Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Call for Ellora's Cavemen 2007 submissions

Can't remember if I posted this or not so I will post it anyways.

This came down the pipeline from Raelene Gorlinski, managing editor at Ellora's Cave - permission granted to forward...

"Yep, time to start writing those submissions for the 2007 Ellora's Cavemen anthologies. We don't yet have a title for the 2007 series, but it will again be four books, six stories in each.- Due date is September 30, but we'd like to get them in as soonas possible.-

Submit the full story, properly formatted and proofread.- Story length is 10,000 to 12,000 words.- The story may *not* be part of an existing series.- We accept submissions in all genres.

We need a mix of genres for the books.- You may submit as many stories for consideration as you want, but an author may only be in this anthology series once per year. We want to give everyone an opportunity.-

The contract is for full term of the copyright. Royaltiesare: Digital - 6.25% of Cover price less discounts to third party vendors and credited returns. Print - 1.25% of Cover price lesscredited returns. This is not negotiable. Because of the time andmoney invested in this project, we want to keep the rights for life so that the books can never be torn apart.

Please do not submit astory if you are not willing to accept these contract terms.

When submitting, please include this information on the first page:Title Author name & email address Genre Word count Blurb.

As we did for 2006, we will accept submissions from authors not currently published at EC.

Those submissions should be sent to Raelene@ellorascave.com and the message subject line should say "2007 Cavemen submission".

So please spread the word to your writer friends and any appropriate discussion loops you are on.

Feel free to distribute the information from this message. And include that the stories must be hot erotic romances - for 2006 we received a few outside submissions that had very mild sexual content, did not qualify as erotic."

That's the latest!!

Have fun writing,

jan

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Naughty Men Cover!




Tee hee hee! Got the new cover for Naughty Men - the print combo of A Hitman for Hannah & Loverboy to be released by New Concepts Publishing March 2006.

jan

Friday, January 27, 2006

Wanna Win a Delicious Prize ??

Pop on over to Writer Babes and get between the sheets with CATHRYN FOX!!
http://writerbabes.blogspot.com/

In order to qualify for a prize or if you just wanna blog hard all you gotta do is comment on Cathryn's fantastic PLOT HOOKS series for writers and readers.

So far she's chatted about:

Marriage of Convenience

Secret Babies

Guardians

Cinderella

And today the plot hooks are:

Competition - ie) Sleeping with the Agent, Gennita Low, Avon (Love that title!!!)

Equal vs Equal - ie) Enemy Husband, Nina Bruhns, SIM.

Got any ideas of other types of books using Cathryn's Plot Hooks pop em over to her at Writer Babes!!! And tell her Jan sent you! *grin*

http://writerbabes.blogspot.com/

j

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Started another project!



Okay so I've put the Priestess aside for a couple of weeks so I can pursue a possible Quickie.

Ellora's Cave has lifted the cap of one Quickie per author per year and they are starting a "Vixen" series...I'm going to try to write a hot short one (just like my Christmas Lovers) for that Vixen series...I'm targeting the "summer fun" one.

Then it'll be back to Priestess and then when that's done back to Captive Hero and then when that's done maybe back into an Outlaw story...LOL...and somewhere in there I really would like to finish the sequel to "A Hitman for Hannah"...

Okay I must shove off. Lots to do before the big move in a week!

j

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Plot Hooks at Writer Babes!!!

Writer Babe Cathryn Fox will be discussing PLOT HOOKS this week over at Writer Babes!!!

Feel free to join her and participate cause she's got a contest based on posts and you could win something!! *grin* And learn stuff too!!

Today's discussion is Secret Baby Plots and Marriage of Convenience Plots! I've already got a couple of storylines rolling around in my head based on her post!! *high five*

Here's the url:

http://writerbabes.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

jan

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Cover for Sinderella just in!

Release date: June 28, 2006!

What a cool cover, eh!!! LOL

jan, dancing the Sinderella dance

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Print News! Print News! Print News!


Woooooooo-hoooooooooo! I just got word that A HITMAN FOR HANNAH and LOVERBOY have made the New Concepts Publishing print schedule!!!

Tentatively scheduled for a March 2006 Print release the stories will be combined.

Here's a sneak peak at A HITMAN FOR HANNAH

When a female Breeder Slave decides to run, a Hitman is hired. One of these Hitmen is Jacob. One of these runners is Hannah.

Jacob's never had trouble doing his job...until now. Hannah's never experienced passion...until now.

Hiding out in an abandoned beach stone mansion, Hannah and Jacob explore their love.

