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Next Slam: Best of British at Sh!

authors, British values, erotic fiction, erotica, event, party, reading slam 14th April 2016 Musings, Slams

Friday April 22nd at 6pm we will be back at Sh! in Hoxton Square, hosting a slam that sort of, maybe, not in any kind of politically pointed way, celebrates the Best of British erotica. It’s the day before … Continued

SIGNAL BOOST AND FOOT SOLDIERS

authors, leaflets, marketing, promo, success, Twitter 6th April 2016 Musings, Other Things

When it comes to promoting books, there are all sorts of suggestions as to how you can get a bit of signal boost, and it has to be said right now that, unless you are Lottery-winning lucky, you are never going … Continued

New release: To Obey Her

31st March 2016 New Books

Just out from House of Erotica is this exciting-looking anthology, edited by DSW regular Jillian Boyd and featuring stories by a wide range of authors, including Elizabeth Coldwell. Femdom anthologies are one of my favourite things, not least because of … Continued

SEX WRITERS AND THEIR KINKS

CFnm, dominance, erotic fiction, fetish, kink, rope bondage, sexy, writers 23rd March 2016 Musings, Sex stuff

It’s probably true that people of all kinds have all kinds of kinks, and erotica writers are people, too (OK, there are one or two I have my doubts about.) As a veteran of the fetish scene as well as … Continued

New release: Inked anthology

#Inkederotica, anthology, erotic stories, sexy tattoos, tattooed erotica, tattoos 18th March 2016 New Books, Other Things

This thoroughly fabulous collection of tattoo-themed filth features DSW regulars Zak Jane Keir, Jillian Boyd as well as other top erotica writers, and is edited by another DSW author, Anna Sky. There are nine stories in all, featuring tattoo artists, … Continued

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Silver Desire

15th March 2016 New Books, Other Things, Uncategorised 1 Comments

OUr very first Call For Submissions! SILVER DESIRE: Erotic Stories of Older Women Editor: Zak Jane Keir Publisher: Sexy Little Pages. Older women rarely feature in erotic fiction, yet many of us find our libidos as active as ever in … Continued

New release from Girl On The Net

books, erotica, feminism, Girl On The Net, memoir, sex bloggers 10th March 2016 New Books

Erotic fiction is delicious and fun and all the rest of it, but sex blogs are fairly fabulous as well. (Both fiction authors and bloggers are always welcome at our slams) The best of the sex blogs (and there are … Continued

HARD-WORKING WRITERS and other jobs

fiction, inspiration, money, sexting, work, writers 8th March 2016 Musings, Other Things

Marion ZImmer Bradley (I think) mentioned writers and their strange other jobs in the intro to one of her Sword and Sorceress anthologies, years ago. Of course, this was decades before the current horrorshow of the gig economy and the various … Continued

New release from Janine Ashbless

4th March 2016 New Books

Janine writes lovely, passionate, magical fantasy stuff and has enthralled us more than once at Dirty Sexy Words. Here’s a taste of her newest story. “Put your hands on the saddle.” “What?” “You heard me.” Biting the inside of her … Continued

LOOKING SEXY, FEELING SEXY, WRITING SEXY

appearance, authors, desirability, sexy, writing 29th February 2016 Musings, Other Things

There are those two equal and opposite tropes of the erotic writer, particularly the female erotic writer: we are either sexy – too sexy, almost – or we are sexless, in amusing contrast to our written work. A lot of … Continued