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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/10/2007 3:57:25 PM

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/10/2007 4:50:24 PM

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Lol - dommy dearest...

okay I had another thought you could do something with this:
BITTERSWEETS - well maybe that would be better for another book.
I've been trying to come up with a reprint or collection title that indicates the scifi fantasy element of your work but most of what I've thought up is too long though. A title is better in my opinion if it is short and punchy so visually easy to find by the binding. Once my eye is caught by the binding I will pull it out and peruse the backflap and preface etc. for more info. But a good graphic design could easily imply the scifi furturistic element.

Good luck Tammyjo - having anything published at all is exciting - but a repub and collection is a true honor.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/10/2007 11:35:08 PM

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Flashback to Kink ..or plain Flashbacks: A Collection of Favorites .. or Back to the Dungeon (can't remember if someone said that and it's way too late at night..lol..so if someone did, my apologies). And on that note..off to bed, i think...

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 6:19:13 AM

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How about you on the cover with a whip and a darth vader helmet

Re-enforce the darkside..............

Interesting but that suggests its fanfic.

I want the cover to be honest about what is inside.

And my face is never going the front of any of my books; need to be some serious discussion before I'd let it on the back though "Servants" has it on the back inside cover. I just don't think I personally send out the signal of "sadistic but loving erotica" -- that's more a getting to know me thing.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 6:22:20 AM

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ORIGINAL: ocilla

Lol - dommy dearest...

okay I had another thought you could do something with this:
BITTERSWEETS - well maybe that would be better for another book.
I've been trying to come up with a reprint or collection title that indicates the scifi fantasy element of your work but most of what I've thought up is too long though. A title is better in my opinion if it is short and punchy so visually easy to find by the binding. Once my eye is caught by the binding I will pull it out and peruse the backflap and preface etc. for more info. But a good graphic design could easily imply the scifi furturistic element.

Good luck Tammyjo - having anything published at all is exciting - but a repub and collection is a true honor.

These are all great points.

I'm a writer, this marketing stuff is sort of odd to me. I'm trying more with more conventions and more online information but marketing is not a talent I have so it's just a skill I'm learning.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 6:24:19 AM

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ORIGINAL: Petronius

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Thanks for more suggestions, Petronius.

Of course given your name here I have to ask: Do you have a classical education or background by any chance?

(always looking for a good slave secretary with a background in ancient history or classics)

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 6:26:41 AM

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ORIGINAL: sublimelysensual

Flashback to Kink ..or plain Flashbacks: A Collection of Favorites .. or Back to the Dungeon (can't remember if someone said that and it's way too late at night..lol..so if someone did, my apologies). And on that note..off to bed, i think...

-a

Thank you for the suggestions especially the second one that expands on the first idea, sublimelysensual.

I've added it to my list.

My goal is to make the decision by the end of the week.

I have four stories in the collection now but I'm stuck on which story to include from the "Amazons" collection (my second book). Stories based on classical legends tend to be kind of downers.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 7:01:50 AM

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OK this isn't original ... but I think the answer is right there in Your tagline ... Love, Peace, Hugs, Kisses, Whips & Chains

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 8:44:36 AM

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ORIGINAL: MaamJay

OK this isn't original ... but I think the answer is right there in Your tagline ... Love, Peace, Hugs, Kisses, Whips & Chains

Maam Jay aka violet[A]

Maybe not original, but it didn't pop into my mind, MaamJay.

Thank you for pointing this out.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 8:46:13 AM

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Herotica?

I think herotica is already in use as a lesbian sex anthologies book.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 2:21:58 PM

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Obviously the name needs to sell the book and describe the gist of the book. Erotic Fantasies of a Lifestyle Mistress The Musings of an Alpha Female/Woman

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 3:07:03 PM

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interestingly enough, I went to your website, tried to get a sense of you and came up with " Love, Peace, Hugs, Kisses, Whips & Chains, TammyJo" Exactly what someone else had written. Bizarre. xo Sophia

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 7:28:49 PM

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Obviously the name needs to sell the book and describe the gist of the book. Erotic Fantasies of a Lifestyle Mistress The Musings of an Alpha Female/Woman

Exactly. This is why it's difficult for me.

