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October 29, 2013
Human Shifter by Aubrey Rose – @IndieAuthorNews @RmTwts #bookspotlight
Summary:
Julia and Damien are aching to start a family, but Julia’s shifting ability has been suppressed for years. Despite the danger, she ventures out on a quest to find the werewitch who took away her ability to shift, so that she can get it back…and have a child with her one true mate.
Excerpt:
Damien lay in her bed. Their bed. She sat at the edge of the bed, looking out of the window. The half-moon could barely be seen along the edge of the tree line in the distance.
“Tell me what you’re thinking,” Damien said.
“You know what I’m thinking.” The words were out before Julia could stop them. She wanted to reach out and pluck them back out of the air as soon as they had left.
“I know how you’re feeling. Nervous. Sad.”
“And a little hopeful,” Julia said. “I hope that when I come back, we can start our family.”
“I hope so too,” Damien said, tugging his fingers into the waistband of her jeans. “For now, though, this will have to be a purely recreational exercise.”
Julia couldn’t help but laugh as he pulled her towards him and into a deep kiss.
“Recreational, you say?” she asked. “And you with a broken leg? I’m looking forward to playing with you when you’re not all broken up and bruised.”
“Never mind that,” Damien said. “I want you to strip for me.”
“I hate to remind you,” Julia said, leaning forward to press a kiss to her mate’s forehead, “but you’re blind.”
“Then you’ll have to stay pretty close,” he said, running his hands down Julia’s sides. “So I can feel you.”
“Alright,” Julia said. She unbuttoned her blouse as Damien’s fingers slipped down after hers, smoothing over her skin. Damien curled one finger down into the top edge of her bra.
“Hey now, no peeking!”
“Sorry,” Damien said, but the grin on his face belied his words.
Julia pulled off her top and threw it to the ground, standing up to unbutton her jeans. Damien’s hands moved down over her hips as she shuffled her jeans down.
“Turn around,” he said, in a voice that left no room for argument. Julia complied. His hands cupped her bare ass, squeezing, kneading, as she stepped out of her pants. His touch made her ache with desire, his fingers sending sharp thrills of pleasure down her nerves wherever they touched…
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Book Spotlight – Lightning Strike by Beverly Ovalle – @indiebookpromos #scp #scpbooks
Blurb:
For generations Levi’s family had guarded a sacred glen in the mountains. Still far from man this isolated area was a favorite spot of his grandfather. Levi grew up listening to his tales and fell in love without ever having stepped foot there.
Now Levi’s family, led by his grandmother, wanted to sell the land. With only his grandfather and Levi against it, Levi has to prove to the rest of the family why they needed to continue their guardianship. Believing in his grandfather’s tales despite himself, Levi went armed with his camera and his well-known expertise behind the lens and headed out for proof.
Providing that proof and protecting the secrets of the glen from the world, Gaia needs to convince Levi to continue that protection. Daphnaie, the embodiment of his every dream, is sent to show him why, stealing his heart in the process to save her world.
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Author Bio:
Beverly Ovalle lives in Wisconsin with her husband Edmond of 24 years and two Chinese Water Dragons. Having her own Dragons is expected as she is dragon crazy and anyone that walks in her house can tell. Her son Nicholas is in the US Marines. Her daughter Susannah lives nearby and is a CNA.
Beverly has traveled around the world thanks to five years in the US Navy and has worked for the government in one capacity or another for the past 30 years. Beverly and her brothers have travelled most of the continental United States as children due to the station wagon from Hell. Still active with veterans, she is adjutant for her local AMVETS.
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October 25, 2013
The Right Kind of Love (Loving A Morrison) – #MSSWeek22 #MySexySaturday
Welcome to Week 22 of My Sexy Saturday Blog Hop.
Today, I want to share with you another sexy excerpt from my second IR romance, which is scheduled for release in a few weeks. Click here if you want to read a sexy excerpt I’d shared a few weeks ago.
The 7 sexy paragraphs below, demonstrate the sizzling chemistry between Blake and Sloane. They’re about to share a kiss, but let’s see what actually happens.
My Sexy Excerpt:
“Why don’t you admit it, Sloane? You want this as much as I do.”
“Want what? A date?”
