In
this issue
Cracking
the Whip
Take a look below at what the Phoenix Rising Authors are working on now:
Tuesday
Richards
Night
Critters 2: Faux Paws (in edits) – Sequel to
Night Critters 1: Must Love Dogs
Night
Critters 3: Bad Fur Day (writing) -- When Jiao,
a Foo Dog, casts a bad luck spell on Staci, the were-dog/Nephylum mix,
there’s trouble on the wind
Hollow Cove
(in expansion and edits)—A town that celebrates Halloween
every year, because they are superbly paranormal!
Undercover 1:
Too Deep (in edits) – Action/Suspense Drama
Move On (plotted)
a novella dedicated to the memory of my brother.
Lena Austin
Night
Critters 2: Faux Paws (in edits) – Sequel to
Night Critters 1: Must Love Dogs
Night
Critters 3: Bad Fur Day (Writing) – When Jiao, a
Foo Dog, casts a bad luck spell on Staci, the were-dog/Nephylum mix,
there’s trouble on the wind.
Celia Kyle
Half-Were
House: A Piece of Tail - Gina's a mouthy half-were who
doesn't seem to know when to keep her mouth shut. But Daniel
and Patrick want her anyway. She is, after all, a hot piece
of tail.
Furry,
Fluffy & Wild - The fur flies when authors Celia
Kyle, Nina Pierce and Tina Holland band together to give readers three
stories of women getting their fur on... and off.
Tie Me to
the Bedpost - Nicole is tearing free of her parents
control and living her life the way she wants. A few drinks
later, she's bound to the bed while two of her walking, talking wet
dreams get in on before her.
What Goes Up
- Contracts have been signed and preliminary publication date is July
2008.
Cynnara
Tregarth
Ride Me, Baby
(in edits)
Twin Flames
of Imbolc (Awaiting release)
Beg
(writing)
A View to a
Kill (writing) – Sequel to Games Empaths Play.
Sloane
Taylor
French
Twist (in edits) – Due for release by Eternal
Press on June 7, 2008.
French Kiss (writing)
-- Book four in the Naughty Ladies of Nice series which is due July 1,
2008.
French
Tickler (writing) – Book five in the Naughty
Ladies of Nice series.
Photo Op! (writing)--
Due to Aspen Mountain Press September 1, 2008.
Raine Delight
Club
Fantasy (Writing now) ~ a light bondage paranormal erotica
story
Falling to
Pieces (Finishing up for submissions) ~ light
comedy/alternative romance
Iridescent
Magic, book 1 of Fae Legend series (Writing)
Swords of
Magic, Book 2 in Fae Legend Series (Plotted)
Space Pirates
book 1(plotted) ~Science Fiction/Futuristic erotica Ménage
Fairy Kisses
and Magical Dreams
Fantasies
Unleashed (Light Bondage Erotic Contemporary)
Willa Okati
Forever Today
(in edits) – The sequel to Enough to Let You Go -- Following
Ricky, a minor character, and what happened to him afterwards. Ricky's
burrowed away in the Italian countryside, determined to be a hermit and
never risk falling in love again, until the unexpected arrival of a
past lover who needs to be cared for gives him a reason to live and to
love.
Dawn
Montgomery
Rookery
Cove: Ocean’s Call (Releasing May 23, 2008)
--Delicious m/m/f…involves selkie men and a human woman
doing all kinds of wonderful naughty things in the name of research.
Del
Fantasma: Bermuda Triangle (writing) -- Contracted to
Aspen Mountain Press. M/F/M Jaguar shifters. A
woman on the run with something to protect at all costs and the two men
who can help her…wicked fun.
BBW: Texan
Bound (writing) -- An uprooted Texan comes back to her
farm to find a stranger in her childhood home, even worse, the bastard
had torn down her favorite pecan tree. But when things get
rough and the cards are on the table, she finds he’s not such
a stranger after all.
Clare
London
The Twisted
Brand (writing) – Sequel to The Golden Warrior
due out in June 2008.
Sparks Fly
(writing) – Due out in 2008.
Come Together
– Due out May 2008.
Time Out
– Due out May 2008.
In The Closet
(writing) – Tentative release July 2008.
Open Up
(writing) – Part of the Bend Over Big Boy anthology is due
for release in July 2008.
Emma
Ray Garrett
Viva Los
Regalos: Cocked Dice (just finished) -- This story is the
wrap up of Amy and Adyan's story from The Luxy Lady.
