FREE Today: The Red Shoes

"The Red Shoes" is free on Amazon today.  This is its last day on Amazon Prime. Tomorrow it goes on Smashwords.  I'm trying a rotation thing--the minimum 3 months on Prime so I can give out free days, and then I release on Smashwords, which in turn farms me out to a bunch of other book retailers.  I make a little bit of money on Smashwords, and it increases my visibility online, so I feel it's worth it while I'm selling so few copies of my work.

I wanna talk a bit about this story.  It's based on Has Christian Anderson's The Red Shoes.  (He's turning in his grave, like, really.)  A cautionary tale about what happens when you don't listen to your mother and wear scandalous red shoes to church, I tried to keep, not the plot, but the important aspects of the story.  The rules against red shoes, the dancing, and the painful punishment for disobeying, those are all still there.

I love working fairy tales into something new.  (If I ever get my Red Riding Hood done you will just die over the awesomeness.)  I love the versatility of the stories--you can do almost anything to them. People love them because they know them. I really love writing fairy tales in an erotic or horror genre because the original tales were gruesome and violent. (Rape, cannibalism, infanticide, take your pick.)

If you want some great adult-centric fairy tales I suggest Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow's fairy tale anthologies.  I started with Snow White, Blood Red.

Positive Review: Addicted to the Bite

BDSM Book Reviews gave "Addicted to the Bite" a 4/5. I'm very pleased. :)  Here's a link if you're still on the wall about buying it:

http://www.bdsmbookreviews.com/2013/04/17/review-addicted-to-the-bite-by-leigh-wilder/

And to the reviewer, Naamah--wait until you read Club Midnight!

"Club Midnight", incidentally, will be out around the 15th.  I know I said April and I am so sorry about the lateness.  I dug myself into a pretty deep plot hole that took some re-writing. I'm coming close to the end though.  I really, really like what I've written so far. It's better than "Addicted to the Bite."  The story line is good, the character interaction excellent, and the sex scenes are awesome.

Likely there will be a print collection of the first three stories.  It will be a small book--about 150 pages (40,000 words).  As a result the price will be as low as I can make it while still turning a profit.  It will be less than $7.  There's a print market out there that I need to take advantage of after all, and I really like the idea of a physical copy of Deadly Liaisons.  Autographed copies, fancy bookmarks and all that fun stuff will be available.

Why the Alpha?

I'm not a fan of Alpha males IRL. They're bullies. They think women need to be coddled and protected.     I've never met an Alpha personality that I didn't want to punch in the face. (Yes, this does apply to my friends as well as public figures and fictional characters.)  Yet the phrase pops up all over the place anywhere romance and erotica books are being discussed.  When I see the word I tend to shy away from the book. Even if the heroine is a Strong Woman, there's gonna be a lot of friction as she fights with his alpha-ness and I don't find this friction exciting or sexy.

I have no idea what it is you people find so appealing about predisposition to douchebaggery, but I will tell ya, it sours me to the romance genre in general.  I actually read very little straight up romance, preferring fantasy, paranormal and sci-fi with heavy romantic/erotic elements.

The label 'Alpha' is part of the California Psychological Inventory, which is a personality test that was developed in the 1950's.  Aside from Alphas and Betas there are also Gamma and Delta personalities.  Here's a short description of the personality types from wikipedia (because I'm lazy):

"Alpha personality types are more enterprising, dependable and outgoing. Betas are reserved, responsible and moderate. Gammas are adventurous, restless, and pleasure-seeking. Finally, Deltas are withdrawn, private, and to some extent disaffected."

(Clearly I am a Delta.)

So there are 3 other personality types to play with, yet they are getting ignored for this:

Found these attractive boys doing a google search for 'alpha male.' Pic is from a site that offers a "Pick-up Artist Bootcamp."  Very classy. Googling 'alpha male' will come up with multiple offers on how to get with women.

So why not get more Betas, Gammas and Deltas up there on the page?  There's no reason why they can't still hold leadership roles if that is what your story needs.  And I'm getting so tired of stories about billionaire CEOs and Alpha werewolves.  Who knows a billionaire CEO in real life anyway?  I wouldn't want to because I would want to punch him in the face.

