Eden Baylee's Blog, page 113
July 26, 2012
Inside the Author’s Mind – Lorca Damon
I adore Lorca. She’s an amazing woman—sarcastic, caring, witty, and it all comes across in her writing. I had the great pleasure of learning more about her when she produced the Spreecast Party for Indies Unite for Joshua.
Find out more about this firecracker and make sure you read her blog – she’s worth every word. She is also a staff writer for GoodEReader.com’s online magazine, so follow her there too.
Please welcome the funny, snarky lady with the beautiful hair, Lorca Damon.
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So…Who is Lorca?
Lorca Damon is an author, blogger, journalist, and teacher in a prison. Her first book really, really sucked…like, her mom didn’t even like it kind of sucked. But her second book, Autism By Hand , is an Amazon bestseller and her recently published YA title, The Earth is for Dancing , doesn’t suck either. She blogs at LorcaDamon.com and invites you to take a look if you can stomach profanity, vivid descriptions of weird food she’s eaten, and dogs wearing capes made out of condoms.
Buy link for all of Lorca’s books: Amazon
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Inside Lorca Damon’s Mind
What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of perfect happiness is living in a world where I can drink all the wine I want to without a) damaging my liver, b) gaining weight, and c) not losing my children to the authorities if someone discovers that my decorating style incorporates empty wine bottles.
What turns you on creatively? Titles. I’m a sucker for a good punch-to-the-gut title, so I often end up thinking, “Oh my goodness, THAT would be a great title,” then having to write the story around it.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse? My most overused words are things like “awesome” and “seriously” and “totally,” because I’m hyperexcited about literally everything. In the whole world. Talking to me is like trying to pet a Jack Russell Terrier.
What quality do you most admire in a man? Hair. I am weak-in-the-knees for good hair, mostly because it’s what’s lacking in my own marriage. To be fair, hair is the only thing my husband can’t bring to the relationship, so taken as a whole hair isn’t really that high on my list of must-haves.
What quality do you most admire in a woman? Ditto for women. Mostly because I, too, do not have good hair.
[Eden: Absolutely untrue, check out her picture, she has GREAT HAIR!]
What is your greatest regret? My greatest regret is that I don’t have more kids. We have two special needs kids and my husband and I both kind of came to the conclusion that we don’t cook them right so we really shouldn’t keep tempting Fate. I always thought I’d have a huge family, but we’re 0 for 2 on getting their brains put together in the right way. (author’s note: I know that may have sounded completely offensive, and I apologize now for me and my family).
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I hate to think that I’m shallow enough that the one thing I would change about myself is my craptastic metabolism, because everybody wishes they were just a pinch hotter-looking. But I embrace my shallowness as just a part of the awesome that is me.
What is your greatest fear? Any idiot can be afraid of clowns, so to say that they are my greatest fear is really underachieving. And I’m actually fine with clowns, as a concept. What really creeps me out though are people who want to dress like clowns. They are not right.
Which living person do you most admire? I really do admire Harper Lee, but again, as an English teacher I’m not really shocking anyone by saying I think she’s awesomesauce. I guess other than her, I really admire anybody who can think of other people first, and there’s a whole quiet list of people out in the world doing just that. The planet would seriously stop spinning if it weren’t for all the people who wake up every day and quietly just make it all good.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I really wish I was a truck driver. Or a flight attendant. I love to travel.
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? I used to think I wanted to come back as any dog owned by my parents because those things are the most spoiled creatures alive, but as I’m sitting here thinking about it, their dogs don’t really live that long. So I would come back as their pet and live the high-life…for about two years. Then I’d probably come back as something sucky.
What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement is being named the 2010 Prison Teacher of the Year. It’s like a beauty pageant, a popularity contest, and a bad-ass person contest, all rolled into one. Plus, it’s just really fun to say. Try it out for yourself, say, “I’m the Prison Teacher of the Year.” See if you don’t get a few stares when you introduce yourself.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? I cannot stand people who don’t turn the right way in the elevator. If you were meant to walk in and face the rest of us, there wouldn’t be a door behind you.
What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance is a housekeeper. I go out of my way to not reenact bad parts from The Help whenever she comes over to clean. I justify having someone else scrub my toilets by telling myself that I work two jobs AND write books, and plus there’s this one time that I think I food poisoned my family by thinking I had turned on the dishwasher but I hadn’t, then I took the plates out and served dinner on them. Totally my bad, y’all.
What is one thing you want to do before you die? I want to ride all over America in the ugliest RV I can find, and I want to see everything.
What is your favorite music (genre/artist/album/song)? MY music is really, really varied. I just hear songs that I like, not necessarily artists. But I guess I own more music from Linkin Park than from any other artist.
What are some of your favorite curse words? Fucknuts, ass hat, and douche Nazi.
What is your motto? “It can be done. But probably not by me.”
Thank you Lorca for making me laugh my ass off. Readers, if you’ve enjoyed this interview, please comment and stalk Lorca at her many homes on the internet.
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Connect with Lorca
Filed under: Author Interviews
Eden Baylee Talks Same Sex Scenes
Today, I guest blog about my new book, Spring into Summer, for multi-published erotica author and friend, Sessha Batto. She pens angsty homoerotic fiction, and she’s one of the best at it – trust me.
