♦ Hey, remember that time I got published? Oops, I did it again!
Yup, another of my stories has been officially published, this time by the wonderful emporium of sexy that is Lovehoney. They ran a competition back in May asking for erotica on any theme and I knew I had to enter. For a start, simply by entering each writer got 2,000 Oh! Points and I’m slowly inching my way towards buying something very exciting with those.
The prize of £100 to spend at Lovehoney was also tempting, but probably the biggest draws were the prestige of publishing a story through Lovehoney and the element of fierce competition. And competition was indeed fierce! Only ten winners were drawn from over 250 entries. Yikes.
And I won! But not only that, my story “Take Your Partner” has become the title story of the entire anthology! Wow!
Yes, Take Your Partner and Other Stories is now available to buy!
I was so chuffed to be included and I’m even more so to be the lead and title story for the book. It’s beyond words to be able to look at the cover and say to myself, “That’s me, that is.” Here’s what the blurb has to say about my story:
“Tango is the dance of love, and when our newly single heroine finds herself dancing with the boyish Georgie at her weekly class, she definitely feels some strong emotions.”
So, no zombies this time, I went for something a little more accessible. In fact, it was actually a hard one to dream up! Not because the subject matter and style was tough, like in “Last Man on Earth” for Hungry for Love, but because I could write about anything if I wanted. Boy, do I hate a blank, white page, whether figurative or literal.
In the end I decided I wanted to write something with a bit of genderplay, a boyish girl, some masculine energy, because that gets me hot. And I wanted to write something sex toy positive because this is Lovehoney we’re talking about and also sex toys are amazing. I didn’t end up using the original inspiration for this story, a certain vibrator with a cha-cha rhythm, but I’m so glad nonetheless that it was there to spark the idea. And provide energy-boosting orgasms.
In any case, Lovehoney will be doing an official release of this story some time in the New Year, but until then why not beat the crowd? ♦
Stories in Take Your Partner and Other Stories
Take Your Partner by Blacksilk
Delice de Chocolat by Viva Jones
I Promise to… Please by Lily Harlem
In Control by Hope Willowbrook
I Don’t Do This by G C Carmine
Paris by Moonlight by Justine Elyot
I Promise to… Surrender by Lily Harlem
The Princess and the G-Spot by Neneh Gordon
I Promise to… Perform by Lily Harlem
Robot with Green Eyes by L A Meadows
Really well done! Congratulations! What a fabulous early Christmas present, can’t wait to read it :)
Lily xxx
Thank you very much! I really hope you enjoy it, feel free to tell me what you think when you’ve read it! :)
Aww hun huge congratulations Im so pleased for you well done. Time to jack in the day job and become a full-time writer.
Keep writing huny this is just the start.
xxx
Thank you so much! Haha, wish I could do this full time but I’m not quite there yet! Maybe some day. :)
Will definitely keep it up, though!
WOW! Congratulations on this beautiful achievement! You rock!
Rebel xox
Thank you, lovely! That’s so nice of you to say! :) x
Wow, your story is surrounded by swarms of Lily Harlem’s promises. Who is she and why does she get three separate entries?
I mostly know her as the author of that one football erotica book with the awfully 80s cover, but I know she’s done a bunch of stuff. I don’t really know anything about her, to be honest, nor do I have a clue why she has three stories in this. It does seem a bit strange, but there you go. They must be pretty good!