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| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
| Sinderella! |
This is a wonderful delicious story by one of my favorite authors, Jan Springer. Check it out....
http://www.ellorascave.com/productpage.asp?ISBN=1-4199-0504-X
By day she's a dedicated gynecologist. By night Dr. Ella Cinder escapes reality by secretly performing in her own erotic adult version of Sinderella. When sexy colleague Dr. Roarke Stephenson shows up in the Sinderella audience on the same night her Prince Charming stands her up, Ella seizes the opportunity to make Roarke into her Prince Charming for one carnal night of hot blazing sex...in front of an audience. Dr. Roarke Stephenson is immediately captured by the lusciously curvy actress who hides behind a mask and is known only as Sinderella. For some insane reason she reminds him of his klutzy co-worker, Ella. But that's not possible, Ella would never have the nerve to do the wickedly delicious things Sinderella does to him...or would she?
To learn more about Jan Springer's releases go to. www.janspringer.com |
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| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
| Summer cold |
Oh, man, I am miserable. I starting getting sick on Thursday with body aches and a sore throat and I still can't seem to fight it. I'm not sleeping because I lay in bed and cough all night. Today it's hot and sticky outside so that makes me twice as miserable. My husband and kids are hiding because I'm a very, very bad sick. Even worse than a man. :)
We're going to put the air conditioner in today. The weather hasn't been nice enough to warrant it before today. Hopefully once the house cools off and I'll be less grumpy.
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Hugs! |
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| Monday, June 26, 2006 |
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Treasure Hunters By Sylvia Day
Mercenary/treasure hunter Rick Bronson is ready to hunt down his next treasure -- erotic ebooks hidden away when erotic romance was banned by the Conservative Censorship Committee. His first order of business is securing the help of literary antiquities expert Samantha Tremain. She's considered one of the foremost authorities on erotic literature in the galaxy, a veritable bounty of carnal knowledge that Rick intends to enjoy to the fullest. Now two people who couldn'tt be more different race across the galaxy on a daring quest for untold riches. Together, success is within their grasp...if they can just get past the hands on research.
To read an excerpt go here:
http://www.ellorascave.com/Excerpts/Excerpt_EC_DotO2.htm
Reviews:
"From the second these two meet, sparks begin to fly. The chemistry between Rick and Sam sizzled and the sweet vulnerability of these two characters gave them both added depth. This was a fantastic story and I have to salute Ms. Day for her genius in coming up with this storyline...her publisher had to be laughing with pure delight!" - Kerin, Euro Reviews
"Sam is a wonderful heroine that one can identify with easily. The villain of the piece adds moments of hilarity. This is largely due to the explanations the heroine gives about him. As for the hero, it is great fun to see how enchanted he is with the smart, bookish, real woman that is Sam. Ms Day's offering is a delightful satire. The premise of the story and the various items and names used regarding the treasure will have readers laughing with glee." Lil, Love Romances
To purchase click here. http://www.ellorascave.com/productpage.asp?ISBN=1-4199-0522-8 It's available in ebook and print. Print has free shipping. |
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| Saturday, June 24, 2006 |
| Winnie the Pooh! |
Sometimes I swear there was a mix up at the hospital and I ended up with someone else's daughter!
My eleven year old daughter loves to sew, knit, crochet, scrapbook, draw, model with clay, and bake. All the things I hate. LOL. The other day my son wanted his name stitched on his basketball hoodie, who do you think he took it to? Not me. My daughter even fixes buttons and when I had a hole in my brand new sweater, she sewed it up for me.
For my daughter's party she wanted to bake and decorate her own cake. So I went and bought the pan and all the supplies and handed them to her. That's all I did. She did the rest. Check it out. She blows me away.
ttp://www.cathrynfox.com/winnie_the_pooh.html |
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| Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| Bound by Sasha White |
 Bound by Sasha White.
BLURB:
Bound by fantasy.
Everyone thinks small town Katie Long is the good girl looking for tender romance. All she needs is to find the right man. Katie couldn't agree more. She too has always fantasized about the "right man." But what she's looking for is one who'll give her exactly what she wants. And everything she needs.
Bound by desire.
Joe Carson is that man. A security guard at a local casino, he's the answer to her sensual prayers. But there's more to Joe than even Katie realizes. And more to their nightgames than just master and slave.
Now Katie wonders just how far she'll go with a man who's more than ready to take her...
