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July 1, 2014
Happy Canada Day!
For all my lovely Canadian friends. I’m sure he’s listening to your national anthem.
Filed under: Holiday Tagged: Canada, Canada Day, Sexy Men
June 30, 2014
Sent!
I just hit the send button on a submission to one of my publishers today – a contemporary romance titled, A KISS IN THE DARK. God, that felt good! Hopefully there will be champagne in my near future!
Filed under: News, Writing Tagged: A Kiss in the Dark, Contemporary Romance, Lisa Fox, Sexy Men, Submissions, Writing
June 29, 2014
Sunday Snippet
Here is a snippet from my free read, WISH UPON A STAR.
Alyssa collected her coat and stepped out into the cold. The sky was clear for a change and one, lone, brilliant star shone like a beacon in the dark night. It was a star made for wishing upon and Alyssa laughed to herself, realizing that it wasn’t a star at all, but rather Venus.
“Star light, star bright,” she whispered, and then with a rueful smile, dropped her gaze to the concrete sidewalk. This was silly. Besides, what would she wish for anyway? She looked back up at the star and took a deep breath. “I wish I could have someone who actually wanted to be with me.”
You can read the whole thing FOR FREE right here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/130848
Filed under: Sex God Sunday Tagged: Erotic Romance, Free Read, Nice Ass, Sexy Men, Valentine's Day, Wish Upon A Star
June 28, 2014
June 27, 2014
Write the Written Fireside Opening Paragraph!
HARPER IMPULSE is hosting an incredible contest!
To enter, leave your first paragraph in the comments on the Harper Impulse blog. We’ll pick our favorite starting paragraph and a lovely group of authors will each write their own story that starts with your beginning. The anthology of short stories will be released just in time for Christmas, with a full credit to you for starting it, with a link back to your website, social media, or other writing.
Enter now and join the fun!
Competition: Join the Written Fireside!
Filed under: News, Writing Tagged: Christmas By The Fire, Contest, Harper Impulse, Writing, Written Fireside
June 26, 2014
June 25, 2014
Attack of the Woodwose by Selena Cooper
BLURB
THE ATTACK OF THE WOODWOSE: LEGENDS OF MAGH MEALL, Book One
Two enemies must stand together to face a common foe!
Upon returning home with his human fiancé Berta, Reghan the Leprechaun learns that his brother is hiding the sister of Sloan, the Clurichaun who, along with his men, recently attacked Reghan. Reghan goes to tell Sloan that his sister is safe before the Clurichauns determine she’s been kidnapped.
At Sloan’s manor, the men are informed of an impending attack against both the Clurichauns and the Leprechauns by a vicious tribe known as the Woodwose. The only way they can win a battle against the woodwose is to stand together. Now they must convince their clans of that!
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EXCERPT
Berta was nervous. She stood on the porch and stared out at the pitch dark night. Living in the farmhouse in the middle of nowhere with her Leprechaun lover had been pure bliss for the past three months.
The Clurichauns, who’d beaten Reghan and had abandoned their pursuit only when Berta’s dog and a team of coyotes had driven them away, had left Berta and Reghan in peace once their leader had realized Berta was carrying Reghan’s child. Every day the couple had grown more in love, and every day she’d learned something new and wonderful about her lover. But now Reghan’s father had sent word that a delegation was on its way to get them and bring them home.
The screen door creaked and then clicked shut as Reghan stepped onto the porch behind Berta. He slid his strong arms around her slightly bulging middle. He brushed aside her long blonde hair and kissed her neck. “My parents aren’t ogres, you know.” His voice was a low rumble vibrating against her skin.
“Are there such things as ogres?” “There are…but there aren’t many in these parts…not anymore,” he said.
“But there were?” Berta still couldn’t quite make herself believe that Reghan’s being a Leprechaun wasn’t just some elaborate hoax. When he spoke of other “mythical” beings so offhandedly, she didn’t know what to think.
Reghan didn’t look like she’d have imagined a Leprechaun to look. He wasn’t a tiny little man with a green top hat, buckles on his shoes, and a pot of gold in his hand. In fact, he was a rather large man with dark red hair, bright blue eyes, and a neatly-trimmed beard. His handsome face and chiseled body might’ve made some women think he was a demi-god, but Berta doubted anyone’s—at least, any human woman’s—first thought upon seeing Reghan would be, “Hey, look! A Leprechaun!”
“Don’t try to change the subject,” Reghan murmured against her neck. “You have nothing to fear from my parents.”
“What if they don’t like me?” she asked, for what had to be the hundredth time.
“They’ll love you.” He turned her to face him. “Now come back to bed and make love to me again before the delegation arrives.”
“A delegation,” Berta said. “The very fact that they’re sending a delegation to get us terrifies me.”
Reghan tilted her chin up. “You worry too much.”
AUTHOR BIO/LINKS
Selena Cooper lives in the Southern United States. She’d love to hear from you! Send her an email at selena@selenacooper.com and/or follow her tweets and posts on Facebook. She’d love for you to consider becoming a part of her street team, Les Chats Noire. To learn more about it, visit her website!
Author Website link: http://www.selenacooper.com
Author Social Media Site links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SelenaCooperBks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelenaCooperAuthor
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/cooper2478/
Filed under: Guest Blogger Tagged: Attack of the Woodwose, Erotic Romance, Fantasy Romance, Selena Cooper
June 24, 2014
June 23, 2014
Not Everyone Is Beautiful
An interesting post worthy of more attention.
Originally posted on Mindless Productivity:
Every two or three days, I see an article or blog post or forwarded inspirational quote about beauty. It’s usually something affirming like
“You are beautiful, whether you know it or not.”
“We are all beautiful.”
“Everyone is beautiful to somebody.”
It’s cheerful stuff. It builds the self-esteem, makes people feel valued, and spreads joy and happiness across the internet.
It’s also bullshit.
And you know it’s bullshit, because you really wanted to laugh at that picture.
Everyone is not beautiful. Some people have tumors the size of a second head growing out of their ears. Some people have skin like the Michelin man. Some people lose fingers, legs, or eyes in horrific assembly-line machine accidents. People have warts and blemishes and hair loss and dead teeth and lazy eyes and cleft palates and third nipples and unibrows.
There are plenty of people that are not physically appealing to look at, the…
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June 22, 2014
Sunday Snippet
Here are the opening lines to my current WiP, A KISS IN THE DARK.
The alarm clock cut through Ryan’s blackout dreams and he reached for it from under the covers, slapping it silent. He groaned, opened one eye, then quickly shut it. The morning light was way too bright, like needles in his eyeballs. His next breath awoke searing pain in his chest, which ignited a chain reaction of agony that shot through his shoulders, neck, and head.
“Too early,” a groggy female voice grumbled beside him.
Ryan’s eyes snapped back open. There was someone in bed with him.
Filed under: Sex God Sunday Tagged: A Kiss in the Dark, Contemporary Romance, Lisa Fox, Sexy Men
