on Jun 18th, 2011 Eden/Eve: Our friend and author Gemma Halliday is here today with something a little different. Gemma and I were critique partners from way back when we were both getting started. At the time we thought we were going to write for Silhouette Desire-totally the wrong thing for both of us! We ended up going in very different directions. I ended up here-yaknow, in Smutville-and she ended up writing chick lit mystery. Her High Heels series and her Hollywood Headlines series are hysterical! Now she’s also writing suspense and YA, but no matter the genre she is always an amazing author, and one of the nicest people we know, so give her a nice, smutty welcome!
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A huge thank you to the Smutketeers for hosting me today! I’ve been a fan of their books for years, so I’m excited to be an honorary Smutketeer for a day.
My latest release, Hollywood Confessions, explores the sexy, scandalous, and sensational world of Hollywood through the eyes of tabloid reporter, Allie Quick. Allie has high aspirations – much higher than reporting on the latest celebrity gossip for the L.A. Informer, Hollywood’s most notorious tabloid. But if she’s going to join the ranks of the real reporters, she’s going to need a headline worthy story under her belt. Luckily, she gets just that when the producer of the trashiest reality shows on TV winds up murdered, and Allie convinces her editor, Felix Dunn, that this story has her name written all over it. Between an aging dance-off judge, a family with sextuplets and triplets, and the star of a little person dating show, Allie has no shortage of reality stars to question. But when she finds herself falling for her prime suspect, Allie’s relationship with her editor is suddenly on the rocks, and her life is in danger. This is one deadline Allie can’t afford to miss!
You can read excerpts here:
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I will admit that there was one thing I was a little nervous about when coming to guest here: Is my book smutty enough?
On a sex scale, I am way below the steam level of the writers here. They’re a fabulously smutty 10… I’m a 3. I mean, I don’t even have one little ménage in the book at all. I’m practically a smut virgin.
So, I’ve wracked my little brain trying to come up with some smutty stuff from my book to justify my blogging among the ranks of these ladies. Here’s what I’ve come up with…
1) Reality TV .
Snookie anyone? That’s pretty damned smutty. Or slutty? Same diff?
2) One night stands.
My heroine has had at least one that she’ll admit to in the past. And possibly might fall into one again. Or two. Hey, a girl can only resist a hot guy (or two) for so long, right?
3) Secret Affairs.
Even when it’s a M/F, one-on-one, an affair always has a certain amount of smut-ness attached, right?
And, while it’s not technically “smutty”, it’s certainly very naughty…
4) Murder.
I may be a smut virgin, but I do regularly kill people. Fictional people. Mostly ones who deserve it. Sometimes even named after some certain ex-boyfriends of mine.
So, hopefully I’ve earned my Smutketeer rights for the day, because those are the smuttiest examples of my writing I can come up with. How about you? What’s your best example of why you deserve a fabulously high Smutketeer rating? Leave your answer in the comments below and you’ll be entered to win a Hollywood Confessions Beach Tote! Perfect for taking your paper books or ereader on the go this summer in style. ;)
Happy reading!
~Gemma Halliday
http://www.gemmahalliday.com
HOLLYWOOD CONFESSIONS
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I seriously don’t know if I do deserve a fabulously high Smutketeer rating. I like a little risque in my reading material from time to time, but doubt that qualifies me. This is my first visit to smutketeers, but it will not be my last. This place is fun.
by Mary Preston June 18th, 2011 at 12:50 amGemma…As much as I love smut sometimes I need a break…just don’t tell the Smutketeers :) And by the way the cover for your new book ranks high up on the smut meter because come on, that woman is sexy. As for my own smutiness…I’ve been known to ogle a man or two…I can’t help it, I just appreciate a fine male speciman when I see one!
Best of luck with the new book! Dana
Oh and welcome Mary!
by Dana June 18th, 2011 at 7:09 amLike Mary, this is my first visit here too, and I’ll definitely be back! As far as my Smuketeer rating, I have yet to write the sex scenes for my two characters in the story I’m working on…….so we shall see! When I get to that point, I’ll try to remember to “smut” it up as best I can. :) Oh, and I agree, that the Hollywood Confessions cover is definitely sexy!
by Linda McDonald June 18th, 2011 at 8:25 amWell I”m a very devoted Smutkedette so that makes me just about as smutty as I can get! lol
Your book sounds like lots of fun though so I’m def interested!!! :) I also have a blog called Teh Smutty Kitty so that gives me another smutty checkmark! 
