Comment Issues

Hey guys, it has come to my attention from a few different people that Blogger was having commenting issues yesterday--which perfectly, happened to be the day of my new release contest. So, for all those who got comments in yesterday if you could please do me a favor and do so again today or get a hold of me either through the email on my blog profile or through twitter that would be great. It appears after a few tests the commenting issues have been fixed now.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but what can ya do? As for those who didn't get a chance to comment yesterday, now's your chance to score a second day at my new e-book!

Thanks for taking the time, it's appreciated.

Repossession New Release

Today my new Excessica erotica release Repossession hits online shelves! Just like some of my other favorites this one is filled with naughty BDSM but with a sexually experimental twist. I'll be giving away one copy to a reader who comments today. Repossession is available in all e-book formats including Kindle.

Blurb:

Mina knows that after several years with her vanilla husband she's never going to get the hot and heady sexual experiences she craves unless she looks elsewhere. During their divorce Mina is willing to risk everything for a heart pounding, head exploding orgasm. She embarks on a sexual journey of self fulfillment and submission that could only play out in her wildest fantasies. There is no turning back.
Warnings: This title contains strong language, kidnap scenario, BDSM and mindgames.

Excerpt:

Casually, I brought up the email and re-read it. It made my fingertips tingle. I dialed up the scent on my vanilla plug-in, worried Marla in the other booth could smell the excitement seeping through my orange cotton underwear. Without thinking my fingertips strayed along the edges of my thigh, under my skirt, and inside my underwear at my pulsating pussy, swiping up the scent with a small dip into the fabric and then up to my nose. Before I could hesitate an email box was in my display and my pussy stained fingers were flying over the keys as if possessed.

To: Harrison22
From: FetishFreak88

Hi,
 First off, thank you so much for the compliments! It was nice to log-in to such gentlemanly behavior. As for my pictures, yes they were professionally done in one of my favorite dungeons in NYC, Pandora’s Box. As a lifer within the BDSM lifestyle community I’m a regular there. Some would even say they know me by name,  if that name happens to be “bitch”, “slut”, or “cunt”. Colorful language is such a turn-on. Anyway, I would love to meet you for a cup of coffee sometime to discuss our opinions on the culture. I also just broke out of a serious relationship and I’m looking for a permanent Master liaison for long-term. Let me know if you want to audition

Kisses,
Fetish

Within seconds I was staring at a glowing wall of “SENT” displayed on my monitor. In terror and with a whole new level of adrenaline I realized I had just sent a naughty email at my workplace. After sniffing vaginal juices on my fingertips. Touching myself at work. The overwhelming need to masturbate and dip further into this illicit streak hit me like an on-coming train. Rather than getting off in the public stalls that smelled like Maybelline products and hairspray I walked to my boss’s desk and called out sick. For the whole fucking week. I needed a little alone time after my sexual office breakdown.

 

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The goodness just keeps on coming

Okay, now I know you guys are probably sick of reading my good reviews, but I am just tickled pink! Seriously Reviewed got their hands on Sex Tool and gave it 17.5 out of 20 with this review:

Yowza, this was wickedly delightful. This is a taste of playful deviance. A great set-up, nice pacing, get the asshole home and teach him how to behave. I was pleasantly surprised that I had a good understanding of both characters personalities in such a few pages. Props to Ms. Hepner. (Oh, and lets not forget those other props -- wax, strap on dildos and caning) Oh, yes, this was wicked and wonderful.

Thanks so much Seriously Reviewed! W00t!

Dark Diva Reviews

Check Out got a 4 out of 5 Diva Review from Dark Diva Reviews:


"Elise Hepner created a believable and interesting short story that thoroughly entertained me. Her narrative voice is fresh and unique...."

Read more HERE. Thank you Stacey for taking the time to read Check Out and thanks Dark Diva Reviews for showing me some love! I'm so happy!

