I'm happy to have Stephanie Julian back to Smexy today! I love writing series.As a writer for Ellora’s Cave, I’ve got two going at the moment: Magical Seduction and Lucani Lovers. While both feature the magical Etruscans in contemporary times, the first deals with the Fata, the fairy race of the Etruscans. These are the winged fairies and pointy-eared elves, the half-hided satyrs and tiny glowing pixies. The second series focuses on the bad boys (and girls) of the Etruscans, the werewolves. Continue Reading
Guest Author: Dena Celeste
Pushing the Envelope Hi there! My name is Dena Celeste, and I’m an author of erotic romance. The genre that I tend to write in is BDSM, though even when it’s not explicitly BDSM my tales tend to have an Alpha male and a strong, yet submissive female somewhere in there. In my life and in my writing, I like to push the envelope on exploration. In some ways that’s hard for me, and in some ways it comes naturally. I’m the curious sort, so exploring sensations, from feather ticklers to harsh canes, Continue Reading
Guest Blogging with Chloe Neill and Fiction Vixen
I have two guest posts going on today. First, two of my favorite bloggers, Heidenkind and Buckeye Girl and myself are at Chloe Neill’s blog debating which man in Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampire series is “The Man!” Between Ethan, Morgan and Catcher we have quite the battle going on. Of course, I chose Catcher, because he is mighty sexy and is the definition of masculinity. Head on over to Chloe Neill’s blog to chime in on the debate. Next, I am telling my love story at Fiction Vixen’s blog. Continue Reading
Guest Author: Shelley Munro
I’m happy to have Shelley Munro back to Smexy today talking about how she names her characters and giving us a peek at her book, Tea for Two! The Naming Game One of the first things I do when I’m writing a book is decide on my character names. In fact, I need the perfect names for my hero and heroine before I can write a single word. Some authors call their characters A & B and slot names in later or change their character’s names at the editing stage. I can’t. I think it’s because the Continue Reading
Guest Author: Tracy Cooper-Posey
Smexy is happy to have Tracy Cooper-Posey here today! I’m very grateful to Mandi for letting me guest here today. I’m also aware that her blog leans very much towards paranormal and urban fantasy, so I’m a bit of a bump on an log, because my book is a contemporary romance. Still, something in my blurb must have caught Mandi’s attention, because she said yes when I asked her if I could guest, and here I am. Betting with Lucifer is released by Cerridwen Press as an ebook only, which – had it Continue Reading
Guest Author: Ashley Ladd and Giveaway
Smexy is happy to have author Ashley Ladd here today! A Rose is a Rose By Any Other Name Writers must do many things besides write stories. Of course there is research, editing and promoting. There is also a lot of administrative work behind the scenes. This week, my editor and I have been going back and forth about naming my most recently accepted story. Unlike “Truth, Justice and the Vampire Way” that Mandi reviewed on her blog today, the story in question is a Valentine’s Day short Continue Reading
Guest Author: Tessa Radley
Smexy is happy to have author Tessa Radley here today:Movies under the Mistletoe… The fabulous cover on my December Silhouette Desire, Millionaire Under The Mistletoe has got me in a Christmas mood. And, with the festive season fast approaching, my kids are looking forward to the new crop of December movie releases. Now the movie I'm on the fence about is The Time Traveler's Wife. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. But I've seen some awful write ups for the movie. Yet a friend of mine who was Continue Reading
Guest Author Shelley Munro
Judge a Book By Its Cover Thanks so much for having me to visit today. My name is Shelley Munro, and I write both contemporary and paranormal romance for Ellora’s Cave and Samhain Publishing. A cover is like a shop window. It’s an advertisement, an enticement to buy. The cover gives the reader a hint as to the contents of the book, and armed with the blurb, it’s a great selling tool. For an author, the cover is one of the fun parts of writing. Most publishers ask the author to fill out a Continue Reading
Guest Author and Giveaway: Jane Odiwe
Jane Odiwe is the author of Willoughby's Return, a sequel to Sense and Sensibility and her debut novel. She is also a very talented illustrator. I am so happy to have her here today.Thank you so much for inviting me along to talk about my work and illustrations! Writing, drawing and painting have been such a special part of my life that I cannot remember a time when I didn’t spend my spare time scribbling in one way or the other. I’ve always loved the fact that you get totally lost as you Continue Reading
Guest Post – Eva Gordon and Giveaway
I'm turning the blog over to Eva Gordon today. I recently enjoyed Beast Warrior and she is going to give us more information on it. Plus a chance to win Werewolf Sanctuary, the first in her series.I’m proud to announce the release of book 2 in my Wolf Maiden Chronicles, Beast Warrior: Viking Werewolf. It is a stand alone, but if you read Werewolf Sanctuary, book 1 you will note it leads to Beast Warrior. I am providing a blur, a glossary of my werewolf universe terms and a review by historical Continue Reading