Rooted Marketing: Building Marketing Tools into Your Story | Rachelle Gardner

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Nothing like a book contract to make you suddenly aware of the need to think about marketing. Before the release of my first novel, The Soul Saver, I started questioning if current marketing trends in the Christian publishing industry were working. The big picture out there can be quite overwhelming, like a megastore with more choices in products than I have years to live (don’t ask how old I am).

 

My questions put me on a journey that’s now led to multiple areas of intentional marketing—intentional as opposed to just doing what everyone else is doing. With every marketing avenue we consider, we need to ask why and will it be effective for our particular book/brand/ministry.

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Ryan Field: “Fifty Shades of Grey” Library Troubles

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It seems there’s now a controversy regarding that lovable, sometimes laughable, and always fascinating phenomenon called “Fifty Shades of Grey” that’s taken almost everyone in publishing by absolute surprise. I read it and talked about it a few times. I liked it, too. Though I don’t have any strong opinions about the writing because I see writing changing and evolving ALL the time these days…in other words, readers seem to LIKE certain things that wouldn’t have been done ten or twenty years ago…I did enjoy the camp and the basic storyline in FSOG. For me, it was fun.

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2 Good Reasons to read A Woman to Love by angel Graham

A Woman to Love angel Graham

Free: May 14-16

First reason: It’s FREE today through Wed. May 16, 2012. Go grab YOUR copy now.

Second reason: It’s a good read.

Bonus Reason: It’s only free for a limited time!

 

 

 

Savvy Authors – A Social Media Checklist by Laura Kaye

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By promotion, I’m not talking about spamming your twitter followers with repeated “buy my book” messages, I’m talking about creating a professional, consistent, and appealing online presence across multiple sites for you as an author and your books.

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Facebook, Twitter, other social media are brain candy,

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Researchers at Harvard have gotten to the bottom of why so many of us are compelled to share our every thought, movement, like and want through mediums like Twitter , Facebook , Foursquare , Instagram and Pinterest.

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Guest Blogger: Slave Nano-Author of Adventures in Fetishland

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The literary device of a story within a story

Adventures in Fetishland

Adventures in Fetishland

On this week’s part of my two week blog tour to promote my new book, ‘Alice in Fetishland’ I’m talking about how the classic ‘Alice in Wonderland‘ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ books inspired my own bdsm/fetish re-imagining of them.

One of the devices used in the Alice books is that of the story within a story. For example, there is the mouse’s tale or ‘tail’, there is the mock turtle’s story and then, of course, Tweedledum and Tweedledeer relate the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter. There are many other places where a verse or piece of story is injected into the main narrative. I like this as a literary device and love story cycles like the ‘Tales of the Arabian Nights’ where stories weave seamlessly in and out of one

another. So, it seemed natural for me to introduce the idea into my book.

It also helped me with a problem with the structure of the story, in particular resolving how I could work Kim’s back-story into the book. This sub-theme of the book was important for explaining why Kim had been chosen to serve the Red

Queen and, therefore, building a story around her past, which would make the book more than a simple description of a series of fetish/bdsm encounters. Kim’s past is related in a series of ‘stories within a story’ revealed by the black cat, one of the characters in the book, and finally by the Red Queen herself. Within the context of the Red Queen’s fetish fantasy logic-defying world these stories, which originated in a completely different story cycle, worked perfectly to provide an explanation as to why Kim had been chosen by the Red Queen and brought into her world to serve her.

The extract from the book I’ve chosen for today is taken from one these ‘back-

stories’ describing how Kim got to be chosen by the Red Queen.

Story blurb

In this bdsm re-invention of the Alice stories Kim’s life takes an unexpected twist

when she is taken from the massage parlour she works in to a fetish fantasy world ruled over by the Red Queen, a powerful dominatrix. There, an intense psychological drama is played out between the two women as Kim enters a journey into submission. The Red Queen assumes different characters who torment Kim in a series of trials ranging from the funny and strange to the sadistic and erotic. Kim is lured deeper into this world by hints the Red Queen knows something about her past. Why has she been chosen to serve this powerful female? Why is the Red Queen so interested in her? When Kim finally finds out the truth, it is shocking and bizarre.

Buy links

Adventures in Fetishland is available at:

Xcite Books: http://www.xcitebooks.co.uk/Book/7029/Adventures-in-Fetishland.html

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007MPYV3I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lucyfelthouse-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B007MPYV3I

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007MPYV3I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lucyfelt-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007MPYV3I

 

 

“Congratulations, my young friend – you have done well. I applaud your courage and cunning in overwhelming the foot soldiers of Christ. Your mistress has chosen her protagonist wisely and prepared him well. I have never known the gold, silver, crystal and quartz gates to be penetrated before, yet you have managed to pass through all four. You must have subtle powers behind you.”

His voice was clear, slow and seductive. I found myself being drawn in. The old man stood up awkwardly clasping a wood staff to help support him and shuffled towards me never once turning his sharp gaze away from me. He grasped my arm for support.

“I bear you no ill will, my friend. You have justly earned the moment of your triumph. But listen to me, my son, don’t you see what I can offer you – all of these thirteen girls could be yours to use how you desire. It is in your power to have them, I will not stand in your way if you wish to take them. Look at them. They are still helpless, they would do anything for you if you released them.”

I was aware I was being lured into a trap, but the voice of the old man was so calmly seductive that everything he said seemed to make sense. His silky tones were bewitching me. My mind was in conflict, torn between resistance and his seductive temptation. He grasped my face with his hand and turned it around the semi-circle of marble columns making me gaze at each of the thirteen naked girls chained to the pillars. They were all gagged and none were able to call out any warnings to me or to break the spell of the aged monk’s voice.

