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"As for my next book, I am going to hold myself from writing it till I have it impending in me: grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall." ~Virginia Woolf

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it." ~C.S. Lewis

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~Hawthorne's 1855 letter to his publisher William D. Ticknor, quoted in Pattee, Fred L. The Feminine Fifties. NY: Appleton-Century Co., 1940. p. 110.

March 23rd, 2006

Update: AlanM, SanjayS, and KayS are the winners!

MORE COPIES arrived today, whoo-hoo! I feel compelled to give away three! Here’s how you can be eligible to win. Below I’ve listed all the titles of my fiction books. What you have to do is take words from various titles and make up a title that’s brand new! Example: CALL ME and THE GRINCH MAKES GOOD could be CALL ME THE GRINCH . . . got it? (And for the SG-5 books? Don’t just switch out names, i.e., The Bane Alibi won’t get you any points, ha!) I will draw three names from everyone who posts here in the comments on Monday, March 27, at noon central.

Okay, here are the titles you have to work with:

(Oh, and the dh is giving away one copy, too!)

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Contests. You can feed this entry. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

42 comments to “Play Time!”

Gina Black
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 12:16 am · Link

Wicked Easy
Strings All Tied Up
The Baby Taboo
Call Me Indiscreet
Undressed and Infatuated

I love playing titles. These are mostly silly…
Jaynie R
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 12:46 am · Link

OMG lol lol – you’ll wish you never asked. I love doing stuff like this.

The Perfect Shadow
No Strings Stranger
Call Me A Lady
Love me Baby
Four Men Undressed
Wicked Affair.

Ok, I’m going to stop or I’ll be here all night *g*
Lydia
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 1:02 am · Link

Deep Kiss

I’m such a perv. *g*
Nalini Singh
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 1:09 am · Link

Bound to Striptease
Bad Boys Striptease

Do I sense a theme here?

Alison, don’t enter me in your comp – I already won a copy of DB. I’m just playing this for fun. :)
Kat
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 1:40 am · Link

Ah, what fun! Here are my creations…

Tied, Bound & No Strings, Please!
Perfect Bad Boys
Four Playing
Beyond The Affair
Larger, Stranger & Totally Wicked
Love Games

This is really addictive. (And BTW, the first one I thought of was “Four Men Undressed” but Jaynie R beat me to it! :-))
Arlene
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 am · Link

Alison, how FUN!!!!! Don’t enter me either, I just want to play!

Playing Striptease
Goes Down Wicked
Undressed Stranger
Bound to Love Me
Larger than Love
Call Me Indiscreet

Man, I could go on and on!

Jaynie, I loved Four Men Undressed!
Marie
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 1:53 am · Link

Call Me Wicked
Goes Down Deep
Playing Wicked Games
Love Me Stranger
Wicked Bad Boys

Fun contest :)
Minna
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 3:07 am · Link

The Badge And A Lady
Danny
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 4:53 am · Link

That’s fun. Here are my titles:

Bad Boys undressed
The Perfect Kiss
Wicked Kiss
Totally Infatuated
Wicked Affair
The Perfect Striptease
Bad Boys Striptease
Striptease Games
Wicked Striptease
Bad Boys & a Lady
The sweetest kiss
The sweetest love
Bad Boys tied up
Totally undressed
Deep Love
Bad Boys infatuated
Tender Stranger
Baby, love me tender
Jenny
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 5:15 am · Link

Call Me Easy
Beyond Taboo
Tender Wicked Games
Love’s Wicked Games
Charmed Deep
Laurie G
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 5:16 am · Link

Perfect Odds
Deep Agenda
Charmed Affair
Love Me, Call Me, Kiss Me
Tender Strings
Rock Me
Kiss,PLEASE!
Stranger Than Life
Easy… Stranger
Stacy ~
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 6:05 am · Link

Wow, I just came to see the titles – I’ve won lately – and these are great! Really creative and wicked minds at work here – I like that LOL.
Sandy L
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 7:38 am · Link

Kiss a Shadow
Indiscreet Mother :)
The Sweetest Game
The Charmed Kiss
Mia
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 8:02 am · Link

