I’m prancing around the home front in my black leather boots this afternoon after receiving my first official review. Terry Kate at Naughty in the Backseat gave me a 4.5 out 5 Wicked Whips review for Bound Odyssey. She had some lovely things to say. And I’m even willing to overlook the threats to my hair.
Yay!
Click on over and visit. http://www.naughtyinthebackseat.com/blog/
Safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
I’m back over at Naughty in the Backseat being interviewed by Terry Kate. We talk about environmental cataclysm and why BDSM culture is the salvation of mankind. Okay, not really, but it is true in Bound Odyssey (grin). Oh, and we discuss my superheroine persona, Wonder Whip Woman. Black cape and all. Except her invisible jet includes an invisible spanking bench (ha!).
Stop by if you can. I think her review of Bound Odyssey will appear later tonight.
http://www.naughtyinthebackseat.com/blog/
Safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
I’m going to send you over to erotic romance author Kaenar Langford’s site to read her post and quite provocative and wonderful slide show about her recent trip to what was billed as the world’s biggest single fetish night in Toronto. Her evening of research was quite the thing.
http://www.kaenar.com/Konfidential.html
Kaenar has a beautiful site so stay and look around.
Pop on over to Naughty in the Backseat where I’m guest blogging today, talking about why romantic erotica can be one way for folks to explore their sexual identities. Tomorrow, I’ll be featured in an interview there. Wednesday, Naughty in the Backseat will post a book review of Bound Odyssey. Let’s see if my blog host likes it.
I’m part of the Raven Happy Hour Xmas Tree graphic hunt to celebrate the holidays. With a Sony E-reader as the ultimate prize. Worth checking out, don’t you think? C lick over to their site for details on how to participate. The contest runs from December 1st through December 24th. Get in the mood for the holidays.
Win big!
Safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
I posted this announcement earlier in the week, but since the day is arriving, I thought I’d shout out again.
This past week Selena has been featuring a series of flash stories as part of her Paranormal Thanksgiving special on her blog. My short story entitled Wizards Bargain will appear on Friday, November 27th. That’s a change from my earlier announcement of Thursday.
My story involves three best friends, an overworked Wizards’ circle, some much-needed stress relief, and a little tie me up/tie me down. You know how that goes. Stop by and meet Lina, Devon and Samuel for a little festive holiday cheer and to rid yourself of that final post-turkey stupor.
And check out the rest of the stories appearing before mine. Very hot. The party’s at: http://selenaillyria.com/blog/
After the celebration ends I’ll be making my story permanently available on this blog as a free read.
Remember, safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
And the winner for commenting on my interview at Blackraven last week is…
Leni
Congratulations Leni! I’ll be sending you the yummy scented massage candle.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by, leaving a comment and joining my yahoo newsletter group. And stay tuned to this blog because I’ll be posting a permanent link on it to a free short story I’ve written. Soon.
Safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
Hey folks,
This week Selena is featuring a series of flash stories as part of her Paranormal Thanksgiving Week special on her blog. My short story entitled Wizards Bargain will appear on Thursday, the big T holiday itself.
The story involves three best friends, an overworked Wizards’ circle, some much-needed stress relief, and a little tie me up/tie me down. You know how that goes. Stop by and meet Lina, Devon and Samuel for a little festive holiday cheer.
Check in at Selena’s before then, because there’s some fantastic and exceptionally hot stories all week. It’s at: http://selenaillyria.com/blog/
After the celebration ends I’ll be making my story permanently available on this blog as a free read.
Remember, safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
Today I’m featured as the guest interview at The Blackraven’s Erotic Cafe, talking about Bound Odyssey amongst other things. It was a lot of fun to speak with Blackraven and I urge you to check out her site.
On top of it I’m giving away another one of those yummy scented massage candles in a contest. Bourbon this time. The guys will love the smell (wink, wink). Visit the interview then pop back over here to enter the contest.
CONTEST RULES:
To enter the contest you have to do a couple things. First, click over to my yahoo newsletter group and sign up. I promise you no high volume mailings. Second, leave a comment on this blog, telling me you signed up and mentioning the name Blackraven mistakenly called me during her interview. The woman is overworked. She desperately needs that vacation she mentioned beginning.
I”ll run the contest until 6pm Wednesday November 25th eastern standard time. Check back to my site to see if you’ve won. If you feel like leaving a contact email in your original comment, feel free to do so. This contest is only open to those with Continental US addresses. Sorry.
Remember, safe, sane and consensual.
Michelle
I just about burst a gut yesterday when Joey Hill, my all time favorite erotic romance author, emailed me to let me know she’d featured me in her newsletter, recommending BOUND ODYSSEY to her fans. She gave me permission to quote as much as I needed, so the fangirl I am of hers, I’m going to include the whole thing below. She loved it, and having one of my idols praise me like this is an intense high.
Here’s what appeared in her November 2009 edition of her newsletter:
I just returned from a week’s vacation, where I was only permitted to read books, sleep, eat badly and do nothing. It was torment (laughter). Anyhow, sometime during December, just as I did on my last vacation, I plan to blog about what I read (see Blog News below). I’m pleased to report I did read some excellent books.
However, I was so blown away by one of them, I want to share it here. As some of you know, I recognize talented writing, but I don’t really gush about many books. It’s hard to knock me off my feet, because I’ve just edited way too long. For that reason, when I find a book I really love, I will gush from the rooftops. So it’s my pleasure to highly recommend Michelle Polaris’s very first published book, Bound Odyssey, released by Ellora’s Cave. This book is a BDSM menage, set in a futuristic time period. The three main characters – Jace, Roman and Mira – get right into your heart, very quickly. I’ll let you go to her site or EC for the blurb, but trust me when I say the author has an incredible grasp of not only D/s psychology, but human relationships. I fell in love with these three. She made them so real, it felt like I was in the room with them. And the truly complex character was Roman, who was submissive to Mira, but a Master to Jace. Intriguing, hmm? I’m not a huge futuristic fan, but even on that, Michelle pulled me in and made the setting become an intrinsic part of the plot, rather than an irritating distraction. The only criticism I had of the book was that the ending was too abrupt, but that may be because it’s wide open for a sequel. So much so, I emailed Michelle and threatened her if she didn’t start working on one RIGHT NOW. (laughter). If the quality of this book is any indication, we are in for a lot of wonderful reads from Michelle Polaris.
Okay, if any of you have not read Joey Hill’s work, you have been missing some of the best, most beautiful and intense love stories around. Not to mention the poignant emotional growth her characters experience. It doesn’t matter if BDSM is your thing or not, they are so worth giving a try I can’t even describe. My favorites are her Nature of Desire series and her Vampire Queen series. But she also has a kick-ass Mermaid series and a Knights of the Board Room series which are keepers. Please visit her website now, www.storywitch.com, and take a peek. You will not regret it.
