"The Warrior's Heart" got a wonderful review on Twolips reviews. You can read the review at www.twolipsreviews.com

Happy dance time

Me and my husband went a poker tourney this last weekend and I came in third, yay! This was my first real life tourney, I play online every now and then. It was fun.

I have been working the erotic shiver "Rapture", but it has developed into a more of a novel than a erotic shiver. I'm going to have to rename it to fit the book better. Once I start working on a story it takes on a life of its own. I am shooting for a Jan/feb release for the book.

The other book "Kiss the Moment" has been sent to the proof reader and cover designer. I'm looking forward to the release of this book :) The release date is set for Nov 5th.

Oct 2007 Newsletter

Hello Everyone,

An early Happy Halloween. I haven't decided what I want to dress up as this Halloween yet, but I am leaning towards being a pirate. I could have fun with that, lol.

I'm putting the finishing touches on "Kiss the Moment" the book should be released Nov 5th. I'm hoping to get the erotic shiver "Rapture" done about the same time.

My website has been updated

Guest poets:
TITOWEEN-Ramona Thompson
His Touch-Edwinna Bryant
Beach Music- Brady Sutton
Lorelei-E.W. Richardson

Guest Writers:
The Precious Treasure- Bes R. Walker

JESSIE’S GAME- Desiree Donovan

COLLUSION – SexylexyUSA
Halloween Surprise-Roxanne Rhoads
Waited So Long…. -Carla Wallace

My Story:

The third part to “The Heart’s Eclipse” has been posted


I would like to thank everyone who entered August contest. The winner was Loretta Wilson Enjoy the book!

For Oct. contest- I am giving away a print book of "The Warrior's Heart" To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.

Good luck to everyone that enters

Have a wonderful month
Best wishes,
Justus Roux
Storyteller36@msn.com
www.justusroux.com

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Whoops, my audito posted twice. I hate when that happens. I busy tweaking my website and blog etc. so there may be a couple more whoops. I am such a technotard, lol

About Me

A little about Justus Roux

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Yay! "The Warrior's Heart" has been released on Ebook. It's available through Mobipocket and the Erotictales Yahoo store right now. Soon it will be available everywhere. The print book should be coming out in a couple of weeks.
I am always so exicted when a new book is released. It's time for wine and a whole lot of happy dancing :)

Well, I have done something I have never done before in my writing. I am working on "Kiss the Moment" and I had to completely redo one of the characters. I didn't like the way Seth was developing, it was throwing the whole story off. So I had to sit back and think about this character. After a few days it finally hit me what was wrong and went about redoing Seth. Now, his character fits the story in fact it really enhances it. It was quite a lot of work to redo everything, but I am glad I took the time to do it. Now that the storyline is back on track my muses are dancing, lol. I better get my butt back to work.

August 2007 Newsletter


Hello Everyone,

Summer is winding down and the kids are getting all worked up over going back to school. My oldest son starts college this fall, my youngest son will be a senior in high school and my daughter goes into 7th grade. And I am busy getting a promotional campaign for my books set up. Plus I have begun work on “Kiss the Moment” which is another book in my Master Series.

"The Warrior's Heart" will be released this month. The e-book should be released by Aug 10th and the print around Aug 20th. Here is a little about the book:

Tomar, the ruler of the Rundal people, discovered a planet called Loma. This planet has the same problem as the planet Malka, but in reverse, where as the Malka people lack females the Loma people lack males. Tomar is excited and travels to Loma to start talks with the Empress. Yet, when he arrives he soon finds that he may have made a mistake wanting to introduce the Loma females to the Malka males. The Empress wants Queen Rhaya’s village destroyed because of the male child born in that village. No male child has been born on Loma for a hundred years and the Empress sees this as a bad omen. Tomar uses his ships to transport the villagers to safety on Malka. But he stays by the Empress’s request.

On Malka the young warrior name Zenith has been chosen for the honor of being the trainer to Niro’s son Zenos. He gets introduced to the warrior women of Loma when Queen Rhaya shows up to meet with Niro. Petra the Queen’s guard is instantly attracted to Zenith, even though he works her last nerve by his arrogance. On Loma smaller, weaker males are desired, but Zenith is large and strong just like all the male warriors on Malka. Niro soon finds out his warriors are having trouble adjusting to the strong female warriors of Loma.

Ramiro, the son of Tomar, has been best friends with Zenith forever. He was named the grand general of the Rundal warriors. His duty is to train the Rundal warriors to fight along side of the barbarians. His older brother Alamaxa is being groomed to be the next ruler of the Rundal people and with Tomar away Alamaxa becomes the acting ruler. His first act as ruler is to command his brother Ramiro to choose a mate. Ramiro doesn’t want a Rundal female but is most curious about the human females. However, it is forbidden for a Rundal male to be with a human female.
Laigne, the weaker male servant to Niro’s mate Robin, can’t believe it when a large beautiful Loma female wants him. On Malka being a weaker male was the most undesirable thing there was. Weaker males in the Dascon clan became servants and playthings to the large male warriors which was considered lucky for in the Larmat clan they simply killed the weaker males.

“The Warrior’s Heart” is book four in the Barbarians of Malka Series

My Website has been updated:
Guest Poets-
LUKAS LIKES TO WATCH-Ramona Thompson
Muse-Mel G
Pop Her Berry-C'BS ALife
Shadow of Desire-Feather

Guest Writers-

Incoming Call- Kris Winter
Ruthless -Sommer Marsden
Houdini Hat Trick- Cassie Exline
Our Vegas Experience-Bes R. Walker
Compensation-Joseph Veronneau

My Story-
“The Heart’s Eclipse” This story is an erotic shiver that I will be posting up in four parts. I would love to see this story turned into a graphic novel or maybe even an anime.

All Rakar knew was war. His whole life he was trained to become a General of the Sidana army. All the battles he has won, all the cruelty he is commanded to inflict, all of this has made Rakar a uncompassionate, cold man. But when Rakar is commanded to attack the small colony planet of Nunos he meets the man who will change his life forever.

Serin despised Rakar for destroying his planet and making him a personal slave. Yet, he finds himself drawn to Rakar. He is ashamed of his developing feelings for his captor. The more he tries to deny these feelings the more these feelings grow stronger.


I would like to thank everyone who entered July contest. The winner was Renee Burnette. Enjoy the book!

For August contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Tales 2" and an ebook of "The Warrior's Heart" To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.
Good luck to everyone that enters

Have a wonderful month everyone :)

Best Wishes,
Justus Roux
storyteller36@msn.com
www.justusroux.com

Well I turned the big 40 yesterday. We celebrated last weekend. With my husband being a truck driver we hardly get to celebrate events on their actually days.

I got the usual oh you're getting old comments from family and friends. All in good fun though. But it's what my daughter said that put the biggest smile on my face. She said I didn't look like what she imagined forty to look like. Of course when I was eleven I thought forty was ancient, so I can just imagine what she imagined forty to look like. It was just so cute the way she said it.

I am taking this weekend off to take my family to the zoo and a picnic. It's so beautiful outside I would hate to waste it sitting around in the house all day.

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July 2007 Newsletter


It's my birthday month. I turn forty on July 19th :) Me, forty, it's hard to believe. But I am okay with it. age is only a number. I wanted to have a big birthday bash to celebrate the next chapter of my life. However, the age thing seems to be bugging my husband. He can be an old poo if he wants. I plan on having a great time on my birthday.

