Saturday, December 21, 2024

Sex Writing: Social Media–The Writer’s Curse or Champion?

Admitting what I will here, I know instantly stains me as some sort of a pariah. But, I am not ‘on’ any...

Book Review: Playing Without a Partner by Megan Stubbs

Playing Without a Partner : A Single's Guide to Sex, Dating and Happiness by Megan Stubbs, ED.D Dr. Megan Stubbs, ED.D has crafted a holistic...

Run Silent, Run Niche

I’d venture to guess that there are subsections, off-shoots, niche areas that writers of all genres explore with various levels of success, might see...

Harlan Ellison Says Writers Should Be Paid…But Not Always With Money

I just caught a documentary about Harlan Ellison on Amazon Prime. Called, "Dreams with Sharp Teeth," this is one of the best in-depth looks...

Sometimes You Do Get A Check, And Sometimes You Don’t Know...

Freelance writers usually know when their payments are coming in, spend an inordinate amount of time chasing those that are supposed to come in,...

Sex Writing: When Does The Rewriting Stop?

Although Hemingway is quoted as having said: “The only kind of writing is rewriting,” there does come a time when you need to say...

Figuring What You Are Worth, and Sticking To It

In quite a few of these sex writing columns, I've either skirted past what a writer should charge for his or her time and...

Sex Writing: How to Write Naughty Dialogue

The Art of Writing Dirty Dialogue for Erotica Writers What somebody says can be just as interesting and downright disgustingly perverted (in a good way)...

EROTICA OR PORN: THAT IS THE QUESTION…OR IS IT?

picture capture credit: from the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey You say tomato, I say, shut the hell up about tomatoes already....

Please don’t hate me, Grammarly, but I really don’t give a...

I just hit a “Centenary Superhero” milestone with Grammarly (don’t worry, I didn’t know what it was either). In using the basic grammar program,...