Traditional Inuit Throat-Singing: A Lesbian Holiday Romance Short

Traditional Inuit Throat-Singing: A Lesbian Holiday Romance Short

Sarah’s the kind of girlfriend who holds her cards close to her chest. If Rusidan really wants to get married, she’ll have to get used to feeling shut out.

When the city hosts a Celebration of the Arctic and Sarah runs into girls from her hometown, she’s forced to confront her past in a surprisingly direct way.  Rusidan’s confused.  Why is Sarah picking fights with people she’s never even mentioned before?  What could they possibly have done to incur such wrath? 

Will Sarah finally open up to Rusidan, or will their sensual spin on traditional Inuit throat-singing allow them to communicate without words? 

Word Count: 4,500

Excerpt:

If ever you have the opportunity to witness first-hand the magnificent spectacle that is Inuit throat-singing, don’t pass it by. There is nothing on this planet so cosmically beautiful. Those are the words that kept running through Rusidan’s head as she watched the show.

On an outdoor stage stood two young women with nothing but a microphone between them. Gripping one another, hands on forearms, they cuddled so close their faces nearly touched. They sang a capella and needed no accompaniment. One began before the other, producing a breathy sound. Lower than low, like a sub-sonic pant, the beat of her chant pushed forward like a freight train. How could a female voice produce tones so deeply resonant?

Her partner joined in, filling the gaps. The second starter vocalized at a higher pitch, singing in fleeting, orgasmic sounds. It was like nothing she’d ever heard in popular music. The effect was intriguing, transfixing, visceral. It resonated in the core of Rusidan’s being.

Rhythmic vibrations rumbled her body like the bass line at a rock concert. Who’d have thought throat-singing could be such a turn-on? Sexual and spiritual, it was the sound of divine union.

Those women must have been romantic partners, Rusidan thought. The way they focused on one another, with their faces so close they could kiss, gave them away. They rocked one another’s bodies, pushing and pulling outstretched arms along with the music. They danced to the very song they created. It was stunning. Beyond stunning. It was spellbinding.

With a burst of laughter, they broke away from each other. The second partner giggled, giving the first a playful push as if to deny their beautiful act had ever taken place. Throat-singing represented pure female sensuality, to Rusidan. It seemed almost tawdry that she should witness their show of intimacy.

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Giselle Renarde is a queer Canadian, avid volunteer, and contributor to more than 100 short story anthologies, including Best Women’s Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Bondage Erotica, and Best Lesbian Romance. Ms Renarde has written dozens of juicy books, including Anonymous, Ondine, and Nanny State. Her book The Red Satin Collection won Best Transgender Romance in the 2012 Rainbow Awards. Giselle lives across from a park with two bilingual cats who sleep on her head.

NaNoWriNOPE: A Month Without Words

I didn't write a word in November.  Sacrilege!

It wasn't writer's block.  This was a conscious decision.  Many writers celebrate (celebrate?) November by participating in National Novel-Writing Month--NaNoWriMo--where the object is to start a new novel on the first of the month and finish it (or, at least 50,000 words worth) by the end of the month.

Yeah... I didn't do that.  In fact I've NEVER done it--at least, not in November. November is the month that never works for me.  As you probably know, writing is my full-time career.  I don't set off to an evil day job in the morning and come home to this world at night.  I don't even work part-time.  Writing is all she wrote... which goes a long way to explaining my wretched poverty.

I used to work in business.  That was years ago, but I've maintained good relationships with those people. In November, they haunt me like ghosts with fists full of dollars.  November is the month when teams in business realize if they don't spend their allocated funds, their budgets will be cut back the following year.  So they scramble to spend, spend, spend.  And that ends up involving me. 

November is pretty much the only month when I'm not eating oatmeal three meals a day.

Usually, I'll make at least a slight effort to get some writing done while I've got my freelance work going on.  This year, I decided to make a change.  Remember this summer when my publisher loveyoudivine Alterotica went out of business?  Well, that left me sitting on a whole lot of previously published work--we're talking dozens of short stories, two anthologies, and my trans lesbian Christmas romance, The Red Satin Collection.

I made a deal with myself this November: I wouldn't write a single word.  Instead, I'd take on as much freelance work as I could handle and spend my spare time (haha) revising, proofing, formatting, and self-publishing my out-of-print works.

I can't remember the last time I went a month without writing.  I thought it would destroy me, but in fact I got an incredible amount of work done.  There's no sense sitting on dozens of ebooks which could potentially be available for sale and bringing in money.  I self-published The Red Satin Collection and My Mistress' Thighs in their second editions--ebook and print--as well as so many transgender and genderqueer shorts I've lost count.

