Month: May 2008

Thanks again to everyone who came out to celebrate Naughty and Spice’s first year anniversary/birthday! We loved having you come by to celebrate and be a part of our world! Please keep coming back!

Once again, here are the winners for the week (please check back in that person’s blog post for details on what you won and how to contact them!):

Shelli’s contest: Pat Cochran and Rob Graham

Guest blogger Lacy Danes’ winner: Amy S.

Feisty’s winners: Ms Menozzi and Foxhawke

Karen’s winner: Beth aka Scifibookcat

Amie’s winners: Ayla and Danielle

And the grand prize winner of the $25 digital LUSH gift certificate is: Cathy M Please contact me at authorshellistevens@gmail.com and I’ll have that sent to you.

And in final celebration of our one week, have a beer on us!

Happy Birthday Naughty and Spice!

Today I would like to give away a copy of both of my books to one person who comments on this post. I will pull a name and give the books away at the end of the night tonight PST. So at lets say 10 PM PST.

I know this is breaking the rules for the idea of a green giveaway… I simply don’t have any softcopies of my stories to give.

I started writing in 2004 and I found for me when I tried to think of all the rules when writing doing so simply restricted my creativity. It was really hard for me to suspend reality… I had to literally say to myself… anything can happen… Once I did that I was able to write a good story… it was of course my very first erotic story where this came into play NIGHT OF THE TAKING. NOTT is a paranormal so the “anything can happen” bit certainly held… Cat people with a once a year mating ritual…hummm the possibilities… kidnapping, public group sex, bondage, all these came into play.

The funny thing is… most of the inspiration for me came from reading a book called Hell Fire Clubs which is based on history. So what felt like breaking the rules for me was simply doing the nasty, dirty, things that others had accepted and done for ages.

My heroine in the second story in What She Craves… breaks society rules herself… being a widow…and a woman who is determined to prove she can please a man in bed she accepts and invitation to a naughty masked ball.

Since I have started writing and researching all the different forms of sexuality for my books, and for my own knowledge and enlightenment, Blush, doors have opened up in my mind. I have found… that breaking the rules for me seems to be simply about learning about things, expanding my knowledge, and coming to grips with how I honestly feel about them. In doing so, in breaking down those barriers and the rules I had in my mind, I discovered I am a bit kinky, and… well damn… very sexual… and well not at all who I was when all those damn rules were in place. I am simply more me.

But see… all of what I learn, no matter if I personally like what I discover or not, is creative influence in my writing.

Lacy

http://www.lacydanes.com

I love being a part of this group! I can’t believe I’ve made a post every Thursday for the last year. Where did the time go? How did I come up with so many clever posts? Why does my cell phone not work at the Stanyan Park hotel in San Francisco?

Anyway, I am going to give away not one but TWO copies of I Love Lacy to TWO lucky people who make a comment. But here’s the thing, cause this is Naughty and Spice, you have to tell me something naughty. Go one, you know you want to.

Meanwhile, I leave you with this little ditty, with a special dedication to Karen.

Wow, I can’t believe one year has already passed! Time truly does fly. When we started this blog I knew it would be a lot of fun, a place to go wild and crazy, a place to share silly and serious ideas with people of like minds.

And that’s exactly what it’s been. I want to thank everyone who has stopped by and visited us this past year. All of the commenters, the guest bloggers, the lurkers, the weirdos who Google “soiled panties” and end up here. All of you! Thanks!

So let’s get to the good stuff.

I saved him on my computer under the name of “hot and sweaty.” Indeed.

Now for another gift for you. I will randomly draw the name of one lucky commenter from this post at the end of the day and that person will be the lucky winner of a free download of my latest book with Ellora’s Cave, Too Tempting! Woo hoo! So comment away please. Tell me what’s new. Tell me what you love about Naughty & Spice. Tell me if you think that guy really is hot and sweaty. Tell me if you’ll eat cake in bed.

I don’t care, just tell me something!  :woot: