tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55665838864313143302023-11-16T18:37:03.214+00:00Amelia Bryant: The Queen of London EroticaVisit Amelia Bryant's official blog to learn more about her red hot sexy erotica stories from London, new and future releases, and extra titbits to keep you interested and entertained..and of course...turned on! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-56958013802021164792014-10-17T12:50:00.000+01:002014-10-17T12:50:19.832+01:00Disappointment and the Erotica Reader Survey<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">After what seems an eternity being open, I’ve
finally closed the <a href="http://ameliabryanterotica.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/erotica-readers-your-opinions-count.html" target="_blank">Erotica Reader Survey</a>. I’ve got mixed feelings about this.</span></span></span></div>
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time spent and opinions offered by respondents. You’ve given me some numbers to
play with. Thank you – you know who you are. Thank you also to the respondents
who did their level best to get fellow smut readers participating. Your efforts
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">That said, I’m saddened by the lack of
enthusiasm shared by the general erotica writing fraternity. This includes smut
book forum admins shunting the thread to some obscure part of their empire, as
if they didn’t actually want to be involved in it. It also includes smut
authors themselves. So much for community spirit.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Now to anyone jumping at the wrong
conclusion that Yours Truly is being a spoilt little so-and-so, STOP.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">As I’ve near-constantly maintained in
forum postings, Twitter, blog posts regarding the Survey, and (if memory serves
me correct) the intro and outro survey text, the main findings would be
published. That’s right: a professionally designed marketing research survey
created, programmed, and analysed for the world (or at least the smut writing /
reading community) to see. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Just out of interest, do you know the
price tag that would come with that if commissioning this work to an agency or
consultant? Well over £5k. So to any detractors out there thinking of taking a
pot-shot, forget it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">You’d think that forum matriarchs would have
figured it out that there was an intrinsic benefit in promoting the survey. The
results would offer a multitude of discussion threads and interaction among
members. What’s not to like about that?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Similarly, erotica authors should have
realised that by helping promote survey participation, they would have also reaped
the benefits of someone – me - <span> </span>doing the
hard work and furnishing juicy data and insight for them to capitalise on. It
truly was potentially win-win for everyone in a number of ways.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">The survey was never going to be ‘representative’.
Afterall, nobody really knows the market size for smut stories, and secondly,
convenience sampling was used. That said, it was hoped that the survey would
generate several hundred responses (one thousand or more would have been
wonderful) so that whilst not necessarily indicative of the smut reading
universe, the number of responses would at least offer good insight on a sizable
bunch of smut readers in its own right. That seems to have flown over the heads
of authors and forum Mother Hens alike. Dumb Clucks indeed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Given that erotica authors face many
challenges I’d have thought that something which could have helped us all,
would have been enthusiastically supported. But there again, if we can’t even
help each other, what hope do we have as a community trying to forward the
sector and profession? The words ‘piss up’ and ‘brewery’ spring to mind.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">It was also costing me money to keep the
survey in its full entirety open, to the tune of £25 per month. Since launching
it in early 2013 you can do the arithmetic and work out how much that tots up
to. Have there been sufficient response numbers to justify this expense? Definitely
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Enough.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">So what now?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Well, I’ve always promised there’d be
findings generated and disseminated. The respondents deserve that at the very
least, even if the numbers aren’t great. So look out for some graphs, charts,
and words of wisdom in the coming weeks.</span></span></span></div>
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data and ruefully consider whether what they see could have been even more beneficial
with more responses. Hindsight’s a bitch, isn’t it? You had your chances over the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-62131433106504232952014-10-14T22:45:00.000+01:002014-10-15T08:56:37.269+01:00Amelia Bryant's Top 10 Tips For Aspiring Erotica Writers - part 1<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Reckon you’re going to strike it rich with
your first uploaded smut story? Good for you. Your optimism is oozing out of
each pore. Unfortunately your naivety is equally plentiful. The chances of you
making your fortune writing erotica are slim to say the least. Everyone and
their Granny has had the thought “Ooh, I can write a few books and be like that
EL James woman and make a mint.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Before you type your first sentence of
your debut smut story, this means you’ve got a shed load of competition. Then, consider
that your main distribution platforms such as Amazon KDP or Smashwords have
varying degrees of transparency concerning what you can and can’t write, and
also the level of visibility afforded to erotica titles in their vast inventories.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">You also need to be aware that many people
who love smut don’t want to pay for it. Why should they bother? There’s a plethora
of free erotica websites out there. Many authors offer a free story or two
along with their priced titles. On an individual basis, you can’t fault the
authors, who are trying to earn a crust. When you have a lot of smut writers doing
this however, cheapskate readers are kept happy for a long time. At your
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Anyone can write a few words of dubious
quality, chuck in some tits n’ ass (and other bodily particles), slap on a
truly awful cover then hit ‘Publish’. Voila: another independent self-published
smut author is born. And it’s getting tougher by the day for the good stuff to
be found amongst the cack.</span></span></div>
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Making enough money from erotica to quit the day job and write full time is very
hard indeed (I should probably say 'nearly impossible' but I live in hope that some folks will achieve this, so don't want to be completely dismissive). Becoming filthy rich from writing smut is the stuff of dreams. By
all means keep your mind in the gutter, so you can conceive wonderfully sexy
stories that melt Kindles. But keep your feet well and truly on the ground.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">The previous point will have now primed
you for this one. I could spend a fair few hundred words lamenting on the fact
that giving up the day job to be a smut writer is a REALLY STUPID THING TO DO.
Giving up your day job to be merely a NON-SMUT writer is pretty thick as well
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">How the hell do you think your mind is
going to be chock-full of images of torrid rumpy-pumpy and saucy plots, when
you’re instead worrying about how you’re going to pay the gas bill, and your
credit card balance. That’s not conducive to successful smut scribbling. Need
further convincing? I’ll digress, and instead let you read this </span></span></div>
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beer, red wine, or whatever your poison of choice is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">In short, you can quit the day job once
you have made a shed load of cash and can see this being maintained for the foreseeable
future. Don’t even consider this otherwise. </span></span></div>
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you’re doing, all the links you’re including, the hashtags you’re remembering
to insert, and getting the ratio of chit-chat, promo, and engagement right,
that you’d see a decent return for your investment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but
it doesn’t. Even when you’re doing all the right things, it still won’t make
any real difference. Trust me on this – been there, done that, bought the damn
chocolates to boot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">There was a time when I’d open up
Tweetdeck and schedule my tweets for the following day. I’d have some excerpt
tweets, some link tweets to Amazon, some to the blog, some to my followers,
some general updates, some conversation starters. There’d be those tweets, and
the ad-hoc ones through the day which were more conversational with followers
and friends etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">There was consistency, and the ratios were
pretty good in terms of chit chat and fun versus blatant plugging. And the
results? Not worth typing about. Really, I mean it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Once upon a time there existed a sense of karma, equilibrium, call it what you want. A sense of mutual back-scratching. In Twitter this equates to plugging other worth people's offerings. or their latest blog post if it's something relevant that would benefit from other people contributing to it. For some people, who you have established a good and respectful connection with, you think nothing of it. You're keen to help them out. I know, I have a few of these and I wish them all the success they can get so I'm genuinely happy to retweet them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Then there are others you might retweet in the hope that one good turn deserves another. Experience to date however shows that this is rarely reciprocated. Many a Friday I'd spend half an hour tweeting #FF 's ('Follow Friday', for the Twitter uninitiated) in the hope of the favour being returned somewhere down the line.</span></span><br />
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want to find yourself some sexy followers and engage in some flirty banter. Or
if you want to find yourself some smutty photos that will give you ideas for
your next scene or story you’re writing. Twitter is FAB for that if you know
who to follow. I say knowingly… nudge nudge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">But for the love of God, do not fall into
the trap of thinking that you have to incessantly be on Twitter in order to
succeed as a smut writer. No! No! No! </span></span></div>
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what you’re up to. Wax lyrical on a multitude of things. At the very least it
will help your SEO rankings provided you don’t be an idiot about it. Or hey,
here’s a novel (groan…) idea: write more stories!</span></span></div>
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mine so you can avoid the same mistake. Enjoy Twitter for what it is, but do
not see it as the marketing wonderkid that will catapult you to smut writing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">To conclude, consider these rather thought-provoking points:-</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">1. Nearly three quarters (71%) of Tweets are IGNORED.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">2. Twitter itself has been around since 2006 yet its own financial position is far from rosy <a href="http://time.com/money/3054324/twitter-jumps-on-strong-earnings-trouble-is-its-still-not-profitable/" target="_blank">http://time.com/money/3054324/twitter-jumps-on-strong-earnings-trouble-is-its-still-not-profitable/ </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Thinking rather ruefully regarding the last point...If Twitter itself can't perform admirably with its marketing clout then what chance does a smut writer with next to no budget have? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Write more. Don’t tweet more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">That's enough for now. Keep checking for the next installment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Oh, nearly forgot. A few days ago I started on my next story. Yay! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">See, there's no way I could have finished the blog post on such a downer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next time, smut lovers! </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-19418886667972447012014-10-08T22:06:00.000+01:002014-10-08T22:06:07.606+01:00Yes I'm alive...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When Lisa retires after dinner to the swanky Kings Cross hotel lounge that she’s staying in, herself and her friend Jill meet two dashing young RAF helicopter pilots enjoying their last weekend of leave before deploying to Afghanistan. Within minutes, they’re enthralled as the young pilots reveal the realities of combat rescue missions and life in a war zone.<span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span><br />
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rushing to catch her last train home, Lisa and the two pilots continue talking
but it becomes evident that Lisa is interested in more than mere conversation.
Things heat up so much in the lounge, that Lisa’s smouldering attraction for
both officers takes them to her hotel room where their all-out lust explodes!
With Lisa’s train to Paris
leaving in a matter of hours, there’s no other option. She orders her hot shot
pilots to go full-throttle on their time-critical mission: HER!</span></span></span><br />
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of them determined to make each moment count, the trio use everything in their
arsenals to make it a night to remember. With charm, champagne, and a chaise
longue all being used to full effect – not to mention a king-sized bed – Lisa,
Thom and Andy make sure all are put to good use before Lisa heads to the
station to begin her journey.</span></span></span><br />
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(approx.) word adult erotic story includes threesome sex, fellatio,
cunnilingus, lingerie, and some wickedly fun dialogue, as befits Lisa’s sass
and cheeky humour. And there’s a provocative and unexpected twist at the end
for good measure!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Coming up for air, I looked into Andy’s eyes once
more. I assumed the smile on my face was as wide as the Channel Tunnel itself.
