Thursday, February 28, 2008

Randomness about me

I wanted to do something a bit different here on the blog, so between updates I've decided to post some random stuff about me that you don't already know -- but I'm going to do it in images. Starting with this one:


Flaming June, Frederic Leighton, 1895

This is the print that's on the wall opposite the bed, here at home on shady lane. I love to look at it as I wake up because it makes me feel deliciously warm and sensuous, and that's a very good way to start the day. ;-)

Monday, February 25, 2008

Multiple orgasms!!

I have a fun new review from review site, RRT Erotic. I have to say I love their rating system!

Sleeper - I should have washed my hair!
Foreplay - Interesting but not enough
Missionary - Gets the job done
Multiple O's - Oh baby I'd go back for more
La Petite Mort - Can I have three please?

My recent Total-E-Bound publication, WINNER TAKES ALL, scores multiple orgasms. Wahay!

While attending the monthly gaming weekend hosted by her friend Kate, Tina is introduced to a new member. Brash, arrogant, and highly competitive, Shaun is a man who is always out to win. Not only is he hot, Shaun keeps winning each contest they engage in. When he offers her a sexual challenge, Tina can't resist the lure and the chance to turn the tables on him. What begins as a contest turns into a torrid once-a-month affair. Both players are looking to come out on top, but will they be willing to put their hearts on the line to take the ultimate prize?

The battle of the sexes is on in WINNER TAKES ALL. Tina is a sassy, no-holds-barred competitor who just may have met her match in the highly confident and sensual Shaun. Their affair is spicy, creative, and filled with one-upmanship. Each encounter is more emotional at every meeting, but neither is sure if it is real or play. Don't miss the sensual fun of WINNER TAKES ALL. Jennell, for RRT Erotic.


Busy, busy

After three days away from the work-in-progress I've been back at the desk today. Friday was spent having fun that was masquarading as business, ie another wonderful meet with author pal, Wendy/Portia. Besides our usual (often perplexed) discussion about the publishing industry, we spent a good bit of time talking about our trip to the RWA conference in July, comparing notes on what we intend to take and what we're hoping to get from the conference. Much laughter ensued! Make of that what you will.

Then the weekend disappeared away into nothing. Well, I got lots done but none of it writing. Today was a fresh start and I got stuck in by revising what I had on the two projects I'm working on. In just a few days the new “Sweating with Sven” writing challenge begins and I'm in my revving-up phase right now, really looking forward to the buzz of the group challenge. Today one project went up in word count, while one went down. Of course it was the important one, the one under the deadline, that went down. LOL. Overall it’s going well though. Oh, and I have a fun new review for my Total-E-Bound story, WINNER TAKES ALL, to share, which I’ll post shortly.

Meanwhile, go check out Total-E-Bound anthology BOUND BRITS, released today. The cover makes me think of a favourite early industrial band, WILL. They used the sound of chains in their music, and it's terrific, powerful stuff -- eerie and sexy all at once, yum.... I’m very grateful to the man who introduced me to WILL, and I always play them when I’m writing anything BDSM.




Hope you have a good week, wherever you are!

Friday, February 22, 2008

How time flies!

Apprarently DOUBLE DARE is an antique already...
LOL! No wonder I feel so old ;-)

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Why is it...

Why is it that the project calling to me is not that the one with a deadline? :-) I’ve got two things I want to work on (well, one of them is three smaller things, but I’m thinking of it as one big thing, to keep my head from exploding,) and for some reason it’s the novel that is filling my head, not the novellas. I let myself roll with it and worked on the novel, but only for today. Can't really complain though, because the words are flowing and I'll flip back soon.

Earlier in the week we had a couple of days away on a city break in Durham, much enjoyed and appreciated. It's freezing cold here in the north of England at the mo, but brilliantly sunny. The countryside on the drive was particularly beautiful, truly Christmas card worthy because of the unusual frost on the trees.

Just check out this photo from the local TV station website! I love this kind of weather.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Featured fiction!

