More award news? Yes.

So, the book of lesbian vampire erotica I edited, WOMEN OF THE BITE, which was done in ebook by Ravenous Romance and in print form by Alyson Books, is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award! And a book I have a story in, Lesbian Cowboys (edited by Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia) is also…

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Three BDSM books I recommend

It was recently announced that the finalists for the NLA‘s Geoff Mains Non-fiction Book Award for 2009 are: Lee Harrington, Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond (lulu.com) david stein with David Schacter, Ask the Man Who Owns Him: The Real Lives of Gay Masters and slaves (Perfectbound Press) Two Knotty Boys, Two…

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A tree fell on my house.

Ouch. So, last night at about 5 am I wrapped up what I was writing. The wind and rain had been a gale all day and night, with branches knocking against the house and so forth. The tall pine tree in my neighbor’s front yard, the one which is pretty much between our two houses…

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The Prince's Boy: 33

(Continuing the weekly serial by Cecilia Tan! Need to start at the beginning? Click here.) Part 33: Kenet I played the part of Roichal’s page for a few more days, as he and the field marshal checked over what seemed to me to be the entire army. One morning, though, Roichal’s leg was so stiff,…

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Print Editions of Magic U, Mind Games, & more!

Super Awesome News! So it looks like maybe this is a perfect marriage: ebook publisher Ravenous Romance and print book publisher of non-fiction occult books Red Wheel/Weiser are getting together, and they are hatching a new imprint called Red Silk Editions. Red Wheel/Weiser is one of the leading publishers of books on tarot, occult, New…

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Blinded By The Light

A lot of the time when I play, it’s like my brain shuts off. Later, I kind of wake up in the middle of a song and I can remember everything that has been going on, but it’s almost like someone else was doing it. I don’t realize it when I’m slipping into that state,…

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More squee

I promise one of these days I’ll stop squeeing about reviews. But NOT YET!! Book Wenches, who reviewed book one of my Magic U series, has now done a review of book two in the series, also! And loved it, too! Yesss!! prime quote: “The second installation in the Magic University series was just as…

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Wheeee!!! Rose and Bay Awards announced!

WE WON! Yes, Daron’s Guitar Chronicles has won the 2010 Rose and Bay Award for crowdfunded fiction, and I say WE won because it’s not just me but the community of readers who voted for the project and who are a part of it who won. I’m humbled to realize that means DGC outpaced some…

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Squeeing time!!

Book Wenches reviewed Magic University, Book One: The Siren and the Sword and loved it! 4.5 stars! Some choice quotes: “I went into this book not knowing what to expect, and I was pleasantly surprised. Initially it put me in a Harry Potter frame of mind . . . until the sex started.” “The characters…

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Art?

I’m starting to really want an icon for The Prince’s Boy. My budget is of course next to nothing, but it occurs to me there might be some appropriate H/D art out there that could be adapted for the purpose, if the artist was amenable, of course? What’s appropriate payment for an icon illustration… $10?…

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