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Go check it out tonight, March 10 from 9-10pm EST in the RD Chatroom!!!

:::Posted from the RD Divine Blog:::

Romance Divas will be hosting a chat with several Ellora’s Cave authors on March 10th, from 9-10 pm est in our chat room.

Come with your questions and meet some of your favorite erotic romance authors. Denise A. Agnew, Jaci Burton, Kate Douglas, Kate Hill, and Jory Strong will all be ready to heat up your weekend. Read on for a bit more about these incredible authors.

Denise A. Agnew’s award-winning novels have been described as suspenseful, erotic, edgy, thrilling, romantic, and adventurous. One thing they share is that they are all exciting reads. Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine called her romantic suspense novels “top-notch” and her erotic romance PRIMORDIAL received a TOP PICK from Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine.

Denise has lived in Colorado, Hawaii, and the United Kingdom, giving her a lifetime of ideas. Her experiences with archaeology have crept into her work, as well as her numerous travels through England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. She now lives in Arizona with her real life hero, her husband. You can find out more about her extensive booklist, and Denise herself, at her website - www.deniseagnew.com.

Jaci Burton is a multi published author, with over twenty-five books published by erotic romance publisher Ellora’s Cave. Jaci writes in multiple genres, including paranormal, contemporary, futuristic, fantasy and BDSM. Among her many awards to date are the Cupid and Psyche Award for Best Contemporary Erotic Romance, the Road to Romance Reviewer’s Choice Award and two Reviewers Choice nominations by Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Romance Writer’s Ink, Passionate Ink and EPIC. Jaci has recently contracted with Bantam Dell for mainstream paranormal romance, and with Berkley HEAT for erotic romance. These books will release sometime in 2007.

Jaci lives in Oklahoma with her husband Charlie who inspires her to create stories about sexy, stubborn alpha males who don’t always do what the heroine wants them to. She has three children-two grown sons and one teenage daughter. She loves animals, has five dogs and one fish who keep her company while she writes. Her favorite activities are travel, reading and long afternoon naps. Find out more about Jaci, and check out her bookshelf, at www.jaciburton.com

Kate Douglas has been privileged to call writing her profession for almost thirty-five years, producing everything from radio copy to news stories to contemporary romances and erotica. With thirteen titles currently in print, numerous ebooks with various publishers, and eight more books in her erotic paranormal Wolf Tales series scheduled through 2008, at least she knows what she’ll be doing for the next couple years!

Kate and her husband are currently dividing time between two homes while they remodel the house in the mountains where they hope to settle when her husband retires. When she’s not loading or unloading the car, Kate’s either writing or playing with the grandkids…and trying to figure out when she can go to Hawaii to see her newest granddaughter, Ella, born Feb. 6. Visit her web site at www.katedouglas.com

Kate Hill is a thirty-something vegetarian New Englander who likes heroes with a touch of something wicked and wild. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in publications both on and off the Internet, and she has over twenty books available at Ellora’s Cave. When she’s not working on her books, Kate enjoys reading, working out, and researching vampires and Viking history. Visit Kate’s website at www.kate-hill.com

Jory Strong has been writing since childhood and has never outgrown being a daydreamer. She’s written several series for Ellora’s Cave, ranging from romantic suspense, to paranormal, to futuristic. When she’s not hunched over her computer, lost in the muse and conjuring up new heroes and heroines, she can usually be found reading, riding her horses, or hiking with her dogs. Learn more about Jory and see her full book list at www.jorystrong.com.

Our chat on Feb 24th was great fun – you can read the transcript in our forum archives if you missed it. But make sure to mark your calendar, you don’t want to miss this one!

Okay, normally I’m annoyed by these silly things, but Gena’s questions are priceless! So, here you go. The deep burning questions by Gena.

Everyone has one so I decided to make up my own…

1. Five people you want to see naked: (In no particular order…)
a. Jake Gyllenhaal (from Jarhead, not Brokeback Mountain)
b. Brad Pitt (from Ocean’s Eleven)
c. Matthew Mcconaughey (from his stint as Dirk Pitt)
d. Vin Diesel (I don’t care, just get nekked)
e. Scott Speedman (Underworld, duh! Only, you know, before the fangs. Biting is one things, but the fangs would sting a little)

2. Four things you want to eat while you’’re drooling and staring at the five naked people mentioned above:
a. Jello Jigglers
b. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream
c. marachino cherries (even though I hate them, they just seem appropriate for naked glory)
d. whipped cream from the squeezy can (leftovers to be used at a later date)

3. Three things you want each of the men to tell you while you’’re eating the four foods mentioned above while you’’re seeing those five naked people:
a. Wanna f*ck?
b. Pick me, pick me!
c. That is the sexiest whipped cream I’ve ever seen. Can I go fetch you another can? And while I’m at it can I give you a massage with hot oil and wash and wax your car…naked?

