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A Kinky Farmers’ Market – and more to come

kinky shopping, live events, naughty books 19th April 2021 Fairs and Markets

The first kinky farmers’ market was last summer: when many of us thought this clusterfuck was on its way to being all over, the LAM crew found an actual farm that was willing to host a fetish trading event. We … Continued

Flagshagging, Fiction and Fighting Back

fiction, politics, propaganda, satire, stories 3rd April 2021 Musings

Flagshagging should, perhaps, have frightened us a little more when it began its rise to prominence. Even now, it still seems a bit ridiculous to many people. Unfortunately, though many of its proponents are indeed mockable, it’s another alarming indicator … Continued

Misdirection and moral panic

dishonesty, morality, pandemic, panic, politics, public health 28th March 2021 Rantings

The key thing to remember about any and every moral panic is that they are about misdirection. Misdirection is not, in itself, a terrible thing – just like sex, what makes misdirection good or bad is a matter of why … Continued

In an alternate timeline…

#eroticon, authors, bloggers, conferences, social, writers 13th March 2021 Events, Musings

… It would probably have been Eroticon this weekend. In an alternate timeline, this previous post would have been rather more on the mark, perhaps. Lastyear’s Eroticon was, understandably, cancelled a few days before it was due to happen, … Continued

Time to motivate with dates

bookselling, fetish trading, kinky market, LAM 7th March 2021 Events, Fairs and Markets

Someone called it ‘pandemic brain’ when I was whining about memory glitches and just Not Getting On with things. They were probably right (and yes, I did go and google dementia symptoms as I am old enough for it to … Continued

Free Speech: Are You Sure About That?

censorship, controversy, free speech, no-platform 26th February 2021 Musings

Free speech and censorship are topics I have always taken a lot of interest in, even as the terms themselves take on a range of meanings. Some such meanings amount to deliberate, malicious redefinition, in case you hadn’t noticed. What … Continued

The Joys Of Submissions

anthologies, stories, submissions, writing 18th February 2021 Musings, New Books, writing 1 Comments

Submissions as in stories sent to me, not submission as in me getting tied up and spanked or anything (calm down, the lot of you. I remain as much a dominant as ever, and whether that reassures or disappoints you … Continued

The trouble with ‘Kink’

anthologies, genre fiction, kink, literary erotica 11th February 2021 New Books, Rantings 1 Comments

The trouble with Kink, a new anthology edited by R O Kwon and Glenn Greenell, is not the trouble with kink, if you get what I mean. When a pal pointed me in the direction of this, um, announcement from … Continued

Five Years and Evolving

anniversary, blogging, bookselling, five years 1st February 2021 Musings 1 Comments

The first post on this site was five years ago. I only noticed by accident, to be honest, possibly lockdown boredom driving me to glance back at the early days of Dirty Sexy Words. There have certainly been a few … Continued