On the writing front. "The Warrior's Heart" which is the next book in the Barbarians of Malka series will be released at the beginning of August. I was hoping for a July release date, but I am afraid that's not going to happen. This book is taking a little longer than I expected to write.

I am one of the featured authors on The Romance Studio’s website this month. You can check it out at www.theromancestudio.com

My website has been updated.

Guest Poets:

I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A BLOWJOB-Ramona Thompson
If I Could Fly -Lorilee Niblett
That Day-Simone Hutchinson
December Moon Rhapsody-E.W. Richardson

Guest Writers:

Cheryl is an Angel-Bes R. Walker
PEGGY LOVES JANICE-Countess Celina
In the Misty Moonlight-Charlotte Dare
Rape Fantasy-Amy Pelletier
Mrs. Monte-N. Vasco

My Story

Hurt Me So Good- Daniel wanted to be dominated by a woman and he gets what he wanted.



I would like to thank everyone who entered June contest. The winner was V. Wurgler. Enjoy the books!
For July contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Tales 2" To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.
Good luck to everyone that enters

Have a great month everyone

Best Wishes,
Justus Roux
Storyteller36@msn.com
www.justusroux.com

I think I am finally getting my rhythm back. These last few months have been so hectic. Finally there is some sort of normalcy around here.

I have been working on “The Warrior’s Heart” which is book four in the Barbarians of Malka Series. You will get to know more about the Rundal people in this book. I am really enjoying writing this book. There are three couples which the storyline revolves around. Each couple’s story intertwines with each other to really add to the story as a whole. This book is a bit more complex than the other three, but it’s really working. I was a bit nervous since there is so much going on in this story. One aspect, the romance between the Rundal male and human female, has proven to be the most difficult element of the story, but I am enjoying weaving this part into the whole story.

Alright I will stop babbling on. I am hoping for this book to be release at the end of July or the beginning of August.

June 2007 Newsletter

Hello Everyone,

This month me and my husband celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary. Yep, we have officially been married for this side of forever, lol.

"Erotic Tales 2" is now available in print.

I have begun work on the fourth book in the barbarians of Malka Series. The title is "The Warrior's Heart". It should be released by the end of July, beginning of August

My Website has been updated.
Guest Poets-
Super Nova Rising-Ramona Thompson
On My Knees- Melinda Glover
My Request-Umesh
Picture of a Woman -Morgan Broom

Guest Writers-
Artistic Choices-Bes R. Walker
The Newest Wrangler- Clio
Dark Companion-Charles Diggs
Mike Finds His Rhythm-Robert Kelly
CONCUBINE-Chaucer

My Story-
Fit to be Tied- the title pretty much says everything, lol


I would like to thank everyone who entered May contest. The winner was Tammy Garcia. Enjoy the books!

For June contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Tales 2" To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.
Good luck to everyone that enters


Have a great month everyone :)

Best Wishes,
Justus Roux
Storyteller36@msn.com
www.justusroux.com

Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend.

Happy Mother's Day!

"Erotic Tales 2" has been released to ebook. It's available on Mobipocket and www.justusrouxebooks.com right now and soon to all retailers who carry my ebooks.

The Print book should be released by May 25th

May 2007 Newsletter

Hello Everyone,





First, I would like to wish all the moms out there a happy Mother's day :)



This month my husband celebrates his birthday. My oldest son graduates from High School at the end of the month. It's weird, you know, getting ready for your first child to graduate. Next year my youngest son graduates. My daughter, the baby of the family, doesn't graduate for five more years.



"Erotic Tales 2" releases this month. I am shooting for a May 20th release for the print edition and possibly a May 12th release for the e-book. Here is a bit about the book.



Erotic, hot, carnal, kinky, passionate, seductive, sensual, sexy, all of these words can be used to describe this collection of short stories and poems.

Thirty-one writers and poets have weaved together tales that encompass the spectrum of erotica.

1. Better than Brazil -Gwen Masters

2. All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor- Lynne den Hartog

3. Out Call- Thomas Fuchs

4. Waiting Patiently-Roxanne Rhoads

5. Nightgirl -The Prisoner of Brenda- H.L. Berry

6. Mindy's Pheromones -Jeremy Edwards

7. He Said- Eva Vandetuin

8. Butterfly Kisses- Brian Rosenberger

9. Devil in a Red Dress -Cynthia Richards

10. A Taste of Italy- Sommer Marsden

11. Celestial- Ramona Thompson

12. Imagined Touch- Gia Addison

13. The Hostage-Andrea Glenn

14. The Lesson- Arlie MacGregor

15. Palimpsest -Lawrence Schimel

16. Who needs to know why? -Jocelyn Bringas

17. The Perfect Touch -Countess Celina

18. Royal Delicacy -Ann Cory

19. Black and White-Chloe Waits

20. A Damsel in His Dress- Susan M. Sailors

21. Autumn- H. Elkins

22. Vic's Secret - Cate Shea

23. Through Pain I Love- Sue Tobin

24. The Purple Vibrator- Karen L. Newman

25. In These Shoes? -BJ Franklin

26. Nice Kitty Kat-Michelle Houston

27. Nude- Nicholas Ozment

28. Love's Insanity and Release -E. K. Devereux

29. Parking Lot Santa -Michael Cain

30. Getting What She Wants -Eddie Brock

31. Sarah's New Beginning -Justus Roux







My website has been updated



Guest Poets:

I Had Sex with a Rockstar-Ramona Thompson

Warm Rain- Melinda Glover

Happiness-Lily Habiba

Beyond Darkness-Erin Aislinn





Guest Writers:



Chrissy's Big Score -Bes R. Walker

Hothouse- Karen L. Newman

Madame Kon's Daughter- Jack Allen

First Timers- N.Vasco

FIRE DRILL -Kris Winters



My story:

Obedience- Amber learns to be completely obedient to her Master.





I would like to thank everyone who entered April contest. The winner was Laurie Robertson . Enjoy the books!

For May contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Tales 2" and an e-book of "With These Chains" to one lucky winner. To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.

Good luck to everyone that enters





Have a great month everyone :)



Best Wishes,

Justus Roux

www.justusroux.com

I have had several readers ask me if I was attending the Romantic Times book lovers convention this year. Due to personal reasons I will be unable to attend this year. I am disappoint. I was really looking forward to going this year. I wasn't expecting my life to get all frazzled, I guess it is the best word to describe it.

I will try like hell to make it to the next year's conference. The way things are going I probably won't make it do Dragon con this year either.

Right now I have to focus on getting my personal life straightened up. So much has happened over these last few months and so much is going to happen over the next few months. I have every confidence in myself that I will work through this and be stronger for it when everything is all said and done.

Of course I will continue writing. I love to write, it's my solace. I will be starting the new Barbarians of Malka book right after I finish up "Erotic Tales 2".
Speaking of "Erotic Tales 2" if you have a story or poem in this book and haven't sent me the contract or your bio please send those to me by the end of the month. I will be sending out story and poem proofs later on this week.

I am finished with reading submissions for "Erotic Tales 2" I have sent out my response to all stories and poems submitted. Oh man this was a hard one to pick stories for. There were over 150 submissions. So many good stories and poems, narrowing it down to 30 was extremely difficult. I try to give any kind of feedback I can to the stories that were rejected, but to be honest there wasn't really that many that needed feedback. Most were well written and the storylines were good, they just didn't fit with what I had envisioned for the anthology.

I have picked a nice variety of stories and poems that cover the gamut of erotica. Now I have to starting editing and formatting the book. I am going to start that next week. Easter weekend is almost here and I have a million little things to do to get ready for it.

Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates the holiday :)

“With These Chains” is now available


“With These Chains” -

With these chains…a love so deep, so pure is forged that not even the cruelness of the most evil trainer could break it.

I couldn’t believe what had happened to me, couldn’t believe that sex slaves were real until I became one. I was forced into this life, forced to service the wants and needs of others. I was robbed of my humanity until I believed I was only a mere possession. I was beaten, humiliated, and forced to fulfill every atrocious, perverted, twisted need of those who put me into this life. I had all but given up, should I choose death or do I continue to be a possession… then Emma gave me back my humanity.
My name is Gaven Reese and this is my story…

To read sample chapter go to my website www.justusroux.com

Ebook is now available at www.justusrouxebooks.com , Mobipocket and soon everywhere else that carries my books.



This cover was done by a budding artist. For this ebook I wanted to try something new and let a brand new artist create the cover. I think for a first effort it's pretty good. My regular cover artist Manoj,who has done all the covers to my books, will be working on the cover for the new anthology "Erotic Tales 2"

April 2007 Newsletter

Happy Easter! My kids have started their spring break and little do they know I have a lot of spring cleaning planned for this week, lol.

"With These Chains" is available on e-book April 4.

I will be working on "Erotic Tales 2" this month. I will be reading the many submissions I received for this anthology over the next two weeks. I am a bit overwhelmed by the response I have gotten from writers and poets. Needless to say it is going to be a busy month for me. This anthology is schedule for release on May 20th.
My Website has been updated

Guest poets-
Rockstar Escort-Ramona Thompson
Burnt Offering-David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Raw-Tom SternerHowe
My Request-Umesh Ghoshdastider

Guest Writers-

The Motorcycle Ride-Bobbi Langford
The Pole Dancer-Leslie Rose
Find Me-Veronika Cherrywood
The Legend of Aruha and Hurlon-Bes R. Walker
INDULGING ALICE -ALEX JORDAINE


My story-
“Throes of Passion”- a woman’s observation of her lover in the throes of passion.

I would like to thank everyone who entered March contest. The winner was Christina Hopper . Enjoy the book!
For April contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Shivers Volume I" and an e-book of "With These Chains" to one lucky winner. To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.
Good luck to everyone that enters

Have a great month everyone :)

Best Wishes,
Justus Roux
www.justusroux.com
storyteller36@msn.com

Me and the family went to see "300" this last Saturday. It was a pretty good movie. All those half naked hot men were worth the price of admission alone, lol. What I found fascinating was the fact that the story was being told to us and the way certain things were exaggerated just like it would if a storyteller was telling a story was very well done. I enjoy seeing how a plot is built and executed. I guess it's the writer in me. This movie was a bit gory in parts, but that is to be expected in a movie like this. All in all it was worth going to see at the movie theater.
Next weekend my kids start their spring break. My youngest son is going with his father on the road for a couple of days. He has been wanting to ride along with his dad in his semi truck since he was a little boy. I am glad my husband is finally taking him along for a short trip. I think during this spring break it would be a good time for some spring cleaning. I want to freshen everything up. maybe change some things around. I tell you what I need a change.
"With These Chains" will be released by April 4th and I have started work on a series of four stories that all revolve around the Master/submissive lifestyle. Each story will tell a different aspect of this lifestyle.
Plus during spring break I will be working on "Erotic Shivers 2" I have a lot of story submissions to read through. It's always so hard picking the right ones to put in the book. I always get such wonderful stories to pick from. It looks like this year will be no different.
Well, I better get back to work. I have to get the next part of "My Warrior" ready for tomorrow's erotic moment for my yahoo group

I am finally done editing "With These Chains" and will be sending it off to my proofreader today. It seemed to take forever to get the story just right. I always get that 'it's done' feeling when I know the book is how I want it. Finally, I got that feeling with this book. I am hoping for a April 4 release for the book. Now I think I will take a couple of days off. I say that and my muses will bug the hell out of me to starting writing the next story, lol.

The Heart's Eclipse

This is an excerpt from the erotic shiver "The Heart's Eclispe"
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March 2007 Newsletter


Yay, it’s almost Spring. This month my youngest son celebrates his seventeenth birthday.


My Story “Watch and Wait” is in the anthology “Got a Minute?” edited by Alison Tyler which will be released this month.


“With These Chains” will be released at the end of this month or the beginning of next month.

Here is a little a about the story:

With these chains…a love so deep, so pure is forged that not even the cruelness of the most evil trainer could break it.

I couldn’t believe what had happen to me, couldn’t believe that sex slaves were real until I became one. I was forced into this life, forced to service the wants and needs of others. I was robbed of my humanity until I believed I was only a mere possession. I was beaten, humiliated, and forced to fulfill every atrocious, perverted, twisted need of those who put me into this life. I had all but given up, should I choose death or did I continue to be a possession… then Emma gave me back my humanity.
My name is Gaven Reese and this is my story…



I am rewriting my first erotic romance novel “My Warrior” I am posting it up on my yahoo group in sections each Tuesday. It’s a work in progress, so it’s not completely polished up. Once I am finish rewriting, it gets sent off to my proof readers. So if you would like to check it out go on over to my yahoo group. Erotictales Publications Yahoo group


Writers and Poets

I will be accepting submissions for my new anthology

“Erotic Tales 2”

For this anthology I am looking for a variety of erotic stories and poems. Any genre and characters can be bi, straight or gay. I am interested in sizzling hot stories, with great characters, interesting settings and solid storylines. No stories involving incest, bestiality, necrophilia or anything dealing with children, other than that anything goes.

Word count limit is 10,000 with a minimum of 1200. Poems have a word count limit of 10,000 with no minimum.

Payment is $25 for stories, and $10 for poems, plus a print copy of the book. I am asking for nonexclusive rights which mean you are free to submit your story elsewhere if you wish. Reprints are okay as long as you have the rights to the story.

You can submit stories now, but I won’t begin reading submissions until the beginning of April. The deadline is March 30, 2007, with an estimated release date of May 20, 2007. This book will be an e-book as well as a print book.

I don’t care how many writing credits you have it’s the story I go by, so I encourage new writers to submit stories. .

Send stories as a Word doc. attachment or copy and paste story in the body of the email to storyteller36@msn.com. Please put that you are submitting for the anthology in the subject line. I will send notification that I have received your submission. Please no fancy fonts, New Times Roman is what I prefer, it’s easier to format.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me.




My Website has been updated



Guest Poets:

I Wanna Make Love to Me-Ramona Thompson
Suspending Belief-Ann Cory
Plethora-Andrea C. Kerl
Longing-I.G. Frederick

Guest Writers:

I Have Something to Tell You-Bes R. Walker
The Groom's Man-Michael Cain
Imported-Erin E. Schmidt
BASKETBALL BETTY- Higgins
If We Were… -Jeremy Edwards

My Story:

You’re My Toy- Marcus loved the torment his owner Michael dished out, but this time did Michael cross the line.



I would like to thank everyone who entered Feb contest. The winner was Joan Raleigh. Enjoy the book!

For March contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Shivers Volume I" to one lucky winner. To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.
Good luck to everyone that enters


Have a wonderful month everyone : )

Best Wishes,
Justus Roux
Storyteller36@msn.com
www.justusroux.com

Today I have to go to my children's parent-teacher conferences. Normally this is a good thing,because by and large they do pretty well in school. However, my daughter's last report card wasn't the greatest and my oldest son has behavior issues. Between me and their teachers I am sure we can get them back into shape school wise.

