Submissions for Coming Together: Through the Storm

This is a general call for submissions for a new anthology called Coming Together: Through the Storm. It is likely that everyone is aware of the relief effort currently happening in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, this disaster will not get fixed in a day and so beds as much help as possible.

The Coming Together series has for many years raised money for various charities and the latest anthology will be raising money for Mercy Corps who take aid over to disaster areas around the world. The need is urgent and so there is a very short deadline on this anthology.

Title: Coming Together: Through The Storm
Editor: Nicole Gestalt
Word Count: Minimum 5k but can be very much more
Payment: Since this is a charity anthology there is no payment other than the knowledge you've helped, although all authors who have a story in it will get a copy of the final pdf.
Theme: All the stories submitted need to have a weather theme
Genre: This is an erotic anthology although I will accept romance based stories. Any pairing, gender or genre will be considered.

The No-No's: No scat, bestiality, under age sex, golden showers, rape or forced sex. If in doubt ask.

Email your submissions as a .doc,.rtf,.txt to reliefanthology 'at' gmail 'dot' com

Format of submission: Please send the submissions double spaced in Times New Roman, 12 point black font. Indent the first line of each paragraph half an inch and double space (using normal double spacing please do not add an extra line between the paragraphs). Please submit your final, complete and totally edited version of the story.

Deadline: 30th November

Rites of Consummation

I've just got the news that my short outdoor m/f sex piece has been accepted in the next Coming Together anthology.

Coming Together: Al Fresco will only be released in ebook form. It will be available from All Romance eBooks and is published by them in association with Coming Together. This ebook will be available from Earth Day this year (April the 22nd if I've got my figures correct), but can be pre-ordered already from: http://allromanceebooks.com/product-comingtogetheralfresco-14361-166.html

Rites of Consummation is a short piece about a newly hand-fasted couple and what they get up to outdoors.

Proceeds from this ebook go to Conservation International

EDIT:

Here is the author list for this anthology:

Adam & Eve on a Raft (Robert Buckley)
Afternoon of a Faun (Helen E.H. Madden)
Anal Alley (Sommer Marsden)
Ask for It (Jude Mason)
Blonde on a Harley (Teresa Noelle Roberts)
For Want of a Woodpecker (Ripley Patton)
Foreign Parts (Rachelle Le-Monnier)
Hailey's Comet (Jae Knight)
Happy Endings (Jamie Hill)
Hidden in Fog (Teresa Noelle Roberts)
Mahalo (Allison Wonderland)
Making Rain (Angela Caperton)
Midnight Ménage à Trois (Heather Smith)
Natural Tease (Arya Rewan)
Outside in the Rain (Andrea Dale)
Pantheism 101 (Alessia Brio)
Paradise Valley (Michelle Houston)
Reclining Buddha (Lisabet Sarai)
Rites of Consummation (Nicole Gestalt)
Silver Bells and Cockle Shells (Shanna Germain)
Slow Burn (Sophie Mouette)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Rita Winchester)
Sparrow Takes Flight (Giselle Renarde)
The Journey Home (Jasmine Black)
The Roof (Selena Kitt)
Untouched Perfection (Moondancer Drake)
Wet as Spring (Robin Elizabeth)
Wildlife (Randy Foster)

Coming Together: With Pride and other news

I got my author copies of Coming Together: With Pride the other day which was exciting. There is always a sense of pride seeing your name in print, and although I'm published mainly in ebook format it was fun opening up the book and finding my story.

I have been slowly making my way through the stories and are just loving the variety within the pages. There really is something for every erotica fan.

In other news, I have two ebooks recently contracted with Phaze. Melting Point: Breaking the Mould and Termination of Employment, both of which I'm really happy about. Termination of Employment is the spy story I've been working on for a little while, it's a m/f spy story which will hopefully become a trilogy. Melting Point: Breaking the Mould on the other hand is a BDSM piece, and stars two of the characters that made a brief appearance in Melting Point (My BDSM short that appeared in Coming Together: Under Fire). I'll post up more information upon them when I have things confirmed.

Next month I have a free story coming out with Phaze, it's a f/f piece called Vision in Green so watch this space for information!

Freedom to Serve is now out!

The latest Coming Together charity anthology has been released today. Coming Together: With Pride contains my short hot story Freedom to Serve, it's a short m/f BDSM piece that I hope people will enjoy reading.

CONTENTS:

Introduction (Will Belegon)
Today (Kally Jo Surbeck)
Raven (James Buchanan)
A Girl's Best and Earthy Things (Heather Fowler)
Don't Look Down (Mari Freeman)
Echoes of the Past (Mychael Black )
A Brief Discourse... (P.S. Haven)
When the Angels Fall (Helen Madden)
Customer Service (Eon de Beaumont)
Nuit Blanche (Giselle Renarde)
Western Pleasure (Shanna Germain)
Chemistry (Lisabet Sarai)
Fire and Ice (Cassie Exline)
An Early Winter Train (C. Sanchez-Garcia)
Selling Foxx (I.M. Cupnjava)
Be Prepared (Storm Grant)
Freedom to Serve (Nicole Gestalt)
The Personal Is Political (Jean Roberta)
Past Perfect (Alessia Brio)
About Coming Together (Alessia Brio)

As usual no author will be making any money via royalties for this anthology, instead it will be donated to the charity in question. In this case that charity is AVERT.

The book is available presently from Phaze however it will soon also be available from the following places:

PHAZE (ebook & print)
ARe (ebook)
AMAZON (print) & AMAZON (Kindle ebook)
FICTIONWISE (ebook) & MOBIPOCKET (ebook)
BARNES & NOBLE (print) & BOOKS-A-MILLION (print)

It's ISBN numbers are:
Ebook: 1-59426-891-6 / 978-1-59426-891-5
Print: 1-59426-892-4 / 978-1-59426-892-2

Buying directly from Phaze will allow the organisers to donate a larger amount to the charity involved since overhead costs are decreased considerably. However wherever you buy it from I hope you will enjoy feeling good about a product that will also be doing some good behind the scenes!

You can find more information from the books home site here: Coming Together: With Pride

Melting Point Excerpt

Title Melting Point - Coming Together: Under Fire
Author Nicole Gestalt
Genre/Series Erotic Anthology - Contemporary BDSM Erotic Romance
Release Date Now Available
Publisher Phaze
Publisher URL http://www.phaze.com

Blurb:

Clarissa is lead through her first experience with wax by the very sexy and steady handed Martin.

Excerpt:

"Will it hurt?" Clarissa asked, the nerves causing a slight tremor to enter her voice. Martin smiled and looked down at her. He ran his hand down her body, briefly circling her nipples.

"Not one bit, my love. After all, you are lovely and smooth after that shower."

That shower!

Just thinking about it made her body cry out in pleasure. It was the first time she had allowed anyone to intimately shave her, and Martin had taken great delight in getting up close and personal with her body. Each touch had sent shivers through her body. He had masterfully taken a razor to her; there was no wasted motion, each movement had a purpose. As she lay on the table, Martin pulled up four flat pieces of wood from the sides, forming a shallow box. She looked at him quizzically.

"It's to prevent any wax running off the table; I had it specially made for the purpose. Don't worry, you just sit back and relax, and I'll have it all ready in no time."

Copyright © 2007 Nicole Gestalt

Available in both paperback ($16) and ebook ($7).

ISBNs
ebook : 978-1-59426-857-1
print : 978-1-59426-881-6

Link to
Book:http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Coming+Together+Under+Fire+by+Alessi\
a+Brio+and+Will+Belegon,+eds.

Other Authors included in Coming Together: Under Fire are:

Will Belegon, Alessia Brio, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Shanna Germain, Brenna Lyons, Lefty McGee, Stephanie Vaughan, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Sommer Marsden, Michelle Houston, Jeremy Edwards, Mari Freeman, Laurence Doyen, Lisabet Sarai, Vana Lafayette, Jamie Hill, Rachelle Le-Monnier, Vincent Diamond, Justanne Farrow, Jude Mason, Dr. Mabeuse, Tilly Greene, Selena Kitt, Sapphire Phelan, Victoria Blisse, Aurora Black, Skylar Sinclair, Rebecca Leah, Samantha Sommersby, Gabrielle Miel, James Buchanan, and Gwen Masters

Updates and Chats

Well the past week has been a busy one for me as far as author chats are concerned. I feel like I've been running all around the Internet. I've 'crossed' so many time zones I'm presently just totally exhausted. However the writing hasn't dropped because of this I'm glad to say.

Yesterday I finished a short first person POV piece which I will be editing once I have my cup of tea in front of me. The pieces was from the woman's perspective and I think it works quite well although I'm sure to find some cringe worthy things in the read through!

I've hand written another piece that I will be editing at the beginning of February. I'm not going to go through it straight away because I've got some other pieces that need my attention first.

Cold Fire has been sent to the editors so I'm expecting edits to appear in my inbox at some point although I'm unsure how long they will take. To prepare for this I'm trying to get as much work done before they turn up as I can so I've been writing away every moment I have.

I've also plotted out a BDSM fantasy piece that I think could work quite well as a series. Once today's work is out of the way I will be getting on with it! I always love being excited about the next project, it's what really keeps me concentrated on the present one.

In book news Coming Together: Under Fire is now available from Amazon, both in the UK and USA. The links follow:

Amazon USA: http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Together-Under-Alessia-Brio/dp/1594268819

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coming-Together-Under-Alessia-Brio/dp/1594268819/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201400495&sr=8-1

My story Melting Point is only short but focuses on waxplay. I'll post a blurb and excerpt up for it a little later.


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I've borrowed the following format from Portia Da Costa
Telly: None
Choc/Yummy: Nothing at the moment
Mood: So sleepy!
Writing: Just outlines of BDSM piece
Reading: Once a Rebel by Angela Ashton