I am always a work in progress... We never stop learning to master our craft.


Some of my favorite personal quotes..

"Everything I do, everything I am, all that I breathe is 18+ and will contain sexually suggestive material. ~ Gina Kincade 2011

"If you never have any expectations of other people then you will never be disappointed. When a positive experience occurs it is always a reason to rejoice." ~Gina Kincade, 2009

"I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow." ~Julia Cameron

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Hump Day Hook: Book 3 Chapter 2 in my WIP of The Hybrid Series



Hi Everyone!

This week's Hump Day Hook is from book 3 in my WIP of The Hybrid Series. Please be aware this is Unedited.

Enjoy!


As he reaches out to touch her honey-browned, petal- soft skin and grasps nothing but the thin veil of air where his imagination placed her, he begins to weep uncontrollably. She can’t be gone from him.

No! He will never accept it! He will find her and bring her back where she belongs, to him, in his arms, forever. He swears on the grave he stood over only moments ago, she will not be lost to him...

Summoning the resolve being created by the anger boiling inside him, Kinlord plans his next move; where to begin his search for his beloved Isobel, the only woman who could ever be his wife and the one to share in his everlasting life.



Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check the other participating authors' posts by visiting the Hump Day Hook Group on Facebook, or visit Kerrianne Coombes' website for a list of the other participants. Enjoy the remainder of your week!



Posted by:
~ Lady Gina Kincade, The Mistress
Author of Erotic and Erotic Paranormal Romance

Mistress Journals Erotic Stories Forum, Founder and Administrator



Naughty Nights Press (NNP): Sexy Couple Kam and Dirk are showing off...

Naughty Nights Press (NNP): Sexy Couple Kam and Dirk are showing off...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Hump Day Hook - The Hybrid, Book 5, Chapter 1


Hi Everyone!

This week's Hump Day Hook is from book 5 in my WIP of The Hybrid Series. Please be aware this is Unedited.

 Enjoy!

    The lightning flashed, zig-zagging across the dark sky just as the window coverings slid back into their pockets, revealing the hidden corners in the room and waking Kia from her slumber. The resounding boom of thunder shook the house as she stretched under the white down bed covers. Kia so loved a good storm. It was the best time of year for them in the fall, making it her favorite of all the seasons. Rolling over on her side as the next bolt lit the darkened room, ignoring the rumble of hunger from her abdomen she closed her eyes and listened for the crack that signaled the following thunder. The hard ping of the rain on the roof was more of a lullaby and she drifted in and out of sleep as she remembered... 

 He stood on the cliff watching the white caps of the waves as they rolled in before crashing in a spray of water on the rocks below. His silhouette against the blue-black sky sprinkled with stars was daunting to most, but not her. Kia knew that beneath the muscle bound arms as thick as the thighs of even the largest of mere mortals, the chest that could compare to the large branch of the oak he stood just a few steps away from and the gruff angry tone with which he spoke he was truly a pussycat, easily coerced to do anything she asked of him. She loved him for his kind heart and protective personality despite the scar that he hated so much that marred that beautiful large chest from stem to sternum. The rippled skin where the unskilled doctor had hastily sewn him together in a feeble attempt to save his life was where her fingers inevitably wandered while she stroked his chest.
The first few times he had growled at her, swatting her hand away from the thick red scar, but at her insistence of it not being gruesome as he thought but rather a paramount to his continued life, he grudgingly allowed it.
 He still, after all these years, tensed up at her first tentative touch at the base of his throat, but at her fingers trailed down it, caressing the edges with obvious love he always melted and relaxed again by the time she reached his navel.




 All Rights Reserved, Gina Kincade 2012

 Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check the other participating authors' posts by visiting the Hump Day Hook Group on Facebook, or visit Kerrianne Coombes's website for a list of the other participants. Enjoy the remainder of your week!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Boys Club Anthology 25% Discount Code & Author Contest Event: October 19th to October 25th!

The Authors of Naughty Nights Press (NNP) invite you to take part in an exciting HUGE event where several authors compete to see who can get the first twenty sales of “The Boys Club - A Naughty Nights Press Gay Male Fiction Anthology” on the NNP eStore!

 By providing readers with their individual specially identified contest coupons, having readers use the coupon at the NNP eStore for 25% off on a purchase of “The Boys Club Anthology”, these authors have a chance to win a special Naughty Nights Press T-shirt!


