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Poetry, rhymes and reasons

erotic poetry, erotic verse, performance, poetry 24th January 2021 Musings, Other Things 1 Comments

People seem to be paying attention to poetry again, it seems, which isn’t surprising in the light of Amanda Gorman’s magnificent The Hill We Climb. Her books have stormed up the charts and rightly so. Poetry for important occasions, state … Continued

Fiction and predictions

authors, erotica, prediction, speculative fiction, stories 13th January 2021 Other Things 1 Comments

scifi erotica

Poor old Stephen King must be getting rather tired of denying he’s writing predictions rather than simply good stories. First he had everyone insisting that Trump is the hideous Greg Stillson (from The Dead Zone) made flesh, then everyone lost … Continued

Forward into 2021?

happy new year, New Year, resolutions, small traders 31st December 2020 Musings, Other Things

2021

We have no option but to keep moving forward, that much is true. As to looking back on what must be the strangest year of most of our lives, it’s probably worth doing that so we don’t forget the stuff … Continued

Dear Father Christmas, I would like a revolution

Christmas list, Father Christmas, revolution naughty and nice 20th December 2020 Other Things, Rantings

revolution

Dear Father Christmas. I would like a revolution, please. Can I have the non-violent model that comes with extra social justice and economic fairness rather than the one that features tanks on the streets and ends with heads on spikes? … Continued

Xxxmas Reading and Festive Fun

Christmas, festive erotica, fiction, romance, shifter erotica, shifter romance 13th December 2020 Other Things, writing

xxxmas

For this week’s LAM Live I was talking about the range of erotica and erotic romance with a festive theme. There are definitely lots of writers who have been putting the Xs back in Xxxmas for quite a few years … Continued

Doing Your Kinky Christmas Shopping?

Christmas shopping, fetish markets, naughty books, naughty gifts, XXXmas shopping 5th December 2020 Fairs and Markets

christmas shopping

Christmas shopping options may not be the same as they were last year or the year before, but, as you might be aware if you pay any attention to me on social media, there are some options. For London or … Continued

If the rumour is better than the truth…

dramatization, erotica, gossip, real people, rumour, storytelling, The Crown 29th November 2020 Musings

rumour

There was a rumour about someone I knew of, a few years ago. It was a rumour that made her look very cool, so when I actually met her, I asked her about it and she told me it wasn’t … Continued

Consent, Reality and Fantasy

#idoconsent, authors, consent, dubcon, erotica, writing 22nd November 2020 Musings, Sex stuff, writing

consent, #idoconsent

Whatever you might like to get up to in your own personal sex life, you know (or at least you should) that one of the most important aspects is being sure that everyone involved gives informed consent to everything that … Continued

Rare books and relative values

bookselling, fiction, rare books, vintage erotica 14th November 2020 Other Things

A long time ago, when I was a music-obsessed teenager, I had a few vinyl records which were apparently quite rare. There was one I used to refer to, as I grew older, as my pension fund. Of course, with … Continued

New Release: Erato Flash Fiction

anthology, diverse erotica, flash fiction, new release, sexy stories 6th November 2020 New Books 2 Comments

Erato Flash Fiction

One of the more common criticisms of erotic fiction, usually coming from people who don’t read it, is that the stories are all the same. While this isn’t too much of a cause for concern due to the fact that … Continued