Perfect Beyond Breath
Four Men & An Alibi
Striptease, Please!
Shadow Games
Larger Bad Boys
Love’s Tender Heartbreak
Christy
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 8:03 am · Link

Call Me Easy
Bound & Tied Up
Crystal B.
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 8:50 am · Link

Larger Than Life Bad Boys
The Perfect Kiss
The Wicked Affair
Four Men Striptease
A Deep Breath Goes Down Easy
Alison
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 9:01 am · Link

LOLOLOL! OMG, these are hysterical! I love all your pervy minds!
Little Lamb Lost
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 10:09 am · Link

I was going to try for a spicy but normal title, but then noticed that people did that already, so am going the alternative route.

Indiscreet Games: Four Men Bound
Wendy
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 10:19 am · Link

How about:

Playing Beyond Bad Boys
Maureen
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 10:34 am · Link

Perfect Beyond A Deep Kiss
Easy Wicked Men
Totally Bad Lady
Good Love Please!
Charmed the Baby
Carol
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 10:59 am · Link

The Perfect Heartbreak Kid
The Sweetest Beach Blanket Bad Boys
Call Me Totally Charmed
Indiscreet Affair
Samantha Wesley
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 11:11 am · Link

In honor of my name being Sam, I’m going with Samm’s Tied Up Bad Boy’s! Yummy
Pat
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 12:25 pm · Link

Hi, What a fun contest. Since I just won a copy, I am not in it, but have fun everyone.
jdreams629
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 12:43 pm · Link

bound to the stranger
the sweetest striptease
Shaughnessey infatuated
Wicked Shadow
Totally indiscreet
undressed bad boys

He hee what fun!
kim h
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 2:14 pm · Link

call me heartbreak kid
bound to striptease
bad boys kiss & make up
deep breath nights
mother please easy

how fun alison
Carrie F.
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 5:44 pm · Link

Deep PLEASE!
Beyond A Kiss
Playing All Tied Up
Tender Games
Indiscreet Agenda
A Lady Goes Down
Tied Up Stanger

LOL…this was fun…i think i could go on and on
Shelley
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 8:25 pm · Link

Wicked Indiscreet Games
Call Me Shaughnessey
The Sweetest Striptease

This was fun :-)
Angie
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 9:00 pm · Link

Mother Please Call Me!
Bound to Four Men, No Strings Attached
Bad Boys Rock!
Larger Than Samms Undressed Kid
Call Me Totally Beyond Wicked Infatuated

What fun!
Shannon
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 9:13 pm · Link

The Perfect Undressed Stranger Goes Down Easy.

Yummy *g*
The Perfessor
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 9:51 pm · Link

Hey Alison, how about any of these?

Never being able to do thing is a small way, I went whole hog, and tried to use all of the titles to create new books.

The Perfect Undressed Taboo
Four Men & A Lady All Tied Up
Beyond Infatuated
Mother, Goes Deep Down Easy
Call Me Indiscreet
Totally Larger Than The Grinch
The Wicked Striptease Rock Alibi
The Red Beach Blanket Artifact
Playing Love’s Tender Heartbreak
No Kiss Attached
The Love Affair In Bloom

And perhaps the most daring…

Shaughnessey And Samms Baby

How’d I do?
Kay Sturm
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· March 23rd, 2006 at 10:34 pm · Link

The Taboo Kiss
Totally Indiscreet
Four Men Undressed
Call me Indiscreet
Bound to the Badge
Beyond the Taboo
Agenda Heartbreak
No Strings Alibi

Whee, this is totally fun!
Laurie G
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· March 24th, 2006 at 5:26 am · Link

I thought of a few more:

Please,Please Me!
Blanket Affair
Charmed Odds
Blanket Alibi
Bound To Bloom
Totally Perfect
Totally Easy
Totally Bad
Maili
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· March 24th, 2006 at 6:24 am · Link

[No book for me, please. I just want to take part in this fun game.]