My short story, "Arran's Lure," is featured at All Romance Ebooks as the sizzler in their newsletter, Widlfire. A longer version of "Arran's Lure" previously appeared in the anthology, A IS FOR AMOUR. Click on the banner to go to the newsletter. If you're looking for my story, pan down.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Romance Junkies Valentine's Contest launched

Romance Junkies have launched a new contest to jointly celebrate Valentine's Day and their third anniversary. This is one of their fun hunt-the-prize contests. To take part, go here.
You'll find me in the cafe. :)

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Joyfully Reviewed on UNVEILING THE SORCERESS

Yay! Today brought a super new review for UNVEILING THE SORCERESS, from Joyfully Reviewed. I was thrilled to bits when I read what the reviewer had to say:

Unveiling the Sorceress is an incredible magical tale that weaves all the elements of a wonderfully sensual fantasy – love, magic, intrigue, murder, true evil and gods who are not above influencing the outcome of events. Ms. Walker does a wonderful job of creating such vivid characters and a world so full of magic that it will leave you wishing it were real so you could visit. Elishiba is an amazing character who will have you turning the pages to find how she will face and overcome all the challenges in her path. She is left constantly wondering who her allies truly are and it is entertaining to watch Elishiba navigate the intrigue and test her mettle against all the forces aligned against her. Pick up Unveiling the Sorceress for a truly entrancing read that will transport you to a world where magic is real and the gods interact directly in the lives of their people. Read full review.


Thank you, Sabella! Happy dancing here!!! :)

Happy Valentine's day!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

K is for Kinky

The next batch of Alison Tyler's A to Z series of erotica is now available!

I is for Indecent
J is for Jealousy
K is for Kinky
L is for Leather


I have a story in K is for Kinky, Sign Your Name. Yay! Here’s a taster from the opening of the story (NB: adult content, you’ve been warned.)


Sign Your Name © Saskia Walker

Kind of weird, that’s how Molly thought of herself. She told guys that, but mostly they thought she was referring to her attitude or her dress sense, both of which were also kind of weird. She was skittish and wayward, punky, yet also quiet and thoughtful. And, it wasn’t just that. The thing that got Molly off, sexually, was pretty unusual too, and she felt it was only fair to let potential lovers know what she needed, upfront. The only way to do that was to show them how it worked. Mostly, they didn’t take her seriously. That was, not until Doug came along.

Doug had a spark of curiosity in his bright blue eyes, and a warm, subtle sense of humor. He was intuitive. She liked the way he looked, had done since the day he first walked in to her workplace. He had cropped and spiked black hair, and smiled slow and long, kind of like Mickey Rourke. He ran the second-hand music exchange down the street, and he chose quiet times to come and collect his dry cleaning from the outlet where she worked, times when he remembered that she’d be working her shift — and was just about to shut up shop. He brought her black Nubuck leather jeans, and a multitude of cool Dragonfly shirts, shirts he wouldn’t trust to his beat up old washing machine — or so he said. She’d already warmed to him when he began to chat her up more purposefully.

“You know, Molly,” he said, leaning over the counter top to close the gap between them, “we get on so well. Maybe we could go for a drink sometime.” He smiled that drawling smile, and it made something inside her tick, hopefully.

She put her pen down on the countertop between them, making a line in the space there, and nodded. “Okay.”

“Great. Give me your number and we can work out a time.” He picked up the pen and flipped over his till receipt, ready to write on the back of it.

Molly stared at the pen in his hand, immediately aroused and self-aware. The key to her kink was right there in his hand. She liked to be written on — in fact it aroused her to the point where she could come from that act alone. This was the time to show him, then she could see how he would react.

She took a deep breath. “Tell you what...” Her voice sounded shaky, and she hated that. She didn’t want this to go wrong. She wanted him. Badly. “Why don’t you give me your number? It’ll be better that way. Really, I promise.”

