Four Questions Friday on my blog asks your advice for good romance books to read this summer. http://is.gd/ct3hA
Sapphire Phelan
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Join Bridget Midway at Norfolk's Afr'Am Festival
Join Bridget Midway this Saturday, May 22nd from noon to 6 p.m. in Norfolk, Virginia's Town Point Park at the Afr'Am Festival. She'll be signing copies of Love My Way and Coming Together: At Last - Volume 2, the books up for Afr'Am's Literary Awards! The first three readers who buy a book or books will get a gift bag with a free autographed book! For more information on this event, go to: http://www.afram-fest.info/
Stay sexy,
BridgeT
www.BridgetMidway.com
Bridget~an erotica author who never goes~Midway
Stay sexy,
BridgeT
www.BridgetMidway.com
Bridget~an erotica author who never goes~Midway
Conflict of Interest by JM Snyder
Now Available!Conflict of Interest
by J.M. Snyder
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
BLURB:
On a whim, Alex signs up to volunteer with an outreach program at a local youth shelter. When Father Nate calls him and asks him to work with Jamie as a big brother, Alex envisions a little kid he'll pal around with. What he doesn't expect is Jamie Owens, an 18 year old boy with a bad attitude who's only two years younger than Alex himself.
Jamie's hot. Very hot, and nervy, and precocious, and damn sexy, to boot. Even if he is eighteen, Alex feels guilty lusting after the kid. Alex sees himself as a mentor to Jamie, someone to look up to, someone to prove being a gay man doesn't mean casual sex in crowded clubs. He tries to keep his distance, both physically and emotionally, but Alex is sending some very mixed signals, and Jamie is getting pretty frustrated. As their friendship grows, Jamie becomes a part of Alex's life in a way neither expects.
NOTE: This book was previously published by Torquere Press and is now available directly from the author. It is the same story, so if you bought it before, you don't need to buy it again!
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Victory Fuck by J.M. Snyder
Now Available!Victory Fuck
by J.M. Snyder
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
BLURB:
A young speedskater lusts after an older, more experienced teammate. Problem is, his teammate doesn’t seem to notice him in the locker room or out on the ice … until after they win the finals.
Amid flashing lights and screaming fans, the two come together in one perfect moment to celebrate their victory. But when reporters snag his teammate’s attention away, the young skater returns to his hotel room alone, sure he’s been forgotten again.
Or has he?
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Buy my books for a good cause!
This month I’m donating 25% of my sales through All Romance eBooks to the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLA).A few weeks ago, ARe forwarded an email to me from TeddyPig, in which he included a link to the California court case Greene v. County of Sonoma et al. He was very angry about the insensitive way the state treated Clay Greene after his lover’s death, even though both men had made provisions naming the other as their legal power of attorney.
The story of Clay and Harold reminded him of my own story, Henry and Jim, and he wanted to know if ARe could possibly donate a portion of that title’s sales to the NCLA, who is representing Mr. Greene in the case. ARe forwarded the request to me.
Since that’s an older story of mine, sales have slacked off a bit and wouldn’t make a very large contribution. Therefore, I decided to donate 25% of my royalties in May for ALL my self-published titles available on ARe, and they have graciously agreed to match my contribution. Read more about the effort, or buy one of my titles from ARe to support the cause!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Eight: Gay Erotic Stories by JM Snyder
Now Available!Eight: Gay Erotic Stories
a new paperback collection by J.M. Snyder
Read a free story from the collection or buy your copy today!
BLURB:
Eight gay erotic short stories of lust and love, these tales are sizzling off the press! Here you'll find an unlikely couple stealing a quick tryst between sets at a drag show, college boyfriends spending a long weekend together on campus, a young man with a forbidden crush on his best friend's father, flamboyant neighbors, horny lovers, college roommates, and a petulant submissive with a latex fetish.
Check out these stories and take a wild romp through the wicked pages of some of J.M. Snyder's hottest, best-selling gay erotic fiction, collected together into one print volume for the first time in Eight!
The short stories in this collection are available separately as e-books, but are only available in print in this single-author paperback collection. Contains the following stories:
- Money's Worth
- Before the Show
- My Best Friend's Dad
- On the Down Low
- Take It Outside
- Windows
- Fuck the Foreplay
- Mastering Stefan
NOTE: This collection is only available in print, so winners must be willing to provide a physical mailing address where the book can be sent. The contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world, so enter today!
Read a free story from the collection or buy your copy today!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
On the Down Low by JM Snyder
Now Available!On the Down Low
by J.M. Snyder
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
BLURB:
Nick's the only white guy at his roommate Tyrone's hip hop party, but Tyrone's friend De'Andre is the center of attention. The moment Nick notices him, he gets sprung. De'Andre is big and black and hot damn, but he's sexy.
Nick feels out of his league -- he's young, he's white, he's gay, and he's desperately looking for a chance to spend some time alone with De'Andre. As much as he hates to admit it, that man is fine.
