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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 98th (HotHHG)

November 28, 2011 Chris 23 Comments

Congrats to jayhjay, who won Broken Memories (In the Shadow of the Wolf #2) by RJ Scott & Diane Adams! Broken Memories was released by Silver Publishing on November 26.

Congrats to Brandi R, who won More Than Enough (More #2) by Shawn Lane! More Than Enough was released by Amber Allure on November 27.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Holding on to His Hat Guy (HotHHG).

After

was cut short by a

(

, but not often),

was barely

to his sanity, so he decided it was time to

away from the other

. As he rode away, he hollered back, “I’ll be

all again sometime!” But that was before he moved into

to live in

with some

, so who knows if he’ll ever go back?

The end. 🙂

*accusatory and simultaneously deeply disappointed stare* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 97th (The return of the return of the return of Torso Guy)

November 21, 2011 Chris 27 Comments

Congrats to Kelly, who won Texas Winter (The Heart of Texas #2) by RJ Scott! Texas Winter was released by Silver Publishing on November 19.

Congrats to Cori and Lilli, who each won copies of Honored Vow (Change of Heart #3) by Mary Calmes! Honored Vow is being released by Dreamspinner Press today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Torso Guy. (Curious how he got his name? You can find out here.) Don’t forget that you can hover your mouse cursor over the covers to see how I used the title in the story. 🙂

When

the Third (or,Â as he preferred to be known, R2D3) won both the coveted title of

and the not-quite-so-prestigious title of

, he developed an immediate craving for

– maybe a

or a

. While he was trying to make up his mind, he started a

of laundry and used plenty of

, hoping it would get rid of that pesky infestation, then checked to see if he’d received new

from either the

. He thought Planet Mail from

would be great, since neither was there to play

with him – oh, how he longed to be pressed against them,

If that made sense to you, you should be very worried. 😉

“How could you??” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 96th (The Return of Shoulder Guy)

November 14, 2011 Chris 27 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Itâ€™s been a long, long time since I featured Shoulder Guy. Shall we see what he’s been up to since then?

Because

had triggered the infamous

was suffering terribly at

while working in the

at the

without

(no

if he screwed up, either). He should have known there would be a

, but how could he have imagined it would involve being

as part of a

or involve a

and

???

*blink blink*

“If Mom really loved me, she wouldn’t keep posting all these pictures of naughty boys.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 95th (The Return of Neck Crick Guy)

November 7, 2011 Chris 22 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! It’s been a long, long time since I featured Neck Crick Guy – shall we see what he’s been up to? If you’re curious, here’s what his original stock photo looks like.

The

and

wanted to have a

on the

, but since they were

and

as part of agreeing to

(

!), there wasn’t much they could do about it. But alas, a

and the

in such an

kept them from the

Alas indeed…

“There can’t really be an infinite number of naughty boys, can there?!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 94th (BHLBHPAFDG)

October 31, 2011 Chris 28 Comments

Congrats to Melanie M, who won More Than Anything by Shawn Lane!Â More Than Anything was released by Amber Allure on October 30.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Biting His Lip Because His Pants Are Falling Down Guy (BHLBHPAFDG) – for some reason, cover artists really like to change his color. Keep an eye out for Your Face Is Going To Freeze Like That Guy (YFIGTFLTG), too!

were

for

to pay their

(golfing fools, the both of them) when their world was turned

by the arrival of a

, who exclaimed, “I can’t believe I just got here, and already

! You look like you’d be

, too, you big hunk – everyone would be green with envy! Do I need to make

that you’ll join me for some

at the

Restaurant?”

*blink blink blink*

Vampire kitteh wishes you a Happy Halloween, and could you please bring your neck a little closer? 😉

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 93rd (Hello Again, Slave Boy)

October 24, 2011 Chris 25 Comments

Donâ€™t forget to enter the contest for More Than Anything by Shawn Lane! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, October 28.

Congrats to Ella Jane, who won Bound for the Forest by Kay Berrisford!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Slave Boy, complete with an amazing number of hair color changes. Thanks to Jordan Castillo Price for the Irish Punk cover! (Don’t forget that you can hover your cursor over the cover to see the title as I used it in the Misadventure.)

out with the

was going great until they were pushed to the

by the

, who told them, “You must

and

if you don’t want to be accused of

and forced to

for

, who’s pissed that you ate all the

!” Buck and the Irish Punk crossed their fingers that they could

as they hoped for

before the King of the Queens had them

, never to be seen again…

O noes!

“Ignoring you and the naughty boys, Mom. That’ll teach you!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 92nd (WiHG again?!)

October 3, 2011 Chris 26 Comments

Congrats to Helena, who won Life Over Limb (EMS Heat #11) by Stephani Hecht! Life Over Limb was released by eXtasy Books on October 1.

Brace yourselves. This is the last Misadventures post until October 24, as I’m heading out on vacation next week.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be trying to catch up with Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG)… again.

did not appreciate the

back from

when a misunderstanding while reading

led to

against

and the

. Suddenly, everything went to

as the

of the

was released by his bellowing, “Oh w(h)ere oh w(h)ere can

be?! Yes,

, but you can wait

and I will not apologize for that! After all, I was only

, and none of you

can stop me from using

to cover

!”

*blink blink*

“You should give up on these naughty boys, Mom, and throw my yellow furry mouse instead.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 91st (Curly Blond Bangs Guy)

September 25, 2011 Chris 25 Comments

D’oh! I published this early by accident… Whoops!

Congrats to Jen B and Beth, who each won a copy of Bulletproof (A Matter of Time #3 or #5, depending) by Mary Calmes! Bulletproof will be released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Curly Blond Bangs Guy (CBBG). If you were worried about how much sense last week’s Misadventure made, rest assured that’s not the case this week. 🙂 And keep an eye out for Candy Cane Guy!

left, after

, after

thwarted

to power, what was left beyond

? Those

had been

a dream he hated to give up, even for

. But would being in

preclude a

I’m pretty sure that was the most challenging set of titles I’ve yet encountered.

“I’m not coming out until you promise there won’t be any more naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 90th (LiBG)

September 19, 2011 Chris 22 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Lounging in Bed Guy (LiBG) – onward!

was perfectly willing to

for

, although he knew that his willingness was

if he wanted any chance to test his

with

. But

kept him from taking the

that could become

into

, all

revealed,

with

Oh oh. That one mostly makes sense! 😮

“I’m just shaking my head, Mom. You’re a lost cause!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 89th (Welcome Back, WiHG!)

September 12, 2011 Chris 28 Comments

Congrats to Cayce, who won Love is in the Title (Love #1) and Love is in the Hallways (Love #2) by RJ Scott!

Congrats to D, who won Galen and the Forest Lord by Eden Winters!Â Galen and the Forest Lord was released by Torquere Press on Saturday, September 10.

Random: I now have a tumblr. It’s mostly going to be quotes, songs, and images that catch my eye. Sorry, nekkid menz peeps, I think it’s going to be pretty safe for work – probably not even a random ab! 🙂

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Iâ€™m sure we all remember Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG), right? (Thanks to Ava March, who found the cover with the wings!)

For