• craft,  the writing life,  thoughts

    It’s All About The Characters

    Characters are a passion of mine. I love people watching and finding out what makes a person tick. I think most writers are empathic in this way. A friend of mine recently asked me how writers come up with compelling heroes and heroines. Something Marion Zimmer Bradley once said to me in a rejection letter years ago floated to the…

  • Magick,  S. Connolly

    A Dukanté Excerpt

    I found this particular imagery disturbing.  This is an actual journal entry from Richard Dukanté where he’s talking about entering dark caverns and facing one’s fears as a recipe for ascension. It was in this cavern, the stone dripping blood that I met Horus. A bright light surrounded him like a fire, it was so bright I could scarcly look upon…

  • Anne O'Connell,  books

    March 2011: Surrender: Tales of Submission

      So guess what should be available by the end of the month? My novella anthology in paperback! Yep! Surrender: Tales of Submission will include Sincerely, Megan, Nice Girls Don’t, and Weekend Captive all in a 188 page paperback! Own all your favorite Anne O’Connell novellas. Purchasing links forthcoming (obviously once it’s available). Still waiting on my proof. For those wondering…

  • Anne O'Connell,  e-books,  erotica,  Store

    Weekend Captive eBooks

      Weekend Captive Kate’s track record with men has been lousy. Now, she’s sworn off them for good. But someone has other ideas. He’s been watching Kate go about her days indifferent to him and any other man who crosses her path. Tired of being ignored and unable to cage the burning desire within, he has a plan to make…

  • books,  S. J. Reisner

    Sorcerers’ Twilight Series Paperbacks

    Left Horse Black: For centuries, the zealot Kersian sorcerers have abducted innocent women and children for sacrifice to their ‘no name’ god, and have waged war upon Danaria’s sorcerers. Now, they are covertly usurping the thrones of human-ruled kingdoms to do the unthinkable; they are building a massive human army to assist them in destroying Danaria’s sorcerer bloodlines in an…

  • Anne O'Connell,  books,  business of writing

    Erotica Samples…

    UPDATE: The Erotica Samples are now available. So I’m going to find a way to effectively put Erotica samples here on my site after learning that Barnes & Noble, instead of creating an adult section for erotica, decided to remove all sample buttons for erotica. No wonder my sales over there dropped off. I was wondering what was up.  I…