Rating: Contains graphic, explicit sex, coarse language, and mild violence

Here's a peek at LOVERBOY:

In the future...

Marriage is consummated in front of a preacher, friends and family.
It is a world where sex slaves, sex drugs and prostitution are carefully monitored and legal.
A world where today's traditional values are frowned upon....


When Sex Squad Detective Sky O’Kelley tells her fellow co-worker/fiancé she wants to follow an old tradition of saving her virginity until their wedding night, he dumps her.

Angry and hurt at his rejection, Sky undertakes a dangerous assignment. She must go undercover with her ex-fiancé to find out if “Loverboy” is training sex slaves without the government’s permission and to search for their boss’s daughter, a woman rumored to be in Loverboy’s Sex Slave Course.


Rating: May not be suitable for sensitive readers. Contains graphic sex & coarse language.

Loverboy and A Hitman For Hannah are currently available at New Concepts in ebook formats...

Cast of Characters for VEILED PASSIONS



















Cast of Characters



  • Anica Veil is The Priestess in my story.
    Noah Boaz and Zack(below) are Anica's Mutant vampire seducers...one man is dark haired and the other is light (the pillars in the card)...I'm toying with the idea of changing the name of the book to VEILED PASSIONS to bring it in more tune with the Priestess card...











  • From what I've taken away by researching this particular card is that the meaning of the High Priestess is:

    She is one of wisdom and intelligence, of mystical effects and understanding. When you draw this card this means a time when secrets are revealed or will be revealed.

    The High Priestess prefers equilibrium and does not like rash or chaotic behavior. The Priestess is the virgin goddess, the moon daughter, the spiritual bride.

    It is said she can be the bridge to a higher plane. She guards the gate of the unconscious. She is the one who can connect you to dreams, to psychic powers, lunar cycles and female mysteries.

    Sometimes she can represent an enlightened or chaste woman, or a mysterious woman, a femme fatale or a sexual woman. She also represents feminine principles and grace.

    The American Indians feel that the Priestess brings new things to light and reveals things hidden. She holds the moon’s energies which brings her psychic abilities to life.

    I've probably missed the total meaning of this card...LOL...so feel free to post if you know anything about the High Priestess card in the Rider Waite deck or if I've misinterpreted the meaning...

    jan off to do more writing

  • Monday, January 16, 2006

    Sinderella news!!!


    I've just received the release date for my contemporary erotic romance Sinderella!

    To be released from Ellora's Cave - June 28, 2006!





    Here's a sneak peek:

    Sinderella
    By Jan Springer



    By day she's a dedicated gynecologist.By night Dr. Ella Cinder escapes reality by secretly performing in her own erotic adult version of Sinderella. When sexy colleague Dr. Roarke Stephenson shows up in the Sinderella audience on the same night her Prince Charming stands her up, Ella seizes the opportunity to make Roarke into her Prince Charming for one carnal night of hot blazing sex…in front of an audience.

    Dr. Roarke Stephenson is immediately captured by the lusciously curvy actress who hides behind a mask and is known only as Sinderella. For some insane reason she reminds him of his klutzy co-worker, Ella. But that’s not possible, Ella would never have the nerve to do the wickedly delicious things Sinderella does to him…or would she?

    Have a great day!

    jan


    Sunday, January 15, 2006

    The Priestess continues...


















    I had to take a couple of days off from working on the Priestess story but I hope to get back into it today. It's so much fun searching for all the many types of tarot cards out there...they have a Unicorn tarot deck, mystic tarot deck, wiccan tarot deck, Robin Hood deck, and much more...

    For those interested here's a link for some info on tarot:

    http://www.themysticeye.com/tarot.htm

    And another link showing all the different types of tarot decks floating around out there:
    http://www.tarotwisdomreadings.com/tarotdecks.html

    Well I must get back to my writing!!!

    Later,

    jan

    Saturday, January 14, 2006

    Nowhere Man releases on DVD!!!


    "I'm keeping this diary because these events are real...they have to be..."

    This series is the perfect example of a tortured hero!!!

    Yes it's finally reality!!! This series is one of my all time favorites (can you tell???) And it's finally available in DVD!!
    Just got mine in the mail yesterday and plan on throwing a Nowhere Man weekend siesta the minute I move into my new digs!! Wooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo!

    Conspiracy! Romance! Drama! Mystery! Intrique! Danger! Action!

    This series got it all! And it has given me so many storyline ideas (great series for writers)!!!

    Unfortunately only 25- 1 hr shows were ever released by UPN (I guess they didn't realize they had a good thing going)

    "Give me the negatives, Tom!" A favorite line in the series...