Now, in December, I'm slowly getting back into the habit of writing, but I'm still devoting a portion of my day to getting my previously-published anthology "Kinksters" back in print, as well as publishing the individual stories in a series called "Certified SMUT."

To be honest, my time away from writing kind of took some of the pressure off. There's a huge difference between the creative end of building a story and the business end of selling it.

Now I'll have to strive for balance.  Writing or selling: which is harder?  Now that's a question I don't think I can answer.

Giselle

Freebie Alert: Nuit Blanche (for your adulterous reading pleasure!)

Nothing says Merry Christmas like an old bald guy cheating on his wife with a much younger woman who has a slight latex fetish...

I'm watching a Victorian Christmas marathon as I type up this post (yes, it is 4 in the morning--why do you ask?), but Nuit Blanche is not a holiday story.  It's actually a story from my Audrey and Lawrence collection, which is a series of short stories about a married man named Lawrence and his young mistress Audrey. 

As other formerly taboo topics move more into the mainstream, it seems that adultery has taken over as the love that dare not speak its name.  It's been suggested to me by readers and other authors that this reflects a shift in how we view love and marriage.  Used to be that couples married young and grew apart.  When divorce wasn't so common, you'd stick it out because you were expected to. If you happened to slip into indiscretion (and you were a man--double standards do apply), well, hey, that's life.

Now we're getting married later (I use the term "we" with artistic license--I've never been married) and if we want a divorce, meh, whatevs.  Also, if we want polyamorous relationships, more and more of us are open to the concept.  So why would you cheat on your wife, you bloody bastard?  Cheating is lying and lying is unacceptable.

Speaking as a person who's written a fair amount of adultery erotica... yikes!  Bad for business. My Audrey and Lawrence stories don't sell very strongly, despite being close to my heart and close to my life. In case you hadn't heard, I was mistress to a married man for nearly 10 years.

And Nuit Blanche is based very much on real events. You can't make this stuff up...

Nuit Blanche is free at your friendly neighbourhood Amazon site until Sunday December 22nd, 2013.

US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GIO11PA
Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/Blanche-Audrey-Lawrence-Adultery-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00GIO11PA/ref=sr_1_46?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1387358904&sr=1-46&keywords=nuit+blanche
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blanche-Audrey-Lawrence-Adultery-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00GIO11PA/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1387358836&sr=1-6&keywords=nuit+blanche

Those are all the Amazon sites I can think of at 4... oh, now 4:30 in the morning.

Enjoy!
Giselle

Your Purchase Makes A Difference for LGBT Youth

I've made this announcement a few times, but it's always been buried in the fine print.  I want to make sure I'm getting the word out, so this post is devoted entirely to letting you know that I'm donating 10% of what I earn on my trans books until the end of the year to LGBT Youthline.

You've probably heard of Youthline because I've been raising money for them via book sales for a few years now.  LGBT Youthline is an organization that provides peer support to Ontario youths who identify as trans, gay, lesbian, 2-spirit, bi, queer, and questioning. Here's their website, in case you'd like to find out more, get involved, or donate directly: http://youthline.ca/index.php

Which titles qualify?

I'll donate 10% of my royalties from my trans/2-spirit lesbian erotic romance The Red Satin Collection and my anthology My Mistress' Thighs: Erotic Transgender Fiction and poetry (whether you buy them in print or as an ebook), as well as the short ebooks in my Transgender and Genderqueer Erotic Romance series, which is available through Smashwords, All Romance Ebooks, Amazon, and other retailers.

Titles in the  Transgender and Genderqueer Erotic Romance series include Licorne, Eclipse the Stars, Friends of Dorothy, Dressing for Dinner, Secrets of the Solstice Sacrifice, and many more!

Many of those short stories are available in My Mistress' Thighs, if you're interested in scooping up a whole collection:

Print:

Createspace: https://www.createspace.com/4545682

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/My-Mistress-Thighs-Transgender-Fiction/dp/1494301539/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385853910&sr=8-1&keywords=my+mistress%27+thighs

Ebook:

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Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/383308

And if you're in the mood for some holiday romance with a loving spoonful of family drama on the side, I recommend The Red Satin Collection.  It won a Rainbow Award when it came out in 2012!

Get it in print:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GOL8VXC

CreateSpace: https://www.createspace.com/4521764

Or as an ebook:

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Coffee Time: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookStore/pubs_product_book_info/indie-authors-giselle-renarde-c-152_193/the-red-satin-collection-p-11340

Thanks for your help in supporting queer youth!
Giselle

Now In Print! Secret Confessions: 36 Erotic Encounters

This is my chair. I found it in someone's garbage.

Secret Confessions: 36 Erotic Encounters 

Authored by Giselle Renarde

List Price: $7.99

5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
Black & White on Cream paper
168 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1494311575
ISBN-10: 1494311577
BISAC: Fiction / Erotica

No naughty encounter is ever complete until you tell somebody about it. And who doesn’t feel a tingle while reading a naughty story and wondering, “Is this true? Did that really happen?”