I'm not a marketing anything, not even a novice in my opinion.

But I'm also not a stereotype and I don't to mislead anyone into thinking my early (and current) stories are anything other than what they are.

I was thinking of "Diamond Edged" as part of a title but I'd have to get permission from Cecilia Tan who wrote this on the back of Justice in 1999.

I'd added your suggestions to my list, Dianna. Thank you!

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 7:31:12 PM

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interestingly enough, I went to your website, tried to get a sense of you and came up with " Love, Peace, Hugs, Kisses, Whips & Chains, TammyJo" Exactly what someone else had written. Bizarre. xo Sophia

Hmmm... I'll note you both for the idea then.

I hope to make a decision by Friday or Saturday with feedback from my friends, family and the publisher (of course).

I'm still trying to decide between "A Woman Scorned" or "Journey Unto Warrior" for the Amazon example. I have a word limit so I can't include them both.

All of your feedback, everyone, is very much appreciated.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 7:38:20 PM

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Hmmm....I doubt for legal and copywrite reasons you could use this. but here's my submission ..."Watterson Revisted"

Of course, please don't take this as me insulting you or the publisher...it worked for Watterson, to the tune of what, 18 months and in how many newspapers? Yet when he returned to writing new material, popularity only went higher.

Best of luck to you, and though I do show my impudence in these threads from time to time, this is an honest and serious submission.

Thank you for looking at my entry,
Robert

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 9:02:06 PM

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"Buy My Book Or I'll Beat the Crap Out of You!" by Tammy Jo

"Intriguing Torment"

"Last One Out Unlocks the Handcuffs"

"It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This"

"Hurting the One You Love" (might actually be used...not sure)

"The Dominant's Beat"

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/11/2007 11:09:01 PM

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I didn't go through all the posts so if there's a repeat just ignore it.

Redomination

Redux: The Best of TammyJo

The Future Revisited

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/12/2007 1:54:05 AM

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a moist girls stories.

or

a damp girls tales.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/12/2007 3:34:43 AM

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TammyJo Eckhart Again
Erotic Prose for the Thoughtful

Again with the making me blush thing.

*blush*

You know, I do hope that what I write does get people to think not just get aroused, that's almost my secondary thought, so this was particular touching for me to read, earthycouple.

*S* I'm glad to hear that...I think it's fitting for who I know you to be via these boards.

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RE: Looking for Suggestions -- Free book possible - 7/12/2007 5:20:38 AM

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Obviously the name needs to sell the book and describe the gist of the book. Erotic Fantasies of a Lifestyle Mistress The Musings of an Alpha Female/Woman

Exactly. This is why it's difficult for me.

I'm not a marketing anything, not even a novice in my opinion.

But I'm also not a stereotype and I don't to mislead anyone into thinking my early (and current) stories are anything other than what they are.

I was thinking of "Diamond Edged" as part of a title but I'd have to get permission from Cecilia Tan who wrote this on the back of Justice in 1999.

I'd added your suggestions to my list, Dianna. Thank you!

You have a wonderful writing style. I think a collection of your works is a good idea if it's complied well and you find the right name. I would stay clear of catchy names like "Diamond Edge", I don’t feel, would work for a collection and you always need to consider eye appeal. It’s a marketing fact that when a person is going through a list of books on Amazon they are first going to be drawn to the name. A large percentage of your market is going to be novices and curious seekers. That is the market you should appeal to. The name really needs to jump out at you and since it is a collection leaves it open for other volumes.

My two titles ran to get.

I personally like, although long:

Erotic Musings of a Lifestyle Dominant Woman
I would then ask the publisher to insert slightly different color pages or a color boarder around pages in sections which will be like journal entries, so to speak about your life. You have an interesting life and if you take some special occurrences, embellish them, it gives the reader an inside peek of into the mind of the author. People love that.

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