    Here's a sneak peek from the distributors of the DVD:

    Plot Synopsis:

    Bruce Greenwood stars as documentary photographer Thomas Veil who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased, in the compelling one-hour drama Nowhere Man.

    It appears as if some mysterious and powerful entity has coerced Veil's family and friends into cooperating in a clandestine plan to annul every trace of him. Veil is all alone with no option but to begin a desperate, dangerous quest to find out how and why this has happened and most importantly, who is behind this torturous scheme.

    Well I must get back to work. Just wanted to spread the word that NOWHERE MAN is now in DVD!!!

    Hugs,
    jan




    Wednesday, January 11, 2006

    The Priestess continues...



    For those of you who are wondering where I've gone...I've gone into temporary deep hermit mode working on the Priestess submission...so many beautiful cards for inspiration!!!

    Later,

    jan

    the writing hermit

    Saturday, January 07, 2006

    WIP - Captive Hero - Day 6


    Ooola la!

    Chapter Three opens with a bang! Taylor and Kayla have escaped...we are starting to get an idea of exactly how hot these two are for each other....oh baby!

    Hmmm I'm not sure if this relationship is happening too fast...I might have to rein these two in. LOL.

    Okay I've got to do some re-working on my Priestess submission...so Captive Hero is going onto the side burner for a bit...

    Memoirs of a Geisha



    Now this was an interesting movie! Those of you ladies with sisters might not want to see the beginning or if you do at least bring some kleenex. The beginning is a real tear jerker...I won't say anything about the ending...don't want to spoil it but the story did have me on edge for the hero and heroine...

    A country bumpkin sold into the competitive world of the Geisha...it's emotional, tugs at your heart, it's got drama, backstabbing anger, fantastic scenery, great acting, forbidden love, action and even the selling of a young woman's virginity!!! Truly amazing.

    They should have called it the Secret World of the Geisha.

    I hadn't realized all that stuff went on...I had thought the geisha were trained in arts and to entertain but I'd never realized how competitive that world would be for the geisha...I kind of want to see it again

    Anyways I thought it was a very good movie.

    jan, who has to get back to work!

    Friday, January 06, 2006

    Jan takes a day off!


    I'm going to take the day off today. Gonna catch up on some packing (gonna move soon) and perhaps I'll catch Memoirs of a Geisha. Have a groovy day!!

    jan

    Thursday, January 05, 2006

    WIP - Captive Hero - Day 5



    CAUTION - POSSIBLE SPOILERS

    Chapter Two

    First scene - Taylor's Pov

    Taylor's in pain. Every inch of his body hurts as he is forced to walk on his injured leg behind the wagon transporting the luscious Hero woman...he sees the sympathy in her eyes for him...he also sees desire raging there compliments of the "machine"...He wants her bad..knows she needs to be satisfied or she will go crazy...he also knows they are heading for Death Valley...knows that the Death Valley Boys will addict her to sex in no time flat...just as they'd addicted Queen Jasmine to the same fate...and now the ex-Queen can't go without for longer than several hours. :-0 He can't let that happen to Kayla...

    Second scene - Kayla's POV

    Kayla's so aroused (due to some interesting contraptions attached to her) that she just can't sleep! Suddenly a shadowy figure appears at the wagon. It's Taylor! He's escaped!!! And he's come to get her!!! Without releasing her from her bound hands, Taylor grabs her and leads her from the wagon...

    Hmmm I'm only at 3,000 words and have done 2 chapters...grrr...lots of room for polishing on the next round. This is just a fast first draft...

    Man! It's hard to keep going and not stopping to polish!!! But I must press onto Chapter Three...

    Later,
    jan

    Cover for Outlaw Lovers 3

    Here's the new cover for "Colter's Revenge" - Outlaw Lovers...coming in May 2006. Kind of wants you to run out and get yourself involved in a menage eh? LOL. My compliments to Seneca, Ellora's Cave's beautiful cover artist.

    Jan

    Erotic Romance Writer Babes New Contest!!!



    A new contest starts today at Erotic Romance Authors - Writer Babes!!!

    Want to win a great Writer Babes coffee mug and some chocolate from Ellora's Cave author Tawny Taylor?

    Post a comment between today and January 10th for a chance to win! The more you post, the better your chances of winning. Good luck!

    Here's the blog url for the delicous new contest!

    http://writerbabes.blogspot.com/

    Happy Blogging!

    jan

    Wednesday, January 04, 2006

    WIP Captive Hero - Day 4

    CAUTION: POSSIBLE SPOILERS


    Alas I finished the rough draft of Kayla's opening scene...it's far from perfect...needs polishing but I must press onto the next scene. Time is of the essence...LOL...I am on a Book in a Month program with a couple of other writers...

