Cocktails Fiction and Gossip Magazine

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Welcome to Cocktails Fiction & Gossip Magazine

Hi!

Like suspense, thriller, horror, erotic, spiritual, paranormal and woman fiction. It‘s a great place for authors and reads to learn about new book releases, writing tips, and to enjoy all the wonderful reads.

My name is Suzannah Safi; I‘m a romance author, a promoter, a graphic designer, and the creator of Cocktails Fiction & Gossip Magazine.

I have many novels and short stories that are published and tons are in process to be published with different publishers, and some I published on my own. As a promoter I created the new Magazine Cocktails Fiction & Gossip Magazine for everyone to participate in it, no limit to who will be in the magazine or what we will gossip about. It‘s for all types of readers who like fiction and gossip lol. Also I‘ve created Romance Alley and you can check it at www.romancealley.suzannahsafi.com this site is for authors who write romance in its all genre.

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My other passion, being a freelance designer; I created my own Book Trailer Company, you can visit my book trailer design company‘s website at www.design.suzannahsafi.com I have created many trailers and book covers for authors to boost their book promo in an intriguing artistic way with affordable prices.

I wanted to do something that I enjoy, have passion for, and I found that writing, promoting, and designing book trailers and covers are my real passion so I‘m doing that and proud of what I‘ve accomplished. Can‘t have enough sleep, hick who needs it anyway LOL. Welcome and I hope you enjoy this issue.

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What’s inside of this issue Get to Know The Book with Author Suzanne Rock ———————————–——Page 4-7 The Story behind—Reality of War A Captain‘s Story By Author Jack Mull——––- Page 8 - 10 A journey into some of my stories By Author Suzannah Safi—Part 1—–—–—— Page 12-15 Get to know the book -Catch of the Day-By Author Lily Sawyer———————– page 16-17 Short Story—Chocolate Shots/ By Author Lily Sawyer ————————–—-—Page 18-23 Head Hopping Loses Readers By Author Tonya Kinzer –————–—–—–—–—Page 24-25 ―Review and Interview‖ ‗Author Lisa Pacheco—–——————————–—— Page 26-29

Entertaining and fun magazine, Cocktails Fiction & Gossip Magazine is for all readers to enjoy and learn about authors and their adventures. Interviews, gossip, travels, recipes, dreams, books and more please join us and learn about new authors, their life, and their hard work to bring you beautiful entertaining stories. Every issue will have different authors, stories, articles and gossip.

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Hope you all enjoy this issue and the ones to come every month.

Love. Peace. And be safe.

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WELCOME TO

Get to Know The Book

My

with Author Suzanne Rock

World...

I love the Star Wars saga, but not for the reasons you may think. Many people liked the battle scenes, the special effects, or the coming-of-age theme. While all of those things were good, I loved Star Wars because of the world George Lucas created.

The Dark Deception world is a blending of these two things, with infusions of many more ideas I‘ve gotten from media (TV, books, magazines) over the years.

At its center, there is a world of immortal creatures that normal humans don‘t know about. This, in of itself is not new or different from many paranormal books out there. The unique twist I gave my world was that each immortal clan was dependent on the others for survival. My story centered on an Immortal Council, kind of like a real-life United Nations.

Here, representatives from each of the Immortal Clans: vampires, werewolves, and fey, met with some humans who were privileged enough to know about the Immortals. Together they worked to build a set of societal rules so that everyone could co-exist in harmony on Earth. Easy-as-pie, right?

More specifically, I loved how multiple types of creatures all came together in the Imperial Senate and tried to make agreements about how everyone could get along. I loved that there was a delicate balance holding all of these different creatures together and any disruption, no matter how small, had the potential to set the entire universe on its ear.

As the Star Wars series progressed, it was fascinating to watch the politics unfold in the Imperial Senate.

The back-stabbing, lies, and deceit all got in the way of progress. What really struck me was how people were fanatical in their beliefs, even when it was so obvious that they were wrong. In the entire first movie, who could have guessed that Queen Amedala‘s battle for her people‘s freedom would be the catalyst that put Senator Palpatine into power? That he planned her struggles from the start? I knew after watching ―The Phantom Menace‖ that I wanted to write a story like that. It was so complex, so dark, so interesting. It was then that the first seed for Dark Deception was planted.

Unfortunately, like most politics, things didn‘t go very smoothly. At the beginning of Dark Deception, the first book in my Immortal Realm series, rogue vampires bled humans dry, instead of following the laws set up by the senate and taking just what they needed. This angered the other clans. It‘s obvious why the humans were mad, but the fey needed human love to sustain

A few years ago I was reading the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole. In it, she had rich worldbuilding involving many different types of paranormal creatures. I loved how they all interacted, and how one person‘s prejudices got in the way of another person‘s happiness. I remembered the Star Wars saga and how everything was interconnected. Inspiration struck, and the Immortal Realm was born 5

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their magic, and werewolves needed them to reproduce. Killing off humans essentially weakened the other clans and made them vulnerable to attack. Werewolves, fey and humans banded together and placed sanctions against the vampires. Special wards were woven for the humans for protection, essentially making their blood poison to vampires. With their primary food supply cut off, vampires were forced to feed from weaker creatures, such as pigs and cattle. Animal blood wasn‘t as nutritious as human blood, so they became sickly and lethargic. It was from this depression that the vampire Carlos rose up and took charge.

