It's Authors After Dark!

Authors After Dark is coming QUICKLY and OMG this year is
going to be INSANE!

As always AAD is about the readers, and the amount of awesome we have put together for you this year, you would be INSANE not to attend….

First, our amazing Master of Ceremonies is none other than Alexandra Ivy! She will be doing a cool little event to celebrate your favorite gargoyle, Levet on Friday! Wanna know more? Check out the FB group where Alex will be talking about the awesome that she has going on!

Torquere and authors BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot will be Sponsoring our Welcome event, the Midnight Rodeo… And it looks like We will have some VERY COOL goodies and… Riding… happening… *SNICKER*

How about Parties? This year we have a special event called the Leather and Lace Ball! Curious? We thought so! Take a ride on the wild side and let your inhibitions fly with five New York Times Bestselling Authors of erotic romance. Cuffs and corsets encouraged.

With:

J. Kenner, Liliana Hart, Carly Phillips, Janelle
Denison, Jasinda Wilder and Lorelei James

The ladies will be talking more about this on the FB group starting soon!

New for 2014 is the Paranormal Party!

Join over 20 Paranormal authors who will be giving away goodies, some books and
hanging out with you to snack and chat! Wanna know what authors are involved?
You will have to join the FB group to see!

And of course, we have the amazing Masquerade Ball! This year it’s the SINS AND VIRTUES BALL! Are you a sin or a virtue? Join us for a wild costumed event! Prizes for the best costumes,
including a 200$ gift certificate to Lori Ann Costumes!

Your Sins and Virtues Sponsors:

Sin Lust
Boone Brux
Opal Carew

Sin Pride
BA Tortuga
Andrew Grey

Sin Envy
Stella Price
TJ Michaels

Sin Gluttony
Desiree Holt
Saranna DeWylde

Sin Greed
Ann Mayburn
Heather Long

Sin Sloth
Lizzie T. Leaf
Julie Morgan

Sin Wrath
Stacey Kennedy
Marianne Morea

Virtue Charity
Kerry Adrienne
Trista Ann Michaels 

Virtue Chastity
Jenn LeBlanc
Annabel Jospeh

Virtue Humility
Milly Taiden
Donna McDonald

Virtue Kindness
CJ Ellisson
Alexandra Ivy

Virtue Temprance
J. Kenner
Sidney Bristol

Virtue Diligence
Denise Grover Swank
Jenna McCormick

Virtue Patience
Lousia Bacio
Kallypso Masters

And if THAT isn’t enough awesome that will be going on… This year we have an amazing off site costumed event… the Ladies on the Green event sponsored by the AAD Anachronistic Society! This will be an hour and a Half on the famous GREEN in Charlotte (a half block from the hotel). It will be a Costumed event (though Costumes are not required they are encouraged!) to celebrate Gothic, Victorian, steampunk dark historical literature! Your hosts will be: Sahara Kelly, Amanda McIntyre, Leanna Renee Hieber, A.L. Davroe and S.A. Price. Prizes and readings will happen, as well as photo ops!

And NEVER forget the Amazing Open bar with Mel Schroeder and friends! They have SO MUCH awesome set up for you just before the Bookies… you do NOT wanna miss that!

Getting excited yet? How about some info on the AWESOME mini events we have going on? Ready?

On Wed. Night,  Join Sasha White and Joey W. Hill for a wild party and Q&A, Also, the Blind Date Book Party will be open to start your con right! (If you have never done a BDBP, you are MISSING out! You need to attend, Get your blind date book, find the author that wrote it, and hang out with them!)

Thursday?  Panels up the wazoo, and the Bookie Awards----- goodies and books to be given out! The hangout with The GNO girls lead by CJ Ellisson and Boone Brux for some crazy
fun! And if that wasn’t enough?  Readings and a Blogger Sleepover party as well!

Friday? More panels, a games carnival with Nina Gooden and Pals, Name that Author with Cat Johnson, and some other fun surprises!

Saturday? A few panels, the Big ass booksigning with 100 authors,  the Cowboy Stampede party, the Readers Mad Tea Party with Hildie McQueen, An after the bookies event with a special publisher sponsor, And Jess Michaels’ Birthday extravaganza!

