Magic Mike...and Clothing Optional

Magic Mike opened in theaters today and it is also Clothing Optional’s release day.

Coincidence?

Probably but I look at it as the universe smiling on all things nekked.

Last night, me, my best friend and the adoptive mom all went to the midnight premiere of the movie last night in Erie, Pennsylvania. Arriving early, we sat through the previews—almost all of which were for horror movies causing us to snark that they were obviously confused about the difference between horny and horror—munched popcorn and were rewarded with a look at Channing Tatum naked in the first minute of the movie.

Ho-de-laly is that a lovely man.

All in all, it was a good movie and totally worth the cost of a movie ticket especially if you enjoy half naked men romping across the screen. There was a bit more of the drugs/idiocy of youth storyline and not quite enough of the romance storyline but all in all…

Mike was indeed magical.

Matthew surprised me. There were scenes like this one where he teaches Alex how to dance for the ladies, where he had me grinning. He did not strike me as a hero in this movie, though, and I ended up liking Channing far more than I did before entering the theater when I left it.

But, as you know, this was a movie about strippers. Strippers are very comfortable with their own nudity and so are most of the characters in my today release, Clothing Optional.

Yes, that’s right, Clothing Optional my mmf erotic romance is available today.

Blurb:

On the rebound, Brie is thrilled at the idea of a vacation on the beaches of Florida. It will be especially great since it is with two men who are absolutely irresistible…and equally unattainable. Murphy and his boyfriend are offering the escape and maybe, if she spends enough time with them, she will be able to resist wanting to strip them every time she sees them.

Murphy has always been oddly attracted to his best pal, Brie. But he has never touched a woman in that way. When his lover and boyfriend Andy suggests they make love to her, that she is perfect for them to experience a ménage, Murphy wonders if he is not enough somehow.

But the temptation of having them both…When they get to the resort and find out that “Clothing Optional” should have been in bold print on the brochure, the three of them are in for the weekend of their lives.

What a great summer day, right?

You can pick up your copy on Amazon here or head over to my publisher’s website here and pick it up or read an excerpt.

Happy writing (or reading and movie watching if you’re doing what I was doing today.)

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This is a big week!!

I have two--TWO--books releasing for your reading pleasure in the next week.

First up, from MuseItUp Publishing, Clothing Optional, my mmf erotic romance, releases on the 29th. It is available for preorder now at a 20% discount.

Blurb:

On the rebound, Brie is thrilled at the idea of a vacation on the beaches of Florida. It will be especially great since it is with two men who are absolutely irresistible…and equally unattainable. Murphy and his boyfriend are offering the escape and maybe, if she spends enough time with them, she will be able to resist wanting to strip them every time she sees them. Murphy has always been oddly attracted to his best pal, Brie. But he has never touched a woman in that way. When his lover and boyfriend Andy suggests they make love to her, that she is perfect for them to experience a ménage, Murphy wonders if he is not enough somehow.
But the temptation of having them both…When they get to the resort and find out that “Clothing Optional” should have been in bold print on the brochure, the three of them are in for the weekend of their lives.

Click here to order your copy.

Next, Accidental Pirate, mf erotic romance, releases from Rebel Ink Press on July 3rd...just in time to heat up your fireworks.

Blurb:
Hangover, check. Ship, check. Hot babe, check.

Sterling McCabe woke up to a lovely lady pirate stealing his ship. What he didn't plan on was the assault she would make on his heart.

Jamie Ashley stumbled over a priceless necklace. What she didn't plan on was stealing the very sexy Sterling McCabe's ship in a mad dash for American waters.

Constantly battling their attraction, Jamie and Sterling are in for a rough ride. Jamie yearns for the affection of the beguiling Sterling while McCabe is desperate to slake the raw desire for his little pirate.

Boat chases, wild friends and a sea tempest create the perfect storm of sexual tension...

To celebrate these releases, I will be having contests on the blog here as well as visiting with some friends on their blogs.

I will be over at Wendi Zwaduk's blog on the 27th talking about Clothing Optional. Come and talk lack of clothes with us here.

Then I will be headed over to Heather Long's blog on the 28th to talk about both Clothing Optional and Accidental Pirate. Double whammy. Check it out here.

And contests? You'll have to check back and see. ;)
Happy writing!

Sneak Peek-Watkin's Pond Book 2

Having just finished Watkin's Pond Book One, Runaway Groom, I planned to write a short story in between to give myself a breather between long books.

Carnie and Lou, the secondary characters from Groom aren't having it.

So, I give you, my loyal readers, a sneak peek into book two...

Enjoy!

Excerpt:

Prologue

Cold beer, hot night, fireflies dancing over the pond and his girl by his side.

