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My Personal Sexiest Ten of 2008

You've got yours, I've got mine, but for what it's worth, here are the erotic highlights of my year. So read on!

BOOKS A-COMIN'!

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Well, this has been a productive year! I have two books coming out with Awe-struck E-Books/Mundania Press. They will appear both in e-book format and will also be available in print versions. The titles are:

Veracity in Truth, a Regency Romance

This will debut on January 2, 2009.

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Faith and Fallibility, a Regency Romance and sequel to Veracity in Truth. Signed, sealed, and soon to be delivered! (Well, later in 2009).

Also, my novella, Avenger of the People, is due out in the first annual hardcover anthology with Aberrant Dreams Magazine's Awakenings. I'm really looking forward to the book signing for that.

Hope for more good things to come


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As this holiday season comes to an end, we all make new year's resolutions that usually include our hope for future successes. I'm no different.

So, I figure to close, I'd talk about future projects and my hopes for the future. First, I think every author dreams of being contracted by a New York Publisher, and I would like to have at least one book published by someone like Avon or Berkley, but not right now. I have a five year retirement plan that so far is working nicely.

Faith keeps me writing


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Every writer takes a different journey, one wrought with successes and failures. We all second-guess ourselves in our quest for that one perfect story.

Faith keeps me going. Faith that one of my stories will touch a reader’s heart and bring them enjoyment. For me, success isn’t measured by royalty checks but by the comments of fans and readers.

The Fine Art of Humility


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Yes, I'm getting a late start today. So - now my secret is out. Ciara Gold sleeps very late during holidays.

For those of you that write, do you remember you very first critique? The one where you expected the reader to gush all over your literary genius? I guess I was lucky. My first critique came from loving hands, ones that knew how to feed a little information at a time.

Qualities of a Writer Who Learns To Promote

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All writers who want their book promotion to be effective should consider the key qualities of a great marketing person. Two of these qualities include:

Determination
Persistence

We’ll discuss curiosity and an open mind in another article. For now, let’s talk about determination and persistence. These are two qualities that some people believe are positive traits, while others consider them to be negative. But, depends on how you exhibit these qualities.

Effective Authors Show Determination

Determination and persistence are positive traits, but you can drive other people crazy if you are overly persistent or determined in an irritating way. Are you persistent or obnoxious? There is a big difference in those two traits. I was just talking to another writer today. We were discussing how persistence is necessary for writers. This applies to writing the book, submitting the work to publishers and/or agents and promoting the final product.

FREE Promotional Options for Authors (Of Interest to Readers Too)

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ANY published author is welcome to submit these questions and answers to promote their books. The cover blog always has a long waiting list, but most of the others will allow you to be posted within a few weeks.

All readers are invited to check out these blogs to learn more about a WIDE variety of books. Learn about books based on many different types of information - hero, heroine, setting, author background, fictional best friend, villains and much more.

To use any of these blogs - click on the link, click on "how to submit" in the top corner of the blog and follow the instructions. I ask that you send the questions and answers as an RTF file. It is also good to send a jpg file of your book cover - no PDF files for the cover art. When you complete the interview, send to nikki_leigh22939@yahoo.com with the blog title in the subject line and I will add you to the list for that blog.

Charity of Others


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I can't remember who said it or when, but the thought as stuck with me forever. A writer claimed that in no other business do we seek to promote the opposition.

When Celestial Dragon first came out, I had two very strong supporters, Kat Hall (the chief reader for Champagne) and Phyllis Campbell. It never ceases to surprise me when they mention my book and claim its merits. I guess you could say I learned loop etiquette from Phyllis.

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Ciara's Passion for writing


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I’m Ciara Gold and I’m back for day two. Today, I’d like to tell you a story, so pull up a chair. As I said before, with this being the holiday, I thought I’d touch on the emotions this week will bring, elation, faith, charity, hope, passion and humility. This story is all about passion.

I grew up hating to read. I know. Tragic. But it wasn’t discovered until I was in fourth grade that I had astigmatism, which gave me headaches. Too late. I was a stubborn child, and I’d already associated reading with pain. I was determined to read as little as possible.

Ciara Gold's Elation


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I’m Ciara Gold and I'm very excited to be a guest here this week at Novelspot. I write sci-fi futuristic romance and historical western romances for Champagne Books. This week, I get to regale you with the start of my publishing career and other fun tidbits.

The holiday season inspires so many emotions – elation, faith, charity, hope, passion and humility, that I thought it might be fun to address each key word in relationship to writing and my own path. Today, I get to talk about elation and the joys of being published.

And Finally...


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It’s been a great week here at Novelspot for me. I’m Laura Baumbach, author, promoter, and print publisher of M/M erotic romance and gay fiction. I’ve been sharing the progression of my path from reader to writer/publisher.

This is an appropriate time of year for me to be giving thanks and recognizing the generous friends I have in life. A lot more happened along the road than what I’ve shared here with you. Some of too complex for a brief blog, some of it best left to bad memories, and some of it just too boring to mention.

Readers and Authors


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Good morning! I apologize for the late posting but there was a snowstorm. Internet connects were down for the morning!

I am Laura Baumbach. I write M/M erotic romance and I also publish it. I own MLR Press, LLC, a small print press devoted to M/M erotic romance and gay fiction, with a primary but not exclusive focus on romance and mystery.

I’ve talked about my career from fanfiction reader to writer to slash print published to M/M erotic romance professional author all the way to avid promoter of the genre and on to publisher. I believe very strongly that this genre deserves a place in the romance community and on bookshelves across the world. Enough to stake my writing career, my savings and my future on it. I believe in my abilities and I trust the talents of the staff and authors working with me. I have an outstanding team of professionals helping me make the press a success.

The Business of Publishing


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I’m Laura Baumbach back with discussion about my experiences in publishing. When I left off yesterday, MLR Press was just starting out. We were new, but we were all mature, professional people with several decades of writing and business experience between us. We put out our first few books and announced our presence in early 2007.

Once we got started the potential for new ideas and projects opened up to us. A series titled Partners in Crime was created. It required another writer be paired with Josh to produce a mystery romance anthology twice a year, so Sarah Witte joined us. William approached me about doing a project with one of his colleagues, Wayne Gunn, a unique novel combining gay erotica fiction and historical personalities. It was a risk but the title netted us a Lambda finalist place in literary history in 2008.

Print publishing options


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Hi again. I'm Laura Baumbach and I write M/M erotic romance. I'm here discussing the path to getting published. My road there has been a little unconventional. I left off with my career in epublishing taking off but my print career uncertain after the loss of my first print publisher. My epubs did some M/M print but that wasn't their focus.

After a few unrewarding experiences with my efforts to go back into print, I had some hard choices to make about my canceled book contracts. ‘A Bit of Rough’ was still very popular even after two years and ‘Out There in the Night’ had its own paranormal audience. Considering their sales ranking on B&N before they were canceled, I felt sure they would continue to do well if they got back into print quickly. But no new publisher was going to make room on their roster for re-releases and definitely not as quickly as I knew they needed to be out again to keep their audience.

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