“No babe, you want this.” He came close, as close as the driver’s seat would allow him and invaded her personal space. Blocked out the oxygen, so she found herself struggling to breathe. She was still able to smell his aftershave, his soap, his scent. He lowered his head and she envisioned how his lips would feel on hers. Something she had yearned to feel again since that night, even when she struggled to figure out why she felt so alive, so charged up whenever she was around Blake. Something she wanted to feel right now. She wanted to him to kiss her, to take her breath away. A first kiss after a long period of abstaining from him. She closed her eyes slowly, anticipating the touch of his lips to hers.
The knock on the glass rocked her back from the bliss she felt. She heard Blake’s muttered curse as he used the automatic control to wind down his window.
The sight of the police officer surprised her. She squinted as the glare of the torchlight danced across the sedan.
“Is everything alright, here?” The officer shone the light at Blake then at her.
“Everything’s okay, Wallace.”
In case you’re interested, here’s the blurb:
New Yorker Sloane Saunders has just about given up on love. She’s thirty-something and very single. A magazine article jolts her from her malaise and motivates her to do something she’s never tried before: online dating, and firstmeet.com is the website of choice.
Attending his brother’s bachelor party was the wake-up call Blake Morrison needed. Memories of a passionate relationship from his past drive him to return to claim his woman. Sloane. Despite the sizzling chemistry between them, it’s not as easy as he thought. With a family crisis and Sloane’s preconceived notions about love and relationships getting in the way, can Blake convince Sloane they have the right kind of love and that a love like theirs can last?
Click here to check out this week’s Sexy Saturday authors who are pleased to share 7 words, 7 sentences or 7 paragraphs – snippets from their latest works…
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October 15, 2013
4 Fantastic Reasons to Sign Up for National Novel Writing Month
Reblogged from Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
National Novel Writing Month hits us every November, and it is a wonderful opportunity for seasoned and new writers alike to pen a first draft of a new novel.
Writing a novel (or 50,000 words of one that's longer) in 30 days is no easy task, and it's not for everyone. Earlier this week, I gave some good reasons you might want to opt out of NaNoWriMo…
October 12, 2013
Authors and National Novel Writing Month: 4 Good Reasons NOT To Do NaNoWriMo
Reblogged from Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
We're approaching the second half of October, and that means one thing in the writing world: everyone is going crazy about National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo.
Today, I wanted to talk about why I'm not doing it, why it's okay if you don't want to do it, and what are the wrong reasons to undertake the challenge.
(Don't worry, I don't intend to be a negative Nancy.
October 11, 2013
Christiane Amanpour interviews Malala Yousafzai "The Bravest Girl in the World"
Reblogged from Anderson Cooper 360:
"They can only kill Malala. That doesn't mean they could kill my cause." Those are the brave words of 16-year old Malala Yousafzai. She was shot and nearly killed by a Taliban gunman because of her push to educate girls in her home country of Pakistan. Christiane offered a first look at her interview with Mall
You can see Christiane's full interview in the special report "The Bravest Girl in the World."
October 10, 2013
Meet Dez Burke… Publisher & Bestselling Author – #authorRT #Tweets4Authors
The first time Author Dez Burke stopped by for a visit was way back in April when she’d just released Captured By the Bodyguard, her sixth book for 2013. (In fact, Cane Hutchinson, the hero, was a finalist in Roxy’s Top Ten Heroes for 2013). Since then, she has released several other bestsellers, her most recent being Burned by Passion and Skin Deep.
Let’s welcome Dez, and ‘listen’ as she shares her writing and publishing journey with us.
Hi Roxy. Thank you for having me here once again to talk about my publishing career.
While my publishing journey may seem short, my writing career has actually been quite long. I’ve been a freelance writer for over seventeen years and my non-fiction articles have been published in over 500 newspapers, magazines and websites. I’ve written about everything it seems from “How to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten” to “Touring Walt Disney World in a Wheelchair.” So while I wasn’t writing fiction during that time, I came into ebook publishing with a basic understanding of the writing world in general.
My fiction publishing career began a year ago in September 2012. Like many of the 
contemporary romance writers today I began writing and self-publishing erotic short stories under another pen name. The first story I wrote was a mere three thousand words and sold for $2.99; the same price as my full-length 60K stories now. Well, it sold very well and I made a couple of thousand dollars from this little pamphlet length story. So I wrote a few more, enjoying the fast and easy money. Then around January the market started changing and readers began requiring longer and more satisfying stories.