SEE? SO MUCH AWESOME! All the authors that are involved with parties will be talking about their involvement on the FB group, so join up and get ready to rock.

Oh? You say you’re not registered for AAD yet? You need to be! All registrants get put in the hat for the welcome party prizes, and these prizes are AMAZING! Breakfast with authors, Booze and Books, side trips to Carrowwinds…. We have a minimum of 90 special prizes…. So…

You need to rock this con! And as if this wasn’t enough….
AAD will be giving away something really awesome to registrants…. Wanna know what?

How about 5 VIP registrations for THE NOVEL EXPERIENCE 2015
in LAS VEGAS? YES… 5!

And…

How about this… If we hit 100 more registrations from TODAY
April 10^th to June 10^th, we will give away 2 AAD
registrations for 2015…  2!!!!! So get
registered, get your room and get ready for one HELL of an amazing year with us!

 JOIN US! WE CANT WAIT TO HANGOUT WITH YOU!

AAD REGISTRATION

 

The Bookies are HERE!

Mythological Messes Redux
by Tilly Greene

The Bookies are the awards handed out during the readers convention, Authors After Dark.  They're unique because only attendees of one year can nominate and vote for those who are up for an award the next year ... so very cool!

So, the fabulous news ... drum roll please ... I was nominated for Single Author Anthology with Mythological Messes Redux!

Yes, I'm doing the happy uncoordinated dance and it's working!

The other two authors nominated with me, Heather Long and Jayne Rylon, are great and wither one will win, but I am happy to be nominated.

A really big contest from @Eververse and the prize has to do with #AADSAV!

Something Darker by S. A. Price

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The one thing Syrus Alcot, the God of Death Osiris in the Egyptian Pantheon, wants in all the worlds is the woman he loved and lost returned to him. When he gave up his powers, and freedom for a life of service he was promised her return. That was over one thousand years ago. A member of a team of dark gods charged with keeping humanity safe, he leads a loveless existence in New York City, searching for the one thing that could bring his wife back to him, a lapis scarab that was lost to him ages before.

 

Gwen Stapleton, a mild mannered librarian, is unaware that she holds the key to not only Syrus’ happiness, but her own. Seemingly stuck in a hopeless relationship with a man she doesn’t love, she has no idea that a chance meeting in Alphabet City will start a landslide to her heart’s content. Because Gwen is the keeper of the scarab, and is everything Syrus has ever wanted… and he’s not the only one.

An Ancient evil is waking, and its servants will stop at nothing to see it seize its rightful place as the new pantheon of earth. And in order for Syrus and his team to save the world, Gwen is going to have to accept him, and show that love does make all the difference.

 

Order Print or Kindle

 

There's the drool worthy hint, now for the information!

To celebrate the release of Something Darker, the Price sisters who write as S.A. Price are doing something really big ... Authors After Dark: Savannah big!

 

Here are the dirty yet so very easy details:

Want to win your way into Authors After Dark? For those of you that don’t know, Authors After Dark (AAD) the fastest growing lit convention in the country that is reader-centric, focusing on readers engaging authors about their books and their careers in a fun party atmosphere. 2013 AAD is in Savannah, GA August 15-18^th and it is going to be AMAZING. Vampire Ball, Elemental Ball, Semi Formal awards dessert ceremony, Riverboat event, Parties, bouncy castles, panels, tattoos, corsets and so much more! You do not want to miss this.

So Stella, the convention director is also an author, and she’s giving away an amazing prize to celebrate the release of her new self pubbed book: SOMETHING DARKER. What’s the prize? A VIP Package to AAD (either 2013 or 2014--- if you are already attending 2013, you get 2014 comped!) including A VIP Access badge, Free parking, hotel amenities (not room unless we get the book in the 100’s at Amazon), A basket of goodies from Stella and Audra, and Breakfast with them on Tuesday before the con and some other amazing goodies!

Runners up will win a Nook, book baskets and this was just added A non location specific day pass to the day of a readers choice for the con (Which normally isn’t sold or given to anyone that doesn’t live in the immediate area of the con! Worth 100$!!!)

Not a bad prize for a 2.99 book right?