Birthday Gifts

I am officially 30.  A few days ago I thought too hard about it and decided that I was going to start celebrating my conception instead of my birth, because birthdays are arbitrary and only conception dates are exact in measuring existence (first you don't exist, and then you do, vs. the fact that you existed for 9 months *before* the day you were expelled from the womb, and so forth).  I tried to argue that I had actually turned 30 back last July, and today means absolutely nothing in terms of how long I have existed on this earth.

But no one will let me. The 'happy birthdays' have been coming in since yesterday (told you it was arbitrary) and according to my driver's license I am 30.  So much for that.

In any case, I am celebrating my existence by giving you guys free shit.  You're welcome. (If you wanna give a gift back reviews are nice...)

(Also, apologies for stupid formatting. Nothing wants to cooperate.)

The Red Shoes (Amazon)

Master insists that Angel wear all white as a sign of her purity. She's been living with him for two years, but she remains a virgin until the day she sees a pair of red shoes in a shop window. The shoes are sex and life--she has to have them, no matter how terrible the punishment. She will lose her virginity...but by giving him such an ultimatum, will she also lose the man she loves?
This is an erotic BDSM short. It contains: submission, spanking, deflowering.




Drain Me Dry (Deadly Liaisons #1) (Amazon)

19 year old Jamie has had it with living. He has a terrible job, no friends, and his home life is unbearable. He wants to end it all, but is too frightened to slit his own wrists. Instead he goes to The Victorian, a seedy underground blood den for vampires and their groupies, where he hopes to find an angel of death to end it all for him. Instead he finds Damian, who has much sexier things on his mind than death. Will Jamie succeed in his plan of suicide by vampire, or will he get an unexpected HEA?





The Beauty and the Beast (smashwords)

Kate is "The Beauty," a professional Dominatrix with no time for love. Nathan is a Dom too, known in the community as "The Beast. A dinner invitation leads to much more, and Kate has to tame the beast, or run the chance of being devoured by him. Contains: Adult content, power play, light BDSM.








Saturday Night (smashwords)

When small-town cop Charlie is run off the road he expects an arrest and a slightly more interesting than normal Saturday night. Instead he finds himself handcuffed--with his own cuffs--and bent over the seat of ex-con Jake Miller's truck. Charlie doesn't mind...as long as he gets his turn next Saturday. Explicit m/m sex. 

"Drain Me Dry" Now Free on Amazon

Finally did it. Drain Me Dry has been listed as permanently free on Amazon thanks to their price matching system. Thanks to everyone who bitched at them for being greedy bastards!  (You can also complain to them about the price of "Saturday Night" and "In the Dark" which are also permanently free on Smashwords and 99 cents on Amazon.)

Since this happened (pretty sure it was yesterday) I've seen a huge jump in sales of the sequel, Addicted to the Bite.  This is great news, because it costs $1.49, as opposed to DMD's 99 cents. I'm hoping that over-all, sales will rise across the boards this month.  So, new authors, get something listed permanently free on Amazon if you possibly can. It's a definite boost.  Ask your readers to notify Amazon about a cheaper price.

This is also exciting because "Club Midnight" will be coming out sometime in the next few weeks (probably at the very end of the month).  It's more than 1/2 done.  It will probably be around 20k words long. (So no complaints about length this time!) I plan on releasing it at the $2.99 price, and releasing a compilation of the first 3 stories for $3.99.

Club Midnight is kinda awesome.  There are some great sex scenes, I'm introducing two new characters that will become regulars, and you will get to learn a little about Damian's past.  Jamie-boy is slowly growing up, and growing bold.  Our villain in this story is the Daybreak society, who has opened a kinky sex club to tortures vampires for fun and profit.

New Title: The Summoner and the Satyr

****Update---->Now live on Amazon! Clicky click!

I wrote this story a while ago.  It's a PWP (porn without plot) set in a fantasy school for magic (a grown-up Hogwarts if you'd like) called the Dracon School of Magicks.  The plan was to write 2 or 3 more of these, bundle them together, and sell it for the more lucrative $2.99.

Then I got depressed, and I've barely written anything since finishing The Red Shoes. So I'm bringing it out now and will list it as a stand-alone.  Hopefully I will get around to writing more porn in this universe, and maybe sell a nice fat omnibus style collection.

This is porn.  There are zero romantic elements to it and the sex is kinda rough.  If you're squeamish about lots of cum you probably won't like it much.  It also has sex with a non-human (though he is sentient).

