Okay, I have to warn you, despite this being the blog of an erotic romance author, the performance anxiety you are thinking of is not the kind I am thinking of :)
I'm thinking of writing. I never really understood this before I was contracted, but I have since learned what authors mean when they say writing is hard work.
Don't get me wrong, even before being accepted I knew that it could be hard. That getting things just right was hard. Getting situations so they don't seem too pat, putting a heroine in danger in a way she didn't come across as TSTL (Too Stupid To Live), creating believable characters. All that IS hard work.
But I have decided that this is even harder. Once you've been published and people have liked your stuff, suddenly you have to live up to that stuff. You have to make sure the next story is as good as the last. You have to give something to your editor that is just as good. When you sign up to write something, you need to get it written.
That is even harder, I think, than writing to get published. The writing to not disappoint those that have supported you on your road to publishing. Now that is hard work.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Hungry Like a Wolf is OUT!!!!
Flavors of Ecstasy 1Cavemen Anthology, 2009
Ebook: 9781419917738
$9.99
Print: 9781419958519
$16.99
Ellora's Cave Publishing
Hungry Like a Wolf by Talya Bosco
But Ethan has a determined rival, for Amanda's affection and a whole lot more, and he'll stop at nothing to win it all.
Flavors of Ecstasy also includes some great stories by Desiree Holt, Solange Ayre, Debra Glass, Kristin Daniels and Cindy Spencer Pape
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Interesting Conversation, part 2
Well after the interesting conversation I had with my mother, I thought I would have the same one with my sisters. After all, they are the same generation as me. And neither of them are innocent little virgins. I am sure that at least one of them has gotten herself into situations that I would be aghast at. So, I ask them what they think of a woman with two men.
"That's sick."
"She's a pig."
But when I asked them what about a guy with two women, then that was more acceptable. Now they won't admit to being willing to do anything like that - which I can understand, it isn't even in my realm of fantasy, personally - but that is much more acceptable to them.
Now this threw me for a loop. It's okay for a guy to be with two girls, and the girls aren't sick pigs, they are kinky and probably stupid, but stick a girl with two guys and it is wrong any way you spell it.
One of them even said that society says it's more acceptable. I asked her why just because society says it is okay, then it is okay. She couldn't give me a decent answer. But she is adamant in her surety that the woman that does two men - even if it is something she wants to do, if it is her fantasy, if she gets more pleasure out of it than she ever imagined-that woman is still a sick pig and disgusting.
It is things like this attitude that really blow me away. I thought most of us had grown out of the idea that women can be sluts but men can't. Her boyfriend can have slept with 50 women (I don't know if he has) over the years, and that is okay. But she (or any other woman) has to keep her numbers down or she is a slut.
"That's sick."
"She's a pig."
But when I asked them what about a guy with two women, then that was more acceptable. Now they won't admit to being willing to do anything like that - which I can understand, it isn't even in my realm of fantasy, personally - but that is much more acceptable to them.
Now this threw me for a loop. It's okay for a guy to be with two girls, and the girls aren't sick pigs, they are kinky and probably stupid, but stick a girl with two guys and it is wrong any way you spell it.
One of them even said that society says it's more acceptable. I asked her why just because society says it is okay, then it is okay. She couldn't give me a decent answer. But she is adamant in her surety that the woman that does two men - even if it is something she wants to do, if it is her fantasy, if she gets more pleasure out of it than she ever imagined-that woman is still a sick pig and disgusting.
It is things like this attitude that really blow me away. I thought most of us had grown out of the idea that women can be sluts but men can't. Her boyfriend can have slept with 50 women (I don't know if he has) over the years, and that is okay. But she (or any other woman) has to keep her numbers down or she is a slut.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Interesting Conversation
So, I had a conversation with my mom the other day. I will be honest, she doesn't like my "smut books" so have to say that up front. But, I asked her what she would do if I came home with two men.
She didn't like the idea. I asked her even if they were both as good to me as my present husband? (I said suppose I wasn't married and met these two men at the same time.) I pointed out twice the help around the house, twice the financial help, (she interrupted and said 'twice the sex' - I was thinking that, but I wasn't gonna say it, after all, she is still my mother :) )
She said she'd love me regardless, but she wouldn't be comfortable with it at all. She doesn't think men can do it and not get jealous. She asked me what I would do if hubby brought home another woman. I told her that wasn't the issue, I KNOW I couldn't handle that. And I am not asking for her permission to be in a triad, I was being hypothetical. Her answer still stands that she wants me to be happy but she wouldn't like it and she wouldn't be comfortable with it. But yes, they would still be welcome in her house.
