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M/M Romance with WWI Settings

I'm always on the lookout for World War One and post-World War One romance. I found several male/male romances with this historical setting. I'm wondering if part of that is the common cultural images of soldiers bonding in the trenches.Anyway. Here are three of the ones I've found and read so far. Each one gave the protagonist an ex-lover who was either dead or who had dumped the protagonist

Speculative Erotica Markets -- Philcon 2010

Almost every year at Philcon, I moderate the panel on selling fantastic (science fiction and fantasy) erotica. It was interesting this year to note how the panel topics have shifted over time: print to electronic to self-electronic.For several years, after I first began to publish erotica, just before the beginning of the twenty-first century, I would give talks or host discussion groups on

Rachel Kramer Bussel interview

Please welcome my guest, Rachel Kramer Bussel! Rachel and I met almost a decade back, when we were both reading our stories from Best Lesbian Erotica at Bluestockings in New York City. She graciously consented to answer some questions I had about the process of editing and her latest anthology, Passion: Erotic Romance for Women.#How do you choose a focus for an anthology? How did you choose

Siegfried Sassoon, "Elegy"

Elegy To Robert RossYour dextrous wit will haunt us long Wounding our grief with yesterday. Your laughter is a broken song; And death has found you, kind and gay. We may forget those transient thingsThat made your charm and our delight: But loyal love has deathless wings That rise and triumph out of night. So, in the days to come, your name Shall be as music that ascendsWhen

Siegfried Sassoon, "The Dug-Out"

The Dug-OutWhy do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled, And one arm bent across your sullen, cold, Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you, Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold; And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head... You are too young to fall asleep for ever; And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.St.

Sale, Philcon, NINC guest post

Three things today:1. I sold a short erotic story, "Vanilla," to Kristina Wright's anthology Dream Lover: Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance for Cleis Press. It's already available for pre-order!2. I am at Philcon this weekend, hanging out with a UK friend, an archivist who was one of my chief resources about male homosexuality during World War One for The Moonlight Mistress. If you're there,

Ella Drake - A Space Western World

Please welcome my guest, Ella Drake!#A Space Western worldWhen I started to write Silver Bound, a space western releasing Nov 22nd from Carina Press, the elements of world-building excited me. What's not to love about creating a world for a book with the tagline: "A dangerous journey across the galaxy"? During the course of the story, we visit five shuttle craft, two planets, two space stations,

Philcon 2010 & "Hints of Mystery" at K.S. Manning's Blog

Today, I'm visiting K.S. Manning's Blog talking about "Hints of Mystery" in the plot of The Duke and The Pirate Queen.Please stop by!I'll be at Philcon 2010 this weekend (November 19-21). Here's my schedule:Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza VII (1 hour)Breaking into the fantastic erotica marketVictoria Janssen (moderator), Stephanie Burke, Jennifer Williams, Lynn PerkinsHow to be part of this burgeoning

Glimmerings in the Fog

I was in the shower last week when I finally felt the merest flicker of enthusiasm for a new writing project.I've been deliberately taking some time off from writing. I took a week off solely to read (though I did end up writing a little bit on a short story). Before taking the time off, I wrote two synopses which were fine, adequate, but though they might be salable, I decided I wanted to

Stacey Kennedy on Wolves & Weres

The winner of the signed print copy of The Duke & The Pirate Queen, per Random.org, is Crystal Jordan. Congratulations, Crystal! I'll email you to obtain your mailing address.Now, please welcome my guest, Stacey Kennedy!#What do we know about wolves? They live in a social hierarchy which is lead by an Alpha. They mate for life and will defend that mate to their death. They're loving, yet