This afternoon my husband went into a local business to purchase a new rifle. Since he’s not able to drive at the moment, I took him and waited in the car with my Nook while he registered his new firearm. Afterward, he came out and asked for one of the business cards I carry in my purse for the woman who owns the establishment. I, of course, gave it to him and then we were on our way.

During the drive home my curiosity got the better of me and I asked him a few questions. Here’s our conversation, which I found more than a little hilarious….

Me: Did you make sure the woman was aware of what I write before you gave her my website? If not, she might be in for a surprise.

Husband: Sure, I told her you write kinky romance and erotica.

Me: So you didn’t tell her I write gay erotica?

Husband: I said it was erotica and that women like to read it, the gay thing was implied.

Me: Um, no. There are women who read and write kinky hetero erotica too.

Husband: Oh. Huh.

End of discussion.

RainbowEbooks.com is running a 30% off every title sale now through
January 2nd. If you got an ebook reader under your tree, or just want to
stock up on some great reads and want to support a LGBT owned and
operated site, now’s the perfect time to do it!

www.rainbowebooks.com

Hey guys! I’d like to announce the winner of the giveaway I ran exclusively through my newsletter this month.

Congratulations to George A. You’ve won two autographed books - Inestimable Blessings and Hunger - as well as the Halston gift set. I’ll be sending you an email shortly.

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who entered!

A quote from Martin Niemöller:

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

A discussion thread on Amazon’s Kindle Community forum notes that Amazon has begun removing some previously-published books or stories from its store, and from the Kindle archives. Readers who have previously downloaded them to their Kindles can keep them there, but cannot re-download them (and will be refunded the price of purchase assuming Amazon can still find the purchase record).

The story whose removal sparked the discussion was an erotica title called Wicked Lovely by author Jess C. Scott. The tale dealt with incest, and involved a love scene between a 17- and an 18-year-old. However, Amazon would not tell Scott specifically what caused the removal of her novel. The only response she has received, after repeatedly trying to contact Amazon for more information, is a form letter.

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In addition to Jess Scott, Selena Kitt and Esmerelda Green have also had books with an incest theme recently banned from the site. All of them, incidentally, high in the rankings and in visibility. Selena even reports a print book missing, a title which she published through Amazon-owned Createspace.

To be perfectly honest, I’m now waiting to see how long it takes Amazon to yank down a few of my stories. I’m sure those of you reading this know exactly which stories I’m referring to. Frankly, I’m just wondering what’s next. Will all erotica books be removed or just those published through small press? I’m sure they won’t touch mainstream erotica. *rolls eyes*

You can read more by clicking HERE and HERE.

Or if you’d like to help spread the word, file a complaint, or request a refund for one of the books that have been yanked with no explanation from your Kindle archive, here’s a little pertinent information to help you achieve your task.

You can post on Amazon’s board about it here (as long as they don’t delete the thread):

http://www.amazon.com/tag/kindle/forum/ref=cm_cd_ttp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding\
=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx2QG9BWA19KO4O&displayType=tagsDe\
tail

You can tweet about it using this tag: #amazoncensors

Utilize whatever you can - Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Jeff’s Bezos direct address (head of Amazon)

Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com, Inc.
1200 12th Ave, Suite 1200
Seattle, WA 98122

Executive Customer Relations:
ecr@amazon.com

and all the members on the board of directors:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-govmanage

Reckless Passion

 ISBN: 978-1453893067

Book III in the Reckless series

Now available at Createspace & Amazon

Beau Bradbury has it all. He’s good looking, owns a lucrative business, and has an endless supply of hunks vying for his attention. His skinny, uptight personal assistant shouldn’t rate a bleep on his radar. Nevertheless, there’s just something about Adam that Beau can’t resist.

One night of drunken passion leads to nearly a year of secret trysts during office hours. Adam keeps his private life confidential, while Beau pretends to want nothing more than a good time. It’s a good arrangement, until a simple phone call ruins the status quo and makes Beau green with envy.

Frustrated that Adam might be seeing someone else, Beau tries to put his attraction to the younger man behind him. However, all that changes with the introduction of Adam’s son. Instantly smitten with the sweet little boy, Beau is all the more driven to claim Adam for his own. All he has to do is convince his wary lover to open his heart and trust that there’s more to Beau than his playboy persona suggests.

In the season of giving, ARe is giving back and offering a 50% rebate on all books. The sale is for today only, so get yourself some cheap books while you can.

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/

Well, it’s that time of year again and Literary Nymphs is hosting their HUGE
Thanksgiving Day weekend M/M only chat and this year, we have a list of
attendees that will knock your socks off (be sure to put them back on cuz
it’s cold outside!!!)!! So far, we have the following authors either
attending or tentatively scheduled to attend: Jessica Freely, Jaye
Valentine, Lynn Lorenz, Kimberly Gardner, Syd McGinley, Amanda Young, K.Z.
Snow, Jessica Freely, Josh Lanyon, Sloan Parker, Rowan McBride, KC
Kendricks, Lee Rowan, Stephanie Vaughan, Ally Blue (tentative), Kate Steele,
Jet Mykles, Lee Benoit, KC Burn, Michael Barnette, Shayla Kersten, EM
Lynley, Jenny Urban, Elizabeth Silver, Missy Welsh, Angel Martinez,
Christiane France, Ariel Tachna, Rowena Sudbury, Tinnean, Tedy Ward and
Margaret Mills, Andrew Gray, Clare London, Jan Irving, Chrissy Munder, Lori
Toland, Sarah Black, Amy Lane, Blak Rayne, Carolina Valdez, Berengaria
Brown, Marilu Mann, Alan Chin, VJ Summers, Pat Brown, Alix Bekins, Z.A.
Maxfield, Andrea Speed, Amber Green, John Simpson, Lex Valentine, Andi
Anderson, Amber Kell, Charlie Cochrane, J. Hali Steele, Brenna Lyons, Jenna
Hilary Sinclair, Marianne Guenon, Christie Gordon and the responses keep
rolling in so don’t miss it!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LiteraryNymphsChat/

When? November 26, 27, 28 (Friday 9:00 am Eastern Time Saturday, and Sunday)

Where? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LiteraryNymphsChat/

Why? This just might be our biggest chat ever so it should be very much fun!