Okay this is wrong on so many levels…

Yes that’s what I and fellow EC author Amy Ruttan wrote about in our Oh Yum! books for Ellora’s Cave. Those younger, naughty, sexy neighbors that grew from boys to men. Yummmmm….

Amy and I are going to share a little sumthin’ sumthin’ about our books!

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I had tons of fun writing this book. I’d been wanting to write an older woman/younger man story for a while and once I saw the call at EC, I knew I had to do it. This book wrote itself (I wish they all did that) and I jammed through it in a couple of weeks. It didn’t want to end - I went over word count! I could’ve made it longer!

I hope my enthusiasm for writing this book shines through. I wanted to make it a little funny and a lot sexy. I hope I succeeded.

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Thanks for having me at Naughty and Spice today! I am thrilled to have shared a release day with Karen Erickson, especially sharing Oh Yums that both dealt with the proverbial boy next door story. Nice and naughty *insert devil laugh*

I had so much fun writing Love Thy Neighbor. The characters were fun and the sex could be hot and really naughty. I felt like I could really let go. I also got to live vicariously through my characters and got to play around with some high class fashion.

The inspiration hit me like a tidal wave when I saw the Call for Submission from Ellora’s Cave. The story sprung to life and the muse forced me to write until it was complete.

The characters are fun and I hope everyone will enjoy it. I certainly enjoyed writing it!

I’m such a blog slacker today. I’m sorry! But I have a great excuse. See, I finished my book yesterday. I typed The End. Well, I actually typed THE MOTHER FUCKING END, but that won’t be in the final version I send to my editor. :) Now I just wait for my CPs to hack it away, and I’ll have it all edited and ready to go by next week.

So, yeah. That’s why I’m a blog slacker today. It’s because I wrote a MOTHER FUCKING NOVEL.

Looking for new sheets? Maybe some new bath towels to decorate the bathroom, change it up a little bit? In the mood for something on the, ahem, sexy side? Then check this stuff out!

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First the good…then the bad. It’s been an amazing year here at Nas(ty) blog I managed to land a new agent, Feisty and Shelli sold to New York and I KNOW Karen won’t be far behind. All I can say is GO US! And our one year isn’t technically until next year. I can’t wait to see what the next year brings–besides lots of shiny books!

How to tell if you have PMS? You eat Reeses, drink a Coke and eat popcorn all at the same time. *sigh*

I’m crabby, I nearly beat my child today and did I mention I’m crabby? I spent half the night with a dog on one side of me and a cat who HATES the dog on the other and my child….did I mention my child? Anyway I have PMS and a deadline so I’m opening the floor for your bitchery. ANYTHING is fair game.

Go to it!

Sorry my post is late!

Last Wednesday I received a call. What kind of call? A call from an editor at Kensington Publishing offering me a two book deal for their Aphrodisia line! They want to buy my erotic Sci Fi, The Captured Rose, which won the Stroke of Midnight contest last year (in its category). Plus they wanted me to write one more book! Hence the two book deal.

So since I was a bit and I told him I’d like to speak with an agent first! So I hung up and started contacting several agents. I’m completely thrilled and stoked to say that Friday morning I called back and accepted an offer for representation from Laura Bradford! And as of a few minutes ago, the deal is official with Kensington (hence the late post!)

So the last five days have been great–except the trying to keep it a secret bit. Word trickles out *sigh*. And then I also had the stomach flu all weekend, that kind of sucked. Oh, and I got a really nasty sun burn on Saturday, but still, it couldn’t put a damper on my

I will say that my book The Captured Rose is really different than anything I’ve ever written, it’s hotter than most of my stuff, more serious/intense, some consider controversial (in the contest), but I love it. It was my first attempt at a Sci Fi (though I’ve been told by some beta readers it has a contemporary feel set in the future) and I had a blast writing it! I’m just so completely thrilled that Kensington loved it and wanted to buy it.

So thanks to all my friends and family who swore this call would come some day, you had faith, even when I began to lack it!

*Leave a comment and you’ll be entered to win a copy of What Happens in Vegas or anything from her backlist!*

In some comments about Stripped, I’ve seen references to Dahlia as a sex worker or a stripper. Now, the thing is, I have no beef with strippers or sex workers and if I’d wanted to make Dahlia one, I would have. But as I explain in the novella and as I’ll do here - burlesque dancing is not sex work, nor is it stripping.

From Wikipedia: With its origins in nineteenth century music hall entertainments and vaudeville, in the early twentieth century burlesque emerged as a populist blend of satire, performance art, and adult entertainment, that featured strip tease and broad comedy acts that derived their name from the low comedy aspects of the literary genre known as burlesque.

In burlesque, performers, usually female, often create elaborate sets with lush, colorful costumes, mood-appropriate music, and dramatic lighting, and may even include novelty acts, such as fire-breathing or demonstrations of unusual flexibility, to enhance the impact of their performance.

Put simply, burlesque means “in an upside down style”. Like its cousin, commedia dell’arte, burlesque turns social norms head over heels. Burlesque is a style of live entertainment that encompasses pastiche, parody, and wit. The genre traditionally encompasses a variety of acts such as dancing girls, chanson singers, comedians, mime artists, and strip tease artistes, all satirical and with a saucy edge. The strip tease element of burlesque became subject to extensive local legislation, leading to a theatrical form that titillated without falling foul of censors.

It is absolutely sexy. The dancing is sexy and it’s meant to titilate. But it’s an accentuation of the feminine, a play on sensuality rather than raw sex. It’s not better or worse than stripping, it’s just different.

No pole in sight. No lap dances. This is a strip tease - as in no actual nakedness - it’s the art of the tease.
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