Each purchase enters them into the contest and the first author to get to twenty sales of The Boys Club Anthology, with their specially identified coupon code, wins the sexy Naughty Nights Press t-shirt!
Secondary incentive prizes may also be given to participating authors. 

Now, what more would readers like but to win themselves! And, with NNP You can!
Spot prizes of $5 and $10 NNP gift cards will be awarded to readers attending this event who have created a profile on the website and have made their purchase from the NNP eStore!
Be sure to watch your email in case you are one of our spot prize winners!!

 Contest runs Friday, October 19th through to midnight of Thursday, October 25th! A whole week to get your sales on! Woot!

 Join us on the event page on Facebook and claim your discount code from your favorite author!


If you need further convincing, or just want to know more about this hot book,  here is a blurb of “The Boys Club - A Naughty Nights Press Gay Male Fiction Anthology” as well as a list of its contributors. 

Blurb: 
 Eleven authors – twelve naughty male-on-male stories that will bring you to your knees. Join the authors and find out just what happens – what only exclusive members are privileged to see – in “The Boys Club” Our author’s kinky characters tell all about the sexual escapades they partake of within the pages of The Boys Club in their individual gay male stories. 

Contributors & Stories Included in the Anthology: 

Fanboys - Stella Harris 
Room For Two - J.S. Morbius 
Getting Fit - Abby Hayes 
Irish Sea - Rachel Carling 
Daemonic Desires - Eve 
Race Day - A Boy's Club Initiation - Cassandre Dayne
A Night at San Gregorio Beach - Pablo Michaels 
Opposites Attract - J.S. Morbius 
Heat Of The Desert - Jill Boyd 
The Night I Learned Chemistry - Garland 
Panties in a Bunch - BLMorticia 
The Bigger The Bill, The Bigger The Thrill - Logan Zachary




Friday, September 7, 2012

Hells Angel by Kim Faulks: Recommended Read for Horror & Paranormal Enthusiasts



Recommended Read for Horror & Paranormal Enthusiasts: Not for the faint of heart.
Blood, Gore, graphic descriptions of murder and death.
4.5 stars
Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/Hells-Angel-The-Series-ebook/dp/B008BG7FZ8

Hells Angel by Kim Faulks

Professional opinion:

Hells Angel is a fast paced, gripping read with twists and turns that go from terrifying the reader with the author's gruesome descriptions, to making one feel sorrow and empathy for the characters and the tribulations they've lived through.

The author has skillfully made both of the  protagonists into people you are actually concerned about, have come to almost care for, and want to know how they solve their difficulties and how things will turn out. IF things will turn out at all.

Her descriptions of each character, both primary and secondary, are masterfully crafted in such a way that a reader is able to envision their features, actions and even pick up the individual personality traits, mannerisms written in for each.

Each each chapter, almost each scene reveals a little more information on the entirety of the book, keeping the reader's attention and providing more depth to each character's situation as it progresses.

The book detailed the scenes, the stench of death, the feel of murder and extreme gore with so much blood shed throughout it was almost visual, but the author has combined it all with feelings, compassion, evil doing good and eventually, a reason for it all.

The ending was a surprising twist that may have been hinted at during the course of the book but not really revealed completely until the very end.  

Personal Notes:

I couldn't put it down once I'd started. The plot is so intense that unless you understand, have a passion for the genre, and really READ the words on the page, you couldn't possibly understand the climactic end to the journeys of the characters within. In fact, I'm hoping Ms. Faulks writes a sequel to the Hunter & Kellah story.  One with a little more of where this Demon and her hunter end up next...

The only drawback from this reader's perspective would be the lack of proper copyediting. 
Thankfully it wasn't enough to distract from the overall enjoyment of the book, but, if an editor was paid to copy edit this book then I suggest getting a refund.  If one wasn't used, then the author has done themselves a great disservice and should sincerely consider one for this and future books. 
I am however, quite critical when it comes to proper editing. This could very well be a book published by the "Big 6" and still contain similar, or possibly more errors.

I look forward to reading more of Kim Faulks in the near future.
Well done Ms. Faulks

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Dusk of the Blue Moon

Broken, bloody and left drowning in the depths of unyielding depression.

Alone, unloved, and aware of what will never happen.

Heart encased tightly in a coffin of ice, never knowing the warmth of true love.