Before he could question her, or show doubt about why she’d said that, she shoved her forearm out across the counter between them, pulling up the sleeve of her top. She ran her finger up and down the soft, sensitive skin on the inside of her forearm. “Write it...here. Please.”

Would he laugh at her? One corner of his mouth was still lifted and stayed that way. He toyed with the pen, his eyes assessing. Her breath was trapped in her throat. A moment later he slowly moved one hand and held her wrist down on the counter with it, while he began to write on the spot she had indicated with the other.

His hand around her wrist was warm and strong, sure. And then — oh. The pressure he applied through the ballpoint on her skin made her nerves leap, the sensation chasing itself up her arm and through her body, flooding her with arousal. She bit her lip.

He looked up from the place he was writing and back at her. She could tell he’d sensed this wasn’t just about exchanging numbers. A needy moan escaped her lips.

He stared at her, one eyebrow lifted, the pen, also. “Did I hurt you?”

“No.” She could barely get that one small word out, and when she did, it was with a breathless, relieved sigh. “I like it. It makes me really hot.” She shrugged. “I’m wired weird. I just wanted you to know. Upfront.”

She snatched her arm away, bracing herself for the disbelieving laughter, the snide remark. Tension hung in the air between them, seemingly endless. Then he looked down at the countertop. What was he thinking?

He glanced up. “Kinky girl, huh?”

She stared him directly in the eye, her heart beating fast as she braced herself for rejection. “I guess so. Does it bother you?”

“Quite the opposite,” he replied, and flashed her a grin. “If I know what turns you on, it gives me power... and it just so happens I like to be in charge.”

Oh, that made her hot. It was so far from what she had expected him to say, so direct. And then he moved. Inside a heartbeat, he levered himself over the counter, jumping lithely down onto her side of it. For the first time, he had breached the physical divide between them — and he’d brought the pen with him. Holding it raised in his hand, he put his free hand on her shoulder and walked her through the rails of plastic-covered clothes, backing her toward the wall behind those rails, out of sight of the shop front. He cornered her up against the wall.

Her body pulsed with the thrill of his actions.

He grasped her two hands easily in one of his, and lifted her chin with the pen under her jaw, an action that shot sensation down her neck and chest, right into her hardening nipples. She gasped for breath, her eyes closing and her head moving back to lean against the wall.

“Oh yes, it really does it for you, doesn’t it. How bad is it?”

He still had of the pen under her jaw, controlling the position of her head and where she could look. Could she tell him? Her eyes were shut and she kept them that way. “I need it.” Her voice was a mere murmur. “It’s crazy, but I can’t come any other way, not the way I do if...”

When her voice trailed off, he moved the pen just enough to apply pressure to the sensitive flesh beneath her jaw. Her eyes flashed open.

“Is this making you wet?”

“Yes, it’s making me wet.” He was close, staring at her, his eyes bright and focused. The curiosity she had sensed in him had multiplied. He was aroused by her responses; his body shifting close against hers, one knee pressed against the wall at the side of her body.

He gave a soft chuckle. “You know, Molly, I used to wonder about you when I came in here. I liked the way you looked, very pretty but different, and always thinking...always with the sexy eyes. There was something else though, wasn't there. You were always playing with your pen, always sucking on the end of it. Couldn’t just be ready for the next customer, I figured. Couldn’t quite work out what it was, but it made me hard just watching you play with the damn thing.” His voice turned husky, right at the end there.

“Are you hard now?” She flashed her eyes, her responses rolling out readily.

His grip on her wrists tightened and he moved the back of her contained hands against the zipper on his jeans. “Well, what do you think?”

Beneath the black denim he wore, his cock was rigid.

Her skin tingled with awareness when he brushed it over that spot. She nodded. “You’re hard.”

He moved the pen, lifting it from beneath her jaw and taking it down to the hem of her miniskirt. Putting it under the fabric and between her thighs, he tapped it from side to side then up and down, making her thighs tremble with the need for a deeper mark, the pressure, and the stain — the written evidence on her body.

He let go her wrists, and lifted her skirt right up, exposing her. “Ooh, white cotton panties. Just like a blank page.”

She stepped from one foot in the other, wired. “You’re torturing me,” she breathed.

“Maybe this will help.” He ran the pen down the front of her panties, pushing both pen and fabric into the groove of her pussy.

Her flesh blazed under that touch. She glanced down to look at the solid line he had drawn, but he was still moving the pen, pressing deeper into her groove, rolling over her clit. When she gave a sudden gasp, he paused and concentrated on the same spot, drawing back and forth over it. A jaggedy blue scribble was forming right over the spot.

“You like that?”

Her clit was swollen and pounding, the direct stimulation hitting her hard. She nodded. “Very much.”

He did it some more.

Her hands and head were flat to the wall, her hips jutting out towards him. “Oh yes, yes,” she said, pounding the palm of one hand against the wall as she came, her free hand reaching out for his shoulder to steady herself.

“You know, this is a lot of fun,” he said. “I always did like doodling, and this is the best doodling I ever did.”

She was about to reply when she heard the door opening in the shop front, and hurriedly pulled her skirt straight.

He stepped to one side, pointing down with the pen he held, possessively. “I want those panties, you better keep them for me.”

“Maybe.” She smiled. She wanted them too. “You only gave me half of your number,” she added, concerned that he might leave now.

He spanked her on the behind, playfully, smiling that smile of his. “Fuck that. You’re coming home with me tonight.”


Now available in K IS FOR KINKY, from Cleis Press.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Valentine's special at Fictionwise

The Fictionwise Valentine sale is now on. Through to February 25th, all Romance and Erotica eBooks are 20% off.

For all the discounted Romance eBooks, click here.

If you want to check out my titles, go here.

Have a great weekend!

Friday, February 08, 2008

Cleis Press contest

Have you been collecting the Cleis Press alphabet books edited by Alison Tyler? If so, you might be interested in the competition Cleis are running.

Click on the image for more details:



The latest batch are out now. I'll be posting more on that subject soon. :)

Thursday, February 07, 2008

TEB – featured author

I’m going to be a featured author over at Total-E-Bound, my British epublisher, during March, and I’m working on the interview right now. I’ve got to say this one is a lot of fun! I’m looking forward to it going live.

Meanwhile, one of the questions comes with a terribly insistent message about including photos of your ideal hunks for everybody to ogle. Well, I have my ideal hunk of man, but if Mark weren’t around… I guess I could come up with a couple of other candidates as well. :o)

So last night I had to face the task of hunting through pics of these men. It’s a hard life, isn’t it? Anyway, I thought I’d share one of the photos here, to brighten up my blog and my day.



The delicious, delectable, Mr Joaquin Phoenix.

If you want to see the authors already featured over at the TEB site, click here.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Where am I?

The last week has been crazy here, to say the least. I don’t tend to rant or whine on my blog, because I don’t tend to rant or whine in real life. However…. :-) Just to explain why I have been quiet in blogland…I'll explain :-)

My copy edited MS for RECKLESS was lost in transit, for over a week, courtesy of the guaranteed door-to-door delivery service by a provider who shall remain nameless (but begins in F and ends in X.) After many stressful hours on the phone and my editor chasing in NY, and having to stay in all week, including Friday night (Friday night is date night here,) for no reason, the package finally turned up almost a week later on Saturday afternoon, having been delivered to a house 3 streets away.

And… it had been opened…

The authors who visit here will be able to guess how stressful this was for me. Short turnaround needed, one copy only, missing copyrighted but not-yet published document.. The implications were endless, and I had sleepless nights and fraught days. (This coincided with the week I’m trying to sort out flight bookings and insurance as well, my head was reeling.) It’s now behind me, although we’re obviously still in dispute with them. As I said to my editor, the delivery man should be writing fiction for a living, because he was way better at making up /changing stories than he was at delivering parcels.

Okay rantette over. :-) Normal service will be resumed shortly! Meanwhile, here’s a cute kittie.