This was the sort of escapade hotels were designed for - or damn well should
be.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">As his hands moved under my short black jacket once
more – I’m surprised he hadn’t taken it off before now – his fluid, almost
effortless movements halted abruptly as the loud knock on the door came.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“Shit. Who the hell could that be?” I asked
innocently, looking over Andy’s shoulder towards the door.</span></span></div>
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time.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“Don’t say a thing,” he whispered, “Maybe they’ll
go away or realise they’ve got the wrong room or something.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">The second rat-a-tat against the door dispelled any
notion that the interrupter had slunk off.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Andy looked at me. Was he awaiting orders like an
obedient young officer?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“Well, I’m not answering the door with my hair like
this,” I replied melodramatically, ignoring the fact that I was the one still
fully clothed.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“You go. You can be my naked butler,” I winked.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“You’re going to pay for that,” Andy retorted
conspiratorially. His well-timed squeeze of my derriere emphasised the point,
before releasing his impressive grip on my arse and heading to the door. I
sidestepped to get a clearer view of the door as Andy pulled it open.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“Hello Passion Pants!” exclaimed Thom.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“What the hell…”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“Hi there, Lisa. Flyboy reporting for duty,”
announced Sutherland, nonchalantly planting a smacker on Andy’s cheek for good
measure, chuckling loudly, as he brushed past his flying partner into my room.
Placing the champagne, ice bucket and glasses onto the table, he turned around,
grinning.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Andy’s face was something – a mix of surprise,
shock, and possible disappointment too perhaps? It wasn’t that hard to imagine;
he thought he had me all to his own. Poor boy. He had no idea that one flyboy
wouldn’t be enough. Not by a long shot.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">As if to rub it in, Thom waved the napkin I’d left
on the table in front of Andy’s face, before handing it to him. Still laughing,
he looked around the room, taking it all in. By the expression on his face, he
liked the look of my large executive room. He wasn’t the only one: I’d found it
a delightful base for my short stay.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Thom’s gaze eventually turned to me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“Come over here Thom,” I beckoned. “Don’t you think
you should catch up? Andy needs some time to acquaint himself with the
mission.” Glancing at the mirror, I could see that despite them being kissed
and sucked on intently for the last fifteen minutes, my vamped up red lips had
not lost any of their colour: God bless modern cosmetics.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Andy meanwhile stayed rooted at the spot beside the
door. Reading intently, he got up to speed.<i><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Hey Flyboy. Andy
exfiltrated me to Room 241. Cum ‘Search and Rescue’ me! Full tank necessary. Clothes
optional.’</span></i> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">I had to admit: my red lips made one hell of a
signature at the bottom on the napkin.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“I’ll say one thing Lisa,” chuckled Andy, “you
certainly have a way with words.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">“I’ve got a way with willies, as well.”</span></span></div>
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few questions about their work, and in turn passes on the baton to not one, but
three other smut writers to do the same for the following week. Their names are
announced at the bottom of the blog post, thus priming the reader for what’s
going to follow, and also plugging the writer along the way. Additional tweets
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are you working on right now?</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">It’s all systems go right now, with
several things going on. After a hiatus of a few months (writing had to be put
to one side whilst real life interfered with my plans for world smut
domination), I finally got back to writing in the last week or two, and have
just finished a story I’d originally started back in March. It’s another one of
my saucy <b>London Lovers’ Ground</b> series that focuses on a particular locale /
station in the city. This time it’s the one and only “<i>Kings Cross St Pancras</i>” –
make of that what you will! More details will be coming out in the next
few days so keep your eyes open for more details here.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">There’s also some cover redesigns for the
first three LLG stories coming up as well – to make them sexier and more
alluring – you can’t go wrong with black, haha!</span></span></span><br />
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LLG stories available, I’m going to release them together in a juicy threesome
offer, which will be priced more competitively than if buying them all singly.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">So that’s what immediately is on my plate
– needless to say, with the smut writing mojo back, there are a whole bunch of
forthcoming LLG titles already conceived and will be getting fired out over the
next few months. There’s also a few more <b>Crash! Bang! Wallop!</b> stories I want
written at some point. Some are in response to reader feedback, such as Parts
II and III of ‘Stuck At A Desk’ <i>(you
know who you are, haha!)</i> and there’s a REALLY hardcore BDSM / humiliation tale
coming up which may finish off the CBW series….who knows.</span></span></span></div>
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does it differ from other work in its genre?</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Being a marketer as well as an erotica
writer, this is where I have to put my money where my mouth is! Firstly in
terms of the cover design, I wanted a very distinct and recognisable identity
for both the LLG and CBW series. With the LLG, there are different coloured
lines each dedicated to a particular naughty theme, so there are coloured
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">The same goes for font choice. Like any
good brand building, there has to be consistency and the right fonts have to be
chosen: different fonts have different ‘personalities’ and the wrong ones will
do more damage than good. Unfortunately, from an overall category perspective,
the majority of erotica writers appear to pay lip service to such things. I’m
not saying my covers are fantastic – but they’re distinct and aren’t
cringeworthy like the ‘cheap clip art and dodgy font’ covers that are
commonplace. If the story is good, why let it down with a crap cover?!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">In terms of the writing itself, I make
sure there are no corny character names or dialogue spoken between them. I want
the scenarios and the characters to be believable and realistic. The types of
people you see on the tube or pass by on the streets of London are the same types you find in my
books. I’m not knocking fantasy erotica writers – different strokes for
different folks – but just like in porn, there’s a huge appeal for the
realistic ‘boy/girl next door’ type of characters, rather than those from
another world.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Finally, to date my books have all been
set in London.
I’m not sure (but open to correction) there are other writers who have focused
on London - or
any other city for that matter – in their writing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Whilst each of these factors may not in
themselves be unique, they combine to form a unique proposition.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Why
do you write what you do?</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">This can be answered in different ways.
Firstly, I write erotica to earn a living. Some people write erotica for the
sheer pleasure of it. That’s wonderful, but I’m focused on both.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Regarding the types of story or themes included,
this is a case of writing what interests / excites me. If you’re passionate
about something, it makes it so much easier to work with. But I also don’t
forget this is a revenue stream – and what I write has also got to excite
others too. Understanding what readers want to read and are happy paying for is
a key reason for me designing and launching the <a href="http://ameliabryanterotica.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/erotica-readers-your-opinions-count.html" target="_blank">Erotica Reader Survey</a> – I want
to know what smut readers want in their stories. And as I’ve said before, the
key findings will be posted on the blog for all and sundry to digest. From the
responses so far I can breathe a sigh of relief: a lot of things that do it for
me personally and in my writing, are shared by many others!</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">How
does your writing process work?</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">I tend to have everything thought out
before I start typing the first words. Locations, plot, characters, the sex
acts, are all thought about and a clear direction identified. With that
foundation set, I’m free to sprinkle some extra bits and bobs where appropriate
as I write. In this respect I treat my erotica writing like I do my
marketing reports or university essays from decades past. I know how the story is
going to pan out, I know the ins and outs <i>(stop sniggering!)</i>, I’ve got the
character personas established, etc. I even have a spreadsheet containing a
whole bunch of questions to help with character building. What do they like and
dislike? What’s their profession? What kind of clothes would I expect them to
be wearing? What kind of personality do they have? How do I think this person
will react in a given situation? What turns them on?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">To some it might sound a bit anal, but
‘knowing’ this much about my characters helps me enormously, particularly when
it comes to dialogue and behaviour in the story. It also allows me to keep
things fresh; I don’t want the main character in one story be identical to
another – particularly when there are so many variables one can play with when
creating good, believable, naughty characters.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Having these things already clear in my
mind before I start writing the story is critical. In fact I can’t imagine
writing any other way. Once I’ve got all that framework in place, the actual
writing is easier: that’s the theory anyway!</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">So, there you have it; a bit more of me
revealed! If you enjoyed this and want a bit more of an insight into how I
roll, then comment on it, and let’s see what happens.</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Now: who’s next on the Blog Hop, I hear
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Anita Bush</b>, author of <i>“The Erotic Musings
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intruding with neighbours being wankers, and other trials and tribulations
causing my smut mojo to disappear…… we’re back, Baby!</span></span></b></div>
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finally finished the story I’d been working on back in March. It’s a bit of a
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with a final look-over or two just remaining, I’ll shortly be giving it the rubber
stamp and getting started on the Amazon upload process. That’s assuming Amazon
by now haven’t started throwing their toys out of the pram with EVERYTHING
erotica-related. <i>If so, then we’re all really screwed, lol.</i></span></span></div>
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many different locales. Coming in at around 10,500 words, I think it’s my
second longest story (after <i>Hi-Jinks In Hull</i>, from the <a href="http://ameliabryanterotica.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Crash! Bang! Wallop!</a>
series). As per previous stories, it’ll have its own blog post; probably an
‘Extra Sauce’ post to keep it company as well. So I won’t wax lyrical about it
right now. But if you’re a fan of multiple miscreants as well as multiple
orgasms, then there’s a treat in store for you!</span></span></div>
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revealed. The earlier LLG stories - <i>Bayswater</i>, <i>Paddington</i>, and <i>Earl’s Court</i> –
will also be receiving respective cover re-designs. There’s nothing earth
shattering about them, but they’re certainly more jazzed up and dare I say it,
more enticing, than the previous ones: which in retrospect isn’t that hard to
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going to be releasing the first three LLG stories – as a multi-pack book. Exact
pricing still TBC, but I’m probably going to offer it for less than buying the
three stories separately. <i>Amn’t I nice?!</i></span></span></div>
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next week or two so if you want to stay in the loop, you can either keep
checking my <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Bryant_erotica" target="_blank">Tweets</a> or to be on the safe side subscribe to my site here, and you’ll
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My bad. Well what can I say. I look back on my last blog post, full of noble
thoughts. Then I ruefully ponder the accuracy of the saying ‘the road to hell
is paved with good intentions’. Hmm. Then I consider that AC/DC wrote that
belter of a song, “Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be”, so I guess at least I’m in
fine company if it really hits the fan.</span>
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mojo was back. It wasn’t. It’s hard to get in the mood for writing smut when
you’ve got a neighbour from hell: one that requires one’s guard to never be
lowered, whilst his passive aggressive bullshit and borderline OCD for opening
and closing doors has me thinking – and enjoying - violent thoughts rather than
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have it easy in one respect, in that when they’re struggling to get the words
out on the keyboard, they can always cite “writer’s block”. Writers are the
only breed who seem to get away with skipping work because they don’t ‘feel’
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Yet no other profession allows such a
gratuitous cop-out. When did you last hear of an airline pilot turning up at
the airport, looking up at a dark, rainy sky, shrugging his shoulders and
saying to his co-pilot and his boss, “Nah, I don’t feel like flying today. I’m
heading home.” Exactly. I could never imagine going up to my former bosses one
day, telling them “I don’t feel I can work today. I’m perfectly fine, I’m not
ill, but I just don’t feel the vibe.” I wouldn’t last long in that gig, that’s
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is a job – and I want it to be one, and therefore need to treat it AS one -
then “writer’s block” has to be kicked to the kerb, surely? The obvious danger
to this though is that one’s writing becomes deadline-driven and formulaic.
