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		<title>Opening Eden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;ve ever read anything by Gina Marie, you know what she does. She takes these simple words, and she molds them into mouth-watering, finger-licking, sensual feasts of sights and sounds and smells and tastes.
Which is why I&#8217;m so pleased to announce her as our newest MindFuck Fiction author! Check out her collection, &#8220;Opening Eden,&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2392&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You For Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m giving thanks to lots and lots of things and people and ideals and joys this week, as are most of us, I&#8217;m sure. But the truth is, I can hardly articulate how thankful I am, especially this year, for those around me, so I&#8217;m going to skip even trying and say that if you&#8217;re [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2386&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Pleasures #38</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Lust tie&#8230; so pretty.
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Read: 
A Brief Investigation of the Process of Delay, Genevieve Valentine, Strange Horizons
Troublesolving, Tim Pratt, Subterranean Press
Laugh:
Snow Queen
Cougar Town
*
This Sunday&#8217;s pleasure is also brought to you by early-morning coffee, late-night video games, running with the dog and phone calls from fabulous friends.
What&#8217;s YOUR Sunday pleasure?
Kiss kiss bang bang, s.
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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These days, I&#8217;ve got my fingers in lots of pots. A little stir here, a little taste there, adding some extra spice to this one, turning up the heat on that one. Sometimes, like this morning, I wake up feeling overwhelmed, feeling like I was spreading myself too thin, across too much space and time.
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		<title>Men In Kilts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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My sweet-and-sexy short story, &#8220;And I Sing,&#8221; hits the Internet streets today as part of Torquere Press&#8217;s new collection, Men in Kilts!
You can get it here in various formats for just a couple of bucks.

Is there anything better than hot guys in short skirts? Yum, yum, yum!
Kiss kiss bang bang, s.
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		<title>Sunday Pleasures #37</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Okay, so I stole the shirt from Alison. Don&#8217;t hold it against me. Well, do hold it against me. I&#8217;d wear this sucker in a second. And I want it. Oh, do I want it. (The shirt, silly. Get out of the gutter. Okay, don&#8217;t. Stay in the gutter with me. It&#8217;s so very dirty.). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2311&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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This is a render of my Everquest 2 roleplay character (a standoffish thief, rogue and general bitch) as made by my talented friend. You can see more of her fabulous work here.
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Ahem. So I&#8217;m going to come out of the closet now. The gamer closet, that is. Yes, I&#8217;m a girl gamer. You might already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2340&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Horse Tales released at Smashword and Amazon Kindle!
Featuring a new short story from Vincent Diamond, &#8220;Holding the Reins,&#8221; along with six other horsey tales, Horse Tales collects the best of Vincent Diamond&#8217;s horse-themed stories. These characters are gay men with real-life problems, desires, and loves&#8211;for each other and for the horses that dapple their days. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2337&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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So I got two rejections back-to-back yesterday. Ouch. Double ouch. Rejections never stop hurting. No matter how many times you get accepted, each rejection throws you back into fear and doubt.
I can&#8217;t do this.
I suck at this.
I should just give up. 
Why did I ever think I could be a writer?
Right? Okay, maybe that&#8217;s just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2320&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fairy Tale Lust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Good, good news! I just heard that my fairy-taleish story, &#8220;Her Hair is a Net, Woven,&#8221; has been accepted for Kristina Wright&#8217;s upcoming collection, Fairy Tale Lust! I&#8217;ll be sharing the book with amazing authors like Jeremy Edwards, Alana Noel Voth, and I&#8217;m sure some others, but I don&#8217;t know who yet.
My story is based [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearofthebooks.wordpress.com&blog=2411168&post=2314&subd=yearofthebooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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