Lou figured there weren’t many nights as perfect as this one.

Splashing and laughter from the water followed by silence told him his best buddy, Braxton, was getting some tonight. With his wedding just a week away, Braxton was dewy eyed over Abby constantly these days.

Lou got it. Rolling over on the blanket on the dock, he met Carnie’s eyes. Carnie left him a little dewy eyed himself lately. “You want another beer?”

Wearing an itty bitty bikini and a pair of denim shorts that just barely covered her sweet little behind, she rolled towards him, illuminated by headlights and starlight. His breath caught in his chest.

Right then he knew she was gonna be his wife. Their whole lives stretched out in front of him, like in a country song, and he could picture getting old with her, holding her through life’s little storms and loving her through a thousand nights.

He would swear, for years later, his heart stopped dead in his chest in that moment.

“No. I’m good.”

Fumbling a little, he went up on one knee above her. “Marry me, Carnie.”

Scuttling away from him, she practically fell off the dock. “What the hell?”

“I’m serious.”

“You’re drunk. Be serious, Lou.”

He knew Carnie. Seemed he spent a good chunk of the years since she moved to Jefferson watching her. Right then, she was panicked.

And that was okay. She could panic. He’d calm her down. He might have to spend awhile to warm her up to the idea but he knew now how things were gonna work out.

“I’m not drunk. Well, I’m a little drunk. Doesn’t change the fact I’m a man who knows what he wants.”

She snorted, an inelegant sound from a woman still slick from her old city home. “You want laid. So do I. Get your hillbilly butt over here and stop talking nonsense.”

Rolling her under him and back onto the blanket, he began to nuzzle the flesh he’d claimed as his own in his mind. “S’not nonsense. It’s the God’s honest truth, Carnie. I’m gonna make you my bride.”

Smacking his chest, she shoved away from him. “The hell if you will.”

“Baby—”

“Don’t you ‘baby’ me, you backwoods barbarian. I have no plans on settling for being barefoot and pregnant and bringing you pie and beer for the rest of my life. I have plans. They don’t include marriage to you.”

Standing, she grabbed her towel and began to stalk up the dock toward the trucks. “Carnie, where did you think this was headed, exactly? A woman doesn’t run off when a man offers to spend his life with her.”

Stopping, she spun, silhouetted by the headlights. “If she has a brain in her gourd, she runs. I thought we were having a good time,Lou. If you want Betty Crocker, look elsewhere.”

Laying back, he decided to let her cool off a bit. Once she thought it through,she’d see reason. He loved her. She’d admitted she loved him. If she wanted to pretend she didn’t know that ended in a double ring ceremony, fine. It wasn’t like she was going anywhere.

The only vehicles out here were his and Brax’s trucks. And Carnie wasn’t the type of woman to walk anywhere she could ride.

The sound of his truck firing up had him rolling to his feet and almost falling into the water.

As it roared away, he heard Any Man of Mine blasting from his speakers.

Damned Shania Twain strikes again.

Happy Writing!!

Six Sentence Sunday- Clothing Optional

Clothing Optional, my upcoming mmf erotic romance from MuseItUp Publishing, comes out in just a few short days (June 29th).  Right now, it is on preorder at a 20% discount here.

The Blurb:
On the rebound, Brie is thrilled at the idea of a vacation on the beaches of Florida. It will be especially great since it is with two men who are absolutely irresistible…and equally unattainable. Murphy and his boyfriend are offering the escape and maybe, if she spends enough time with them, she will be able to resist wanting to strip them every time she sees them. Murphy has always been oddly attracted to his best pal, Brie. But he has never touched a woman in that way. When his lover and boyfriend Andy suggests they make love to her, that she is perfect for them to experience a ménage, Murphy wonders if he is not enough somehow.
But the temptation of having them both…When they get to the resort and find out that “Clothing Optional” should have been in bold print on the brochure, the three of them are in for the weekend of their lives.


The Six:

Afraid to shift the scales either way, she caught her lip between her teeth in her confusion.  Then Murphy leaned down to rescue it from its prison.

Just before taking her mouth, he whispered, “I have wanted you for a while.  If you don’t feel the same way, or this is not for you, say so now.  I don’t want to lose our friendship.”

She dug her nails into his hair to bring his head closer to her mouth, their lips barely touching and her heart racing. 

Like I said, you can preorder Clothing Optional now at MuseItUp. ;)
Happy Writing!

Lucky Sevens-Runaway Groom

I was tagged by Wendi Zwaduk to participate in Lucky 7, in which an author excerpts seven sentences of a current work, from page seventy-seven (or seven), seven lines down on the page. And then I nominate and notify seven other authors to participate. 

