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Get a Girl Crush!
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Even girls who prefer guys remember their first girl crush—that physical and emotional fascination with another woman. Who has wondered, What if I acted on my desire, what if I flirted, what if I treased? What if I provoked?

In the steamy stories of Girl Crush, women satisfy their curiosity about the erotic possibilities of their infatuations. Delilah Devlin’s “The Out-of-Towner” is a tale of attraction between total opposites. In Rachel Kramer Bussel’s “Great Lengths”, an unrequited crush on a fiery, flaming hot redhead finally evolves into something more. G.G. Royale’s “An Introduction” follows a nice Indian girl on the eve her arranged marriage as she wanders into a bondage bar. For some, a crush is a passing whim, for others it’s just the beginning. In Girl Crush what happens next may take you by surprise.

Girl Crush releases today!
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

I love a challenge. I’ll try pretty much any flavor of erotica. And as a hetero girl, I loved the premise of a girl crush—taking a bite out of that forbidden fruit. Today is the official release date, but Amazon already shipped me my copy of the book. I completely love that cover!

This isn’t my first foray into lesbian shorts. I published “New Orientation” in Zane’s Purple Panties and “The Hired Hand” in Cleis’s Lesbian Cowboys.

From the back cover:

What if?

Even girls who prefer guys remember their first girl crush—that physical and emotional fascination with another woman. Who has wondered, What if I acted on my desire, what if I flirted, what if I treased? What if I provoked?

In the steamy stories of Girl Crush, women satisfy their curiosity about the erotic possibilities of their infatuations. Delilah Devlin’s “The Out-of-Towner” is a tale of attraction between total opposites. In Rachel Kramer Bussel’s “Great Lengths”, an unrequited crush on a fiery, flaming hot redhead finally evolves into something more. G.G. Royale’s “An Introduction” follows a nice Indian girl on the eve her arranged marriage as she wanders into a bondage bar. For some, a crush is a passing whim, for others it’s just the beginning. In Girl Crush what happens next may take you by surprise.

Read an excerpt

May Wrap-up
Monday, May 31st, 2010

May was all about waiting. And not very gracefully either.

I waited to hear whether my Berkley editor liked my first book and whether she would approve the synopsis for the second. I’m still waiting.

I waited to hear whether my Samhain editor liked my third installment of the Lone Star Lovers series. She hasn’t gotten back to me either.

The waiting killed my productivity, which isn’t a very good excuse, but it’s hard to argue with your insecurities.

I did manage to write the first draft of a 16k short-novella then trashed exactly half of it and rewrote it into a 22k erotic novella. I rewrote it because even though I was having tons of fun with the sex in the story, I lost the emotions that go into building a relationship. I like the rewrite much better.

I still have six pages of a short story to finish today, revise tomorrow, and then submit for a Cleis collection of short stories. I don’t think I’ll have any trouble meeting that deadline.

May saw the release of Captive Souls, the print anthology co-written with Vivi Anna and Kimberly Kaye Terry.

Three short stories I had submitted in previous months to three publishers received their verdicts.
* Xcite turned down my entry in their “Kiss in the Dark” anthology.
* The editor for the Cleis “Passion” anthology accepted The Morning Ride.
* The editor for the “Mammoth Book of Hot Romance” accepted Hot Out Here.

June is going to be complicated month. I have a week where I will barely hit the keyboard due to a family reunion. And I lose another day on the 12th when I travel to Dallas to deliver the 5-year-old to daddy.

The Cleis collection, “Girl Crush” releases tomorrow, so I do have a book to push! Look for it tomorrow.

I fell very short of my goals for May, but I still intend to stick my neck out and state what I hope to accomplish in June.
* Once I have approval of my proposal for the second Viking book, write the first 7 chapters
* Write proposals for two Cleis anthologies
* Write a short story for the Cleis “Dream Lover” anthology
* Revise a proposal for Blaze
* Write chapter 4 of Cat Tails

I’m ambitious, but if I start out boldly, I can do it. Here goes.

P.S. Thanks, Rachel for the reminder. I also have an on-line month-long plotting bootcamp to lead along with my sister. Gah!

Sunday Report Card
Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Yesterday, I should have made a mad dash to Dallas and back, but the 5-year-old’s dad asked to put off the exchange a couple of weeks. Yay! I’ll get to share the pool with her before she heads off for her summer away!