There’s nothing wrong with a deadline; in fact I could seriously benefit from
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worrying. Erotica guru Susie Bright warns of this – and quite rightly so. Maybe
writing eight stories back to back burned me out. If this is the case – perish
the thought – then it doesn’t bode well, when I have so many ideas for new
stories. But if I’m to make a living being a professional smut-slinger, I need
to be more productive, publishing more stories, selling more copies, and doing
so regularly, week in, week out. No, there’s nothing formulaic about that, at
all, is there? Gulp.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">This is an overly simplistic view of
things – it’s not quite as black and white as this. I love insight and research
etc, and I can look at data tables, populate and interpret PowerPoint decks and
present findings day after day. But it’s not something I have to get into a
particular ‘vibe’ for. Yet this IS the case for erotica. To me it’s almost like
Avatar, where the natives ‘plug’ their tails into the flying beasts’ thinghy
and they’ve got this synergistic bond thing going on. In my case it’s my mind
or fingers bonding with the laptop keyboard! </span></span></span></div>
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so close to that cantankerous old twat affected my drive, focus, and enthusiasm
regardless of whether I was writing smut or designing research surveys. Luckily, as
you’ll have no doubt seen on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Bryant_erotica" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, I’ve moved on
and into a lovely new place. So that’s a major stressor now banished – now it’s
just the usual ones to deal with! But I can safely say that the mojo HAS
returned. It's good to be back. So watch out: there’s smut coming!</span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-20044751451029284422013-05-30T16:55:00.001+01:002013-05-30T20:37:49.902+01:00What’s new in the world of London smut writer Amelia Bryant? <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">June is almost upon us, not that you’d notice outside with some truly ungodly weather. I swear – it could be November or March outside. The rain’s chuffing down, the wind is howling. Not like the Mays I remember from decades past. The evenings would be sunny and mild and Yours Truly would be tormented by having to stay inside, revising – ha, CRAMMING more like – for school and university exams.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, smut has taken a back seat over the past couple of months as other things conspired to pull my thoughts away from the joys of filthy fucking and instead towards things that to be frank were much less interesting and much more tiresome.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That’s not to say I’ve not felt guilty about the lack of filth being created on my laptop. Far from it: I’d have loved to have had another bundle of exciting London erotica for your reading – and masturbatory – pleasure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe it was a mixture of already having written eight stories and subconsciously needing a break. Perhaps it was also a heap of other external baloney impacting my ability to get all jiggy in my head as well as on the keyboard. Possibly it was the culmination of over-doing it on Twitter and needing a break from the smut writing and promoting. I digress…</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That said, there’s an important lesson to be learned for any aspiring smut authors out there. Only write when you’re in the right mood. If there’s shit going on in your life, or external factors affecting your mojo then don’t write. Don’t even begin to try. If you’re not in the mood, you’re not in the mood. Enjoy life’s other joys without thinking of self-imposed masochistic deadlines. Accept it, and wait for your mind and nether regions to tingle again and re-connect. It is as simple as that. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So guess what? Mine have (about bloody time too!). </span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here’s what’s on the immediate agenda:- </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>1. Complete the fourth London Lovers’ Ground (LLG) story</b> which I’d got about one third of the way through. I’m not going to reveal too much now, but let’s just say that if you’re the sort of person who think’s “two’s company but three’s so much better”, then you’ll like this. Keep your eyes peeled on when everything’s ready (hopefully in the next ten days or so) as there will be some special promotions lined up. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>2. New sexier cover designs for all LLG titles. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>3. More LLG story writing</b>. I’ve got some cracking story ideas featuring the capital’s favourite central locales already waiting to be unleashed. Needless to say the naughtiness will be there in absolute abundance! </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>4. Fancy some ‘Crash! Bang! Wallop!’ ?</b> It’s high time another CBW story or two is unleashed on the general smut-lovin’ public as well as the marketing research community, who seem rather bemused by it all. Of course, I’m far from complaining with increased Twitter followers, column inches, and sales! There are a few stories vying for my attention. There’s the second and third parts of the ‘Stuck At A Desk’ saga. There’s also a humdinger of a tale which I’m burning to get onto paper / your Kindle screen. It’s called ‘The Ten Commandments’ and it’s possibly going to make some people in the industry feel a tad uneasy. Alternatively, they might not give a shit – that wouldn’t surprise me either! </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>5. More blogging!</b> There’s a long overdue post – probably two – considering the pros and cons of social media (particularly Twitter), primarily based on my own personal observations and interactions. So watch out for those. Blogging also shouldn’t be one-way traffic: engaging with contributors is important. Furthermore, despite all the pressures of writing one’s own smut, it’s a good thing to visit the blogsites of fellow smut writers and responding to the ideas and opinions they’ve put out there. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>So there you have it: the battleplan for the next wee while. Do keep me company on the smut journey! </i></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-42660008683529382942013-04-11T16:25:00.001+01:002013-04-11T16:27:32.483+01:00Free Erotica? Amelia Bryant Ponders The Problem With Price<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Help or hindrance? Dangled carrot or sustained revenue killer? Is free erotica a problem or worth its weight in gold to the independent smut writer?</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whether dipping one’s proverbial tootsies into the erotica writing business, or being a seasoned pro, free online erotica is one issue bound to provoke reaction. Anyone seeking online smut to read on their PC or download to a phone or Kindle or similar e-book reader can either go to well known websites such as Literotica to access a plethora of free stories. Or they can go to Amazon and Smashwords and pay for the stories accessed (these sites also offer free stories).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But surely it must frustrate authors trying to earn a crust (never mind a fortune) from their writing, when facing so much competition from others offering their wares for nowt? Why do this?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let’s consider the pertinent points. Firstly, cost. Once the book has been written, the formatting done and the cover designed and everything is uploaded, the costs of production (time, paper, print toner, fizzy pop and Chocolate Hob Nobs consumed while writing/typing) are incurred once and once only. There’s no marginal cost attached to subsequent sales made. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A free book should help generate some buzz, shouldn’t it? ‘Buy my FREE steamy erotica tale on Amazon’ etc etc. Announce this on all the relevant social media channels and the express hope is that there’s a flurry of downloads which will a) keep the book in the top half of the Amazon sales lists, thereby achieving some visibility b) convince those readers to fork out for subsequent priced books.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But does it really work like this?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The problem is that such a simplistic viewpoint fails to take into account that thousands of other smut authors have exactly the same idea. The result: thousands of free stories. But the unavoidable fact is that there’s now an abundance of free erotica. And that spells trouble for the erotica writer seeking financial recompense for their efforts. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I liken it to someone walking to work in the morning or heading out of the office for lunch. You’ll see coffee shop baristas offering samples of their latest blends. Perhaps you’ll see a deli shop offering passers-by a tiny bite of a new sandwich combo. You’ll be offered a tasty mouthful (stop sniggering at the back!) in the hope that you pop in to buy a full-sized sandwich the following day, or perhaps even there and then. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There’s an implicit understanding operating: here’s a free sample to see if you like it, and if you do, you can have more. Much more. As much as you want in fact. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>But you’re going to have to pay for it.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, there’s a segment of the smut-reading fraternity who say ‘Why should I pay for anything? There’s so much available already for free. What incentive is there to pay for it?’</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using my street food analogy once more, It’s the equivalent of the hungry office worker being able to walk along a street full of delis and coffee shops and receive enough small samples of coffee to equal a full cup, and enough small sandwich bites to make up a proper-sized sarnie. His or her thirst has been totally quenched and their appetite sated. And without having to pay for a damn thing! But to add insult to injury, they can return day in, day out and do exactly the same, because there’s an endless supply to enjoy. Now it’s a stretch to imagine this could happen in real life. But it IS happening online when it comes to reading erotica.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, you’ve got a whole gamut of smut writers doing what they think is a sensible attempt at gaining some awareness and hopefully driving subsequent sales. Individually, not a bad idea. Collectively however, the overall effect is arguably detrimental. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now it’s important to recognise there are many erotica authors who write for the simple pleasure of writing and striking a chord with readers, who wish no reward for their efforts. They perhaps want to dip their toes in the bath or wish nothing more than to see their words stimulate, inspire and/or amuse others. And bless them for it. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There will also be a large number of smut readers around the world who have no intention of paying as so much is already available. They want something which will get their juices going enough for some naughtiness and then, hey-ho, that was nice. Next! </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is the split between those who will pay and those who won’t? For erotica writers wanting to earn a living doing this, the non-payers are of no concern. Well, I say that glibly: they ARE a concern if they constitute the majority. But professional erotica writers will focus their efforts on what they know paying customers will shell out for. That’s one of the reasons for the <a href="http://ameliabryanterotica.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/erotica-readers-your-opinions-count.html" target="_blank">Erotica Reader Survey</a> that’s currently live. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Personally speaking, I value my time spent thinking about the story, planning it, doing a bit of research perhaps, developing some characters, before even getting down to writing it. And don’t forget about editing, re-writing if necessary, and formatting for Amazon, Smashwords etc. That’s a fair few hours. Most businesses would charge for their time and effort in producing the final product or service – why should erotica writers differ<span style="font-size: small;">?</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I’d love to receive your comments on any of the points raised here and encourage some discussion on the topic. And keep your eyes peeled for a follow-up post in which I’ll talk about pricing approaches, strategies and tactics.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-80226008514562882232013-04-08T08:58:00.000+01:002013-04-08T08:58:26.078+01:00EXTRA Sauce! Bayswater: London Sex Writer Amelia Bryant’s Quick Guide<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So if you’ve read my hot erotic story ‘Baring All In Bayswater’ perhaps you’d like to get a flavour of the area, especially if you’re not from London or you’re located thousands of miles away. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Located to the north of Kensington Gardens and west of Paddington, Bayswater is a lively, cosmopolitan hub. Most of the activity centres around the street named Queensway, which is crammed full of restaurants, international food shops, fast food joints and all the usual major retailers. In the picture (left) of Queensway you can make out the entrance to the large Whiteley Centre shopping mall and cinema - it's at the far right of the photo, white peaked with the flagpole.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Locals requiring some extra bedroom (or wherever) spice have a well-stocked Ann Summers store on Queensway to stock up on assorted naughtiness. And shock author confession – this is the store where I bought my first Rampant Rabbit! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The tube station is located just a little under halfway along. And it’s one of the best examples of the London Underground map (designed by engineer Harry Beck) not being topographically accurate. If you take a look at the tube map, you’ll see Queensway and Bayswater stations separated by what seems to be a reasonable distance. In fact you could walk between the stations in probably the same time as it would take you to read this blog posting. We’re talking only a couple of hundred yards, tops.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bayswater has something of an edgy reputation – just like its Australian equivalent (what is it with Sydney, trying to copycat London’s vice spots: King’s Cross AND Bayswater?!) Yes, it’s a hustling busting ‘never quiet’ area – Queensway certainly – but it is also renowned for its sexual commerce. Some of the nearby W2 streets are well known on the internet for the ‘services’ offered in some of the apartments, and police have broken up vice rings and brothels operating in the area. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The street is dominated by a couple of very big apartment blocks – Princess and Queen’s Courts. Queens Court is the location of Mia’s fictitious flat, located just yards to the south of the tube station. But it makes me smile mischievously. Queens Court (pictured left) is listed on many bulletin boards and online forums as the ‘Ground Zero’ for London escorts! One minute on a search engine duly upholds these assertions! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I actually know Queens Court rather well! I won’t reveal all, but I did date someone for a while who flat-shared there. I must admit: I never bumped into any exotic ladies all the times I was up and down in the lifts. Let’s just say that with the preponderance of genuine hotties that could often be seen walking along Queensway, it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, I’ve got happy memories of Bayswater as you can imagine, and it made returning there for some photos a pleasure. The sights and smells took me back a few years. And yes, speaking purely objectively of course, yes there are still a veritable amount of hot-to-trot ladies there – ‘working’ or otherwise! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://ameliabryanterotica.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/story-baring-all-in-bayswater.html" target="_blank">Have you read a juicy excerpt from my smutty Bayswater story? Read it now!</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or if you have already and liked it, then <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baring-Bayswater-London-Lovers-ebook/dp/B00B5O85DE/ref=la_B00B18SB7E_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1364059926&sr=1-7" target="_blank">buy 'Baring All In Bayswater' at Amazon, dammit!</a> ;-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Watch out for accompanying ones for each new London Lovers' Ground story! </span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-1019076421474339862013-03-27T20:20:00.000+00:002013-03-27T20:24:52.624+00:00EXTRA Sauce! Earl's Court: London Sex Writer Amelia Bryant’s Quick Guide<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDXsvP6aWyNNtVNp9b4LkkVIWJG_NnRIbo3GyKCRSvROxnW13lS-2_H3NQeL4sR_NmbFBAkOZQawRT6fYoQcgksLXKmyfrjo3FgbNoS4BwFgFHh5ur-iJ4pHhQXCHn26gaRTsMtQg0Ug/s1600/Earls+Court+Amelia+Bryant+Queen+of+London+Erotica.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDXsvP6aWyNNtVNp9b4LkkVIWJG_NnRIbo3GyKCRSvROxnW13lS-2_H3NQeL4sR_NmbFBAkOZQawRT6fYoQcgksLXKmyfrjo3FgbNoS4BwFgFHh5ur-iJ4pHhQXCHn26gaRTsMtQg0Ug/s320/Earls+Court+Amelia+Bryant+Queen+of+London+Erotica.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>So if you’ve read my short smutty story ‘Earl’s Court: Making an Exhibition Of Oneself’ perhaps you’d like to get a flavour as to the locale, especially if you’re not from London or you’re located thousands of miles away. </b><br />
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Located in the south west of central London between Cromwell Road and Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court is know for a variety of things. The first, and probably the largest, is the <a href="http://www.eco.co.uk/home" target="_blank">Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre </a>- home to business expos (where my characters ‘Aussie’ Rob Sadler and Lorna Calderwood meet), home and leisure shows, and major rock concerts. In fact barely five days after moving to London all those years ago, I went to my first gig here – and what a night! I’m also no stranger to it for research/marketing expos etc. over the years.<br />
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Needless to say, the tube station can get pretty crowded when there’s a gig or expo on. Which in itself presents a fantastic opportunity to letch at some pretty hot talent! <i>[Public transport confession time: I had a major snogging session on the westbound District line platform one cold February evening many moons ago. Ah, halcyon days!] </i><br />
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Earl’s Court is also traditionally known to be a hang out for
Australians living in the city. And escorts too, apparently! There are a
lot of hostels and hotels in the area – of varying quality and price
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Just a few yards along from the station is The Blackbird, the pub where my characters Rob and Lorna meet after the expo.<br />
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Earl’s Court has a number of gardens with bushes and trees lining the perimeter railings. The vast majority – if not all of them – are private, and only accessible under lock and key. So not every Tom, Dick and Harry can get it. But hey, perhaps from time to time people are careless, and in the case of Rob and Lorna…jackpot!<br />
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So where might the lust-filled pair have headed for their dusk debauchery: perhaps here?! <br />
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<a href="http://ameliabryanterotica.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/story-earls-court-making-exhibition-of.html" target="_blank">Have you read a juicy excerpt from my smutty Earl’s Court story? Read it now!</a><br />
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Or if you have already and liked it, then <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earls-Court-Exhibition-Oneself-ebook/dp/B00B5O88R2/ref=la_B00B18SB7E_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1364059926&sr=1-2" target="_blank">buy 'Earl's Court: Making An Exhibition Of Oneself' it at Amazon, dammit!</a> ;-)<br />
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I hope you've enjoyed this little pictorial expedition into my setting for the book - watch out for accompanying ones for each new London Lovers' Ground story! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-38810472980455327822013-02-24T10:22:00.000+00:002013-03-28T09:56:32.618+00:00Is Bigger Better?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I’m talking about numbers. More specifically, regarding smutty books. At this point in the game, what should the objective be? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />I’ve got eight titles out there available at Amazon and Smashwords. That pretty much covers the main e-book distribution channels. Now, having listened to what the best in the business have to say, coupled with my own instincts as a professional marketer, I’m in a bit of a quandary. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Several smut writers have affirmed that for every ten books released there is a noticeable increase in overall sales. So should I be frantically typing out new material like there’s no tomorrow, to reach ten then twenty titles available? Listening to the voices of experience is never a bad thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />But wait a moment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Think of the erotica reading fraternity in quantity terms. If Fifty Shades of Grey and the e-reading factors have had the impact that we’re led to believe they have, that equates to one hell of a large potential readership out there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />So even if only a relatively small proportion of the total smut-buying market downloaded my stories, I’d certainly notice. In fact I’d be cock-a-hoop with the soaring sales figures. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, the main question is this. With eight titles already on the virtual bookshop shelves, surely the focus should be on raising awareness and driving sales of the products already available rather than developing new ones? If readers do want to go on a mini splurge and download my other books, there’s seven of them. That’s good potential revenue in anyone’s eyes, considering the size of the market. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Interim data from the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eroticareadersurvey" target="_blank">Erotica Reader Survey</a> (not taken part yet, and love reading erotica? Please do the survey!) strongly suggests that once readers find an author they like, they’ll buy more of their stories. That’s reassuring to all writers. But readers aren’t going crazy and downloading EVERYTHING immediately. There’s a recession happening, remember. I compare it with a bricks and mortar shop, with the stock visible in the window and ready to be bought. It’s just that not enough people are looking at the shop window and coming inside. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What’s the point in writing another twenty books, if there’s still not enough (to my liking, anyway) people sniffing around and buying the first eight? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That’s not a product problem: it’s an awareness and communications issue. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />That however, is for another blog post.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-8087089626582999032013-02-11T18:55:00.000+00:002013-08-19T13:34:02.014+01:00Amelia Bryant corrupts the UK marketing research industry!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It had to happen. No seriously; it really did.</span></b></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Take one imaginative - and pretty horny, if truth be told – marketing researcher with a penchant for fruity words and filthy thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Take an industry which (undeservedly) has its fair share of detractors, and which could collectively could do with a bit of TLC. Or failing that a good hard shag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, it seems that Yours Truly’s naughty words have come to the attention of the research industry’s main trade publication – the cunningly titled (wait for it…) ‘<a href="http://www.research-live.com/" target="_blank">Research</a>’. </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">[The industry isn’t that unimaginative, honest!]</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gracing the back
page ‘Diary’ section which tends to paint a lighter note on research
happenings, they’ve exposed the industry to a brief synopsis of my first
story ‘Mirror Mirror’ in the Crash! Bang! Wallop! series, centred
around the sexiest (albeit fictitious) London marketing research agency.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A quarter of a page no less! Can you imagine how much that space would have cost in advertising terms?! Exactly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I'm a rather happy bonking bunny now!</i></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-45322973144397360112013-02-08T19:51:00.000+00:002013-10-20T19:17:40.998+01:00Erotica Readers: Your Opinions Count!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Are erotic writers delivering what readers want? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How diverse are readers’ erotic reading habits? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The simple fact is that to a large extent nobody knows! And that’s bad for readers and writers alike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hence the reason for the <b>Erotica Reader Survey</b>, aimed at getting to the bottom of what readers of erotic stories really want and how they go about getting it. If you’re a reader of erotica, you now have the perfect opportunity to give your honest opinion on a whole host of areas relating to the writing, content and purchasing of erotic stories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As erotic story readers, you’ll already have your own feelings about the kinds of story that turn you on – and those that don’t. You’ll have also figured out the number of characters you like in your stories, the mischief they get up to. Your favourite writers – or new ones that are crying out to reach new audiences – may not have a clue about how best to make you aware of their new releases available to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You’re here because you love erotic stories. So why not take 10 minutes of your time to make yourself heard?! Grab yourself a glass of wine, get comfy and put your thinking cap on. Let’s talk about smut!<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The survey is COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS</b> – deliberately so – in order that you can be completely candid in your responses. Nothing less than total honesty will do, otherwise it’s a pointless exercise for everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The survey has been designed to the same standards as a professionally commissioned research project, and key findings will be shared on this blogsite (there might even be some nice fancy charts too!