All pretend, nothing but make-believe; lies until the bitter end.

Wondering why, questioning the satisfaction.  The perverse pleasure recieved by the mind fuck games.

Desperation, infatuation, ridicule and elation.  All go before thee like fireflies dancing in the fading light.

Before the final silent cry, one last scream perpetuates the stillness of this evil, useless life.


All Rights Reserved. Gina Kincade 2011

Friday, June 22, 2012

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Blackmail, Threats, Coercion & Demands, Will I Bow? Not On Your Life

I received this email the other day from another writer in regard to a review and rating of my honest opinion on his book. I purchased and read the book, proceeded to rate it with a very generous 3.5 rating on Goodreads and the writer took offense.


"To: Gina Kincade
From: Bruce C. Cohen
Re: Goodreads Rating 3/8/12 for Sex Tales From West County: Billy's Tale

You've had your hour per Jacques Brel. This letter is to request that you remove the rating for Sex Tales From West County: Billy's Tale from your Goodreads bookshelf and ratings. http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3832106-gina?page=2&shelf=read&sort=date_added

If the rating is not removed by noon c.s.t. on Monday, March 19, 2012, I will assume that you would like me to rate and comment on all of NNP's products.

I highly recommend that you and your staff refrain from commenting on my works."


True to his threats in the above email he and his wife have begun a nasty bashing session over on the Goodreads walls that I find very distasteful and not very professsional. Going so far as to change their original rating of a book (of an NNP author) from a 5 to a 1. And this is not a personal attack on the author?? It certainly appears that way to me.

Ken Charles, aka Bruce C. Cohen, is an author with my ePublishing business NNP you see. A very disgruntled one who has threatened, coerced, demanded and attemtped to blackmail NNP into returning the rights to the books we have contracted with him. Why? Assumingly over the cover he disliked. Or perhaps because we turned down his application for our advertised Editor Required position. Or perhaps once the work was properly edited he'd decided our usefulness had come to an end. Who knows why in truth. Petty? Oh yes, very much so.

Bruce C. Cohen has repeatedly attempted to negatively impact NNP's reputation by posting multiple, negative and nonfactual posts, of a legal nature regarding his contract, on his Facebook profile page. In addition he's posted similar comments all over several groups on Facebook in an purposeful attempt to discredit our services because we refused to fall prey to his tactics! One group in particular actually requested that he not "air his dirty laundry" in on their pages.
The proof is in the pudding as they say and emails to NNP admin, our cover designers and marketing personnel will show the malicious nature of Mr. Cohen's posts and his very obvious intentions. The email above is simply the tip of the proverbial iceberg!

Although the disgusting nature with which these actions have been carried out by Mr. Cohen, do bother me (they are totally paralleled to the threats in his emails in fact), what has prompted my blog post today is the manner in which Mr. Cohen and his wife have now begun directly attacking an NNP author. This is just...just... Well I don't even have the words for how sickening this is! I've mostly kept quiet about this until now so as not to fuel the problem and spurn Mr. Cohen on further by acknowledging his juvenile behavior but I am simply astonished at the lengths this man is willing to go to at this point!

What kind of person takes a personal vendetta that should has been left behind closed doors, or better yet - in a court of law to decide, and bashes not only a business but also its writers? What morals are lacking in these attacks? I ask you, could you, would you EVER do such a evil thing to another writer??? Not without some damn severe cause I wouldn't!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A Letter to the Healthy World from the Land of Chronic Pain and Fatigue

If you were born with healthy genes, you may know me but you don't understand me. I was not as lucky as you. I inherited the predisposition to chronic pain, fatigue and forgetfulness. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FMS) after months, years or even decades of mysterious physical and emotional problems. Because you didn't know how sick I was, you called me lazy, a malingerer, hypochondriac or simply ridiculous. If you have the time to read on, I would like to help you understand how different I am from you.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FIBROMYALGIA

1. FMS is not the newest fad disease. In fact, it isn't a disease at all, and it isn't even new. In 1815, a surgeon at the University of Edenburgh, William Balfour, described fibromyalgia. Over the years, it has been known as chronic rheumatism, myalgia and fibrositis. Unlike diseases, syndromes do not have a known cause, but they do have a specific set of signs and symptoms which, unfortunately for the patient, take place together. Rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are also syndromes.

