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Manchester Pride 2019 The Weekend’s Adventures

bookselling, erotic fiction, erotica, events, LGBTQ 29th August 2019 Events, Fairs and Markets 2 Comments

Manchester Pride, bookselling, LAMchester

I hadn’t been to Manchester Pride before and my experiences of the London version (while always good) have been confined to dancing in the parade. This year, I was invited to take the bookstall to what was originally going to … Continued

Kinky Sex Advice: approaching with caution

bdsm, books, bookselling, kinky, reading, writing 21st August 2019 Musings, Other Things

You can find plenty of horrendous kinky sex advice – and horrendous vanilla sex advice – online without even breaking a sweat. Quick and easy ways of detecting that the kinky sex advice you’re reading is not only a ridiculous … Continued

Kinkfest 2019: a (nother) weekend of kinkyf*ckery

bdsm, discussion, event, kinky, party 13th August 2019 Events, Musings

When I say (as I did to a few of the new friends I was making) that the weekend just gone by was my first Kinkfest, I’m not lying. But nor am I telling the whole truth. It was my … Continued

My name is Zak and I have Luggage Issues

author, bookselling, events 7th August 2019 Fairs and Markets, Other Things

… and they are getting worse. Way way WAY back, in the 90s, when the stock for markets consisted of about 40 copies of that month’s Forum magazine and maybe a handful of erotic novels out of the review cupboard, … Continued

New Release: or rather re-releases

authors, books, erotic fiction, erotica, new book, new release 29th July 2019 New Books

Two re-releases, in fact… First is Rule 34, which was originally published by (now closed) indie outfit Sexy Little Pages. It’s now been reissued in its entirety by Sincyr Publishing, with a shiny new cover but the same wonderful mix … Continued

The Crane Wife: why whining is not great art.

experience, literature, memoir, relationships, writing 23rd July 2019 Rantings

Every now and then, there’s a fuss about a piece of writing that… just isn’t all that. Remember Cat Person? Today’s topic of conversation/irritation/overhype is non-fiction, which is perhaps even more annoying. It’s a prolonged whine from some silly bitch … Continued

Pen and Paper and a Pint or Two

authors, books, erotic fiction. writers. writing, erotica 20th July 2019 Musings, New Books

Back at the beginning, when I was an intensely intense teen doing my best to produce epic prose (and writing the sort of old willy that makes me quite thankful self-publishing was not a thing in those days) I always … Continued

Blair Witch and ‘authenticity’ 20 years on

acting, authenticity, Blair Witch Project, fiction, films, realism 16th July 2019 Musings

OK, this site is more about sex than horror, but there are certain links between horror and porn as genres and not just the physiological.ones. Both genres are often disapproved of and misunderstood, particularly by those who either have a … Continued

New Release: Lust In The Dust

anthology, apocalypse, erotica, fiction, new release, sexy stories 9th July 2019 New Books

If you want something for your beach reading this year and you’ve overdone it with the hot holiday/cute cafe type romances, this new collection from Janine Ashbless via Sinful Press is well worth checking out. It’s the end of the … Continued

The Seductive Appeal of the Series

authors, books, erotica, harem, series, stories 27th June 2019 Musings, Other Things

There’s any amount of How To Be A Writer advice out there which tells you to get yourself a series. Everyone loves a series, after all (even if the series creator only has one idea and is milking it beyond … Continued