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eroticareadersurvey" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO BEGIN THE SURVEY</a> (it’s on Survey Monkey, a professional and highly regarded marketing research survey and hosting site).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>UPDATE OCTOBER 2013:Please note that the survey will only accept one full survey response per device (ie, laptop, smartphone, etc. There have been some problems encountered when trying to complete the survey on smartphones, so if you want to do the survey, it's recommended you use a more stable platform such as a desktop/laptop personal computer. </b></i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you’ve got any questions about the survey, then be sure to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Bryant_erotica" target="_blank">send me a Tweet</a> and I’ll respond ASAP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cheers, and have a great weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AB</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-16917953074187112832013-02-04T14:22:00.000+00:002013-02-04T14:22:35.484+00:00Boobs, Balls (odd-shaped) and Boners<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Hello again naughty smut readers! Doesn’t the week fly by?!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine largely consisted of watching six brilliant opening games to the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/" target="_blank">Six Nations Rugby championship</a>. Hmm… rugby: the smell of Deep Heat, chunky thighs, big muscl…..er that’s quite enough of that for now, hehe! Maybe I should write some rugger-related romps over the next few weeks? I’ve got a cracking title in my head already…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, as for the week ahead, this will be spent mostly doing the things that I wanted done over the past few days. Catch-up already, lol. The road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, it seems. Mind you, AC/DC always maintained that Hell Ain’t A Bad Place to Be, so I’ll take comfort from that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, getting all the first eight naughty stories up onto Smashwords is the primary objective. I’m sure it’ll be like Amazon; once the first couple are under the belt without any issues, it’s pretty standard stuff. At least I hope so! Some news releases need firing out as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finally, there is the <b>Erotica Reader Survey</b>, which should be up in the next couple of days. There’s just a few more questions I’m slipping in, then it’s a matter of uploading and programming into Survey Monkey. Of course being in the marketing research biz truly does help out in this regard: not just doing it, but writing about it (albeit filthily)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I’ll digress, but if you’re a reader of erotica, erotic romance, or just plain good wholesome smut, call it what you will, then your thoughts and opinions truly matter. Watch out for a separate post on this in the next few days along with the survey link. Some of the main results will be uploaded for everyone to see, and maybe a few interesting ones from the juicy crosstabs too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As ever, comments and feedback on any of the posts, and my stories (<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amelia-Bryant/e/B00B18SB7E" target="_blank">buy now, ker-ching!!</a>) are most welcome, and don’t be shy, say hi on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Bryant_erotica" target="_blank">Twitter</a> too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here’s to surviving the week….in the sexiest way possible! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />AB </span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-30585889818121880552013-02-02T20:00:00.000+00:002013-02-02T20:07:50.516+00:00'Tits & Ass: Where Are They?'<div class="BGStdStyle">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Bright garish fonts. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Short tartan mini-skirts.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Miniscule bikinis failing miserably to
conceal a curvy woman’s huge bazookas. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Titles such as “I Rammed the Babysitter”
which leave nothing to the imagination.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Is this really what selling erotica is
about?</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">We’ve all heard about the major increase
in erotica sales thanks to both the impact of Fifty Shades of Grey AND mobile
ebook reading, whether dedicated readers such as Kindles, or iPads, Tablets and
smartphones.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">We’re also led to believe that a big
factor in erotic ebook sales is the perceived anonymity afforded by these
devices. Who needs to blush in Waterstones or Barnes & Noble anymore when buying smut, when it
can be downloaded at home to your heart’s content?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">But what’s the point in using a Kindle HD
or iPad hoping for some inconspicuous smut reading on the train only for the
front cover to completely give the game away to anyone in the immediate
vicinity? Busted!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Think of the covers used in Fifty Shades... Are there any gratuitous T&A or images of a young lass being
trussed up in BDSM gear? No. Nor is there on the plethora of novels released
shortly after, such as those from Sylvia Day et al. Funny that. Coincidence?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Search the Erotica titles on Amazon. The
subsequent results are awash with covers – and titles – that are less than
subtle. Of course, not every cover is exactly the same, but enough similarities
exist. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Is this really what:-</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">a) appeals to consumers </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">b) drives sales </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">c)
accurately reflects the quality of writing ?<i> </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>I don’t think so.</i> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Again, “Fifty Shades..” easily
demonstrated that relatively crude cover designs are not essential for
commercial success. Indeed, maybe their very absence is a key selling point, thus
increasing the acceptability of the books among an increasingly important
market segment.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">But not following the herd is a surefire
way to generate some attention. In fact, it’s a classic marketing maxim. The smart
cookies realise that in a growing – if not already saturated - market the clever
money is on seeing what everyone else is doing – and doing the exact opposite.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">This was exactly the strategy I chose when
launching my first brace of erotic stories. For the <b>‘Crash! Bang! Wallop!’</b>
stories I wanted not only to make a visual impact on the Amazon search results
(And they do! See for yourself.) but I also wanted to create a recognisable identity for the fictitious London marketing research
agency my stories are set in. You could easily imagine a website and the usual
company-wide paraphernalia – letterheads, notepads, business cards – all festooned
with the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Caller-ebook/dp/B00B1EOLGI/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3" target="_blank">black background and multi-coloured logo</a>. And hopefully, help
transport you into the world of focus groups, interviews and all the associated
office antics – and politics – that sets the scene for the subsequent romps.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Similarly, the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paddington-Tickets-Please-London-ebook/dp/B00B5O84GW/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1359835110&sr=8-7" target="_blank">first three titles</a> in the
<b>London Lovers’ Ground</b> series have a consistent colour-themed background and
typeface. And not one pair of buttocks or boobies to be seen. And this is going
to remain the case for all subsequent stories published.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Consistency is a HUGE deal in any branding
programme. And make no mistake: unless you plan to be a one-book author with no
intentions of publishing any more, then there needs to be that consistency.
Amongst all the competing books out there, consistent branding is one of your
best friends. For authors, it sets their books apart from the relatively
disjointed competition, when they have a salvo of books adhering to the same
layout principles, typefaces, colours, etc.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">For prospective customers it immediately
projects professionalism and consistency. In a fast moving, ever changing
marketplace like the erotic fiction market, customers appreciate familiarity.
They don’t get that if each subsequent title from an author features different people,
colours, typefaces.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">But wait a moment: is this perhaps just
some misguided sense of marketing idealism, or even simple design snobbery?</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Well, that’s where I’d like you to come
in. I REALLY want to hear YOUR thoughts on this matter. Please post your
comments below on this and encourage others to think and participate too.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Hopefully we’ll get to the bottom of the
matter once and for all over the next few weeks, with the launching of the
Erotica Reader Survey. Cover design is one of the areas in which smut-lovers
will be asked for their opinions. Stay close to the blog over the next few days
as there will be a posting with full details and survey link appearing shortly.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span style="font-size: small;">H</span>ello sexy readers!</b><b> </b> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">So it’s been nearly<span style="font-size: small;"> tw</span>o weeks since
first gracing Amazon with my presence and offering my smut for sale. And even
in this short period of time, it’s been an interesting ride!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">So, here’s the skinny. The first five London erotica stories
set in research agency ‘Crash! Bang! Wallop!’ were unleashed. Tales of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mirror-ebook/dp/B00B1394OI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359289995&sr=8-1" target="_blank">viewing room sex</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Caller-ebook/dp/B00B1EOLGI/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3" target="_blank">phone sex</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hi-Jinks-In-Hull-ebook/dp/B00B14B55S/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2" target="_blank">hotel hedonism</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuck-At-Desk-Part-ebook/dp/B00B2C61XA/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5" target="_blank">sexual revenge</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melissa-Oversexed-Overlaid-Researcher-ebook/dp/B00B1X1220/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4" target="_blank">in-flight frolics</a> are
all available for your reading pleasure. And of course hopefully another sort
of pleasure afterwards!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Then a few days ago, the first three
stories in the London Lovers’ Ground (LLG) series were added: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paddington-Tickets-Please-London-ebook/dp/B00B5O84GW/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6" target="_blank">Paddington</a>,
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baring-Bayswater-London-Lovers-ebook/dp/B00B5O85DE/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_7" target="_blank">Bayswater</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earls-Court-Exhibition-Oneself-ebook/dp/B00B5O88R2/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359290437&sr=1-8" target="_blank">Earl’s Court</a>. All colour-coded green…can you guess the common
theme running through each of them?! It’s early days – with everything in
honesty – but the plan (and we all know what happens to plans!) is for the next three LLG books to be written and released in the next two weeks. Can you guess the associated theme
when they’re released? This could become quite a fun game over the coming
months!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">So what’s next? With the current books all
available on Amazon, it’s now time to do the same on Smashwords. Having
downloaded their style guide last night, I guess that’s today’s reading sorted
out. I’m reckoning on this taking up the majority of the week. I’m in London on Monday
(tomorrow, yay!) for a couple of meetings, and Windsor on Tuesday for a couple
of hours, but for the rest of the week I’ll be at the desk Smashword-ing. So
for everyone who doesn’t have a Kindle or one of their smartphone apps, don’t
worry. My smutty stories will be available for other sorts or even ‘just’ your
PC or Mac. And this will be the case going forward: all titles will be available on both platforms.<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">At the very beginning, it just made more sense to me to focus on one <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">distri<span style="font-size: small;">bution system at a time. That way, I'd become proficient i<span style="font-size: small;">n this in the shortest time possible<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">With this being a full-time vocation with
all the associated professionalism required, I’m in this for the long game. The
one thing I can’t afford to do is get burned out. It’s not a sprint, afterall.
I’m in this for the long haul, and looking at realistic, stable growth over the
coming months and years that keeps the wolves at bay and food on the table (and
yes, indulge in some things too; hard work should always be rewarded!).
