Ruthless Redhead's Revenge Promotion

So, this weeks free story is:

The Ruthless Redhead's Revenge - An Erotic Tale on the High Seas

It is free from 2-25-13 to 2-27-13

This is not your average pirate story: Roberta is utterly unenthusiastic when she finds she is to be married off to a man three times her age. On the way there, she has the opportunity to avoid being ever married off and jumps on it (in more ways than one).

I can't stand the fainting 'oh help me' type of heroines I've seen in most pirate erotica. If they aren't those then they tend to be the bloodthirsty female pirates themselves. I tried to strike a happy medium here. It was a load of fun to write and I hope you enjoy reading it.

Also, tomorrow (assuming my internet connection is not impeded by the nearly 20" of snow we just received) I will put up my newest story.

Caught Skinny Dipping - An Erotic Tale

I'll change the title to a link once the story is live.

Sandra has a little problem. When she's drunk, she's all over any guy she finds even vaguely attractive if they manage to get skin contact with her. The problem has been progressing and now even the scent of a guy she finds attractive will get her going when she's drunk. In order to avoid the problem she tries to only dance with her female friends at parties when she drinks.

Well, she's partying with abandon now. She's about to graduate college and has no idea what she'll end up doing in the real world. So she's partying to forget about things for a bit. She manages to stay away from the guys at the party but she and a couple of friends decide to go skinny dipping when the party is over. Unbeknownst to Sandra, they've also invited a few guys to follow along.

Feb. 24th, 2013
A. Morrel

Now starting to get my ebooks available for Nook as well

As of today, the first e-book I published on Amazon (Church Serviced) is now available for the Nook as well as the Kindle. As each of my books come out of KDP select, I'll also add them into the B&N catalog. Maybe one of these days I'll get to adding them to Smashwords or Allromance or some other places as well.

Church Serviced

Feb 18th, 2013
A. Morrel

Freebie for 2/18-2/21 plus new story in The Son of a Minister Series

I'll have a four day freebie running starting on 2/18 and running through 2/21. The story is:
The Dreamers Balled - An Erotic Tale (m/m)

Also, I just published # 8 in The Son of a Minister Series. The title is:
Doing Deena
I'll make the title a link to the story's page as soon as it goes live. I just finished uploading it to Amazon about five minutes ago.

Feb 17th, 2013
A. Morrel

Melancholy Moods

Do you ever get those melancholy moods which seem to create an apathy and lethargy in you? The end result being you just don't want to do anything. That makes just about everything seem to be more effort than it's worth?

I do, I'm in one right now. I normally have a few things I can do to get myself back out of these moods, once I can convince myself it's worth the effort to do so. I've found in the past that creating a cathartic situation will normally snap me right back out within an hour or so. The most common ways I managed to do it involve movies, or at least specific scenes from them, and music. My recent story 'The Audiophile' was the result of one of those moods. As I was coming out of the mood I found myself thinking, Wow, I wonder if anyone has ever intentionally designed their music to alter people's moods. and as such, the kernel of the story was born.

Anyhow, these are a few of my favorite catharsis inducing movies and songs. These work for me most of the time. My biggest problem is when I hit a mood that none of these will get me out of. It happens about once a year and then the hunt is on for something else to induce catharsis in myself.

Note: When I say catharsis, this normally means a good crying jag (for me at least):

Movies:
Dances with Wolves: the scene where Kevin Costner charges the enemy lines on horseback, trying to commit suicide instead of having his leg amputated.

The Postman: The scene where Kevin Costner turns his horse around to grab the letter from the child at a gallop.

(yes, there is a Costner theme there, sorry but those are the two that cause catharsis for me pretty reliably)

Immortal Beloved: The Ode to Joy scene

Music:
This is a somewhat more eclectic list as my musical tastes widely vary

Bethoven's 9th Ode to Joy: That is the title of the nearly thirteen minute version I have with a magnificent version of Ode to Joy in the middle of it.

The next song is very specific. It is a version of 'When the Tigers Broke Free' that is done by the Royal Philharmonic with David Palmer conducting. The CD name is: 'The Music of Pink Floyd - Orchestral Maneuvers'. The first half of this song brings me (and my husband) to tears anytime we hear it.

Various and sundry religious based Brass Band pieces (yes, like the ones referenced in The Son of a Minister Series)

These are just a few that work for me. What works for you, if you have this issue, could be different but the one thing they have in common for me is that when I am not feeling down, they tend to cause a warm fuzzy feeling for me. So if you know of a scene or song that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, try watching or listening to it the next time you're down and see if it helps.

If you know of something that helps for you when you're in this kind of mood, please add it to the comments and maybe it will work for me, or someone else, also.

Feb 12, 2013
A. Morrel

New Story Should Go Live Sun. night/Mon. morning

I finished the pirate themed story and managed to get it proofed in time. I submitted it earlier today and it is into 'publishing' status. My best guess is that it should go live late tonight or tomorrow early morning. It is actually closer to 30,000 than 29,000 words but I didn't know how many words were added on through the links to my other stories at the end. So I just listed it as 29,000+

The story is:

The Ruthless Redhead's Revenge - An Erotic Tale on the High Seas

As always, once I find it live, I'll change the title to a link. This is something close to the description I used on Amazon:


When Roberta is auctioned off by her father for the highest bride price he can get, she doesn't know how she can escape her fate. Her new betrothed lives on an island several days away and her father is eager to get her there so he can collect the gold. When her ship sets sail she nearly becomes despondent.

