tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post6834958073480131199..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: The Perfect Christmas GiftAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-70512895835805357852015-01-03T20:20:44.501-05:002015-01-03T20:20:44.501-05:00In my experience with RR, they wouldn't pay ro...In my experience with RR, they wouldn't pay royalties until the amount got to $10, so I never got any. Fortunately the editor (Cecilia Tan) managed to sell the rights to Alyson Books (not too ing before they collapsed) so we did get paid, I think, $50 per story. This was the vampire anthology Women of the Bite.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64997727501940086572015-01-03T17:37:03.464-05:002015-01-03T17:37:03.464-05:00OMG, Ravenous Romance. As I understand it, the cat...OMG, Ravenous Romance. As I understand it, the catch that enabled them to get away with paying $10 U.S. for a story was that this was a kind of down payment. If the anthology sold a certain number of copies, the contributors would all get royalties. (If memory serves me, I've had 2 stories in RR anthos, and never got more than $10 payments.)Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6951730191228033152015-01-01T23:48:42.291-05:002015-01-01T23:48:42.291-05:00You were way ahead of me! I got $10 for my first s...You were way ahead of me! I got $10 for my first story with RR (I think possibly the first I published?), and the contract at the time was super strange and complicated. If I ever get it together to write a long, long email, I'll have to share the full history of my experiences with them... Good luck figuring out Smashwords!Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-3695985276342672372015-01-01T10:48:13.526-05:002015-01-01T10:48:13.526-05:00It only works on women. A condensed version appea...It only works on women. A condensed version appeared in the anthology, Sex Toys II from Ravenous Romance. The editor made me take out a lot of back story to get the word count down. It was the very first piece I had published and to date accounts for 100% of my earnings as a writer ($25.00) I guess I should have quit while I was ahead. :) Luckily the contract was for non exclusive rights so I am free to self-publish the original. That of course will require conquering Smashwords. I had custom designed cover art done over a year ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-41212125984067749632015-01-01T01:29:32.249-05:002015-01-01T01:29:32.249-05:00Ah, I've been introduced to the Gueschtunkina ...Ah, I've been introduced to the Gueschtunkina Ray Gun! Like Sacchi, I'm curious what effects (if any) it would have on a man if shot. I'll have to find out if you end up publishing the longer work. Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67974403522810629902014-12-30T09:53:49.192-05:002014-12-30T09:53:49.192-05:00Exactly!Exactly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-76883731372764194462014-12-29T20:20:50.546-05:002014-12-29T20:20:50.546-05:00A whimsical male fantasy.A whimsical male fantasy.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-51859176578055958612014-12-27T02:26:02.268-05:002014-12-27T02:26:02.268-05:00Preciousssssssssssssss!Preciousssssssssssssss!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305127219838784688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31020316928634973332014-12-27T00:13:04.021-05:002014-12-27T00:13:04.021-05:00Doubly topical, Spencer - frustration AND Christma...Doubly topical, Spencer - frustration AND Christmas!<br /><br />This is great.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-77043075742046114592014-12-26T18:10:19.192-05:002014-12-26T18:10:19.192-05:00The gun only works on women, the science is explai...The gun only works on women, the science is explained in my ( hopefully) some day published trilogy on this remarkable toy. Sadly, the woman is my ex-wife and the gun my only hope. It's way too complicated and painful to discuss in a reply to a flasher. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14977036475314482892014-12-26T17:59:49.520-05:002014-12-26T17:59:49.520-05:00One does wonder what might happen if the Gueshtunk...One does wonder what might happen if the Gueshtunkina Ray Gun guy shot himself by accident.<br /><br />Nicely done story, but rather sad, with the assumption that it would take the gun to interest the woman in sex.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-85578649333935065912014-12-26T13:10:23.706-05:002014-12-26T13:10:23.706-05:00Daddy:
Thanks, glad I could put a little fun in yo...Daddy:<br />Thanks, glad I could put a little fun in your day. <br />"The Ring" sounds like a fun story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-35631527677849998962014-12-26T12:17:19.111-05:002014-12-26T12:17:19.111-05:00Damn you Spencer Dryden! As soon as I came to: Gue...Damn you Spencer Dryden! As soon as I came to: Gueshtunkina Ray Gun. I spit my tea on the keyboard. Thanks dude.<br /><br />Read some of the previous material and just love that concept. There was a book pubbed by the venerable Grove/ Olympia/Ophelia Press back in the day called: "The Ring". Could have been by Marcus van Heller or another of that stable. The novel follows a magical ring, one with the qualities of you ray gun, to its effects on its recipients.<br />Don't remember much, but for a a while it gets lodged inside a woman who doesn't know it's there. Another time, some guy gets it stuck on his dick.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com