To find out more go here:
BOUND UNIVERSE?
Includes excerpts, unpublished scenes and review quotes.
http://www.sashawhite.net/behindthescenes_bound.php
To buy go here:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0425212742&itm=58 |
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| Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| The Tale of the Funky chair |
February of this year I finally bought myself a proper office chair. I had been sitting on this big old clunky squeaky thing for years. So my husband and I picked out this lovely chair from Staples. It was sooooo comfortable, it even had adjustable arms. I loved it. After about a month, and the weather started to get warmer, I noticed a strange smell in my office. I couldn't figure out what it was but it was horrible. I started lighting candles and opening the window. As it got more humid outside, the smell in my office got worse.
So one day I turned around and sniffed my chair. OMG it was the most horrendous thing I've ever smelled. It smelled like it had been sprayed by a skunk. I call my husband in and he nearly gagged. Now first, let me say, I shower every day. SO IT WASN'T ME!!
My husband asked if I was sitting in my chair after going to the gym and sweating...He was convinced it was ME stinking up my chair with my sweaty gym clothes!!!
Once I assured him it wasn't me, he told me to call Staples to complain. I didn't know what to do. I figured they'd just furrow their brows and assume I was a funky gal.
So my husband washed the chair and even used Febreeze...still stinky.
Yesterday I couldn't stand it anymore. I could barely go into my office. I called my husband in, he sniffed and said this is crazy. He picks up the phone and calls Staples. Well let me tell you that conversation was priceless. My daughter and I were practically rolling on the floor laughing, listening to him tell this man his wife's office chair stinks!
Anyway....we take the chair back to the store today. The first thing I did was go and smell the floor model. OMG IT SMELLED LIKE SKUNK!!!
I MADE the guy working there smell it. He wasn't going to but I was very persuasive...LOL
He couldn't believe it. He totally agreed the floor model also smelled like a skunk. He said perhaps it was what they used for padding...I said yeah, skunk!
Anyway, I ended up spending $150 more to get another chair. There was no way I was going to get the same one! So it will be delivered tomorrow.
Other customers must have thought I was nuts because I was smelling all the chairs.
Honesty, I can't get that smell out of my head. |
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| Tuesday, June 20, 2006 |
| Kids being goofy |
I finally loaded my vacation pics on the computer. Here's one of the kids being goofy!
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| Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| Monday... |
Thanks goodness it's Monday. I know you are all shaking your heads at that one. I had such a crazy busy weekend that I need a day at work just to rest.
My son had a soccer tournament this weekend. One game Friday night, two games Saturday (We were over an hour away so it was too far to come home between games) and they moved on to finals which meant two more games on Sunday. They won Gold!! I'm so proud of them.
I can't imagine how they played yesterday in 100 degree temperatures. I had a hard time walking in the heat, I don't know how they ran those big fields.
School here finishes next week so my writing days/hours will have to be adjusted to summer hours, which means I'll get up at 7 and write to 11. The kids don't usually crawl out of bed until then anyway.
I'm working on a new story/proposal for Nocturne. I absolutely LOVE this story idea and I sure hope an editor does too because I'd love to see it in print.
Hope everyone has a great week. |
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| Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| EC's New Erotic Line |
Exotika: Message from Raelene,
We are accepting submissions as of now. For existing EC authors, send them to your regular editor, just be sure to indicate that it is for the erotica line. Please spread the word outside, to any author loops you are on and to your writer friends, writer organization members, and so forth.
Outside submissions follow our standard procedure, which can be found on our EC website; the submission goes to Submissions@ellorascave.com and the subject line should note that it is erotica.
Guidelines:- Same length categories as EC (10K - 120K)- Any genre- Doesn't have to be a "romance" - that is, does not have to focus on the development of a romantic relationship, h/h don't have to be sexually faithful to each other, does not need the committed HEA ending.- Sexual content follows pretty much the same rules as EC. We may be willing to stretch a bit further than we go at EC - but hey, we already go almost to the limit with EC erotic romances.
Same taboo list - no pedophilia, incest, necrophilia, bodily functions, etc. We feel our market segment and our primarily female audience want quality erotica, not violence or really extreme kink. Definitely no porn.- Has to be well-written and with a well-developed plot and characterization! |
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| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 |
| Trouble With Will |
Review for Trouble With Will
Author: Myla Jackson Date of Review: 06/11/06
Reviewed by: bbromancelvr
"The main characters are fascinating, wise-cracking, and memorable. The secondary characters enhance the story rather than detract from it. Will's friend, Harry (Trouble With Harry) makes an appearance to help on the quest.