This week, I finally wrapped up the neverending novella and sent it to my beta readers to see what they thought. It’s not my usual fare, and it has me a little nervous, but it is what it is. I thought the story was one long tease between a secretary and her boss, but it ended up this BDSM thing with his partners involved. Hey, it’s where my imagination went. I’m not going to apologize!

Then I started on something a little more fun and much shorter. (Gawd, I really hope so!) It’s due June 1st, so I really have to get on it. Before I headed out to a friend’s birthday party yesterday, I hit 1100 words on the story. Since I only need 2500, I think I won’t have a problem meeting the deadline, except that the timeframe of the story requires a little research.

This week, I get to start a shiny new month, full of new opportunities for success as well as some enormous hurdles to conquer. More about that when I wrap up the month on the 31st!

Yesterday’s winner, by random number generator is…Mitzi H.!

Mitzi, email me with your snail mail address!

Flashback: Once Upon a Legend
Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Be sure to post a comment today to be in the running
for a free signed copy of this book!

Ignore the puke green cover! This book is funny and hot! And one of my favorite collaborations. Along with my sister, Myla Jackson, and our very good friend, Layla Chase, we dreamed up a trio of tales set in the Wild Wild West with heroines who had unusual occupations. This was the follow-up book to Wild, Wild Women of the West I. Enjoy the excerpt! My heroine writes dime novels about larger-than-life western heroes, but this is her first time out of Chicago and she’s just discovered that a story she wrote is coming true.

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“…Sisters Devlin and Jackson team up with Chase to create sizzling stories of delicious, daring men and even wilder women. Make sure you’ve got time to kill, because once you start you’ll want to read this collection in one sitting.”
4 ½ Stars, RT BOOKreviews on WILD, WILD WOMEN OF THE WEST II

These women like their horses fast and their men hard. And they always know how to get what they want…

When Prudence Vogel finally meets Jake White Eagle, she discovers he really is the tall, handsome hero of her novel. And his dark sensuality and raw masculinity make her eager to explore every intimate inch of his beautiful body…

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A quick darting glance around the edge of the window and Prudence spied her target. The gunslinger had his back to her and was talking to a large man who tucked his wrinkled shirt inside his pants and hitched up his yellow suspenders.

When they moved toward the door, she quickly drew back and straightened the hem of her neat, gray-striped jacket. She’d settled on a staid, professional outfit. No use in trying too hard to win an appreciative glance.

She’d only look desperate.

In her hand, she held a copy of her novel. Not the precious dog-eared copy that had been the first to roll off Beadle’s printing press.

This was a fresh copy. She intended to give it to him along with the warning that, however unlikely it sounded, the events within its pages were coming true.

She wouldn’t mention she was the novelist. That would be far too embarrassing. After reading it, he might guess correctly at her infatuation.

Oh, why had she extolled his beauty and gone on and on about the strength in his taut, leanly muscled body? He’d wonder how an innocent maiden lady would know about any fires that heated the loins of the heroine at just the sight of his manly physique.

Never mind he’d figure that out quickly if she couldn’t remember how to breathe. She was about to get her first clear view of that impressive body and handsome face, and her insides trembled like jelly.

The door opened and the burly man with the yellow suspenders stepped onto the planked walkway, wincing at the sunlight. “Dammit, Jake. A man could go blind this time a day.”
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Man-Candy
Friday, May 28th, 2010

I found this image on the website, Just Beautiful Men, and have to agree. Love the towel. And there’s just a hint of you-know-what below it to tease. Lovely. *sigh*

Yesterday’s question provided me quite a few new adds to my bucket list! Thanks to everyone who responded.

With only a few days left in this month, I have to knuckle down to finish my two projects. I’m close on one, but am stumbling over the last chapter. I have to wrap it today. No more excuses. The second project is short, but is very complicated setting-wise. I hate getting down to the wire.

Tomorrow, I have to drive to Dallas to drop the 5-year-old off with her daddy. Very sad day. I’ll post some sort of contest tomorrow to make it fun so be sure to stop by. ~DD

A Question for You…and Bookmarks!
Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Here’s another of my questions for you to ponder…

What is one trip you have never taken but would
really like to take some day?

My answer will be in the comments.

Also, I cleared my backlog of contest mailings this week because I have the new bookmarks I ordered. If you’d like bookmarks for yourself, friends, or to drop at your local bookstore, just send me an email with your snail mail address and how many you’d like to have. Here’s what they look like: