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Finally Finding Your People
by Kiersten Hallie Krum Tomorrow, I (and a few other Lady Smut bloggers) am off to New York City and the Romance Writers of America’s national conference, aka RWA15. It’s not too much of an...
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Writing Through Depression
by Kiersten Hallie Krum At the Romance Writers of America conference this year, I moderated a workshop entitled “Writing Through Depression”. This turned out to be the most moving writer’s workshop I...
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Playboy Without Nudity: Does This Mean No More Secret Stash?
Don’t grasp your pearls just yet, dear. I think Playboy will be even sexier. By Alexa Day I’ve often said that I’ll know I’ve made it when I get a Playboy interview. So I wasn’t really sure how I felt...
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It Can Actually Happen! Getting Your Books Into A Bookstore
By Elizabeth Shore If you’ve never been to a romance writer’s conference and RWA National seems like being forced to eat an eight-course feast when all you want are wine and tapas, I’d highly recommend...
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Lady Smut Book of Dark Desires
Click to buy it. Hello Kittens! Cold? Unhappy? Wet? If you’re looking for fun on a grey rainy day, well, our anthology is on sale alllllllllll over the place for only $1.99. Read about sexy goblins and...
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From Sexy To Saintly – The Transfiguration of Shoshanna Evers
The Transfiguration. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael) By Elizabeth Shore So, let’s say you’re a New York Times and USA Today bestselling erotic romance author. You have thousands of followers on...
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Sell Some Books, Damnit
By Elizabeth Shore Hey Fab Readers! I’m tied up this week and am plum outta time for blogging, I’m sorry to say. However, far be it for me to let you go away empty-handed. My publisher sent out a nifty...
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Show Me the Stars: Why I (and Many Authors) Need Reader Reviews
I need to know how I’m doing. For all our sakes. By Alexa Day Is there anything more tedious than the person who does not grasp how fortunate she is? I think not. I endeavor not to be that person. I...
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Out of Pocket? Let’s Hope Not
I feel like Olivia didn’t need special marketing. By Alexa Day I’m having what the sports folks call a rebuilding year. Basically, I’m enjoying the opportunity to reconstruct my brand, revise some...
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It’s Awards Season for Romance
by Kiersten Hallie Krum Last Friday, Romancelandia experience the yearly giddiness (and for some, crushing disappointment) that is the annual announcement of the RITA/Golden Heart finalists by the...
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I am who I am: fiction writer. Why I chose not to use a pen name for my young...
By Isabelle Drake Before signing the contract for Best Friends Never, the first in Cherry Grove, my young adult suspense series, the question of a pen name came up. Since I also write erotic romance,...
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Romance Invasion
by Kiersten Hallie Krum Romance has invaded everywhere. That was the lead statement in the speech made by guest speaker Leah Hultenschmidt, editorial director for Forever and Forever Yours imprints at...
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When A Book Just Sucks Too Much
By Elizabeth Shore One aspect of the romance writing community that forever keeps our spirits buoyed is the unfledgling support we give and get from one another, like a big beating heart of love for...
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Finding Your Tribe–A Guest Post From Jessica Scott
Note from Kiersten: In keeping with my unofficial military theme these past weeks, I invited military romance writer Jessica Scott to guest post at Lady Smut today. I first became aware of Jessica when...
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Read it already! A writer’s confession.
by Isabelle Drake I’m not so great at reading my own writing aloud. Sure, I’ve done it. For small groups, large groups, for college credit, and a couple weeks ago, for fun. For fun? Well, sort of....
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Six-Figure Book Contract – A Horror Story
By Elizabeth Shore Although writers say, and it’s true, that their pursuit of writing is primarily for the satisfaction they get from a creative outlet, who among us hasn’t indulged in the dream of...
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Lady Smutters Out in the Real World
by Kiersten Hallie Krum From time to time, we here at Lady Smut step away from our laptops, peek cautiously out the door, and venture out into the real world. Okay, not really. We tend to go charging...
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Lady Smutters Out and About…and Causing Trouble
by Kiersten Hallie Krum Okay, the causing trouble aspect might be a wee bit subjective, but Madeline Iva came home from the Washington Romance Writers Blogger and Reader Luncheon with a bag of (very...
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The Men Who Dare To Go There In Erotic Fiction
By Elizabeth SaFleur The evolution of Viagra’s marketing from Bob Dole to 40 something men during football games (so now she wants it) has given me further insight into the degradation that women...
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BDSM Newbies and Erotic Romance: Q&A with The Discipline author Jade A. Waters
by Rachel Kramer Bussel Author Jade A. Waters has made a name for herself with her sexy approach to erotica writing. I have published her work in several of my anthologies and have always been...
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