Birthdays and mates and mortality
(*** this post will be edited and pics added in a day or two – tech issues and general incompetence going on ***) I’ve had some odd birthdays. Well, I’ve had a LOT of birthdays, so some of them were … Continued
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Slam time! Come and join us.
OK so it’s been a while, but we’re having another Dirty Sexy Words slam over at Sh! in North London. The line up this time is a mix of fiction authors and sex bloggers, and there will be drinks and … Continued
Anniversaries and the Passing of Time
The thing with getting older is that time speeds up. You think something was only a year or two back and it turns out to have been seven or eight years; something that was, ooh, sometime in the last decade … Continued
New Release: Best Women’s Erotica of the Year Vol 3
It seems to be a great time of year for anthologies – the latest one to come my way is BWE3 from Cleis Press. Here’s the blurb Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 delivers the kind of sexy … Continued
What’s the point of going silent? #womenboycotttwitter
Speak out, or remain silent? However well-intentioned you are, Doing The Right Thing is probably more confusing now than ever. Someone says or does something admirable, you show your support for that person, and someone else furiously informs you that … Continued
You CAN have lots of sex and no regrets.
This Guardian piece about the way women, in particular, are always portrayed as miserable, messed up and self-hating if they have a lot of casual sex reminds me of the other tiresome old concept – that erotic fiction is only … Continued
New Release: United In Love
There are all sorts of inspirational quotes about being the change you want to see in the world, and it’s always good to see people acting in the spirit of them. United In Love is a fundraising anthology (all profits … Continued
New Release: Sinful Pleasures
You might have noticed we’re a bit keen on anthologies at DSW. So this new arrival is very welcome… Available 20th August 2017! Sinful Pleasures: An Anthology of Erotic Tales by Sinful Press (@sinfulpress) Sinful Press welcomes you to … Continued
Curvy, creepy and cringy – how not to do body positivity
Eww!. I mean, really, FFS, eww! Everything about the ‘love letter‘ that’s recently gone viral makes my stomach turn. And no, that’s not because it’s wrong to adore your partner and want to tell everyone that you do: that can … Continued
When Exclusion is Actually OK
Exclusion: it’s a modern sin, right? You might have heard about the fuss over a cinema offering women-only screenings of the new Wonder Woman film. And, if you haven’t yet read the local Mayor’s glorious response to some whiny manbaby … Continued