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I love my spanking erotica but it'll never be worth $13,897.50

When you have books like Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z 1 and 2 that are out of print, apparently people do crazy things, like this:



I love all my anthologies but there is no way this book is worth even 1/10th of that! Hilarious, but still. You could buy umpteen erotica books for that price.

As soon as I have some time, I'm going to work on getting both Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z books into ebook and audio form, but in the meantime, you can buy my books Spanked and Bottoms Up: Spanking Good Stories (more info below) and this fall the very hot Cheeky Spanking Stories will be out from Cleis Press! I just saw the cover at BEA and am SO excited about and just posted the table of contents and introduction. And you should all check out the free ebook Across my Knee: The Delights of Spanking ! Yes, it's spanking erotica that's completely free for a limited time, so download it today. Why not? (It's also free for the Nook).



Listen to my Spanked story "The Depths of Despair" being read by Danielle A. Nelson at Nobilis Erotica (mp3)

Buy Spanked from:

Amazon

Kindle

Bn.com

Nook

Powell's

Indiebound (find your local indie bookstore)

Audible audio version

Cleis Press



Buy Bottoms Up: Spanking Good Stories from:

Amazon

Kindle

Bn.com

Nook

Audible audio version

Cleis Press


Cheeky Spanking Stories will be out this fall! I'm so thrilled with this cover; it might edge out my Women in Lust cover as what I think of as my hottest book cover.

Listen to Tristan Taormino's new radio show Sex Out Loud, tonight with Susie and Aretha Bright

I'm very excited about Tristan Taormino's new radio show Sex Out Loud, which you can listen to every Friday at 8 pm EST or afterward. It debuted last week with Dan Savage (listen to that one here or on iTunes) and I'll be on June 29th! Today she'll have on Susie and Aretha Bright, authors of the excellent new ebook Mother/Daughter Sex Advice . Tune in! You can also follow the show . Read more about what you'll find in Mother/Daughter Sex Advice on Susie's blog.



More info on the show from Tristan's site:

Join award winning author, speaker, sex educator and filmmaker Tristan Taormino as she explores the world of sexuality from every angle on her radio show Sex Out Loud™ on the Variety Channel of the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. Tristan will interview leading authors, educators, artists and icons and give you an uncensored, inside look at alternative sexual practices and communities. She’ll delve into topics from the popular to the taboo, including sex education and sexual health, taboo fantasies, BDSM, non-monogamy, the adult industry, and more. Tristan will answer your questions on the air and share her 15 years of experience and honest, down to earth, sex-positive advice. Open your mind and expand your erotic horizons.

Listen LIVE every Friday at 8:00 pm EST/5:00 pm PST
See a list of guests and show topics
Listen to past shows on VoiceAmerica either streaming or download as an mp3
See the Resource List for a past show
Download and listen to the show as a podcast on iTunes

Sex diary and dating checklists

This week's sex diary (I'm the editor): "The Stay-at-Home Mom With Schoolgirl Spanking Fantasies"

And my essay "I Don't Have a Dating Checklist" at The Frisky, which namechecks Ricki Lake, Meghan McCain and others about their dating checklists and dealbreakers.

Yay for kinky smut: Surrender won the National Leather Association Samois Anthology Award!

My book Surrender: Erotic Tales of Female Pleasure and Submission won the Samois Anthology Award from the National Leather Association! I'm so honored.

Let the BEA book lovers madness begin: signings, readings and fun

This week is Book Expo America at the Javits Center, my favorite event of the year; I love the energy and excitement of being surrounded all over by books and book people, by people who read. I didn't go yesterday but downtown I did run into author Wendy McClure, Patrick Hughes, who is now with , who published the memoir Dopefiend by Best Sex Writing 2012 contributor Tim Elhajj, and someone from UK distributor Turnaround, and am excited to see lots of friends and possibly sneak in to the Natalie Merchant signing today. This year bookstores have been offering $45 Power Reader passes to shoppers and if you like books and can get to New York City, I cannot recommend BEA enough, triple or quadruple that if you're a writer. Seeing the sheer size of what's being published, getting catalogs, meeting authors and publicists and editors, all of it, for me, is energizing in its own unique way. It helps remind me that books are my favorite thing in the world and that I'm honored to be a part of it in a way I wasn't when I started going to BEA in, I believe 2002.

Here's what I'm up to this week:

June 5 - Book Expo America signing 11:30-12:30 in the autographing area, signing 1-2 at the PGW booth, Javits Center

June 6 - lesbian erotica reading, 7 pm, at Bluestockings, 72 Allen Street, NYC, featuring authors and editors from The Harder She Comes: Butch Femme Erotica, Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica and Girl Fever: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex for Lesbians

June 7 - noon, speaking at Blog World YouSayToo Booth Speaker Series “Building Audience & Community Around Your Passion.” Javits Center.

