(Fuck Around & Find Out) This week’s top What Were You Thinking story also falls into a category called Things That I Thought Never Happened… Back in the 90s, in the days of the Guild of Erotic Writers and a … Continued
So a little puff piece showed up on the BBC news page about a young couple who like vintage stuff. OK so I am perhaps old enough to know that the internet, particularly Twitter, is full of funsponges who can’t … Continued
And now time for even more Fun in Literary Life… Threads, in particular, has been exploding this week regarding an author signing/book lovers’ event in the USA which seems to have been a bit on the messy side, to say … Continued
Yet another bout of squawking over reviewing practices has erupted, this time mainly on Threads, which I have recently leapt aboard (find me at zak jane keir (@zakjanekeirdsw) on Threads ). I’ve posted about reviews more than once on here … Continued
A famous person got cancer. Oh dear, what a shame, etc. Most reasonable people feel the same fleeting moment of sympathy as they do if told a workmate’s cousin got it: that’s sad, sorry to hear that, hope they feel … Continued
Yes. Yes it was, as Faceb**k Memories conveniently reminded me a decade ago: ten years ago this week I went to Eroticon for the very first time. And I have been to every single one since then. My third visit … Continued
Hello and welcome to another chapter of Authors Behaving Tragically. Funnily enough, this was almost a post about someone else being Very Silly Indeed. (Romance authors whining about being categorized with EWW SEX STUFF is always annoying and amusing…) But … Continued
Sad news came today: the death of Victoria Blisse, author of erotic novels and stories, organiser of Smut UK events and ordained minister in the Refreshing Church. I first met her during the early months of my own erotica writing … Continued
(If you know the specifics of the bin fire which inspired this post then you should probably understand why no names are being named here…) It’s currently quite a thing among, mostly, hard-right bigoted crazies, particularly anti-trans wingnuts, to … Continued
Maybe this blog got started at the start of the Difficult Times (do not blame me for any of it, I have no more power than anyone else, OK?) but a common theme in DSW end-of-year posts tends to be, … Continued