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To promote the Seattle Erotic Art Festival Literary Art Showcase, I shared one of my poems from Pain of Love on The SpeakEasy Café online open-mic radio show, “The Sound of Ink.” You can listen to the show in its entirety here. My segment is about 11 minutes in. NSFW |
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Comments Off Looking for a unique present to give your Valentine? How about a collection of very different love poems, personally autographed for your special someone? Priority Mail orders for Pain of Love received by noon on Thursday (Feb. 11) can still be delivered by Saturday for Sunday gift giving
I’m honored to again have an opportunity to participate in the Seattle Erotic Art Festival Literary Art Showcase. Last year I had the privilege of working with Literary Art Showcase Director Shana Deon, an amazing woman who conceived of the Showcase and invested a tremendous amount of energy and innovation to make it happen. She worked with the SEAF team to incorporate the first ever erotic literary showcase produced as part of any erotic art show.
Founded in 2002 by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival promotes freedom of sexuality, speech and creativity through the erotic expression of fine art. The juried event, which has expanded over the years and now fills an exhibit hall at the Seattle Center, features work not easily found in mainstream galleries and museums. Selected pieces show the diversity of human sexual expression and explore the vast creativity that artists employ.
Created to highlight writing as an art form, the 2009 inaugural Literary Showcase featured work by poets, playwrights and authors from across the country. During SEAF, selected writing was exhibited through live readings and specially designed books in a luxurious environment created by Director Shana.
I enjoyed working with Shana so much last year, that I signed on early this year to help her make the showcase even more spectacular. (Plus, I owe SEAF a great personal debt, since I met my precious submissive, Patrick, there last year.)
This year I’ll help promote the showcase and will select the pieces exhibited from the finalists chosen by the other jurors. I’ll also attend the festival and do a reading sometime during the weekend. If you’re interested in submitting a piece for consideration, the call for writers is open until March 15.
Comments Off Writing is a solitary profession. I often don’t leave my house for days at a time in order to concentrate on my work. Social media allows much more interaction between authors and their readers than in times past, but we still work in isolation.
That’s why reviews and reader comments are so important. They let us know that someone is paying attention. And, positive reviews and comments can make any day brighter.
Today, Brenda Thatcher, Co-Owner Mystique Books, made my day. She loved Dommemoir and gave it her highest rating: Five Mystique Moons (Cosmic) and Class Five sensuality (Raging Carnality). You can read her review at Mystique Books. Thanks Brenda!
Comments Off Once again I have work nominated in the Preditors & Editors readers poll. I would very much appreciate your support. Please vote for Dommemoir in the Erotica Novel category; “Benjamin” in the Romance Short Story category; and “Your Collar” in the Poem category (search for my name on each page).
Votes must be entered by midnight of 14 January (GMT). You need to give your e-mail address to vote, but it won’t be used for anything except verification. You’ll receive return e-mails (one per vote) that require you to click on links for your votes to count.
Thanks very much.
Comments Off Genia Stevens of SistersTalk Radio interviewed me this evening. We had a delightful conversation covering everything from BDSM misconceptions to feminist pornography. If you missed it, you can listen in at: SistersTalk Radio
I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, prosperous, and healthy New Year. However you celebrate, enjoy and stay safe.
Comments Off Last week I had an opportunity, along with Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart!, and Elihu, a male submissive, to discuss “Female Domination, Male Submission” on The Date Smarter Not Harder Relationships Talk Show.
Our marvelous host, Deborrah Cooper, aka Ms. HeartBeat, asked insightful questions. I very much enjoyed talking with her, Melissa, and Elihu. If you missed the show, you can still catch it at Ask HeartBeat.
Next week, you can listen to me on SistersTalk Radio, hosted by Genia Stevens.
Comments Off Comments Off Well, I did it. More than 100,000 words written in one month. Now I have even more work to do revising and polishing what I wrote.
In the meantime, don’t forget that personally autographed books make wonderful gifts for the special kinky someone in your life. You can purchase them from me via PayPal. My limited edition poetry book, Pain of Love, is only available through my website and is free to anyone who purchases three novels. See the Shop page on my website for details.
Comments Off If I haven’t answered your e-mail or otherwise acknowledged online communication, I’m not ignoring you, I’m just immersed in National Novel Writing Month to the exclusion of almost everything else.
Three weeks in and my accumulated total so far is more than 73,000 words. I very much appreciate those following along on Twitter and Facebook who cheer me on. One more week and 27,000 word to go.
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