    This next scene will be from Taylor's pov.

    He's really starting to get pissed off. He's been free from his life of being a sex slave for several years now - and now he's back into captivity again - I'd get pissed too.

    Anyways his thoughts have naturally turned to thoughts of escape...and of wicked carnal ideas of what he'd like to do to Kayla when he breaks her out of that cage they've got her in...of course he hasn't had a woman in quite some time so he's getting right eager for some heavy duty action.

    Okay I'm off to write the next scene.

    Later.
    j

    Tuesday, January 03, 2006

    WIP Captive Hero - Day 3

    Chapter One - second scene - Kayla's pov

    Caution Possible Spoilers

    I've been working on the second scene of Chapter One off and on today...had unexpected company coming to visit so I got sidetracked and have fallen behind already...grrr. Ahhh the life of a writer...

    But I've managed to flesh out half of Kayla's opening scene where she's bound and gagged (can't say what else - cause of this banning from the blog possibility...LOL). She and Tayor are both captives and are now being transported on their way to meet the nasty Death Valley Boys...and we know how wicked those Death Valley Boys can be, don't we?

    I shall continue the story hopefully tomorrow...

    jan

    Monday, January 02, 2006

    WIP - Captive Hero - Day 2

    Whew!
    I've got the opening first scene from Taylor's pov fleshed out...still needs a little bit of tweaking but I'll leave it for now...I'll start on Kayla's first scene tomorrow...can't say what's going on...I might get banned from the blogger but it's hot!!! Gotta take a break now...grab some icecubes...

    jan

    Release: Winter Wishes anthology - Jenna Howard, Becca Furrow et al


    This anthology looks hot! Cover art is by Jinger Heaston.

    My two good buddies and hot authors Becca Furrow and Jenna Howard are included in this wonderful book just released from Whiskey Press - Torrid.

    http://www.whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com

    Here's a sneak peek at their stories:

    Thawing Winter
    by Jenna Howard

    Sensible Winter Drummond returns home to her small town with the dream of reopening the family restaurant, Seasonal Changes, but she has to convince her sisters to take the risk with her. And town bad boy, Lucas Durst, tries to convince Winter to take a chance on love.

    http://www.jennahoward.com
    http://jennahoward.blogspot.com/



    Faunication
    by Becca Furrow

    Chloe and Max find themselves transformed into fairy tale creatures, in a fairy tale setting. They are facing a long, frigid winter, isolated together deep in a forest. Should they fight their attraction for each other? The cozy home they find in the roots of a great tree only has one bed...

    http://beccafurrow.tripod.com/

    Have mercy! I love the erotic-controversial rating!!!
    I'm off to get meself a copy!!

    Jan

    Sunday, January 01, 2006

    WIP Captive Hero - The Characters

    Main Characters - Captive Hero (Heroes at Heart #5)

    Kayla Hero - On a mission to Paradise to find her missing brothers, US astronaut Kayla Hero and her two sisters crash land on the planet...Kayla has vanished and Taylor (our cutie below) has gone on a dangerous search for Kayla...

    Our cutie pie Taylor (below) - who we met briefly in "A Hero's Kiss" is searching for the missing Hero woman when he is captured by his arch enemy - the evil Cath!


    WIP - Captive Hero - Day One

    Happy New Year!!!

    Well I'm going to try something different this year...don't know if it'll work but you never know unless you try...

    Gonna keep an online daily log of my works in progress...

    So for January I'm going to start with Captive Hero - Book 5 of the Heroes at Heart series
    (Futuristic erotic romance)

    POSSIBLE SPOILERS - READ AT OWN RISK!

    Day One

    Started into Chapter One of Captive Hero - opened the story with a bang! My hero Taylor has been captured by his number one enemy - the evil Cath (remember her?)

    She's got him tied up and threatening to do naughty things to him.
    Our heroine Kayla Hero - (she's just crashlanded on the planet of Paradise - a planet ruled by women and where men are considered sex slaves - Kayla is totally innocent of the ways of the wicked women of Paradise)

    Kayla has also been captured...she has no idea what's going on. Has no idea why the cute hunky hunk is being tormented by Cath- She's enduring some nasty things herself at the hands of the evil Cath- can't say what - can't give too much away.

    Taylor is going to have to find a way to rescue Kayla and escape the clutches of Cath before some serious damage is done and he's going to have to do it fast...

    jan
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