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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

Summer Dates – Signings and Markets

authors, books, bookselling, erotic fiction, erotic fiction. writers. writing, erotica, event 17th June 2019 Events, Fairs and Markets

Despite the persistently horrible weather, summer’s here, and it feels like time to post a list of what I’ve got lined up for the next couple of months because, despite the ongoing cluster fuck of UK politics, there are still … Continued

Is It Ok To Wank At Work?

anthology, erotica, masturbation, Sex at work 13th June 2019 Musings, Sex stuff

It was only a couple of years ago that the idea of workplace wankbreaks was being touted in some fairly mainstream places. Not just for erotica writers, either: OK, for some of is it’s not so much about taking a … Continued

Sex Work and Work in General

creative work, jobs, sex, sex work, writing 5th June 2019 Musings, Other Things

Another week, another silly article about sex work not being proper work… As usual, the author suggests that, if sex work was real work, kids would be taught the relevant skills in schools. Thing is, there are tons and tons … Continued

Those Kinky Times Have Changed

erotic fiction, erotic fiction. writers. writing, fiction, new book, politics, porn, sexy, stories 31st May 2019 Musings 2 Comments

Yes, OK, fair enough, I’ve got a lot of my former kinky times on my mind at the moment. But I’m also revising, though only lightly, a fetish-themed novel I wrote about 10 years ago, and keep tripping over how … Continued

Milkshake F*ck – Erotic flash fiction

erotic fiction, erotica, fiction, genre fiction, kinky, politics 24th May 2019 New Books, Other Things, Sex stuff

***POST UPDATED 04-01-2020*** I wrote this story for a laugh – of sorts – back in the summer. As the weeks went by, the whole political mess began to prey on my mind more and more, so I wrote some … Continued

Now That’s What I Call Degrading

degradation, degrading, exploitation, Jeremy Kyle, media, porn, slut-shaming, television 22nd May 2019 Other Things, Rantings

degrading, shamed, sex-negative, exploitation

Off you fuck then, Jeremy Kyle, and kindly take the whole brood of vile, exploitative, prole-bashing ‘talk’ shows with you… There was a stage, in the mid-to-late 90s, where I was doing a fair bit of Being On Telly. Don’t … Continued