This is from my unedited story, Runaway Groom, coming soon.  The hero, Braxton, got an interesting invitation from the heroine, Abby.  Enjoy!

When the woman you love says she wants to swim and that she is hot…

You go.

Putting the truck in park next to her small red car, he saw, illuminated in the headlights, her head bobbing out in the water.  A pile of clothes by the shore made him wonder if she stripped down to a bathing suit or if she swam in her birthday suit--neither idea helped the fact his jeans felt far too tight.

Cutting the engine, he shut off the lights, shucked his own clothes and waded into the water.  Cold compared to the heat of the day, it soothed over his tired muscles but didn’t ease the ache in his chest.

He couldn’t resist her when they were kids.  Like a magnet, he was drawn to her in the water as heat lightning sizzled across the sky above the pond.

Happy Writing!

Clothing Optional up for Preorder!!

Now Available for PRE-ORDER at a 20% discount...but get a water-gun and spritz yourself often... HOT cover by Nika Dixon:

Adult Content:Two men, one woman, tropical beach… Clothing Optional.

Clothing Optional
A Short Story by Virginia Nelson
Genre: MMF Erotic
Warning: Ménage /mfm scenes /mm scenes Sexual content Graphic sex

Back Cover:

On the rebound, Brie is thrilled at the idea of a vacation on the beaches of Florida. It will be especially great since it is with two men who are absolutely irresistible…and equally unattainable. Murphy and his boyfriend are offering the escape and maybe, if she spends enough time with them, she will be able to resist wanting to strip them every time she sees them.
Murphy has always been oddly attracted to his best pal, Brie. But he has never touched a woman in that way. When his lover and boyfriend Andy suggests they make love to her, that she is perfect for them to experience a ménage, Murphy wonders if he is not enough somehow.
But the temptation of having them both…When they get to the resort and find out that “Clothing Optional” should have been in bold print on the brochure, the three of them are in for the weekend of their lives.

Preorder your copy here today!!

Cover art reveal!!

I got the gorgeous new cover art for the Clothing Optional, coming soon from MuseItUp Publishing.

Check it out!!

Blurb:

On the rebound, Brie is thrilled at the idea of a vacation on the beaches of Florida. It will be especially great since it is with two men who are absolutely irresistible…and equally unattainable. Murphy and his boyfriend are offering the escape and maybe, if she spends enough time with them, she will be able to resist wanting to strip them every time she sees them.

Murphy has always been oddly attracted to his best pal, Brie. But he has never touched a woman in that way. When his lover and boyfriend Andy suggests they make love to her, that she is perfect for them to experience a ménage, Murphy wonders if he is not enough somehow.

But the temptation of having them both…When they get to the resort and find out that “Clothing Optional” should have been in bold print on the brochure, the three of them are in for the weekend of their lives.

Want to read an excerpt?  Click here.
Keep an eye out for release info, coming soon!!

Hey, did ya see the front page?

My best friend and her daughter were on the front page of the Star Beacon today!!


"Every day, Jordan Brown marched up the steps of a brick-and-mortar school and into a classroom.
But something was wrong, mom Michelle Brown said.

“Jordan had all these problems at school, problems we couldn’t pin down or work out,” she said. “All the teachers thought she had attention deficit disorder, but that didn’t seem right to me. Later we found out Jordan simply had a lazy eye.”

Michelle Brown, who was taking college courses to become a teacher, made a big decision for her daughter. In second grade, Jordan, now 12, left the public school system and became a student with the Ohio Connections Academy, an online school with 50 students in Ashtabula County.

Michelle Brown warns people that OCA is a new way of learning, not at all like home schooling.
“Don’t associate e-learning with home schooling,” she said. “For example, Jordan has a ‘learning coach,’ her grandpa, who supervises her classes each day. He is not the teacher, he is just there to keep her on task. If she has a question about something, she has a teacher to ask.”

In fact, Michelle Brown became a middle school social studies teacher with OCA, which has only furthered her belief in the e-learning model.

“From a teacher’s perspective, I can spend individual one-on-one time with each student, which is so great,” she said. “We have the freedom to give students that one on one time and each student gets what he or she needs.”

Jordan Brown said she doesn’t miss the pressure of public schools or the social interaction.
“I go to way more social events and field trips than students at public schools,” she said. “But I get to go to class in my slippers and jammies. No one judges me. My classes are about the content and learning, not about what I am wearing and who I am dating. Everyone is equal.”

Jordan says she sees OCA students from across the state at field trips and scheduled activities.
OCA spokesperson Mark Rickel said students who need flexibility with their schedules often choose e-learning.