So you ready to win one of these fabulous prizes?  Well, its easy ... send your receipt showing purchase of Something Darker to everversestella@gmail.com.  Put “SOMETHING DARKER CONTEST ENTRY” in the subject.

Contest runs until February15th with the winner being announced on the 18th ... what are you waiting for, get going!

Registration Drive! Bookie Award Voting! I'm talking #AADSAV people!

The Authors After Dark 2012 attendees nominated their favorite books, authors and communities for the Bookie Awards and I was one them - so exciting

Shifter Non-Wolf Novel of the Year
Blood and Silver by James R. Tuck
Croc & the Fox by Eve Langlais
Come Back by Tilly Greene
When a Dragon Lusts a Woman by Dagmar Avery and Charlotte Steele

Yah!  Now it's time to vote - actually those attending are the only ones who can vote, which leads me to the second thing I wanted to tell you.

The AAD Savannah registration drive is on and bigger than ever before!

The bestest readers conference is more than 50% sold and the organizers want to get that number up to 75% by Christmas.  How they're going about doing that is offering some seriously fabulous incentives.  There are such things as 2 VIP badge upgrades and 2 registrations for 2014 as well as drinks, books, meals and more with a variety of authors!

Check out the list here and then go register!

So, if you're already registered, then VOTE!  The polls have officially opened and ends on November 15, winners will be announced at the Bookie Awards Ceremony in Savanna, Georgia in August 2013.

The Authors After Dark 2013 con will be held in Savannah, GA and registration is now open.

Looking forward to seeing you there and talking BOOKS!

Registration for the Authors After Dark readers con known as #AADSAV is OPEN!

As a writer my job keeps me in a fairly solitary place and conferences get me out, and the ones where READERS are the focus are really exciting.

Why?

Because everyone who attends - whether they write, want to write or not - they're all readers and love to talk books!  And when I say talking, I mean exactly that ... I usually come home from the Authors After Dark Readers Conference without a voice.

So, if you've been to AAD before or not, here's your chance to take a few days and surround yourself with all things books.  This year there's a new track on/for Young Adult books.

The Authors After Dark 2013 con will be held in Savannah, GA and registration is now open.

Looking forward to seeing you there and talking BOOKS!

Start preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse w/ #ZART members NOW!

Get over to TJ Michael's website right now and answer the question, Zombie Joe's video will give some practical hints so watch it as well.

I answered, but I'm not entered in the contest - prize is one of my books!

Quickly!  Don't pass go, don't collect $100, go answer and be entered, contest ends at midnight on Monday!

You'll gain loads of information to keep the Zombie Apocalypse at bay :-)

What's up with #ZART ?

The Prizes
Weekly Prize (twenty-two) – Survival Kit Items (eBooks for Kindle or Nook from the ZART authors)


Grand Prize (four) – Premium Survival Kit (includes books, signed books, t-shirts, mugs, and other items)

Super Grand Prize (one) – A fully paid registration for Authors After Dark 2012 in Savannah, GA (hotel and airfare not included)


The Rules
Trivia, video, or questions go up on Sunday and close on Monday night. Winner announced every Friday via Facebook, Twitter and right here. There is no limit to the number of times you can play. You may also have your name added to the ZART rollcall, if you wish. If you win, you have ONE WEEK to claim your prize. No exceptions.

Everyone with a correct answer will have their names put into a hat to win the weekly survival kit item (books!) – these are Nook and Kindle titles that will be sent directly to you. New and backlist releases are fair game, up to a $10 value.

Everyone who plays, whether you win a weekly item or not, will be entered into the drawing for the 4 Grand Prizes and the 1 Super Grand Prize.


ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE RESPONSE TEAM is on Facebook - go here to play and you have until Monday to answer!

Join in the fight each day – will you be one of us?  Authors, Artists, Bloggers…and you!

TJ Michaels
Megan Hart
Joey Hill
R.G. Alexander-Rachel Grace
Jody Wallace
Samantha Kane
Shayla Black
Tilly Greene
D. Renee Bagby a/w/a Zenobia Renquist
Mark Henry
Suzanne Johnson
Mandy Roth
PJ Schnyder
Teresa D’Amario
Eliza Gayle
Lakota Phillips
Eden Bradley-Eve Berlin
The BookRhythm Divas!!
Wicked Lil Pixie Reviews
Mama Kitty Reviews

Authors After Dark is in New Orleans, August 8-12 and it's quickly running out of space!

