The winners in the Wild Girls, Wild Nights book drawing are:
JL Merrow, Gemma Parkes, DeJay, and J. Elizabeth Flournoy.
I know I said I'd pick three, but I changed my mind. Just e-mail me at sacchigreen@gmail.com with your mailing addresses, and I'll send them along. If you'd rather have Kindle or PFD copies, I can do that too. Thanks to everyone who followed the blog tour and commented.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Wild Girls Blog and Book Giveaway Final Day-Monica E. Moreno
On our last day we have a review of the first story in the book, which seems appropriate. I asked my writer friend Kathleen Bradean to review this piece, because I knew she would love it, and I was right. When she e-mailed me her review, her fist words were, “What a lovely story! She's a good writer.”
I knew that. And I know, but won’t name names, of many lovely stories in various genres that Monica E. Moreno has published under a different pseudonym.
Onward to Kathleen’s review.
"Good erotica awakens your libido. Great erotica is rich in sensual imagery that makes your body hum with anticipation. As I read Monica E. Moreno's wonderful 'Polvo de Hadas', I swore I felt the spices in my blood. This lovely and evocative story has unexpected depth that calls for reflection on how we communicate with our lovers.
The narrator's bisabeula cautions her not to make noise during sex. Otherwise the boy might think she likes it too much. But she doesn't just keep her mouth shut during sex with her boi; she doesn't say what she probably should to her lover. Instead, she turns to the food magic she learned from her bisabuela. Cinnamon for commitment, cayenne for passion. Cinnamon is easy to sprinkle here and there, but her lover refuses to taste cayenne. When they both step out of their comfort zones, their love spices up."
Kathleen’s bio:
Award winning author Kathleen Bradean’s stories can be found in Carnal Machines, The Harder She Comes, Best of Best Women’s Erotica I and II, Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades, The Sweetest Kiss: Vampire Tales, and many other anthologies. Find her blog articles at KathleenBradean.Blogspot.Com and Erotica-Readers.Blogspot.Com, and reviews of erotica at EroticaRevealed.Com.
And Monica E. Moreno’s bio, which is perfectly accurate, as far as it goes:
Monica E. Moreno was born and raised in the Southwestern United States. She is the writer of Chicana-themed romance/erotica, poetry and literary fiction. During the day she works as a secretary, and at night she practices recetas passed down through her family. She still believes in los cuentos de hadas she heard growing up.
[Pay attention! This is your last chance to comment for a chance to win one of three free copies of Wild Girls, Wild Nights. You can do it here, or on any of the linked posts. I’ll be announcing the winner on Monday June 24th on this blog, on my Facebook page, and on Live Journal (as sacchig)
Links, for the last time:
June 3 Angel Propps: The Daddy I Didn’t Know I Needed
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 4 Destiny Moon: The Corruption of the Innocent Pornographer
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 5 Danielle Mignon: Are You My Mommy?
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 6 Charlotte Dare: Higher Learning
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 7 Dawn Mueller: Cockadoodledoo
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 8 Lynette Mae: Risking It All
http://lynettemaeauthor.wordpress.com/
June 9 Cheyenne Blue: Nurse Joan
www.cheyenneblue.com
June 10 Catherine Paulssen: Delinquents
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 11 M. Marie: Auto-Complete
http://www.mmarie.ca/
June 12 Giselle Renarde: Ring of Roses
http://donutsdesires.blogspot.ca/2013/06/wild-nights-in-niagara-and-chance-to-win.html
June 13 Mia Savage: Kat’s House
www.miasavagebooks.wordpress.com
June 14 Dawn McKay: Hot Desert Nights
http://dawnmckay.wordpress.com/
June 15 Allison Moon: Foxy and the Ridiculous Lesbian Orgy
http://www.talesofthepack.com/blog/
June 16 Allison Wonderland: Guise and Dolls
http://aisforallison.blogspot.com
June 17 Anna Watson: Tamago
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 18 Evan Mora: Insatiable Travel Itch
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 19 Catherine Henreid: Odds
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 20 H.M. Husley: Threesome
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 21 Jasmine Grimstead: Lost Batteries
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 22 Monica E. Moreno: Polvo de Hadas
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
Friday, June 21, 2013
The Penultimate Day of the Wild Girls Blog Tour! Jasmine Grimstead “Lost Batteries”
This story gets a review by DJ Rogers, to which I will add that I especially loved the outdoor setting of the story, when a college group treks to the mountains to view a meteor shower and two of them manage to steal away to create their own starry night.