The wishes Kate makes don't always work out the way she plans, so there are many "laugh out loud" moments; like when Will takes a trip to Hell! I couldn't hold back the laughter!
Really steamy love scenes make this a standard Ellora's Cave title. Though the vocabulary is not true to a character from 1924, it is easy to overlook this to enjoy a light and fast read. Fun!" |
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| Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| Spring |
I love spring. It's my favorite time of year. I love the warm weather, the grass, the green trees, and the new growth on all our fruit trees. We have apple, peach, pear and plum trees on our property. Here's what I don't like. The damn birds!!
For the past two weeks a couple of birds have taken up residency in a tree outside my bedroom window. Now, I really don't have anything against birds, in fact I'm a bird watcher. We have quite a few birds of prey in our area and I love spotting them...
But these particular birds...well, not so crazy about them. Every morning at the crack of dawn, they begin chirping...OMG, it's loud and wakes me up at 5 am.
I'm about ready to haul out the saw and cut the tree down. Maybe if I put a bird house up at the back of the house and fill it with seed they will hang out back there.
Any suggestions from all you bird lovers out there? |
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| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 |
| Slogan Contest |
Hi all,
I'm having a contest looking for new slogan's for my cafe press merchandise.
Check it out here. The contest will run until the end of July and the winner will receive a T-shirt with their slogan proudly displayed on the front! So please send you ideas to me at cathryn@cathrynfox.com |
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| Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| Don't walk, Run! |
Avon Red has launced it's first two antholgies. Parlor Games and If This Bed could Talk. I have my two copies sitting in front of me but sadly, I can't start them until I finish my copy edits on Pleasure Prolonged. I know if I did, my copy edits wouldn't get done!
PARLOR GAMESJess Michaels, Leda Swann, and Julia TempletonIn these three historical tales of sensual awakening, nothing that stimulates and titillates is taboo, ecstasy comes in many sizes, and pleasure is its own reward . . . a world of seduction and sensation, where inhibitions are unlaced and desires long corseted are gloriously freed. . .
IF THIS BED COULD TALKLiz Maverick and Kimberly DeanA deadly agent is assigned to prepare an exotic beauty to be the ultimate seductress and perfect spy . . . lessons that will require long hours of personal instruction to perfect her ability to pleasure a man . . . and, ultimately, conquer him. |
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| Saturday, June 03, 2006 |
| Shadow Warrior |
Book three in the Portal series from Emery LaRue is now here.
Genre: Paranormal
Heat Index: Erotic/Carnal
Book Length: Novella
Cover Artist: ML Benton
Editor: Rene Walden
The sisters are together again only this time they face something far more than Hades and his minions.
Blayde, long thought dead by his family, has been sent to destroy the only family he has left. But he is much more than Hades had ever imagined. Defiant, proud, strong and powerful with his Raven, Gustavo, Blayde sets out to battle his sisters, until he begins to remember who and what he once was.
Trina is a strong woman, but seeing the gorgeous man step from a wall of light was about her undoing. When she innocently steps between Blayde and his sister, and is pulled into the portal realm, she is sure she is about to die. But Blayde has other things in mind, and they are much more to her liking. Trina discovers the man under it all and helps to bring him out. But when the time for battle is upon them, will it matter at all?
When Trina is wounded, and death is knocking on her door, she makes a choice. But will that choice give her a life with Blayde, or see her in a chilly grave. Either way, there is now a rift between a brother and his sisters. Trina is the only thing standing between Blayde, and a destruction two worlds hope to avoid.
Check it out here.
http://www.forbiddenpublications.com/ |
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| Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| Avon Editors |
In case any of you are interested in Avon and getting to know the editors, The Avon Romance Team has been testing an unofficial blog.
From June 1st-June9th, each editor will take a turn posting. To visit go here. |
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| Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| Busy busy busy!! |
I just finished working on my galley for Pleasure Control, got up to stretched and the courier arrived at my door with copy edits for Pleasure Prolonged. So I'm going to be a busy girl next week too!
Here's something for those of you who are interested in AVON.
The Avon romance editors are starting a blog, and from June 1-9, each editor will take a turn, so if you're interested, it's at: www.avonromanceblog.blogspot.com |
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