Mother Nature's Dirty Work - Please help!
Mood:  down
Now Playing: R Casteel's website
Dear Fellow Authors.

Mother nature has struck a terrible blow not only in Asia but to the world. Now is a time authors can join together for one common cause and give for a truly worthy cause. I have set up an account at paypal for just such a purpose were we can collectively pool our money and send a sea container of food to the tens of thousands of needy children in the devastated Asian countries. What you give, if you decide to is up to you. I have talked it over with my wife and she agrees, my November royalty check will go in first thing in the morning when the bank opens. Search your hearts for what you should do.

Paypal account is authorsasianrelief@rcasteel.net.

Donations for a childrens relief and doctors without borders

Venus Press - Open for Submissioins
Now Playing: http://www.venuspress.com
Topic: Publisher Information
PRESS RELEASE

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Venus Press is announcing the opening of submissions for all genres of erotic romance and erotic fiction. We invite you to visit our website for more details of submitting to this new publisher. Anticipated opening is January 1, 2005.

Have an idea for an erotic tale featuring a sexy Greek or Roman god/goddess? Hooked on a Greek tale that is begging for an erotic twist? Venus Press wishes to see your story. Visit our website for more details for our "Venus Rising" line featuring immortal seductions.

If you have any questions or comments about submitting to Venus Press, please email us at admin@venuspress.com.

New Excerpt Loop by Therese MacFarland
Mood:  party time!
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Topic: Author Information

Originally posted to the Liquid Silver Yahoo Chat Group.

Hi Liquid Silver writers and readers!

I've been lurking for a bit. I'm not a LS writer, but I'm a reviewer and a writer. I've started my own excerpt loop and am inviting writers and readers of any publishing house to come on over and promote their stuff! I've pulled in over 75 folks in two days, which is a start.... Each day I have a "hunk of the day"--and we chat about that guy (Orlando Bloom today, etc.) and post excerpts that fit the guy. Or not. You are also welcome to join and unjoin as you like... I only ask that you use appropriate ADULT warnings in subject lines, etc. And I will delete any Xpromo type posts--I'm trying to make this a little different.

There's also a contest for unpublished writers to post excerpts--a group of 2 writers and 3 reviewers are going to critique the entries and award a prize in January. I'm a pretty new writer and I know how hard it is to get started. The rules for this contest are posted in the Files section.

And of course, I'm promoting my own stuff, and hopefully that isn't too tedious ;)

I hope you stop by and check us out!

Best,
Therese MacFarland

Posted by sizzlingromances at 9:35 AM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 30 October 2004 10:01 AM EDT

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Critique Group in Tallassee
Now Playing: www.mariannelacroix.com
Topic: Author Information
Living in the Leon County/Tallahassee area (Florida)? I am searching for a few authors (published/aspiring) to start a critique group that will meet once a month in a local Tallahassee restaurant. Interested parties please contact me at Marianne LaCroix.

New Publisher: Dark Angel Publishing
Now Playing: http://darkangelpublishing.com/submissions
Topic: Publisher Information
If you write ROMANCE novels, than Dark Angel Publishing wants to see your
manuscript! Please submit to us today! We pride ourselves on discovering new
talent and giving new writers a chance to showcase their work and finally get
noticed.

Dark Angel Publishing is an innovative, unique operating Romance ebook
publisher.

Dark Angel Publishing is an ebook publisher and bookseller requesting works
of 26,000 to 100,000 words of romance fiction and any romance subgenre. All
submissions must include a romance element. Our genres range from a nice
contemporary to suspenseful thrillers. (No erotica, please).

We do not charge for publication nor do we charge for editing or
proofreading. Author receives 50% of sale and an advance upfront. We retain exclusive
rights for 3 years.

We first want to see a professional query letter, which includes the genre of
your manuscript, and a synopsis (1-2 pages) don't forget to include your
name, email address, and phone number in the right-hand corner of your manuscript.

We will let you know whether we want to read the entire manuscript or the
first three chapters within 1 month of receiving your query. Please feel free
to get back with us after this time frame, if you haven't heard from us.

Your correspondence with us should be in an email format, unless we request
to see your work.

If we request to read the first three chapters or the entire manuscript, then
we would appreciate it, if it was sent via email and your manuscript attached
in a single MSWord Doc/file, including your name, email address, and genre of
the manuscript. This information is important--please consider the number of
submissions we receive--and we will not seriously consider your
query/submission if you can not follow our simple directions.

Visit our submissions page for further instructions! If you are interested,
please click on submissions.

New authors come check us out! And please tell a friend!


If you are interested, please visit our submissions page:
http://darkangelpublishing.com/submissions

Awe-Struck starting a line of erotic/romance books
Now Playing: www.heatwaveromance.com
Topic: Publisher Information
A couple of weeks ago Awe-Struck announced via various listserves
that we were going to start a line of erotic/romance books--we still
ARE going to do that, but decided to create an ENTIRELY NEW SITE for
them--a site completely different and separate from the Awe-Struck
site--so that we could market more effectively and focus on more
fully with these types of titles.
the url, you ask?--

If you go there, you won't find anything YET, but Dick is designing
the site and we ARE very much looking for erotic/romance short pieces
and long pieces to showcase there--hopefully by this fall/winter.