Description:
Asyra is a summoner of beings from other worlds. She is a new professor at the Dracon School of Magic, and has been without a man for six months. Her needs are becoming so urgent she is beginning to lust after her students.  To sate her lust she summons the most sexual of beings--a satyr. Can she control this epitome of masculinity, or will she loose control completely?

3,000 words. Contains: rough sex, fantasy elements, oral and anal sex.

Excerpt:

Her voice was low and quiet with building force as she felt the portal to the otherworld open in her heart. The pain of the crossing was sharp but brief, sending her tumbling and forcing her to her knees. The candles in the circle had gone out, but the other candles and the fire lit the room. She looked up—the object of her summons towered over her.

“Creature of the dark world,” she said, getting to her feet. “I bind you to my circle. I call you to do my bidding.”

The Satyr was massive. His cloven legs were covered in a thick pelt, the brown skin of his broad chest thick with hair as well. He had a not quite handsome but very human face, except for his yellow eyes and large, curling horns. He wore no clothes. His large cock and heavy balls hung between his powerful thighs. Asyra breathed in the heady scent of musky masculinity, strong and potent. It was easy to forget her young, inexperienced students.

“Your bidding.” The Satyr’s voice boomed through the small room. “You expect me to answer the summons of a female?”

“I command you,” she said, unsure. Even the angriest of entities had never questioned being fairly caught.

“I reject your command,” he growled, and with his cloven hoof he scraped across the chalk line of her circle, smudging her hastily scrawled runes. There was a mistake in the runes, rendering the circle worthless and broken. There was nothing to contain this powerful beast.

“Oh, don’t,” she moaned.

A muscular arm shot out and grabbed her by the throat, squeezing hard enough to cause alarm. “No female controls me,” he said.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “Please.” Oh, this was bad. Very, very bad. A wild satyr loose in the halls would wreak havoc on the school. No woman would be safe. She would be sacked for sure and there would be no tenure, no comfortable retirement in her future. “I offer sacrifice,” she said quickly. “Take me in any way you see fit, and I will send you back home.”

He loosened his grip on her and Asyra dropped to the floor, taking in deep gasps of air. “I accept your sacrifice,” he said. “Though you may not survive it.”

“I’m tougher than I look,” she assured. “And if you kill me, I can’t send you home.” Only the original Summoner could do so much, and she hoped her remembered that. There were all manner of magical creatures wandering the world thanks to incompetent Summoners.

“We shall see. Get on your knees,” he commanded, and Asyra obeyed, the stone floor uncomfortable. “I think I shall enjoy breaking you.” He didn’t have to command her to do anything. She knew what he wanted. His cock hung half-hard in front of her face. As she watched it seemed to urge forward towards her.

Rant: The Language of Breasts

There is nothing I hate more than describing breasts in a sex scene.  It's the language that is the problem, not the organs themselves (which are lovely).  There just aren't any good words for them. You end up sounding crass, or technical, or stupid, or like a 10 year old boy.

"Bubbies"

"Breasts" for example. Makes you think of chicken or breast exams. It's technical but when you get right down to it, better than the alternatives.  You could go with "tits", which depending on the tone of the story, I might use, but I feel like an asshole when I use the term.  It's harsh, unfeeling, objectifying.

After that things just get ridiculous yabbos, fun-bags, cans, bajongas...I don't need to go on. Words for a conversation between two men oogling at a woman without her knowledge.  Definitely can't use these. The hero isn't allowed to talk about the heroine that way anyway.

Women usually use the word "boobs" when discussing them with their friends. It's soft, innocuous, safe.  But stick it in a sentence ("He touched her boobs with gentle caresses, taking one boob into his mouth while he teased the other with deft fingers.") Uh...no.

We could go the old-fashioned route, and use the word "bosom" but you can really only get away with that in a historical.  I once read a 19th century pornographic novel (almost all sex in those are date-rape situations, btw) and the author used the word "bubbies."  I can only assume that it was pronounced the same way children say "boobies" now, but the alternative spelling makes the word a lot more attractive, at least on the page. But see if your spell check and editor will let you get away with that.

Then there are the tacky romance words (which I've never experienced first-hand because I have taste) like "mounds" and "orbs."  Freaking orbs? Do I have a pair of disco balls on my chest? (You do if you a Meyer vampire chick I guess.)

So if "tender breasts" equal KFC and "sweet bubbies" equal a dyslexic 10 year old...what the hell am I supposed to do?

Switch to "udders"?