Shira Glassman's Blog - Posts Tagged "jewish"
Mangoverse Book Four is nearly ready to submit to the publisher
My beta readers and I (they are both named Kate; I guess it's a requirement!) have been working very hard to get the next book ready to submit to Prizm. If they take it, Queen Shulamit and her friends will be back in 2016 with several new characters, including an older trans woman, new lesbians, and a close-up look at teenaged Shulamit's "straight girl crush", all grown up.
In the meantime, don't miss this funny comic Becca and I made, showing some of the baking mishaps Aviva and Isaac had to go through while inventing the gluten-free challah in "Ripe Figs."
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In the meantime, don't miss this funny comic Becca and I made, showing some of the baking mishaps Aviva and Isaac had to go through while inventing the gluten-free challah in "Ripe Figs."
https://shiraglassman.wordpress.com/2...
Book Four is to the publisher!
I'll keep y'all posted if they like it or not :)
Features:
-new Lusophone characters
- there is also a new lesbian couple and an older bi trans woman
-plus we finally get to meet the infamous straight princess Shulamit had a huge crush on as a teenager
-also my favorite villain I have ever written (this may be a YMMV situation, though, because if you have anyone like this in your real life it may ring too close to home instead of being hilarious)
-also, a kitten
-The dragon has more dragon-screen-time this time around instead of being stuck as a lizard for half the plot!
Features:
-new Lusophone characters
- there is also a new lesbian couple and an older bi trans woman
-plus we finally get to meet the infamous straight princess Shulamit had a huge crush on as a teenager
-also my favorite villain I have ever written (this may be a YMMV situation, though, because if you have anyone like this in your real life it may ring too close to home instead of being hilarious)
-also, a kitten
-The dragon has more dragon-screen-time this time around instead of being stuck as a lizard for half the plot!
I signed the Mangoverse book 4 contract last night!
Waiting to get the signed copy back before I make an official announcement, but your teaser line is...
What if the biggest threat to the kingdom you lead with your wife by your side...
....might be your straight girl crush from when you were 16?
What if the biggest threat to the kingdom you lead with your wife by your side...
....might be your straight girl crush from when you were 16?
Announcing the next Queen Shulamit adventure: "The Olive Conspiracy" (Prizm Books, 2016)
What if the biggest threat to the kingdom you lead with your wife by your side…
….might be your straight-girl crush from when you were 16?
Here's the link in case you want to add it to your "want to read" :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
When Ezra tries to blackmail Chef Yael about being trans, she throws him out of her restaurant and immediately reports him to the queen. But when police find Ezra stabbed to death, Queen Shulamit realizes he may have also tried to extort someone more dangerous than a feisty old lady.
Shulamit’s royal investigation leads her to an international terrorist plot to destroy her country’s economy–and worse, her first love, Crown Princess Carolina of Imbrio, may be involved. This is a love story between wives, between queen and country, and between farmers and the crops they grow.
….might be your straight-girl crush from when you were 16?
Here's the link in case you want to add it to your "want to read" :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
When Ezra tries to blackmail Chef Yael about being trans, she throws him out of her restaurant and immediately reports him to the queen. But when police find Ezra stabbed to death, Queen Shulamit realizes he may have also tried to extort someone more dangerous than a feisty old lady.
Shulamit’s royal investigation leads her to an international terrorist plot to destroy her country’s economy–and worse, her first love, Crown Princess Carolina of Imbrio, may be involved. This is a love story between wives, between queen and country, and between farmers and the crops they grow.
Two new short f/f stories, erotic paranormal romance, coming this fall in Torquere Press anthologies!
I'm really excited that Torquere Press has accepted two of my erotic romance shorts into anthologies this fall.
"Wet Nails", coming October 14 in Haunted Hotties, Vol. 1, is about a bi Jewish grad student who's visited by the ghost of her 1950's Hollywood movie star crush.
"Eitan's Chord", coming in December for the Holiday anthology, is the story of how the Chanukah fairies perform miracles for an adorable trans m/cis f couple. (The fairies have a f/f/f spicy scene; the m/f parts are sweet and G-rated.)
The stories will be for sale in the anthologies themselves and also as a separate eBook.
I'm continuing to write more short stories, so hopefully you'll see more announcements like this some day in the future!
"Wet Nails", coming October 14 in Haunted Hotties, Vol. 1, is about a bi Jewish grad student who's visited by the ghost of her 1950's Hollywood movie star crush.
"Eitan's Chord", coming in December for the Holiday anthology, is the story of how the Chanukah fairies perform miracles for an adorable trans m/cis f couple. (The fairies have a f/f/f spicy scene; the m/f parts are sweet and G-rated.)
The stories will be for sale in the anthologies themselves and also as a separate eBook.
I'm continuing to write more short stories, so hopefully you'll see more announcements like this some day in the future!