Full-length novel in the works -- It revolves around a woman, two men,
and evil syndicate, and lots of action.
Cy Ops: Full
Circle (plotted) -- The culmination of Kai, Derek, and
Lucas' tale from The Luxy Lady. This book is a spin off of the Pret Ops
series and happens some fifty years after Identity. Cy Ops has grown
from the nerve center in West Virginia where Cole and John Marshall
began. The story revolves around finding the last remaining vial of
Igborski's chimeric formula - it's taken half a century, and with the
last of the serum within arm's reach, so to speak, Cy Ops needs a
brilliant security specialist - Lucas - to get them access.
Recipe
of the Month
MENU:
Stuffed Peppers
Boiled Potatoes
Salad
Fresh Bakery Rye Bread
Chardonnay Wine
Stuffed
Peppers
6 lg. Green Peppers
1 c cooked Rice
1 bottle Italian Dressing
¼ c. grated Swiss Cheese
½ c. chopped onion
2 T. chopped parsley
1 ½ lb. Ground beef
2 eggs, well beaten
½ c. bread crumbs
8 oz tomato sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Parboil peppers in water. Drain upside down on paper towels.
In large skillet, heat ¼ cup Italian dressing and
sauté onion until transparent. Pour mixture into a large
bowl. Add meat and remaining ingredients, mixing frequently to blend
well.
Stuff peppers, but do not pack tight, and place in a baking dish
lightly sprayed with Pam.
In smaller bowl, combine remaining dressing with tomato sauce. Pour
over peppers then cover with foil. Bake 45 minutes to an hour.
Boiled
Potatoes
Red potatoes
Bay leaf
Canned or fresh chicken stock
Butter
Pour about 2 inches of chicken stock into a pot. Peel potatoes, rinse
and cut into quarters before adding to the pot. Pour in enough water to
cover potatoes one inch. Add bay leaf and cook until fork tender.
When done, remove bay leaf and drain well. Add butter and mix with a
wooden spoon to coat the potatoes. Keep in pot until ready to serve.
Tossed Salad
A variety of fresh lettuce
Tomatoes cut in eights
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Your favorite bottled dressing
Toss everything but the dressing together in a large bowl. Store in the
fridge until ready to serve.
Recipe
courtesy of Sloane Taylor!
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Welcome
Welcome to the first issue of
Burning
Lit!
Since Phoenix Rising
Promotions opened its doors on April 2, 2008, it has been a whirlwind
of
excitement. From the very first author I have been creating paperwork
to make
the job easier on everybody and constant emailing trying to set up
chats, plus
getting to know the vendors that do the bookmarks, banners, and
websites. Between
creating yahoo loops and pulling
excerpts; researching contest prizes and planning contests it has been
very exciting
and I am blessed to now have the greatest authors to work for and with!
I never
thought I would own my own company. I never thought that it would take
off the
way it has or be nearly as much fun.
The
authors of PRP are a wide and varied group, spanning the erotica genre.
These
authors keep us busy and on our toes. Each PRP newsletter will have
information
about upcoming items for our authors as well as offering a hot excerpt
from one
author’s new work, a few recipes contributed by the authors,
and a monthly
advice area for them to share interesting items PRP thinks fans will be
engaged
by.
Enjoy
the newsletter and
here’s too many, many more
issues of Burning Lit!
Upcoming Chats
- May
1st: Changeling Press @ TRSBlue
- May 2nd: Author Chat W/ Celia Kyle @ FAR
Chatters
- May 5th: Author Chat W/ Sloane Taylor @
FAR Chatters
- May 6th: Author Chat W/ Sloane Taylor @
Literary Nymphs
- May 8th: Author Chat W/ Celia Kyle @
Brenda Williamson romance Café
- May 9th: Author Chat W/ Dawn Montgomery
@ FAR Chatters
- May 9th-11th: Changeling Press Bar and
Grille
- May 12th: Author Chat W/ Raine Delight @
Literary Nymphs
- May 14th: Aspen Mountain Publisher Day @
Literary Nymphs
- May 15th: Author Day W/ Sloane Taylor @
Brenda Williamson Romance party
- May 16th: Author Day W/ Raine Delight @
FAR Chatters
- May 16th-18th: Changeling Press Bar and
Grille
- May 17th: Dawn Montgomery will be @
Novelspotters
- May 19th: Author Chat W/ Willa Okati @
FAR Chatters
- May 20th: Changeling Press @ FAR chatters
- May 21st: Author Chat W/
Cynnara Tregarth @ Brenda Williamson romance party
- May 22nd: Author Chat W/ Emma Ray
Garrett @ FAR Chatters
- May 23rd-25th: Changeling Press Bar and
Grille
- May 26th: Author Chat W/ Clare London @
FAR Chatters
- May 27th: In the Spot Light W/ Sloane
Taylor
- May 28th: Aspen Mountain Press Publisher
day @ LR Café
- May 29th: Author Chat W/ Cynnara
Tregarth @ FAR Chatters
- May 30th-June 1st: Changeling Press Bar
and Grille
Upcoming
Releases
Rookery
Cove: Ocean’s Call by Dawn Montgomery
Due to release May 23rd through Changeling Press!