June 8 - 7 pm, Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories reading and free cupcakes! Bluestockings, 72 Allen Street, NYC

1,200 word or less orgasm anthology deadline extended to June 13

Another shot at my orgasm anthology, which is rapidly filling up! Here's my update (the anal sex anthology is closed):

I am especially looking for stories dealing with more than one partner (threesomes or group scenarios), stories from male POVs, stories about submissive males, stories about male masturbation, bisexual stories, sex toys that aren't vibrators, and anything unusual, over the top, extremely creative. Stories should ideally be between 1,000-1,200 words but I will consider shorter stories. Please make sure to include your story title and byline at the top of the first page. If you have previously submitted, I will get back to you by November 2012 at the latest (probably sooner) with a final response.

Short Short Orgasm Erotica Anthology Call for Submissions (title TBA)
Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
To be published by Cleis Press in 2013

Orgasm…let me count the ways! Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is looking for short short stories of 1,200 words or less focused on the theme of orgasm. The more creative, varied and hot, the better. While these are extremely short stories, I still expect character development, exciting plots, and as many types of orgasms as possible. Surprise me! (For an excellent example of an offbeat orgasm story, see "Chemistry" by Velvet Moore in my anthology Orgasmic.) Sex toys, group sex, outdoor sex, masturbation, BDSM, roleplaying, dirty talk, anal sex, oral sex, exhibitionism, voyeurism, quickies, vacation sex—the sky's the limit. Orgasm should be either the focus of the story or play a major role. For an idea of the kinds of short stories I enjoy, see my previous anthologies Orgasmic and Gotta Have It: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex . Final book will contain a very wide range of types of orgasm, motivations, scenarios, etc. All genders and sexual orientations welcome. All characters must be over 18; no scat, incest or bestiality. No poetry. Original, unpublished stories only. 3 submissions maximum per author.

How to submit: Send double spaced Times or Times New Roman 12 point black font Word document (.doc or .docx) with pages numbered OR RTF of 1,200 words MAXIMUM. Note that this is a hard maximum and theme of the anthology and stories that are over 1,200 words will not be considered. Indent the first line of each paragraph half an inch and double space (regular double spacing, do not add extra lines between paragraphs or do any other irregular spacing). US grammar (double quotation marks around dialogue, etc.) required. Include your legal name (and pseudonym if applicable), mailing address to orgasmantho at gmail.com. If you are using a pseudonym, please provide your real name and pseudonym and make it clear which one you’d like to be credited as. You will receive a confirmation within 72 hours. I will get back to you by November 2012.

Payment: $20 and 1 copy of the book on publication

Deadline: June 13, 2012 (earlier submissions encouraged and preferred)

Lolo Jones, virginity, feminism and sexual freedom

I wrote "Leave Lolo Jones And Her Virginity Alone!" for The Frisky. Here's a snippet:

Maybe it seems strange for someone who makes a living writing about sex and who has been sexually active since age 17 to be sticking up for a 29-year-old virgin, but I see this as a wider issue. To me, sexual freedom means being able to make your own sexual choices for whatever reasons you like and not be shamed for them. Saying that you have the right to make your own decisions but that your reasoning is faulty is like being pro-choice but saying a woman should only have an abortion for a “good” reason. The problem is that “good” is subjective, as is “gift.” If Jones is a role model for other virgins, I don’t see why that’s a bad thing, as long as being a virgin isn’t being upheld as the only way to be “good.” At The Washington Post, Rahiel Tesfamariam laments the media’s desire to focus on black women at the extremes of celibate or promiscuous, and writes, “Our abstinence is presented as a superhuman, radical break from the norm, one made only by devout Christians — when factors such as sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy and infidelity make it a far more commonplace choice than the public realizes.” To that end, I’m glad that Jones acknowledged that being a virgin isn’t necessarily easy (in a statement ready-made for headlines, she said being a virgin has been “harder than training for the Olympics”).

