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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
If Come
By A.J. Llewellyn
I'm so excited that this wonderful anthology, Sins of Winter is out and it contains one of my fave stories, If Come.
Until the day before I started writing this story I'd never heard of an If Come deal, which, I learned is the hot new thing in Hollywood. How it works is that a producer reads a screenplay and instead of giving the writer money and a contract, they give the author a contract and a promise that if it comes to pass that the screenplay is sold, the writer will get extra money on top of the industry standard rate.
The producer I'd met with on a project wanted to give me an If Come deal and I was a little...perturbed. I'd never heard of an If Come deal and hated sounding like a dumb-ass asking him to explain. I've worked as a screenplay reader for several years and it shocked me that I didn't know what an If Come deal was.
He patiently described how it all worked. I'd had deals in the past where I'd allowed a couple of people to option my material for free. Both times, they were actors and I still lament that those projects never worked out. My lit agent at the time warned me against these deals saying unless people paid for the right to projects they didn't take them seriously but I've never believed this to be true.
I personally know tons of people who have no financial binding to a project but heartily champion their passion pieces...besides, as a struggling young writer, I was thrilled that people even liked my work, let alone wanted to option it. I even had a mad dinner one night with actor Robert Blake about a screenplay I wrote...but that's a whole 'nother story...
The If Come deal is a whole lot better for writers because they get more money than they otherwise would, and hungry producers get to pitch something they love to the studio and/or production company.
After checking with a couple of friends who are smarter than I am and knew all about If Come deals - one of them actually had one and it panned out!! - I signed the contract but of course, I am waiting. I'm not thinking about it much except of course it gave me the idea for a cool story!
If Come is about a struggling writer, Zam Carmarthen, who is dealing with depression - actually he is dealing with acedia - one of the oldest of the seven deadly sins - and he wants badly to make it in Hollywood. He's had some success with one screenplay, which he sold...except that a famous script doctor, Dominic Glass was hired to rewrite it and got the final screenwriting credit.
Yep...those things happen in Hollywood every day.
When Zam gets an If Come deal for a second screenplay, he learns to his horror that Dominic Glass is being scheduled to take over as author. ARRGGH!
Of course...love, sex, passion, movies...love...did I mention love? happen...and well, I won't say anything more. I hope you'll check out this handsome new antho with my story and two rocking great ones from D.J. Manly and Serena Yates.
And if it comes to pass that you read it, gimme a holler. I'd love to know what you think!
Purchase Link: http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?P_ID=1549
Aloha oe,
A.J.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Fun with Math!
I got this from my friend and fellow author Casey Crow and had to share!
Two math teachers with a combined total of 70 yrs. experience asked What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
And K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But, A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And, B-U-L-L-S-H-I- T 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
AND, look how far ass kissing will take you. A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G +19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there. It's the Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top. Now you know why some people are where they are!
LOL!
*hugs*
Paige
"Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!"
http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com
http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com
Two math teachers with a combined total of 70 yrs. experience asked What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
And K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But, A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And, B-U-L-L-S-H-I- T 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
AND, look how far ass kissing will take you. A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G +19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there. It's the Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top. Now you know why some people are where they are!
LOL!
*hugs*
Paige
"Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!"
http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com
http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Some Nook reviews drive me up a wall...
And they're NOT even for my books. What am I talking about you ask, well just sit back and let me tell you.
I have a Nook and I love my Nook (thank you my sexy man for buying it for my birthday *wink*), I scour the NookDom every day looking for a good read. Now there are a lot of good free books you can download and I do. I love reading, Hello *knock, knock* I'm an author, of course I read. I read anything from Shakespeare to the Erotic in all sub-genres.
So, what has me in a tizzy...
OK, so I'm surfing and find a book that looks interesting. It's M/M -- ladies and gents, it's soooo obvious before you even read the overview what the genre is as there are two male chests on the cover. NOW what do you think it's going to be??
So here I am tulling through the reviews and a lot of them are very flattering to the author and the book, when I run across this...
"This is so disgusting, two men, how can you write this trash."
Well I took a double take just to make sure I was reading it correctly and immediately got pissed at this Anonymous reviewer.
SERIOUSLY person, are you Serious?? You cannot tell me you did not know what you were downloading to read! The book cover, the title the OVERVIEW for cripes sake says it all!
Creative Criticism is one thing but bashing just to bash, is what's disgusting!
If you're not into reading about different sexual situations, then don't freaking download a book that is not straight-laced, vanilla, or you're type of enjoyment. If you don't like 'spankings' then don't download a 'spanking' book. How freaking more logical can I say it??
The sad truth is, you know they wrote it just to be mean and bash the author and the book.
Item two...
Found another great book, you can tell from the cover it may lead to a menage, Yes, that's a threesome, three people in one sexual situation. I mean come one, there's two male chests and a female on the cover. The overview states it's a menage paranormal, Hmmm...can't get much clearer than that right...or so we thought.
Reviews all good, until this pops up...
"Well it was a good book until there was an anal sex scene, they should have made that more clear, it's gross, I never would have downloaded it if I knew there was anal, it just puts me off."
Ok, it puts you off, no biggy, but let us step back here a moment and take a look at that cover again...*Carefully eyeballing* and YEP I have come to a conclusion...
Are you blind??? Again, Seriously?? There are two men and one woman on the cover, it's an EROTIC read, did you not think that with two men and one woman there may be some anal??
