Cover for Spy Games!

Coming soon from House of Erotica!
It includes my story "The Old Spies Club."

Lovely, lovely author copies of "The Mammoth Book of Uniform Erotica" turned up today

Despite the cover, I do have a lesbian erotic story in this one ("Lovely Rita, Meter Maid") and it certainly not the only one, not by a longshot. These books have something for everyone!
Available in the UK on March 5, 2015 and in the US and elsewhere, on April 15. Happy dance!

 

Guest Blog Post by Author L.E. Chamberlin

Hello, everyone! I'm really honored to be here and thankful to Emily for inviting me to guest post. I'm a relatively new author, so it's great to be able to share my work with more readers.

On February 1st, Strange Flesh Press released my latest erotic novella, I Owe You One, in which young Rory has a once-in-a-lifetime shot at one night with her crush, Cari. The Kitchen Goddess, as Cari's called, is older, more sophisticated, and not at all the type of girl Rory is used to hooking up with.

Confession: characters are everything to me. I would rather read a deep conversation that lasts 200 pages than try to follow a twisty-turny plot. I love to wallow in the exchanges between people, to explore the way they start as strangers and slowly wind tendrils of understanding around one another. And I like a juxtaposition between characters, too; when people who wouldn't normally even travel in the same circles are thrown into intimate settings it makes for fascinating dynamics.

That's how it is for Rory and Cary. These two are at two very different places in their lives. Cari has a career and a Prius and a house in a gentrified area of town, and Rory is kind of an overgrown teenager living with twenty-year-old male roommates who pee on the floor. But they have real magic in their one night together.

And we've all tasted that magic, haven't we? The unexpected conversation with someone we thought we wouldn't like, the delicious encounter with a crush we knew was all wrong, the momentary coming together of two wildly different human beings that felt in the moment like some predestined perfection - if we're lucky, we've had it, so it resonates when we read it. I know it does for me.

This is my first lesbian story, and I was particularly drawn to the idea of writing lesbian erotica because there is something very singular and elemental about a woman's connection to another woman. And these two women called to me - Rory first, appearing sharp and sudden in my mind the way Rory just is, and then Cari took shape, soft and elegant and lovely, the very antithesis of Rory. What they have to give each other is unexpected, and I love that about them. There's a true generosity to their time together.

They were such a joy to write about. And I'll admit it - I have a soft spot for Rory, because she's on the cusp of life and still has so much time for exploring relationships. She has all those wonderful almost-loves ahead of her. And I like to think that if she were twenty years older, she'd be one hell of a woman.

I hope you enjoy reading about Rory and Cari's stolen evening, and I'd love to hear from you if you did.

xo L.E.

L.E. Chamberlin is a foodie and former librarian who never returns her library books on time. She has a weakness for all things British, including cream teas, Wellies, fish & chips, and the full spectrum of scrumptious accents. An aficionado of steamy romances, she wrote her first one at age thirteen and still has all eighty-six handwritten pages of it in a box under her bed.

Website: http://lewritesblog.wordpress.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/AuthorLEChamberlin
Twitter: @AuthorLE

On reading reviews of the "50 Shades" movie....

Fascinating. The "50 Shades" movie is either a jolly (yet dark) rom com date flick or it's a pestilential (yet boring) slam against all that is good and consensual in BDSM made by people who hate it and each other or it 's a glorification of abuse to be boycotted and/or protested. In any case, think I'll just use my money to watch something that's deliberately funny and/or sexy (yet entertaining). 

New Guest Blog and Giveaway by Author Leigh Ellwood

Hello, and thanks to Emily for having me over today. Before I get too deeply into discussion, though, I want to get the shameless self-promotion out of the way. Here are my current offerings in F/F:
Coming Together: Girl on Girl - All Romance - Kindle - NOOK
She Loves Me - All Romance ~ Kindle ~ NOOK ~ Audiobook
Sugar Rush - All Romance ~ Kindle ~ NOOK
Undercover Passions - All Romance ~ Kindle ~NOOK

As for the future, I have two projects in progress, both to be published by invitation. I can't reveal who has asked for these F/F romance novellas, but I can say to expect one in the late spring and the other in summer, in time for LGBT Pride Month. Both are contemporary which, as with my other F/F stories save for Undercover Passions, is the primary genre for my F/F pairings.

That brings me to the topic at hand: what else is out there for lesbian romance and erotic romance? Of course, I have read many sub-genres in the pairing. One of my publishers, Decadent Publishing, offers sci-fi and futuristic F/F from Jessica E. Subject, among others. Paisley Smith and Yeva Wiest have written lovely historical romances. Paisley also had a great BDSM series with rockabilly heroines, and I hope to read more stories from her.