Twin Flames
of Imbolc by Cynnara Tregarth
Due to release in May, through Red Rose
Publishing!
Room to Move
by Lena Austin available now through
Changeling Press (www.changelingpress.com).
Upcoming Contests
Dawn
Montgomery: For her upcoming release of Rookery
Cove: Ocean’s Call; Dawn is holding a drawing for two
beautiful spa gifts. A spectacular sleep mask and a
wonderfully comfortable spa pillow that works great it bathtubs.
Look out for the May 23rd release of Rookery Cove: Ocean’s
Call. Purchase the book and email your receipt numbers to
phoenix.forrester@gmail.com or dawn@dawnmontgomery.com. Keep a look out
for a future emails with full rules and instructions in the following
weeks.
Cynnara
Tregarth: Her upcoming release Twin Flames of Imbolc has a
tentative release date in May. In honor of her new book, Cynnara will
be posting the lyrics “Walk like an Egyptian”
across many websites and the first two readers/authors to email Phoenix
Forrester at phoenix.forrester@gmail.com with the lyrics and the
websites the lyrics had been found will each win a beautiful Ankh
necklace! Keep a look out for future emails about release dates and
full contest rules and instructions in the following weeks.
Advice
from the Duchess of Depravity
A couple days ago, a friend emailed me. A fellow she'd been
corresponding with began calling her Mistress, and said he was her
slave. My friend is not into true BDSM, though like many of us, she's
played a few of the minor games most of us don't associate with BDSM.
She asked me to define BDSM and give her some advice. As a retired
Domme, I've been asked this many times before.
Therefore, I decided it might be best if I posted my (much simplified)
definitions. Please keep in mind I'm not trying to explain all of BDSM.
That would take a book, and there are plenty out there already written.
One of the best IMHO is "Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns." ISBN:
0964596008 Amazon.com has it. While not absolutely definitive --and it
doesn't claim to be-- it does cover quite a bit.
So here's my short version and advice to those who find themselves in
my friend's situation.
“BDSM is a very short acronym covering many kinky areas of
sex. I'll give you the whole thing, and then break it down for you.
Bear with me.
Bondage-Discipline-Dominance-Submission-Sado-Masochism.
Bondage and Discipline is the most common form of BDSM. If you've ever
played "tie me up baby," or "spankings," you've indulged in this mild
form of kink. Any "capture the maiden" role play can also fall into
this category.
Dominance and Submission is the next most common form of BDSM. This
kink sounds like what your friend wants to play. He has put you in the
role of Dominant (female title is Domme, male is Dom, for your
reference.) He wishes to be the submissive one. Please note most of the
time this kink is abbreviated to D/s. The submissive is *always*
referred to without capitalization, even his given name. He becomes
"harry" or "tom", not Harry or Tom. His short title is "subbie", "sub",
or "slave." Since he wishes to be a slave, then he has chosen the most
extreme form of D/s. I caution you to be wary. Unless you've always
wanted complete and absolute control of a person's life, as well as
responsibility for them, this is not something you want to get into.
He'll even ask you for permission to go to the bathroom, and want you
to decide what he's allowed to eat or wear! (I'll go into this more in
a minute.)
The last form of BDSM is the most extreme- Sado-Masochism. This pain
play frightens so many and is the most famous. This is where you get
the whip-wielding Dominant beating the submissive. Without specialized
training, you can hurt someone or even kill him or her. Fortunately,
this kink is rare, and practiced only by a select few. I caution you
away from it.
Now back to your "slave." I am highly concerned because you haven't
mentioned the two most important safety features of BDSM- the limits
list and the safe word. Both you and your slave should each fill out
this list. You can find them on the Internet by the thousands. Choose
one that is organized, and has several pages at least. This list
details what each of you are willing to do, might do with trust and
time, and finally what you won't do under any circumstances. The list
is very long and involves many terms you may not know. (If you don't
know what the term means, say NO.)
