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So, many of you reading this blog know my very first book way back when (18 years ago, to be exact) was a self-published chapbook called Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. The chapbook eventually sold thousands of copies, but it has been out of print for several years now.
Circlet.com is releasing an ebook edition of it now, and until the end of November, it's FREE. You still have to go through Circlet's shopping cart to get the download, but you pay nothing!
I figure now is a good time to do this because an ebook from Torquere Press is coming in a few weeks that features Arshan as the main character, and it's something of a prequel. May as well remind people what that original first short story was like.
The ebook includes all three stories from the original collection:
Telepaths Don't Need Safewords
A tale of Arshan and Mriah, an established couple attending a glitzy, decadent BDSM costume party, and the adventures and trouble they run into there. What no one there knows is that they have a secret, a telepathic bond that allows them to read each other's thoughts and share feelings.
Cat Scratch Fever
As humans attempt to gain a foothold on an exotic and alien planet, their leader finds taming a cat-like female alien the key to establishing peace.
Heart's Desire
A lonely domme hosts a play party, where everyone takes on a fantasy role. But reality can be so much more painful, and so much sweeter.
Download your copy in PDF form today and tell your friends!
http://tinyurl.com/telepaths
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Just checking if anyone might be able to help an author who finds herself sans wheels for the weekend to get to and from the Transcending Boundaries conference in Worcester, MA on Saturday? I'm in the Porter Square area of Cambridge.
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So far so good on the launch of Daron's Guitar Chronicles! New posts appeared as planned on Monday and Today, and another will come Friday! New posts will be every M/W/F barring unforeseen circumstances like alien invasion or power outage that knocks us off the net.
I've been having fun making links to references in the text to things from the 1980s, bands and celebrities, places in Providence and Boston, and other such things, as well as embeddding Youtube videos, or at least linking to them, where appropriate. I hope people are having fun with it!
The site is here:
http://daron.ceciliatan.com
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So, I'm moderating a panel at this weekend's Transcending Boundaries conference in Worcester (for bi, poly, queer, etc. activists) called BISEXUALS: ARE WE INVISIBLE?
I think the panel still needs a few more members, so if you're attending and have opinions you'd like to voice on the following topic, please let me know. If you're not registered for the conference, you still can!
Panel description:
Twenty years ago, no queer organization wanted to include the letter "B" in their alphabet soup. Now, it's included as a matter of course, but is being taken for granted just a new form of invisibility? Time after time we hear of "gay" celebrities who are re-labeled from straight to homosexual if their taste for the same sex becomes public. Why is the possibility of bisexuality not even considered by the newsmedia? Has "pansexual" replaced "bisexual" in activist terms and is this a good thing? Are we clinging to a dated concept that hasn't caught on in the mainstream because it's too hard to explain? Or is it just that we've been marching in place while the rest of the LGBTQ movement seems to be moving forward? Has the lack of a newsworthy and legislatively focused topic like "gay marriage" hurt our movement? What is our movement anyway? Having established a seat at the table in lesbian/gay-dominated politics, is it time to look outward to education and changing the perceptions of the general public? Who are our best allies and what other coalition-building can we use to ensure that bisexuality as a valid identity and lifestyle choice is neither excluded nor taken for granted?
Comments here are also welcome on the topic, too.
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For obvious reasons... just had to share the cover design of my next book with you all...
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It's a BDSM novella called "Royal Treatment" which is a prequel to Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. (Telepaths is out of print but I will release my own ebook that includes it very soon now, for those who haven't read it already.) ROYAL TREATMENT will be out soon from Torquere Press in their "Highball" line.
Yes, that's meant to be Arshan on the cover. Looks like him, doesn't it? I got lucky and was able to point the cover designer at that image on a stock photography web site. Yes, I love it and am drooling. And yes, I know Arsh is a dom, but when you see what he goes through in this book... well, more on that when we have an actual book! I'll link as soon as its available for sale!
Larger size view: ( below the cut )
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Call for Submissions: Apocalypse Sex: Love at the End of the World
What would you do if you had only 24 hours to live?
Maybe aliens have taken over the planet and are massacring the human race; conversely, maybe humans have invaded an alien planet--but are losing. Perhaps you're contemplating ending your own world, or are convinced your life is going to end--whether through self-harm, a major lifestyle change, or something else. Maybe a fatal disease is exterminating your species, or nuclear war has broken out.
And maybe it's a false alarm, but how could you possibly know that in advance?
24 hours left to do everything you've wanted to: Would you make love to the person you've always secretly cared for? Have a rendezvous with a stranger on the street? Explore your wildest fantasies, or get back to the basics one last time?
The possibilities are limitless within this basic theme. Don't forget the sci-fi/fantasy aspect we always look for, but bring your sexiest ideas too. Come up with some original plots, keep 'em captivating and steamy, and have some fun!
Apocalypse Sex is being edited by Jennifer Levine (co-editor of Like A God's Kiss) for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) circletpress. For more details on submitting follow this link: http://www.circlet.com/?p=596
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 Okay, it's official, I'm launching DARON'S GUITAR CHRONICLES.
It's a serialized novel that never would have worked as a traditional print novel because it was too long.
It's a coming of age story, a coming out story, and a period piece about the 1980s.
It's sex, drugs, and rock and roll from the point of view of a neurotic 19-year-old closet case.
Daron: Hey! Watch it with the name-calling!
Me: What? Did I lie?
Daron: Well, no. But I'm not neurotic.
Me: Says who?
Daron: And I'm not in the closet, because I'm not gay.
Me: You just "like guys."
Daron: Yeah.
Me: Uh-huh.
Daron: Don't give me that look. You know it's more complicated than that.
Me: If you say so.
Daron: Hey readers, don't listen to her. Go see for yourself. You'll totally agree with me once you see what's going on.
The first few posts are up for your reading pleasure at: DARON'S GUITAR CHRONICLES.
New content will be appearing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting on Monday the 16th. Please spread the word! Follow Daron on Twitter to get a little reminder each time a new post appears (@daron_moondog). Meanwhile go read what's there to get you started! Comments welcome!
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(This week’s installment. Sorry for the delay–we are having a few technical issues with the Circlet web site…)
Part Fifteen: Jorin
Two weeks. Two weeks passed without Kenet touching me or inviting me to touch him. I began to rack my brain incessantly for a clue to why he would have withdrawn like this. Had I pushed him too far, too fast? Perhaps I never should have suggested we go beyond touching with our hands. I had told him it wouldn’t be clean to take me in his mouth. Was he afraid that was what I wanted him to do every time? Or had something else put the fear in him? Had he seen something like what I had seen with Dubacki’s chastisement?
Had the king said something? Did he suspect something?
But no. If that were the case, then I have no doubt he would have separated us. I would have been long gone from the castle.
I made sure to give myself release quickly before each practice down at the barracks. It was brutish and unsatisfying, but necessary.
Then one night I woke to find Kenet buried deep under the coverlet, (Read More)
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