Sacred Secrets One Day Closer to Print!

I just received the print galley for Sacred Secrets, so its release is very close! December 1st as a matter of fact! So mark your calendars!

Two Contracts!

Yesterday Loose Id sent me two acceptances letters!

A Cowboy to Submit To ...
a historical plus BDSM, try to wrap your head around that! Thus a large chunk of my days have revolved around reading big, thick theme history books. So what am I researching? Black Cowboys, Soiled Doves, the California Gold Rush, and the Overland Trail... good thing I LOVE HISTORY... and especially reading the memoirs of people who lived in the past. It will be released in February right in time for black history month.

Survival Instinct...

will be my first M/M release :)

I'm not certain when it will be released but have to assume early 2010...

I am really looking forward to both of these releases and I will let you know more as I have info

Weekend Eyecandy

Since I'm at the RenFaire Saturday and Sunday, I thought I'd share some of my favorite eyecandy... a man and a kilt...

I also posted at Sexpressions blog about my upcoming release: Prodigal Slave

TRS Makes Stand Against Gay Hate

I received this note from TRS in my email and felt it should be seen by as many people as possible, so I am sharing it here.

As those of you who visit us at TRS know, we held a summer event that ran from July 20, 2009 through September 20, 2009. In conjunction with this event, we held a hero competition where our featured authors could enter their heroes and everyone who loves a sexy guy of any type could go and vote for their favorite. It was a popular competition and seemed to be in good fun. But between last night and this morning, apparently things took a turn for the ugly.

The staff at TRS was incredibly disappointed to learn that comments had apparently been made to one of the authors doing well in the competition because her hero was gay. We haven't spoken with this author, we really can't wait for that to make this statement, and we don't know what was said or by whom. All I know was that I discovered various messages across social networking sites (Twitter, etc) that TRS itself "did not think gay men could be heroes" and other negative comments to that effect. Apparently folks took issue to what was said by whatever third party to this author and posted that the comments came from TRS itself.

This is false.

I've been in contact with one of the posters of such comments to find out what happened and why. We've accepted their apology and understand why the comments made by whatever party made them would create such animosity even if it was misdirected.
What I would like to say this morning is this: TRS has always promoted GLBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) romance because we support ALL romance -- and we always will. If you'd like to read about some really spectacular GLBT romances, please check out the recent addition to our site -- The Rainbow Studio

http://theromancestudio.com/rainbow -- which showcases these romances by today's best authors.

TRS and its staff -- and those are the ones I can speak for -- has not and wouldn't make such comments that would offend anyone in any walk of life be it race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, music taste, planet origins, shoe size -- you name it. You're all welcome here.

For myself personally, I'm saddened about this because it all casts a very negative pall on the summer event and the competition for me. It reminds me that there is still a lack of acceptance out of there for what is considered different or out of the norm.

Well, it won't stop us from doing what we do best -- promoting the books we love and the authors who write them. My apologies for any upset or confusion for anyone who ran across any of these message and thought they were issued by TRS. They weren't. We'll continue to look into this matter.
Most sincerely,
Tina Pavlik
Owner of The Romance Studio

**Note From Roxy
I cannot believe there are still those out there who are gay-bashing ... I am disheartened and very sad today. I have written several novels with bisexual men and women, and have just recently been notified my lesbian erotica Heart of Change will be released by Samhain in 2010. I have also just completed my first gay erotica Survival which I hope will also see release in early 2010. I am glad to see TRS stand up to Gay Bashers.

Absinthe Fun

We had a fun weekend with a friend and a bottle of absinthe...
Yes, the real absinthe not the bastardized absinte.

I'll just say a good time was had by all and leave it there:)

Crazy Writing Week...

Sorry I haven't had a lot of real me updates, seems like the last few weeks have been crazy hectic...in case your life has been as crazy as mine. Here's the official update:

Youngest Daughter started college, YAY
Ohio Renaissance Festival opened and I am ale wenching again this year!

Missed last two episodes of Trueblood, I'm an addict so that is a tragedy indeed. Hoped to catch a bit on You Tube but no such luck... I did however find a vid that combines clips from Trueblood and Marilyn Manson (another fav:) which is awesome, amazing:



And finally, in writing news...
Releases:
REAPER - August 31st
Sacred Secrets - September 7th

Coming Soon:
Prodigal Slave - cover art completed this week, still awaiting release date
So You Want A Job - no cover art yet - projected Oct 16
Sacred Revelations - cover art completed, still awaiting release date

WIP's in progress
Survival - m/m - submitted
Cowboy - wrote 20K last two days...