Alright, I can see if there was only one man and one woman in the story, where the reader might have stated such if 'anal' wasn't listed in the overview, but it's still an EROTIC read, it can happen. (I know because I wrote an anal scene in A Slave's Way Out and that's one man on one woman.)
Nook readers you also have to remember, this is not the Publisher's website. Most publisher's give a little more information about what's in the book, like...anal or BDSM or M/M or F/F scene, even if you're looking at the EROTIC books.
But what do you think is going to happen with two men and one woman?? Maybe not in every book, but with a menage there's a good possibility there will be some anal going on.
All I'm saying is if it's not your type of read, then why bash the book after you download it?? If you download it just to see what it's like and you don't like it, well, that's ok. There's something called responsibility on your end too, it just didn't download on it's own. You had to hit the button TWICE to make sure you want the download.
I love and I'm sure my fellow authors love to hear CREATIVE CRITICISM for their works.
If you don't like a book, there are ways you can point that out without being nasty and mean.
Happy reading all!!
C~
I have a Nook and I love my Nook (thank you my sexy man for buying it for my birthday *wink*), I scour the NookDom every day looking for a good read. Now there are a lot of good free books you can download and I do. I love reading, Hello *knock, knock* I'm an author, of course I read. I read anything from Shakespeare to the Erotic in all sub-genres.
So, what has me in a tizzy...
OK, so I'm surfing and find a book that looks interesting. It's M/M -- ladies and gents, it's soooo obvious before you even read the overview what the genre is as there are two male chests on the cover. NOW what do you think it's going to be??
So here I am tulling through the reviews and a lot of them are very flattering to the author and the book, when I run across this...
"This is so disgusting, two men, how can you write this trash."
Well I took a double take just to make sure I was reading it correctly and immediately got pissed at this Anonymous reviewer.
SERIOUSLY person, are you Serious?? You cannot tell me you did not know what you were downloading to read! The book cover, the title the OVERVIEW for cripes sake says it all!
Creative Criticism is one thing but bashing just to bash, is what's disgusting!
If you're not into reading about different sexual situations, then don't freaking download a book that is not straight-laced, vanilla, or you're type of enjoyment. If you don't like 'spankings' then don't download a 'spanking' book. How freaking more logical can I say it??
The sad truth is, you know they wrote it just to be mean and bash the author and the book.
Item two...
Found another great book, you can tell from the cover it may lead to a menage, Yes, that's a threesome, three people in one sexual situation. I mean come one, there's two male chests and a female on the cover. The overview states it's a menage paranormal, Hmmm...can't get much clearer than that right...or so we thought.
Reviews all good, until this pops up...
"Well it was a good book until there was an anal sex scene, they should have made that more clear, it's gross, I never would have downloaded it if I knew there was anal, it just puts me off."
Ok, it puts you off, no biggy, but let us step back here a moment and take a look at that cover again...*Carefully eyeballing* and YEP I have come to a conclusion...
Are you blind??? Again, Seriously?? There are two men and one woman on the cover, it's an EROTIC read, did you not think that with two men and one woman there may be some anal??
Alright, I can see if there was only one man and one woman in the story, where the reader might have stated such if 'anal' wasn't listed in the overview, but it's still an EROTIC read, it can happen. (I know because I wrote an anal scene in A Slave's Way Out and that's one man on one woman.)
Nook readers you also have to remember, this is not the Publisher's website. Most publisher's give a little more information about what's in the book, like...anal or BDSM or M/M or F/F scene, even if you're looking at the EROTIC books.
But what do you think is going to happen with two men and one woman?? Maybe not in every book, but with a menage there's a good possibility there will be some anal going on.
All I'm saying is if it's not your type of read, then why bash the book after you download it?? If you download it just to see what it's like and you don't like it, well, that's ok. There's something called responsibility on your end too, it just didn't download on it's own. You had to hit the button TWICE to make sure you want the download.
I love and I'm sure my fellow authors love to hear CREATIVE CRITICISM for their works.
If you don't like a book, there are ways you can point that out without being nasty and mean.
Happy reading all!!
C~
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
So, Viggo Mortensen is Into Spanking, huh?
I knew it! No, really, I did, See, I can just look at a guy and tell he's into spanking. Giving a spanking, that is. And if a guy doesn't look like he can spank a girl, then he doesn't do it for me!
Back to Viggo. I've been crazy about him ever since seeing him in LOTR, so I regularly check out Viggo Works, your go-to website for everything Viggo. Well, they had an article on there about Viggo giving costar Michael Fassbender tips on spanking and how to do it better for his role as psychiatrist Carl Jung in the movie A Dangerous Method.
Now, if only Viggo would play in a movie where he gets to spank the girl!
Which other actors/celebrities do you think look like they'd be good at giving a spanking?
*hugs*
Paige
http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com
http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com
Back to Viggo. I've been crazy about him ever since seeing him in LOTR, so I regularly check out Viggo Works, your go-to website for everything Viggo. Well, they had an article on there about Viggo giving costar Michael Fassbender tips on spanking and how to do it better for his role as psychiatrist Carl Jung in the movie A Dangerous Method.
Now, if only Viggo would play in a movie where he gets to spank the girl!
Which other actors/celebrities do you think look like they'd be good at giving a spanking?
*hugs*
Paige
http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com
http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com
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