Call for M/M Werewolf Novellas

You asked, and we heard you.

RR will be doing some novellas. They should run between 20,000 and 35,000 words.

And we know you love M/M stuff and our paranormal titles, so what could be hotter than M/M werewolves? Two Alphas at once (or three, please). This anthology could also feature werewolf/vampire pairings, as well as werewolf/other weres/shifters.

But yes, we want at least three (and maybe four, if they're really really good). Mix it up. Give me contemporary urban fantasy, historical (the old New Orleans Loup Garou - I Love those sexy French werewolves). Can we have Steampunk werewolves? What about a gay werewolf on a spaceship? Be extremely creative and rip my heart out.

Deadline - Jan. 30

We'll pay $25 for these, regular RR rights.

Submit as a word doc, double spaced attachment with a short bio. Submit to lperkinsagency@yahoo.com

Today is Our One Year Anniversary!!!!

I am so thrilled with what we've been able to accomplish. Thank you all.

I'm doing an all day chat at castleintheskyflightoffantasy yahoo group, so please join me to celebrate (this was the first place that ever hosted me for a chat)..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleintheskyflightoffantasy/summary


And go to the web site at 9:00 to see the all day celebration we have planned for you and all your readers.

Blog about us - tell your friends. It's a pretty amazing all day deal.

More to come throughout the day.

NANOWRIMO at RR

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which new writers are encouraged to figure out a way to write an entire 50,000 word novel in 30 days (which is a little over 1600 words a day).

Last year more than 100,000 writers participated, and every year one or two of them get published.

We'd like to increase the odds.

Ravenous Romance novels are 50,000 - 60,000 words. We love finding new writers. So, we'd really like you to write a 50,000 word novel for RR.

Although we publish just about every category of erotic romance, our readers are anxious for more M/M/, paranormal and menage. We'd love to see more science fiction erotic romance, or what we cal Futurotica. And, of course, we always love good contemporary and historical novels.

Our guidelines are up on our website,
http://www.ravenousromance.com/images/stories/ravenousromancesubmissionguidelines.pdf

So, from Dec. 1 until New Year's Eve, send us your completed NaNoWriMo erotic romance, and if we think you're good enough, you might win a contract, as well as a $200 advance. Your novel will be published in 2010. Should your work be chosen, we'll interview you on the RR blog and the RR Ning, so you can share your story.

Should the submissions merit it, we'll give out first, second and third place awards, but every novel published will get the $200 advance.

We're looking forward to publishing your NaNoWriMo novel!

Send completed novels, with an outline and a author bio, to: submissions@ravenousromancecom.

Ravenous Romance is a publisher of e-books and audiobooks led by three longtime publishing professionals who see digital publishing as the new mass market. They launched www.ravenousromance.com on December 1, 2008 and have published more than 200 novels, anthologies, and short stories since. Ravenous Romance produces and sells the “Escape with Romance Collection” of trade paperback novels exclusively on HSN, and has licensed print rights to many of its other titles to traditional publishing houses.

I KISSED A BOY Call for Stories

With the success of Ravenous Romance's I KISSED A GIRL, the boys want equal billing. And we hear 'ya.

So, we're looking for smokin' hot stories of first time M/M encounters that catch the characters off-guard by their intensity.

We are looking for stories in all RR categories - contemporary, historical, paranormal, futurotica, kinky, cross genre. Be creative and blow us away.

Remember to follow RR's basic guidelines, which can be found on our website,
http://www.ravenousromance.com/images/stories/ravenousromancesubmissionguidelines.pdf

Submissions should be made in word doc attachments of 1200 to 5000 words, with a brief author bio. Please email to lperkinsagency@yahoo.com.

This is an RR in-house anthology, so all stories will receive a $10 advance and a pro rata share of the revenue from the title divided equally amongst the participants.

Deadline is November 30, 2009.

RR Short Story in 2009 Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica

Karen Sutow's short story from the MEN IN SHORTS anthology, "A Secret Night in Grouse Woods," was chosen for publication in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW EROTICA edited by Maxim Jakubowski. It's a paperback printed in both the US and the UK (US release date is March 2010; UK is January?). Congrats!

http://www.ravenousromance.com/real-man-romance/men-in-shorts-an-erotic-anthology.php

How to Tell If Your Boyfriend's a Zombie?

The gals at Love, Passion, Romance have a great Cosmo-type quiz to tell if your guy is a zombie. A lot of fun. Link below:


http://www.loveromancepassion.com/how-to-tell-if-your-boyfriends-a-zombie/

Also, HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE made Wikipedia. How awesome is that?

Sex, Lies and Wedding Bells makes Finalist in Contemporary Rainbow Awards

Congrats to RR author Em Lynley, who's Sex, Lies & Wedding Bells was selected by the Rainbow Awards jury panel as a finalist in the Contemporary category!

As Em explains, "This was separate from the open voting, and means my fellow writers liked the book enough to choose it to go to the last phase where everyone actually reads the entries, and chooses the winners. I'm up against some of the top names in m/m fiction, so it's just an honor to make it this far. I'm just thrilled about this.


The rest of the list is here: http://elisa- rolle.livejourna l.com/848573. html

Here's the link to the book:
http://www.ravenousromance.com/panamour/sex-lies-and-wedding-bells.php



Congrats Em!