Our HEAT-WAVE line will have two "levels": Storm Surge, and Heat Stroke

>Storm Surge: Sensual, sizzling, and stimulating; exclusive couples,
>married or unmarried.
>Creative sex play allowed, some sex toys, but no S and M or Bondage.
>Good plotline is also important!
>
Heat Stroke: Turn the sensuality up a few degrees; Adult language and
more vivid descriptions; Graphic sexual scenes, but still a good plot
line. Couples need not be exclusive to each other nor married to each
other. Graphic language may be used.

We are accepting stories and novellas and they will be paid according
to our ebook contract, which can be found on the Awe-Struck site
(under menu/author submissions). Contact: editor@awestruckebooks.net
if you have a story/novella to submit! We are on the PROWWWWL!
--
Kathryn D. Struck, Publisher

Posted by sizzlingromances at 8:12 AM EDT

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New Publisher! PHAZE.COM
Now Playing: http://www.phaze.com/
Topic: Publisher Information


MUNDANIA PRESS LAUNCHES PHAZE.COM

August 8, 2004--Cincinnati, OH: Mundania Press is pleased to announce the opening of submissions at Phaze, the newest addition to the MPLLC family! The same quality you've come to expect from Mundania Press titles will now be available in the world of erotica!

www.phaze.com

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Phaze invites authors to take a look at the submission guidelines and sample contract on the Phaze.com website. Additional questions are welcome via email. All erotica genres will be considered, and previously published authors will be given extra-special consideration during this initial launch period.

Phaze invites readers to visit Phaze.com and sign up for the Phaze Announcement Newsletter!

www.phaze.com

Phaze is an imprint of Mundania Press, LLC.

www.mundania.com

Triskelion Publishing seeking submissions
Topic: Publisher Information
Triskelion Publishing is revving up for its second year and we want to continue bringing readers extraordinary romance with exciting stories and talented authors. To do that, we need YOU! Please take a look at the list of what we're currently seeking and send your full manuscript to submissions@triskelionpublishing.com and be sure to check out our website for complete guidelines at www.triskelionpublishing.com where we happily pay our authors 45% royalties.

Sincerely,
Kristi Studts, Publisher/Exec. Editor
Triskelion Publishing

Triskelion's new sister site!
Topic: Publisher Information
Triskelion is going to be launching a sister site. Fondly named Sister O. Our virtual doors will open the first week of January 2005, Triskelions 1st Anniversary.

Kristi Studts - Publisher and I are very excited by this new venture.

So what will we be publishing? As an extension of our extremely popular Amethyst Inferno and Flashburn lines we will be publishing Erotic Romance.

While we will be publishing Erotic Romance, there will be no extremes.

As with are lines at Triskelion each sub-genre will have its own unique name accompanied by a word count. For example Obsidian Equinox, Jade Solstice, Opal Embers, Emerald Blaze to name a few but to be diverse, we have added a couple quirky names - Pink Martini and Tickle Me.

We will be publishing various lengths Shorts, Novella, Novels and Full Novel length.

Our heat levels will be based on Star, Earth and Energy temperatures. For example, Star temperatures Pleiades, Orion, Virgo, Scorpio, Earth Lava, Volcanic, Magna and Energy Ion, Plasma etc.

We will be publishing all sub-genre romance.

The website is not live yet, I can't wait to see what the web designer comes up with.

We are accepting submissions - Synopsis in the body of the email together with the first 3/4 chapters sent to submissions@triskelionpublishing.com. Any queries or questions regarding guidelines etc, please feel free to email me, Gail Northman at execeditor.sistero@ntlworld.com

Gail Northman
Executive Editor: Sister O
Editor Amethyst Inferno/Flashburn
Triskelion Publishing www.triskelionpublishing.com

Romance Author Directory Now Up and Running
Topic: Author Information
The world's largest romance author directory is now up and running!

My website is finally finished, and I finished the last of the links
for the directory today!!

Check out the site at http://www.jenniferwardrip.com.

Whichever side you enter, you'll have the option to go to the directory.

***IF YOU ARE A ROMANCE AUTHOR AND I HAVE SOMEHOW MISSED YOU IN MY 3,000+ LISTING, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, WEBSITE ADDRESS, AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO directory@jenniferwardrip.com.


THIS IS A FREE SERVICE THAT I'VE IMPLEMENTED ON MY WEBSITE TO HOPEFULLY RAISE AWARENESS OF THE THOUSANDS OF ROMANCE AUTHORS, STORIES, AND GENRES AVAILABLE----AND HOPEFULLY TO GET MORE TRAFFIC TO YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITE AS WELL!!!

Thanks all, and have a great day!!

Jen

Jennifer Wardrip
writing as Jen Nicholas and Alayne Warren
http://www.jenniferwardrip.com
THE TROUBLE WITH DRAGONS eXtasy Books Coming Soon
THREE'S A CROWD eXtasy Books Coming Soon
"WICKED" WOMEN ON TOP Brava antho 2/05
BAD BOYS OVER EASY Brava antho 4/05