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A Nice Review...

When it comes to reviews, you never know. Most of the time there's something to be learned from each reviewer that helps the writing process progress. Yes, as hard as it is, even the bad ones help...most of the time. In the past sixteen years, I've had good ones, marginally good ones, and some that weren't very nice. It comes with the territory; you take the good with the bad and smile.

But bless the person who wrote this.

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Now that Mercury has turned direct, it's time to begin--new novels, short stories, anthologies and blogs. So here I am ... Regina Perry, author of Playgirl, "Brettsturbation" and "Tan Lines." I feel privileged and honored to be among these talented authors. I hope you're enjoying the novels and short stories at Ravenous Romance as much as I am.

"Brettsturbation" is a prequel short story to the novel, Playgirl. The story is an expanded scene from Chapter 5. Alena Conner, a suppressed Kansas rancher's wife, is fascinated with the world of sex exposed on the Internet. Stumbling across an interactive chatroom with live, naked male models she becomes preoccupied and logs in every chance she gets. She hits the jackpot one lonely Friday afternoon when she's the only viewer chatting in Brett's room. Engage in the pleasure as you read how he teaches Alena the exhilaration of cyberspace. Then read Playgirl and join Alena on her journey to discover and accept her sexuality and healthy libido.

Hugs,

Regina Perry

Read my latest blog post: Love Surge. Click on the Double Life Weblog link. http://reginaperry.com

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Where do I find my ideas? Everywhere!

I jump off on tangents, one after the other.

Just there, up above, I accidentally typed "w-e-r-e" instead of "w-h-e-r-e" in everywhere. (Of course I went back and fixed it.)

But my first thought wasn't were, as in was, past tense, we were, I was, but were, as in were-wolf, were-bear.

Pronounced "where". I guess that's why I typed it originally.

You might be wondering what this has to do with finding ideas.

So, the tangent hopping had me visualizing hopping from log, to log, to log.

Where might such a thing happen? Where are there logs? Who would be hopping from log to log? (Besides a frog...)

Perhaps a contest for the strongest, most agile, muscular man in a female dominated society.... Where women rule and men are just physical labor....

But what if a ruler in this land falls in love with a man, a were-man, who is really something else when he isn't with her?

What could he be?

What if she values his counsel, and actually heeded his advice, but she would be publicly hanged if found out?

But she cannot possibly give up his touch. His caresses. His tongue lashings.

Who would have such a tongue?

Perhaps a snake; a pronged tongue to lick her most sensitive places. And who wouldn't listen to counsel when being lavished this way?

Perhaps he is a spy to win back man's place in society.... To put women back in bondage... What if she is the lynch-pin to the undoing of all woman-kind?

This is starting to sound like an erotic version of the Garden of Eden. I just need an apple. Loads of stories used apples, even Snow White...

All that from a typo. And I don't even think there's much there...

yet....

Hmmmm. Typo.

Type O. I'm type O. I wonder if that would be the Cristal among vampires?

Excuse me, I have some tangents to follow....

Please join me in my virtual imagination by leaving a comment, question, or thought.

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Yesterday afternoon, while I was working on the "American Star" series that's loosely based on the reality TV show "American Idol", I received an e-mail letting me know that PRETTY MAN is being released on ravenous. I'm told we're shooting for the 17th, and I'm thinking all this bitter cold weather in the east is perfect timing for this book. One of my goals with PRETTY MAN was to incorporate a good old fashioned romance with some steamy, passionate scenes.

I'll write more about PRETTY MAN next week. But I thought it would be interesting to mention that if the title hadn't been PRETTY MAN, it would have been "You have Chocolate on your Tooth." And that's because part of the novel is set on wonderful, old Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, where there's a fictional book shop that sells fine French chocolates. It's not far from the real-life bakery, Magnolia, where I've personally waited in line many times for their out-of-this- world cupcakes. On a warm summer night, it's hard to find another place where there's a street as romantic and endearing as Bleecker Street in New York. People can smell the aroma of rich, creamy chocolates all the way up to the avenue, and this little book shop is where the main characters meet and fall in love. An antique sign hanging above the chocolate counter reads, in French, "“Vous avez de la chocolat sur votre dent.”

I haven't seen the cover for PRETTY MAN yet, but from what I've been told I'm going to like it a lot.

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In one of my favorite works by Edna St. Vincent Millay, there's a classic quote that reads:

And this quote is a lot like the journey I've experienced so far with ravenousromance.com. Until recently, I always worked in traditional publishing and journalism. I wrote erotic romances and non-erotic romances for many editors and publishers. I wrote short stories and pieces for magazines and other publications. Over the course of fifteen years, since I graduated from college with a BA in English Lit, I literally lost track of the list of books and publications I was in. It was always about supplying the editor with what he or she needed. But more than that, creating something that the reader would enjoy. I'll get into more of how I did this in future posts (there are stories about where I worked as an assistant editor and how I wrote that might surprise people), because when you're starting out as a writer money isn't something that comes easily.

Right now, in this first post, I'd rather discuss the whirwind of ravenousromance.com. When I was first approached about it, I wasn't sure I could do it. Even though I'd always been in at least ten books a year, I'd always had time to think and prepare and contemplate. Traditional print publishing moves along at a slow, even pace: you submit a short story for a romance anthology in March and it usually takes a year, if not more, for the book to be released. (Magazines work a little faster, but if you submit something for a Christmas issue it's usually done in late summer.) But I was used to things being done the old way; I knew the drill and had my comfort zones.

And then came ravenousromance.com. I'd done a few things for other e-publishers by then. One, because I think e-publishing is the future in all genres. And two, because I was curious about it. And to be honest, even though I'd heard a few negative things from other writers, I soon found that e-publishing in general was a wonderful, professional place to work. Every aspect was positive, from editorial to cover design to final product. So when ravenous approached me with ideas and concepts for a book, I basically jumped into it without thinking twice. I'd heard good things about the owners, and I really believed in what they were trying to accomplish. This all started late last spring, which is typically a dead time in traditional publishing. But that summer was the most exciting and intense I can ever remember as a writer. We started by brainstorming about the book, AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN, then I wrote a detailed outline and we brainstormed again through phone calls and e-mails. I was shocked at how much I liked and appreciated the comments from the editors; we clicked on all levels and when they suggested changes, I liked the suggestions. When I came back with changes of my own, they liked my suggestions. It was almost too good to be true.

In the next post I'll get into the process of writing AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN. It wasn't always easy, and I burned the candle at both ends because I had other publishing obligations that summer, but it turned out to be a great deal of intense fun in the end. My goal, always, has been to reach readers who like to escape to places they normally wouldn't go. But I also like to add quirks you don't normally see in erotic romance. A huge part of that goal is to please the reader, entertain the reader and hope and pray they enjoy what I've written. Without the wonderful readers, there would be no point to writing.

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