By
Kali Willows
Being
an author is allot of work, but it is a labour of love! It is such a spiritual
and emotional journey, the words pouring out as you bang away on the keyboard,
shaping the characters and storylines swimming in your head.
After
the purge, comes the really hard work; perseverance, endless hours of editing
and re-writes, feedback, and then onto submissions. Even after you finally
succeed at contracting your work, there are many more edits and re-writes, and until;
Voila, the finished product.
But
alas, it’s only the beginning. The bigger job is self promotion of getting your
work exposed to the masses, all in the hopes, that this magnificent product of
your creativity, your heart and soul, can move people, affect them, and most of
all, entertain them.
What
are the payoffs? For me, my most favourite, is receiving comments from a reader
about how they were touched by the special moments, the plot, the interactions
that meant so much to me as I wrote them. That, I find is the ultimate payoff.
Now, I am thrilled to be blessed with the next perk:
Double Dragon Seduction was nominated for:
The First Ménage Romances Fan’s Choice Awards
2013!
In the Category:
Shape Shifters Ménage Romances
Double
Dragon Seduction – is a yummy tale of interracial / urban fantasy / erotic
romance (ménage), with two of the most scrumptious heroes that to this day,
make me swoon!
BLURB:
Gwen
Trembley is disturbed with the upcoming wedding of her reprehensible ex, and
coping with her emerging dark side with a surprising talent. Years of
suppressed sexuality prompts her unyielding need for an extraordinary
experience. Gwen seeks the services of 1NS for a night where new carnal
knowledge will revive her damaged soul. Madame Eve has the perfect
arrangements, but perhaps twice what she bargained for.
Twin brothers
Tatsu and Yong Li, are in desperate need of a unique woman who can accept them
as inseparable. They carry not one, but two inconceivable secrets. These exotic
brothers can’t be with just any woman, and any who dare try, will find
themselves facing the most passionate, lust-filled night of their lives, but
will she survive? More so, will they? Madame Eve finds a match they never
expected possible.
EXCERPT:
“This isn’t such a good idea, Tatsu.”
“Little brother, we have to get a date
soon.”
“But surely there’s another way…?”
“Trust me. I don’t need to remind you
of the consequences if we ignore the signs much longer.” He plopped on the side
of his bed and took a long, fortifying swallow of his latte.
“No, you don’t.” Shrugging his
shoulders to loosen his tight muscles, Yong sank back in the armchair and
placed his cup on the table beside him.
“Besides, with an ordinary date, we’d
be obligated to explain, but our one-night stand comes with no strings
attached. She won’t even know how to contact us afterward.” Not that she’ll want to. She’ll probably be
so freaked out, she’ll move to Ecuador to put more space between her and us.
“So, how does it work?”
“Madame Eve arranged a match for the night,
and then we can get back to normal.”
“How did you find the service?” Yong
was puzzled.
“Grandfather knew Eve from years ago.
He assured me she is discreet and can be trusted with…” he glanced at the hotel
room door before lowering his voice to continue, “…anything.”
“Grandfather approved the plan then?”
“Yes, and we would do well to follow
his advice. We’re running out of time.”
Tatsu
fidgeted with his cup before setting it on the bedside table.
“Is it uncomfortable?” Studying his
older brother for any signs of the change, Yong cringed as Tatsu rubbed the
drying skin on his forearm.
“It’s nothing I can’t handle.”
***
Sending a special Thank You, to
Mary’s Naughty Whispers Erotic Ménage
Romance Reviewer
for this honor!
Congratulations to everyone who was
nominated!
There are
22 categories, and its incredible how many Decadent Publishing authors are
listed!
OH, and did
I mention, that Decadent is nominated for Best Publisher in this poll?
This is
right on top of being named:
Best Publisher for 2012 by Sizzling
Awards!
This
is such an amazing group of talented people, joined together to bring our
readers the best quality and most intense, delicious, captivating stories they
could ever crave!
Voting
will close on February 28, 2013.
Winners
will be announced on March 1st.
***One
Vote per Category***
I
do have a few questions today! Do awards and nominations for awards, sway your
interest towards reading a new book or make you more curious about the author,
or any of their other works? What types of readers’ awards do you like the
most? Does seeing that title of nominee or winner on the author’s website, or
the badge of the award make an author or publisher stand out more to you?
If
you would like to enter for a chance to win an eBook copy of Double Dragon
Seduction, then please, leave a comment and be sure to leave your email address
so I can contact the winner for the giveaway!
Thank
you for stopping by,
Happy
Reading!
Kali
Willows
5 comments:
Congrats on your nomination, Kali!
Now as for your questions - no, I don't take any notice of whether a book has won a prize or been placed etc. The reason is - I did in the past and couldn't see why those books had won. It seemed to me to be a matter of how many friends you could get to vote for you. Mary's competition is different though because authors couldn't nominate their own books - though I suppose a friend could do it for you, but as far as I know, the voting is secret, so no one knows how many votes they have. I like that much better than open view of votes. But its all so subjective. There could be lots of very good stories that never get reviewed let alone get into any competitions, so I rely on blurbs, suggestions by others and knowing the author to decide whether I'd buy.
Would seeing the logo on someone's site impress me? Not really - see reason above.
Hi Barbara! Thank you! I see your point. I suppose like reviews wins can also be subjective. I'm glad you stopped by!
Have you read Double Dragon Seduction
yet?
No I haven't read it yet!
Congrats on your nomination, Kali! That's wonderful! :)
@Jessica! & Congratulations to you! So exciting <3
@Barbara! You win a copy of Double Dragon Seduction! I will contact you with a private message to make arrangements to get your prize to you :-)
thanks for stopping by ladies <3
Kali
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