Between the Sheets... of paper...

I love the title of this thread! 

hmmmm, wonder if TPTB can give us a lovely button to "cancel" a post ...... right now if I want to NOT post something I have to click out of this thread

Lorie, I think with that title you'll have TONS of attention here!  LOL  :)  

Wasn't that Rae's sex topic? Not that I don't enjoy a bit of banter about the naughty things.

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

To both the six month wait and the posty ghosty that followed us ;)

(Angeleque) I feel your pain. Soon, baby, soon!!!!

Plus, I have heard that the longer the wait, the better- an r is much quicker to come than a sale :P

Well, there's our new mantra then!

How is your brief going Lorie?

Just watch, it'll turn out better that way than if you'd rushed through it.

It will evolve as it's meant to... and then we'll all be able to say we knew her when :D

so I take it the waiting is getting to you Lauren?

I'm going to put it out my mind (or try too) - but it would be nice to hear one way or the other.

Remember the mantra..... a long wait is better than a quick rejection.

Right.

Maybe I'll sit cross legged and throw a little "ommmm" in there too ;)

I keep checking my email so hopefully it will be soon. I have another place I want to submit it to if it is a no.

I have something coming out in feb. with another pub. And I know at least 2 other pubs which will consider shorter works.

I didn't know you were over there either. It'll be my second release of many to come.

And for all the info!!

I sent my brief to my sister, who called me and said "You wrote this?"  I laughed, and said yes.  She repeated herself. "YOU?" Um hum. (I'm the quiet one.)   Then she said "I don't know whether to be embarassed or give you high fives" (or something along those lines.) I was ROTFLMBO!!

I think I have a few minor modifications, then off it goes. Eeek.

LOL! I loved that I shocked her too. It's not often that happens!!!! 

Good luck sending yours in! I got some feedback from the people I had read it who suggested a bit more backstory, so I'm going to tweak a bit more before I hit the send button. I'd like it to have the best chance possible (especially with that 6 month wait, LOL!)

Lauren, they are a BLAST to write!

And Lorie, this is just so far outside my usual writing style that it was bound to shock her.  I'm usually a Supers kind of writer!

Hi all!

No, Lorie, the r was on a Blaze, but I wasn't surprised (it was the second thing that I wrote, ever) and got some great feedback on it :D

Go Jules! What is it about?

My sister just shakes her head at me. She would never be caught dead reading a romance novel. She reads weird Japanese comics :S

Okay I'm such a dork. I forgot I subbed a query during an online conference back in August to an Harlequin editor for my dark urban fantasy erotic thriller.

Well I got an email today requesting the partial.

I am so jazzed (now really need to find a CP to help me make it shine). though still no word on my brief. But at least there is some good news.

Hi Lorie! I haven't bumped into you yet around here. :) I have news -- I'm trying a Brief! I never really imagined I'd write any erotica, I don't even read much of it but I love Megan Hart and Sarah McCarty, (and Charlene Teglia outside of HQ) and I just finished an anthology for Blaze that showed me I really like short formats, so I decided to give a Brief a try!

I have 5 keepable pages so far, no sex yet, but getting there soon. ;) It's a paranormal, and it is fun -- I thought writing 100 pages for the anthology was fun, but it's amazing how liberating writing the really short short can be -- and on top of that I can really let go and get creative with the sex, so this should be interesting!

Sam

The Dark Side? Hmmmm. :)

Good to see you. I am working on my story today, and having some fun with it -- who knows if it will be anything close to what eds want, but I'm giving it a go. First person, which is really strange for me, never having done it before, but I think perfect for this kind of thing...

Sam

Lots of new faces around.  Lots of familiar ones. *waving*

 So *looking around*  where do we keep the chocolate and chamagne in the new digs?  Can't have a place where we discuss writing and waiting without chocolate and champagne.  Hmm,  also think we need an Alpha workout room. Just for inspiration,  of course.

Sarah 

*looking around* Oooh,  very nice, but what color shall we paint the walls?

Sarah, with early spring fever

How about an earth tone taupe to bring out the flesh tones? 

Sarah

OK, I've read the submission guidelines for Briefs. I know it needs to be submitted electronically, with the document as a Word attachment. Got that part.  When I set up the email, do I format it like I would a query letter? Do I need to provide my writing experience, a brief paragraph about the story? Help!!!

 You know what this means...I'm ready to submit!  Woo Hoo! It's been polished as shiny as it's going to get...so it's time to send it in.

Thanks!

PS...Great room...love the spa...need the chocolate!

Hi everyone:

I'm relatively new. I almost have a complete manuscript. I don't think it fits anywhere but spice. I read that agented submissions are preferrred. I am wondering if I should agent shop when it's done and then try to see what the agent thinks of pitching to Spice, or should I just pitch it myself? I have the synopsis and query letter. I guess right now I am jittery and fearful. I am really glad to see HQ Spice. I don't read much these days that doesn't have an erotic element to it, and that's what I tend to write. I'm not good at euphemisms or being mushy. I'd be grateful for anyone's tips. I am trying to get people who I never have to see again besides my husband to read the manuscript. I'm shy about it. My family had negative feedback for me writing erotic fiction in the first place. I have had two short stories published, under a different name :)

Thanks to everyone for reading my post, I feel really comfy on these forums! I think I'll get myself drunk and then submit it to Spice or an agent. Not drunk while writing but you know as I prepare the envelopes.

Thanks many air kisses to the wonderful people on these boards!

Corinne