Sessha is hosting my blog on her virtual home called:
Eden Baylee Talks Same Sex Scenes
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Make sure to connect to Sessha too – she’s fantastic.
Sessha Batto @sesshabatto
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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK
No Kindle? No Worries.
There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.
Filed under: Book ~ Spring into Summer, Guest Blogs by Eden
July 25, 2012
A Season for Erotic Mystery
Two guest blogs are posted today for my new book, Spring into Summer, hosted by two wonderful erotica authors. The blogs pertain to the first two stories of my book.
Lucy Felthouse was one of the first authors to interview me, and we’ve remained friends ever since. She’s a powerhouse author and marketer, and she runs the site – Erotica for All.
Today she’s hosting my blog called: A Season for Everything
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Casey Sheridan was the very first erotica author I connected with when I started writing. She’s been a friend, confidante, and source of support ever since.
Read my post on her site entitled: Unlocking the Mystery
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Get to know Casey and Lucy—they’re excellent authors and wonderful people for your Twitter stream.
Casey Sheridan @casesheridan
Lucy Felthouse @cw1985
Erotica for All @eroticaforall
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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK
No Kindle? No Worries.
There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.
Filed under: Book ~ Spring into Summer, Guest Blogs by Eden
July 24, 2012
The Last Dance by Wyatt McIntyre
Wyatt McIntyre is a special man with many talents. He’s sweet, funny, and a diligent writer I met while doing the Indies Unite for Joshua fundraiser.
The Last Dance is Wyatt’s first full-length novel, and I’m thrilled to offer him some space to share his new release.
Please watch the beautiful book trailer and find out more about The Last Dance.
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James Mueller has spent a lifetime of devotion to his wife Alejandra, and now as her life draws to a close, he looks back to the beginning when it seemed that time and fate conspired to keep them apart.
A story that ends even as it begins, The Last Dance tells of two souls meant to be together but torn apart by war, misunderstandings and hurt. Bittersweet and deeply romantic, it moves through the significant moments in the lives of these two star-crossed lovers, raising the question not of if but how James and Alejandra will ever find their way back to each other and the love they were destined to share.
From a chance meeting to a look and a touch, to the promises made and the disappointment found, The Last Dance is a story of loss, longing, hope and faith, as James and Alejandra are forced to examine who they are and what they really need if they are ever to turn their fairy-tale romance into a lifelong love.
Buy Link on Amazon
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Connect with Wyatt
WebsiteAs an amateur woodworker, Wyatt McIntyre sees crafting a story in the same way he carves. Starting with a blank and rough surface, each word, each sentence and line is meant to express a vision that slowly turns the original material into a finished work of beauty. Along with The Last Dance, his first novel, Wyatt is also the author of the theological work, Coping Through Christianity: Strengthening the Wounded Heart and Broken Spirit through God’s Love.
For more information, be sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
Filed under: Author Promotions 
July 23, 2012
Thank You ~ Promoters of Spring into Summer (Part 2)
Refer back to Part 1 of this series about giving credit back to those who help me promote my new book, Spring into Summer.
In no particular order, here are more fabulous people to add to your social network, and it’s far from over … stay tuned. 
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Patti Larsen
Guest blog: Strong Women are Sexy
Jason Darrick
Guest blog: Horror and Erotica
Nya Rawlyns
Guest Blog: Erotica Does Not Repeat Itself
Darcia Helle
Author Interview
Savannah Chase
Guest blog: The Beautiful People of Erotica
Rachel Thompson
Guest blog: Humor and Erotica
Tylia Gardner
Book Announcement and promotion
Lori Whitwam
Book Review
Diantha Jones
Book Review
Diane Nelson
Book Review
Cameron Garriepy
Hosted a giveaway of 2 copies
Congratulations to winners: Victoria and Carrie!
Helping Spread the Word
Les Floyd
Solitaire Parke
Wyatt McIntyre
Steven M. Grant
Justin Bog
Alexander G Public Relations
Peter Wesley
Rob “Sharky” Pruneda
Dannie C. Hill
Sessha Batto
Jar O’Marbles
Melissa Huie
David T. Lender
Layna Pimentel
Writings for the Mad
Heather Jacobs
Whill of Agora
Everett Powers
Dan Coyle
LM Stull
My Blog Can Beat Up Your Blog
RB Wood
The Cutting Room Floor
Ken Flott
Vanessa Wu
Runaway Sentence
Bas Linders
Raymond Bolton
J. Perry Kelly
Views From Nature
Thirty-Nine for the First Time
Filed under: Book ~ Spring into Summer
July 22, 2012
Humor and Erotica
Today, I guest blog about Spring into Summer on the site of best-selling author and friend, Rachel Thompson. She’s a shining light in the author community with her humor, savvy social media sense, and support of fellow writers.
Rachel is hosting my blog on her fabulous site. Please read: Humor and Erotica
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Make sure to connect to Rachel and get to know her. The woman is a force to be reckoned with.
Rachel Thompson @rachelintheoc
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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK
No Kindle? No Worries.
There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.
Filed under: Book ~ Spring into Summer, Guest Blogs by Eden