Fate intervenes in the form of a pirate ship boarding her vessel. Her brother has ensured that she can defend herself and for a short time she does so. Multiple pirates at once pose a problem though, and so she is captured. When the pirate captain dies in an 'accident' involving Roberta's dagger and her temper, things change for the better. The new captain is much more amenable to her requests, especially when the lure of a way to obtain her bride price without Roberta having to get married is planned.

Roberta's temper is far more suited to the pirate lifestyle than to the lifestyle she'd have as the obedient wife of a rich man. She proceeds to demonstrate why this is so once she is relieved of the need to marry her 'betrothed'.

This sexy erotic pirate story is novella length with a word count of 29,000+

Warning: This story contains sex, oral sex, anal sex, and kinky sex.
(m/f)
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This was a fun one to write, I just had to remember to have fun with it while I wrote it and the words flew.

Feb 10th, 2013
A. Morrel

5 day freebie again

Oops, I meant to put this post up last night but have been very busy. Mainly I've been trying to get the pirate themed story I was talking about done. Word creep occurred again and it looks like it will finish off at about 30,000 words.  But I am finishing off the first final proof, my hubby will do the second final proof tonight and with any luck Tom can do the third early on tomorrow. If all goes as planned I can still get it published on Sunday night or Monday morning.

Anyhow, this message is about my second 5 day freebie. I did two back to back with 'Thyme's Up' (which had 1466 free downloads and reached spot #7 on the top 100 amazon free erotica for a day or two)
and the one that starts today:

The Audiophile - An Erotic Tale

In the story, Walter is a man who makes his own music. He has a degree in music but he also has a minor in psychology. Walter mixes his two studies together in an attempt to make songs that will get people up and moving, dancing, loving, and a variety of other things.

Carla has just moved in next to Walter. Her very first night there she hears music softly coming through the wall. She can't decide whether to be angry or just let it slide, until she actually listens to the music. The resulting activities improve her mood greatly and cause her to decide that she needs to know what music that is so she can get her own copy.

Carla and Walter meet and eventually Carla volunteers to let Walter test his songs on her, leading to some very interesting evenings.

Anyhow, if you download the story and enjoy it, please take a couple of seconds to click the 'like' button in the story's page on Amazon or take a couple of minutes and add a review to it.

Thank you...

Feb 9th, 2013
A. Morrel

bonus freebies

I managed to break into the top 100 free erotic ebooks on Amazon with Thyme's Up. It is currently at #7 as I am writing this. Since Valentines Day is coming up as well I thought I'd run a series of freebies to celebrate both.

Starting tomorrow, Feb. 8th, I'm going to run each of the earlier stories in The Son of a Minister Series (the same series Thyme's Up is in) free for one day each approaching Valentines Day. On Valentines Day I'll set two of my stand alone (An Erotic Tale) stories to be free. Here is the list with links to the ebooks on Amazon and the date each will be free:

Feb 8th: Church Serviced: The Son of a Minister Series #1

Feb 9th: Knowing Nora Biblically: The Son of a Minister Series #2

Feb 10th: Dee for Two and Two for Dee: The Son of a Minister Series #3

Feb 11th: Bi-Curious and the Rice Purity Test: The Son of a Minister Series #4

Feb 12th: The Rocky Horror After-Show Cast Party: The Son of a Minister Series #5

Feb 13th: A Woman's Pique: The Son of a Minister Series #6

Feb 14th: His Belonging - An Erotic Tale

Feb 14th: Padding Her Resume - An Erotic Tale

I hope you enjoy the stories. If you do, please take a second or two to click the 'like' button on the story's page on Amazon or a minute or two to add a review there. Thank you...

Feb 7th, 2013

A. Morrel

This week's freebie and some plant stuff

As of Feb. 6th, Thyme's Up has reached #10 in the top 100 free erotica stories on Amazon. I just figured I'd edit the post to drop this in since I am rather proud of it. It has two days to run on its freebie status so maybe it will reach higher. I have my fingers crossed at least.

Got a freebie up for this week (Feb 4th-8th). The seventh story in The Son of a Minister, called:
Thyme's Up
(The title is the link to the Amazon page for it)

Working on a pirate themed Erotic short (okay, so at this point it looks like it'll be novelette or novella length instead) that I hope to be publishing next Sunday or Monday. Not quite the standard style of that story as I envision the standard. I can't stand the fainting, 'oh rescue me!' type of heroine so I don't often write them.

Those who know me know I'm an avid gardener. Both inside (in the winter) and outside (spring-summer-fall). So my winter efforts are starting to bear fruit, so to speak. I pulled a nice ripe, medium sized jalapeno off of my bushy jalapeno plant inside the house. After a brief bout with white flies earlier in the late fall/early winter I was fearing that the plant might not fruit, but it finally did, and now the peppers are starting to ripen.

My fig plant (also indoors), which I feared I had been over watering earlier in the year (because it was dropping all of its leaves) is sprouting new leaves and new tiny figs. If anyone wants a really easy to care for indoor plant that will grow tasty treats, I highly recommend a Brown Turkey Fig plant.

The cuttings for the fig are inexpensive to acquire, the figs are tasty as can be, and it only needs daily watering and a bit of plant food maybe once a month. Depending on your local climate it might not even need watering once a day; my climate is really dry though. Just make sure to be willing to move it up to larger pot sizes as it grows and it will continue to get larger. Once every 2-3 years you need to give it new soil and trim the roots. Mine has ended up in the same size pot I use for my dwarf lemon tree and is really happy about it. If I could handle moving a larger pot around, I'd bump its pot size one more time even but that would be getting a bit large for me to move.

Feb 4th, 2013
A. Morrel