I guess I am lucky that I can have all the triads I want in my writing, huh? And I can make those heroes and heroines have the most disapproving or accepting parents/family members I want.
Although, to be honest, I don't need a triad personally, I like my hubby and me alone :) But I still LOVE my triads in my writing.
She didn't like the idea. I asked her even if they were both as good to me as my present husband? (I said suppose I wasn't married and met these two men at the same time.) I pointed out twice the help around the house, twice the financial help, (she interrupted and said 'twice the sex' - I was thinking that, but I wasn't gonna say it, after all, she is still my mother :) )
She said she'd love me regardless, but she wouldn't be comfortable with it at all. She doesn't think men can do it and not get jealous. She asked me what I would do if hubby brought home another woman. I told her that wasn't the issue, I KNOW I couldn't handle that. And I am not asking for her permission to be in a triad, I was being hypothetical. Her answer still stands that she wants me to be happy but she wouldn't like it and she wouldn't be comfortable with it. But yes, they would still be welcome in her house.
I guess I am lucky that I can have all the triads I want in my writing, huh? And I can make those heroes and heroines have the most disapproving or accepting parents/family members I want.
Although, to be honest, I don't need a triad personally, I like my hubby and me alone :) But I still LOVE my triads in my writing.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
My New Favorite Thing
Fan Mail
Yup. I have decided. Fan mail is my new favorite thing. Redesigning Adele has been out for a few weeks, and within days of its release I received fan mail. From more than one person. :). I know, those of you authors that have been doing this a while probably think, "whippee". But, you know, it is my first round of fan mail and I have to say that it has made my week, month, maybe the entire year :).
Okay, so, yeah, I knew someone else beside me and my crit partner liked the story. At the very least two someones. (acquiring editor and a higher up) But that's not the same thing as an actual fan liking my stuff.
I have gotten some awesome letters and heard some wonderful things about my writing lately, and all I can say is "THANK YOU!" It means the world to me and makes me feel incredible.
Yup. I have decided. Fan mail is my new favorite thing. Redesigning Adele has been out for a few weeks, and within days of its release I received fan mail. From more than one person. :). I know, those of you authors that have been doing this a while probably think, "whippee". But, you know, it is my first round of fan mail and I have to say that it has made my week, month, maybe the entire year :).
Okay, so, yeah, I knew someone else beside me and my crit partner liked the story. At the very least two someones. (acquiring editor and a higher up) But that's not the same thing as an actual fan liking my stuff.
I have gotten some awesome letters and heard some wonderful things about my writing lately, and all I can say is "THANK YOU!" It means the world to me and makes me feel incredible.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
First Release!!!
Redesigning Adele is OUT!!!!
My first release with Loose-Id has come out!!!! WoooHoo!!!
Adele is the head designer for the firm owned by her two best friends, Max and Leo. She's worked with them for years and wanted them in her bed almost as long. But they're in a committed relationship with each other and would never look at plus sized Adele as anything other than a best friend. Right?
Max and Leo are tired of waiting for Adele to face up to what she wants and needs. And as far as they are concerned, she wants and needs them. They're determined to make her finally realize it, even if it takes a little bit of redesigning Adele to get her to see things their way.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, ménage (m/m/f).
My first release with Loose-Id has come out!!!! WoooHoo!!!
Talya Bosco’s Redesigning Adele
Genre: Full-figured Heroine Polyamory
Length: Novella (30,000 words)
ISBN: 978-1-59632-554-8
Price: $4.99
Genre: Full-figured Heroine Polyamory
Length: Novella (30,000 words)
ISBN: 978-1-59632-554-8
Price: $4.99
Adele is the head designer for the firm owned by her two best friends, Max and Leo. She's worked with them for years and wanted them in her bed almost as long. But they're in a committed relationship with each other and would never look at plus sized Adele as anything other than a best friend. Right?
Max and Leo are tired of waiting for Adele to face up to what she wants and needs. And as far as they are concerned, she wants and needs them. They're determined to make her finally realize it, even if it takes a little bit of redesigning Adele to get her to see things their way.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, ménage (m/m/f).
Been Absent
Hi all!!! Sorry I have been absent, I went home to take care of a sick mother for a couple weeks. She was supposed to have a minor operation, and as we all know minor operations can sometimes turn into something more. So I was out there helping her get back on her feet. She didn't have internet, and I couldn't manage to steal wireless from any of the neighbors. Imagine that, they all had secured connections :). My plans to hit an internet cafe or two while I was gone never came to fruition, either. Sooo, although I am late on letting you know about my first release, I will let you know about it now, in the next post :)
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