How do you prefer to vote?

Ok, so I looked at my Nikki and Sammi page the other day and noted that all my old polls were displaying their results again. That left me to wonder - how would people prefer to vote?

Do you prefer the old way, with the blogger generated poll that I set on the right hand side, or do you prefer the Polldaddy version that I've been using more recently where you have to click the link to vote?

Let me know by clicking at the end of the post and I'll adopt which ever people prefer!

licks and kisses,

nikki

Click here to vote

Sorcery School

I have been working on an old series of stories that was titled Fun at Sorcery School at Literotica. I have re-edited what was previously written and am currently adding to it before looking at publishing. Thinking about publishing has presented me with the challenge of finding cover art. My usual source didn't really turn up anything that worked for me and so I've been looking around and stumbled across some images that might just be appropriate. (If you click the link it will take you to the webpage I found them at ... credit where credit is due! Most of these are from Alan Gutierrez)

I need to contact the artist and see if there's any chance of being allowed to use one of them. If you happen to know of an artist that would likely let me use their imagery and it looks as good as these, please let me know!

licks and kisses,

nikki

Curious

I was checking Literotica as I occasionally do to see if anyone has left any recent comments on my stories.

I found this against my story Tied:

	Comment was removed by administration

It's the first time I've ever seen that happen! I have occasionally removed comments. Not because they're negative, I usually leave those alone as everyone is entitled to an opinion (even if they are like arseholes ... everyone has one).  The ones that I have removed have sometimes been too wordy to actually say anything useful or just plain offensive.

Given some of the things people have written, I am really curious as to how bad the comment that has been removed was!

And speaking of comments and feedback, one of my great frustrations is that I still get comments about stories needing an editor years and years after those stories were posted. I know they do, but Literotica isn't very friendly when it comes to updating an old story.

licks and kisses,

nikki

Thousands and a request for Beta

It was only a few days ago that my free book, Nikkirotica 1 passed 2000 downloads. I have to say that I find that very pleasing! It would be even nicer if each of those people loved my book enough to then purchase the rest of my work, but I can't go getting too fussy :)

In other news, I'd like a couple of people to beta read my cosplay bingo book before I release it so if you're up for the job, please drop me an email at nikkirotica@hotmail.com and I'll let you know what I'm looking for and see if you can help me out.

licks and kisses,

nikki

One L or two?

Ok, so this is a bit of an odd one, but something that I have been noticing and had to comment on. Ever since I've been posting the Nikki and Sammi story, I have been referring to installments. It's funny because I work across a couple of computers and environments and clearly I've run into an English vs American English peculiarity.

I'm used to American software constantly trying to change my s to z and am somewhat immune to it. I know the American version has an aversion to the letter U as well. What I didn't realise was that the American's also have an aversion to putting the second L in installment. Even as I write this on my iPad I can see blogger screaming at me that there should only be a single L.

Whenever I write on a computer set to English (UK) though, it tells me that my instincts around two Ls is correct.

As an Australian, brought up on a diet closely aligned to UK English rather than American, but who has lived in Canada I can get a little interchangeable with some things (like my constant use of the word panties - a topic of its own) but there are some lines that must be drawn. I struggled when I first taught myself HTML because I couldn't get things to centre on the page. When I worked out I had to center them, it became easier, but no less confusing!

I've decided that I don't like the single L version so from now on, two Ls it is! I've even just checked dictionary.com and it agrees that the preferred form is with two.

Glad I got that off my chest!

licks and kisses,

nikki

Still loving that little thrill

I checked my email today and saw that there was a purchase notification. I still get a little thrill when I receive one of those, especially when like today it was someone that had bought all of y Nikki Hall books in one go!

My sales certainly aren't in the realms of JK Rowling or even good enough to contemplate using the earnings for a nice holiday, so every single one of them is special to me.

I just thought I'd say thanks to everyone that has given me or of those little thrills. Hopefully I've managed to give you a thrill or two in return though my writing.

Licks and kisses

nikki

10,000

Apparently this little blog of mine had racked up 10,000 views. If only that had translated into 10,000 sales.

Big licks and kisses to those of you that've purchased :)

Nikki

Reviews please?

Hey everyone, so far the free book offer has managed to stimulate some interest and I am again seeing Nikkirotica 1: Fun With Friends getting snapped up. I truly hope that if you've grabbed a free copy that you enjoy it and that it inspires you to drop a couple of bucks on some of my other work. That would be a lovely thank you from you to me.

The other (and free!) way to say thank you would be to go to Smashwords and give me a lovely little 5 star rating and bit of a review. Doing so helps keep my books closer to the front of the 'highest rated' and might just assist with a few sales.

You don't have to, but I'd love it if you did.

Licks and kisses,

nikki

Facebook

Ok, so I've set up a Facebook page. I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet as I think this will remain my primary source of updates. If nothing else it's an attempt to broaden my exposure and increase my audience. Feel free to friend me over there.

nikki's Facebook page

Story in the making?

I was at the beach over the Australia Day long weekend enjoying the sun, surf and sand. Whilst in the water two girls came in and I was watching because they were both blonde and cute. There were a few other people around, a father and son in particular who were closer to the girls than I was. I didn't't think much more of it other than to hope that the one with the bandeau style bikini top might lose it whilst body-surfing. She didn't sadly.

Anyway, they seemed to be giggling and having a good time but stopped body surfing and staying in the water where it was about neck deep. The father was watching quite closely and the girls seemed to be watching him as we'll.

I caught a few waves and then me girls were leaving. It wasn't until they were nearly on the beach that I realised that they had swapped bikini tops! Suddenly they had mismatched bikinis. And suddenly I wished that I had been part of the fun. I reckon the dad knew what was going on and would have liked to have been in on it too. It could well be my next story :)

100!

Yaay, it happened, I have totalled a hundred sales. If you're the lovely person that bought 3 of my books on the 11th of January and can send me proof of purchase, I'll be sure to send you something special.

And as always, reviews earn special treats to!

licks and kisses,

nikki

97

I've now sold a total of 97 books on Smashwords. I can't wait to get to 100. It seems like something of a milestone worth celebrating. Of course, it would be lovely if that number were more like 100,000 but you have to start somewhere right?

I'll have to try and plan something special if someone can prove to me that they've bought my 100th book!

licks and kisses,

nikki

Happy New Year!

I just thought that I'd take a minute to wish everyone that visits a happy new year. I've been busy, though sadly not with writing. I've had two weeks off from work and had hoped to get stuck into something to publish early in the new year, but life got in the way.

There is a Nikki Dark book on the way, with all the old bits edited and only the new to add, though that's likely to take a month to get around to completing.

I also have to finish off the little collection of work/office related stories. I am going to target the end of January to achieve that so we'll see how it goes.

I hope that everyone had a fabulous Christmas and that you remember a little more of your new year's eve than I do! Apparently I had a lot of fun.

licks and kisses,

Nikki

Merry Christmas

Just a quick one to wish all my readers and fans a very Merry Christmas. I hope that you have a lovely time with your families or however you choose to celebrate it.

If you're not of a persuasion that celebrates the Christian tradition, then I hope you have a good time anyway!

Oh yes, and if you'd like to liven up someone's Christmas, why not gift them a book! You can share the pleasure of enjoying my writing and make me even happier!

licks and kisses,

nikki