New short story! Erotic romance, f/f, starring bi Jewish grad student
Isn't this exciting? I've branched out into paranormal erotica--still starring queer Jews.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
"Wet Nails" is the story of Adina, a lonely bi grad student who gets to spend the night with the ghost of her favorite 1950's Hollywood actress, the glamorous, closeted Rose Hamilton.
This is way more explicit than the Mangoverse so BE AWARE :) :P
Adina struggles with dermatillomania, as do I, so part of the story is Rose teaching her how to do her own manicures -- it's the only thing that's ever worked for me in terms of managing it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
"Wet Nails" is the story of Adina, a lonely bi grad student who gets to spend the night with the ghost of her favorite 1950's Hollywood actress, the glamorous, closeted Rose Hamilton.
This is way more explicit than the Mangoverse so BE AWARE :) :P
Adina struggles with dermatillomania, as do I, so part of the story is Rose teaching her how to do her own manicures -- it's the only thing that's ever worked for me in terms of managing it.
New erotic short for Chanukah, with fairy threesome and trans rep
"Eitan's Chord"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
...in which the three Chanukah fairies, Menorah, Latke, and Dreidl, get together for a night of sex in order to bless a young human couple who sleep blissfully unawares.
The human couple are Eitan, a trans man who plays guitar and volunteers for the "trans crisis line" (a reference to Trans Life Line) and Abigail, his cis wife who works retail at the mall and beads in her spare time.
Let's see if the fairies can't make sure Abigail's jewelry finally starts to sell online!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
...in which the three Chanukah fairies, Menorah, Latke, and Dreidl, get together for a night of sex in order to bless a young human couple who sleep blissfully unawares.
The human couple are Eitan, a trans man who plays guitar and volunteers for the "trans crisis line" (a reference to Trans Life Line) and Abigail, his cis wife who works retail at the mall and beads in her spare time.
Let's see if the fairies can't make sure Abigail's jewelry finally starts to sell online!
Coming this year: romance between oboe players!
Introducing Lauren, my latest protagonist, and her new silver fox boyfriend Dan. They star in Lioness in Blue, a novelette (longish short story) with a lot of spice but also a lot of heart. BTW they're both Jewish and the MC is bisexual. Add it to your watch list here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
First Oboe Dan Cohen may be twice her age, but Second Oboe Lauren Stern isn't about to let that stand in her way. She's been fantasizing about the man beside her in the symphony, and this might just be the concert where she finally find out what it's like to feel the scruff of his salt-and-pepper goatee against her skin. If people are going to make intrusive comments about how much older he is, they can get over themselves. Not only is Dan an expert lover who knows how to take care of a woman, but he doesn't want her to be gentle--quite the opposite!
Coming 2016.
First Oboe Dan Cohen may be twice her age, but Second Oboe Lauren Stern isn't about to let that stand in her way. She's been fantasizing about the man beside her in the symphony, and this might just be the concert where she finally find out what it's like to feel the scruff of his salt-and-pepper goatee against her skin. If people are going to make intrusive comments about how much older he is, they can get over themselves. Not only is Dan an expert lover who knows how to take care of a woman, but he doesn't want her to be gentle--quite the opposite!
Coming 2016.
New G-rated f/f romance about a lesbian band mom and a music teacher at All-State!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Presenting "Fearless", about the lifelong rewards of music. Also about ladies kissing.
A newly out-of-the-closet band mom falls for an orchestra teacher while snowed in at All-State. Lana Novak hasn’t played violin in over twenty years, her musical life these days confined to being a devoted band mom to her clarinet whiz daughter Robin. She didn’t think she could get back into it after this long, but Melanie Feinberg, the outgoing, enthusiastic, and very cute butch orchestra director from Robin’s school, has other ideas.
Royalties until June 30 will be donated to my hometown orchestra.
Presenting "Fearless", about the lifelong rewards of music. Also about ladies kissing.
A newly out-of-the-closet band mom falls for an orchestra teacher while snowed in at All-State. Lana Novak hasn’t played violin in over twenty years, her musical life these days confined to being a devoted band mom to her clarinet whiz daughter Robin. She didn’t think she could get back into it after this long, but Melanie Feinberg, the outgoing, enthusiastic, and very cute butch orchestra director from Robin’s school, has other ideas.
Royalties until June 30 will be donated to my hometown orchestra.
Oboe romance "Lioness in Blue" cover reveal!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Come and check it out -- it's gorgeous :D
This is an ADULT romance about two (Jewish) symphony musicians who finally act on their attraction during one of the concert weekends. It's m/f with a bi heroine and it also contains mild femdom.
Come and check it out -- it's gorgeous :D
This is an ADULT romance about two (Jewish) symphony musicians who finally act on their attraction during one of the concert weekends. It's m/f with a bi heroine and it also contains mild femdom.