In this collection, you’ll find a whopping 36 erotic stories, as explicit as they are wicked! These confessions involve lesbian encounters, exhibitionism, voyeurism, deception, threesomes, group sex, sploshing, ice play, public sex, fetish, female fantasies, anal play, stranger sex, spanking, insertions, bondage, and so much more! 


Read the Introduction:


No naughty encounter is ever complete until you tell somebody about it. And who doesn’t feel a tingle while reading a naughty story and wondering, “Is this true? Did that really happen?”

There’s one quality that unifies all confession-style erotic stories, no matter how sweet or how kinky: they’re all written in the first person. (I did this, I did that.) For that reason, when reading these stories, we’re particularly inclined to wonder if these stories are true. The author is writing as though they were (I cradled her breast, I kissed his mouth), so why wouldn’t we believe it?

One of the best things about confession erotica is its unique capability to allow readers to suspend disbelief. When we hear these stories, we trust that we’re being told the truth. Even if we try to be rationally and consciously skeptical, we still believe, and there’s a bit of magic in that.

So, now I’m sure you’re wondering about the confessions in this collection. Are they true? Are they fiction? The answer is yes. Some stories are entirely fictional, pure fantasy. Others draw on real events, but aren’t entirely accurate. Of course, names have been changed, to protect the “innocent” parties.

Some stories are true, some are false, some are somewhere in between. Does it spoil the fun that I’ve made this confession? I don’t think so. I still haven’t told you which are which.

Giselle Renarde

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Licorne: a trans lesbian unicorn fantasy

Princess Galiana has fallen in love with another woman. And that woman is trapped in a unicorn’s body.

When Licorne’s cruel former master tracks her down and destroys Galiana’s castle home, the princess and the unicorn must flee to Limen, the world between worlds.  Limen is a special place, where Licorne can alter her physical form. They can finally be women together--kiss each other’s mouths and touch each other’s skin and make love in the damp grass--but how will Galiana react to Licorne’s shocking transformation?

In human form, Licorne’s body comes with much more flesh than Galiana had anticipated…

Excerpt:

When her arms and legs reached the peak of exhaustion, Galiana floated on the water.

Licorne looked on from the shore, every so often bending to drink as Galiana’s naked body moved with the current. Sunlight dappled her pale breasts while a cool breeze kissed her pink nipples, drawing them to tight buds. Between her thighs, downy hair glinted like gold.

“When we reach the Limen…” Licorne began.

A sudden thrill ran through Galiana’s body, buzzing warmly in her core. “Oh Licorne, my love, I never imagined this day would come, when we could be women together, when we could be lovers at last! Though I hoped it would be in a happier circumstance.”

Licorne halted by the riverside, and Galiana saw in those beautiful blue eyes that she was lost for words.

“I have only passed through once before,” Licorne said at last. “When first escaping my master. In the Limen he could not find me, for I entered before him and one only perceives the parties with whom one crosses the threshold. My time was limited to one day and one night before I was forced to pass through into your world.”

Galiana stood in the river, sheets of water coursing from her wet hair and caressing her bottom. As Licorne explained the Limen, she found her focus shifting, her mind forming a unicorn into a woman. It had always been an idle fantasy, this idea of making love with Licorne in human form. In Licorne’s own world she had been embodied in flesh, so the fantasy was not a terrible stretch.

“You are beauty itself, my love.” Licorne lowered her head as Galiana walked dripping from the river.

“Ah, but you are vastly more so.” Falling to her knees, Galiana pressed her forehead to the expanse between Licorne’s nose and horn. Her skin tingled with anticipation. “And when you are a woman in flesh, I shan’t resist your feminine wiles. I shall kiss your face and your lips and your neck, my beauty. I shall savour your breasts and your belly before my lips fall between your legs.”

Licorne whinnied, stepping away from Galiana with shocking rapidity.

 

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Other titles in the Transgender and Genderqueer Erotic Romance series include:

Friends of Dorothy

Dressing for Dinner

Third Rail

A Wolf in Grandmother’s Clothing

Eclipse the Stars

Licorne

Spring Fever

Everybody Knows

Glitter in the Gutter

…and more!

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Giselle Renarde is a queer Canadian, avid volunteer, and contributor to more than 100 short story anthologies, including Best Women’s Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Bondage Erotica, and Best Lesbian Romance. Ms Renarde has written dozens of juicy books, including Anonymous, Ondine, and Nanny State. Her book The Red Satin Collection won Best Transgender Romance in the 2012 Rainbow Awards. Giselle lives across from a park with two bilingual cats who sleep on her head.