremendously.
I’m sure I’m not the only person in the world who’s been chastised by a loved one for admitting I’m depressed. Fortunately, I have a partner who understands depression intimately, because she’s experienced those lows too. I can’t overstate how much it helps to have someone in my life who gets it because she’s been there.
That’s what makes this book so important to me. I’m not a psychologist (I failed out of the psychology program at the University of Toronto—I was too depressed for success!), but I am a writer, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from spending time around other writers, it’s that a lot of us are depressed.
We battle depression. We live with depression. We cope with depression. We all have our own takes on how it interacts with our lives, and how we interact with it, but with fifteen years of depression under my belt, I’ve learned that sharing and communication makes a huge difference.
But I can’t do this on my own. I need feedback from other writers—other writers who are now or who have in the past been depressed. If you’ve got experience with depression, I need your opinions. I’ve written out some questions and included them in this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8SQ7RJC
You can fill it out anonymously, or leave me your author name and bio for attribution. If you fill in your email address, I’ll be only too pleased to send you a copy of the book when it’s written—though, realistically, this book’s going to take a while to compile and compose. I can’t write this book without your input, so I express my humblest gratitude in advance. Thank you for your time and opinions!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8SQ7RJC
(And if you think of any other questions you'd like answered in this book, please put them in the comments and I'll do up another survey. SurveyMonkey only lets me ask 10 questions at a time because I'm cheap and I only have a "basic" account. Basic is code for free. LOL)
Thanks again,Giselle Giselle Renarde
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Published on April 06, 2014 15:42
April 4, 2014
Not sure if I'm supposed to know about this... so shhh!
Hi. Come here. Come close. Why am I whispering? Because I'm not sure if I'm supposed to know that my novel Bali Nights, published my the inimitable Xcite Books, appears to be available at Amazon. Here:
I had a hell of a time finding Bali Nights, so I'm assuming it's been "adult filtered" (meaning it doesn't show up in general searches). But, here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Bali-Nights-Giselle-Renarde-ebook/dp/B00JG89N46/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1396641689&sr=1-2&keywords=bali+nights. Only you and I know about it. And, considering it's the longest book I've ever written (like 65,000 words or something), $2.99 for the ebook is a ridiculously low price.
Anyway, keep it under your hat. Shhh!
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/ero...
I had a hell of a time finding Bali Nights, so I'm assuming it's been "adult filtered" (meaning it doesn't show up in general searches). But, here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Bali-Nights-Giselle-Renarde-ebook/dp/B00JG89N46/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1396641689&sr=1-2&keywords=bali+nights. Only you and I know about it. And, considering it's the longest book I've ever written (like 65,000 words or something), $2.99 for the ebook is a ridiculously low price.
Anyway, keep it under your hat. Shhh!
BALI NIGHTS
Erotic romance by Giselle Renarde explores lust and sexual fantasies on the sandy shores of Bali...
Do Beach Boys really exist? They’re said to be hot young surfers who sell their bodies on the sandy shores of Bali—and not to other men, oh no. Beach Boys specialize in seducing women.
According to Kimmy, Beach Boys are not only real, but they’re Bali’s top tourist attraction. And she should know, considering she hired one last time she vacationed there. How she convinced co-worker Shandra to fly halfway around the world just to pay a guy for sex, Shandra will never know… until their first day in Bali, when she falls for Man: tall, dark, handsome, and on the make.
There’s something different about Man—he’s nothing like the guys back home. Shandra can tell him things she’s never shared with anyone, shed her inhibitions, and abandon herself to the best sex of her life. Now she understands why Kimmy was so anxious to return to her Beach Boy, Budi.
With Man’s encouragement, Shandra surrenders to a lust for men (and women) she’s long denied. But there’s more to a Beach Boy than meets the eye. Are Budi and Man really as trustworthy as Shandra and Kimmy think, or will their secrets shatter the girls forever?
Giselle Renarde
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Published on April 04, 2014 13:09