He swore to break the wards and seek revenge on the senators who devastated his people. He broke off from the council and prepared for war, using the vampires in his clan as pawns for the greater good.

Enter Maria, an innocent vampire under Carlos‘ control, and Enrique, the human senator on the Immortal Council who was the most responsible for putting the sanctions in place. Carlos noticed how Enrique looked at Maria, and decided to use her in an elaborate plan to get his revenge on the senator. What he didn‘t count on, however, was a heart-broken fey with nothing to lose, or Maria and Enrique falling in love…

Intrigued? You can take a closer look at my Immortal Realm series here: http://eredsage.com/cgi-bin/sc/ productsearch.cgi

I really enjoy complex world-building and had a lot of fun plotting Dark Deception. I loved it so much that I continued the Immortal Realm saga in a sequel story, Dark Obsession. Here the vampire Javier returns to the Immortal Council to gain his former lover‘s support for his people, and to reclaim her heart. Unfortunately, much has changed since he went into hiding, and what should have been easy mission, ends up tearing apart the fabric of his very soul.

ISBN#: 9781603106139

If you want to find out when the next installment will be released, or if you want to look at my other stories, check out my website (www.SuzanneRock.com). Here you can sign up for my quarterly newsletter (right side bar). In each issue, I‘ll pick one random subscriber to win a prize!

Dark Deception book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4cGZRKikvE Buy Link Dark Deception: http://www.eredsage.com/store/Dark_Deception_eBoo k.html ISBN#:9781603105248 Length: Category Novel Pairing: m/f with one m/f/m scene Cost: $4.00 Dark Obsession book trailer: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4gd2x_gGf4 Buy Link Dark Obsession: http://www.eredsage.com/ store/DarkObsession.html Length: Category Novel Pairing: m/f with one m/f/m and some m/m between secondary characters Cost: $3.99 If you want to chat, you can find me on twitter (www.twitter.com/suzanne_rock), facebook (www.facebook.com/suzanne.rock) or goodreads (www.goodreads.com/suzanne_rock)

After finishing Dark Obsession, I still can‘t let these characters go. I‘m currently working on the third installment of this series, where the dangers introduced in the first two books all come to a head and shake the very foundation of the Immortal Realm.

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Short Author Bio:

After over a decade in the scientific world, Suzanne needed a creative outlet. She tried scrap booking, cooking, crocheting, painting, and piano, none of which held her interest for very long. Then one of her friends suggested writing. Thrilled with the idea of creating her own worlds, she opened up her lap top and never looked back.

When Suzanne‘s not writing, she can be found playing with her two daughters, testing her husband‘s latest kitchen creations, or curled up with her favorite romance novel in her central Massachusetts home.

Backlist: Spyder's Web, Loose Id (m/f, erotic) Up on the Housetop (Book 1 of the Kyron Pack), Loose Id (m/f erotic) Cria, Loose Id (m/f erotic) Down on the Boardwalk (Book 2 of the Kyron Pack), Loose Id (m/f/m erotic) Dark Deception (Book 1 of the Immortal Realm), Red Sage (m/f/m, m/f erotic) Dark Obsession (Book 2 of the Immortal Realm), Red Sage (m/f/m, m/m, m/f erotic)

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The Story behind—Reality of War A Captain’s Story by Author Jack Mull I want to tell you about the day my husband bought a little girl, a sex slave. I wasn‘t there, so when I first heard about it, I was quite concerned until I understood. It happened a very long time ago, when he was a young Captain in the army. What is depressing is it‘s still going on in Thailand. Did you know you can buy a young child there and do with them as you please—or whatever pleases you.

When Jack first told me about his R & R in Bangkok, where he unintentionally bought a nine–year–old girl, I told him he had to write about it. Many years, and several books, later he has–Reality of War, A Captain’s Story. It‘s really a prequel to a series of novels, An Occasional Warrior, Taken, and Murder on Marsh Island. He has never submitted these for publication and I have asked why many times. Now he has told me he had to write A Captain‘s Story before he could submit the others. Without reading this one, you don‘t understand why he did what he did with his life. This series covers his years in the U.S. Army Special Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency. He would not let me read the manuscript until he was done.

I remember editing this with Jack—it was a labor of love for him. I cried the first time I read it. I couldn't believe children were treated like that. Jack doesn't mention it in the book, but each time he went back to Bangkok, he would buy another child and take the little thing to a French Priest he had come to know when he was searching for a safe place for Annie. A Captain‘s Story is the first in a series Jack plans to write about his time in Army Special Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency. After Jack retired, his best friend talked him into donating his services as a special deputy sheriff.

I look forward to more books coming from his law enforcement activities. I hope you will take the time to read about the first book, below.

