Jillian Bell - EC Editor
Many authors tell of writing stories from the time they could hold a pencil or, in the great oral tradition, making them up even before then. Jillian has been editing since she first realized the power of the red crayon. She has been with EC since 2009, but has worked in literary, academic and legal editing since [censored—it's a woman's prerogative not to reveal her age, after all].
Jillian lives and loves in NYC, which she insists on claiming is the best city in the whole world, but she's up for traveling to confirm. Oddly, she roots for Pittsburgh sports teams (and hunky tennis players). Jilly would spend all day reading in the sun, curled up like a cat if she could, and she loves helping authors tell their stories so others can do so. In her favorite stories, nothing is too taboo, and the more the merrier in the bedroom.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Winner: Fifty Shades of Parody Contest
So sorry for the delay in announcing our winner. We've been away at conferences the last few weeks.
SO...the winner is Olivia Waite for her "Fifty Shades of Fame" entry. Olivia, you'll be getting an email this week with your EC gift card code.
And here is Olivia's next bestselling book:
Fifty Shades of Fame is a sizzling contemporary erotic romance, complete at 300,000 words.
Belladonna Pigeon never expected her first erotic novel to be a success, but lately she's topping every bestseller list and her name is on the laving tip of everyone's tongue. A major studio has purchased the film rights and handed the project to cutting-edge director Greyson Xian -- whose smoldering good looks are as heart-stopping and pants-moistening as the scenes in Belladonna's book.
Only one problem: Greyson doesn't believe her sex scenes as written are plausible. Belladonna will have to prove to him, paragraph by paragraph, that each position is both physically possible and impossibly pleasurable. But can a shockingly innocent girl play the naughtiest of sex games with an aggressively dominant man and NOT lose her heart? Eh, probably not.
SO...the winner is Olivia Waite for her "Fifty Shades of Fame" entry. Olivia, you'll be getting an email this week with your EC gift card code.
And here is Olivia's next bestselling book:
Fifty Shades of Fame is a sizzling contemporary erotic romance, complete at 300,000 words.
Belladonna Pigeon never expected her first erotic novel to be a success, but lately she's topping every bestseller list and her name is on the laving tip of everyone's tongue. A major studio has purchased the film rights and handed the project to cutting-edge director Greyson Xian -- whose smoldering good looks are as heart-stopping and pants-moistening as the scenes in Belladonna's book.
Only one problem: Greyson doesn't believe her sex scenes as written are plausible. Belladonna will have to prove to him, paragraph by paragraph, that each position is both physically possible and impossibly pleasurable. But can a shockingly innocent girl play the naughtiest of sex games with an aggressively dominant man and NOT lose her heart? Eh, probably not.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Bad Bunny is Back!
Remember our post from last Easter? Bad Bunny. All about the Easter Bunny terrorizing the daycare children.
Well, the Easter Bunny came back to the office this year, and we decided to make him useful. We always need more cover model photos. So look for these on upcoming EC books...
Well, the Easter Bunny came back to the office this year, and we decided to make him useful. We always need more cover model photos. So look for these on upcoming EC books...
Friday, April 6, 2012
House of Books
by Raelene Gorlinsky
My house is full of books. After I read them, it would be nice to have other practical decorating ideas for their use.
This looks really neat - turn books into planters, from ApartmentTherapy.com.
My house is full of books. After I read them, it would be nice to have other practical decorating ideas for their use.
This looks really neat - turn books into planters, from ApartmentTherapy.com.
And I could wallpaper in books. From the Martha Stewart collection at House Beautiful:
And of course, the ultimate use of books is to make bookshelves (from RealSimple):
Any other good home decorating ideas?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Shades of Parody Contest
As always when there's a big hit book, spinoffs will rapidly appear. Related books, parodies, "if you liked hers, you'll love mine" books, movies, ads, jokes on talk shows... I'm anticipating Shades of Grey action figures any day now. Tiny little sex toys and BDSM implements...
The critique group I'm in is discussing jointly writing Fifty Shades of Beige, a story full of bland, missionary-position-only sex.
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, a parody by Andrew Shaffer, has been acquired by Da Capo Books for release in spring 2012. (Gotta get these things out quickly before the fever dies, you know.)
I know we've got brilliantly imaginative minds reading this blog. So--contest time! Post in Comments your parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. A title and a brief (a sentence or three) description. Haven't read Fifty Shades? Excerpts are available at the various ebook etailer sites, discussions are everywhere on line, enough to give you the idea.
Give us your best or snarkiest, we'll love it and give an EC webstore gift certificate to the winner.