Therefore, the writing and publishing/promoting sequence already being adopted
should hopefully keep me in good stead: write 2-3 LLG books over 10-14 days,
then a subsequent week of publishing, promoting, blogging, Tweeting and all
sorts. A change is as good as a rest. And of course, thinking about the next
bunch of titles. We’ll see how it goes. The week or so away from writing per
se, should be beneficial. Speaking just now, it certainly has, as I can’t wait
to get back to writing once I’ve finished with the Smashwording!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">To everyone that’s offered help or
inspiration (whether they know about it or not!) over the past few months, I
say a big ‘thank you’. Keep your comments, observations, etc coming either on
here or Twitter (@Bryant_erotica). If you want to keep updated on what’s going on don’t forget to
submit to my email alerts as well: whenever a new blog post is published,
you’ll get pinged accordingly.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">A blog shouldn’t just be about news
releases and product postings. Yes, it’s for that too, but it’s also about
engagement and reflecting on life’s trials and tribulations. Oh and given the
business we’re in…TITilations too! I’ll
see you again next Sunday for some more of the same.</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-84784382330190916332013-01-25T12:34:00.000+00:002013-01-25T12:34:00.366+00:00STORY: 'Earl's Court: Making An Exhibition Of Oneself'<h4>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's Expo time in Earl's Court! And what happens when attendees take more than just a mere liking to each other?!</span></h4>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The second London Lovers' Ground 'Green' story is set in the west central London area of Earl's Court: most famous for its Exhibition Centre for expos and concerts, lots of hotels, and lots of Australians!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When Lorna and her married friend Gina meet up at the IT Expo being held in the nearby exhibition centre, it’s another chance for them not only to catch up but also cast their eye around the exhibition floor for hot guys! Lorna is alerted by her friend to be on the lookout for a decidedly hot male, Rob. And when she meets him, Lorna wholeheartedly agrees with Gina’s judgment! Meeting later in the nearby pub, their flirtations escalate and before long they’ve left the pub to rendezvous again before heading to Rob’s hotel room. However, Lorna’s aching feet present them with another option, and before long they’re lustily devouring each other in the local gardens! But can their floral frolics continue without interruption?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This 6,300 (approx.) word adult erotic story includes partially clothed (formal, suit) sex, fingering, cunnilingus, and being at one with nature in the naughtiest way whilst avoiding the local evening dog walker! </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“Then do it,” she pleaded. “Pull my knickers down. Now. I can’t wait,” she panted. It was no exaggeration. Being fucked against a tree, regardless of how well presentably dressed she was (at least to begin with) wasn’t conducive to romantic images of rose petals and candles. There was also the not unimportant fact that since she’d clapped eyes on him at the expo, and especially since their first canoodles in the pub, this had to be the longest bout of foreplay she’d had to endure! Hours’ worth: Christ, it was tortuous! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Pushing her long coat aside, he quickly hitched up Lorna’s skirt. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh fuck yes,” he marvelled, as he clapped eyes on her black hold-ups. “Those are so damn sexy!” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />With that added source of sexcitement, he grabbed Lorna’s waist, running his hands down her arse and pulling it towards him. Running his hand up and under what remained of her skirt, he grabbed hungrily at her buttocks. Again, not the time for classy, seductive touches and caresses. This was about fucking. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Pushing up her Brazilian-style knickers to expose as much of her as he could, the kisses bestowed upon each other continued frantically and relentlessly as they could sense each other’s hunger and impatience for the moment when their most intimate areas congregated. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />When Lorna finally felt Rob’s palm rubbing her pubic mound before his fingers stretched further between her legs to run between her lips, she trembled. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh God, yes.” she moaned. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Rob’s cock stiffened further as he felt how hot and moist Lorna’s pussy had become underneath her skimpy pants. Scrunching them tightly in his hand, he pulled them upwards. He wanted to savour the view of the lace clinging tightly through her exposed lips on either side. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh fuck yes, that’s the bullseye,” he announced. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Running his hand over her lips then slipping inside her knickers, he brushed up against her strip of pussy hair, before exploring further. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Lorna’s back arched, whilst she simultaneously offered herself to him. Thrusting her pelvic area forward for him to touch more, he duly obliged. Lorna gasped once more with joy as Rob’s fingertips nudged her clit. His repeated touching and circling of her pink nub was yet another cause for her desire to grow even higher – if this was now at all possible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />As Rob’s fingertips continued on their trail of sexual arousal, they were leaving Lorna flushed, gasping, and consumed with passion and sexual expectation: quite the potent mix. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh yes,” moaned Lorna. Rob’s fingers slid between her slit and her pussy lips. The sensation was exquisite. When his two fingers found her opening – now drenched in her own juices - and purposefully pushed inwards and upwards Lorna, her moaning and ‘mmmm-ing’ increased in frequency as each thrust left its desired effect. When he ramped things up even further by crossing his index and middle fingers and corkscrewing her, Lorna’s juices streamed. She’d never experienced this before! Oh Shit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One hot, sticky summer evening. One hot, sticky couple. And some encouragement from their neighbours!</span></h4>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The second story in the London Lovers' Ground 'Green' collection takes us to the lively, bustling streets of Bayswater, located to the north of Hyde Park and west of Paddington station. With its cosmopolitan and international residents, there's never a dull moment!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mia wants her last weekend in her Queensway flat to go with a bang. And Boy, does she get it! When her partying Brazilian neighbours across the street strike up the sultry samba sounds, Mia reveals some of the saucy antics she’s seen in the opposite flats. As the sultry summer evening heat and the music continues, Phil has his own idea of how they should spend their penultimate night in the flat: and it doesn’t involve their bed! Furthermore, before long they gain their very own highly appreciative audience providing encouragement each step of the way! <br /><br /> This 6,500 (approx.) word adult erotic story contains atmospheric oral sex (both), multi-position bump n’ grind and frenetic sex, and an ever supportive group of spectators. With all these antics, it’s less Neighbourhood Watch and more ‘Neighbourhood Crotch’! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baring-Bayswater-London-Lovers-ebook/dp/B00B5O85DE/ref=sr_1_7?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359112168&sr=1-7" target="_blank">Buy it now on Amazon!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Placing his two-thirds empty wine glass down onto the small table at his side of the sofa, he turned round to Mia and with both hands brought her even closer to his muscular frame. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />As they kissed once more, Mia knew this was leading somewhere. It was more than just a cursory smooch – not that she was knocking those in the slightest. But the strength exerted by Phil as he brought her to him, coupled by the sheer intensity in which his lips clamped around hers and explored her mouth with a such sense of urgency amply supported Mia’s assertion. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Perhaps it was the balmy summer evening air, or the penetrating samba sounds from across the street. Maybe there was a simpler reason: they just couldn’t keep their hands off one another when they were together. Adding all those ingredients together however was a surefire means of igniting their most basic instincts. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />The next ten minutes were a blur of ruffled hair, clasping, grabbing, oral exploration, and sexual hunger, as Mia and Phil made out. Their loosely clothed bodies were already entangled; respective arms kept each other closely entwined. Mia’s bare legs rested over Phil’s thighs as they continued their in-depth exploration using lips and wandering hands. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Aside from her bare arms which had already been kissed from finger to collarbone, Mia’s toned tummy was the first concealed area to send shockwaves to her brain as Phil’s hands worked their magic. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“I see you’re not averse to some ‘masochism’ yourself,” Phil commented, chiding and complimenting his lover in equal parts in response to her constant gentle jokes about his fitness regime. “That’s quite some abdomen.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oi!” laughed Mia. “Don’t you get all fitness-freaky with me just now! Get horny instead. Those hands of your need to be further up for instance.” Phil’s hands were guided to Mia’s firm and perky breasts. Allowing herself a few seconds of sweet sensation, her eyes re-opened. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Bravo Bellissimmo,” she purred, smiling contentedly at her partner. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Within a minute or so of Phil’s firm handling of her tits, her nipples had hardened to dramatic proportions. Phil had already had a grope when they were preparing dinner, and heartily approved of her white shoestring vest, especially when braless underneath. Now with passion and lust fully ignited, her headlights were protruding gloriously. Phil’s efforts were tremendous. They just needed something else to further amplify the pleasure vibes that were sending her giddy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />How much more of this could Mia bare? Phil’s expert handling tormented her with every passing second. Her erect buds were ready to pop as she yearned for more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Blowing away the hairs that had fallen down onto her forehead as she felt hotter and hotter, Phil’s idea hit the mark in so many ways. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Get on here, babe”. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />As she felt Phil’s hands grab her by the waist and pull her properly onto his crotch, she hurriedly adjusted herself in order to straddle him properly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Mmmm…” purred Mia. “This is more like it,” as she ground down onto him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Yes, I should say so. We just need one final detail to attend to.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /> Mia looked at him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Arms up, now.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“You must be joking, the window’s open!” Mia laughed, with a mix of humour and disbelief apparent in her voice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Off. Now.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Phil wasn’t hanging around. Grabbing the bottom of her white vest, he pulled it up and was already halfway over her breast before Mia realised what was going on. Boy, was he quick! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“The neighbours!” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“I don’t give a fuck about the neighbours. I’m sucking on your bare naked tits right now.” Oh how Mia loved it when he got bossy! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Nonetheless, she looked around and over her shoulder. Sure, she was fucking horny: no doubt there whatsoever. But being topless and having her tits on display, with the windows open and a bunch of randy Brazilian guys across the street who’d just love to see all this unfolding before their very eyes? </span><br />