Four Men & A Lady Go Down Easy.
Wicked Games Bound to Happen.
Four Men & A Lady All Tied Up.
Shaughnessey’s Striptease.
Allison Brennan
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· March 24th, 2006 at 10:50 am · Link

Love Me All Tied Up

;)
Angelle Trieste
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· March 24th, 2006 at 1:08 pm · Link

Indiscreet Nights
The Red Agenda
Bound to a Lady

Hmm…I also have another title…but I think it’s X-rated and not suitable for public consumption. LOL.
Sharon
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· March 24th, 2006 at 5:06 pm · Link

I love this game so here goes:
Rock Me Bad Boys
Bad Boys Please!
Four Men…Totally Wicked
Striptease, The Perfect Game
Perfect Nights
Samms Heartbreak
Sanjay Srinivas
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· March 24th, 2006 at 6:16 pm · Link

Larger than Love’s Odds
The Perfect Striptease
Totally Indiscreet
Goes Down Tender
Rock the Baby
Wicked in Bloom
Beach Accord
Totally Infatuated
The Sweetest Lady
Red Artifact
Beyond a Rock
Stranger Undressed
Alan Morgan
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· March 25th, 2006 at 10:04 am · Link

Bound Beyond the Sweetest Taboo
Beyond A Kiss
Call Me Infatuated
The Shadow And The Badge
Indiscreet Nights
Striptease, Please!
The Perfect Kiss
Playing Tied Up
Wicked Kiss
Heartbreak Beach
Love Tied Up
Four Men & A Bound Lady
Love Me Tied Up
Totally Infatuated
Jingle Bell Kid
Tied Up & Undressed
A Shadow Undressed
Jean
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· March 25th, 2006 at 5:20 pm · Link

The Blanket Agenda
Playing Love’s Strings
Totally Indiscreet
Red Rock Beach
Bound Beyond Life
Down Bound McKenzie
Shadow Love’s Alibi
Rock the Taboo
Wicked Nights
Goes Beyond Taboo
Mahaira
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· March 26th, 2006 at 1:24 am · Link

Hi Alison and Ladies,

You already have a cool bunch of titles. I don’t think I can add more to it but I’ll try. I won’t look so if any title repeats itself, sorry, I haven’t cheated. You just have great contest ideas.

Here goes nothing:

* The Perfect Shadow
* Deeply Infatuated
* Bad Boys Take Deep Breaths
* Bad Boys Go Down Easy
* Totally Undressed
* Charmed & Indiscreet
* Red Letter Agenda
* Kiss & Makeup
* Of A Blanket and Bells
* Bad Boys Play Wicked Games
* The Wicked Alibi
* The Indiscreet Agenda
* Grinch and The Love Kid
* No Men Attached
* Bound To The Kid and The Badge
* Lady Makes Good
* Playing Undressed
* Love’s Odds and Four Nights
* Alibi With An Agenda
* Call Me, Men, Please!
* The Wicked Jingle
* Heartbreak and Bad Boys
* The Perfect Red Letter
* Infatuated Bad Boys
* Four Men & A Striptease
* Four Men & A Lady Makeup ;)
* Samms Wicked Affair
* Bound, Undressed & Wicked
* Bell, Badge & The Blanket
* Heartbreak: Four Bad Boys & A Baby
* Wicked Red And The Bad Boys
* The Life Artifact
* The Bound Alibi
* Samms & Strings Attached
*Heartbreak In Bloom
* Lady, Love Me Tender

Are you going to use any of these, Alison? It was a great idea, though.

Mahaira
(P.S Did I ever make the International Reader Giveaway? Just anticipating :)
Jean
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· March 26th, 2006 at 8:40 pm · Link

Call Me the Alibi
Shaughnessey Charmed
Bound to the Perfect Stranger
Beach Blanket Striptease
Wicked Indiscreet
Indiscreet Agenda
Red Letter Heartbreak
Bound to A Shadow
Stranger Infatuated
Bad Boys In Bloom
Beyond Undressed
Mahaira
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· March 26th, 2006 at 11:03 pm · Link

Hi,

I have a few new ones at Alison’s dh’s blog too.

* The Perfect Affair
* A Shadow and A Stranger
* Makeup Love
* Life and Heartbreak
* A Letter, Blanket and Bell
* Baby: The Sweetest Heartbreak
* Call Men, Undressed!
* Infatuated and Wicked
* Totally Easy

Mahaira