The critique group I'm in is discussing jointly writing Fifty Shades of Beige, a story full of bland, missionary-position-only sex.
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, a parody by Andrew Shaffer, has been acquired by Da Capo Books for release in spring 2012. (Gotta get these things out quickly before the fever dies, you know.)
I know we've got brilliantly imaginative minds reading this blog. So--contest time! Post in Comments your parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. A title and a brief (a sentence or three) description. Haven't read Fifty Shades? Excerpts are available at the various ebook etailer sites, discussions are everywhere on line, enough to give you the idea.
Give us your best or snarkiest, we'll love it and give an EC webstore gift certificate to the winner.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Naming Your Novel
Coming up with a good, catchy title for your book is always difficult. Here's some advice from NPR:
If Your First Novel Will Be A Busted Romance
[ANY OF THE SEVEN DWARFS]: A Love Story
If Your First Novel Will Be A Harrowing Historical Account
The [A COLOR] [REPEAT THAT COLOR] [A FLOWER]s Of [A CITY IN EUROPE]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Withering Teenage Quasi-Memoir
How I Flunked [YOUR WORST ACADEMIC SUBJECT] But Passed [THE FIRST MUSICIAN YOU SAW IN CONCERT]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Workplace Satire
At Least They Left Us The [A PIECE OF OFFICE MACHINERY]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Woman's Story From Someone Else's Point Of View
[A CHILD-CARE-RELATED TRANSITIVE VERB]ing [THE NAME OF YOUR PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Man's Story From His Own Point Of View
[THE FIRST NAME OF YOUR MATERNAL GRANDFATHER] Reads The Works Of [CLASSIC AUTHOR]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Miserable Story Of One Person's Suffering
My [A FRAGILE OBJECT] Is [A WORD THAT MEANS "BROKEN"]
If Your First Novel Will Be Self-Consciously Ironic And Self-Congratulatory
[A COMIC-BOOK SOUND EFFECT WORD] Goes [A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN]
If Your First Novel Takes Place In Gorgeous Locations
The [ANY COUNTRY] [ANY COMMON SOCIAL EVENT] Chronicles
If Your First Novel Is Intended To Launch A Giant Moneymaking Franchise
Everything Starts With ["1" OR "A"]
How To Name Your First Novel
If Your First Novel Will Be A Busted Romance
[ANY OF THE SEVEN DWARFS]: A Love Story
If Your First Novel Will Be A Harrowing Historical Account
The [A COLOR] [REPEAT THAT COLOR] [A FLOWER]s Of [A CITY IN EUROPE]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Withering Teenage Quasi-Memoir
How I Flunked [YOUR WORST ACADEMIC SUBJECT] But Passed [THE FIRST MUSICIAN YOU SAW IN CONCERT]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Workplace Satire
At Least They Left Us The [A PIECE OF OFFICE MACHINERY]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Woman's Story From Someone Else's Point Of View
[A CHILD-CARE-RELATED TRANSITIVE VERB]ing [THE NAME OF YOUR PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Man's Story From His Own Point Of View
[THE FIRST NAME OF YOUR MATERNAL GRANDFATHER] Reads The Works Of [CLASSIC AUTHOR]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Miserable Story Of One Person's Suffering
My [A FRAGILE OBJECT] Is [A WORD THAT MEANS "BROKEN"]
If Your First Novel Will Be Self-Consciously Ironic And Self-Congratulatory
[A COMIC-BOOK SOUND EFFECT WORD] Goes [A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN]
If Your First Novel Takes Place In Gorgeous Locations
The [ANY COUNTRY] [ANY COMMON SOCIAL EVENT] Chronicles
If Your First Novel Is Intended To Launch A Giant Moneymaking Franchise
Everything Starts With ["1" OR "A"]
Friday, March 30, 2012
The Future of Books?
I don't know where I got this, it originated on some other blog I think. If you identify it, please let me know. Nine authors were asked "In three words, what is the future of books?"
Old-fashioned souvenir editions ~ Seth Godin
EBOOKS ~ J.A. Konrath
Authors in control ~ Mark Coken
The Reader is ~ Barry Eisler
Story not Format ~ Dan Blank
More Diversity, Faster ~ Guy L. Gonzalez
Beyond the Page ~ Jane Friedman
Refuge from Social ~ Porter Anderson
Reader commissioned stories ~ Matt Gartland
Old-fashioned souvenir editions ~ Seth Godin
EBOOKS ~ J.A. Konrath
Authors in control ~ Mark Coken
The Reader is ~ Barry Eisler
Story not Format ~ Dan Blank
More Diversity, Faster ~ Guy L. Gonzalez
Beyond the Page ~ Jane Friedman
Refuge from Social ~ Porter Anderson
Reader commissioned stories ~ Matt Gartland
Obsidian Winners!