2. The many physical and emotional problems associated with FMS are not psychological in origin. This is not an "all in your head" disorder. In 1987, the American Medical Association recognized FMS as a true physical illness and major cause of disability.

3. Syndromes strike life-long athletes as viciously as they do couch potatoes. They can be disabling and depressing, interfering with even the simplest activities of daily life.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME

1. My pain - My pain is not your pain. It is not caused by inflammation. Taking your arthritis medication will not help me. I can not work my pain out or shake it off. It is not even a pain that stays put. Today it is in my shoulder, but tomorrow it may be in my foot or gone. My pain is believed to be caused by improper signals sent to the brain, possibly due to sleep disorders. It is not well understood, but it is real.

2. My fatigue - I am not merely tired. I am often in a severe state of exhaustion. I may want to participate in physical activities, but I can't. Please do not take this personally. If you saw me shopping in the mall yesterday, but I can't help you with yard work today, it isn't because I don't want to. I am, most likely, paying the price for stressing my muscles beyond their capability.

3. My forgetfulness - Those of us who suffer from it call it fibrofog. I may not remember your name, but I do remember you. I may not remember what I promised to do for you, even though you told me just seconds ago. My problem has nothing to do with my age but may be related to sleep deprivation. I do not have a selective memory. On some days, I just don't have any short-term memory at all.

4. My clumsiness - If I step on your toes or run into you five times in a crowd, I am not purposely targeting you. I do not have the muscle control for that. If you are behind me on the stairs, please be patient. These days, I take life and stairwells one step at a time.

5. My sensitivities - I just can't stand it! "It" could be any number of things: bright sunlight, loud or high-pitched noises, odors. FMS has been called the "aggravating everything disorder." So don't make me open the drapes or listen to your child scream. I really can't stand it.

6. My intolerance - I can't stand heat, either. Or humidity. If I am a man, I sweat...profusely. If I am a lady, I perspire. Both are equally embarrassing, so please don't feel compelled to point this shortcoming out to me. I know. And don't be surprised if I shake uncontrollably when it's cold. I don't tolerate cold, either. My internal thermostat is broken, and nobody knows how to fix it.

7. My depression - Yes, there are days when I would rather stay in bed or in the house or die. I have lost count of how many of Dr. Kevorkian's patients suffered from FMS as well as other related illnesses. Severe, unrelenting pain can cause depression. Your sincere concern and understanding can pull me back from the brink. Your snide remarks can tip me over the edge.

8. My stress - My body does not handle stress well. If I have to give up my job, work part time, or handle my responsibilities from home, I'm not lazy. Everyday stresses make my symptoms worse and can incapacitate me completely.

9. My weight - I may be fat or I may be skinny. Either way, it is not by choice. My body is not your body. My appestat is broken, and nobody can tell me how to fix it.

10. My need for therapy - If I get a massage every week, don't envy me. My massage is not your massage. Consider how a massage would feel if that charley horse you had in your leg last week was all over your body. Massaging it out was very painful, but it had to be done. My body is knot-filled. If I can stand the pain, regular massage can help, at least temporarily.

11. My good days - If you see me smiling and functioning normally, don't assume I am well. I suffer from a chronic pain and fatigue illness with no cure. I can have my good days or weeks or even months. In fact, the good days are what keep me going.

12. My uniqueness - Even those who suffer from FMS are not alike. That means I may not have all of the problems mentioned above. I do have pain above and below the waist and on both sides of my body which has lasted for a very long time. I may have migraines or hip pain or shoulder pain or knee pain, but I do not have exactly the same pain as anyone else.

I hope that this helps you understand me, but if you still doubt my pain, your local bookstore, library and the internet have many good books and articles on fibromyalgia.

Author's note: This letter is based on communications with people throughout the world, males and females, who suffer from fibromyalgia. It does not represent any one of the over 10,000,000 people with FMS, but it can help the healthy person understand how devastating this illness can be. Please do not take these people and their pain lightly. You wouldn't want to spend even a day in their shoes...or their bodies.

Friday, March 9, 2012

I Am The Publisher. I Pay You. I Am Therefore, Your Boss.  You Don't Get To Call The Shots.

There is something some people clearly just do not seem to understand so please, allow me to be very blunt and we shall see if perhaps they can see through the amount of arrogance and stupidity they currently suffer from for just a moment. I'm not holding my breath though.

