2013 PRIDE EVENTS

Attention Authors: Need to get your name out there in the hands of thousands of people?

On June 22nd Stonewall Columbus Pride and on Aug 24th Toledo Pride 2013 are upon us. 

This year Rainbow Romance Writers and Naughty Edition Reviews have teamed up to get booths at both events and spread some promo love, raise awareness about LGBT fiction and have some fun. Several top publishers and book sellers have already generously donated money, gift cards and free books to our event.

Now we are looking for authors to join in on this great opportunity!

Pride events like these promote our community, area events, organizations, programs and businesses that support the LGBTQA community. Last year Columbus saw over 100,000 attendees and in Toledo there were about 8000. This year we are expecting more! There is no better way to get your name in front of so many potential fans than attending a Pride event.

Do you live in or near Ohio?

If you do we would be love to have you attend the event and promote your writing at our booth. 

Author participation costs: $50 for each festival.

Paypal link will be coming shortly

Why would you want to spend money to go to a Pride festival and work a booth?

Because the individual promotion opportunity is priceless. Authors will have the opportunity to meet fans, sign swag and sell books. 

Your swag will be prominently displayed. Our booth in Toledo last year was colorful, fun and drew a lot of attention.

This year we are giving away FOUR FREE E-READERS and authors will be able to pre-upload one of their books onto the devices, getting your books directly into the hands of a new reader. Everyone loves freebies and our booth will have great swag bags for attendees. We are hoping with generous promo donations, this year we will be able to fill at least 700 swag bags and 10 giveaway baskets. 100 of these bags we would like to make YA.

Last year we were like mini celebrities in the eyes of many people and not only did we all see an increase in book sales afterward, but we had an opportunity to let readers know how much great LGBT fiction is really available. And we had FUN!

What kinds of promo do we need?

Books! Books! Books!

Any new and gently used LGBT books, including YA would be gladly appreciated. We are in desperate need of lesbian fiction and promo. We are going to have a prize spinning wheel and lucky winners will take home books, one of four already donated e-readers, gift certificates or one of the 700 goodie bags we are looking to fill. No one will go home empty handed!!

**We cannot accept paper swag at this time**

There is one exception. Postcards with free download codes for ebooks or if it is a discount coupon. We would LOVE these types of donations. If you have a free story you want to promote, print up some postcards with your logo and the download link. Some authors even uploaded their stories onto CDs and we put those into the swag bags. Make sure you check with your publisher before you do any of this though! :)

Please, no bookmarks, cover flats and postcards. The point of the event is to get LGBT books both print and electronic into the hands of readers. At large public events paper swag without a freebie/coupon will get overlooked or thrown away therefore is a waste of the author's money. We want our bags to be considered valuable enough that people take them home and go thru them. A bag full of bookmarks sadly will be tossed into the nearest garbage can. This may sound harsh, but at a festival with a beer garden, 100K people celebrating and wandering around, only good swag bags will be kept by attendees.

Swag can be anything from the wild and untamed (scented condoms, glow sticks, penis shaped lollipops) to the tame (stickers, pens, chap-sticks, buttons, notepads) Large items such as t-shirts, mugs, etc we will put in gift baskets. If you want to send your own gift basket, that too is very okay.

We will be filling 500 goodie bags for Stonewall Columbus June 22, and 250 goodie bags for Toledo Pride Aug 24. And donations from 10-700 will be greatly appreciated.

Contact Deanna for mailing address. deanna.wadsworth@gmail.com with the words OHIO PRIDE PROMO in the subject line.

What is the deadline for mailing swag?

For Columbus, we must have all promo by June 8, 2013.

For Toledo we must have all promo by August 10, 2013

Our main goal is to get LGBT books into the hands of readers. We know not many authors can afford to travel and get themselves out there at conferences etc so this is a great promotional venue for new and established authors.

If you or someone you know might be interested please email either of us at Rayna@naughtyeditionreviews.com or deanna.wadsworth@gmail.com

Thank you for helping our community,

Rayna Scherer

Owner of Naughty Edition Reviews and Books

Deanna Wadsworth

Writer, RRW rep

Twelve Jared Padalecki's a drumming!

On the Twelfth Day of Sex-Mas deanna brought to me.....

 

Twelve Jared Padalecki's a drumming!

JoAnne Kenrick is bringing in the LaST day of Sex-Mas with one of my favorite hotties!!!

Why, Santa, thank you! How good you've been to us girls (and boys), bringing us the man that is...well, just IS. He is Jared Padalecki.  Better known to most of us as simply Sam. Or a Winchester brother. Yes, we're talking one of the hotties from Supernatural.

He fights demons, slays vampires, put's up with his equally sexy brother, and kicks some serious sarcasm ass. Well, maybe he doesn't, but Sam does! In real life, he's a doting father...and married. Ugh, oh well, we all know how powerful Christmas wishes can be, don't we? So wish away!

I mean, who wouldn't want a Sammy under their tree this holiday?