Lost Batteries Review by DJ Rogers
"I enjoyed this story. They say you never forget your first. Jasmine Grimstead shares those first time memories and feelings in Lost Batteries. There’s nothing like discovering the person you want also wants you. That was many years ago for me but luckily I’m still looking into those same eyes and knowing she still wants me.
Brianna and Leslie dance around their attraction until it can no longer be contained. A search for lost batteries leads to a discovery that reminds us of that first spark of passion. This was a tender sexy love story that made me smile and a sweet addition to the Wild Girls, Wild Nights anthology."
Almost your last chance for the free book drawing. Comment on any of the posts in the link list:
June 3 Angel Propps: The Daddy I Didn’t Know I Needed
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 4 Destiny Moon: The Corruption of the Innocent Pornographer
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 5 Danielle Mignon: Are You My Mommy?
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 6 Charlotte Dare: Higher Learning
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 7 Dawn Mueller: Cockadoodledoo
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 8 Lynette Mae: Risking It All
http://lynettemaeauthor.wordpress.com/
June 9 Cheyenne Blue: Nurse Joan
www.cheyenneblue.com
June 10 Catherine Paulssen: Delinquents
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 11 M. Marie: Auto-Complete
http://www.mmarie.ca/
June 12 Giselle Renarde: Ring of Roses
http://donutsdesires.blogspot.ca/2013/06/wild-nights-in-niagara-and-chance-to-win.html
June 13 Mia Savage: Kat’s House
www.miasavagebooks.wordpress.com
June 14 Dawn McKay: Hot Desert Nights
http://dawnmckay.wordpress.com/
June 15 Allison Moon: Foxy and the Ridiculous Lesbian Orgy
http://www.talesofthepack.com/blog/
June 16 Allison Wonderland: Guise and Dolls
http://aisforallison.blogspot.com
June 17 Anna Watson: Tamago
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 18 Evan Mora: Insatiable Travel Itch
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 19 Catherine Henreid: Odds
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 20 H.M. Husley: Threesome
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 21 Jasmine Grimstead: Lost Batteries
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 22 Monica E. Moreno: Polvo de Hadas
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wild Girls Blog Tour & Erotic Book Giveaway Day 18-H.M. Husley “Threesome”
The title of H.M. Husley’s “Threesome” goes a long way toward telling you where the story goes, but getting there, as is so often the case, is a major part of the fun, even when the going is hard for a while. Here’s an excerpt from near the beginning:
“Tonight was not going to be an easy or particularly fun night. It should be, but it wouldn’t be. Not with Kat coming to town.
Kat, who symbolized all the things I wasn’t, and provided Jennifer with the adventure I couldn’t. Kat, who had bronze, sun-flecked skin from hours of outdoor soccer practice. Kat, who had lean, capable thighs that pumped like engine pistons, and tight, powerful abs. Kat, who had the kind of body that keeps black and white photography in business. Shadows and light caressed her curves, lured the viewer closer, and dared hands to reach out and touch her. Kat, who had spent the whole day with Jennifer without me, and threatened to steal my girlfriend away.
I tried to put these thoughts out of my mind. It was Jennifer’s birthday, and I had agreed to play nice.”
Don’t worry. What begins in anxiety concludes in satiety.
H. M. Husley is a writer, storyteller, and artist. Constantly seeking out new adventures and experiences, lesbian erotica is just one of her methods of expression. She is inspired by Anais Nin, Oscar Wilde, and joie de vivre. She is based in St. Paul, MN.
[Comment on any of these Blog Tour posts and be entered in a drawing for one of tree free copies of the anthology. Only two more days to go!]
The long, lingering link list:
June 3 Angel Propps: The Daddy I Didn’t Know I Needed
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 4 Destiny Moon: The Corruption of the Innocent Pornographer
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 5 Danielle Mignon: Are You My Mommy?
