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Local author Michael Merriam talks about what he's up to next - http://www.michaelmerriam.net/2012/12/12/the-next-big-thing-blog-hop/

Victoria Pond is a new writer who I met via Twitter. She's got a fun new steampunk erotica collection out -
http://www.pondssecret.com/2012/12/05/next-big-thing-my-lady-gambler/

Cathy Pegau - http://cathypegau.com/
I'm reading Cathy's book "Deadly Deception" (skiffy romance with lesbian protagonist) so I can blurb it. Really enjoying it so far and looking forward to reading more of her work.

Susan Jane Bigelow is a friend from Outer Alliance and she's doing lots of interesting sfnal work, including writing some trans characters in her series from Candlewick & Gleam -
http://susanjanebigelow.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/appearance-brattleboro-122/
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In honor of completing my 7th book blurb, I thought I'd do a recap of my blurb-writing adventures thus far.
I've blurbed the following books:

Blurbed to date:
"Stretched" edited by Tinder James (Racy Pages/Rubicund Publishing,  2012)
"A Ride to Remember and Other Erotic Tales" by Sacchi Green (Lethe Press, 2011)
"Promises, Promises" by L-J Baker (Lethe Press, 2011)
"Brushes" by M. Christian (Phaze Books, 2008).
"Hard Road, Easy Riding: Lesbian Biker Erotica" edited by Sacchi  Green and Rakelle Valencia (Lethe Press, 2008)
"Bed: New Lesbian Erotica" edited by Victoria Brownworth (Haworth Press, 2007)
"Sleeping Beauty, Indeed and Other Lesbian Fairytales" edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Torquere Press, 2006; re-released from Lethe Press in 2009).

That's 5 erotica books and 2 fantasy books, 5 anthologies/collections and 2 novels, 2 books geared toward a straight audience and 5 lesbian-themed books. 5 blurbs were written at a publisher's request, 1 at the author's and 1 I asked to do.

Things I do when blurbing: 1. I always read the book. I don't want anything out there with my name on it that I'm not happy with. 2. I approach blurbing as akin to writing ad copy - keep it short and sweet, no spoilers. 3. Give the author/editor/publisher a sentence they can use for limited space advertising plus a few more lines to give the prospective reader an idea of what to expect.
And hope that someone has the vaguest idea of who I am, such that they would want to pick up and read a book that I wrote a blurb for.

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