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<![endif]-->Dan and Jane meet at Paddington on Friday evening to begin their overnight journey to Cornwall for a weekend with his parents. It’s Jane’s first time on an overnight train, and having come straight from the office, looks every inch the glamour-puss in her black heels, pencil skirt and blouse jacket. The pair are hardly on board their coach for a minute before their lust for one another begins to show.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Her train of thought left her suddenly, as Dan’s grip tightened. Turning her to her side, he slid behind her. Running his hands over her skirt, he quickly – but skilfully – unzipped her skirt as far as it would go. Coaxing the skirt over her hips, he watched in awe as it snaked down Jane’s legs before resting on the ground around her black heels. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Gently moving Jane forward to the wash basin, she was now mere inches away from the cabin window that separated her from the platform – and the people on it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Hold ups….very nice indeed.” Dan commended her choice of hosiery. “And as for this naughty little thing,” he pinged her knicker elastic “it’s wonderful. Especially from this angle. What do you think the people on the platform would think, Honey? Do you think they’d agree.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“I bloody well hope so,” she laughed. “They’re La Perla. They cost me a bomb from Selfridges.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“The effect is explosive, I’ll say that for free. Maybe you’d like to appreciate how primed I am now.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />The question was a rhetorical one, as by the time Dan had dispensed with the space between the pair and brought his crotch up behind her derriere, the outline of his hardened prick had Jane surging with sexual current. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Opening her legs even further apart, her hunger for his cock was instinctive. Reaching behind her to get a firm grip on his manhood, her attempt was blocked. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh no you don’t, young lady!” Dan snapped. “Both palms on the basin, right now. And spread ‘em even further.” Jane quivered as his fingers traced the outline of her inner thighs. When they reached between the top of her legs to slide under her panties to slowly and gently tug at the strip of pubic hair, Jane’s sigh was audible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh yes,” she murmured. “Touch me. Let me feel you in there.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“My pleasure.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Kneeling down on the floor and slipping underneath Jane’s open legs, Dan carefully positioned himself with his back to the bottom of the wash basin. His hands reached up, running over Jane’s taut thighs. How silky smooth they were to the touch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Each second Dan resisted himself from slipping his hand under her tanga was one too many in Jane’s book. His hands explored her thighs, her shapely ass, and her toned calves. He luxuriated in the view of her exposed heels and the black hold-ups directing his eyes upwards to her honey pot, still hidden from view. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Enough,” begged Jane, grabbing his hand. Placing it directly over her mound she allowed no room for misinterpretation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Right here, right now. I can’t take any more of this.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Looking down, she saw the hunger in Dan’s eyes. He raised his eyebrow. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Might I suggest now might be the right time to dispense with your prize knickers?” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Jane didn’t have time to respond. With the speed of a striking cobra, his hands had already attached themselves to the elastic. Carefully lifting her leg up and across then repeating it with the other, Jane felt the hot air – or was it Dan’s warm breath – circulate around between her legs as her partner in crime carefully removed the panties from around her shoe. In the few seconds that Dan held them in his hands, their wetness didn’t go unnoticed. His cock stirred more from within his dark blue suit trousers. </span><br />
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seen in the same light again, as a new series of explicit erotic short stories blows
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Set in the fictitious central London research agency
‘Crash! Bang! Wallop!’, the short stories<b> </b>written by Amelia Bryant are already
available online at Amazon with a steady stream of releases planned throughout
2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bryant is confident that the series is not
only going to be a hit among erotica readers in general but also in the market
research community itself.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“The marketing research industry is – unfairly in my opinion – often viewed as being the shy, boring sister when compared with the more glamorous worlds of advertising or PR,” before adding, “and it’s complete rubbish. The research world is full of bright, energetic, colourful and sexy people and this is certainly reflected in my characters.”</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">As well as ‘sex-ing up’ the research
industry and removing a few misconceptions, Bryant is also stamping her mark on
the erotic story market in other ways. Her book covers are devoid of the scantily-clad
women and gauche lettering found on most erotica e-books. Bryant’s decision was
entirely marketing-led.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Anyone searching for erotica online is immediately confronted with thumbnails of semi-naked women and garish fonts. Erotica readers are more concerned with content. Did anyone chastise E.L. James or her publisher for the conspicuous absence of naked bodies on the ‘Fifty Shades…’ covers?”</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">There is also another reason: privacy. Whilst
smartphones, tablets and dedicated e-readers all allow for more private
reading – often on the daily commute into work – any sense of privacy is quickly
lost if the person sitting alongside sees the garish cover on an HD device featuring
the semi-nude figure and explicit title.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Applying her own marketing expertise to
her books, Bryant also recognises the need for consistent branding and
identity; again, something of a rarity in the independent erotica writing
market.</span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“For the Crash! Bang! Wallop! series there is a recognisable and consistent cover design which prominently stands out when compared with other titles. If nearly everyone is doing one thing to varying degrees of success, the easiest way to make an impact is doing the exact opposite. I’ve achieved that and it gives CBW as a fictitious agency its own identity too.”</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">With a distinct identity forged and her
books full of raunchy characters, driving plots and red-hot sex, Bryant is well-placed
to achieve her objective of putting London-based erotica on the map. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><span lang="EN-GB">ABOUT AMELIA BRYANT </span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Amelia Bryant is an erotica author with an
eye for detail and a mind for filth! With a penchant for red hot antics
together with the plots to make them complete, her stories are crammed full of
x-rated encounters featuring passionate characters who come to life (and
orgasm!) along with punchy and realistic dialogue.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">With London
always in the global spotlight - especially after 2012 – Amelia is determined
to establish London
as the sexiest city in the world through her plots and characters. There’s the 'Crash!
Bang! Wallop!' series, set inside London's
sexiest marketing research agency. Then there's the ‘London Lovers’ Ground’ - a
whole series of location-inspired erotic stories set amongst the capital's
neighbourhoods. Whether you stayed there, or commute to a particular locale
each day, watch out: maybe YOUR area's included! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Crash! Bang! Wallop! titles already
available on Amazon are:-</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mirror-ebook/dp/B00B1394OI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358549207&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Mirror Mirror</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span style="font-size: small;"><i><b></b></i></span>When CBW (Crash! Bang! Wallop!) Director
John is stuck inside the focus group viewing room for several hours evaluating junior
researchers through the two-way mirror, the least he expects is for studio
manager Zoe to enter and begin a teasing, flirtatious game which can end in
only one way. But will they finish what they’ve started before the group
they’re watching does? </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hi-Jinks-In-Hull-ebook/dp/B00B14B55S/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi-Jinks In Hull</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> When CBW qualitative researcher Katherine
has to travel up from London to Hull to run a focus group
on sex toys, she ensures that she doesn’t spend the evening in her hotel room alone.
From bad behaviour online with her potential partners through to the subsequent
hotel room hedonism, Katherine’s one girl who knows what she’s looking for, and
knows how to get it.</span></span></div>
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beginning her last interview of the evening, she realises that her male
respondent on the other end of the line has her on his mind rather than the
survey questions. What begins as a normal telephone interview quickly becomes a
full-blown erotic episode leaving their imaginations full and other parts
completely emptied!</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melissa-Oversexed-Overlaid-Researcher-ebook/dp/B00B1X1220/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Melissa: Flight of Fantasy</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> When American researcher Melissa Armstrong
is recruited to head up CBW’s future New York
office, she heads over to London
for her first year with the company. And it’s not long before this feisty
go-getter shows what she’s capable of when it comes to taking things – or
rather men – by the balls. And that’s before she’s even touched down on British
soil! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuck-At-Desk-Part-ebook/dp/B00B2C61XA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1358549463&sr=8-5" target="_blank">Stuck At A Desk, Part 1</a></span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>When CBW researcher Craig grows
increasingly frustrated with his bullying and jealous boss, he exacts his revenge
in a rather unique fashion as he spends his evenings alone in the office. But
things take an unforeseen turn when Craig is spotted carrying out his scheme. With
his career potentially hanging in the balance, he realises that help can come
from the most unsuspecting people. Who is his new partner in crime, and what
will they both do to see the job through?</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-44918652936201669502013-01-22T23:54:00.002+00:002013-01-24T11:56:25.546+00:00Are you a Self-Inserter?<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Now there's a conversation starter!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Am I waxing lyrical about the joys of self-abuse with fingers, hands, cucumbers, or a good old-fashioned eight inch dildo? Most times, the answer would be yes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, this time I'm not. So you can either relax a little and breathe out, or I suppose you can feel a bit deflated. If the latter, then of course there's a simple solution: buy my stories! Simples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nope, what I'm asking is something that comes (<i>"Oh stop sniggering at the back, Perkins!"</i>) up again and again in smut-story world. Namely: how much physical details should be included in erotica stories? Should there be lush descriptions of the protagonists? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What about: height, build, hair length, hair colour, eye colour, skin colour, breast size, cock size, butt size/shape etc etc etc.... ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some readers will appreciate a full, flowing, descriptive image of the tall, dark, rugged handsome chap, and the hot girlie that's having her world rocked. Others will prefer a skeleton description, perhaps no more than hair length, great cock size and girth, shapely ample breasts (as everyone in erotica is perfect, right? Or is that another dated cliche?) and the fact they possess a pulse. Readers can then insert themselves into the scene and become the character, without too many issues. Readers can be whatever skin tone, eye colour, hair colour they like and effortlessly sync with the character. The alternative could be self-doubt or perhaps a reader feeling short-changed. What happens if they can't completely identify and sync with a character because they know full well the character has long flowing locks, whilst they've got short, spiky hair? Will this affect their subsequent enjoyment and arousal levels?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is there a middle ground where readers can enjoy the physical descriptions already provided by the author, then mentally park them to the side when they want to 'join in'?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Furthermore, does book length </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">or writing style </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">have any bearing on the matter? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Answers on a postcard please!</i> (or you could simply make a comment below)<i> </i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-76661130008328409062013-01-21T00:04:00.000+00:002013-01-24T21:31:43.784+00:00STORY: 'Stuck At A Desk, Part 1'<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Sexual tension. Office politics. Personal vendettas. A typical day at your office too?</b></span><br />
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<i>But would you go to the same extent to deal with it as one of CBW's frustrated employees? </i><br />
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grows increasingly frustrated with his bullying and jealous boss, he exacts his
revenge in a rather unique fashion when alone in the office each evening. But
things take an unforeseen turn when Craig is spotted carrying out his scheme.
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come from the most unsuspecting people. Who is his new partner in crime, and
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parts, and contains multiple office masturbation scenes, oral sex and fantasy
sex, and make you think about the even frutier sexcapades to follow in the next instalments!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Length: 7,500 words (approx.) </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuck-At-Desk-Part-ebook/dp/B00B2C61XA/ref=la_B00B18SB7E_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1358726504&sr=1-5" target="_blank">Buy it from Amazon now!</a> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Eight hours later, with the time now approaching
9pm, Craig was back in his usual position: slumped over the large communal
meeting table that was now his night-time home.</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“I should have a fucking bronze plaque engraved,”
he spat. “Here sat Craig Taylor: exploited SRE, and apparent bitch of
issue-ridden AD - also a bitch.” </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Ever since leaving the meeting room, he had done
well to keep his temper at bay. Of course Fartpants had acted all caring and
considerate when she approached his desk in the early afternoon. He could have
an informal chat about ‘things’ anytime – she was there for him, she reminded
him. Anytime, Craig reckoned, except for when some work was required and she
could get off her fat arse to actually help. Craig might not have had twenty
years of corporate life and experience to call upon. He did however have his
occupational psychology degree. And it was screaming to him: classic passive
aggressive bullying behaviour. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Joy.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Craig needed a coping strategy; something to keep
his sanity intact, his anger in check, and his desire for revenge sated.