Winners of St. Patty's Day Contest

So, I drew the winner last night using my husband and little slips of paper and the winner is blackroze37! So I'll be sending you an email soon with some questions and then we can get to the prizes. Of course, I do love prizes, so everyone who didn't win the three book deal gets a one of the three books for free!!! Yay!!! Everyone should be rewarded for commenting, I want to hear from you guys! Prizes for everyone!!! Because there's nothing like a free book. Hope everyone's have a great day and thanks for playing and commenting!

St. Patty's Day Pleasure

In honor of St. Patrick's Day I'm giving away all three of my new releases, Sex Tool, College Trouble, and Check Out to a very lucky winner! All you have to do is comment to win! Everything will be done my random drawing.

Check Out is now avaliable for the Kindle

There was a slight mix-up and for some reason my BDSM short-short Check Out was displayed under the wrong author name on Amazon. However, it has been corrected! Check Out is now available for the Kinlde HERE.

Check Out is a scorching lesson is growing up and moving on from love lost through a punk rock, damn the man lense. It has garnered multiple good reviews:

AlexJouJou, Manic Readers Reviews, 4/5 STARS
"It-s a good thing those counters are Formica as the heat from the characters would melt nearly anything else! If you enjoy books with some spunk and the word "sub" has you intrigued then there is a sexy little story here for you..." 

"Elise Hepner is a self described 'fierce erotica hunter.' She could change that to fierce erotica writer! Check Out is a sassy, in-your-face sexy romp. Hepner's fresh, vivid voice makes this story literally jump up and...spank you (lol). Her character of Jennifer is too bold and free to be shackled to small town conventions, and too whip-smart to give in to awkward come-ons beneath her notice. There's just not a strong enough man around to challenge her or tame her...until Paul walks in. Despite some hot delicious themes of submission, we always sense Jennifer is in control, and exactly where she wants to be. The highly erotic power play between Jennifer and Paul was a sensuous assault to the senses that will leave you panting for more, yet also satisfied. You should 'Check Out' Elise Hepner."


"If you're looking for hot, sexy, and naughty, Check Out is for you. From the first word until "The End," I was hooked. Jennifer's a bad girl that needs to be punished. And when she is you're left aching for more. I wish my college adviser was like Paul! I can't wait to read more by Elise Hepner, a new star of erotica!"

Another Check Out Review

I received another wonderful review for my BDSM short-short Check Out from Heather who had this to say about it:

"Elise Hepner is the kind of writer that I prefer.  She gives just enough description to get you involved but she doesn’t meander with unnecessary details.   There is thought in her word choice.  It flows, but it’s also precise.  It’s witty and cheeky and yeah…it’s steamy."

Thanks Heather!

College Trouble Release

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Queries

One of the most important pieces, possibly the only important piece in the submission process, is that of the query letter. A key piece to acceptance from any publisher it has to be short, sweet, and to the point. While still maintaining a bold level of interest and mystique. How to do that in one page? Well, isn't that the never ending question. Although to answer what makes a good letter we should probably start with what a query letter is and what is isn't.

• A query letter gives all the basic information of your fiction novel including: characters main motivation, conflict, and wants/needs. Here's a basic run down of the query letter form.
• A query letter is not: a summery of the whole book that spans ten pages, a bunch of rhetorical questions that relate to the plot, or a laundry list of good stuff about your book. For examples go here.

Okay, so you know all about the query letter and you have one ready to send out. Make sure you've double checked the checklist of all the materials you need with your query here. The jump on over to Query Shark to read over a hundred queries that just aren't working, but are being evaluated by an awesome agent giving specific advice of what not to do in a query. The main piece of information to take away from this is that there are a million different ways to write a query with a good, solid hook and a intriguing voice. But there are also a variety of resources to use to take your query from flat to kick ass, so don't despair and work, work, work.

Red Hot Reads: A Kinky Anthology

My new release, A Collar and Tie, is available in Xcite's new e-book anthology, Red Hot Reads 1. I share the stage with a quartet of other authors as we offer up a kinky bounty of salacious sex.

