One of my all-time favorite movie scenes is from Doubt. [youtube id=”7OmBXWA0Rfc”] A woman was gossiping with a friend about a man she hardly knew— I know none of you have ever done this—that night she had a dream. A great hand appeared over her and pointed down at her. She was immediately seized with an overwhelming sense of guilt…. Read More
Nanny State Gone Wild in the UK
Well it’s happened to our friends across the pond. The Prime Minister has made it official – pornography will be blocked by default on the Internet in the UK unless you choose to “opt in” to receive it. (And of course, if you do “opt in,” your name will be forwarded to a UK government agency in charge of overseeing citizens… Read More
No Parental Controls? It’s Not About Parents – It’s About Profit
I write erotica for a living. I’m also a mother of four. And I do not allow my children to search anything on Amazon by themselves. That’s right–a majority of my income is derived from book sales on Amazon, and yet I won’t let my own children search for babysitting books or squirt guns on their site. Why not? Because… Read More
Corporate Fail
There’s been a lot posted about the corporations behind book selling lately, and to me, it just smells like a whole lot of “fail.” This is what happens when corporations gain so much power that people forget that corporations aren’t really “people.” Corporations are FOR people. They serve people. They consist OF people – the people who work at them,… Read More
Survival Tips for the Pornocalypse 2 (Erotica Readers Unite!)
Last week I wrote about Amazon’s latest push to get erotica out of the sight (and presumably out of the minds) of readers. But while this Pornocalypse continues, and I’ve given writers tips on how to survive Amazon’s jackboot on the throat of their genre, I now want to give erotica readers hope for their reading future! Look, I hate… Read More
Survival Tips for the Pornocalypse (Erotica Writers Get Armed and Ready!)
The Pornocalypse has begun. Amazon continues filtering erotica out of their All Department Search in large numbers. Don’t stick your head in the sand and think it’s going to all go away. By then, it may be too late. It’s time for you, as an erotica writer, to take action. (And erotica readers, if you stumbled across this, you too!)… Read More
Revisiting the Censorship of Erotica
Hey, does anyone remember when Amazon started banning erotic fiction? Or when Apple removed “certain” titles from their bestseller lists? Or when Paypal stopped paying for “certain types” of erotica? When Amazon began excluding books from its “all department” search? When Smashwords started cracking down on “nipples and floppy bits and dangly parts?“ When Apple began rejecting outright those books… Read More