Wanking on his bitch boss’s desk remained the best solution.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">With Mozart still reverberating, Craig reclined in
the chair. It was time to ‘cope’ once again. Putting his feet up on the chair
beside him, he slowly placed his hand on his crotch. Through the woollen fabric
of his dark dress trousers he felt his cock safely tucked within his dark blue
trunks.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">It was time for that to change.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Slowly rubbing his hand up and down the length of
his organ, his thoughts once more turned to Miss Middle East. He really should
find out more about her. Where did she come from?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Regardless of where she came from, she had now well
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</span>His mind was fully occupied with her. His hand had been replaced by
hers, rubbing his cock rhythmically whilst increasingly tightening her grip. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">The subsequent hardening wasn’t lost on Craig: he
smiled to himself as the sensations coursed through him, as his cock now
strained within his underwear, now bulging beneath his trousers. His object of
lust had now hitched her black evening dress up to her thighs, effortlessly
straddling him. Leaning down to kiss him slowly and probingly, she untied her
long dark tresses. Craig’s eyes feasted on the cascading locks that both fell
behind her neck and in front of her chest, drawing attention to her elegant and
fully developed curves. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Instinctively, he slowly reached out to cup them
and feel their warmth. Sliding his hands around her sides and underneath the
dress, he brought them back to the front. His hands earnestly sought to feel
her breasts. He made out the very thin, probably sheer, bra – most likely black
to accompany her dress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">His first touch of her nipples drew a sharp intake
of breath. She backed away from his hungry mouth as if to take stock of the
situation. But in reality there was nothing more to comprehend: they were
mutually seducing one another. She smiled at Craig, biting her lip with the
utmost suggestion attached, before tilting her head down and cupping his face
in her hands. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">As she slowly grinded on top of Craig’s now
engorged prick, the friction was by now considerable. His prick yearned to be
freed of any such restrictions. But that was merely the beginning of what it
and its owner sought<b>.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Allowing himself to savour the images and feelings
that were now running amok in his head, and further down, his eyes closed. Yes,
men of course were visual creatures, especially when it came to the opposite
sex. At this exact moment in time therefore, a computer monitor, folders,
stapler, and a big jumbo pad of fluorescent sticky notes were at best surplus
to requirements, and at worst a downright distraction.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-84436330543103914542013-01-20T22:10:00.000+00:002013-01-24T17:29:31.722+00:00STORY: 'Melissa: Flight of Fantasy'<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Oversexed, Overlaid, and Over Here! A US Researcher in London</b> (series)</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Amelia Bryant's first-person erotic short story series takes you up, up and away from one side of the Atlantic, and landing in Swinging London! The fourth 'Crash! Bang! Wallop!' story introduces you to the feisty - and adorable - new arrival to CBW's London offices. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>And watch out: sparks will fly!</i></span></span><br />
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</xml><![endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">When American researcher Melissa Armstrong is
recruited to head up CBW’s future New
York office, she first heads over to London for a year with the company. And it’s
not long before this feisty go-getter shows what she’s capable of when it comes
to taking things – or rather men – by the balls. And that’s before she’s even
touched down on British soil! </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">This is the opening episode in Melissa’s accounts
of naughtiness in London (and above the Atlantic!), and contains under-the-blanket fingering, fellatio,
cunnilingus, and frantic full-thrusting sex back on terra firma. Never has work travel been so much fun: even
in Economy Class!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b> </b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Length: 5,950 words (approx.)<b> </b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melissa-Oversexed-Overlaid-Researcher-ebook/dp/B00B1X1220/ref=la_B00B18SB7E_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1358713486&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Buy it from Amazon now!</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">EXCERPT:</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Good evening, m’Dear. And how are you?” </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Turning around immediately, the first thing I
registered was the scent (I subsequently discovered that it’s Paul Smith: London – very apt!). Then
I clapped eyes on the friendly face from two rows in front: brilliant! Maybe
this flight wouldn’t be too bad afterall.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“I’m doing all right thank you,” I smiled. “And you?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Not too bad thanks,” he replied. “So are you here
for ‘a touch of exercise’ as well?” he smirked knowingly.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Absolutely. The wine is good for the heart, and
the walk to get it helps with the DVT prevention. It’s all good!”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Well in that case, with such a strong supporting
argument, I should join the party too,” he smiled, asking the attendant for a
glass.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Here’s to an uneventful and safe flight,” he
toasted, with glass in hand.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What’s
wrong with it being safe but eventful?” I counter-proposed. Was it the wine
speaking or was it me, ever the opportunist, sparking into life?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“And what’s
a guy to do around here?” He looked around at the cabin walls as if to
illustrate the point.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“ME.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">***</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Ok, I didn’t really say that, although the thought
crossed my mind. There’s something about being in a plane: the confined space,
the limited time to make a connection, and the fact he seemed a decent guy,
that made me think ‘What the hell?’ Let’s get to know the guy, have a flirt,
and who knows? I’ve already found out he’s from Teddington, which is just ten
or so minutes away from my new home in Richmond.
A potential partner in crime? He did say he was single. Hmmm, you never know.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">As the wine flowed and the conversation went down
equally as well, the spark was definitely there. Even without the wine, my
spirits were high – just as well at 37,000 ft, I suppose. New job, new
adventures, Swinging London, woo hoo. Let’s just say I was receptive to seeing
where this was going. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“How many times have you been asked out on a plane,
Melissa?” Mark asked light-heartedly, but with purpose nonetheless.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“In airports, a few times,” I shrugged. “On a plane
itself, actually this might be the first.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“I only asked the question,” quipped Mark, “I
wasn’t necessarily asking you out. Oh, how presumptuous you American women
are!” he mocked. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Maybe Mark sensed that I’d been a bit of a chump
with my response. Was it the fact that because I wanted him to ask me out,
that’s how I read the question? He was soon however making me realise that he
offered serious potential. Furthermore, the fact that he didn’t walk away both
calmed my nerves and excited me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“So how about our first date then? Fancy a night at
the cinema?” His hand pointed towards the rows of seats and the small tv
screens behind each one. I see you’ve got three seats to yourself, I’ve got
five, despite the fact I washed today!” he laughed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“I’d love to. What’s showing?” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">I didn’t care what was on. Sharing a few hours with
him was the big draw. Along with his wide shoulders: I’d already sized them up
as a potential pillow within minutes of meeting him.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Don’t have a clue,” he shrugged. “Maybe there’s a
documentary on Mongolian agricultural practices,” he said rolling his eyes,
“although I sincerely hope not.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“So, your place or mine?” he winked.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Yours for sure” I replied. “More space to get the
feet up and chill out. Please: lead on!”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">This was definitely the most enjoyable flight I’d
been on for quite some time. There we were, stretched out with our shoes off,
blankets over us and making good progress though a bag of Hershey’s Kisses that
Mark had brought out from his hand luggage. Yes, and some more wine too.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">I thought I’d already hit the jackpot by just
having someone to cuddle. But as the flight progressed, it became apparent that
other things were up for grabs – and grabbing.</span></div>
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melissa-Oversexed-Overlaid-Researcher-ebook/dp/B00B1X1220/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_4" target="_blank">FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!</a><b> </b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347600941724178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566583886431314330.post-65600440640263671402013-01-19T21:50:00.000+00:002013-01-24T17:33:57.981+00:00STORY: 'Dirty Caller'<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Telephone interviewers around the world are contacting professionals and consumers during the day and early evening seeking their participation in client research projects. For the most part, it's an unglamorous aspect of the research business. That's not to say it doesn't have its unique moments. What happens when someone on the other end of the line is rather more excited than normal, or takes a fancy to the interviewer's voice and takes things to another level?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The third 'Crash! Bang! Wallop!' story set in London's sexiest research agency focuses on just this saucy situation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">When
CBW (Crash! Bang! Wallop!) telephone interviewer Tanya is beginning her last
interview of the evening, she realises that her male respondent on the other
end of the line has her on his mind rather than the survey questions. What
begins as a normal telephone interview quickly becomes a full-blown erotic
episode leaving their imaginations full and other parts completely wet and empty! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This adult erotic story features phone sex, fantasy sex and a bucketload of fruity, teasing dialogue!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Length: 7,100 words (approx.) </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Tanya already realised that this call could
potentially turn out to be one of the more interesting ones that had come her
way in her research career. Every telephone interviewer who’d been on the job
for a while soon began comparing ‘war stories’ with colleagues: the perverts,
the oddballs, the sarcasm merchants, and the timewasters.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">But it was the last call of the night, and Tanya
would get through it in her inimitable manner. After all, she had much bigger
things on her mind; namely what she was going to be getting up to later that
evening. That alone merited a naughty smirk from anyone who knew. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Well,” she countered, “we’ll just have to see how
you answer the questions, won’t we Mr Wilson?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Tanya quickly proceeded through the screener
questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From his responses, Tanya
learned that Andrew was 33, lived in Clapham, and was a business analyst. And
single.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altogether not a bad
combination, if Tanya was honest with herself. But such thoughts stayed firmly
in her head.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“And what is your approximate height and weight,
Andrew?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Aren’t these rather personal questions?” Andrew
mused. “You’re not just trying to see if I’m your type, are you?” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Tanya didn’t for a second doubt that had the
conversation been occurring face to face that there would have been a rather
flirtatious exchange of looks and glances.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Oh Mr Wilson,” gasped Tanya in mock surprise. She
smiled: two can play at this game.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“But
I note your question. Some of the questions asked are quite sensitive. If you
like I can have a male interviewer contact you and you can do the survey with
him. That’s certainly not a problem.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Oh no, not at all,” came the lightning fast
response, laced with a tinge of desperation. “Don’t you go anywhere, Tanya. You
stay right where you are, and we’ll get through this survey of yours with all
the details you want.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Her ruse paid off, and she now doubted whether
Andrew would be quite so insinuating or leading with his comments.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">For the next five minutes, Andrew diligently
answered Tanya’s questions, ranging from exercise to nutrition and the brands
associated with men’s health. His responses had been natural and uncontrived.
Perhaps her initial instincts about him being some sort of lusty hormonal
respondent were off the mark?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">She spoke too soon.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Now the next set of questions are quite sensitive,
but it’s a major part of the study.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Okay, go on,” Andrew responded. He was ready for
whatever questions followed.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“How aware are you of testicular health issues?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">There was silence at the other end of the line for
a few seconds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“I’m very aware of my testicles, Tanya,” Andrew
answered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">Tanya tried to stifle her laugh. She’d certainly
‘got one’ tonight, but that was hardly likely to make her blush. Far from it.
Given what clothes she’d already changed into half an hour ago when everyone
else had left, ‘shrinking violet’ was a term most definitely not used to describe
herself. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“That’s not quite what…”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“In fact, Tanya, I’m holding them right now.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Really?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What the hell, thought Tanya: humour the man.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“Oh yes, although I’d prefer you checked them out
for yourself. It could be an extra part of the research, y’know.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;">“And how should I do that?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Caller-ebook/dp/B00B1EOLGI/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3" target="_blank">FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS!</a> </span></div>
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