Blurb:

A native New Yorker, Charlie Anderson, is fired from his big-wig, corporate conglomerate leaving him more than a few yards away from the lap of luxury. Forced to sell his expansive designer tie collection for cash, he resorts to taking an interview for a job as a janitor in the New York subway.

He knows he will have to jump through hoops, but when he lays eyes on Gayle Truman, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. A Nicole Kidman look alike, with eccentric fashion sense and braces, Charlie's potential boss brings new excitement to the idea of slutting himself out for a higher position in the pecking order.


A female domination short, A Collar and Tie teaches Charlie a thing or two in the self confidence department. Mainly that it's not so bad cleaning after other people's mess while pushing your own sexual boundaries.

Excerpt

The door folded back and she was suddenly there leaning against the jamb. A Nicole Kidman if she shopped at Gap and put up her corkscrew curls with a pen. Although, the scarlet pinstripe skirt was a bit much against the white, wide collared blouse. She didn't have glasses to top off the secretary chic and I almost wanted to pout. Instead, I offered her my hand after wiping it across my coat.
   

She nodded as she pumped my hand once, a quick, pert squeeze. She followed it up with a smile and I realized she had braces along her bottom and top teeth. It was oddly cute.
        “Come in my office and we'll discuss the job description. You have a resume I assume?”
        “I'm a little over qualified actually.”
        “Never judge a man by his clothes, Mr...?”
        “Anderson. Charlie.” I cleared my throat loudly and stepped across her into the office, her breasts just barely registered through the fabric of my coat as I passed her.
        “Well, Charlie, let's get started here.”
    

We both sat down in our respective seats. Mine, a squelchy leather high-back and her's a swivel. She spun around to face the computer nestled into the shelved oak desk and opened a document to start typing my file. I passed my silver bordered resume across the desk. She gave it a quick skim.
        

“You’re hired. You start work tonight. Go downstairs and put on your uniform and meet me in the janitor’s closet.”
        “Yes Ma’am.” I gave her a mock salute.
        “That’s what I want to hear.”

    A shiver caressed the back of my neck. It felt like I was being watched. Putting my hands in my pockets I headed downstairs to the janitor’s closet. Despite the shadows, the grimy, soiled floors, the yellow bulbs dimming as I shook the stairs descending, I wasn't one to disobey orders.  I located the small room off to the left of a bunch of storage shelves packed with various chemicals. I went into the room closing the door behind me.
    

The tie slipping from my neck felt like my last safety line. Hanging it by the paint cans made me anxious. My breathing grew quicker, anticipation of getting the humiliation over with consuming my thoughts. It was bad enough I'd have to take a job cleaning up after other people's crap, but they would make me wear the uniform too.
    

 As my slacks slipped to my ankles, my back exposed to air conditioning vents going overtime, the door knob rattled behind me. An arm snaked around my chest, catching me off guard and pulling me backwards before I could look back. I couldn't fight against the fabric around my ankles, hindering any escape in blundering backwards motion. A soft palm cupped my eyes. I was naked. My heart stuttered inside my chest with panic. A stirring of my cock in answer to the intense heat of the palm pressed to my chest.
       

 “This is a test. You will do everything I ask of you. If you don’t, you’ll be out of a job. When you answer I will be Mistress, do you understand me?”
    It was a mental fight to force myself to even struggle. The British lilt to her voice soothing the anger that instinctively arose from the orders given to me. I wanted her. I wanted the job. I wanted it all. Lips caressing my ear, a gentle nibble, her wet breathe clinging to my neck.
“Yes, yes. Please. Mistress.” my voice is choked with need.
If this is her game, I will play.
 

She crushes me to my knees. The concrete is icy, aching against my bruised knees from her push downward. One hand is still over my eyes as she crouches, reaching over to grab something from the shelf. Course fabric from her suit plays across my chest. I feel the hint of her chest against my back. The sudden contact leaves my skin buzzing for heavier sensation. The weight of her breasts behind me. There are no more lights.
    