When Jack Lane joined the Army right out of high school, he had no idea how his life was about to change. He completed basic training at the top of his class, was recommended for Officer Candidate School, and at graduation was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. Before his twenty-first birthday, he completed training in the Army‘s legendary Special Forces and was promoted to Captain. This story begins with him standing alone, looking down into the infamous Ho Chi Men trail in Laos. How could he know what would unfold over the next few weeks and how one tiny girl would affect the rest of his life?

E-book ISBN: 978-1-936653-15-7 Published by Secret Carvings Publishing Cost: $2.99 You may read more or buy - here A Captain‘s Story is the first episode in the Reality of War series. The next story is A Captain‘s Home Coming.

Blurb: A young Special Forces captain, Jack Lane, and his team sergeant, Carl Sheets, go to Bangkok on R&R after too long in the jungle. They expect to drink, eat, rest, and—especially—

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enjoy women in their brief respite from the South Vietnam front lines.

The captain quickly learns about a sordid, warped society where human lives, especially children, have no value.

Inexperienced and naive, he is lucky he has his older and wiser sergeant to guide him through his first encounter with the depravity of that world—just as the experienced man has guided him through his exposure to the realities of war. The first day, Captain Lane makes a mistake that could have tragic, even fatal, consequences—instead, he is able to turn it into an opportunity to save an innocent life.

EXCERPT: Horrors of war are not always on the battlefield where two armies clash—one, or both, far from home. Sometimes the clash of cultures is even more horrible.

Young Captain Jack Lane, who had never been out of the hills of North Georgia before joining the Army, stood on the ramparts of his fort-like camp. The sun was just disappearing over the horizon. Holding a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other, he took a drag on the cigarette, looked down into a valley in Southeast Asia and smiled to himself—a smile of satisfaction. He and his team sergeant had picked this mountain top six months ago for their observation camp. It had three sides, with gun emplacements at each corner and along the walls. The camp housed and fed three companies of Rhade Montagnards, as well as their families. From his mountain top, he could observe ‗the tail‘ in Laos.

The young captain had been in-country for almost a year, but it seemed like a lifetime. Taking a big pull on the beer, he thought about that year—the way he was at the beginning, and the way he was now. A leader of men—the Army said he was—who depended heavily on his thirty-four year old team sergeant for guidance and advice then and now. A sergeant who had dropped out of high school and joined the Army seventeen years earlier—who had been in the Army almost as long as the captain was old. Adult Excerpt: Climbing on the bed, she straddled the captain

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just below his butt, then worked her fingers into his muscles up and down his back until they relaxed. The captain felt his tense and knotted, hard body beginning to go soft. ―You feel better now? No more tense in your muscles, but in your body I think?‖ ―Yes, it feels great.‖ Carol slid off his body to his side and rolled him over onto his back. ―Oh my, Jack man.‖ Smiling at his large erection standing straight up like a flag pole. She pulled his right arm under her, then laid her head on his broad shoulder. Kissing him on the neck she tried to wrap her right hand around his cock. ―You have a very big ดิ๊ก.”

“What?‖ ―It is Thai for cock.‖ ―Oh.‖ The captain started to move up.

She pushed him back down. ―You stay. I will do what is necessary.‖ ―Yes, ma‗am.‖ The captain laid his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes.

Carol kissed her way down his neck to his chest then sucked a nipple in her mouth. After a few minutes she pulled back giggling. ―Your nipple is hard like a woman.‖ ―Really?‖ His face was red. ―I‘m like a woman?‖ ―Yes, really. Your nipple, that is, but I think nothing else about you is like a woman.‖ She ran her hand up and down his shaft. ―Like this. No woman has such a thing. And some men do not.

They would be envious, I think.‖ Carol kissed down to his navel running her wet tongue around the small cavity, licking down to his pubic area leaving a wet trail. She kissed his cockhead, then sucked the purple hood into her mouth. ―Carol…‖ the young captain grabbed her head, pushing down and forcing his cock in her mouth.

She began to gag and cough. He let go. ―Sorry.‖ ―Do not be. I am yours. I like you to be big. Do to me as you wish.‖ ―What?‖ ―I am yours to do with as you please.‖ ―Who says?‖ ―The hotel manager.‖ ―Well, you are no one‗s to do with as they wish.‖ ―No talking, you grow soft.‖ She leaned down, sucking him back into her mouth.

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A journey into some of my stories By Suzannah safi Part 1 I remember when I was young my mother telling me, ―In the old days we didn‘t have televisions.

Your uncle was such a storyteller. He would settle on the porch, in his chair, with a cup of tea at sunset. The neighbors would all gather around him and wait for a new story. Or a story he hadn‘t finished from an earlier evening. Even the kids would stop playing and gather around. The anticipation on their faces as they waited for the next twist or the result of a situation the hero or the heroine faced. Listening to him was a blessing as he came up with stories that intrigued the whole neighborhood.‖

Was it written in the stars?

