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IN ONE PICTURE: KIMBERLY DEAN’S “STAR DIPLOMACY” (Contest)

IN ONE PICTURE: KIMBERLY DEAN’S “STAR DIPLOMACY” (Contest)

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  Star Diplomacy by Kimberly Dean With the threat of an interplanetary war looming, a hardened military negotiator must find a way to connect with the enemy’s beautiful ambassador. When I saw Delilah’s call for proposals, I’d just finished a sci-fi space opera romance titled FALLING STARS. It was a new genre for me and so much fun to write. I conceptualized a whole galaxy with alien (yet very human-like) races. One of the planets was Terrene. It had a patriarchal society,…

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In One Picture: Ava Cuvay’s “SNAFU—Situation Normal, All F***ed Up” (Contest)

In One Picture: Ava Cuvay’s “SNAFU—Situation Normal, All F***ed Up” (Contest)

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UPDATE: The winner is…Jennifer Beyer! *~*~* SNAFU—Situation Normal, All F***ed Up by Ava Cuvay A sidelined Army cyborg’s only joy is the dimpled smile of a curvy Pentagon admin until she offers him a proposition he should refuse. My Inspiration: Firstly, thank you to Delilah for organizing these anthologies! This is the third one I’ve been involved in, and I’m honored to be among such a wide variety of amazing authors. For this anthology, the idea of a story involving…

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Brand new release! SILVER SOLDIERS is out!

Brand new release! SILVER SOLDIERS is out!

I can’t be more excited! This has been a labor of love from start to finish. Silver Soldiers is the 7th BBB anthology, featuring authors you know well and authors you’re going to love meeting for the first time. What’s more exciting? This 81,000–word book is only $0.99! We want as many people as possible to read it, so we’re making it accessible and affordable to all. If you haven’t already picked up your copy, all the links to your favorite online shops…

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See what just $0.99 gets you! SILVER SOLDIERS releases tomorrow at midnight! (Contest)

See what just $0.99 gets you! SILVER SOLDIERS releases tomorrow at midnight! (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Anne Ivey! *~*~* Psst! This post is duplicated over on my Delilah Devlin website—so, two prizes, two chances to win! Silver Soldiers: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology is the 7th BBB anthology! And I think it’s the fattest, too! That’s over 81,000-words of hot goodness! The release date is May 9th—so that means, tomorrow at midnight, you can have this book in your Kindle or iPad and you can hop around to read the stories you know…

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Getting to Know Ava Cuvay (Contest)

Getting to Know Ava Cuvay (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…miki! *~*~* May is nearly here, and it’s the final stretch of the school year. Even as merely a substitute teacher, I’m feeling very much the “What’s my Name? Who am I?” brain fatigue. And it’s also lacrosse season, which takes up the rest of the waking hours for my family. All of which is really too boring to blog about (and I’m honestly not sure I could cobble a cohesive blog together on any of those…

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Getting to Know A.J. Harris (Contest)

Getting to Know A.J. Harris (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Debra Guyette! *~*~* Who is A.J. Harris? My alter-egotist? A pen name for my spicy and erotic work? All the above. But, also, a reminder of the people who (unknowingly) got me into writing ribald tales. The first was my sister. She calls me A.J., all the time, even though those aren’t my initials! She was also one of the two big romance readers in my house when growing up. It’s only fitting my name is a…

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Revisiting COWBOYS! (Contest)

Revisiting COWBOYS! (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Terra Oenning! *~*~* I’ve been editing and publishing short story collections for over a decade. I started putting them together for Cleis Press but beginning with Conquests: An Anthology of Smoldering Viking Romance, which I published in 2015, I went the indie route. Yes, the title is a bit over the top, but the stories…! I loved the experience, so once a year, until 2021’s Cowboys, I organized a new anthology. Why do I do it? It’s…

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Congratulations to the Authors of SILVER SOLDIERS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY!

Congratulations to the Authors of SILVER SOLDIERS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY!

ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ve finished selecting the stories that will appear in SILVER SOLDIERS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY! Congratulations go out to the following authors! “Fight like Cats and Wolves” by A.J. Harris “Handfasted to the Highlander Warrior” by Aurora Russell “SNAFU—Situation Normal, All F***ed Up” by Ava Cuvay “Operation Purple Sparkle Diamond” by Brenda Margriet “SEAL in Distress” by Denise De Marco “Star Diplomacy” by Kimberly Dean “Take Me to the Water” by Michal Scott “This Time Forever” by N.J….

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A short message about shorties! Enter while you still can! (Open Contests)

A short message about shorties! Enter while you still can! (Open Contests)

Kids are home from school for the next while! Yay—and gulp! Here’s hoping your holiday will be happy—filled with love, gifts, and time well-spent with family and friends! If you’re looking for stories you can read in brief moments of solitude, think about picking up a copy of Cowboys or any other Boys Behaving Badly collection. If all you have is a small window at bedtime to read, I think you’ll find these short stories work well! Happy Reading! ~DD…

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Getting to Know Ava Cuvay (Contest)

Getting to Know Ava Cuvay (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Alisongail! *~*~* What an odd task, coming up with interesting tidbits to share with you, especially as I consider myself painfully entrenched in the oversharing side of TMI (Or maybe I’m not the only one to blurt in the middle of a PTO meeting the fact my gynecologist warms the speculum?). So what would you blog readers like to know about me? Hard to anticipate, since I feel like an open book (and not a very titillating…

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