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 6 Charlotte Dare: Higher Learning
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 7 Dawn Mueller: Cockadoodledoo
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 8 Lynette Mae: Risking It All
http://lynettemaeauthor.wordpress.com/
June 9 Cheyenne Blue: Nurse Joan
www.cheyenneblue.com
June 10 Catherine Paulssen: Delinquents
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 11 M. Marie: Auto-Complete
http://www.mmarie.ca/
June 12 Giselle Renarde: Ring of Roses
http://donutsdesires.blogspot.ca/2013/06/wild-nights-in-niagara-and-chance-to-win.html
June 13 Mia Savage: Kat’s House
www.miasavagebooks.wordpress.com
June 14 Dawn McKay: Hot Desert Nights
http://dawnmckay.wordpress.com/
June 15 Allison Moon: Foxy and the Ridiculous Lesbian Orgy
http://www.talesofthepack.com/blog/
June 16 Allison Wonderland: Guise and Dolls
http://aisforallison.blogspot.com
June 17 Anna Watson: Tamago
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 18 Evan Mora: Insatiable Travel Itch
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 19 Catherine Henreid: Odds
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 20 H.M. Husley: Threesome
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 21 Jasmine Grimstead: Lost Batteries
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 22 Monica E. Moreno: Polvo de Hadas
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Wild Girls Blog and Book Giveaway Day 17-Catherine Henreid "Odds"
Catherine Henreid lives in Berlin, but her heart is still in Israel. She would never admit to being a Polonia. Her work has appeared in Silver Publishing's Dreaming of a White Christmas series. [A Polonia is the Israeli way of saying someone acts like a Jewish mother.]
In her story “Odds” she recalls her time as a student in Tel Aviv, and a very special roommate.
“I thought back to when I first met her. It was in the early days of the program and there were so many new faces and exotic accents that I was happy just to remember the names of the people from my Hebrew class. She was one of the students who had answered my ad on the university’s blackboard. I had just closed the door behind a guy from the Netherlands when the doorbell rang again. Outside in the hallway stood a pale, skinny girl with an unruly pixie haircut. Her upper lip had a defiant curve.
While I was still trying to decide what it was that made her oddly attractive, she held out her hand to me. “Felicity.”
I let her in and checked her out more closely. The baggy jeans. The broad leather belt. The unbuttoned shirt. The wife-beater underneath. The plain silver bracelet. And the tattoo on her wrist. Felicity?
She looked at me and grinned. “What name would you prefer? Shane?”
I blushed. How did she…?
She nodded toward a half-unpacked suitcase and I followed her gaze. On top was my DVD case, lying open. “You know ‘The L-Word?’” I asked, a bit incredulous.
“Sure,” she said, as if I had asked her if she wanted a glass of water. I led her into the kitchen and offered her something to drink. She took a look around the room. “Felicity’s my grandma’s name, okay?”
“I… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to–”
“Yes you did.” There was a little twinkle in her eyes, and I knew she wasn’t offended.”
This is just a brief excerpt, with adventures and misadventures to follow, along with a vibrant sense of place and time. A lovely piece, not to be missed. Comment to be entered to win a free copy of the book, to increase your chances of not missing it.
Now for the interminable list of links!
June 3 Angel Propps: The Daddy I Didn’t Know I Needed
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 4 Destiny Moon: The Corruption of the Innocent Pornographer
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 5 Danielle Mignon: Are You My Mommy?
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 6 Charlotte Dare: Higher Learning
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 7 Dawn Mueller: Cockadoodledoo
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 8 Lynette Mae: Risking It All
http://lynettemaeauthor.wordpress.com/
June 9 Cheyenne Blue: Nurse Joan
www.cheyenneblue.com
June 10 Catherine Paulssen: Delinquents
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 11 M. Marie: Auto-Complete
http://www.mmarie.ca/
June 12 Giselle Renarde: Ring of Roses
http://donutsdesires.blogspot.ca/2013/06/wild-nights-in-niagara-and-chance-to-win.html
June 13 Mia Savage: Kat’s House
www.miasavagebooks.wordpress.com
June 14 Dawn McKay: Hot Desert Nights
http://dawnmckay.wordpress.com/
June 15 Allison Moon: Foxy and the Ridiculous Lesbian Orgy
http://www.talesofthepack.com/blog/
June 16 Allison Wonderland: Guise and Dolls
http://aisforallison.blogspot.com
June 17 Anna Watson: Tamago
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 18 Evan Mora: Insatiable Travel Itch
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 19 Catherine Henreid: Odds
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 20 H.M. Husley: Threesome
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 21 Jasmine Grimstead: Lost Batteries
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 22 Monica E. Moreno: Polvo de Hadas
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Wild Girls Blog Tour Day 16—Evan Mora’s “The Insatiable Travel Itch”
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Wild Girls, Wild Nights Blog Tour Day 15-Anna Watson's "Tamago"
Anna Watson's "Tamago"is beautifully written, right from the heart through the body. I have the benefit of knowing Anna personally, so I can hear her voice when I read this, but I think any reader will hear her true out-and-proud femme voice in her words. In this post Anna talks about how she decided to share her intensely personal story, and the importance of publishing it under her own name.