Wow, there were so many comments, and everyone had intriguing thoughts on the covers. So we ended up selecting six - sorta randomly, but also to be fair to all the covers.
Bobbie
J.J. Silver
Alicia White
Eranodonnal
Monique
Casey Pattison
Ladies, please email redlinesdeadlines@gmail.com . Tell us your email address and what format you want the ebook in (ePub, pdf, html or prc). Oh, and a choice of ebook. I know we'd said Obsidian, but we don't have a release date for that yet. You can wait for that, or you can choose to have Tiger, and it will be emailed to you on April 9.
Bobbie
J.J. Silver
Alicia White
Eranodonnal
Monique
Casey Pattison
Ladies, please email redlinesdeadlines@gmail.com . Tell us your email address and what format you want the ebook in (ePub, pdf, html or prc). Oh, and a choice of ebook. I know we'd said Obsidian, but we don't have a release date for that yet. You can wait for that, or you can choose to have Tiger, and it will be emailed to you on April 9.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Gotta See That Cover! Obsidian by Laurann Dohner
Okay, all you New Species fans! We can't reveal a release date yet for Obsidian, the next book in Laurann Dohner's mega-popular series, but we do have a cover! Many thanks to the Ellora's Cave Art Department.
So we're running a little contest here. Tell us which New Species cover is your favorite and WHY. Post your remarks in the comments here. We'll pick our favorite comment or two, and email you the Obsidian ebook at 5:00pm (U.S. Eastern time) the day before the official release. Whoo, hoo, be the first amongst your friends to read it!
So we're running a little contest here. Tell us which New Species cover is your favorite and WHY. Post your remarks in the comments here. We'll pick our favorite comment or two, and email you the Obsidian ebook at 5:00pm (U.S. Eastern time) the day before the official release. Whoo, hoo, be the first amongst your friends to read it!
And remember that ebook 7, Tiger, releases April 10 at Barnes&Noble and Kindle (it's available now for pre-order in both those places) and April 11 on the EC webstore and all other vendors.
Oh, and stay tuned... We might just be able to pry another upcoming New Species cover from the Art Department supersecret storage vault soon.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Fifty Shades of BDSM
As the premier publisher of erotic romance in its many colors and flavors, EC editors know quite a bit about the shades of BDSM. We've been contributing to the discussions about the Fifty Shades trilogy going on at the USA Today Happy Ever After blog.
The HEA article "Fifty Shades of Grey: Who knew women like erotica?!?!?" (yes, she's being sarcastic) includes an interview by blog host Joyce Lamb with EC Publisher Raelene Gorlinsky. Joyce's inquiring mind wanted to know what makes erotica, erotica. According to Raelene, "Erotica is designed to make the reader pleasurably sexually turned on. Of course, what is "pleasurable" can be different for every person. But the current use of erotica to describe a category of fiction is intended to have a positive connotation — it's not porn, it's not skanky, it doesn't make you feel "dirty". So much current erotica is aimed at women readers, to give them not just excitement, but a positive and empowering view of sex."
And if you liked Fifty Shades and want to try some more BDSM erotica, check out our recommendations of some great books:
Beyond 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Recs by Ellora's Cave editors
So tell us--have you read Fifty Shades of Grey? And the second and third (Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed)? Are you in agreement that these are erotica, but not erotic *romance*? Did you like the stories, did you consider them well-written?
The HEA article "Fifty Shades of Grey: Who knew women like erotica?!?!?" (yes, she's being sarcastic) includes an interview by blog host Joyce Lamb with EC Publisher Raelene Gorlinsky. Joyce's inquiring mind wanted to know what makes erotica, erotica. According to Raelene, "Erotica is designed to make the reader pleasurably sexually turned on. Of course, what is "pleasurable" can be different for every person. But the current use of erotica to describe a category of fiction is intended to have a positive connotation — it's not porn, it's not skanky, it doesn't make you feel "dirty". So much current erotica is aimed at women readers, to give them not just excitement, but a positive and empowering view of sex."
And if you liked Fifty Shades and want to try some more BDSM erotica, check out our recommendations of some great books:
Beyond 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Recs by Ellora's Cave editors
So tell us--have you read Fifty Shades of Grey? And the second and third (Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed)? Are you in agreement that these are erotica, but not erotic *romance*? Did you like the stories, did you consider them well-written?
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