Strawberry Fondue

Here are the first two videos from the heavenly, nevenly Neve Black's all-Jeremy edition of Neve's Naughty Nightcaps, as presented at Cleveland's Literary Cafe this past Saturday:

The Secret to Perfect Fondue from Neve Black on Vimeo.

8StrawberrySlices from Neve Black on Vimeo.

I think it's so great when people take erotica out into the live-event world and celebrate it as an art form that people can experience together. Thank you so much for letting me come along for a ride on your Cleveland literary taxi, Neve!

Writing (and Reading) Habits

One of my favorite reading habits is soaking up the thought-provoking, illuminating, and entertaining essays on Oh Get a Grip! In case you're not yet familiar with this project, it's a collaborative venture that features Lisabet Sarai, Jude Mason, Jenna Byrnes, Helen E. H. Madden, C. Sanchez-Garcia, and Ashley Lister.

Each week the OGAG-ers write individual posts on a shared topic related to the erotica-writing life, with a guest blogger taking the stage on Saturday. This week's topic is "writing habits," and this week's guest blogger will be ... Jeremy Edwards! The program kicked off yesterday with Lisabet's confession of linearity, and continues today with Jenna's account of finding balance between the demands of writing and one's other obligations and needs. I'm thrilled to be a part of this!

Showing My Cleve-age!

Well, okay, I don't actually have cleavage. Nor will I literally be in Cleveland tonight. But maybe you will be! And the sexy and effervescent Neve Black, Zodiac-sizzling erotica author and host of the deliciously named Neve's Naughty Nightcaps, definitely will be. And because Neve will be doing me the great honor of reading some of my work at this evening's NNN at the Literary Cafe (10:30 to midnight tonight!), I feel that I'm an honorary resident of the city for one night. (Go, Browns! I hope Leroy Kelly will be QBing tomorrow's game.*)

*Advisory: My sports-related information may be a little out of date.

Charity and Decadence

Who says you can't have it all? Thanks to editors Emily Dubberley, Sarah Berry, and Alyson Fixter and publisher Xcite Books, decadence now meets charity in the second volume of erotica benefiting Macmillan Cancer Support.

Ultimate Decadence, which the famous Mil Millington has described as "an anthology of detonator cap short stories," includes the work of writers such as Rachel Kramer Bussel, Elizabeth Coldwell, Justine Elyot, Mark Farley, Miranda Forbes, Laura Godman, Maxim Jakubowski, Madeline Moore, and Donna George Storey. How decadent can you get! My own contribution to the parade of erotic decadence is a piece called "The Gilded Fountain":

Jocelyn’s club was housed in an impressive eighteenth-century building in a quiet street. The moon came out from behind clouds just as the couple arrived, and its glow gave the staid facade an exciting aura of promise.

They were elegantly attired. “There’s no specific dress code,” Jocelyn had explained. “Most people just find something dramatic or glamorous to wear—you’ll see why.”

Ultimate Decadence follows last year's Ultimate Burlesque, which also benefits Macmillan.

And here's more breaking news, this time from the UK magazine world: My story "Judy Never" can be found in the brand new [October] issue of Forum!

O! Hi! O!

I have Ohio on my mind this week. Yep, I'm thinking about round ends, which gives me a high in the middle.

It's all thanks to sexy Neve Black, who will be reading my stories this Saturday night, September 26, from 10:30 p.m. to midnight at Cleveland's Literary Cafe. This is part of NB's exciting live erotica series, Neve's Naughty Nightcaps. I'm so honored!

You can experience previous NB readings here. She's so steamy, sparkly, and fun! (Even when she's not up to her shoulders in guacamole.)

Thanks, Neve!!

P.S. Cleveland and I have met before—in my story "Le Petit Déjeuner."

Hub-ba, Hubba

Okay. The subject line is lame—I admit it. You see, my story in the forthcoming Cougar Book is called "Boston. Breasts. Bohemian," so I was alluding above to Boston's nickname, "the Hub." (At least I didn't go with the subject line "New England Nookie.")

My lame subject line notwithstanding, I am very excited to have seen the lineup for the great Jolie du Pre's latest erotic brainchild, The Cougar Book. It comes out in February from Logical-Lust (print and e-book), and I'll be side by side with authors such as Rachel Kramer Bussel, Heidi Champa, Emerald, Shanna Germain, Jolene Hui, D. L. King, Madeline Moore, Craig J. Sorensen, and Donna George Storey. Woohoo!

For the complete lineup (and updates), visit The Cougar Book Blog.

Preorder Page Unveiled

Rock My Socks Off now has its own page at the Xcite Books website! They're taking preorders and offering notifications and loyalty points. (Release date is 11 January.)

Woohoo!

“I’m afraid my W-2 is messed up again.”

This is the problem that my protagonists in "It Takes W-2 to Tango" are wrestling with. (Oh, did I say "wrestling"?) Click through to The Erotic Woman if you want to take a meeting with Galen and Jessica. Thank you, Erotic Woman!

And, of course, it was funny—if not in a “ha-ha” sense, then certainly in a “what-the-fuck?” sense. Yes, thought Galen, it was funny that a thirty-year-old executive accountant would screw up the same employee’s paperwork year after year—and his paperwork alone—with such efficient regularity that you’d think she was earning a commission on it.

Then again, he reminded himself, she was earning a sort of commission, wasn’t she?