Newspaper Coverage!

CANICE BROWN-PORTER PUBLISHED AUTHOR
By: Mary Racicot

Canice Brown-Porter is a former resident of the Village of Rouses Point and has recently contracted seven manuscripts with ebook and print publisher Freya’s Bower. The new eBook promotes the Village of Rouses Point, Fort Montgomery, and Lake Champlain.

Her latest novella release, entitle The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl, is now available in several ebook formats from her publisher. What makes the book so special? Ms. Brown-Porter has placed the characters in this delightfully humorous, sweet romance ebook smack–dab in the middle of Rouses Point.

"I have a deep love for the Village, and learned so much while I was a resident there," Ms. Brown-Potter stated. "The history and lore of the area is perhaps one of my strongest reasons for falling so in love with the area. And, as I did while living there, I think promoting Rouses Point as a travel destination is important. People are missing so much by not putting this quaint village on their travel itineraries. I would love to go back to visit one day."

Ms. Brown-Porter also has an historical time travel romantica ebook of two short stories entitled Beyond the Maze published through the same publisher. The ebook is listed as one of the publisher’s best sellers. The first book in her Yesterday’s Innocence series - a five book contemporary romanctica series - entitled The Learning Curve is scheduled for released this month. The series will be offered in ebook and paperback formats. Canice Brown-Porter is a pen name for Brenda Brown who lived in Rouses Point in the 1990's and ran DOC Graphics and printed a weekly newspaper.

You can view the article online at: http://champlainislander.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=74&Itemid=47 The Islander is a favorite weekly newspaper published in Vermont with a distribution area including Vermont, northeast New York state, and points within southern Quebec Province, Canada. It is owned and operated by Doug Fowler.

Breaking Skye by Eden Bradley Now Available

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Skye Ballard has always wanted to experience her fantasies of sexual submission. She craves to be commanded, taken over. She is convinced that all it will take to purge this yearning from her system is one night. Skye searches out the perfect Dominant for the job-it must be a man who is powerful, attractive, and naturally dominant. But when she meets Adam Dunne, she finds a man beyond her wildest dreams.

Adam convinces her one night will not be enough for what he sees as a process, rather than a single experience. Skye soon discovers that being with him only makes her crave more. And while he begins with the idea of training her to be the perfect submissive—for someone else—soon all he can think of is making her his, making her yield. All he can think of is breaking Skye—and keeping her for himself.
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Getting Antsy

Well, in just a few short days, I'll know whether or not Amber Quill Press is accepting me as one of their new authors. They announce the winners of their annual contest - held the first two weeks of each year - on Thursday, March 1st. I can't believe March is just around the corner already!

I've been getting some fantastic reviews on The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl. Romance Junkies gave it a 4.5 rating and so far all 4's from everyone else. I'll post some of them with the links here in a bit. In the meantime you can always read them on my website at http://www.canicebrown-porter.com/goblin.html.

ON ANOTHER NOTE:
I had friends drive down from Charlottesville and take me out to Cattle Annie's for the Chris Young concert. Had another friend join us to help me celebrate my birthday, too. However, I really have to plug their fantastic opening act, The LoCash Cowboys. What an absolutely phenomenal group. They are on myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/thelocashcowboys. Be sure to check them out. They've got music there of their latest songs and they said last night that they have now gotten a recording contract! Magnificient. Because from what I saw and heard out of them last night...they are awesome! My friend took a picture of me with Chris and his brother Preston - the two lead singers. Cuties they are! I'll get the pic posted here soon, too.

On Friday, I got a real job working at home. I went in to the office (about 2 hours away) on Friday and I went back today for hands-on training. I'll be working from home and the starting pay was really decent considering my commute will take all of about 10 seconds.

Okay, I'll post more later. Happy writing and reading everyone!

Just Notes...

I just found out last week that the first book in my 5-book series (Yesterday's Innocence: The Learning Curve) should be out somewhere around the 7th of March. It seems the final edits got "lost in the shuffle" and it is now back in the proofers' hands. I got an apology for the error from the publisher, and it should get some added exposure/promotion since it is being released near their anniversary date.