I felt my tie tickle around my neck, shifting, tightening around my throat, a clinging crush of windpipe. She had me on a leash, pulling the silk slack tight. Forcing back my head, creating a delicate arch in my back. My breathes were panting. Sweat beading and forming along the ridges of my stomach. I was sure she could feel it as she played along the lines of my abs with her fingernails. Each little mark made a hissing sound escape my twisted mouth. Fingers trailed over my right thigh like a piano and hit my pulsing, dancing cock smoothing her palm down the shaft and towards the head. It brought an eager noise to my throat despite my discomfort.
   

The touch grew quicker, rougher, making my knees weak. A shooting pleasure deluding my synapses to bow my spine further. A release in my unforgiving noose as I feel her course hair briefly graze my shoulders. Her other hand cupped my balls and rolled them casually, a spark to the smooth, aggravating sensation trailing up my shaft. She was moving velvet over my skin and I only had to cry out for more. My lips opened, a slight whimper of almost pain-like proportions because the pleasure was so great. Then she stopped altogether.
 

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My Personal Editing Check List

As I'm editing I'm always adding to a checklist of edits I know to watch out for in the rough draft stage of my work in progress. It makes me think harder about each sentence, words I overlook and overuse, and variations in my vocabulary. Some examples I've found helpful:

• Reaction after action: check to make sure all physical, emotional, and any other type of reaction happens after the action. Such as: Harry gasped. What in the world did she think she was doing up in that tower? This sentence should be: What in the world did she think she was doing up in that tower? Harry gasped. Bad example, but you get the point.
• Use adjectives and adverbs sparingly. Make each word count. If you have to use an adjective or adverb, maybe you need to re-work the sentence to make it stronger.
• Don't summarize information when you can put it into dialogue.

Those are just some of my run of the mill tips from my checklist that help me turn out a better manuscript.

An Unreal Review of Check Out

AlexJouJou from Manic Readers was awesome enough to write a really great review for my short-short Check Out.

"An arousing taste of BDSM, Checkout will make you crave more. Jennifer is the typical snotty checkout girl, complete with piercings, that needs to be taken down a notch. Paul is the sexy older man who’s just the guy for the job. It’s a good thing those counters are Formica as the heat from the characters would melt nearly anything else!

If you enjoy books with some spunk and the word "sub" has you intrigued then there is a sexy little story here for you to Checkout! You'll never look at that grocery counter the same way again!" 

Check Out and Sex Tool Reviews

My erotic romps got great reviews today from the lovely Chloe Waits!

"Elise Hepner revisits the themes of control and submission in Sex Tool, with a unique twist. Hepner's character of Marcia delights with her feisty attitude and unique feminist stance. She's more than capable of schooling a man and reforming him forever of his frat boy ways. Marcia has many sexy tools and skills in her arsenal. Her one night stand will learn a powerful lesson thanks to an erotic onslaught that teases him, and the readers to a frenzy. One part brazen, one part shocking, and all parts super hot, you should add Sex Tool to your playthings."

"Elise Hepner is a self described 'fierce erotica hunter.' She could change that to fierce erotica writer! Check Out is a sassy, in-your-face sexy romp. Hepner's fresh, vivid voice makes this story literally jump up and...spank you (lol). Her character of Jennifer is too bold and free to be shackled to small town conventions, and too whip-smart to give in to awkward come-ons beneath her notice. There's just not a strong enough man around to challenge her or tame her...until Paul walks in. Despite some hot delicious themes of submission, we always sense Jennifer is in control, and exactly where she wants to be. The highly erotic power play between Jennifer and Paul was a sensuous assault to the senses that will leave you panting for more, yet also satisfied."

Book Recommendations

On the Steamy Side by Louisa Edwards hits bookstores today!

She’s Never Met A Man So Mouth-Watering

When Lilah Jane Tunkle fled her dull life in Virginia for the bright lights of New York City, she didn’t expect to wind up a nanny to a gorgeous celebrity chef’s ten-year-old son. Working for the delectable Devon Sparks is a sure-fire recipe for disaster, especially after Lilah gets a tantalizing taste of his perfectly seasoned kisses . . .

