It’s humbling to realize everyone who’s read a Kindle edition of Teleny over the past five years is doing so because I wanted to read it myself. In 2019 (so-called precedented times), I read an excerpt of Teleny in the anthology Pages passed from hand to hand. It was lush, frankly erotic, and in parts […]
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Why your story was rejected: Tales from the slush pile
Just over year ago, the New Smut Project opened to submissions for Erato. We had room to publish pieces from up to 50 authors. We received submissions from over 300. Stories we accepted including science-fiction prose poetry about a polyamorous triad on a diplomatic mission, a kinky story written entirely in dialogue, hilarious historical fiction, […]
Continue Reading....Happy Valentine’s Day! Please submit to me!
No, I’m not talking to my partner (who doesn’t need to be asked to submit to me <3) but rather to the talented erotic writers of the world: the New Smut Project is compiling our third anthology, and seeking breathtaking flash fiction! Stories can be in any genre or setting–contemporary, historical, other worlds, time travel… Whether your […]
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....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 […]
Continue Reading....Editor for Hire (also, How to Get Me for Free)
Along with my “Stories/Publications” and “About the Author” tabs, I’ve recently added a new one: “Editing.” I’ve been a copyeditor for several years now, since earning my license from the University of San Diego (yes, you can be a “licensed” copyeditor. So far, my job has not involved heavy machinery, although the Chicago Manual of Style can […]
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