“Look upon them, my son. All of that soft naked flesh could be yours. Thirteen girls chosen for their beauty, presence and spirituality to be trained to serve the goddesses and they could be yours. They may have been used over zealously by my disciples but imagine them restored, bathed in rose water, their delectable bodies perfumed with the finest scents from the orient. Just think, as they touch your face with their soft hands, as they caress your body, as their gentle fingers arouse your sexual feelings. Feel the touch of their scented hair as it brushes against your naked body whilst they run their hands all over you. Until, finally, their fingers gently brush against your thigh, then your balls and then ultimately touch your cock. What man could resist such attention?”

My training at the hands of Goddess Nemesis, the years of devoted servitude to her and the worship of the sacred feminine, was being put to the test. I could feel the stirrings in my loins, the gentle swelling in my cock. I knew that if I allowed myself to get an erection I would be defeated. I strained every sinew of my body and mind to hold back the emerging tumescence in my cock.

“Don’t resist now. Listen to what will befall you. Feel your cock erect and hard.

Imagine as the soft lips of a young acolyte envelops your cock, feel the silky texture of her saliva around you and the gentle movement as her mouth takes in the shaft of your hard cock and runs up and down your erection bringing you just to the point of your climax. Then, imagine, as she pulls her mouth away, leans back and spreads her legs wide for you, as you kneel down and then enter her. How long will you last? How long before the final explosion of orgasm erupts inside her? Then, the deed is done – you would have impregnated a trainee goddess with your seed and she will be yours. All thirteen of them could be yours; every day and every night they would be there for you to take your pleasure.”

Author profile

Slave Nano

Slave Nano

Slave Nano writes stories drawing on the themes of female supremacy, goddess

worship, bondage, domination and submission, sado-masochism and fetish, frequently in fantasy, paranormal or historical settings.

His work usually has dominant female characters and submissive males. His

stories explore the tensions between dominant and submissive and the boundaries between pain and pleasure, physical and mental bondage and retribution and reward.

Slave Nano lives in Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. He works full time and juggles his writing with this. His work has been published by Xcite Books and House of Erotica.

Find out more about Slave Nano at www.slavenano.co.uk

FacebookNano facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002876113960&ref=tn_tnmn

 

 

7 Ways to Optimize Content for Social Sharing

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Social media can be a very valuable tool for promoting content.

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Book Round Up:

Here’s an eclectic collection of books from authors I know through different venues. I think you’ll enjoy the read of each of them.

Dark Revenge Jennifer Leeland

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Dark Revenge by Jennifer Leeland

“I like my sex rough and my women restrained.”

So declares Alex’s captor, shortly after they’re mated in a ritual of vengeance. Though her body lustfully yields to her new mate’s dominant will, her mind is only too aware of the tumultuous past they share. She and Tory fought side by side in the military…until he was exiled for treason, an accusation leveled and proven by Alex’s own brother.

Tory is determined to take revenge on the family who falsely accused him…and to win back the woman he’s always loved. If he can’t win her heart, though, he’ll settle for her body—preferably tied up, flogged and begging for him. When they find themselves in the middle of a brewing civil war, they have to learn to trust each other with more than just their bodies. If they can’t, humanity itself may pay the price.

Hostile Takeover (Knights of the Board room) by Joey W. Hill

Ben O’Callahan, the sharp-edged lawyer of K&A Associates, is the last unattached

Hostile Takeover Joey W. Hill

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member of the five man executive team. The other four, all Masters, have found love with the submissive of their dreams. That’s fine. Ben knows he’s the most hardcore of all of them, with extreme tastes as a Master that he satisfies through experienced club submissives. They fulfill him physically, and he tells himself he doesn’t really need anything more than that, no matter how isolated it makes him feel, seeing the love grow and deepen among the other four couples.

Marcie has loved Ben since she was sixteen years old. He’s never behaved toward her as anything more than a protective big brother, a family friend. But now she’s twenty-three, graduated from college, and starting her career as a corporate investigator.  She may be a blood-and-bone deep submissive, but she’s determined to prove to him that she can be the submissive of his heart’s desire. With a Master as tough as Ben, she’ll have to take whatever aggressive measures are needed—even if her deepest desire isn’t a hostile takeover of his heart and soul, but an unconditional surrender to it.

The Last Slayer by Nadia Lee

The Last Slayer Nadia Lee

Buy at: Carina Press :: Amazon :: All Romance eBooks :: B& N :: and many more.

Ashera del Cid is a talented demon hunter, but when she kills a demigod’s pet dragon, the hunter becomes the hunted. Her only potential ally is Ramiel, a sexy-as-hell demon. Now the two must work together to battle dragons and demigods…and the chemistry crackling between them.

Ramiel has his own reasons for offering Ashera his protection. He knows her true identity and the real reason the demigods want her dead. What he can’t predict is how she’ll react when she discovers he knew who she was all along…

Ashera is shocked to discover that she is the only daughter of the last slayer. To claim her destiny, she and Ramiel must join forces to face down danger and outwit their enemies. Only then will she be able to truly accept her legacy…

I Clicked LIKE Don’t Blow it! – 23 Tips to Engage Me After Facebook Like

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I clicked your like button. I may have been excited, simply curious or half asleep. 95% of people never return to the Facebook page after clicking like.

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The Brand-Building Power of Google+: 10 Ways to Use It Effectively

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Truth be told, Google+ is gaining momentum and every business will want to take advantage of this new platform that will help you build your brand.

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