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Back To Actual Blogging 11 May 2011 | 02:41 am
Thus I reunite with my poor, undernourished writer’s blog. I’ve been up to my elbows in Ending the Sexual Dark Age and writing erotica for a while, so my tunnel vision got the best of me and this blo...
New Respect for LGBT Writers 21 Jul 2010 | 03:56 am
I’ve spent the last week or so working on a couple lesbian BDSM short stories. They’re coming along really well, but one aspect of writing lesbian erotica (which would apply equally to gay male eroti...
Good Use of Short Fiction 18 Jul 2010 | 01:47 pm
The first story of Aeodar has been published over at Twisted Erotica, and I feel a bit relieved to have a piece of that world out in front of readers. While I was writing The Price of Mercy I was fle...
Minimalistic Descriptions in Short Stories 16 Jul 2010 | 10:50 am
I often argue with myself about how vividly to describe characters in short stories. Many readers and editors like to see pictures painted of what characters look like. That’s all well and good, but...
Twisted Erotica Finally Lives 10 Jul 2010 | 04:35 pm
After owning the domain for about 7 years, I’ve finally turned Twisted Erotica into what I had originally intended. For a long time it was just a place to post a few poems and build a bit of credibil...
Building a New “Online Presence” 15 Jun 2010 | 01:18 pm
I’ve been a keyboard jockey for a number of years, having built a lot of websites and done quite a bit of online marketing. As I’ve been researching the world of publishing, I’ve seen a lot of refere...
First Look at Aeodar 12 Jun 2010 | 12:58 pm
When I first conceived of the world of Aeodar, I looked forward to the opportunity to map it out and give it life. Thanks to some stellar software from Pro Fantasy, it’s not all that difficult to get...
When Capitalization Goes Wrong 8 Jun 2010 | 01:52 pm
I write erotica with a definite flavor of kink, specifically various aspects of BDSM and other fetish oriented subjects. For my first novel I have the Kink-o-Meter turned down quite low, but like all ...
With My First Novel Complete(ish) 3 Jun 2010 | 10:03 am
It’s about time I got around to starting a writer’s blog. I’ve blogged on several topics of interest over the years and did a music podcast for a while, but I never really looked forward to it like I ...
