There are plenty of midlist authors out there who have faded into oblivion. Not many authors can look forward to a career life-span of someone like Stephen King or James Patterson, or even Anne Rice. Some say epublishing is going to change all of that. Now books won’t ever go “out of print.” They’re all going to be on the… Read More
Naughty Reading Firsts
So I was listening to Alex Anders’ interview with Mark Coker on the Sounds Erotic Podcast, and something Mark Coker said about one of his early reading experiences got me to thinking. Apparently, at some point in his young life, he came across a Judy Blume novel with some “sex parts” which proved to be quite exciting. He didn’t mention… Read More
Corporate Bullies
The blogosphere exploded last month when Paypal started threatening account holders who published “extreme” erotic fiction – things like incest, pseudoincest, rape for titillation and bestiality. Our little publishing company, Excessica, was contacted directly by Paypal. Mark Coker from Smashwords was too. He fought the good fight, got lots of bloggers and tweeters on board, we all made a great… Read More
Rule 34
Rule 34. In case, like me, you were unaware of this Internet Rule. The Smurfs? Yep. Thomas the Tank Engine? Train porn? Really? Oh yes. There are so very many more. My eyes! My eyes! But surely, not everything has porn? Not Kimba the White Lion? Not Alf? Not Strawberry Shortcake!? Not Snap, Crackle and Pop! It’s just…oh it’s all… Read More