“A student in dance or theater may need flexibility in their schedule,” he said. “Some students have health needs and need flexibility because they might miss a lot of school. This is an opportunity to take their classes from home.”

For more information on OCA and e-learning, call 800-382-6010 or visit www.connectionsacademy.com."

For those of you wondering, yes, that is the school that two of my kids attend as well. Great school.

Just had to brag. Check out the full article here.

On Weddings...

Today my kid sister is tying the knot and family and friends are gathering to share their special moment.  I'm currently in my comfy chair, chugging coffee and considering marriage, commitment and all the stuff I write about.

Probably you can guess from my career choice that I am fascinated by romance and by the winding roads that lead two strangers, meeting by chance in a huge world full of billions of people, to decide to share their lives and experiences.

You have your sweet-meet's--
The ones who meet in a romantic and fun way right from the start.

You have your old friends to lovers.

You have your enemies to lovers.

There are more ways for a couple to start out than books that I could write in one lifetime.

And yet...

So many people spend their whole lives looking for that happily ever after.  So few find the One.

Makes the ones who actually get so far as to trip down the altar even more special, really.  How many hurdles and hoops must you jump before you make it to that altar?  How much stronger does that make the relationship against the various slings and arrows of life that are yet to come?

So, today, Jamie and Dennis...I applaud you for making it to today.  For loving each other enough to say, "I do."

Best of luck in your lives together.  May each day be an adventure, full of more laughs than tears, and may you find more strength together than you ever had apart.

Love ya, sis.  Congrats.

The Secret to a longer life...

Okay, here's the deal:

A lot of you eat right.  You might exercise.  Some of you might not drink diet soda because it can give you cancer.  Everyone has something that they do in an attempt to make a couple more trips around the sun.

But I know the secret, yes--secret!, to living a longer life.

For a limited time only (or forever, depending on how long blogger keeps this blog up.  One or the other) you can find the secret here.

How much will the secret cost you?  Many of you are asking this question.  Some places charge hundreds, even thousands of dollars for the secret to a longer life.

Live your dreams...

But here, on the blog of Virginia Nelson, Author, you can get the secret FREE.

Yes, I said FREE.

What do you have to do?

Well, just keep reading!

Sound too easy?  I know, it does.  But it is really that simple.

Are you ready?

Here goes:

The secret to a longer life is...

Fill every day with as much crazy, memory making, side achingly funny, heart achingly wonderful, sometimes tear-filled memories possible.  Yes, live your life to it's fullest.  Dare to go after your dreams.  Dream bigger.  Chase rainbows and tornadoes.

Have an adventure.

My theory is that when your life flashes before your eyes at the very end, if you have done all of that list, you will have a long instant recap to watch.  Tons of things that make the memory reel.

And you have then extended your life...

Plus, you probably had a helluva time doing it.

Happy writing!

RIP Mr. Bradbury

I just mentioned Ray Bradbury in my blog a few days ago when discussing the writing process. It fascinated me, and probably always will, that his writing process involved sitting in his swivel chair, turning left, then right...glancing at all the things around his desk until--KAPOW. And once he saw the thing that sparked the story, he wrote.

In one of my stories, I quoted Something Wicked, one of my favorites from him.

“Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No, the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks through their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars.” - Chapter 38, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury, 1962

Ray Bradbury had the unique gift to take a few words, string them together, and make delicious shivers of horrified delight ripple across my skin. I have a quote from him hanging above my desk, I believe you can see a picture including it someplace near this sentence. He was an inspiration to authors, a gifted writer and now...

At the age of 91, he is gone.

Born in 1920, according to Wikipedia, in Illinois, Mr. Bradbury was descended from a Salem witch and learned his love of books early, starting out with greats like Poe. Upon his death, everyone has taken a moment to report it and, much to my amusement, it is all in Wikipedia already (they don't let the dust settle over at Wikipedia.)

"The New York Times' obituary stated that Bradbury was "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream." The Los Angeles Times credited Bradbury with the ability "to write lyrically and evocatively of lands an imagination away, worlds he anchored in the here and now with a sense of visual clarity and small-town familiarity". Bradbury's grandson, Danny Karapetian, stated that Bradbury's works had "influenced so many artists, writers, teachers, scientists, and it's always really touching and comforting to hear their stories". Several celebrity fans of Bradbury paid tribute to the author by stating the influence of his works on their own careers and creations." (See entire article here.)

But for me, I can say this. I loved his work. If ever a story I tell gets as many people talking as some of his did, I will know that I did my job as a storyteller. Bradbury was quoted at one point to have said that he sought his own immortality with his work.

Just a guess, sir, but I think you got it.

Rest in peace, Ray Bradbury. August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012

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