The hotel is right there in the heart of Bourbon Street and there are some seriously cool happenings scheduled.  Personally, a few of the things I'm doing is talking odd shifters, BDSM and contemporaries, reading a menage scene or two, and going on a pub crawl...watch out NOLA!

I'll be there and hope you can make it as well.

I am in the Spotlight at That's What I'm Talking About!

Today I'm in the spolight as an Authors After Dark 2012 [registration is still open] author over on That's What I'm Talking About.

Come on over, read what I reveal under the hot lights, ask a question or comment and you could win a copy of Missing in Paradise!

Authors After Dark 2012 Reading Challenge

This August I'll be going to New Orleans for the 4th annual Authors After Dark Readers Convention.  I've been to them all and each year it gets even more exciting than the last.  Besides all that, I've never been to NOLA and am looking forward to spending a little extra time taking in the city.  By the way, I heard through the twitter-vine that it's almost full so if you're thinking of going, best get signed up.

In the meantime, Midnyte Reader, a fellow attendee, came up with a readers challenge and I wanted to do it.  I shall read the following books for this fab challenge:

Summer Surrender by Bronwyn Green [bought]
Branded Sanctuary by Joey Hill [bought]
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Power Play by Eliza Gayle
Destined Mate by Katie Reus [bought]
How to Dance with a Duke by Manda Collins
Battle of the Network Zombies by Mark Henry

Hopefully I'll be able to add more as time goes on, but this is a list I know I can do - watch here for the reviews [something I never do].

Hey, whether you're going to this event or not, join the challenge - you can do that anytime through the year as it is running from January 1 - December 31.

The Who Am I? Answers

1. So, I'm an Olympian that isn't perfect, but am married to beauty - who am I? Hephaestus

2. I'm an ugly god with a sarcastic and lusty attitude who never hides his most important attribute - who am I? Priapus

3. Basically, I'm a smart diverse Olympian who loves both sexes, and am sometimes seen with a snake or lyre - who am I? Apollo

4. We are a primordial race with 1 being our thing but 3 of us being the most well known - who are we? Cyclopes, specifically Brontes (thunderer), Steropes (lightning) and Arges (brightness)

5. In short, I'm an Olympian who is a patron of many things, but never to busy to ensure a delivery is made - who am I? Hermes

Who Am I? Greek Mythology Brain Teasers

1. While I don't have a birth certificate, I consider Zeus and Hera my parents, and am a god. While mother and father are both hot tempered, I'm much more calm, peaceful, and think before I act. I'm not an immortal who sits around and looks pretty, far from the latter. Despite my physical limitation, hard labor is how I spend my time, and I do it very well. Many of my bretheren request my expertise. My work keeps me fit and yet my gorgeous wife strays.

So, I'm an Olympian that isn't perfect, but am married to beauty - who am I?

2. I get little respect for me or all that I do for humanity. There is no major worship sessions for me other than an occassional ass and agriculture goods. I'm a minor rustic god, but I'm very important. Despite my mother - at least the one I claim today - being beauty incarnate, I'm not much to look at, but a part of me is huge, and always appreciated. I'm a guardian, protector, and the harder I grow, the more things grow around me.

I'm an ugly god with a sarcastic and lusty attitude who never hides his most important attribute - who am I?

3. Zeus is our father. I have a twin and am considered the ideal kouros, a beardless youth. That means all those Greek statues of naked athletes you see in museums and books are based on me. I know just about everything, even how to divine the future, and continue to monitor various fields advancements such as medicine. Something I will not stand for is competition. There is no one better than me in any field I choose to master and will dispose of all challengers as I see fit. That includes my love life. I'm not married, have children who have gone on to do great things, and play with both men and women.

Basically, I'm a smart diverse Olympian who loves both sexes, and am sometimes seen with a snake or lyre - who am I?

4. We were born from Gaia [earth] and Uranus [sky] coming together. From the beginning we were big and strong, so much so, our father feared us and what we were capable of, and chose to lock us away. Eventually a relative released us to help him takeover power and we supported his endeavor. There is nothing handsome about us, but we are physically powerful, all of which encourages people still fear us by sight.