"Think about it, Dean. If you smell like candy, the kids will come closer, you know? " -- Sam Winchester, A Very Supernatural Christmas

Hey, Sam... it's not just kids who are attracted to men who smell like candy ;) So candy up! Ho. Ho. Ho.

Oh, if it isn't enough his bod smell of candy, I bet those puckered up lips do, too.

Okay. Fine. He has sucky taste in shorts. But *sigh* he makes up for it in abs and attitude, if not with his singing talents, erm, or lack there of.

Fine. He's got demon blood flowing through him. Whatever! I can deal, if that's what gives him those dark, pensive eyes and broodiness. I'm ready to leap to the dark side, if this is what awaits me. Mwahahaha.

And seriously, does this dude know how to decorate a tree! Not bad for a demon, right?

And he knows just the right thing to say when you're feeling down. 

Deploying his puppy dog eyes, Sam Winchester quote from Tall Tales -- "But I want you to know.. I'm here for you. You brave little solider. I acknowledge your pain. Come here!"

Alrighty then, if you insist, Sammy. I think this is my cue to say goodbye so Sam can ease my pain in private ;) Of course, said pain may have been caused by some awful rendition of Silent Night, but he doesn't need to know that. Headache or not, just like any girl, I'm sure I could solider on.

Merry Christmas, may Santa deliver you a very, very tasty treat this year! Meanwhile, why not spoil yourself with this little tasty treat.... psst, Jared was somewhat of an inspiration for Arden, the hero. An Irish Jared, holy Santa Clause. Did I just die and go to romance hero heaven?

A snowed-in holiday romance set in a remote Irish castle.

Series: Irish Kisses, four. Can be read as a stand alone.

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Hot winter kisses to warm broken hearts….

Sick of tending to everyone else’s needs around the holidays, divorced barmaid and granny Sandra ferries it from London to Belfast. All she wants for Christmas is some peace with a romance story in front of a roaring fire in a remote Irish castle. What she gets is a most unexpected Christmas present from her friends at Bell’s—A 1Night Stand with a young Irishman.

Can she hack it in the real world of romance, or are life’s complications and treacherous snowstorms best left to the pages of a book?

Newly widowed Ardan Draighean owns Ballygalley castle. Once run as a hotel with his late wife, the stone building now serves as a home for him and his son. After hearing about Madame Eve’s matchmaking skills, he contacts her in search of the perfect match. Although much older than him—by fifteen years—Sandra is his ideal woman. He be damned if he’ll let a good story get in the way of his happy ever after with her.

Hot winter kisses are all this couple needs to stay warm this Christmas, but will the heat stay long after the magical season of mistletoe has finished?

Eleven Jim Caviezel's Piping

On the Eleventh Day of Sex-Mas Deanna brought to me....

Eleven Jim Caviezel's piping!!!!

Take it away Wendy Burke!!!




Did you know that the hero in my latest novel, NICK was based on Jim Caviezal??
  
Want to know why?

Oh, here is why...

So, I’ve been taking a look at all the hunks Deanna’s had on her blog so far during this run, and a feel a bit inadequate.  I wanted to use all the hunks I’d ‘lusted over’ in the past (and in some cases still do!) but DW was insistent that I use the model for my latest story  Wise Men Say. And that hunk would be – okay, go ahead and groan now – Jim Caviezel.

I’ve been a fan of his well before he was John Reese in Person of Interest or Jesus in The Passion of the Christ.  My ‘perking up’ came about years ago in High Crimes and Déjà vu – and I watched that one for another reason – Denzel Washington. But, I digress…

Some would say there’s nothing overly ‘spectacular’ about Jim, he’s got that plain, all-American kid-next-door look to him, and maybe that’s what’s attractive to me. Regardless, he was the perfect model for the male character in my latest release  Wise Men Say, from Decadent Publishing.

Shortly after I send the story to the submissions editor, this picture showed up somewhere on Facebook. It happens on occasion, someone goes picking through the photo folder in my head – and boom there it is! To top it off, he’s even dressed the part of the character!

And, I couldn’t appear on this blog without offering up some free stuff! Just zip me an email: wendyburke1994@bex.net by 12:01AM Dec. 26^th and one person will win a copy of  Wise Men Say and a beautiful hand blown glass Christmas ornament! 

Good Luck – thanks for reading and Merry Christmas!

BLURB:

More than twenty years ago, Emmy Patterson kissed her fiancé for the last time. Despite bad news from U.S. military services, to this day she has reasons to hold on to hope he's alive and celebrates his life every chance she gets.

Her family, however, thinks her partly crazed, unable to grasp the reasoning behind her perpetual optimism.

Called on a business trip to promote her glass artwork, she spends the winter holidays in Las Vegas.  Is this chance travel to the The Castillo in Vegas a coincidence, or does the wise Madame Eve know ‘some things’ were meant to be?

EXCERPT:

     Usually after so much time in the cold, she’d be tired but instead she tossed and turned.

     Office of the Pentagon.

     Why did that have to come today?    

