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I don't know if I've posted my new cover here for The Captive's Release, but let me tell you it is SMOKIN'!

Take a look for yourself!

When I was first lured into erotica by Lena Austin, she told me to write a fantasy.  Having always been enamoured of knights in shining armor and castles, deciding on a location was easy.  But the fantasy?  I've long had fantasies about being rescued in dire circumstances and then rewarding the rescuer by showing my appreciation!

The result was The Captive's Release now available at www.AspenMountainPress.com

Recently, a member of a loop asked what writers did when they weren't writing.  Good question.

Nearly every author I know will say something like, read.  Okay, so, we love to read.  It's probably why we are decent writers.  But what else do we do.

I enjoy photography.  I seemed to be handy with one of those little instamatics that were around in the early 70s.  Got a couple decent pictures and decided I liked photography.  Then, at Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, I took a photography class.  I learned how to load my own film into a canister, take decent photographs that were more than snapshots, and how to develop the same film.

Later we learned the print process and spent more time in the darkroom playing with equipment and our negatives.

In the intervening years, Lucynda Storey hasn't ventured into a darkroom.  At least not since her college days in Nebraska.  Instead, I am working at getting proficient with a digital camera and learning how to use the phone on my camera.  The kids are the ones who help me with the technology side of uploading the pics.  Someday, I'll get it down.  About that time the technology will change significantly and I'll have to learn a new system all over.  Oh, well, at least I'll still be learning.

Aspen Mountain Press is launching a new paranormal series and is asking for submissions.


Word count: 15K–100K
Format: eBooks
Editor: Nikita Gordyn
Genre: Contemporary Paranormal Romance
Can be a heterosexual couple, GBLT, ménage, etc.
Mainstream with romantic elements will be considered.
Very sexy/sensual is what we’re looking for. Both graphic and non-graphic will be considered.


Story Guideline:

The main characters have to do something at the bar to tie it together. They know the proprietor, who is a vampire (Cody Warren was turned while in the military serving in Afganistan). Humans can go in to see the paranormals or two (or three) paranormal characters, meet outside the bar, etc, but at some point both the bar and Cody must be in a scene.


Bartending Tales

Stories from Del Fantasma in Vista Loma, California


Bible

Del Fantasma is a bar just north of Point Loma, California, known for its ghosts and other-worldly experiences. The owner and bartender, Cody Warren knows a thing or two about the supernatural. While stationed in Afghanistan, Cody was rescued and later turned into a vampire.

Not that he minds. He is the sole owner of Del Fantasma and the hours suit him just fine. He has both human and other-worldly clients, and a knack for matchmaking that would rival any bona fide yenta. After ten years of bringing couples together, not much surprises Cody. He’s certainly heard every tale of love gone right and wrong over the years. In fact, he can recall a tale for nearly every drink he mixes.


Examples: Sex on the Beach: a mermaid and her true love (general idea only), Kentucky Tornado: the city meets the country in a tale of horse-trading (general idea only), Harvey Wallbanger, White Russian, Kiss in the Dark, Fuzzy Navel, Tequila Sunrise, Three Wise Men, Stormy Weather, Sea Breeze, Long Island Iced Tea, Pain Killer, Singapore Sling, Alabama Slammer, Aztec Punch, or any other drink that the author would like to do.

Please submit complete stories or a synopsis with the first three chapters electronically only. Be sure to include your name, mailing address and contact information to Dragoness@cogeco.ca or submissions@AspenMountainPress.com with Del Fantasma in the subject line of the email.


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