I will also find out next Thursday whether or not "Something Strange About Angelina" made the Amber Quill Press cut. I'm hoping it did! (Well DUH!) This is the first dark fantasy/thriller I've written, and I am very pleased with it.

Still working on the edits prior to sending to my publisher, the 2nd book in the Yesterday's Innocence series entitled "InnocentLies/Dangerous Truths".

Does anyone else have a tight schedule? Or, is it just me? LOL

What's Happpening!

I just picked up a parttime cover artist position with Twilight Fantasies Publications!

Mrs. Giggles reviewed The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl. While she gave it a 68 (high average) rating, she did state she liked my "voice" and would enjoy the story even more should I make it longer. I'm not complaining, because as any author will tell you, you have to either have balls of steel to submit your work to her for review, or just be straight, flatout out of your mind to do it. Of course, some of us could just have masochist tendencies.

I'm not sure what's going on with all the review sites that my Goblin novella was submitted, but very few have reviewed it to-date. So, I've begun submitting it to more sites.

Still no word yet from my publisher on when The Learning Curve is going to be released. Hopefully, soon as I've gotten several emails from readers who are anxiously awaiting its release.

I've Posted a FREE Valentine's Day READ

I've written a short story for the Romance Divas eBook Challenge which debuted on Valentine's Day. Multiple talented authors have written special stories just for readers and posted them as free reads. You can read them online and some have them setup for PDF or HTML downloads!

My story started out as a paranormal/contemporary erotica. However, my characters had their own ideas about where they wanted this story to go, so it is now a BDSM erotica with a Divas rating of XXXX. It's hot...steamy...graphic...and sensual. It's about love gone wrong. Love and desires hidden to save friendships. It's about mending love and misunderstandings. There is FF and FM action. Not for the faint of heart, but an endearing love story, nonetheless. It's available to read online or as a PDF or HTML download. The links are available on the main page of my website, and the story is titled HOLLY'S VALENTINE'S DAY SWEET TREAT. As always, I designed my cover art.

For more exciting FREE READS go to the Romance Divas eBook Challenge site for a complete listing.

Available now at Freya's Bower!

A legendary relic, a dragon-wrought amulet, the Heart of Fire may be the salvation of her people, and Sorcha is willing to pay any price to obtain it, but when she discovers the price is the loss of her humanity, she learns caution too late. Only a hero can save her, and he isn't human.


An ancient relic of dragon magic; its price? Nothing less than Sorcha’s heart.


For more information, visit Freya's Bower!

Winner Announced!

The Romance Studio holds a Book-a-Day Giveaway at their website - www.theromancestudio.com - and on February 4th my ebook novella, The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl was one of the books they had up for their giveaway. The winner was Rachel Watson, whose name was drawn from about 75 entries. I sent her the PDF copy of my novella. Congratulations, Rachel! And, thanks for entering the contest at TRS!

Call for Submissions: Summer Lovin'

True, the weather outside might be frightful right now, but at Freya's Bower, we're dreaming of sunshine and hot steamy nights.

To celebrate summer in all it's glory, we'll be offering a new fast, fun and flirty line of beach reads on June 21, 2007, the official first day of summer. We're looking for some great short reads (short stories from 10,000 to 15,000 words and novellas from 15,001 to 30,000 words) dealing with the theme of summer, sun, and love. All romance and erotica subgenres allowed, as long as it fits within the theme. We'll take all heat levels, from sweet to sizzling, but no matter what the heat, make the temperature rise!

Deadline for submissions: April 21, 2007 (although decisions will be made on a rolling basis)

Submit your stories and/or any questions directly to Heather Sapp at hsapp@myway.com

Please follow the guidelines for submissions: http://www.freyasbower.com/content/view/12/59/

What's Up With Canice?

