Defining Erotica
This has been a very exciting week on the blogsphere. Oh Get A Grip has had a week of posts from the members of their group on defining erotica. And Catherine Leary went on to respond to this in her own inimitable way. One of the proclamations that came up over and over again was […]
Today is Fantasy Pride Day
[poll id=’1′]I’m proclaiming today ‘fantasy pride day‘. And I’m doing a very informal poll to find out how many of my readers have have sexual fantasies that include non-consensual elements. Furthermore, I’m going to challenge you, if you do, to write one out. I figure that one of the best ways to get rid of […]
The Problem of Careless Language & the Deconstruction of Rape Fantasies
I’ve been doing a lot of interviews with fellow writers on the subject of restrictions in erotic fiction. With a few exceptions, most erotic fiction writers write about the things that turn them on. This makes sense. It’s very hard to ensure that you are going to write about something you don’t have fantasies about […]
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 […]
A Piss Poor Attempt at an Explanation
I began to attempt to answer a question in a comment posted on my #indelible flash piece yesterday. I realized that it was too long to answer in a comment box and that I’d have a difficult time answering it coherently anyway. So, to begin with, here’s the question: RG, Cutting & bleeding seem strange […]