Living overseas when I was young, I didn‘t get to spend much time with him. My last visit was when I was seven. Now that he‘s passed away, I wonder what he would say if he knew his niece is a multi-published author.

He always intrigued me. I was fascinated with how his stories hooked people, drawing them into a world of fantasy. Once my Mom told me, ―Some of his stories are true, and he mixes them with fantasies. He had the gift to see some in his dreams come true in his life.‖ I know my mom had the same ability to see dreams that come true—about me and my brother, like a warning or a message that something‘s good is coming. I always fear the ones that carry a warning.

My parents love to travel, and they took me many places around the world

every summer.

To name a few: London, Spain, Greece, Egypt, and Malaysia. Many things had happened, or I had heard or saw in those travels, at the time I didn‘t think much of it. But those trips meant a lot to me till today I still remember the places and people we met.

The first vision of something that happened in London came to me many years later when I was in a state of sadness, loneness and away from my family and friends. The story needed to be written and I had no idea that story would be my first published novel with ‗The Wild Rose Press‘ in 2009.

That story was the first step into being a multi-published author. Was it written in the stars for me? I had no idea at the time.

I moved to New York ten years ago leaving behind my family and friends. I used to go places with my friends and have fun.

When I moved to New York I had no one, except my husband. We were newly-wed at the time, he had his friends, and I had only him. You would think after a long love story and the crown of marriage that would be what every woman dreams of. It was really, but, something was missing.

~*~ When I was young I didn‘t know that I had the same gift my uncle had. The ability to tell a story and have dreams that come true. That vision was the start of a journey that would carry me into places that spoke to my soul.

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It was hard to leave the people you love and had fun spending time with when they filled your world for so long. Although my husband filled my world, I wanted, needed that missing something in me, and didn‘t know what it was or how to get it. Having my friends and family around didn‘t allow me to think about that missing piece, but, as soon as I left them ‗IT‘ was there. Something that needed fulfillment.

One night after work, I opened my computer and opened new word document. The curser sat blinking on the page, I stared back for a long time at the screen, and one vision kept on playing in my mind like a repeated broken record. The revelation something I saw and heard in London when my parents took me on a vacation in 1984. In Hyde Park, London, two women were walking along the green grass in front of us and one said ―It was awful. He‘s now paralyzed from waist down.‖ The other woman drawled in her English accent, ―That‘s a bloody shame, but he‘ll walk again, he was in shock, isn‘t that what the doctor told ya?‖ The other woman was in tears. They walked away and I couldn‘t follow to hear the rest, and didn‘t care to do so at the time anyway. But the vision of the two women‘s conversation came back to me 20 years later.

Flashed before me while I sat staring like an idiot at the blinking curser without knowing why. That day, I called couple of psychologists and one was kind enough to give few moment of his busy time. I asked him for the possibility of being paralyzed from the waist down due to an extreme shock. I was nerves as I have never called a psychologist before and on top of that ask him a question about a character not a real person. My palms were sweating waiting for him to hang the phone in my face. He was kind enough to confirm that while rare, these types of mental injuries may happen to some, it‘s curable with time and the right treatment.

In 2004 I started writing my first story because of that conversation that came back to me. And ―Worth Every Breath‖ was born and published in 2009. Before the contract the story was rejected from two publishers and the story needed to be edited more. And that‘s what I did. It was written and re-written, edited and re-edited until my eyes and fingers felt like they were going to bleed. At that time, it was my first book and I knew nothing about writing.

I took many classes and had many critique partners to help in the process until the story and my skills were in great shape. Three months after I submitted my first story to The Wild Rose Press, I got my first contact. It was a joy beyond any joy I‘d ever felt before.

I‘m still fascinated by my ability to tell stories and make up worlds, and how many stories nag at my brain now more than ever. It seems every time I write one, at the end of the story another one nags at me, and the circle starts again.

Writing is a blessing and a curse at the same time. Authors live the story with its emotional impact that mingles with their own. You become the characters-- live their lives, beliefs, pains and happiness.

It‘s hard sometimes not to get affected by what you write because in a way you become your characters. A few times I would have a complete dream of a story, like a movie rolling in front of my eyes. Imagine my surprise when I wake up knowing the story from A-Z. ‗smiles‘.

I always say ‗Take what people tell you with a pinch of salt. As an author I like to add spice to its recipe.‘

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Until next time, I‘ll be telling you about a dream that visited me after 4 years from seeing a handsome stranger that I saw in a restaurant in Manhattan and caught a glimpse into his sadness.

A dream that was strange and came out of nowhere and shocked me to the bone because when I woke up I remembered him.

Worth Every Breath Available in e-book and paperback

It‘s a journey of my writing, and my stories. I truly believe that my life‘s journey wouldn‘t be a journey without the purpose of writing. ~*~

Suzannah Safi www.suzannahsafi.com Look for the next issue in June for Part 2

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Kellan Murphy is a successful car salesman living in Chicago in the shadow of Wrigley Field. He‘s in a loving relationship with his partner of five years, Frank. Kellan wanted to marry him, had a ring all picked out and even knew how he planned to pop the question.

