If my records are correct, May 2018 was the first month in a year and a half that I did not submit a story to at least one call for submissions (the original Write 1/Sub 1 called for one story submission a week, but that seemed a little excessive). I’d found myself lagging to meet […]
Continue Reading....Author: tcmill
T.C. Mill is a writer and owner of a small editing business in Wisconsin (one answer to the question 'What do you do with a philosophy degree?'). Her fiction has appeared in anthologies from Storm Moon Press, Circlet Press, and in Cleis' Best Women's Erotica of the Year, vol. 2. With her co-editor Alex Freeman, she runs the New Smut Project micropress, which releases collections of literary erotica.
The Seattle Erotic Art Festival is this weekend!
From April 27th-29th, in a year when artistic erotic expression is more important than ever, a curated selection of some of the finest erotic art the world has to offer will grace the floors of the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. During regular festival hours, visitors are invited to view the art and daily entertainments, from […]
Continue Reading....“What You Want” in Pure Slush’s LUST
To celebrate 7 years of publishing, Pure Slush is releasing a 7-volume series about the 7 deadly sins. Lust is the first, with poetry and flash fiction by 70 different writers from around the world. My piece, “What You Want,” is about sadism, both the sexy and the scary parts. It gets to the point where you can’t […]
Continue Reading....Episode 3 of Smutty Storytelling: Reading the Good, The Bad, and The Sexy
Is this the most awful sex writing 2017 can offer? Erotica writers and editors Betina and T.C. do a close reading of excerpts from The Literary Review’s “Bad Sex in Fiction Award”, featuring: bizarre word choice! Awful details! Strained metaphors! Painful dialogue! “Erotic” scenes that beg for psychoanalysis! And, most shocking of all…several pieces of sex […]
Continue Reading....Read an Ebook Week!
The only thing that can beat an ebook for convenience and gratification is a free ebook, right? In honor of “Read an Ebook Week,” hundreds of books on Smashwords are on sale or even free. Time to load up on your indie reading list, but move fast–these discounts end tomorrow, March 10. And yes, this includes a lot of my […]
Continue Reading....Smashwords “Read an Ebook Week” sale
In honor of “Read an Ebook Week,” from now until March 10, hundreds of books on Smashwords are on sale or even free! Time to load up on your indie reading list 😀 (And yes, this includes a lot of my fiction on Smashwords!)
Continue Reading....Valentine’s Day Review: Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Vol 3
(Note: I received a free ebook of Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Vol 3 for my honest review.) The third volume of Best Women’s Erotica of the Year combines significant variety with several recurring themes that keep the book feeling cohesive. The ones that struck me included growing older, the use of paint (or body paint and […]
Continue Reading....Happy Real-Life stories of Femdom–now Free!
This has wound up going under my “free fiction” tag for organizing purposes, but Sharyn Ferns’ latest release is a nonfiction collection: “Joyful stories from dominant women and submissive men talking about how they found each other and what happened next.“ From newcomers to longtime bonds to marriages, these are real interviews from F/m participants who […]
Continue Reading....Dancing With Myself Release: “The Solution”
Today is the release date for Dancing With Myself, an anthology of self-love erotica. What a beautiful phrase–“self-love.” In all it senses. Interestingly, one might argue that the protagonist of my piece in this anthology, “The Solution,” doesn’t have a lot of reason to love herself. “The Solution” is a story that’s been on my mind for a while. […]
Continue Reading....Episode 2 of Smutty Storytelling: Sex Languages
Sex Languages: Romance vs. Porn vs. Erotica in the Quest for Sexual Connection As recent events have made all too clear, our society is deprived of ways to communicate honestly about sex, desire, and consent. One potential source of language comes from the words that turn us on. In this episode, T.C. and Betina discuss […]
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