It's been hectic the past few months since my last entry. I was 6 weeks late getting any edits from my editor on The Learning Curve. That threw it late getting to the proofer. The Proofing Dept. was on the ball and I even got an unsolicited "kudo" for the book! However, it needed to go back to the editor, because the publisher says there is a limit on the amount of words in one chapter. Some of mine were double what she quoted to be the norm, so that had to be fixed. This pushed it up to Christmas. Revisions done, I sent it back around the end of December and the first of January. It was suppose to be released by the end of January, but I'm still waiting for an actual announcement from the publisher. This is the first book of five in the Yesterday's Innocence series.

This novella - Virtual Lovers - is a sci-fi erotica. Not my normal writing, but certainly a mind-boggling and thought-provoking read. This has absolutely nothing to do with online relationships. This propels the idea of interactive gaming to years ahead.

I subbed it last month to Freya's Bower, but got a rejection with invitation to re-sub to them from the editor, if I develop the characters and scale down the sub-plots within it. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, although I will develop the relationship between one of the main characters and her contrived lover. I have had an inquiry from the managing editor who would love to see me re-sub it to Freya's Bower perhaps around May when she can actually have a look at it herself. That is encouraging. Although I had originally written this book with two other publishers in mind, I decided to sub it to Freya's Bower because they have been so supportive of my work right from the beginning. I don't know if I want this manuscript to sit around until May though. So, it's still up in the air. I'll decide once I've gotten the rewrites done on it.

I entered the Amber Quill Press contest on January 15th. The last day to sub an entire manuscript of no less than 10K words. Something Strange About Angelina is another uncommon area of writing for me. It is a Dark Fantasy/Contemporary erotica. Amber Quill holds this contest each year and it is the only time a new manuscript can be subbed to this publisher if you are not already published with them. They announce the winners of this contest on March 1st, and publish the winning manuscripts in June. This is the first time I've subbed to them, so I'm hoping to get in. You can visit their website at http://www.amberquillpress.com/. I've got plenty to keep me busy, so this month will go by quickly.

Other writing projects include: A BDSM novella for Freya's Bower's upcoming anthologies. They have two planned. One with female Dominants and one with male Dominants. I also have to have a 700 word Foreword written for each of the books. Although I don't need to have a cover for it, I always design one. My novella for the male Dominant anthology is titled Servitude: a submissive journey. This manuscript has to be in no later than March 31st. The story is based on a submissive woman who has been trained for several months by a male Dom who has now completed her training. The day has arrived that He will now remove His training collar from around her neck. No longer under His tutelege, the submissive has spent the preceding weeks practicing her offer of submission to Him. It is only in her POV, and she goes over in her mind all the trials and errors of her training under Him. The reader will "get inside her head" and understand the attraction of this lifestyle. Why would anyone want to serve another? With little or no say in choices made daily? Be prepared to empathize, sympathize, and visualize the beauty of a lifestyle that eliminates the power struggles of a "vanilla" relationship. Understand how a submissive actually controls the relationship through set limits. Understand how a submissive is not anyone's doormat in this lifestyle. Understand how strength of mind, character, commitment, and soul are required to kneel before any Dominant. Many may ask how I could write an introspective piece such as this. It's easy for me. I've been there, done that. I have first hand experience in this lifestyle. Eight years worth.

I'm also up to my eyeballs in polishing the 2nd book of the Yesterday's Innocence series which has to be to Freya's Bower by the end of February. Innocent Lies/Dangerous Truths follows the two main characters from book one, The Learning Curve.

I also wanted to submit a manuscript to Freya's Bower for their T.R.O.U.B.L.E. line, but that has a February 21st deadline, and I'm just not sure I can crank out a novel/category length by then, even using one of my manuscripts already in progress. Another time perhaps.

I have another historical time travel erotica that has laid on the back burner for a year now. I've wanted to work on it and get it ready to sub, but right now that's still on hold. I actually have this one earmarked for my search for an agent. You have to have a completed manuscript for the majority of them, so this one is the chosen one.

Goals for 2007: I want to seriously seek an agent. I want to start and complete another paranormal/shapeshifter set in Rouses Point like the novella published last November titled The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl.

Okay, this post is getting annoyingly long. I'll post more later.