    “Dammit.” Getting out of bed, she went to her closet. Dragging out a step stool, she reached for the box tucked in the furthest corner of the shelving. She got a hand on the container, and with reverence, she slipped it from its resting place. Careful, it’s almost all you have left of him.

     Cross-legged on her mattress, with the linens and comforter bunched about her, she smoothed a small area and placed the box there. She slipped off its lid. Inside sat a flat, vacuum-packed plastic bag holding a near-ratty sweatshirt. The word Navy printed on the front, faded and close to illegible, the article of clothing had seen many washings.

But, yet, it hadn’t been washed in twenty years.

     Removing the shirt from the bag, she placed it in her lap where she stroked the decade’s old piece of clothing. Closing her eyes, she remembered Nick’s solid biceps filling out the jersey fabric, his well-cut pectorals curving the front. Slipping a hand into the pullover’s opening, she imagined his flat, muscled tummy meeting her touch and her finger tracing a dark trek of cottony down.

     She smiled, seeing his salacious grin in return, while his hand grasped hers, willing it further into his boxers.

     “Where are you, Nicky?”

     Stretching out, she kept the sweatshirt close to her face. It irritated her that she could barely discern his scent considering she’d taken such care to retain it.

     He filled her mind. Sure, she had photo upon photo of him, of them together, but those images captured not the essence of her Nick; his kindness, loyalty, dedication to her and to his country, and of course, the physical memories. She cursed herself, reaching far back into her memory, trying to extract the sound of his voice. Would I even recognize it if I heard it?

     She clutched the fleece closer, her free hand caressing low on her belly. She fantasized his specter kisses on her neck. Burying her face further into his clothing, she dug her hand under the waistband of her flannel pajama pants.

     Even after so many years away, the mere thought of him aroused her; his beautiful, well-cut muscles flexing as he undressed, honed from workouts no gym rat could ever tolerate. The taste of his mouth, bright and pepperminty, his talented tongue, so insistent she swore he had the ability to suck her clit inside out. She gasped into the blue material as she slipped her finger deep between her folds, dreaming of him.

     Holding back tears, she recalled the first time Nick had touched her in such a manner. After they’d dated for about a year, Nick got relocated from Virginia to California for SEAL training. Meeting up in Las Vegas proved easy, a cheap flight for both of them—her from Milwaukee and him from San Diego. In her mind, she leaned back into Nick’s broad chest as hot tub bubbles tickled her bare skin. The sunset over the Vegas Strip had been magnificent. After emptying a bottle of Moet to toast Nick’s new career path, some extensive fooling around ensued. In her memory, he lifted her from the tub, carrying her to bed. That moment, he kissed her in a way he’d never done before—and with good reason, that night, with her permission, he he’d taken her virginity.

     She panted into the sweatshirt, her tissue swelling around her drenched finger. “Oh!” An electric burning sensation forced her finger from direct clitoral contact, but she forged through it, bringing herself over the edge. She cried out, her arms legs and torso trembling through her orgasm.

    “I miss you, Nicky….” 

    She clutched the one remaining possession of her fiancé and cried herself to sleep.

 

Wendy can be found at her BLOG and Facebook

You can buy her books HERE and at all reputable ebook sites! 

Ten LL Cool J's a Leaping!

On the Tenth Day Of Sex-Mas Deanna brought to me....

Ten LL Cool J's a Leaping!!!

And Jaxx Steele to talk all about him!!!

  

Hello, people!

Jaxx Steele here to share my hottie…LL Cool J! 

The 10^th day of Christmas is so appropriate for LL. He released 10 CDs before retiring from the rap world and has been in 10 movies before taking his place as Sam Hanna on my favorite show NCIS: LA. 

For the record, I liked NCIS before they did an LA version…his presence just uped the shows watch-ability “10” fold.

 

Those who know me know how much I love men over 40, especially the ones who keep themselves in naked beach shape. They are intelligent, worldly, and confident. LL Cool J fits that perfectly. What’s not sexy about a man that knows what he wants?

Speaking of sexy… LL looks good dressed up…

 

Dressed down…

 

Or half dressed.

This man is like wine…getting better with age!

 

I had LL in mind when I did my pirate story, A Day On Plunderer’s Pride. 

Just picture LL with one of those sultry, deep, goose bump inspiring Jamaican accents. *shakes off a shiver* 

Yeah, that’s why he is the model for Nigel. If you want that shiver I just had read A Day on Plunderer’s Pride.

Life is hard, but worthwhile on the pirate ship Plunderer's Pride. Follow Captain Julian Hazard and his band of ruffians as they go about their daily business. As you endure their daily struggles and nightly rewards you may find that a pirate's life may be for you, too.

A Day on Plunderer’s Pride is available now at Muse It Hot HERE

Find Jaxx at:

Website: www.jaxxsteele.com   Blog: www.jaxxsteele.blogspot.com 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jaxxsteele   Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaxxsteele

For tomorrow's Hottie make sure you visit Wendy Burke's blog!