On one of his rare days off he decided to sail off on his own, do a little sightseeing and fish. The weather was gorgeous, the sea was calm and the fish were biting or so he hoped. He cast his line into the water and sat back to wait. He watched the sea gulls flying overhead, waiting to see if he caught anything they could steal.

Suddenly there was a tug on the line, Kellan quickly pulled back and started to reel in his catch. It was getting very hard and started to think about what was on the end of the line.

First he thought it was a sailfish, those things fought real hard on the line and he was afraid of being pulled overboard.

He pulled and pulled until he could finally make out a tail fluke just below the water surface. He panicked when he saw it wasn‘t a fish tail but looked more like a manatee.

He‘d be in trouble with the game and fish department if he harmed one of the creatures. They were a protected species. He quickly tried to pull the animal to the surface and just as the tail cleared the bottom of his boat and he was able to see the front end he almost dropped the pole. It wasn‘t any sort of sea creature Kellan had ever laid his eyes on. It was a merman. This just couldn‘t be real; he had to be dreaming this, right? But he wasn‘t dreaming, it was all too real, and right now he had an injured merman he had to take care of. He managed to haul the unconscious creature onto his deck; he apparently hit his head on the underside of the boat. Kellan carefully examined the merman to see how badly hurt he was.

He was going to take him out to his favorite restaurant and have the chef put the ring on top of a piece of their triple chocolate cake so Frank couldn‘t miss seeing it.

Then he was going to go down on one knee and ask him. It didn‘t matter that it was not legal in Illinois; they‘d go to Iowa to tie the knot.

Get to know the book Catch of the Day-by

He‘d been waiting for him to come home from work when a phone call changed his life.

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Lily Sawyer

Frank was a truck driver; he‘d been doing it for most of his life. He knew the Chicago roads like the back of his hand. He‘d driven in all kinds of weather.

Kellan spoke to a nurse at county general, Frank had gotten into an accident, his truck hit a patch of black ice, and he lost control and hit a guardrail. The truck tumbled down an embankment and he‘d been killed instantly. Kellan‘s happy world fell apart. He felt sad one minute and angry the next. He couldn‘t stand being in their apartment anymore, one day while at a doctor‘s appointment he spotted a magazine that had an ad for the Florida Keys, Kellan decided to pack up and move down there to start a new life.

Kellan always liked the water, he spent a lot of time on Lake Michigan, and so it was only natural that he found a way to work on the water. He started his own charter boat business, taking tourists out on fishing trips.

Little did Kellan know that he was about to embark on an adventure that would change his life forever.

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Short Story— Chocolate Shots/ Lily Sawyer

Glenn Tucker closed down his laptop in frustration. He‘d been struggling to find a new job. He‘d been a financial consultant with a big name bank and had been given the ax when the house of cards collapsed.

He‘d recently been checking monster dot com and hotjobs with no results, and he was starting to think it was time for a change when advertisement for male models came for him in the mail.

He called the number at the bottom. ―H‘lo?‖ Glenn was shocked by the familiar voice that answered. ―Harry? Harry Davis?‖ ―Yes, this is Harry, who is this?‖ ―It‘s Glenn, Glenn Tucker. You remember, we went to the same university together.‖ ―Yeah, I remember, we were in the same American history class together.‖ ―Professor Stevens!‖ They said in unison, both of them laughing and remembering their times together in the Gay-Straight Alliance on campus. ―So what do I owe the honor of this call?‖ Harry asked him. ―Well this is going to sound silly.‖ Glenn felt embarrassed. ―I saw your ad for a male model and well I uh…‖ ―You want to apply?‖ ―Maybe this is a bad idea.‖ Glenn was having second thoughts.

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―No, no. Why don‘t you come on over. Let me take a look at you and we can take it from there.‖ ―Okay.‖ ―How about this afternoon at two, you can meet me at my office.‖ Harry gave Glenn his address. ―It‘ll be good to see you again. At least we can catch up.‖ ―Yeah I‘m looking forward to it.‖ Glenn arrived at a non-descript warehouse building. ―Hello?‖ he called out, his voice echoing in the large cavernous space. ―Glenn?‖ Harry‘s voice echoed back. ―I‘m back here.‖ Glenn followed the voice to a room in the rear of the warehouse. He saw Harry was busy setting up for a photo shoot and took the opportunity to look at the magazine covers that were hanging from the walls.

There was GQ, Vogue and even Men‘s Health. All the guys featured were hunks, and Glenn suddenly thought this was a bad idea. He wasn‘t a model. He started to back out of the room. ―Hey where ya goin?‖ The blond stood up and walked over to him. ―I…‖ he sighed. ―I think this is a mistake. I‘m no model.‖ He started to leave when he felt a hand on his arm. ―Glenn, I think you better let me be the judge of that.‖ Harry came closer and put his hand on Glenn‘s chin and was looking over his face. It had been four years since they‘d seen each other. At the time they were at an airport, each catching their flights, so there wasn‘t much time to say much more than hello.