We are finally getting DSL connection. It took long enough but it's now offered in our area. That's the problem when you live out in the middle of nowhere it takes forever for services to come out this way.

I am finishing up "With These Chains" and I am very happy with how the story has developed. I should begin editing it next week then it's off to the proof reader. I have also had a few really good story lines pop into my head. I am looking forward to plotting them out.

This weekend my family added to the zoo we already have. We got a baby bunny that we have named Sephiroth. He is so cute. I didn't plan on buying a bunny when I went into town to pick up some dog food, but once I saw the little bunny and that pleading look in my daughters eyes I found myself buying a bunny. The last time I had a bunny for a pet was when I was about eleven maybe even younger than that. So needless to say I had to look up on how to care for the little guy. So now we have three cats, three dogs, three chickens, two turtles, fish, and a baby bunny in our ever growing zoo.

Happy Valentine's Day

Call for Submissions

Writers and Poets

I will be accepting submissions for my new anthology

“Erotic Tales 2”

For this anthology I am looking for a variety of erotic stories and poems. Any genre and characters can be bi, straight or gay. I am interested in sizzling hot stories, with great characters, interesting settings and solid storylines. No stories involving incest, bestiality, necrophilia or anything dealing with children, other than that anything goes.

Word count limit is 10,000 with a minimum of 1200. Poems have a word count limit of 10,000 with no minimum.

Payment is $25 for stories, and $10 for poems, plus a print copy of the book. I am asking for nonexclusive rights which mean you are free to submit your story elsewhere if you wish. Reprints are okay as long as you have the rights to the story.

You can submit stories now, but I won’t begin reading submissions until the beginning of April. The deadline is March 30, 2007, with an estimated release date of May 20, 2007. This book will be an e-book as well as a print book.

I don’t care how many writing credits you have it’s the story I go by, so I encourage new writers to submit stories. .

Send stories as a Word doc. attachment or copy and paste story in the body of the email to storyteller36@msn.com. Please put that you are submitting for the anthology in the subject line. I will send notification that I have received your submission. Please no fancy fonts, New Times Roman is what I prefer, it’s easier to format.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Brrr! It's freaking cold outside.It's like -30 with windchill, yikes. I can't wait until Spring.

For those of you who have read my Demon Hunter Series I will be writing an Erotic Shiver which will tells the story of Tasmos the Archangel and his lost love Alisha.
If you read "Heavenly Surrender" you will remember how Alisha was murdered by the Archangel Kannon. In this new Erotic Shiver Tasmos will find her again. This story just popped into my head last night. Their story really does need to be told.

I am not sure when this Erotic Shiver will be released, but it will be sometime this year.

Feb 2007 Newsletter

Happy Valentine Day Everyone,

The day for love and romance, here’s hoping my husband is a bit romantic this year. He seems to have trouble in this area.

The erotic shivers “Surrender” and “The Heart’s Eclipse” are available now in the Erotictales yahoo store.

This month I am finishing up a book I started writing…heck about two years ago. “With These Chains” is a story about human trafficking. This has been a hard story to write due to its extreme content. This book will only be available in ebook format and I am hoping it will be released at the end of March.

My website has been updated:


Guest Poets:
My Valentine Pussy-Ramona Thompson
Why-Morgan Broom
Menage a migraine-Brian Rosenberger
The Invitation-Andrea C. Kerl

Guest Writers:
My Life is Like One of My Movies-Bes R. Walker
Ex-Boyfriend Season-Michael Cain
Trial by Sperm-Jack Allen
Waiting for Frida-Erin E. Schmidt
PASSION-Gene Samuels

My story- “My Sweet Valentine”- This is what happens when a husband brings his wife chocolates for Valentine’s Day.

I have rearranged my website a little. I have updated my links, contest and newsletter page. My fun extra page now has MP3 links to my audio posts. I think my excerpt readings are getting better, lol. Plus, I have put everything like jigsaw puzzles, character bios, stuff about me, extra little stories etc on the fun extra page.

I would like to thank everyone who entered Jan. contest. The winner was Phyllis Crabtree Enjoy the book!

For Feb. contest- I am giving away a print book of "Erotic Shivers Volume I" to one lucky winner. To enter send an email to storyteller36@msn.com I will draw a winner at the end of the month.

Good luck to everyone that enters




Have a wonderful month everyone.
Best Wishes,
Justus Roux
www.justusroux.com
storyteller36@msn.com

The Erotic Shiver "The Heart's Eclipse" is now available on the Erotic Tales Yahoo store.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by everything going on in your life? That's what I am feeling today. On the writing front- I have so many projects I want to do this year. Quite honestly I don't know if I am going to be able to do them all. With me though once I set a goal I try my darnest to get it done. On the home front there is so much going on too. My oldest son is graduating this year, my youngest son graduates next year so they are both looking into colleges. And of course I am helping them out with this. We are looking into various schools, scholarships, student loans, etc. My oldest son wants to go to an art institute and my youngest wants to go to a technical college, he wants to work in the computer field.

My little girl has been pretty sick the last few days. I am taking her to the doctors today. I am pretty sure she has the flu, but I don't want to take any chances. I have to go to the doctor tomorrow,just a routine check up thank goodness, but still I hate going to the doctor. My husband is acting all depress over his weight. Getting him to eat properly and exercise is a challenge to say the least.

What I need is a small breather to regroup my thoughts. Get myself back on the right track.

Okay, enough whining on my part. My first priority is to get my little girl all better. I get so worried when my children are sick. While she is taking a nap today I will work on my book and lose myself in it.

I have updated the Erotictales Yahoo store www.justusrouxebooks.com
Ebooks are now available is PDF, Microsoft Reader, and HTML. Plus I have added a couple of sitepals to tell about each series of books. "Erotic Shivers Volume I" print book has also been added to the store.

Erotic Shivers Volume I Release annoucement

Erotictales Publication proudly announces the release of



Erotic Shivers Volume I


An Anthology of Erotic Stories
Written by Justus Roux





Stories included are:

The Darkness and the Light
Fantasy Erotica— Atrum, the Giver of Darkness, longs to have and dominate, Lumiere, the Bringer of Light. But once Lumiere is Atrum’s prisoner something awakens in Atrum.

Yes, Master Dante
BDSM— this novella is part of Justus Roux’s Master Series. It originally appeared in Erotic Moments, but has been re-edited and expanded upon to tell more of Apollo and Tonya’s story. Tonya Roche is sent to be trained by Master Dante, by her former Master. Dante soon realizes that she would be the perfect distraction for his slave Apollo.

Ecstasy Story-
BDSM—this novella is part of Justus Roux’s Master Series, this story tells about Master Drake's favorite pet Ecstasy before he comes to Kjonn Fengsel. It originally appeared in Erotic Moments but has been re-edited.

Wrath's Story
BDSM— this novella is part of Justus Roux’s Master Series, tells the story of Master Drake's most vicious pet Wrath arrival at the island, just after Wrath leaves Master Dante. It originally appeared in Erotic Moments but has been re-edited.

Kiss of the Vampire
Paranormal Erotica— Gareth thought Emerald was like him a vampire, but in truth Emerald was human who suffered from a rare sun allergy. Gareth is not the only one who mistakes Emerald for a vampire—a group of vampire hunters also label her one. Now Gareth must save Emerald and decide whether he can love a mortal or will he have to let her go. It originally appeared in Erotic Moments but has been re-edited and expanded upon a little.

Trouble Brewing-
Paranormal erotica— the evil witch Shauna desires the handsome knight Rune, but his loves her assistant Kana. Shauna forces Rune to be her lover, will Kana be able to save him.

