From Socks to Fedora, It's Jeremy

Story-Publication Update

2012-01-18T08:13:00.010-05:00

Methinks it's about time I used the word methinks. Sorry—that's not what I meant to say. Methinks it's about time I posted an update on some forthcoming story publications. (There.)

To come:

"Bubble Dance," in Going Down [ed. Rachel Kramer Bussel; Cleis Press]. (She does what while receiving head?)

"System," in Girl Fever [ed. Sacchi Green; Cleis Press]. (She has a system—and it works.)

"Reconnect," in Stretched [ed. Tinder James; Racy Pages]. (His wife is very interested in the reunion with his high-school girlfriend.)

"Boston. Breasts. Bohemian," in The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 11 [ed. Maxim Jakubowski; Constable & Robinson]. (It all begins with a cartoon.)

Meanwhile, here's a nice display of some extant Jeremy-aware anthologies at the Oh My sensuality shop, where I read from The Pleasure Dial last Friday.

"The novel never wavers in its vibrant, lively pacing and flawlessly entertaining storyline. I frequently found myself caught between laughing out loud and beaming with delight at the charm and wit that abounds in the prose...." —Emerald

"It reminded me of the works of P.G. Wodehouse"

2012-01-12T07:39:00.003-05:00

Needless to say, Vanessa Wu's review of The Pleasure Dial has made the Edwards spirits soar this morning over the eggs and t.*

*Tofurky

(P.S. For an outright imitation, look here.)

Arts Night and Jeremy and Pleasure Dial--Oh My!

2012-01-11T07:37:00.004-05:00

This Friday, January 13, is my Arts Night Out night out in groovy downtown Northampton, Massachusetts, where I'll be reading from The Pleasure Dial at the Oh My sensuality shop.

Catch me with my excerpts on at 5:30, 6:30, and/or 7:30 p.m.!

Oh My, a Sensuality Shop
122 Main Street
Northampton, MA
413-584-9669

Sushi? Honeywell? Yum-yum trail?

2012-01-06T08:30:00.002-05:00

Read all about it in my interview with expert question-wrangler Harley Moore!

P.S. Here's the full lineup for tonight's reading in New York. See you there!*

*If you're there.

Reminder: Jeremy Live in New York--This Friday!

2012-01-03T08:41:00.002-05:00

Details here.

Guest Post by Janine Ashbless: The Sofa of Pleasure

2012-01-01T06:45:00.015-05:00

Happy 2012!

I'm playing TV host today—and it's my immense honor to welcome the brilliant Janine Ashbless onto my show! Please welcome Janine as we celebrate the release of Heart of Flame, an Arabian Night on the town that promises to turn Scheherazade genie green with envy.

Janine, come on down and take a seat on the... couch.

***

The Sofa of Pleasure

Hello Jeremy – thank you for letting me guest on your blog, so bright and early this 2012! So how’s everyone feeling after New Year? A bit rough, perhaps?

Well, how about a little lie-down on the Sofa of Pleasure? It’s a trope promulgated by İbrahim Peçevi, an Ottoman historian writing in the 17th Century. In my mind’s eye it looks like this:

That orange sofa-cover is a bit loud, mind.

Peçevi said there were “Four Cushions on the Sofa of Pleasure”:

Wine…

Opium…

Tobacco…

And … wait for it …

Coffee!

(Bet you thought it was going to be Sex, didn’t you? Honestly, you people.)

By 1453, Turkish law made it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he didn’t supply her with her daily coffee.

And now I’m going to make mine…

xxx

Janine Ashbless
www.janineashbless.blogspot.com

And on the One-Thousand-and-Second night, Scheherazade told this story…

By day, Taqla uses her forbidden sorcery to move freely about the city of Damascus in the guise of an old sage. Her true identity known only by her faithful servant woman, Taqla is content with the comfortable, if restrictive, life that keeps her safe from the control of any man. Until she lays eyes on a handsome merchant-traveler. Suddenly her magical disguise doesn’t rest so easily on her shoulders.

When long-time widower, Rafiq, hears that the Amir’s beautiful daughter has been kidnapped by a scheming djinni—and that she will be given in marriage to her rescuer—he seeks the help of “Umar the Wise” to ensure he will be that man. Yet as he and the disguised Taqla set off, he senses that his prickly male companion is hiding something.

In a moment of dire peril, all of Taqla’s secrets are stripped bare—her fears, her sorcery and, worst of all, her love for Rafiq. Yet the princess’s life hangs in the balance, and there is no running away or turning back. Even though passion may yet betray them all...

Product Warning: Scary monsters and creepy ruins in the desert—check. Pagan gods that demand blood-sacrifices—double check. A handsome hero who looks good in a robe and even better out of it—oh yeah. Check, check and check. That’s worth a heroine dropping a veil or two.

