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For The Very First Time, Once Again, With Prizes

#MAEG, blog hop. prize, erotic fiction, indie authors, writers 30th July 2016 Fairs and Markets, Other Things 2 Comments

In a fortnight’s time, I’ll be heading the to the Manchester Author Event. It’s the first one of these I have done, though I have done quite a lot of things, and it made me think a little about first … Continued

Erotic Writing For The Win! Vote now!

awards, celebrations, erotic fiction, genre, Sexhibition 2016, Totally Bound, validation, writing award 26th July 2016 Uncategorised

We all need little flashes of joy in life – yes, quite possibly, this summer more than ever. So this post is going to be about winning, about awards, about what looks like a small but genuine upturn in the … Continued

New Release: Stuck With You

erotic romance, erotica, fiction, Jillian Boyd, new release, romance 15th July 2016 New Books

The latest from DSW regular (and fellow Kinky Brit) is a bite-size erotic romance, just the thing to put you in the mood if you have a hot date lined up this weekend. You can get it from Sexy Little Pages … Continued

Are You Coming?

erotica, orgasm, sex, slam 13th July 2016 Musings, Sex stuff, Slams

We’re going to be celebrating National Orgasm Day with a slam, of course. Though we are perhaps being a little, er, premature by doing so on Friday 29th July. Still, we can promise plenty of fizz and plenty of filth, … Continued

Brighton Fetish Weekend – seaside spectacular

books, Brighton Fetish Weekend, events, Kristina Lloyd, rope, slam, uniform fetish 6th July 2016 Fairs and Markets, Slams

2016 is the third year Kristina and I have pulled together something in the way of an erotica slam for this seaside event, and once again, we had a whale of a time. It’s a whole weekend of naughty kinky … Continued

People, now what do we do?

Brexit, Chuck Tingle, fascism #safetypin, politics, writers 29th June 2016 Other Things, Rantings, Uncategorised

Orlando. Brexit. The now-undeniable resurgence of fascism. Does it make you feel both helpless and as though the relatively little world of erotica writers and readers is suddenly a lot less important? This isn’t going to be a detailed political … Continued

How To Hex Yourself

authors behaving badly, bad publicity, Charlie Sheen, fail, Lelo Hex, raging 17th June 2016 Rantings, Sex stuff

The recently launched Lelo Hex has been attracting attention for plenty of wrong reasons. Who knows what their PR department was thinking when they picked an on-record abuser of women to be the poster boy for a range of condoms? … Continued

All the fun of the ETO show

awards, erotica, ETO Show, industry, sex toys, sex trade 14th June 2016 Fairs and Markets, Other Things, Uncategorised

The ETO show is, basically, the UK adult industry’s trade event, and it’s always good fun. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the awards party this time round, and only made it down for a few hours yesterday. At least … Continued

Cover Reveal: SILVER DESIRE

cover reveal, desire, erotica, fiction, mature women, MILF, new book, silver desire 10th June 2016 New Books

Now that the stories have all been chosen, I thought it was time to give you a hint of what the cover’s going to be like. Silver Desire is currently at the editing-and-contracts stage, but you won’t have to wait … Continued

If censorship’s the answer, it’s a stupid question.

ATVOD, censorship, feminism, Pandora Blake, porn 7th June 2016 Other Things, Rantings

Censorship never is, never has been, about protecting the vulnerable. Censorship of sexual material, in particular, has always been far more about maintaining the existing power structure than making women’s lives safer, no matter how much ‘banning filth’ has been … Continued