Dangerous Addiction-
Jenny Devon’s hobby was being a paranormal investigator with her friends Stewart and Shelly. Up until recently, Jenny had never had a true paranormal experience. Soon, she finds herself on three amazing journeys. The first, she encounters a werewolf who changes her mind about these ferocious beings. Second Jenny meets a vampire named Victor whose love for a mortal woman surprises her—and lastly she meets the man who changes her life, the only problem is that he is a vampire. These three stories first appeared on Justus Roux’s website last year, but have been re-edited and fused together to make one incredible story.

Tales of Submission-
which feature the short stories:
Endure
Submission’s Beauty
For My Master
Confessions of a Closet Dominatrix
Man Tamer

Sweet Seduction Stories-
which feature the short stories:
Watch and Wait
Aftermath
Beyond Love
Freed Heart

Poison-
Regina finds herself accused of murder. She tries to explain to her attorney how a man who simply goes by the name Poison drove her to commit this atrocious act by leading her into the world of S&M.

Love is Love-
After her divorce Jill must rely on her artistic talents to pay the bills. When she is commissioned to paint a married couples portrait and they offer her room and board while she is working, Jill can’t refuse. Little does she know this will change her life forever.

Precious Cargo
Remau was from the slave planet Neve. As soon as he reached maturity Remau started his training to be a pleasure slave. He was given as a gift to the empire’s favorite cargo runners. Remau’s only wish was to be given to a kind owner, but soon he realizes his new owners are anything but kind.

Available now in print and ebook


Justus Roux's website- http://www.justusroux.com/
Justus Roux's My Space page- http://www.myspace.com/justusroux
Justus Roux's blog- A Writer's Mind http://justusroux.blogspot.com/


Erotictales Publications yahoo store- http://www.justusrouxebooks.com/

Erotictales Publications Yahoo group- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erotictalespublications/

Ah, finally the problem has been fixed. Below are the audio posts. I think my reading was a bit better this time. I was more relax when I recorded them.

Intro to Erotic Shivers Volume I

This is about my book Erotic Shivers Volume I




MP3 File

Yes Master Dante

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Ecstasy's Story

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Wrath's Story

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

The Darkness and the Light

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Dangerous Addiction

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Kiss of the Vampire

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Trouble brewing

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Sweet Seduction Stories

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Tales of Submission

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Poison

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Poison

Love is Love

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"




MP3 File

Precious Cargo

Excerpt from this story. Part of the book "Erotic Shivers Volume I"

I don't know what's up with the delay in posting the audio blogs. Here is the link to my podcast, it has the same audio files.
http://arcanewriter.hipcast.com/rss/justus_roux_podcast.xml

Hopefully, the problem will solved soon and I will be able to post the audio blogs.

I have posted audio excerpts of the stories in "Erotic Shivers Volume I" They are up on my pod cast now and they are supposed to be published on the blog sometime soon. My readings are getting a little better, lol.

My book “Love Thy Master” was nominated for the Romance Studio’s Cupid & Psyche Awards (CAPA) in the BDSM category. Yay! What a great way to end the year : ) Now it’s time to put on some music and dance my butt off ♪

Merry Christmas!

I am working on the finishing touches to "Erotic Shivers Volume I" I am hoping the book will be released by Dec 27th. This book is rather large it's about 350 pages long, so it will take a little more time than I anticipated to finish polishing it up. I got the cover proof for the book yesterday and it looks wonderful :) Thank goodness I got all my Christmas shopping, decorating etc. done so that I can spend most of my time finishing this book up. I am so looking forward to its release.

I just found out my short story "Watch and Wait" will be included in the anthology "Got a Minute" edited by Alison Tyler.

Time for my happy dance

This morning I have to go to the doctor. My thyroid levels are a bit off. No big deal really and I am thankful for that. My hand still bears the bruise from when the hospital drew blood a couple days ago. They always have a problem drawing blood, so it hurts like hell. I am glad my doctor’s appointment is in the morning that way I get it done and over with.

I am going to finish my Christmas shopping today. Thankfully I don’t have much left to do. This weekend I am going to decorate my house for the holidays. Strangely it doesn’t feel like Christmas, perhaps it is from the lack of snow. Whatever the case I hope I get into the holiday spirit soon.

I am plotting out several storylines. Since all these storylines are in my head at the moment I might as well get the basic outline of each storyline written down. That way I won’t forget any of them.

I have finished the erotic shiver “The Heart’s Ecplise” this was a challenging story to write. Here is a little about the story:
All Rakar knew was war. His whole life he was trained to become a General of the Sidana army. All the battles he has won, all the cruelty he is commanded to inflict, all of this has made Rakar a uncompassionate, cold man. But when Rakar is commanded to attack the small colony planet of Nunos he meets the man who will change his life forever.
Serin despised Rakar for destorying his planet and making him a personal slave. Yet, he finds himself drawn to Rakar. He is ashamed of his developing feelings for his captor. The more he tries to deny these feelings the more these feelings grow stronger.

This erotic shiver along with the erotic shiver “Surrender” will be available in the Erotictales Yahoo store in Jan. 2007


My muses are driving me nuts. I have like three or four storylines that are roaming around in my head at the moment. Which one to start writing? I try to plan a release order for next year’s books, but I can only write whatever story that is more dominant in my mind. “In the Arms of Oblivion” seems to be pushing it’s way to the front of my mind. However I hadn’t plan on working on this story until late next year. I also have the storyline for “Whips, Silk Ropes and Roses” weaving together in my mind too. Arrgh…and not to mention the other two storylines in there too. I think I will spend today figuring out which storyline to write first. I like to keep writing and since I have finished “The Heart’s Ecplise” it’s time to move on to plotting out the next story.

Yay! another great review for my book "Master Nikolai" this time from Just Erotic Romance Reviews. This is so awesome, two great reviews for my book in one week :) Now it's time to do a happy dance.

-Justus




Title: Master Series: Master Nikolai
Author: Justus Roux
Publisher: Erotictales Publications
Publisher URL: http://www.justusroux.
ISBN: 0-97777-4-3
Reviewer: Suni Farrar
Rating: 4 Stars
Heat level: O

Master Nikolai from the Master Series was a complex tale of dark desires, wounded souls, and those with the ability to heal them. The book was truly a treasure. I was sad to see my time with the characters end. Jacob was young and still trying to find his way in the world, which was bound to happen the longer he worked for Rose. The lady knew how to find trouble and she did just that with the new story they were researching. One minute Jacob was sure of his sexuality and the next he found beauty in the eyes of another man. If Rose were near, he would have vigorously until her senses returned. I found Jacob’s self-exploration sweet and refreshing. It felt as if I was finding out about the joys on life with him. Meanwhile, Rose was having troubles of her own. From the moment she entered Master Nikolai’s home, her life changed. My experience with Rose was different from Jacob. She had a stronger personality and that made for more fire in the bedroom. Even though, Master Nikolai was not a classic tale of romance, the connection between all of the characters was realistic. The plot kept me on the edge of my seat and the sex caused me to quiver

After a rather long four days I went to catch up on reading my emails and had a wonderful surprise. The first review for my book "Master Nikolai" recieved a 5 out 5 blue ribbons from the Romance Junkies! Needless to say I am thrilled by this. Below is a little of the review. The entire review will be posted on Romance Junkies website soon.