I am the Publisher.  You are a writer.  You submitted your work to MY company to edit & make all nice and apply a pretty cover to for which, in exchange, you are credited as the author of the work and shall be paid.

However, I am still the Publisher,  which means I have invested time & money into your work so, in exchange, I have a right to sell your work.

I am the Publisher, I give your work to distributors to sell, they make copies & versions of that work, which they advertise for you in their applicable formats to provide to readers who wish to buy your work.

Readers pay for your work, they want to choose the version or format of the work that suits their ereading device so they can actually READ what they paid for.  These formats & versions are provided to the readers by the distributor through their conversion methods, via the Publisher.  

Readers have the right to get what they pay for.  

Distributors have the right to get paid for distributing, converting & advertising your work.

Publishers have the right to get paid for investing in your work and making your work acceptable & attractive to the readers.

I am the Publisher. I pay you. You work for ME & MY company.
Therefore, in effect, I am your boss when it comes to the work (s) you have submitted to me and I have accepted and made all glittery.

Don't for one damn minute believe that YOU can tell ME how to run MY business.  

Don't think that you can threaten, manipulate, coerce, slander, or attempt in any other way to force me and MY company to allow you to try to change the way things work in MY business to suit your deranged sense of entitlement.

Don't think for even a second that you can manipulate the contract to suit your desires and illogical, invalid claims AFTER the work has been published. 

Don't assume that you can only now, 8 months or so after signing said contract, THINK you may see a problem with that contract and decide that you have found a way to force my hand and provide you with free editing services by claiming non-compliance for a logical manner of production.  Don't think that you can claim you were unaware of how ePublishing works. 

Don't think that by sending me over 15 harassing emails and multiple inbox messages on Facebook, containing termination notices, new contracts, rights reversions or any other crap claiming that MY company committed fraud, copyright infringement, intent to deceive or duplicity in any other form when YOU didn't read the contract or didn't care to be concerned for its contents when you signed it let's you off the hook & I will simply hand you back your work. 
You didn't inquire, ask questions or bring any concerns to the table prior to signing it and being advised by us to read it throughly, have it reviewed by competent legal council and let us know if you had any questions or concerns. This is NOT a factor at this point and your right to complain ended to moment you signed it.

Don't think you can threaten to contact MY company distributors, social media sites and online piracy to claim MY company illegally infringed upon your intellectual property & copyright in a blatant attempt to smear MY business name. You signed an agreement.

Don't think that threats to me, every member of my staff, complaints or arguments & insults to my cover designers or claims that my editor is incompetent or modified your work AFTER you worked one on one with her & approved the edits (which by the way are the intellectual property of MY company) will give you the means to take back that work and send it off to another publisher.

Don't even believe that you can simply begin to DICTATE to me what I, the Publisher, your boss, the current legal owner to the exclusive publication rights and commercial exploitation of the work for the length stated in the contract must do or not do, say or not say, disclose or not disclose to whomever I choose in the medium of business dealings about you, your insufferable holier than thou and immoral methods.

You're a fool if you think you can demand I allow you to enter MY private groups on any social media site after you've been removed from them for not following the rules of the groups & treating other members with respect or following the simple request to actually participate in a positive, supportive manner and for your rude and nasty attitude.

You're a fool if you think you can beat me into submission with your high & mighty bullshit and demand I post or do not post ANYTHING I choose to MY blog(s) so long as your right to privacy is protected in the WRiTTEN content of said blog posts.

I am the Publisher, you are the writer, I pay you according to the agreement you signed for the work or choose to remove it from circulation for violating the rules of my distributors or IF I feel the work will not bring in the desired proceeds. 

Do NOT attempt to tell me where & why I am wrong. If I've made a mistake, a reasonable mistake, a logical mistake that has no bearing on any of the above sales & payments, expectations of production & commercial exploitation and would not affect you in any negative capacity then please, save your overbearing, nasty attitude for the next pub you try to rip off.

If I turned down your application for a position within MY business because you could not fulfill the required criteria, and your references came back less then savory, this does NOT give you the right to decide to then become angry, belligerent and argumentative about every aspect of the production & publication of a work contracted prior to the decline of your services simply as a "pay back" because you didn't get what you want.  This does not entitle you to get your work edited for free.  This does not entitle you to a damned thing. Temper tantrums are quite childish.