I ask because somebody (it may have been Emily, the mind is fuzzy lately) retweeted a request from somebody looking for varieties in lesbian romance and F/F pairings. I distinctly recall "sword and sorcery" among the requests.

Personally, I think that would be cool, to read about a female knight who slays a dragon to save a village, in particular one lovely lady wizard who needs a break from her spellbook to relax. I'd like to read a "Downton Abbey"-era romance about a noble lady feeling the pressure of society and tradition when all she really wants is to live freely in love with the sister of the neighboring lord. How about a story of a wealthy businesswoman with interests on a mining planet who butts heads with a vocal environmentalist, and discovers she'd rather do other things with her?

Paranormals, too. We're getting an all-female Ghostbusters! How about a paranormal investigator who gets too close to the feminine specter haunting an antebellum mansion? Yeah, we'd have to work out some logistics, but paranormal offers endless ideas.

To be honest, I'd love to write all of these sub-genres. I'll do my best, but I warn you sometimes when I try to focus the plot bunnies gang up on me. I'd love to write more F/F, but even more I'd love to hear what readers want in a story in terms of settings, eras, and characters.

What do you want to see in 2015 for lesbian romance? Comment below and I'll pick a winner to receive one audiobook from my catalog.

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Leigh Ellwood is an author of erotica, mystery, and romance. She is the editor of Coming Together: Girl on Girl and the author of She Loves Me, both of which were finalists for the Gold Crown Literary Society "Goldie" Award.

Twitter - @LeighEllwood

Lesbian Fiction Appreciation 2015

Every year, writer K. T. Grant hosts a month long celebration of lesbian fiction in all genres on her blog. I did posts the first two years but didn't get it together this year. But lots of other authors, editors , publishers and reviewers did so be sure and read them all! Plus, there are CFS and book giveaways. :-)
#LFAE2015

New CFS from Cheyenne Blue

First (working title)

Editor: Cheyenne Blue

Publisher: Ladylit Publishing (www.ladylit.com)

Deadline: 24 April 2015

Payment: US$40.00 plus a copy of e-book and paperback

Rights:  First worldwide digital rights and print rights.

Cheyenne Blue is seeking fictional stories of lesbian passion about first experiences.  While I will be including stories of sexual firsts, including first lesbian encounter and first experience of a particular sexual act, I am especially after stories that look beyond this with imagination and flair.  I would like to see stories where the sex happens as an integral part of another first, whether it’s the first day in a new job, the first time overseas, breaking the law, or skinny dipping.  How about a first experience of sex in zero G in space, or a near death experience on the battleground of a past war?  Show me the marvel, wonder, joy, and pride of new experience, the accomplishment, or even the fear or despair. I welcome stories of emotional firsts: the first time in love, the first time that hate translates to sex, the first time with a new partner after a break up. 

Above all, I want strong, complete tales that are more than just a sex act. This is not an anthology of true confessions, so stories do not need to be written in first person.  For examples of the type of stories and writing I’m looking for, check out my previous anthology, “Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire”.

Please note the usual no-nos apply: no incest / underage sex / rape / necrophilia / bestiality / scat.  No poetry please.

Preferred length: 2500 – 5000 words

Unpublished stories strongly preferred, although a couple of reprints might be used. Reprints must be solely owned by the author.

US English.  Please submit a double-spaced Microsoft Word document, using a 12-point serif font, such as Georgia or Times New Roman. One inch margins. If using a pen name, include both real and pen name on the manuscript.

Send your story as a .doc or .rtf file attachment to Cheyenne Blue at firstantho@gmail.com. Please include “First” and your story title in the subject line.

In the body of the email please include your legal name, pseudonym, a short bio, and previous publication information if the story is a reprint.

Established authors welcomed, newcomers encouraged.  I look forward to reading your work.

All submissions acknowledged within 3 days and acceptances notified by 1 June 2015.

About the editor:  Cheyenne Blue is the editor of “Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire” also from Ladylit, and has edited short stories through to novels.  Her erotic fiction has been included in approximately 100 erotic anthologies since 2000. Under her own name she has written travel books and articles, and edited anthologies of local writing in Ireland.

Cheyenne Blue

Out Now: Blue Woman Stories Volume 2: collected lesbian erotica of Cheyenne Blue

5 stories of  erotic lesbian love.  Buy now: http://www.ladylit.com/books/blue-woman-stories-volume-2-by-cheyenne-blue/

Out Now: Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire

She’s off limits but the attraction burns so bright it’s impossible to resist. 17 stories from 17 authors.

Buy now: http://www.ladylit.com/books/forbidden-fruit/

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Erotica by Cheyenne Blue

http://www.cheyenneblue.com

Twitter: @iamcheyenneblue

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/Cheyenne_Blue