Yay, it's time to do a happy dance :)

MASTER NIKOLAI is the latest addition to Justus Roux's MASTERS series. If you've already been reading this series you'll appreciate the protective nature of both the Masters and their beloved slaves throughout this book. If you haven't read any of the other books then MASTER NIKOLAI gives you a tantalizing taste of each of these dynamic Masters and the submissives who love them. Rose and Jacob enter into their book project from an outsider's perspective but soon discover that while the lifestyle isn't for everyone there are aspects that do appeal to them. I was touched by Rose's story and her confusion while being with Nikolai, but it's Jacob's story that brought me to tears. His time on Master Drake's island is so open and honest that I truly felt my heart break when it came time for him to leave. Justus Roux fans will truly appreciate MASTER NIKOLAI's story.

Title: Master Nikolai
Category: Contemporary
Reviewer: Chrissy DionneReviewer
Author: Justus Roux
Publisher: Erotictales Publishing
Release Date: October 2006
ISBN Number: 09777788
Author Homepage: http://www.justusroux.com
Author email: storyteller36@msn.com
Format: EBOOK/PRINTRating:
5 out of 5 Blue Ribbons

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving

My daugther's birthday is this Sunday, she will be eleven. She is already figuring out how she would like to spend her birthday money. She also wants to go bowling. This is about the only time I go bowling so needless to say I am not very good at it. Though I do enjoy playing the game. Needless to say it will be a busy weekend.


I am also making my Thanksgiving plans. We are trying to decide which relatives to visit this year or if we just want it to be our little family. Personally I would prefer it to be just our little family. Everything is up in the air at the moment.

I have updated the Yahoo Erotictales Publications store :) Oh my goodness that was a pain in the butt, but I think it was well worth the time. The new store design looks much more polished than the other one and should be easier to navigate.

http://www.justusrouxebooks.com

"Master Nikolai" is now available in print edition through the yahoo store and ebay. It will be available in all other retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Nobles etc. within three weeks. I am so glad it's finally available in print :)

My oldest son turned 18 yesterday. It’s strange that my little baby is now legally an adult. I feel so old today. Next year he is going off to college. My youngest son is 16, next year he becomes a senior in high school. He is already making college plans. My little girl, the baby in the family, is celebrating her 11th birthday next Sunday. Two birthdays in one month makes for a busy month, lol.

Today for some reason my husband’s usual lack of enthusiasm for planning the kids’ birthdays is really bugging the heck out of me. I do all the planning and he just shows up. I was talking on the phone with him last night about the upcoming birthday celebrations and that lackluster tone to his voice made me wish I could reach through the phone and punch him hard, especially since it’s a milestone birthday for my son. Arrgh! There now that I have vented a little I feel better now :)

I have been waiting for the print proof of “Master Nikolai” and looks like I should be getting it today : ) I just love holding my newest book in my hands. I get such a feeling of pride and accomplishment.

I have been working on two Erotic Shivers “Surrender” and “The Heart’s Eclipse”. These two have been particularly strange to write, because I have been working on both at the same time. It’s like they are both competing to get written at the same time. Normally, I like to focus on one story at a time. There may be new storylines that will pop into my head while I am working on a particular story, but I usually just write the storyline down and continue working on the story I have already started. Luckily both of these new stories are coming along fine. “Surrender” is being posted on my website a part at a time, there will be three parts in all. Part one is posted now.

“The Heart’s Eclipse” will go into my yahoo store as an Erotic Shiver. This story came out of my love for Yaoi, which are love stories between two men written by women for women. Though you have to be careful when choosing a Yaoi, quite a number of them involve an adult male with a teenage boy, those I don’t like. But when it’s two adult males in the story it is really hot. “The Heart’s Eclipse” is about the growing love between Serin and Rakar. Rakar is a Sidana warrior, this race of people spread fear throughout the galaxy. They invade colonies taking slaves, food, valuables and whatever they can’t use they kill or destroy. Serin is from the colony Nunos which gets attack by the Sidana warriors. Rakar is instantly attracted to the beautiful Serin and takes him as a slave. Serin at first despises Rakar, but soon the two slowly start to fall in love. Their love is forbidden and could cost both of them their lives. The challenge of this story will be showing the slow build from hate to love between the two men. If they fall in love too fast it won’t be believable. If it takes forever for the two to fall in love it just won’t work. I have to make sure to strike the right balance

Happy Halloween!

I have had two wonderful reviews this week from The Romance Studio http://theromancestudio.com
One was for "Love Thy Master" and the other was for "A Song for My Warrior" both were 5 out of 5. It is always wonderful to receive a good review of my books, but to get two with such high praises in the same week is amazing. Plus on top of this I have received several emails from readers telling me how much they enjoy my books, which is always fantastic to hear.

To tell you the truth I really needed a week like this. It has rejuvenated my spirit.
I have been buried under of pile of promo stuff and it has seemed it’s has been one problem after another getting my new book released. There is going to be a delay in getting the print book out, which is just the newest problem. On top of all of this my oldest son gets diagnosed with Mononucleosis. At least I know why he has been so tired and not himself lately. I hope it clears up fast and with no complications. When I was a teenager I got Mononucleosis and it took almost a year for me to recovery from it. I really hope my son recovers much quicker than that.

So, yeah a week like this is just what I needed to catch my breath :)

Master Nikolai's Ebook has been released!

Those last three post were my attempted to read excerpts from my soon to be released novel "Master Nikola" I don't think it's too bad for my first attempt at this. I kept moving the microphone away from me as I read and I thought I read a little too fast at times.

The more I do this I am sure the better I will be at it :)

It's me describing this scene

This is from the second part of “Master Nikolai” This scene is from the erotic shiver ‘His Eyes Wide Opened” which is included in the book “Master Nikolai”

This scene is Jacob meeting Leon for the first time.

This is from the first part of “Master Nikolai” This scene is from the erotic shiver “Curiosity Seduced the Woman” which is included in the book “Master Nikolai”

This scene is Rose fantasizing about Nikolai

Today I get to write. I want to start work on the Erotic Shiver “Surrender” I have been so busy lining up promo stuff last week, getting ready for the release of “Master Nikolai” The release date is set for Oct 23 of course that is provided everything goes smoothly. If not then the book will be released a few days later. I still have a ton of promo work to do. But I really need to write.

You may have noticed the avatars on my website. I thought this was a fun idea. I got these on the sitepal website. I have one that welcomes you to my website, one on the erotic shiver page, one on the buy book page and one on the about me page. The one on the about me page is my actual voice, though I think I will redo that one. I was talking a little to fast I think.

I am also trying to get a pod cast ready. I am not the most technological adept person out there so it always takes a little while to figure out how things work.

Now I better get to work. I want to spend the morning writing and then work on the promo stuff more.

I have started to compile a mailing list. If you wish to be added to my mailing list send an email to storyteller36@msn.com with your email and mailing address. I will send announcements when new books are released and are available for sale. Plus I am putting a print catalog together for upcoming trade shows etc. You can opt out at anytime if you no longer wish to receive emails or mailings.

I also have a My Space page http://www.myspace.com/justusroux I started this so that I could learn more about you. I would love a chance to get to know more about my readers.