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10 hours of trivia and one fun "Eye of the Tiger" video montage

I am super excited about Sunday's 10-hour Big Quiz Thing trivia bonanza! I don't remember when I started going to Big Quiz Thing, but it was likely 20012, because I used to go with my ex K in 2003 at The Slipper Room. I have bounced around from various teams, dated my share of trivia players, once gone up in the final round and was so excited about knowing Justin Bieber's age it was okay that I somehow missed the answers related to an issue of Us Weekly I had just read, and so much more. BQT is a trivia night, yes, but it's also a community of friendly nerds. I interviewed Quizmaster Noah Tarnow in 2004 for Gothamist. I am not the person who tends to know a lot of answers (although, hilariously, I correctly guessed George R. R. Martin last time, though we wound up putting something else) but I always have such a fun time. BQT is one of my very favorite things to do in New York City and if you are at all curious, I think it's safe to say this will be an incredibly memorable, one-of-a-kind marathon event. Get your tickets here. Whether or not you're in New York or don't care about trivia but do enjoy 80's pop culture, check out this video:

A golden shower in the shower and Flavorwire wants you to read Women in Lust

I edit the weekly Sex Diaries at Daily Intel, and am always on the lookout for outspoken anonymous literary exhibitionist types to write one (yes, it pays). If you're interested, email me at sexdiaries at nymag.com and tell me why you'd make a good diarist - you don't have to be in NYC and definitely don't have to be a writer (I'd actually love to see some offbeat professions in the diaries, if you know anyone who'd fit the bill).

This week's diary is "The Publicist Whose Breasts Are the Perfect Size to Be Peed On" and last week's was "The Lesbian Whose Dreams Are Much Dirtier Than Her Sex Life".

And a lovely boost for my book Women in Lust , the one with the hottest of my 40+ covers, in my opinion, a plug from Flavorwire on their list of "10 Risqué Books Worth Buying a Kindle to Read". They say:

Women in Lust is a kind of celebration of female sexuality. The twenty short pieces of erotica revolve around the theme of (you guessed it) lust, and the boundaries it allows people to cross. Being an anthology, it offers a little bit of everything (including romance), but the book definitely leans toward the submissive hetero female, à la Anastasia Steele from Fifty Shades of Grey. Just so you know what you’re getting into.

My lesbian sex cocktail story "A Wet Pussy" included in Girl Fever

I will probably be reading this story on June 6th at Bluestockings! Below is the official description of Girl Fever: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex for Lesbians edited by Sacchi Green, out now!

Girl Fever is short fiction at its best from rising erotica star Sacchi Green, whose Lesbian Cowboys took the top award at the 2009 Lambda Awards. This big book of lesbian quickies satisfies on every level with stories from top-notch contributors that evoke the heat, the urgency and the "gotta have it" moment of the quickie. There are long-time companions, one night stands, meet-cutes and meet only once stories to fuel your fantasies in this only book of lesbian quickies on the market today.

Sudden sex, when your need is too great wait. Sex in planes, trains and automobiles, and roller coasters, carnival rides, elevators, and ferries as well; and if a bed is handy, that’s fine too. Shanna Germain’s “Answering the Call” shows us games EMTs play in an ambulance, while Victoria Janssen’s “The Airplane Story” crams us into the metal-walled bondage of an airliner restroom. Sommer Marsden makes the very best use of “An Hour,” Allison Wonderland gets it “Off and On” in under ten minutes, and Tigress Healy offers “Six Minutes or It’s Free.” But there’s more to it than speed, and the sixty-nine pieces in Girl Fever by skilled writers Cheyenne Blue, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Delilah Devlin,

Here's an excerpt from the beginning of my story "A Wet Pussy" - read the rest and 68 others in Girl Fever and come hear me and readers from the book along with readers from Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica , edited by Sinclair Sexsmith, and The Harder She Comes: Butch Femme Erotica , edited by D.K. King, on June 6th at Bluestockings, 72 Allen Street on New York's Lower East Side.

“Go over there and tell her you want a wet pussy,” Meri whispered in Eva’s ear.

“What?” Eva screeched, taken aback. She was still getting used to being out in public with a woman, let alone being surrounded by hundreds of women intent on fucking each other by night’s end. It wasn’t so much the lesbian thing that threw her, as the public displays of affection. Before meeting Meri, Eva’d been on the shy side, the kind of girl who hid behind her brown waist-length hair and freckles. Meri had laughed the first time she dangled all that hair around her naked body.

“A Wet Pussy. It’s a drink. I want you to go ask for one. It’s good. Trust me.” Meri winked, knowing exactly the effect her words were having on her girlfriend. She was enjoying the process of corrupting Eva, of turning her from a proper sorority girl into a dyke willing to boldly go where her former self didn’t even know existed.

If Meri had had any doubts about whether Eva was truly responding to her, about whether Eva really was a lesbian waiting to be discovered, about whether her pussy really did get wet, she’d have taken things slower. But Eva was the one who’d whimpered and sobbed and begged when Meri had taken her home that first night. Her voice was so twisted in its desire, Meri hardly had to ask whether she was a virgin. It was clear that Eva had never given sex much of a thought, probably because guys didn’t do it for her and the idea of being queer had never occurred to her.

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