"One evening a couple of weeks ago I was sitting on a panel along with some other folks, including a straight girl raised by a butch lesbian, a married lesbian with three kids, a younger lesbian, single, just out of college, a married trans guy with two kids, and an out gay male high school student. We were facing a row of 7th graders, participants in our Unitarian Universalist church’s sex ed class. This was my first time taking part in the Gender Panel, and I was loving it.
I happen to be one of the few people I know who are my age (51) who actually had a good sex ed class; two of them, even, one in 7th grade and one in high school. Both teachers told it to us straight, from VD to all the conflicting feelings that come up around sex, and in high school, we practiced putting condoms on bananas and were encouraged to taste spermicide. It was life-changing, life-saving information, and I am so grateful to those two brave teachers who carved out a place for kids to make a safe and informed start on their sexual paths. The only problem was that all that wealth, all that good, good stuff, was presented as if there was only one kind of sexual activity, the kind between men and women.
On the Gender Panel, I talked about being femme, about coming out and then coming out again and finally coming out for a third time, and about my current situation as the wife of my butch husband. It felt good to be able to talk about all these things to adolescents, and I really hoped that some of what I was saying will be of use to them in their own sexual journeys. I knew that they had learned about a variety of sexualities and ways of having sex in their class, and I was so grateful for that progress.
I started to write this post about why I don’t use a pen name and then decided to switch to talking about the Gender Panel, but now and I find myself back talking about why I don’t write cloaked. Yes, my kids might find my stories and read them – probably already have. Yes, my ESL students and their parents might look me up and find that I have another kind of career and choose not to employ me. I’m pretty much ok with that, given that my main goal in writing smut is to provide a place for us, to add to the stories that show queers in all their sexual glory. But I did have to think a little bit about sending Sacchi “Tamago”. It’s been sitting in my files since I wrote it in those searing months of my early 40s when I finally FINALLY FINALLY came roaring fully into my femme sexuality. I was so wide open, so vulnerable and in such an altered state. Did I want people reading what is basically my journal?
Back to the Gender Panel. I had just walked the kids through my long, convoluted coming out process, which has taken me my entire life. “I’m so grateful to have gotten here,” I told them, “but there are times that I do feel robbed. To have finally figured this out when the hormones are leaving me. I wish I could have known about my sexuality when I was your age! And that’s why I’m here tonight, and why I do the community organizing work I do, because I want every single person to understand their sexuality and be able to lead a long and healthy sexual life.”
And that’s why I went ahead with “Tamago” and why I used my own name. Because this is something that happened to a real person, to me. And if it goes any way towards validating and celebrating the sexualities of other people, then I am doing what I was born to do. Kampei!"
Along with writing smut, Anna Watson works in her community as an adult advisor to a homeschooling QSA, has helped start and maintain a GSA in her kids’ middle school, and is the chair of her UU church’s LGBTQ and allies group. A shout out to Mr. Dwyer and Ms. Roper, who would certainly include more queer stuff in their sex ed classes were they doing it today!
The link list—if you haven’t caught them all, you can do it any time. And comment for a chance to win the book!
June 3 Angel Propps: The Daddy I Didn’t Know I Needed
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 4 Destiny Moon: The Corruption of the Innocent Pornographer
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 5 Danielle Mignon: Are You My Mommy?
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 6 Charlotte Dare: Higher Learning
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 7 Dawn Mueller: Cockadoodledoo
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 8 Lynette Mae: Risking It All
http://lynettemaeauthor.wordpress.com/
June 9 Cheyenne Blue: Nurse Joan
www.cheyenneblue.com
June 10 Catherine Paulssen: Delinquents
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 11 M. Marie: Auto-Complete
http://www.mmarie.ca/
June 12 Giselle Renarde: Ring of Roses
http://donutsdesires.blogspot.ca/2013/06/wild-nights-in-niagara-and-chance-to-win.html
June 13 Mia Savage: Kat’s House
www.miasavagebooks.wordpress.com
June 14 Dawn McKay: Hot Desert Nights
http://dawnmckay.wordpress.com/
June 15 Allison Moon: Foxy and the Ridiculous Lesbian Orgy
http://www.talesofthepack.com/blog/
June 16 Allison Wonderland: Guise and Dolls
http://aisforallison.blogspot.com
June 17 Anna Watson: Tamago
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 18 Evan Mora: Insatiable Travel Itch
http://sacchi-green@gmail.com
June 19 Catherine Henreid: Odds
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 20 H.M. Husley: Threesome
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 21 Jasmine Grimstead: Lost Batteries
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
June 22 Monica E. Moreno: Polvo de Hadas
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com
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