Glenn never told Harry he had a crush on him at college, instead, he immersed himself in his studies to keep his mind off Harry. Now with the subject of his desire checking him out, he could feel his body responding to the touch. ―Hmmm,‖ Harry looked him in the eye then took a step back and looked at his body. ―Turn around.‖ ―What?‖ ―Turn around; I want to see how you look.‖ Glenn complied, then stood there looking at Harry trying to discern what he was thinking. ―I‘m not model material, am I? Well, at least we got a chance to see each other again.‖ Glenn laughed, thinking he even had a chance to be a model.

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―Boy, you really don‘t know, do you?‖ ―Whattya mean?‖ ―I mean, you are exactly what I‘m looking for.‖ Harry said emphatically. ―You‘re kidding.‖ ―Nope, in fact, you‘re hired.‖ ―What!‖ Glenn‘s mouth dropped open. ―My client has a really specific idea about what he wants for his model, and you‘re it.‖ ―When do I start?‖ ―How about right now?‖ Harry showed Glenn to a room for him to change. When he came out he noticed a mattress on the floor. ―Uh, Harry?‖ Glenn watched Harry turn around and look him up and down. ―Are you sure this is what I‘m supposed to wear?‖ He indicated the tight fitting briefs. ―Is this an underwear ad?‖ ―No, better.‖ Harry brought out some jars and put it down on a table. ―What is that?‖ Glenn picked up a jar that read, ‗Erotic City Chocolate Body Paint.‘ ―Body paint?‖ ―Yes, don‘t tell me you‘ve never heard of Erotic City.‖ Glenn gave him a deer in the headlight look, so Harry went to his laptop and brought up the company‘s website. Glenn looked over his shoulder at the items on the screen. ―They deal in adult games and accessories.‖ ―Sex toys?‖ Glenn asked him. ―Yeah, they deal in that too, but they‘re not into whips and chains stuff. They‘re more soft porn, like edible panties and fuzzy handcuffs.‖ ―And chocolate body paint.‖ Glenn interjected. ―Yeah, I‘m sorry, Glenn, I have a confession to make.‖ ―What‘s that?‖ ―I had an ulterior motive for hiring you,‖ Harry whispered as he looked at the floor.

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―What was that, Harry?‖ ―When you called me about the job and I heard your voice, my heart leapt into my throat. Maybe you‘re gonna be mad at me, but I have to tell you I have feelings for you. I like you Glenn, I like you a lot. I was too scared to tell you. I‘ll understand if you want to walk out.‖ He kept looking down at the floor. ―Harry.‖ He lifted the photographer‘s head, looked into the chocolate brown eyes and planted a kiss on his lips.

Harry looked at Glenn, wide-eyed. ―Glenn?‖ He stared into Glenn‘s crystal blue eyes. ―I‘ve wanted you, I didn‘t know if you wanted me, too.‖ ―I don‘t know what to say. ― Harry walked over to the mattress. ―You seeing someone?‖ Glenn asked, holding his breath. ―No…you?‖ Glenn smiled at him. ―No, I‘m very available.‖ Harry matched his smile. ―Do you still want to work for me?‖ ―You bet!‖ Harry told Glenn to stand in front of the full-length mirror and then took the jar of chocolate paint and a brush. He dipped the brush into the chocolate paint and brushed the body paint across Glenn‘s chest. ―Ooo,‖ Glenn shivered, ―that‘s cold, Harry.‖ ―Sorry, hold on.‖ Harry put the jar into the microwave in the kitchen just long enough to warm it up. ―Is this better?‖ his painted around Glenn‘s nipples. ―Yeah that‘s good.‖ Glenn felt his cock twitch to life.

Harry saw the growing bulge in Glenn‘s tight underwear, but fought to ignore it for the time being, determined to do the job he was hired for. ―Okay, now, Glenn, I need you to get on the mattress and sit on your knees.‖ Glenn followed Harry‘s directions while Harry busied himself with setting up the lighting he needed, and then went over to the camera to check the shot. He gave Glenn directions on how to pose and started taking the shots. He gave Glenn the jar of chocolate paint and the brush. ―I need you to take the brush and paint yourself with the chocolate.‖ ―Wouldn‘t this work better with a partner doing it?‖ Glenn looked up from beneath his thick eyelashes and gave Harry a seductive look.

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Harry swallowed a few times; he felt his cock swelling in his jeans. But he was determined to finish this shoot. ―Later, right now I want you to make love to the camera.

Play with the chocolate.‖ Harry

watched as Glenn took his finger and dipped it in the chocolate and ran his finger all over his chest, down to his stomach and up again. He drew circles around his nipples and then brought his finger to his lips and stuck his tongue out and licked the tip of his finger. Then he began to suck on his finger like it was a cock.

All the while Harry was furiously clicking away on his camera.

Glenn arched his back and rubbed chocolate all over his stomach. He gave the camera a hot, smoldering look. He could hear Harry panting and could see the bulge in the front of Harry‘s jeans getting bigger.

