(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 […]
Continue Reading....A Big Book Release
2018 is off to a great start in terms of gigantic book releases… The one I want to point you to today is the Big Book of Submission Vol 2’s paperback release (on Barnes & Noble and Amazon)! While each story is under 1,200 words, 69 of them add up to quite the package. Speaking of kinky […]
Continue Reading....2017 Year in Review
Not all New Year’s resolutions pan out, but this one did–in December 2016, I resolved to send out at least one story submission every month. That meant lots of tracking new calls, lots of brainstorming and nurturing of plot bunnies, and of course, lots of writing! But I feel like the work paid off: this […]
Continue Reading....Book sale alert: Red Velvet and Absinthe
Book alert: the Red Velvet and Absinthe anthology is currently on sale at 10% of its original price (99 cents instead of $9.99)! This anthology of Gothic erotic fiction is quite possibly the best book of erotica I’ve ever read. I’m not in it, but you might say it’s in me. Every piece is lush and dazzling, […]
Continue Reading....Poem in Cliterature Journal
In an exciting slip into a new genre, I have a poem, “Stiff-Necked in Respect Life Month,” out in Cliterature’s latest issue–Birth Control. As you might expect from the title, it’s about a struggle with Catholicism on many fronts (and was actually written in October). It is, for now, the final home of a first line […]
Continue Reading....‘Tis the Season for…Kinky Flash Fiction
I didn’t plan it this way, but I have three flash fiction publications this month and they’re all pretty wonderfully perverse. So it’s a great time to work out the end-of-year tension and get your freak on in under 2,000 words. Today, my short piece “The Depths of You” goes live at the Erotic Review magazine. A little long to […]
Continue Reading....First Episode of “Smutty Storytelling”!
I’m excited to share the first episode of the Smutty Storytelling podcast, where my fellow erotica writer and editor Betina Cipher and I discuss the craft of sexy wordsmithing. In this first episode, we talk about how to use Point of View and tense, with examples from our stories in Getting It (though you don’t have to have […]
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