Shot From Both Sides: Modeling Normal Through Publication
I’m doing a lot more thinking about my thesis topic. Trying to choose my angle of approach. For those of you who have access to the online journal libraries through a university, search ‘modern erotic literature’, ‘erotic fiction’ or ‘erotica’ and see just how dead the field is. What you get is an avalanche of […]
The Uses of Twitter: Flogging the Dead Bird
This is a rant, really. One pointed straight at some my fellow writers. I love twitter. I love its liminality. I love the ephemeral quality of its flow. I’ve met some wonderful people there. Made some excellent friends. I’ve bonded with a lot of writers I’d have never met if it weren’t for twitter. It’s […]
The Pale Beyond the Pale: Transgressive Erotica
It sounds like a joke: transgressive erotica. Isn’t all erotica transgressive? Well, it used to be. Historically speaking, the West has gone through periods of almost shocking acceptance of explicit erotic literature. It has also gone through periods of extreme repression. But, on the whole, they have been periods that imposed blanket restrictions on writing […]
How To Write Erotica: Some Advice & Resources for Beginners
On the comments area of my last post, on Circlet Press’ slush pile tweeting, a few people defended the act as being educational for wannabe erotica writers, as a way to humiliating them into observing publishers’ guidelines and paying more attention to their grammar. It will certainly serve as a way to take down their […]
The Fragile State of the Art – Shame on you @circletslush
It seems that Circlet Press had decided to eschew its role as erotica publisher and gone into the comedy business. I found this out through Catherine Leary’s blogpost ‘Really, Circlet? REALLY?‘ I actually had to click on the links to confirm it with my own eyes, because I just couldn’t believe any organization that considered […]
Censorship, Banned Books and Writing Taboo
Harley Moore, from eBook Eros invited me to blog on the subject of censorship, banned books and taboo topics in literature. I think that some people are going to have a hard time with my position on this subject: I do not support the legal censorship of any book, on any subject, period. I don’t […]
… Any Club that would Accept Me as a Member
“I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member” Groucho Marx In a comment on I, Sadist’s post “Sorry, it’s already been decided for you” Shelby left a link to her to her post What’s Your Flavor? It’s worth a read. I also caught an interesting exchange between two […]
Interview and Giggles
I recently was interviewed by Alex over at Shiterotica. We had a very nice chat about writing, fisting, poor grammar, why I hate Stephanie Meyer and death metal bands. I wish I could say it was terribly insightful, but mostly it was just silliness. However, you do need to check out the Shiterotica blog. Alex […]
Writing Erotica on Empty
I often compare erotica to other genres. But there is one way in which I am pretty sure it differs quite dramatically. Most erotica writers I talk to agree – you have to feel sexually charged to write really good sex scenes. That doesn’t mean you have to be so horny you type with one […]
Happily Ever After For Now
There were so many excellent and well-reasoned responses to my EAACON post I was sitting there itching to see the comments come in. There were also a few comments that really showed that either I had not expressed myself very well, or the readers had mistaken my meaning. My post was not an attack on […]