Writing Sex: I like it if you like it

Now and then I teach an erotica writing class at a sex toy store. I love that gig—they hand me a nice check, and I turn around and spend it all before I leave.

Something else I like about that gig is that I get to hear so much amazing erotic writing. And yet, nine tenths of the people who show up have never written anything before, let alone something sexy.

Part of what makes it work is my workshop structure—the way I set it up, it’s impossible to screw up. Everybody can dare to write badly, an...