I saw the proverbial writing on the wall so I quickly moved completely out of erotica and into longer stories. The first couple of books I published under Dez Burke, “Seduced by the Football Player” and “Jamaica Nights” were basically longer erotica pieces. I’ve even considered pulling those two from my collection, but many people seem to like them so I leave them up.
When I published “Claimed by the Marine” in March, I had an a-ha moment 
when I realized I was finally on the right path and in a spot where I felt comfortable with what I was producing. Even with the easy money, writing pure erotica wasn’t something I wanted to do the rest of my life. And in case anyone is wondering, the erotica market is a dead deal at the moment. Even experienced erotica writers are having trouble staying afloat because of the “adult” filters Amazon has put in place, so don’t even think about it. The train has left the station as far as erotica on Amazon is concerned. And for all those people who have asked, my erotica pen name has been retired and all the books pulled. Let’s just say it wasn’t my best work so to keep from embarrassing myself I took them off sale.
The last six months have been both exhausting and exciting. I’ve sold over 50K books since March and plan to publish two more books before the end of the year. I’m also very excited to be included in an upcoming “Billionaire Bundle” with nine of the Top 100 Contemporary Romance Authors. My book, “Trapped into Marriage” will be one of ten bestselling books for the low price of $.99. Our goal is to make the USA Today bestseller list.
This month, I publicly opened up my publishing company, Pink Lotus Publishing to submissions so I can share what I’ve learned with other authors and hopefully make them
bestsellers too. There were many people along the way who helped me by giving their advice freely so I’m trying to give back and do the same thing. I study the publishing world constantly so I can stay on top of things. If I make mistakes, I want to make sure it is with my own books and not another author’s book that I’m entrusted to publish. That’s why you’ll see me split-testing odd things like publishing four of my books in a bundle for .99 or putting five of my author’s books together for $2.99. I’m a non-practicing CPA so I run everything by the numbers. If something doesn’t work financially, I want to know it right away and be able to change it immediately.
Next year should be fun though. You never know what changes Amazon will put it place so I’m working as hard as I can right now. Like my grandmother used to say, “make hay while the sun shines.” It’s exhausting but so worth it.
So that’s it, folks. It was truly a privilege and pleasure to have Dez with me today.
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Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Dez Burke, interracial romance, Multicultual romance, Pink Lotus Publishing
October 8, 2013
Self-editing: Viewpoint Characters
Example 1: Clarice saw that Lecter had very yellow teeth. They looked sharp and strong, as if he'd chewed through his share of leathery carcasses. She heard them click while he spoke. The sound made her feel nervous and ready to leave the dungeon Virginia called a prison.
Example 2: His yellow teeth gleamed behind lips as leathery and red as the flesh they'd served as a gateway for.
October 7, 2013
SORMAG Online Conference 2013- Readers and Writers, will you be there?
Have you heard about the SORMAG Online Conference ?
If not, you have to check it out!
SORMAG (Shades of Romance Magazine) is hosting its annual conference which gives authors the opportunity to learn from one another. Readers, here's a chance to talk to some of your favorite authors! The event last November 1-3rd!!!
Workshops will be held online as well as by phone.
October 5, 2013
#BookSpotlight – Skin Deep – Dez Burke
Blurb:
Beauty is only skin deep.
So are scars…
Nascar Winston Cup Champion, Shane Davis had it all-money, fast cars and even faster women until a fiery crash at the Daytona 500 changed everything in a flaming instant.
Shane never intends to get married; not with the way he looks now. He knew no woman could ever love him and wasn’t about to find out if he was wrong. But when he needed a woman in his life to play a pretend girlfriend for a few short weeks, he selected the one he felt would suit his needs with no strings attached: Angela Neil.
The first time Angela came face to face with Shane, she was taken aback by his scars but more so by his sizzling magnetism. The way he looked at her, with a searing heat made her simmer in secret places. This was supposed to be all about business, but Shane made it clear early on that he wanted much, much more. Angela was a smart woman and wasn’t about to let her hormones rule her common sense. But temptation called Shane Davis was a dangerous thing to resist…
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Skin Deep (BWWM Interracial Romance)