Reaper in Cover Contest

Please Vote for REAPER!

You have to agree it is a great cover!

Prodigal Slave Cover!

I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait!!!
Prodigal Slave is coming:)

Edits ... check.

Cover Art ... check.

Release Date? Oh hell, still need a release date ... I'll let you know as soon as I know. In the meantime, check out this smokin' cover!

Saving The World

Submitted the M/M WIP, now I'm off to plot the next big story... saving the world with erotica, one sex scene at a time :)

Seriously, that's the whole plot. Sex saves the world from apocolypse...no magic required.

World War III In Headlines...and in My House

Waking up this morning to a calendar date of 9-11 was hard enough. It always brings the memory, that moment of fear and panic ... and sadness ... knowing we would be going to war. Again.

Since being old enough to understand that watching the news daily feed of the Vietnam War and knowing it wasn't a movie, men were dying, I've hated war. I like to think of myself as a pacifist, but also accept the fact about myself that if someone comes into my backyard and tries to hurt my family, there will be seven levels of hell to pay...

Maybe not so much of a pacifist then.

A few weeks ago threat of a Third World War circulated and it vaguely got my attention...I hate to say I was too busy enjoying the last days of summer...but I was...and didn't give the headline much more than a cursory glance. Today my husband brought the drama responsible for the headline back to my attention and we discussed it, I got on my big fat soapbox that women can compete with women given the chance...he walked away laughing at the audacity of my beliefs...and I sat down in front of my computer pissed off.

I promise not to shout from my soapbox here...

Instead, I will bring your attention to the story that has Africa in an uproar.
Caster Semenya is an intersex individual who lives and competes as a woman. She is an 18 year old 800M World Champion who at one point risked losing her medal because of her gender.

The question being: Is she a woman? Is she a man? The obvious answer is, she is neither definable as completely male or completely female and so should she be barred from competing because she doesn't fit in either category...

The other question is, will the country supporting her actually go to war in defense of her right to compete as a woman?

I will leave this post as it stands. You can start your own discussions. Fight with your spouses. Whatever you need to do to release the emotional anger that explodes inside of you when you start to consider all of the what if's and whys...

Or maybe that is just me.
I do get very emotional but then my emotion is based in lack of equality from the cradle and I will argue day and night that boys and girls can be should be raised as equals, maybe then we won't have stupid discussions about whether a transgender should be allowed to compete in the gender they feel most comfortable representing.

Hell's fucking bells... maybe I should just go back to bed and start over tomorrow.

Now Available on Kindle

I have several books now available at both Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.
I love having more options for people who want to buy my books!!
Just click the button or go to the site and key word search: Roxy Harte

Note to the Girls...

It's fun being a girl...


Advice from a friend...
Five tips for a woman:
1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.
2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.
3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to You.
4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.
5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.
(Or if they do know each other, make sure they share well...)


Joke from the same friend:
One saggy boob said to the other saggy boob:
'If we don't get some support soon, people will think we're nuts.'

Sneak Peek at Sacred Revelations Cover Art!

I thought yesterday was exciting with the re-release of Sacred Secrets, but today I got the cover art for Sacred Revelations and that was super exciting too!



And don't forget to BUY YOUR COPY OF SACRED SECRETS!

Sacred Secret Release Day!

Sacred Secrets released today at Lyrical Press! Want to know more about it? Here goes...

Celia sold herself in a bargain for rough play and a great story--not murder!

Celia Brentwood, fetish reporter for San Francisco’s Inappropriate Voices, agrees to auction herself off as a BDSM slave for thirty days. She plans to write a first-person exposé, but after she’s purchased by Garrett Lawrence, the most eligible gay bachelor in town, her story becomes an insider peek at the man once accused of killing his lover.

Garrett still mourns the loss of his beloved, but the past is hard to forget when it’s stalking him. The real killer is obsessed with Garrett...until Celia’s deception is discovered and the killer decides she’s the perfect route to his prey.

Want to read an excerpt?
Click here.

Cover Art Excitement...

It will be awhile in the making but Prodigal Slave cover art is in progress! How do I know? The cover artist sent me some "previews"...

I am sooooo excited!
Can't wait to see it so I can share:)

Cock Blocking?

A writing friend wrote a blog post about cock blocking and I loved it so much I'm posting a link here. And while you read that, and hopefully get a few laughs... I'll be slaving away at my latest endeavor, a M/M erotica, a WIP titled Survival Instinct.

And since summer is quickly coming to an end... (I'm wearing a wool sweater today)

A little eyecandy...