Media Kit
Authors, Stories and Voice Artists
A 'Woman’s Goodnight, Bedtime Stories for Women' has the pleasure of great company. Our writers who live on four continents; are female and male; are younger and older. They offer a broad range of experience, perspectives and rich fantasies. We are pleased to feature two very popular American literotica writers Jacqueline Seewald and Gwen Masters and to introduce a promising British new comer Amber Knights.
We launch with a story created by Jacqueline that combines mystery, romance and erotica called “Secret Love”. Her writing resume and reputation are impressive. Having taught Creative and Technical writing at Rutgers University. She has an impressive list of published works and has won several literary fiction awards. Her short stories have been included in a many on-line print collections of erotic literature, mystery/detective and romance fiction. In addition she is a prolific poet and writer of fiction novels for young adults and juvenile readers. More of Jacqueline’s romantic adventures will be added in the near future.
Gwen Masters has written millions of words and shows no sign of slowing down. Her work has been featured in “Best American Erotica 2006”, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, and many print anthologies. Online, Gwen serves as a frequent contributor to many websites, a web editor for “Clean Sheets”, and a monthly columnist at “For the Girls”. For us she has created a fantasy in her short story “The One I Couldn’t Forget” to which many women can easily relate.
Another “A Woman’s Goodnight” author Jordana Winters makes an appearance in “Best Womens’ Erotica 06 and 07”. A twenty-something Canadian writer, she has a distinct presence on the web world of erotica and print anthologies. She offers us a delightful tale of forbidden ‘office romance” or is it just sex.
We have talented male writers who appreciate, and know how to entertainingly express a women’s erotic pleasures. F. A Night offer fantasies that women can really ‘sink into’ as is expressed in “Man in the Kitchen”. He has a talent for turning the ordinary person into an extraordinary lover.
Amber Knights is a recent English Literature graduate from London, U.K. and has been dabbling in the erotic world of BDSM since the tender age of 24 and now shares her imagination with us in the very naughty “Ms Eliza’s Olympic Evening”.
If you want more information on our Writers please check out their bios on our site and visit their personal websites.
The imagination is the key to a good fantasy, well told and well felt. Our writers have offered us many varied fantasies and scenarios to enjoy from the ordinary to the extraordinary. In “Branded” Natalie meets a very sexy magician who’s tricks take her by surprise. In ”Sweat” a quick encounter by a female rock band member is hot, steamy and very satisfying. “Nude Housekeeping” offers the audience a fully sensual experience. Sometimes a wife gets every thing she needs as in “An Evening to Remember” and in “For One Night” but with very different outcomes. And “From Rags to Riches” offers a poetic twist on the old Cinderella tale.
Whether your tastes are tame or racy, we have a fictional fantasy for you to enjoy told by a sexy male or female voices, some sweet and luscious, other raw and intense. Our professional voice artists who reside in the U.S., Canada or Hong Kong are committed to telling our stories with the intimate tone of a lover.
Origins of the Web-site
This web-site arose from a busy team of people who found their lives had become increasingly full of commitments with work, family and friends—leaving little time for healthy self-indulgence, let alone time to explore, or languish in sexuality. Some of us are in relationships, some of us are single, but the common thread is we felt that with our busy lives we could use a little help enjoying sensuality and intimacy. Whether we are looking for romance or raw, no holds barred sex, we all agreed that stimulating the imagination was the perfect starting point for any sexual adventure. Thus, the idea for this website was conceived. We hope that you enjoy it as much as we are!
Our Philosophy
It is our philosophy that all women, regardless of their wide range of tastes and experiences, share the need to approach sex with their head first followed by their body; and if the heart gets involved, all the better. Our goal is to offer our audience stories which ignite fantasy, fun and frolic. We strive to offer erotic entertainment which respects women and men and their sexual desires and fantasies.
OUR CREATIVE TEAM
JANA RAYNE, the creative force behind AWGN and long time fan of women’s erotic print anthologies was first inspired to develop AWGN when at middle age and single again she yearned for a sexual companionship but wasn’t yet ready to share her bed. Romance movies were just not enough and she wasn’t interested in traditional porn. She surfed the net and waded through the web’s offerings to find erotica which pleased, entertained and delighted. Conversations with friends discovered they too enjoyed literary erotica but found it tedious to search out that which inspired women’s fantasies. After feeling titillated by a scene in the film ‘In Her Shoes’ when the boyfriend reads an erotic passage to the leading lady she was inspired her to explore producing high quality audio erotic short stories to share with her friends.
MICHELLE H., friend and story editor and calming voice of reason, who has extensive experience in the publishing world offers balance and creativity to story selection, editing and web-site production.
ERIK O., friend, actor and business partner was approached by Jana to lend his wonderful sexy voice to story telling. He has yet to record a story for the site; it’s coming; but instead recognized a great idea when he heard it and offered to be Jana’s business partner. Without his constant support this site would never have happened.
ELLEN, the “PERFECT PUBLICIST”, life long friend and entertainment marketer has provided constant inspirational support and direction to the website development. Without her efforts and energy this site would not be attracting such attention.
SARAH J., offers the perspective of a new mother into the overall creative process and provides a steady eye and pen to keep the company books clean.
DORIS D., with creative flare and technical precision has expressed Jana’s desires for a website which would please the eyes with its tasteful images and visual navigation ‘windows’. The colour palette for the site was inspired by a Chinese tapestry Jana found in Shanghai. Doris has brilliantly translated these inspirations into an artistic treat.
CONNERY N., web programmer prodigy, continues to make everything seem easy.