And finally, do not attempt to tell me that I must behave, speak & converse with you outside of said signed author agreement in any way deemed by  YOU as unprofessional or expect to to bow to you & respond to your games on YOUR decided timelines. 

Simply put, I don't bloody well have to! I will run MY business MY way and YOU will not be the one who tells me I can't. Of course, you don't have to like it, but you do have to deal with it.

MY publishing company did not seek you out, you submitted your work(s) to MY publishing company remember.  The big mistake I made (which of course I didn't realize at the time due to a lack of a background check) was to accept your work(s)  

Now, I shall simply have to follow the reasonable course of professional action and sell it.  OR you can choose to pay the "buy out" fee for the work(s) if you want the work(s) back earlier then the contract conclusion date.  

The "buy out" fee is a representation of the costs associated with the work done on your book & the investment into it.  

People deserve to be paid for the job they've done. It is a reasonable and legal acceptable requirement.

We did not dictate to you how to write your book (your job), do not dictate to us how to do our job.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Review: 31 Flavors by Cari Silverwood & Leia Shaw


Overall Perspective: Highly Recommended. Therepudic in its own way to be honest.

Warning: There may be some triggers for those who have an unsavory history containing sexual abuse.


A gripping erotic romance.

I found 31 Flavors to be a very difficult book to put down and one I couldn't wait to pick up again as soon as I could.

The writing style of the two authors is incredible. Their ability to seamlessly weave the story together left no idea at all that it was co-authored. The plot and pace of the read was perfect.

The conflict of Sid's past and how it affected her marriage almost mirrors my life in most respects. I felt like I was reading about a friend, one I knew so very well, as their relationship went through peaks & valleys throughout the book.

I throughly enjoyed the analogy of the title and the reference to each person having their own preferences & way of things in BDSM. This is so true in my opinion, no two people ever fit the same mold, want/need the same things, whether they are in a lifestyle or a vanilla relationship.

Personally, I think 31 Flavors was an excellent read and one I'll be very likely to enjoy again in the future.


31 Flavors by Cari Silverwood & Leia Shaw

Thursday, February 9, 2012

BEWARE of another piracy site!

As forwarded by the original poster...

BEWARE of another piracy site: angieseroticpen.com that plagiarizes work from multiple free erotic stories sites including Literotica, lushstories, lustylibrary and more! Multiple stories stolen & posted as “different” authors on several sites apparently run by AWB Associations - no such legal registration for this company could be found. 


When a writer who was plagiarized by this angiewalkerblue9 came forward and requested their intellectual property be removed from the site, angiewalkerblue9 responded by accusing the writer of being a liar but yet refuses to offer proof for claims of ownership.


The main page text of the angieseroticpen.com website is a modified but almost identical copy of the work created by Penny Peterssen and Gina Kincade in a combined effort for their erotic epublishing company mission statement/main introduction and has been published on the original website owned by the parent company Mistress Journals since 2010.  It is well known that Ms. Kincade and Ms. Peterssen worked to create the introduction, as it appears in the final format on the NNP website, as well as still standing in the original text, before completion, on the first domain owned by NNP for the epub. 


Writers ask angieseroticpen.com aka angiewalkerblue9: If you’ve nothing to hide then why not back your claims with proof of this MS you say you have?  Can’t you just write your own work?  Why steal from others? Shame on you!


NNP and Ms. Gina Kincade sent an email request, to the register of the host of the domain, site owner and billing company, to have the copyrighted property removed from the website but have yet to receive a response.

angiewalkerblue9 refuses cooperation in this matter but yet right own his/her own blog admits on January 31, 2012 to "borrowing" for a facelift on their website done in November!  Previous entries show the same claims of piracy.  The angiewalkerblue9 wordpress blog shows this person does this frequently and is aware it's piracy, expects to be shut down anytime but still does it for the exposure.


angiewalkerblue9, appears to register at several erotic stories sites, claiming to be a male then a female on different sites, favorites multiple authors and then steals their work to post on his/her sites under the guise of different author names.


Shame on you angiewalkerblue9!  Just because it’s free doesn’t mean it’s yours to take credit for!



Make sure your stories are safe!

 

When asked Ms. Kincade commented she will happily provide the original, dated documents showing her, Penny Peterssen and NNP (Mistress Journals) as the original author(s) of the introduction content.

End of original message.