The safe word is even more important. The most common form of "safe
word" is actually three words -- the stoplight colors of green, yellow,
and red. Saying green means he likes what you're doing and please
continue. Saying yellow means he's a little uncomfortable with your
actions and you should change to something else but continue playing.
Red means "stop all forms of play right now, the scenario is over,
and/or we may have a serious problem." (A serious problem could be
something dangerous, like choking or simply extreme discomfort with the
play.) Some people use one uncommon word you don't hear in ordinary
conversation, like "hippopotamus" or something. This word simply means,
"I'm done/I've orgasmed/we can stop playing now."
Some folks like having a slave. I'm not one of them, so keep this in
mind. It may seem very pleasant at first to have a slave around the
house to keep it tidy, cook meals, and serve your every whim. However,
this also means you are responsible for this person and they look to
you for every decision. Some won't even pay their bills or bathe
without your orders or permission. He'll even ask permission to orgasm,
and some *can't* orgasm without permission.
Your slave will expect you to collar him in some manner. If he is not
to be a full-time, 24/7 slave who lives with you, this collar will have
to be something unobtrusive like a thick, heavy gold chain he can pass
off as jewelry. If he lives with you, he may even expect to be kept
naked and wear a large dog collar. Some slaves even like to be leashed
or caged. You'll have to find out what he wants by using the limits
list.
Keep in mind Domination is a sham. The Dominant in truth serves the
needs of the submissive. The sub's wishes/fantasies are fulfilled by
the Dominant, and any of the Dominant's fantasies must be within the
limits of the sub's requirements.
I urge extreme caution on your part. He's jumped into this play without
asking for limits lists, and without negotiation of any kind, not even
a safe word. This is bad news for you. It means he's clueless, a nut
case, or it's a trap to snag the unwary and innocent. If you're liking
what is happening, then put a screeching halt to all play until he's
fulfilled your "orders" to fill out the limits list in its entirety,
supplied you with safe words, and negotiated fully with you what he
really wants.
Be uncompromising here. Don't let him do a half-assed job on that
limits list, or follow your orders less than perfectly and completely.
If he can't show the patience and obedience to follow orders and play
safely, then run like hell as far away as possible.
As a final note of caution, if you’ve not met the person
face-to-face, do so in a very public place and have a secret witness.
For instance, have a friend in the coffee shop sitting at another
table. Under no circumstances leave alone with this person without
having met with them several times. Also, when you do choose to meet
with this person privately, use a cell to give a safety person his/her
car license number, the address where you’ll be, and set up a
time and code words in advance. Code words should be able to be used in
ordinary conversation. “We’re having a marvelous
time!” can mean, “all is well.” Whereas,
“we’re fine” means the situation is not
good and you need rescue.”
Play safe, and all will be well.
Excerpt of the Month
Excerpt of Dawn Montgomery's
Own Me
"What are you doing, love?" Leon's voice dripped with
sensuality.
Anna felt her body kick into overdrive. Her heart raced, but
she tried to control her breathing.
He smacked her ass bringing a piercing sting followed by beautiful
heat. Anna cried out. He ran his fingers over the
hot spot.
Her pussy throbbed, wanting him to fill her body, take her need for
control away. "I thought we were done." Her
excitement gave her voice a breathless quality.
Leon kissed the still stinging area.
Anna arched her back and moaned.
"Oh no." She could hear the smile in his voice.
"Not yet."
Click
HERE to buy it from Aspen Mountain Press!
Joke of the Month
New Born Baby!
This
man and woman have been together for three years and engaged for
two.
However they have pledged to each other that they would not have sex
until their wedding night.
The woman warns the man that
she is flat as a board, her A cups are stuffed with extra
padding. The
man comforts his love and replies “That’s okay,
because I’m hung like a
new born baby.” Feeling better the subject is
dropped.
A
few months later the couple is on their honey moon and the woman
strips. She says “I told you I was flat as a
board.” He says “That’s
okay I love you anyway.” So she goes over to her
new husband and helps
him with his pants. She jumps back screaming.
“You lied to me! You
said you were hung like a new born baby!” The guy
looked down not
really understanding what was wrong and said “Yeah 21 inches
long…8
pounds 9 ounces.”
Quote of the Month
"Treat me like an angel and I'll be your lil' devil."
(Anonymous)
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