For Women Agency is the Issue
For Women Agency is the Issue. As I write this, the elected government of Afghanistan has fallen. We see reports – not always well validated because of the situation there – of hospital workers who hid at home out of fear of the Taliban, were ordered back to work and the women went in burquas, […]
Towards A Diet-Free Revolution
Towards A Diet-Free Revolution Dr. Alexis Conason began her career as a clinical psychologist with a goal to help people lose weight. When she was introduced to the concept of Health at Every Size, she experienced a paradigm shift which she shares in her new book, The Diet-Free Revolution. This book encourages us to take […]
Writing My Own Erotic Stories
Writing My Own Erotic Stories A never-been-kissed junior high school student, I passed around a battered, spiral bound notebook full of the “naughty” stories I wrote to entertain my girlfriends. I may have been a virgin, but that didn’t stop me from using my Bic pen to write what I imagined to be passionate and […]
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel – Publishing Without an Agent
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel: Publishing Without an Agent Welcome to the third part of this series on publishing your sexy novel. Here is where you can find Part 1 and Part 2. Now that you’ve signed a contract, it’s time to move from manuscript to published novel. At this point, some agents become […]
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel – Negotiating with a Publisher
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel Negotiating with a Publisher (without an Agent) Part One of Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel is here. First you wrote a great erotic novel (perhaps with inspiration from Aphrodite’s Pen). Then you found a publisher without paying an agent (see Part 1). Now it’s time for the […]
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel – Do You Need an Agent?
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel Part One: Do You Need an Agent? Let’s say you’ve played your way through a sexy first draft. Then you sailed through your edits, adding great material as needed, then carving away the nonessentials like a sculptor chiseling marble. You’ve sent your prize manuscript to beta readers, taken […]