When Tyrone finally introduces them, De'Andre seems just as interested.
NOTE: This story appears in my print collection Eight.
WIN A COPY: Send an e-mail to contest@jmsnyder.net with On the Down Low as the subject and I'll draw one winner on Saturday, May 8th, to win a copy of the book!
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
A Haunted Love by JM Snyder
Now Available!A Haunted Love
by J.M. Snyder
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
BLURB:
Nick works as a re-enactor at a Colonial America site. One foggy night he meets David Henry, just about the sexiest man in colonial garb Nick has ever seen. Because Nick’s missed the last bus into town, David invites him to stay the night with him at the colony’s inn.
Though there’s definitely a spark between them, David is gone when Nick wakes. When David’s claim of working as an apprentice at the glass shop doesn’t pan out, Nick begins to wonder about the guy he’s met and the ghost stories circulating around the colony, stories he always believed untrue …
This story originally appeared in Cupid’s Arrow published by Aspen Mountain Press in 2007. It has been newly edited and the republished version more in line with my vision for the story as I originally wrote it.
WIN A COPY: Send an e-mail to contest@jmsnyder.net with A Haunted Love as the subject and I’ll draw one winner on Friday, May 7th, to win a copy of the book!
Read an excerpt or buy your copy today!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Support Greene vs. County of Sonoma
Find out how you can help! Buy ebooks to support the cause.
This might have been ten years ago, back when I still had HBO - I watched If These Walls Could Talk 2. This is a trilogy of stories, each set in a different era but in the same home, and the main characters involved are lesbian couples. The first vignette - easily the best one, in my opinion - was about two elderly partners, one played by Vanessa Redgrave, living in an unnamed town in the early 60s. One night, after coming home from a movie date, Redgrave's partner suffers a fall and consequential stroke, and because she not officially a relative or legal spouse she is not permitted to visit her love in the hospital. She can only sit in the waiting room while her life partner (whom, as we presume through later scenes, had been with her for decades) dies alone.
Of course, it doesn't get better. Redgrave is obliged to inform her partner's next of kin, and fix up the home they shared to erase any evidence that the two women were more than roommates. We learn that although both women paid the mortgage on the home, the title was in the deceased's name, therefore leaving Redgrave's character with no legal right to claim it...unless she agrees to buy or rent from her partner's nephew, who isn't about show any charity toward the "roommate" of an aunt he barely knew himself.
We are forced to watch as this poor woman's life is dismantled. She's allowed none of her love's possessions, as the niece-in-law is likely calculating a yard sale, and her meager pension isn't enough to start over. The ambiguous ending of this chapter leaves us to assume Redgrave must find a cheaper living situation or check herself into a retirement home. Either way, she's lost everything she holds dear - the woman she loves, the home they shared, and in a sense her own identity.
But, you say, it's just a movie, and it's set in the 60s. Surely we've evolved as a compassionate society since then, right? Heh.
By now, you've probably heard the sad and unfortunately true story of two Southern California men, a couple. Harold and Clay were together for twenty years, and Clay cared for his ailing partner. Long story short, their story pretty much played out like Walls 2, only instead of an oblivious nephew Clay had to deal with an uncaring county government. The men were removed from their home and placed in separate nursing room quarters, and Clay was refused Harold's last moments on Earth. Then he watched helplessly as the county sold off both men's possessions without bothering to check who owned what.
Read the official reporting. I'll wait here.
Mad yet? You should be. Now, if you're the type who doesn't support gay marriage and shared benefits for life partners, you're probably shrugging and thinking to yourself, "this doesn't affect me." I say, can you be certain of that? This government saw fit to barge in on two human beings and confiscate their property to auction it off without their permission. Yes, they were gay, but think about it: what's to stop a government from doing this to anybody else? What's to stop a government from deciding a heterosexual couple, together for decades, should be separated and sent to a rest home? If you're not a relative, you likely won't get visiting rights, either. The longer people remain silent, the greater the risk to simple human freedoms.
Nobody - gay, straight, bi - should have to be treated with such cold indifference in this country or anywhere else. Would you want somebody in a suit and clipboard telling you that you can't see your partner, your parent, your child as they are dying? What kind of people are we to allow this behavior?
Clay has a court date this summer, and I hope he wins. A victory for Clay is a victory for every person who has suffered this level of indignity. The group representing Clay is currently accepting donations (see above link), and in the meantime authors and publishers distributed through All Romance have pledged royalties to the cause. Click the button to find out who's signed up so far. I have volunteered nearly all of my GLBT toward the cause - for every copy sold through ARe, I'll give 25% of the earnings, plus add on extra to round up the total. If you're interested in buying some of my books, please consider buying the following through ARe:
Listed Leigh Ellwood Titles - 25% of author's proceeds
Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Hearts
Enter Sandman
The Healing
Why, Why, Zed?