Harry finally put the camera down on the table. ―Done,‖ he said as he wiped the sweat from his brow. ―You sure?‖ Glenn gave him an evil look then took the briefs off. Harry watched helplessly as Glenn took some chocolate and smeared some on his ass then on his rock-hard cock. ―Uh…‖ Harry‘s mouth dropped open, then he picked up the camera and clicked more shots of a naked chocolate Glenn.

He put the camera back down and pulled his shirt off, the jeans soon joining pile of clothes on the floor. As he threw his underwear onto the pile, he went over to Glenn and joined him on the mattress. Harry licked his way down Glenn‘s body and sucked on the tip of Glenn‘s cock. ―Harry.‖ Glenn squirmed. ―I love chocolate.‖ He licked the tip of the shaft and was rewarded with white pearl drops. ―And I also like the cream filling.‖ He gently squeezed Glenn‘s balls and Glenn couldn‘t hold on any longer; he filled Harry‘s mouth. ―Mm.‖ Harry crawled up Glenn‘s body and kissed him, running his fingers through his hair. ―You like it?‖ Glenn asked. ―Yeah, that was real good.‖ ―I‘m not done.‖ Glenn grabbed the chocolate body paint and the brush and painted Harry‘s nose and lips and throat then started to lick it all off. He painted a circle around Harry‘s belly button and used his skillful tongue to clean him off. ―I‘m making a chocolate covered pole.‖ Glenn covered Harry‘s cock with chocolate and then straddled his hips then he slid his bottom on top of the large cock and slid it into his tight opening. ―Glenn,‖ Harry whispered as he watched Glenn bounce up and down. He felt himself getting close. ―Glenn, I‘m gonna, I‘m gonna…UH!!!‖

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Glenn felt the warm cream fill his center and he collapsed on top of Harry. They kissed each other. ―You want to get cleaned up?‖ Glenn asked him as they cuddled in each other‘s arms. ―Not right now, I‘m still enjoying my favorite addiction.‖ ―Oh you mean chocolate?‖ ―No, my new addiction,‖ Harry admitted. ―What‘s that?‖ ―Chocolate covered Glenn.‖ Both men smiled and enjoyed some chocolate covered kisses and hugs.

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A Tip for Authors — Enlighten readers

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Have you ever wondered why some books are a faster read than others? Or perhaps why some books are a bit more confusing and harder to read and follow than other books? Think back on the last book you put down and never finished. Open it up and reread a few paragraphs again and see if the following isn't true.

I hope this has helped you understand POV a bit better. Go back and edit some of your work and if you have to do a few rewrites, so be it...Your work will be a better, smoother read for your audience! The same goes with dialogue tags...don't use them unless

If the author is in a different character's head in every other paragraph or maybe every two paragraphs, the reader has to keep going up to reread those lines to figure out who's doing what or who's thinking what. Don't do this to your readers. Your book will end up sliding down the wall when they throw it!

you have to, then keep them belonging to the character whose head you're in.

Try to stay in one character’s head at least through a scene if not through that entire chapter. What do I mean by staying in one character's head? Let's take a peek....if you're in Tom's head and he's watching a woman entire a bar and loves the sway of her hips that is making his blood heat, your reader is getting his thoughts on how he feels and what he sees. So when their eyes finally do meet, you can NOT write that she loves his blue eyes because you're NOT IN HER HEAD! TOM can see her eye color but you can't write anything at this point of HER thoughts or what she sees.

Head Hopping Loses Readers

by Author Tonya Kinzer Instead of dialogue tags, try this: "Care to buy me a drink?" Her eyes held a promise of a longer night. (seen by Tom) You know right away that Tom didn't say this and it

Now remember back on a book that read so fast you hated that you finished it so quick. That is because the author didn't bounce you from one head to the other and constantly make you go back and reread lines. The writing is smooth and one thought easily leads to another because they all belong to the same character. Most likely the entire chapter read that way and the next chapter may have been in another character's POV. Point of View is all about head hopping...or NOT head hopping to be exact.

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was done without adding 'she said'. Are there a few dialogue tags you might be able to remove as you edit?

I hope this has also helped you a bit. Good luck and I hope to see you around the net!

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On “Review and Interview” „A Discourse on Dating from A to Z‟ By Author Lisa Pacheco Chapter A is titled Adios. As her first postdivorce conquest, Stephanie immerses herself in a passionate sexual dalliance with Antonio, a twenty-year-old dishwasher at McKee‘s, her place of employment. In addition to washing dishes, Antonio also cleans the restaurant after closing time. Stephanie engages in several middle of the night rendezvous with him, making love all over the restaurant, including their meeting place, the dishwasher bay. At first, Stephanie is basking in the opportunity to exercise her over active libido with her young lover, and things seem perfect, until Antonio proposes marriage after only a short while. Stephanie, enjoying her new single life and seeing through Antonio‘s transparent quest to become a citizen, promptly tells him adios. After that, Stephanie encounters a string of dating debacles in her quest to find true love. When all seems hopeless, and Stephanie‘s cynicism and lack of trust in men threatens to overshadow her dreams of ever finding Mr. Right, Josh unseemingly enters her life, and she comes to realize she has finally found Z Right Guy.