FAQ SHEET
Our Purpose: AWGN is a website about women’s sensuality, imagination and pleasure. We strive to offer women an opportunity to take ownership and responsibility for their own sexual experience by offering stories which entertain, titillate and inform.
Our Products and Pricing: We offer original professionally written stories designed for a woman’s tastes which offer the listener literal and figurative foreplay. Our authors include very well know names in the literotica world. The stories are recorded by professional voice artists with the intimacy of telling a tale to one’s lover.
‘Short Stories’ run approximately 20 to 30 minutes long and for those of you who have little time between daily tasks we offer ‘Quickies’ which run about 10 to 12 minutes. Both are available in MP3 format to download onto your computer and onto your mp3 player. Listen alone or with your lover. ‘Short Story’ costs $4.95 to $6.95 US; ‘Quickies’ cost $2.95 US and can be purchased or gifted to a friend.
Story Genres and Explicitness Rating: Stories are grouped into 6 genres: Simply Sensual, Romantica, Chance Encounters, Kinky Sex/Taboos, Exotic/Fantasy, Sexy Surprises. All stories are rated for sexual explicitness which is carefully explained on the website.
Value for your entertainment dollar: Our research and understanding of women tells us they always want to know what they are buying so they can get their money’s worth. We provide written story descriptions, contributors bios and a one minute audio sample to listen to before you hit that shopping cart button. We welcome audience comments because we want to know what you think and feel about our stories.
Our goal is to offer stories to satisfy most women’s tastes from the romantic to the very kinky while providing a fully sensual experience that stimulates the imagination and the body. The site has been designed to also offer a visual pleasure, a fully sensual experience.
The company is located in Canada however all transactions are handled in US currency.
ADVERTISING on awomansgoodnight.com:
We will be accepting advertising on the site in the near future. Please check back for the specifications.
Our market is English speaking women between 25 and 60 who have disposable income. World wide this number is in the many millions! In recent years 60% of internet shopping in the Western World is done by women.
WEBSITE LINKS AND BANNERS
If you think you your website and AWGN share a similar philosophy, please contact us about sharing a link.
Banners are available to download for publication or for creating website links.
OUR EROTIC FUTURE
The site you see today is only the beginning. We hope to grow in a manner that is responsive to our audience demands. We are open to suggestions and ideas. Please contact us at info@awomansgoodnight.com.
CALL FOR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Publication Guidelines:
We are an on-line publisher of sensual short stories that are available to our audience as MP3 audio files to purchase and download. The stories are recorded by professional voice artists. We accept original stories in two formats:
-‘Short stories’ between 3000 and 5000 words (when recorded run from 20 to 32 minutes) that have not been published, have not been submitted for concurrent publication or entered in any current writing competitions, and
-‘Quickie’ stories between 1500 and 2000 words (when recorded run from 9 to 12 minutes)
‘A Woman’s Goodnight’ welcomes stories from both established and new writers. Our purpose is to offer women a website and stories which stimulate the brain and the body and are sensually pleasing in all aspects.
We take editing seriously, and if your work is accepted, we will take the time to work with you to polish your story to the highest standards.
We request five year, one-time electronic rights.
We offer a per word payment of at time of contract with the potential for residuals (sales commission) depending on the popularity of the story and author. We have no submission deadlines, as we always need a regular supply of stories.
How To Submit:
We receive hundreds of stories for consideration. Please follow our guidelines exactly to assure you get careful attention. We generally reply within one month. If you have not heard back from us within that time, please contact us.
1. Send one story per e-mail, in plain format in the text of an e-mail to stories@awomansgoodnight.com
2. Subject line: NEW SUB & story title
3. We do not accept attachments.
Author Requirements:
You may publish under a pen name, but for publication we'll need your real name, which is kept strictly confidential. You must submit your current bio, including recent publication credits.
If you are not sure about whether or not you are legitimately published, or whether or not your writing falls within our categories listed, or if you have a category you'd like us to consider, please contact stories@awomansgoodnight.com with your query.
Desired Subject Matter – Erotic Short Fiction:
Our target market is women between the age of 25 and 65. We aim to entertain their sensual and sexual fantasies. The brain is a woman’s most important sexual organ; we aim to stimulate it. Our subject matter is heterosexual sex and girl-girl sex. Potential themes are listed below but we are open to writer suggestions:
1. Cross cultural encounters and Exotic travel
2. Everyday occurrences: ie: housework
3. Chance encounters
4. Simply sensual
5. Kinky sex
6. Sci-Fi Fantasy
7. Historical fiction
8. Steamy romance
9. Coming of age
We are looking for stories with a range of entertainment from purely sensual to explicit sex with good visual descriptions. The most important thing to us is to get great, interesting stories that feed the reader's imagination, with characters and fantasies to which our audience can relate.
We want stories with intriguing characters, compelling narrative arches, clear visual description, honest emotions and sensual writing style. The story should ooze pleasure not just tell us about it.
We are interested in serial stories; therefore, will accept first editions with suggestions for more.
Happy writing and remember you are writing for a sexy voice telling our audience an erotic goodnight story.
Unacceptable Subject Matter:
We will not accept:
-true confessions
-stories with illegal acts, ie: underage sex, rape, non-consenting acts, bestiality, etc.
-stories that are primarily racist, homophobic, misogynistic
VOICE ARTISTS:
If you are interested in expressing yourself erotically and in the position to provide high quality recordings, whether experienced or not, please email a one minute voice sample to info@awomansgoodnight.com. In the subject line write: NEW VOICE ARTIST & your name.
We have strict technical requirements and these are available on request at the above email address.
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