Listed DLP Book Titles - 25% of publisher's proceeds
By the Chimney With Dare
Last Call
Long Awaited Friend
Share
Share Some More
Where Angels Dare to Tread
A Shot of Jack
My friend J.T. has generously offered his first title as well, and we're working to get more up from him to add to the total. If I can get Dare and Dare Alike finished this month, I'll add that, too. Don't forget the other authors who has offered their works.
This might have been ten years ago, back when I still had HBO - I watched If These Walls Could Talk 2. This is a trilogy of stories, each set in a different era but in the same home, and the main characters involved are lesbian couples. The first vignette - easily the best one, in my opinion - was about two elderly partners, one played by Vanessa Redgrave, living in an unnamed town in the early 60s. One night, after coming home from a movie date, Redgrave's partner suffers a fall and consequential stroke, and because she not officially a relative or legal spouse she is not permitted to visit her love in the hospital. She can only sit in the waiting room while her life partner (whom, as we presume through later scenes, had been with her for decades) dies alone.
Of course, it doesn't get better. Redgrave is obliged to inform her partner's next of kin, and fix up the home they shared to erase any evidence that the two women were more than roommates. We learn that although both women paid the mortgage on the home, the title was in the deceased's name, therefore leaving Redgrave's character with no legal right to claim it...unless she agrees to buy or rent from her partner's nephew, who isn't about show any charity toward the "roommate" of an aunt he barely knew himself.
We are forced to watch as this poor woman's life is dismantled. She's allowed none of her love's possessions, as the niece-in-law is likely calculating a yard sale, and her meager pension isn't enough to start over. The ambiguous ending of this chapter leaves us to assume Redgrave must find a cheaper living situation or check herself into a retirement home. Either way, she's lost everything she holds dear - the woman she loves, the home they shared, and in a sense her own identity.
But, you say, it's just a movie, and it's set in the 60s. Surely we've evolved as a compassionate society since then, right? Heh.
By now, you've probably heard the sad and unfortunately true story of two Southern California men, a couple. Harold and Clay were together for twenty years, and Clay cared for his ailing partner. Long story short, their story pretty much played out like Walls 2, only instead of an oblivious nephew Clay had to deal with an uncaring county government. The men were removed from their home and placed in separate nursing room quarters, and Clay was refused Harold's last moments on Earth. Then he watched helplessly as the county sold off both men's possessions without bothering to check who owned what.
Read the official reporting. I'll wait here.
Mad yet? You should be. Now, if you're the type who doesn't support gay marriage and shared benefits for life partners, you're probably shrugging and thinking to yourself, "this doesn't affect me." I say, can you be certain of that? This government saw fit to barge in on two human beings and confiscate their property to auction it off without their permission. Yes, they were gay, but think about it: what's to stop a government from doing this to anybody else? What's to stop a government from deciding a heterosexual couple, together for decades, should be separated and sent to a rest home? If you're not a relative, you likely won't get visiting rights, either. The longer people remain silent, the greater the risk to simple human freedoms.
Nobody - gay, straight, bi - should have to be treated with such cold indifference in this country or anywhere else. Would you want somebody in a suit and clipboard telling you that you can't see your partner, your parent, your child as they are dying? What kind of people are we to allow this behavior?
Listed Leigh Ellwood Titles - 25% of author's proceeds
Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Hearts
Enter Sandman
The Healing
Why, Why, Zed?
Listed DLP Book Titles - 25% of publisher's proceeds
By the Chimney With Dare
Last Call
Long Awaited Friend
Share
Share Some More
Where Angels Dare to Tread
A Shot of Jack
My friend J.T. has generously offered his first title as well, and we're working to get more up from him to add to the total. If I can get Dare and Dare Alike finished this month, I'll add that, too. Don't forget the other authors who has offered their works.
Sapphire Phelan's End of Book Tour & Contest at Fang-Tastic Books May 1-3
I am guest blogging at Fang-Tastic Books, talking about my new release. This will be the last stop on my virtual blog tour too. This is also the chance to not only win a download of Being Familiar With a Witch, but to be a character in the sequel to Being Familiar With a Witch. All you have to do to be entered is to leave a comment. It stafrted may 1st and continues the 2nd and ends on the 3rd by midnight EST. The winner will be drawn by the Blog Mistress of Fang-Tastic Books on May 4th (which also happens to be my son's birthday, too!)
There are other ways to get more entries. The blog will tell you how.
http://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-blog-and-giveaway-with-sapphire.html
There are other ways to get more entries. The blog will tell you how.
http://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-blog-and-giveaway-with-sapphire.html
First Review for Ain't Nothin' Like Succubus Lovin'
I just got my first review for Ain't Nothin' Like Succubus Lovin' from Whipped Cream Reviews. They gave it 4 Cherries.
Some of what the reviewer said:
Yes, this story is literally smoking hot. Succubus lovin' is some strong stuff and I'm glad I got to read this short story.
Read the rest of the review at http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/2010/04/aint-nothin-like-succubus-lovin-by.html?zx=bf7643c26e206115
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