We are a primordial race with 1 being our thing but 3 of us being the most well known - who are we?

5. The man I believe is my grandfather holds the weight of the world on his shoulders, while my father rules it. I'm an Olympian god who works and it entails a great deal of travel. Some have said I'm a thief while others have called me the bringer of good luck, charming and a schemer. The stone marker on the side of the road pointing you in the right direction is mine. I flutter from bed to bed and as a result, am a single father of boys, girls and a little something in between.

In short, I'm an Olympian who is a patron of many things, but never to busy to ensure a delivery is made - who am I?

There you go, a few teasers to get you thinking - I'll post the answers tomorrow. Have fun!

The Problem Crossword Puzzle Answers

Here are the answers to the Tilly Greene’s Mythos Masquerade Greek Mythology Crossword Puzzle questions which I handed out at this years Authors After Dark Mythos dinner.

ACROSS


 2 Goddess of the hunt, virginity, archery and all animals. (7)
Artemis

3 Penetrating warning sound. Greek sea nymph whose singing lured sailors to their destruction. (5)
Siren

5 What was left as a consolation inside Pandora’s Box? (4)
Hope

7 An analgesic and sedative. [derived from the*] God of dreams. (8)
Morphine

9 They were the twins who weren’t really twins. (6-3-6)
CastorandPollux

11 She was seduced by a swan. (4)
Leda

12 God of Wine, theater and ecstasy. (8)
Dionysus

13 He was a very powerful god, serial seducer, and carried a bolt of thunder. (4)
Zeus


DOWN
1 Food of the gods. (8)
Ambrosia

2 God of light, music, poetry, prophecy and archery. (6)
Apollo

4 She offered Paris the love of the world’s most beautiful woman and won the golden apple inscribed ‘for the fairest one’. (9)
Aphrodite

5 Married to the most beautiful goddess and he was not physically perfect. (10)
Hephaestus


6 The 12 Titans are descendents of Gaia and him. (6)
Uranus

8 Agres, Steropes and Brontes had 3 eyes between them. (8)
Cyclopes

10 Titan who carried a sickle and castrated rivals. (6)
Cronus

Hope you enjoyed figuring them out as much as I did and I'm sorry if it was more difficult than fun.  If you're in the mood for a bit more Ancient Greek mythology, I'm posting tomorrow the brain teasers I dropped in various places leading up to the conference.

Told you the other day I liked puzzles!

Crossword Puzzle Problems

I like puzzles, they make my mind work and I feel satisfied when I get the right answer.  Knowing this, it shouldn't surprise you to read that I created and placed a crossword puzzle with a pen on each participants chair at the Authors After Dark Mythos dinner and, from those who turned one in, picked a winner for a Nook. The puzzle was meant to be fun, get everyone in the mythology mood and that wasn't the case.

Apparently it was too hard.

Well, here you go, the Tilly Greene’s Mythos Masquerade Greek Mythology Crossword Puzzle questions.  Give it try for yourself.

ACROSS
2 Goddess of the hunt, virginity, archery and all animals. (7)
3 Penetrating warning sound. Greek sea nymph whose singing lured sailors to their destruction. (5)
5 What was left as a consolation inside Pandora’s Box? (4)
7 An analgesic and sedative. [derived from the*] God of dreams. (8)
9 They were the twins who weren’t really twins. (6-3-6)
11 She was seduced by a swan. (4)
12 God of Wine, theater and ecstasy. (8)
13 He was a very powerful god, serial seducer, and carried a bolt of thunder. (4)

DOWN
1 Food of the gods. (8)
2 God of light, music, poetry, prophecy and archery. (6)
4 She offered Paris the love of the world’s most beautiful woman and won the golden apple inscribed ‘for the fairest one’. (9)
5 Married to the most beautiful goddess and he was not physically perfect. (10)
6 The 12 Titans are descendents of Gaia and him. (6)
8 Agres, Steropes and Brontes had 3 eyes between them. (8)
10 Titan who carried a sickle and castrated rivals. (6)

*=I should have put this on the original puzzle and didn't, my bad!

I'll post the answers tomorrow.