Ms. Kincade also had this to say:

"I don't know this person, had never heard of them or their site prior to them following me on twitter the other day.  I mean, really it's quite a form of flattery I guess - that they use my work on their main page - but I'd at least like to get the credit for it ya know?"
One thing that always gets my goat though, is those that call themselves writers when all they do is copy the work of others and then try to profit from it.  It's sick.
I'm actually surprised at their audacity.  They've done very little to cover their tracks.  Of you're going to steal then Geez, don't favorite all the original writers on the stories forums that you plan on copying!  Not exactly what I'd consider a measure of intelligence.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Four Major Things That Can Ruin A Writer's Career

Four major things a writer should NEVER do if they ever hope to succeed in the world of writing:

1. Insult a publisher they are contracted under.
2. Insult a marketing person in charge of promoting their books
3. Insult/put down the editors who are working on their book.
4. Insult the designer creating the cover art for their work.

Do any of these things and you risk being blacklisted as a writer.
Do them all and you have just signed your own guaranteed failure contract.

Follow me for a list of the minor things to accompany this shortly!


Saturday, January 7, 2012

Can You Judge Your Book By Its Cover?

Book Covers: What does a cover say about a book? What defines good/bad covers? Should the author name or the title be the main catch (larger print) for the eye on the cover? Do you name an editor on your cover?
How can "tacky" covers impact an author and future sales of the book? Or of other books by the same author?

Just how important do you believe the cover is to your work?


To me, as a reader, writer and publisher, it's the beginning. A cover can be a bigger deciding factor to potential readers then you may think.

As both an author and a publisher I may have a perception about covers that is not always shared. The age-old expression "you can't judge a book by its cover" should be considered so very wrong in my personal opinion. I feel your cover is the first thing readers see before anything and as such will be the initiating factor, on many occasions, as to whether or not they take a second look.

A book cover SHOULD reflect what is inside those pages.

As an avid reader I will pass by a book if I find the cover unattractive, even if it's by a well known author. It could very well be that author's best work yet, but honestly most readers won't know about it because they won't be bothered to find out.

In my opinion a cover is the “gateway” to the contents. A good cover will catch my interest. It will lead me to read the blurb or book jacket information and then, if I like what I see, perhaps I'll sift through the first page or two in order to decide if it's still looking good to me.

Now, that said, a cover can be quite deceptive to a book's contents, which is where the above quote comes in again. You can have an absolutely perfect, attractive cover but yet the writing itself isn't all it should be. What is inside is not at all what I'd expected when the cover piqued my interest.

I believe covers should be attractive yes, but I also believe they need to effectively convey what's inside the book as well. A great cover with a ménage theme on the front of a book that is a straight, two-person, male/female story, with a one-shot occasion of a friend popping by for coffee but who is not part of the sexual scenes within does not a ménage book make. It's deceptive.

Could you imagine spending your hard earned money on a book where you have a nice romantic cover of Jimmy Thomas in a tastefully posed scene with a beautiful African American, only to get into the second chapter to find out it's a book about BDSM with emphasis on the SM? Not something I'd be pleased about.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy my BDSM books, but not when I purchased what I expected to be a sweet and sensual romance.

Or what about a book that although has a wonderful, detailed cover, the pages within are riddled with errors or such drivel that you couldn't imagine what might be on the next page. In fact, you dare not even turn the page for fear of what you'll find. That is the end of a read for this lady. I love my books for sure, but geez, they do have to be well written and punctuated properly.

It kind of leaves a reader wondering just what in the heck the place selling it is truly drinking! Yes, I said and meant drinking.

Your books are the windows to your success. Editors, designers, publishers are not perfect and I won't pretend that even the biggest authors/publishing houses have not had an occasional error inside their books. It does happen.
However, as a writer you can attempt to make sure your book is the best it can be before it gets to these people, and it will certainly help, but what about self-published authors?

A self-published author really can't blame anyone but themselves if their work is not up to par can they? Nope, unfortunately not.

My advice, either make damn sure you hire competent proof readers, editors & designers to compliment your work (assuming English is not your second language and a barrier here)

OR

Publish your book with a reputable publisher who will likely ensure your book is sold with a content reflective cover, the best editing possible and nothing but the interest of the reader in mind when it comes to that specific book.


Don't you think that it would be better for you as an author, for your readers, for those desired sales, if everyone could count on being able to judge your book by its cover?

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