This is How it Works
I saw a recent pie chart of how readers find ebooks. I can't seem to find a link. so I can't share it, but the upshot was that people rely mostly on recommendations on groups they belong to, then...
View ArticleWill She or Won't She?
With the publishing world in such flux right now, I'm mulling over the idea of self-publishing The Devil's Concubine. I've already contacted Kelley from Sterling Editing about reserving a slot in her...
View Article101 Best Sex Scenes Ever Written
I bought 101 Best Sex Scenes Ever Written: An Erotic Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers by Barnaby Conrad when I bought his other book 101 Best Beginnings Ever Written. While I liked the...
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Harder She Comes Blog Tour
Guest Post by Crystal BarelaThe Tattoo Artist. A painter of flesh and lover of skin. How can an art whose canvas is the human body, not be sensual? Not make your teeth ache and your fingers itch to...
View ArticleWriting This Novel, Part I
Yeah, I haven't posted in forever. I've been busy working on a few novels and articles for Oh Get a Grip and the ERWA blog, but I thought I should start up again here, so I'm bringing over my entries...
View ArticleWriting This Novel part II
Instead of jumping into action without context or using a Sound of Musicstyle opening, a better idea is to show the main character doing something (action rather than simply sitting around thinking)...
View ArticleComing Together In Vein
Helping Vampires to Save the World Let's face it. Vampires are sexy. Something about the undead stirs up our juices. Perhaps it's their irresistible power. Even when we know the danger, we're so very...
View ArticleOh Get a Grip
The reason my posting grew so sporadic on this blog was my weekly column at Oh Get a Grip, but now that I only write there twice a month, and on ERWA blog once a month, I have enough time to post here...
View ArticleBest Sex Scene Ever Written?
I'm not obsessive about checking the stats on this blog. Last I did was seven or eight months ago, because I have a steady readership that doesn't fluctuate too much. Or so I thought, but in the...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing
D.L. King tagged me in the Next Big Thing blog tour 1. What is the working title of your book? The Night Creature2. Where did the idea come from for the book? Discussions with other erotica writers...
View ArticleWriting This Novel part IVa
Tomorrow, January 24, the current installment of my Writing This Novel series goes live on the ERWA blog. I started keeping a side journal as I wrote Night Creatures, but now in real time I've...
View ArticleWriting This Novel part III
However you write is the right way to do it. Forget The Rules. If you plot out everything ahead of time, good for you. If you sit down and write with no idea where the story is going, that’s great too....
View ArticleIt's Lovely. it's Horrible.
My short story It's Lovely, It's Horrible. is in the ERWA Treasure Chest. I'm flattered they picked it for inclusion with the year's best.This story is the basis for my novel Night Creatures. If you're...
View ArticleWriting this Novel - Characters
As I only post monthly to the ERWA blog, my series on Writing This Novel left out a few interesting topics. Luckily, I can address them here as they occur to me.I've mentioned many times that I'm not...
View ArticleWriting This Novel - Beta Readers
If you aren't familiar with the term, beta readers are people who read your novel or short story before you submit it to a publisher.Beta readers don't have to be writers. Don't look to them for copy...
View ArticleWriting This Novel IV
The end is near! The last two chapters took longer to write than the rest of my novel. Usually, writing the ending is easier than the beginning because as you near the final chapters the story should...
View ArticleEphemeral Blaznous OR The Most Erotic Thing
My tenure at Oh Get a Grip blog is coming to an end, so I thought I'd reprint one my my contributions here. The question for the week was "What is the most erotic thing?" You'd think that would be easy...
View ArticleThe Dialog
Writing is a solitary pastime.Picture this: the words are flowing- pouring really- out of your imagination and you're frantically trying to keep up. Or imagine that you're the only one who knows this...
View ArticleSaints and Sinners 2013
It's that time of year again.With Saints and Sinners two months away, the emails are trickling in. Writers I haven't talked to since last year are asking if I have a room. (Yes). A roommate (D.L. King...
View ArticleWriting This Novel, part V
Now that you’ve let your first draft sit for a while it’s time to turn it into a second draft. Some writers produce such a clean first draft that the second draft goes quickly then all they have to do...
View ArticleTurn it Off!
I've started working on a new novel.I love this part, where the story is still full of promise and energy. I love how my imagination runs wild with the first draft.Except that I can't rein it in. Not...
View ArticleWriting This Novel - "As you know, Jim"
I watched the premier episode of Da Vinci's Demons last night. The historical inaccuracies drove me a bit bonkers, but if I approach it as alternate history/ steampunk renaissance, I suppose I can...
View ArticleGuest Blog at Unapologetic Fiction
Sommer Marsden was kind enough to invite me to her blog Unapologetic Fiction to answer 20 questions.And yes, I really did dismember a doll.
View ArticleWriting This Novel part VI
I know you want to submit your story as soon as you’ve finished it. So do I. Writers are under a lot of pressure to churn out work quickly in this publishing environment. I get that. But this is a...
View ArticleWriting This Novel part VII (submissions)
I’ve been in the tiny universe of erotica long enough that I understand the niches publishers inhabit, but you might not. Perhaps you wrote your story with a publisher in mind. If you didn’t, you’re...
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