indiegogo – Ivy

A reminder that Sunday is the final day to contribute to the indiegogo for Sweetheart. It’s also the day I’m moving. So, milestones all around.

Afterwards, Sweetheart will be available on smashwords for a slightly higher price. And, all those cool benefits like prints of the cover and custom stories will not be available.

So jump on it, followers. And thank you for all the kindness and support, you’ve exceeded expectations like crazy.

(Photo by Dominic von Stösser.)

Hey, followers. There’s now under a month left on the indiegogo for my e-book, Sweetheart. And, so far, the support over the past week and change has been amazing, raising more than 12% of my goal. So, thank you!

I’m writing to build a drop more hype around the perks end of the e-book. The photographer of the cover, Dominic von Stösser, has graciously printed twenty awesome fine-art prints of the cover image on 5×7" fibre-based paper. (Look how pretty they are! You can use them to fan yourself from their hotness.)

And, if you donate $40 to the cause, you’ll have one mailed to you, along with a note of gratitude from myself.

And, as you should know by now, I tend to express gratitude with a little more than a simple “thank you.”

Either way, consider this post an expression of my gratitude and also a reminder that the e-book is out August 1 (whaaaaat) so get those pre-orders in if you’d like to make me a happy kitty and help support a budding erotica writer. Currently, it’s in the editing/proofreading stage so you all don’t get no E.L. James-style errors up in this book.

And, remember, the highest donor gets a nice surprise (that isn’t really a surprise, just read the indiegogo.)

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<3, Ivy

For samples of Sweetheart, click here.

To pre-order Sweetheart and/or get your hands on one of these prints, click here.

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Yooou guuuys.

Thank you for all the kindness and support and the reblogs and the pre-orders of my e-book, Sweetheart. You’ve managed to raise over 10% of the “goal” (which is super flexible and not really in stone) in 24 hours since I launched this. I’m amazed.

So, you know, if we do this every day for the next 36 days… (because that’s totally how it works, right? :p).

Seriously, though. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

And thank you for the feedback on the indiegogo, I’ve fixed/am fixing the following:

You no longer have to give your shipping address for the perks that don’t involve anything being shipped. Obviously, any information (personal emails, addresses, etc) I’m getting I’m keeping massively confidential because duh. You all have too much of my love and respect for me to pull that crap.
For people who didn’t want to buy the book but wanted to show support, you now have the option of donating $1 as per someone’s suggestion.
I’m still sorting out paypal for the people who wanted that option. Unfortunately, it’s complicated and requires being a verified business (I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.) so I’ll hopefully have that set up soon!

More suggestions/comments/concerns always welcome.

I promise to keep my posts about Sweetheart fairly minimal because I don’t want to turn this space into a pimping ground for my writing. I like the community I’ve got here and I hate the idea of “monetizing.” But, I was so thrilled by the initial turnout that I had to post a giant thank you!

In case you missed it, you can pre-order Sweetheart, which will be out on August 1, on here.

Okay, enough pimping and back to the porn before Yahoo does us all in.

But thank you again!

(Image by Dominic von Stösser.)

Guuuuuuuys. Look at it!! It’s reallllll.

Sweetheart is a collection of erotica for a mature, kink-positive audience. Consisting of 25 vignettes which explore everything from petplay to spankings to threesomes, Sweetheart is an e-book best read with one hand.

With an emphasis on safe, sane and consensual sexual practices, as well as a desire to provide an intelligent, literary perspective,Sweetheart hopes to further the canon of smart, sexy erotica.

Because, let’s face it, in a world where the fanfiction of 50 Shades of Grey gets a movie deal, perversion has become confused with poor taste.

To support the project and pre-order the e-book, click here.

For excerpts, click here.