got “The E-Mail” o­n February 17th, 2005, 4 days after my birthday. I was just getting started in the erotica romance market so I was doing research o­n publishers. I saw this announcement for a Phaze o­ne Writing Challenge for the publisher Phaze. Instead of entering, I told my friend, erotic romance author Laura Bacchi. She entered and placed second in the contest. A week later, Phaze had their monthly author and reader chat. This would be her first chat as an author so I went to support her. Little did I know Stacey L. King, publisher and editor for Phaze was in the chat. I talked about a couple of my stories and she liked them. She said to me that night, “I want to see you published by the Romantic Times Conference in April 2005.” True to her word, I submitted my story a couple of days after my birthday and was accepted the very next day. My science fiction erotic romance called “Adam and E-V-E” was published o­n April 25, 2005, the day before I flew up to St. Louis for the conference. And I have been o­n a whirlwind ride ever since!Bridget Midway writes what everyone else fantasizes about but won’t admit. She was recently named as o­ne of the winners in the BetterSex.com Best Erotic Fiction Writer Contest with her short story “Civic Duty” about how a husband surprises his wife o­n her birthday. An avid writer for all things fun, unusual and passionate, Bridget enjoys making her readers laugh as much as she likes seeing them fan themselves down after reading a hot, sexy scene. She writes long contemporary romance, single-title romance, light paranormal romances, science fiction, historicals and erotica, all with multi-racial characters and/or with interracial romances (because when you have a box of chocolates, you have to taste each o­ne and enjoy the differences). To get updates, read exclusive excerpts and participate in contests, please check out her website.
www.BridgetMidway.com

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