And your cover alone gives you a smutty check-it’s hot! 
KittyKelly
by KittyKelly June 18th, 2011 at 8:54 amWelcome Gemma! Love that cover. I have a secret weakness for tabloids though it’s not as bad as it used to be…
by Karen Erickson June 18th, 2011 at 9:08 amGemma -luv the name btw
I also created a blog to talk about all the smutty goodness I read daydrmzzz.blogspot.com best of luck on your new book.
by Dawn June 18th, 2011 at 9:40 amBooks sounds great and I’m with the other girls you always need a bit of everything in your reading. Now why do I deserve to call myself a smutkedette? … Very dedicated reader of the amazing ladies! Luv them all to pieces, or all there pieces which ever way you want to look at it
Me personally I don’t think I am as smutty as smutty can be
but I will and have read some of the smuttest stuff known to man so I guess that is a check mark. I write sex but often times I have even better ideas in my head lol.
~~*Drea*~~
by Drea Becraft June 18th, 2011 at 9:42 amWow, what a smutty bunch! ;)
Yes, the cover! I didn’t think of that. One more smut check-point for me! Hey, maybe I’m smuttier than I thought.
And, I adore the books of the ladies here, too. As Eden/Eve said, I’ve been reading her stuff from the very beginning and been lucky enough to see her smutty side grow from a mild tease to full blown super smutt. Love it!
P.S. Waving “hi” to Mary and Linda, who have been awesome enough to follow me all the way through my blog tour. Love you ladies!
by Gemma Halliday June 18th, 2011 at 10:17 amHi Ms. Halliday it’s alright if you don’t really consider yourself a smut queen because well neither do I.
Although I love this blog and the people and have been on it several times, I don’t know if you’d consider any of the stuff I’ve read as smut, although I did read an online manga once that was pretty smutty.
You never know though maybe I’ve read more smut than I think I have.
Good luck with your book Ms. Halliday! It sounds like it’ll be kind of interesting!
by Gabrielle J. June 18th, 2011 at 1:34 pmThanks, Gabrielle!
I think smut is all relative. My grandpa thinks my books are pretty smutty, does that count?
by Gemma Halliday June 18th, 2011 at 4:57 pmWell… lol I can vouch for Kitty Kelly being smutty
As for my own smuttyness, I have never been one to walk the straight and narrow and my adventurous reading tastes are a testimony of that.
*blushes* A friend of mine calls my books ‘intellectual porn’ and I was very tickled to find publishers and authors who celebrate that.
But, not every book I read is Smutty to the Nth degree and I am very intrigued by your excerpt, Gemma. So now you are on my TBR. Are you on Facebook?
Thank you Ladies!!
by Bobbie B June 18th, 2011 at 8:03 pmOh, I don’t know if I have a high smuttiness rating. I do love reading smutty books but I figure that only makes me around a 5. I don’t even share my love of smut with any of my friends or family. Only my online friends know the truth! Does that add or subtract from my total? Thanks for the contest! I would love to have some smutty gear, even if I can’t use it when my mom is around
by Jen B. June 19th, 2011 at 12:00 pmJust popping in to say hi from the Daytona airport where I’ve been for two days! Not by choice-lol!
by Eden Bradley/Eve Berlin June 19th, 2011 at 12:28 pmSo glad to have you here with us, Gemma!
Smut is definitely in the eye of the beholder-everyone has a different comfort level-but it’s all good. :)
Eden/Eve
Two DAYS in an airport?! Oy! No cool, girl. I’m so sorry!
But on a more pleasant note… the winner of the Hollywood Confessions Beach Tote is… Drea Becraft! Congrats! Email me with your contact info and I’ll send it out ASAP! gemmahalliday at gmail dot com
Thanks for letting me hang with you ladies, and long live the smutt!
~Gemma
by Gemma Halliday June 19th, 2011 at 6:15 pm