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Jeffrey Michelson

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December 05, 1946

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Jeffrey Michelson is a journalist, media wizard, former Apple Records advertising designer, former sex magazine editor, and enthusiastic spokesperson for an era when drugs were hip, rock was exploding & sex didn't kill you.

Two geniuses shaped Jeffrey's life. In 1967, he was houseboy and sparring partner to Norman Mailer and they remained close friends. In 1970, John Lennon chose Jeffrey's ad campaign for his album Imagine and asked Jeffrey to design Apple Records' media. In 1976, Jeffrey created Puritan and guided the explicit sex magazine to respect with outstanding photography and revealing interviews with heavy hitters like Mailer, Timothy Leary, Tennessee Williams, Terry Southern and Hunter S. Thompson.

In the mid 1980s in London, Jeffre
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Fifty Shades of Reality: Sometimes you just catch a break

When E. L. James wrote Fifty Shades of Grey, she paved the way for Laura Meets Jeffrey.

Laura Bradley and I, Jeffrey Michelson, had just finished our non-fiction edgy erotic memoir when E.L. James, aka Mrs. Erika Snowqueens Icedragon Leonard put romantic erotic fiction about dominance and submission on everybody’s must-read list.

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Published on June 06, 2012 06:30 Tags: erotic-literature, fifty-shades-of-grey, laura-meets-jeffrey
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“She was a former Texan - proud, loud and stubborn. But you can't really be a former Texan. You can only move out of Texas. To be a former Texan would be like growing up in Italy, moving out and being formerly Italian.”
Jeffrey Michelson, Laura Meets Jeffrey: Both Sides of an Erotic Memoir

“Second, if he was that great and still insecure, than insecurity doesn't matter. It won't stop you from being great, so just keep moving forward no matter how scared you are.”
Jeffrey Michelson, Laura Meets Jeffrey: Both Sides of an Erotic Memoir

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