This weekend I had an impulse to change my writing (office) room. My little office isn’t that big and this room has been the same way since we moved here. And let me tell you this room was really ugly and didn’t really suit my taste at all. So, I went out to Lowes and bought some midnight blue (one of my favorite colors) paint. The ceiling in this room is an ugly drop ceiling, the kind that is found in schools, not the decorative kind. This was a bit of a problem. I really know little about putting up a new ceiling and my husband is the king of procrastination. By time he got around to putting a new ceiling up for me it would probably be this time next year. And he refuses to let me hire someone to help me out with it. So, I was stuck with this ugly drop ceiling. Then an idea came to me. I hurried down to the fabric store and bought some nice black cloth, this color would match the black bookshelf I have in my office. My son helped me put the cloth up on the ceiling to cover that nasty drop ceiling; at least this would be a temporary fix until my husband put the new ceiling up. And to my surprise it looks really good. I feel like I am in an exotic tent :) The midnight blue on the walls really shows off my framed book covers. The only thing I need now is a nice new desk. I know what Christmas present I will be asking my husband for, lol.

I keep having these recurring dreams of either someone is chasing me or that I have to escape from somewhere. These dreams have increased in intensity throughout this last year. Normally, my dreams are rather bizarre anyways, but I have harvested a few really good storylines and characters from these dreams. I keep a notebook next to my bed so I can write these dreams down.


The chasing and escape dreams apparently mean I am either afraid of something or that I need a change in my life. Of course each book about dream interpretation always states something different. I am a firm believer that our dreams are our subconscious mind trying to tell us something. There are some people who believe that our dreams are simply the time our minds are free to go down any mental road.

I am lucky that I do at least remember some of my dreams. Now if only those darn chasing and escape dreams would only stop. I swear I get more exercise in my dreams than I do when I am awake, lol

I just sent “Master Nikolai” off to the proof reader. I finally got that done feeling. The done feeling is when I have edited and re-edited then read the whole book through; when I reach the words ‘the end’ I have that feeling of completion. That is the done feeling. I never send a book to my proof reader until I get that done feeling. Of course, when my proof reader sends the book back she might find a hole in the plot that I didn’t see. That is why it’s always important to have a fresh pair eyes look over your work. When I get the book back from the proof reader and I have fixed any errors in it I send it off to my distributor. That is when I have a glass of wine (until I am done with my meds it has to be nonalcoholic wine) with my husband to celebrate the completion of my book.

The Erotic Shiver "His Eyes Wide Open" is available in my yahoo store www.justusrouxebooks.com This story will enhance my soon to be released book "Master Nikolai" I did intend to keep this erotic shiver and the erotic shiver "Curiosity Seduced the Woman" separate from the book "Master Nikolai" but I felt this story would be told better if all three pieces of these story were put together in one book. So these two erotic shivers will be included in the book "Master Nikolai” They will also be included in "Erotic Shivers Volume I" which will be released at the end of December. "Master Nikolai" is due to be released at the end of October.

I am finally getting over my stupid cold, thank goodness. I have so much to do and was having trouble concentrating with this cold.

I will probably spend the week writing and catching up on reading submissions for my website. I am looking forward to my author day tomorrow on Ebook love yahoo group.
I plan to giveaway three or four ebooks and a T-shirt, coffe mug and pillow with "A Song for my Warrior" cover on them. Plus I will be giving readers a sneek peak of "Master Nikolai" I will spend a good part of the day today planning for my author's day.

I am having an Author's day on Ebook Love this Tuesday Sept 19th from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Here is a link if you would like to stop by and say hello. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eBookLove/

Plus I am one of the feature authors on The Romance Studio's blue section. Here is a link if you would like to check it out. www.theromancestudio.com

I have had a really good storyline for a new book kicking around in my head for awhile now. I am dying to write it too. The only problem is that the story involves vampires. When this story came to me, hell that was four years ago, the book market wasn’t overflowing with vampire stories. Now, however it seems every other book is about a vampire. So, I don’t really know what to do. Is there enough room for yet one more vampire story? I don’t want my book to get lost in the sea of other books. My book will have a different angle to the whole vampire thing, will this make it stand out?

I know as a reader I love reading books about vampires if the story is done right. Christine Feehan is one of my favorite authors and I love how she portrays vampires in her book. On the other hand, I have read way too many books where the vampire characters are basically the same as each other.

Of course if my muses want me to write this story I will have to : )

Oh my goodness my body is so sore. I started my intense workout program this week. I am happy as hell I got through this week : ) My goal is to get my body into the best shape its ever has been by my 40th birthday (July 19th)

Being a writer it seems like I am always sitting. And here lately I haven’t been exercising enough. I love going on very active trips. But, if I don’t discipline myself and keep up with my exercise program I am going to lose my stamina. I sure the hell don’t what that.
I love having curves, so I don’t plan on exercising so hard that I lose them.

This week has flown by it seems. I can’t believe it’s already Saturday. I have been writing so much this week my fingers are getting sore. But when a story is flowing I seem to lose track of time.

Happy Labor Day to U.S. Readers

I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. It's the last hurrah of the summer.

This summer has been a little strange. First off it seemed to go by really fast. And secondly it has been a summer of deep thought for me. You know thinking about things like what direction I want to go with my life, how far I would like my career to go. Of course I would be ecstatic if sometime in the future I became a best selling author, but realistically few authors achieve such a career high as that. Not to say I won't keep working towards that goal. Right now as long as I have readers who enjoy my books I am very happy.

I don’t know what brought on this evaluation of my life, but it was much needed. I discovered there needs to be changes in my life. Now, I have a much clearer vision on what my future goals will be and how to make the changes that will improve my life considerably.


I am going to do something fun this Labor Day weekend. I want to enjoy this last part of summer.

Last night I had a little trouble sleeping, a bit too much coffee during the day. So, with this extra time I started to map out my goals for next year. I came up with quite an ambitious plan. The only problem is what books I was going to come out with. I have so many really good storylines floating around in my head. I do know for sure the next book in the Barbarians of Malka series will be one of the first books released next year. And of course the yearly anthology which will be titled Erotic Tales Volume II. Erotic Shiver Volume II will also be released next year as well, as for what other books I am just not sure yet. I guess I will leave it up to my muses which ones will be released.

I will be attending Dragon Con next year. This was a hard decision. I wanted to at least get one book/trade show in next year. It was between The Romantic Times Convention and Dragon Con, the deciding factor was my oldest son is graduating from high school next year and The Romantic Times book show is held too close to the time he graduates. I wish I could attend both, but there is no way I can.

I have so much I would like to get done next year. If I only get half of what I want to get done it will be a great year.

I have been working on my book “Master Nikolai” and have come up to the hardest part-the middle. Writing the beginning and the end are very easy for me, it’s the middle if I’m not careful the story can wander away from the main plot. When I am done with a book then go through and edit it is always the middle of the book I have to rework a bit. The middle is where I have to stop and think how this storyline is going to get to the ending that I have envisioned. There is nothing wrong with a storyline taking little detours. When I am writing a book and the characters start interacting with one another the book might take a different direction than I planned in the first place. Where I am at now in “Master Nikolai” the storyline is pretty much set. I just have to keep myself from taking too many detours. This will slow down the story and I sure don’t want that.

I have been thinking of ways to spruce up my Yahoo Group, but am coming up with no really different ideas. There are so many good yahoo groups that deal with erotic romance or other genres of writing there really is no need to do anything they are

I have heard two different opinions about writer's yahoo groups, one- that readers only want a monthly newsletter and that is all. The other- that readers want some interaction and like for different events to be going on in a writer's group. I tried to get a nice balance between the two.

I will ponder this for awhile. I really want a yahoo group that everyone will enjoy.

It was brought to my attention that the blog for Master Nikolai has been taken down. If you have purchased my book "Love Thy Master" there was a link to Nikolai's blog. This blog covered Jade's training, which is already included in "Love Thy Master" so none of the story will be missing due to Nikolai's blog been removed.