And He Can’t Resist Her Down-Home Spice

Devon’s not sure he can handle one more surprise ingredient in his life—he left his popular TV show, his culinary reputation is on the line, and now the son he barely knows is back for seconds. Lilah’s Southern sass is supposed to keep the boy in line, but soon enough she’s teaching Devon a thing or two about homespun food . . . and turning up the heat.

This is the second Recipe for Love novel, and it's packed with just as much delicious food, restaurant drama, and hot chefs as my debut culinary romance, Can't Stand the Heat!
Here's a little taste to get your mouth watering for more.

Now available at Amazon, Borders, B&N, BooksAMillion, Indiebound, and Target!

Sex Tool Release Date

Today is the new release of my female domination short-short Sex Tool. I'll be giving away two free copies to people who comment on this post by random drawing. Sex Tool is a tantalizing, sexual romp filled with all your favorite fem dom goodness.

Blurb: 

Everyone knows "that guy" at a party. The man who hits on innocent women all night with all the moves in the world but he just screams sleaze. Marcia goes to her friend's parties specifically to teach these men a lesson. She see's her mark from across the room and outwits him in confidence and speed, then she takes him to bed with her to earn and learn some respect for females everywhere.

At a Halloween party she's met her match, a gorgeous player that just doesn't know when no means no. He's the perfect specimen for an experiment dealing with a lose of control, and he's going to be her lab rat for the night. Marcia takes her dominatrix duties by night as seriously as she takes her lover's. There is always room for reform.

What unfolds is a searing session in BDSM that whips her one night stand into shape and right into Marcia's arms. He is caressed with pain, as well as want, from a woman who opens his eyes to the power of female sexuality. Rounds of sexual gauntlets and consent join these two together in their lesson on gender balance. Tip the scales and bend over boyfriend.

Warnings: This title contains f/m domination with anal sex, graphic language, and kinky wax sex play.

Excerpt: 

Yesterday he was a priest. Today he was drunk and tied to a wooden cross. The leather musk advanced over his cologne, something sweet like candy. The sweat on his constricted brow gave way to an aching moan of pleasure as I dangled a candle over his exposed flesh. It started at a simple Halloween party. He was being a jackass and oozing charm to whomever happened to want a glass of punch. It made me slow to approach the buffet table. It also made me want to vault through the crowd until the pink sides of his face were shattered under my knees. He was cute. Too cute for the cocky. I waited longer than I should have mostly because of my outfit. I didn't believe in slutty Halloween, so green face paint had started dripping from the wart on my nose. It tasted like lead on my lips when I took a bite of the tiny cheese piece in my hand. With my experimental costume I'd stayed out of sight. A friend of a friend. Now the lacing on my latex witch corset grew sticky with my suppressed interest.  

*  *  *  *  *

A dot of water meandered from his shoulder to stomach and my eyes followed before I tipped him over from his knees to sprawl on top of me. I locked my arms around him and devoured his chapped lips. They tasted like cherry chap-stick.

That was it. My undoing. Makeshift ice pack went flying as I dug my fingers into his crunchy hair and scalp, pulling upwards. It ripped a yelp from his mouth, cranberry red from my lipstick. A shiver ran up my back as I careened upward with his head in my hand, bowing his spine. He automatically conformed to the position, assumed it. His was head down and arched from the angle of my nails, his hands wrapped around his slim back, clasped together all dainty. My pussy dripped and I growled at my new find.

“You're not new to this are you, puppy?”
“No, mistress.”

I laughed and pulled him up from the floor, dragging him by the hair towards my special place. The beers forgotten, I had my drought sprawled out to drink within seconds. We would start light. His pants were light, but that and the draft up my skirt made my mouth dry. Wicked thoughts.

“Get up, on your knee's, puppy”

I knew I exuded cold calm as I fondled the cane between my fingertips. Nothing was off but his shirt and we would have to fix that.

“Strip.”

  
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