The Beauty and the Beast Trope: Children’s stories for Child-like Minds
I just finished reading Gabriel’s Inferno, by Sylvain Reynard and gave it a rather scathing review on Goodreads. One of the reactions this solicited was the question of why the “Bella and Edward” trope is so popular at present. I’ve given this some thought. The “Bella and Edward” trope is, essentially, a Beauty and the […]
Podcasted: 15 Rules of Good Sex Writing
RG’s 15 Rules for Writing Sex Scenes
Because, strangely enough, there are 2 #13s. Clearly I’m not superstitious!
Gaijin & Splinter re-released on Kindle, ePub and PDF #burningbookpress
Well, it doesn’t rain but it pours. I’m really glad to announce the re-issue of two of my novellas: Gaijin and The Splinter. I confess that Gaijin was a disturbing story when I wrote it, and it still is for me now. In retrospect, I’m proud of myself for having the balls to write it […]
Beautiful Losers – Published
Finally, after many years and many miles, and a lot of tears and fears and gnashing of teeth, my novel Beautiful Losers has been published by Constable and Robinson – a UK publisher. At the moment, it’s only available electronically. The release date for the print version is December 27. ‘Would you like to watch […]
Domination vs Oppression – the explicit version
I invited a number of Doms to write a post for my Order of Turbulence blog on why women’s reproductive rights mattered to them. One of the people I invited was @pissgums . He was kind enough to write a nice staid version of his stance here, on the political blog, and then he sent […]
Burning Book Press
It’s my very great pleasure to announce the launch of what I hope will be a wonderful literary project. Burning Book Press is an indie press dedicated to intelligent creative writing for grown-up readers who don’t require hand-holding, moral guidance, or limited vocabulary reading matter. For many years, Aisling Weaver, Wyeth Bailey, Raziel Moore, Ximena […]
The Fourth Annual International Conference on Popular Romance Studies: York #IASPR12
Not only was The Fourth Annual International Conference on Popular Romance Studies: The Pleasures of Romance the first academic conference I have ever attended, it was my very first paper presentation. After talking to a lot of people, I get the sense that most of them aren’t nearly so much fun. If you take a look […]
My Response: A Writer’s View
After attempting to edit an anthology myself and failing miserably, I have a deep appreciation and respect for anthology editors and the work they do to compile a cohesive yet varied collection of stories that will be salable and, to one extent or another, feature something to everyone’s taste. They often have to cull through […]
Dominion
This is my body, there are many like it, but this one is mine. First, let me say that by current reigning definitions of ‘feminism’, I’m not one. Mostly because, for fear of getting stuck in history, feminist theory often demands that its adherents pretend that it didn’t happen. That, somehow, we should all stop […]