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ebook week sale
Happy (almost) Read an Ebook Week! You can find my book, Erotiquette , available at @Smashwords at a promotional price to help you...
ninaleespen
Feb 221 min read
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It's that time of the year...
When Smashwords has its book sale! Get your half-priced Erotiquette here.
ninaleespen
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Avoiding 'unready manuscript embarrassment (ume)'
I recently (re)learned the importance of taking a break from a piece of writing. You know, the old 'put it in the drawer for three...
ninaleespen
Aug 11, 20241 min read
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What's in a cover?
News: Erotiquette finally has a new cover. I do like the sophisticated sexiness and simplicity of the black and white. Will a new cover...
ninaleespen
Jul 14, 20241 min read
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FONHAB (fear of not having a book)
I recently returned from a trip overseas to Europe - just a brief one of 10 days, of which much was spent flying through the air. But...
ninaleespen
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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Writing rhythms, word erosion
I've just returned from some time away from my desk, travelling along the south coast of Victoria, at the bottom of Australia, watching...
ninaleespen
May 19, 20242 min read
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Waiting for the first rejection
Well, the manuscript of my women's fiction novel has now been sent out into the world ready to receive its first rejection. I would like...
ninaleespen
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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Feminist erotica
In an earlier post I bemoaned the subcategories of erotica as being porous and vague, and in not quite capturing Erotiquette, the story...
ninaleespen
Mar 10, 20242 min read
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Erotiquette on sale
Pick up a copy of Erotiquette for FREE in the Smashwords ebook sale, March 3-9 2024.
ninaleespen
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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Location visits
Have been working away at my next book and am 90% through the first draft. I may even share a draft chapter soon. In the meantime, I...
ninaleespen
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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Categories schmategories
I read some interesting posts recently about definitions - including this one on porn, erotica, romance, and romantic erotica - and how...
ninaleespen
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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Erotica for sale
In order to get out into the world, even if no one ever reads it other than me, I opted for self-publishing. It is time to move on to...
ninaleespen
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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The erotic saga continues...
Several years passed until I decided to have another go at doing something with Erotiquette in 2023. This time, I thought, I would do it...
ninaleespen
Dec 17, 20232 min read
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The difficulties of publishing unconventional erotica
They say that sex scenes are the hardest things to write well, so I decided, with my first novel, to start with that. Could I write a...
ninaleespen
Dec 10, 20232 min read
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