I am pretty sure it was removed due to inactivity for so long. When I do a character blog in the future I will remember to post on it every now and then to keep the blog running. I am sorry that Nikolai's blog is gone. Unfortunately I didn't save what was written on it. But as I stated earlier all the stories about Jade's training is already in "Love Thy Master"

It's going to be one of those weeks I can tell already, lol. I swear being writer is like riding on a roller coaster, up and down constantly.

I am a bit disappointed. I read that article in the Free Press and saw that she didn’t use any of what I said. All I can say is oh well, it was a good experience and I am happy that other authors did mention me to the reporter for her article. Sometimes promo stuff gets very frustrating to say the least.
I did receive a pretty good review for “A Song for My Warrior” from Just Erotic romance on Sunday, but I didn’t read it until this morning. The reviewer had a couple of negative things to say. Overall it was a nice review. Not every review is going to be a completely glowing review. Thankfully most of the reviews I received for this book have been outstanding and the emails I have gotten from readers telling me how they have enjoyed this book is wonderful :) So I am very happy with how the book has been received so far.

I finally think I got this blog working the way it should. A few of your comments weren't being posted, though most of them still haven't showed up I did reply to all of them by email. If you have emailed me and haven't received a response please email me again, my junk mail filter for my emails has been off this month. I love hearing from readers and respond to every email sent.

It looks like I got the links working too, yay! I am new to this blogging thing, but I think I got the hang of it now, lol

I have been working on two stories at once this week. I have almost finished the Erotic Shiver "His Eyes Wide Open" this story is about Jacob, Rose's young assistant. He went to Master Drake's island to do some research for his and Rose's book about Masters. This story is bigger than I first originally thought it would be. I also have been working on “Master Nikolai” this is the book Rose is in. I have been really wrapped up in this whole story. I have type so much this week my poor fingers are sore. But I love it when my stories flow this good. Master Nikolai is a bit more complex, he is more a ritual Master (He prefers to have things done a certain way, his submissives love doing these things for him) and he doesn’t accept guests the way Drake and Dante does. His punishments are more of denial than pain, he doesn’t want to or like to bring pain to his women. Nikolai is a very private person.

I have been debating whether or not to change my website. I decided against it. I like my website the way it is. I know it's not as flashy as other authors’ website, but it is easy to load especially for the visitors who only have a dial up connection. I live out in the middle of nowhere or at least darn close to it, lol and just recently they started offering DSL. So I know the frustration of waiting for a website to load up when you have dial up. The Erotictales Publications yahoo store is rather simple too, again for easy load up. I like to keep things simple. Maybe in the future I might revamp my website I never close my mind to anything.

I just had my first phone interview :) It was actually rather easy. I had visions of me saying something stupid, but I did okay. Me and a couple other authors and editors were asked to give our opinions on the erotic romance and erotica genre. Questions like why I got into this genre etc. I am not quite sure how much of what I said will be in this article for this Sunday's Detroit Free Press. But it was a good experience. Doing something for the first time is always the hardest. Next year I plan on doing some promo events like , radio interviews, a couple of book conferences, and a couple of book signings. I am a rather shy person so these promo things will be hard at first. But I think the more I do these things the easier and funnier they will be.

What’s in a name? :)

I just received a very nice email from a reader, which I just love to get these kinds of emails. It really brightens up my day : ) The only thing was it was address Mr. Roux. This never bothers me, I know my pen name is masculine sounding. Well for that matter my real name is kind of too, lol. I was asked once why I picked the name Justus Roux? To be honest I just love the way it sounded and the way it looked in print. I was going to use the last name Roux, it took me forever to come up with the first name. It must have taken me a good month to come up with a pen name that I really liked. My young adult author pen name was easy. I let my children pick it out. They combined the initials of my name and my son picked the last name, he saw it on the web and thought it sounded cool, so they came up with T.S. Torok.

What’s up with Amazon.com

What’s up with Amazon.com


I recently just found out that Amazon isn’t carrying PDF or Microsoft e-books anymore or at least it appears that way. Instead they are directing customers to Mobipocket, which of course they own. Thankfully all my books are on Mobipocket and of course are in print. But what about the small publishers who only produce ebooks, this has to have a huge impact on them. I don’t like the fact that readers will lose the option to have ebooks in PDF or Microsoft reader, when they buy from Amazon. I sold quite a lot of ebooks through Amazon and have to wonder how this will affect my business’ bottom line. Since ebooks of all my books are found in a number of other avenues I am hoping this won’t affect my business too much. As a reader I often bought ebooks through Amazon, I personally prefer Microsoft reader.

Another thing that concerns me a little is the rising price of gas. I feel the impact of this in my household. With so many people barely making ends meet they will have less and less money to spend on fun stuff like books. I have tried to keep my ebooks at a very reasonable price. Most outlets carrying them for between $4-$5, I plan to keep the price of my ebooks at this price. However I don’t have control over if retailers increase the price, most however follow the suggested retail price.

My young adult imprint On Dragon Wings will still hopefully (Fingers crossed) launch by March 2007. I have sent the first book “Soul Spectrum” to be tested by the targeted audience (children ages 12-17) and so far the book is being well received, even in it’s pre-proofed form. I certainly hope by time this imprint launches that the economy will get back on track.

When Muses Misbehave

Last week it was terribly hard to focus on writing. First it was hotter than hell most of the week and even though I do have air-conditioning it still got toasty in my house. I told my husband next summer we are getting central air.

My muses have been overactive the last few weeks too. I’ve been having a creative storm as I like to put it. I have so many new storylines bouncing around in my head, it is almost impossible to focus on the story I am writing now. The only thing I can really do is write down all these new story ideas and hope it settles my muses down a bit.

Today is the first day I have gotten some serious writing done. I have been working on “Precious Cargo” and should have it done tomorrow. I am really pleased how this story has turned out. I would like to continue work on “Master Nikolai” by the end of the week. However Jacob’s story is demanding to be written. Jacob is Rose’s assistant, both are working on a book about Masters. The first part of their story is in the erotic shiver “Curiosity Seduced the Woman” Rose is the leading female character in “Master Nikolai” While Rose is at Nikolai’s home in Romania, Jacob managed to get on Master Drake’s island. I wanted to write an erotic shiver about Jacob’s experience on Master Drake’s island. The original plan was to write this story after I finished “Master Nikolai”, but apparently my muses don’t like this plan. Jacob’s story and Rose’s story cover the same timeline. I thought this would be very interesting. Both of them will find out that there is so much more to the Master/Slave lifestyle than they thought. Both also find out something about themselves along the way. I haven’t come up with a title for Jacob’s story yet, but it will come to me.

Leading Men

I had someone ask me once why I often have big muscular men as my leading male characters and if they are not extremely beefy that they were lean and feminine looking. It’s just my personal preference. When the characters are forming in my head they tend to take on traits that I find very attractive. Especially for the erotic romance stories.

It seems silly that a woman who stands only five foot two would find such large powerful men very attractive. After all a man who stood six foot two, would tower over me. That’s one of the things I find so sexy about big, strong, beautiful men. I love how strong men are. I mean here is someone who could quite literally break a woman in two if he wanted to, but yet he is so gentle.

On the other end of the spectrum men who are so beautiful almost feminine looking have there own appeal. These men always seem to have long silky hair in my stories. Another trait I find terribly sexy. When I pair the big men with these feminine men, damn it can get pretty darn hot.

I have always liked a man who was more on the dominant side, so most of my male leading characters are certainly alpha males.

All this talk about men is getting my muses stirring, so I better get to writing.