Back in September 2014, I placed an order for the the first issue of a new erotic magazine for women called Quite Frankly. Aspiring to promote an honest, intelligent and open exploration of female sexuality, this luxurious publication was certainly made to be poured over rather than quickly consumed. If hot and well written sex... Continue Reading →
For all the women who love reading and women who love writing, there is a wonderful organisation called For Books' Sake which aims to champion female writers, challenging inequality and empowering women and girls of all backgrounds to tell their stories and have their voices heard. You may have heard of them already. Perhaps you've... Continue Reading →
Now here's an interesting way to start 2015. Adult brand Ann Summers have launched their first ever erotic fiction writing competition. As their mission is theme is 'to make women feel sexy, fearless and confident' they have decided on a theme that will help inspire that and so they'd like to read your stories that... Continue Reading →
Hello Darlings! It's that time of year again... can you believe it? I'm still in Hallowe'en, dark, mysterious winter mode, I don't want to emerge from my Thanksgiving-Samhain-Scorpio-Birthday cave. I'm not a big Christmas kinda girl, I find all the material pressure a bit much but anyone who knows me knows I love giving and... Continue Reading →
I have a bit of a problem. It sometimes affects my enjoyment of light-hearted pleasurable things and can cause people to use their 'confused face' on me when I tell them. It started a few years ago, but now I can't switch it off. My problem is... I just can't enjoy fantasies unless consent is... Continue Reading →
As you may remember, last year I was invited to attend a new conference event for sex bloggers and erotica writers, called Eroticon. It took place in Bristol and was a fantastic day of panel discussions, presented sessions and workshops on many aspects of sex and how we can write about it better. The event... Continue Reading →
I had largely let the whole 50 Shades phenomenon pass by the periphery of my vision until a friend directed me, with some coercion, to the plot summary; an eye-rolling teenage fantasy that bore a more than comfortable resemblance to some formative experiences of mine. Overall, I quite liked this book. It cost me less... Continue Reading →
There are many aspects of sex and relationships that I have already written about in my weekly column for BitchBuzz, and so I thought it might be worth linking to a few of my favourites here. If there's anything else you'd like me to cover, please let me know. I always like to choose topics... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how the covers of erotic novels are, to put it bluntly, a bit fucking sexist? Despite the fact that many of these stories sexualise men for the titillation of women, the images that appear on the covers mostly appear to objectify women. Even though heterosexual women enjoy looking at men, apparently... Continue Reading →
On Saturday 3rd March, an interesting collection of erotica writers and sex bloggers gathered in Bristol for Eroticon 2012, the first UK conference dedicated to "writing sex right". I had been invited by the organiser, Ruby Kiddell, to sit on a couple of panels and so arrived bright and early on Saturday morning to collect... Continue Reading →