Let’s meet the author and get some information on her and her book.

Welcome to ‘Cocktails Fiction & Gossip Magazine’ and thank you for being here with us today.

First I will start with the review for ‘A Discourse on Dating from A to Z’, and then we will meet Author, Lisa Pacheco.

Blurb Stephanie Melendez, a thirty-year-old divorcee, is thrust onto the dating scene after her husband, Harold Stifniple, leaves her for his secretary, Suzie the Floozy. From that point on, it‘s all unrestrained mayhem. Follow Stephanie on one zany dating adventure after another from A (Adios) to Z (Z-Right Guy) as she struggles to manage her life as a waitress, a student trying to get ahead, and a single woman dating in Los Angeles. With the help of her best friends, Shelby, Candy and Lance, Stephanie attempts to make sense of men while she weeds through a string of dating disasters looking for Mr. Right.

Review: A Discourse on Dating from A to Z, by author Lisa Pacheco, is a fun, sexy read! From page one, I couldn‘t but laugh and enjoy the ride.

This author will engage you in a world of dating experiences in a fun and humorous way, and you will continue reading till the end.

Every woman will relate to the stories in this book in a way or another.

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Not to mention, there are some emotional moments that will bring tears to your eyes, then you will start laughing again…just an enjoyable read.

Suzannah: What is your next project; would the new book contain dating?

Lisa: I am working on a second Discourse on Dating novel. It will be told from the point of view of Candy. She‘s the really wild character in the first book, and channeling her persona to the pages is a real challenge for me. I am nothing like her. I expect that book to be out next year if all goes well.

This author will engage you in a world of dating experiences in a fun and humorous way, and you will continue reading till the end. Every woman will relate to the stories in this book in a way or another. Not to mention, there are some emotional moments that will bring tears to your eyes, then you will start laughing again…just an enjoyable read.

Suzannah: What word of advice do you have for your readers, women and men, in regards to relationships?

A Must Read!

Lisa: Make a ―right guy‖ or ―right girl‖ list like Stephanie, but don‘t put more than ten things on it. If your list is too long, and you‘re too focused on finding the perfect mate, you might miss out on someone really special. Personally, I believe there is beauty imperfection. We all have our flaws, and that is what makes us who we are.

Thanks Lisa for giving me the chance to live in a world filled with fun dating experiences and bringing laughter into the few hours I read your story.

Suzannah: Lisa, tell us why you wrote ‗A Discourse on Dating from A to Z‘?

Suzannah: Sex or love, what would Lisa pick?

Lisa: Well Suzannah, I was a single woman in my thirties a long time ago, and I must say, I had some interesting dating experiences. I‘ve been happily married now for nine years, but I haven‘t forgotten what it was like to be a single woman living and dating in Los Angeles.

One of my writing teachers once told me, ―Write what you know,‖—and dating was definitely something I knew a thing or two about.

Lisa: Hands down, I pick love. Sex is fantastic, but at the end of the day, I want to look in my mate‘s eyes and know he‘s my forever friend. If you have that, it‘s a package deal.

You get it all.

Suzannah: Usually we learn or discover something new while we write a new story, did you learn, or discover anything new in ‗A Discourse on Dating from A to Z?

Suzannah: Your writing is witty and funny.

Does humor come to you naturally… are you funny always?

Lisa: I learned that people have trouble separating fact from fiction. I can‘t tell you how many people think I‘m the Stephanie character in my book. I‘ve lived, but I haven‘t lived that much! LOL

Lisa: Great question—No, humor does not come naturally to me— at all. In my everyday life, I can‘t tell a joke to save my life. However, put me in front a computer, and it‘s a whole different story. My comedic side just comes alive— like magic. My imagination is pretty wild, and my fingers just go crazy on the keyboard. I like that people think my writing is funny. If I can put a smile on someone‘s face, I feel I‘ve done my job well. That‘s a great compliment. I make every attempt to make sure my stories aren‘t boring, and if people laugh, that

Suzannah: Where can readers find Lisa Pacheco and her book, and is there anything else you would like to tell your readers?

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Lisa: I’m on Facebook, and readers can check out my website at http:// www.wix.com/dbhspacheco/lisa-pacheco -author. I love to hear from my readers— nothing makes me happier!

Suzannah: Thank you Lisa for being here with us, wishing you the best of success.

Hope to see more of your news, till then, take care all—and I hope you enjoyed the ‘Review and Interview’ with author Lisa Pacheco.

Lisa: Thank you Suzannah. It’s been great chatting with you. I love your magazine, and it’s an honor to be featured here.

You’re the bomb!

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Hope you enjoyed issue 6 of Cocktails Fiction & Gossip Magazine. Look for the next issue , you never know what will dwell inside until you read it :). Please share your comments on my blog at www.suzannahsafi.blogspot.com And don’t forget to visit the authors websites to know what they are up to, I hope they are behaving LOL

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