Remember, the people at the dinner weren't there to think but to have fun, get their party feet moving, and it may not have ever been a subject they were as fond of as I am. There was also a time constraint - but I loved seeing all the smart phones working :-)

Oh, and it's GREEK mythology, not Roman.

Conference Panel Comments

I've sat on a few panels over the past few years that talk about a variety of subjects, but they all are based in romance and books/ebooks.

From shifters to blogging as an author, bondage to genre definition, there are no guarantees how it will be received. Participants, both in the audience and those there prepared to talk about the subject, are all coming from their own places and experiences, and they are what make it work when they come together and enjoy the session.

Last year at AAD I remember sitting on a panel and listening to a reader share her personal life in regards to the subject [BDSM] with cameras rolling. If we go there as authors, that's one thing because we've set out limits, but for a reader to step up is a big deal and I worried about her and any potential backlash being on YouTube might present. I remember talking to her a couple times over the next few days about my concerns and she was okay, so I followed her lead.

Fast forward to this year, AAD Philadelphia, and another camera crew showed up for the BDSM panel. I took my moderator roll seriously and, with that reader in mind, forewarned everyone that they may show up on YouTube or elsewhere talking about tying up their lover. With everyone ready, we set off on a fabulous ride. The conversation was flowing and then I posed a question for the audience. For a second I wished I could take it back and then I saw her, Lady Dee, that fabulously calm and composed woman from last year was the first this year to pipe up and put a real face on the subject [a delicate one at that].

Loads of people are telling me it was a great panel, thank you, but I think it was a room full of great people there to share, learn and laugh while doing it.  If you have time, go check out this years BDSM in Romance panelists, they're fabulous!  They are James Buchanan, Eliza Gayle, Cat Grant, Mari Freeman, Bridgit Midway, Brynn Paulin, Melissa Schroeder and me, Tilly Greene.

Now, in case you're wondering what makes a panel fun, it takes the readers throwing in their opinions, comments and questions and panelists stepping away from the desk, deadlines and promotional pitches to make it fun and rewarding.

Funny and Naughty Ends the Week

Do you want your partner to worship your throbbing rod of thunder and lightning with her sweet mouth and she has an excuse?

Well, now you can get what you want, feed your lover's desire for chocolate and play dress up time all at once!  

Don the hat of a Viking, Indiana Jones or Halo's Master Chief on your penis and reap your reward.  There's only one problem, I can't find the website that showed how to make these, so you're on your own - sorry!

Fine Naughty Jewels

Sperm Ring by Betony Vernon

A ring that is sure to raise questions such as: 

Is that a sperm swimming around your finger?

or

Will you honor, cherish and love Joe Shmoe and his sperm?

Hump Day Visual Naughtiness

Model Eric Belanger Photographed by Rick Day
was found on Homotography.com


Sweaty muscular man is nicely naughty for hump day delight.

Tuesday can be naughty too

Can building a book or ebook be naughty?

Absolutely and also interesting!

What I'm talking about is in the font and this one by Gatis Cirulis is called Bound Type, and here is the alphabet:


Bound Type by Gatis Cirulis

You can find more on this typeface and by Cirulis here on Behance Network.  Although artistically done and not obvious, the site has individual pulled out and painted making it - possibly - NSFW.

It's Naughty All Week!

Rose of Weimar

I'm either getting ready, traveling or having a blast at Authors After Dark in Philadelphia and in celebration I'm posting a variety of naughty stuff all week.

Because of the Tease Tea Tasting party is one of the things I'm preparing for, I thought china would be the ultimate starting point.  First up is a cup and saucer from a 12 piece limited edition set of fine porcelain.



I first discovered the Rose of Weimar pattern on the Elit Alice site.  Can you see yourself at High Tea sipping the leaves with a crustless sandwich on the side and pinky in the air whilst holding this gem to your lips?  Conversation could possibly be about the nice ta-ta's on the cup.

What about a dinner party, placement of the food on the plate below would be interesting.

DesignSpotter Details
Designer: Dirk Kels (Germany)
Manufacturer: Weimar Porzellan (Germany)
Inspired By: ... der Rose von Weimar
Price: 249 euro per set ( 12 pieces )