4. Two people you’d let into the room while the men are begging and you’’re eating and staring at the totally naked people:
a. Tony Curran (Underworld: Reunion…only naked-er)
b. A photographer…no one would ever believe me unless there was solid evidence!

5. One thing you’d do after you let two people in your room while the men were begging and you were done eating and staring at the totally naked people:
a. wake up to find the food gorging was real, but the nudity was not (dangit!)

Tag: everyone!!!!

So, for any one of my heroes, I must have a mental picture (if only so I don’t change his eyes from black to green half way through the manuscript).

Here are the current candidates for my Cavemen stories (Pretty, no?):

Contemp. paranormal:

Sci-fi:

Luring Lorelei:

Catching Carmen (sequel to LL):

So, I finally have some new pages in EWW. I’ve really stalled on this. I’ve corrected and tweaked things, but haven’t been able to really write anything new–not a good sign when I need another 25K. However, I did it last night. Yea!

I also started on the new novella for the Ellora’s Cave Cavemen submission. I have two ideas, actually, and may write both of them. One of them in a contemporary paranormal and the other is sci-fi. EC allows you to sub more than one at once for this, so I might just do that. If not, I can shop them elsewhere.

Nothing new on the writing front. Still typing in Luring Lorelei and tweaking/fixing/messing with Every Witch Way.

So, today let’s talk about the few sure things in life: death and taxes. Everyone dies (duh!) and some of us are in a hurry to get there. Not me. Which means I have years and years of taxes to look forward to–oh, joy unto me! Yes, ladies and gents, it’s tax season and I have to book a nasty appointment with the taxidermist–er, tax man at H&R Block. (Worse than the dentist by a long shot!) Now there are easy ways to do taxes, I realize. Ways that won’t charge me quite so much–TurboTax, etc. However, I have lived/worked in three different states this year alone. Last year it was two! I don’t feel up to the challenge of figuring that crap out. Each state has it’s own laws, regulations, exemptions. Dude, forget it! The Tax Man may be expensive, but today he’s my superhero. He saves me from thinking about how much cash Uncle Sam sucks from my paycheck every month. Thank you, Tax Man!

Look at my word count! Look! I finished my spicy novella! Woo-hoo! I even got about half of it typed in this weekend. How awesome is that? I actually finished something! **doing a little happy dance**

I also have an idea for a spicy novella I want to submit to Ellora’s Cavemen series. Hope it works out well!

And could I possibly have more sentences ending in !!!!!!

Today’s quiz: “What Advanced Degree Should You Get”

You knew I just had to ask…

You Should Get a PhD in Liberal Arts (like political science, literature, or philosophy)

You’re a great thinker and a true philosopher. You’d make a talented professor or writer.

My stepmom liked my website and it looks like I might be helping her design hers. She rides horses (on top of being a talents graphic artist — I know, b*itch, right?) and I think she needs one to promote her horseback riding lessons. It sounds like fun. I’m sure she could figure it out using FrontPage, but she doesn’t know html coding and I do. My dad does too, but asking him for assistance is kinda like sending a sloth in to fight fires — the intentions are good (you sent someone to stop the blaze), but the execution may not help you in time. Dad, if you’re reading this, I’m still waiting for a reply to my email in December. And October. And August.

I’m working on an update to my (new) website (again) and possibly a whole new look for my blog. Don’t be shocked in the next week or so if the view is dramatically different. The problem is, I’m running out of room to put my links. On the right hand side my links go almost all the way to the bottom of the page. So, I’ll be tinkering this weekend…

My goals for this week:

1. Get rid of the guy who’s stalking me at work (Stealth-Dater Boy strikes again!)
2. Finish the rough draft of my spicy novella, “Luring Lorelei” (Check out my progress bar! I’m really smokin’)
3. Definitely find a way to off Stealth-Dater Boy (and not get caught, SO not worth jail time)
4. Read through the current rough draft of Every Witch Way (so I can figure out where to stuff in a new scene/sub-plot/details)
5. Steal the Beverly Feldman shoes MaryJanice Davidson got in the mail because I have huge feet too and sharing is caring! (Also, find a way to work a talented up-and-coming shoe stylist into Every Witch Way in a blatant attempt at fishing for fashionable shoes. Bonus: will drive Mad Madam M insane with jealousy because the shoe-slut aspect of my main character is totally based on her)
6. At the very least, give Stealth-Dater Boy a swirly in the office toilet.