Heart of Flame sale link:
http://store.samhainpublishing.com/heart-flame-p-6571.html

Pleasure Dial Excerpt: The Missing Feather

2011-12-30T06:56:00.002-05:00

There's a new excerpt from The Pleasure Dial now featured at Erotica For All.

What in the world has become of Mariel's feather?

Thank you, EFA!

Upcoming Attractions

2011-12-26T07:53:00.004-05:00

The attractions are stacking up!

This week, I'll be appearing with an interview at 4-Letter Words and an excerpt at Erotica For All. Stay tuned for updates.

Then, one week from today, it will be my great privilege to host the legendary Janine Ashbless, as part of her Heart of Flame blog tour!

On January 6, as previously discussed, I'll be reading from The Pleasure Dial at Ravenous Nights in New York. And this just in: On January 13, I'll be reading from my work at the Oh My sensuality shop in Northampton, Mass., as part of the city's monthly Arts Night Out event!

Live Reminder, and New Giveaway

2011-12-23T09:44:00.003-05:00

Just a reminder that I'll be reading from The Pleasure Dial live in New York on Friday, January 6. (More info here.)

And this just in: Simply Erotic Reviews is giving away a copy of TPD. Enter by December 27 to have a chance!

Review Roundup—and 25% off!

2011-12-10T08:34:00.004-05:00

I'm ecstatic about the reviews continuing to come in for The Pleasure Dial! Here are snippets from the latest ones:

“Fans of Jeremy Edwards’ erotic tales are sure to enjoy this expertly-paced romp through the glamorous world of 1930’s Hollywood. You'll find Edwards’ signature witty repartee, an unfettered celebration of sensual pleasure, and plenty of clever twists in a story that evokes the screwball comedies of the golden age.”
—Donna George Storey
Read the whole review.

“How can you not love an author who focuses first on his heroines’ intelligence and second on their sexual exuberance, with physical appearance taking third place?... This is a clever and very funny book.”
—Lisabet Sarai
Read the whole review.

“Jeremy Edwards has, in two novels and countless shorter pieces, managed to earn himself a spot as a master of erotocomedic fiction. The light, carefree but deeply affectionate way in which his characters interact with each other has become his trademark, and I’m hooked on it.”
—Madeline Elayne
Read the whole review.

The OC Press lineup has been growing week by week—check out the roster (not rooster) and use coupon code NEWZ1211 to get 25% off your entire order (through 12/12/2011)!

Professor Daniel Olsen Rides Again!

2011-12-09T08:53:00.004-05:00

Or rather, Danny's new friend Fay Levine rides, on a very special bicycle:

“What the devil is it?”

“An autonavigation machine.” Sal nodded at the heavy-looking metal box that had been affixed to the handlebars. “It’s based on essentially the same principle as the Pianola. My device reads a rolled-up map, then translates the cyclist’s desired route into the appropriate maneuvers.”

“But how does—”

“Naturally, the map must be specially prepared in advance, with the rider’s planned route scored onto it with the dull end of a needle.”

“Which, as we know, can be found in the dull end of a haystack.”

Dan’s unanticipated interjection made Fay shriek with laughter. No man of hers in Paris, however sensually sophisticated, had shown a wit such as this.

“Thank you, Professor Olsen,” said Sal.

So if you're in the mood for some steampunk waggery and wiggling, step this way and read "The Girl Who Mounted Danny Olsen's Instrument," at Oysters & Chocolate Erotic. (If you missed the earlier tale starring Fay's big sister Sal and her mechanical girlfriend, that one's called "Dr. Olsen's Loquacious Automaton," and it's also at O&C.)

Thank you, Oysterers!

Dial "B" for Bonus

2011-12-08T12:50:00.005-05:00

I woke up this morning and decided it was about time for the bonus video clip of yours truly reading from The Pleasure Dial. (This one is a longer segment comprising most of the first chapter.)

Password: jerotic

The Story Behind the Story

2011-12-07T10:19:00.005-05:00

You may know that the marvelously magnificent K D Grace has a regular guest feature on her blog called "The Story Behind the Story." In today's installment, I talk about the genesis of The Pleasure Dial—down to such nitty-gritty considerations as precisely what year, and even during which part of that year, my erotocomedic novel of old-time radio takes place!

January 6: Jeremy Live in New York

2011-12-05T09:23:00.002-05:00

What better way to welcome the new year than by reading from my new book in New York? Yes, I'll be reading from The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio on Friday, January 6, 2012, at the monthly Ravenous Nights event at Happy Ending Lounge!

Here are the event details (as shown for the recent December installment):

8 to 10 p.m.
Free. Casual dress.

Happy Ending Lounge
302 Broome Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 334-9676
www.happyendinglounge.com

Though my novel primarily takes place in 1934 Hollywood, it begins with a prologue set in Manhattan. So this will be a sort of homecoming for my protagonists. : )

A couple of quick updates

2011-11-26T08:20:00.004-05:00

Quick update #1:

The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio is now available through Amazon's Kindle store (or shop). (By the way: Did you know that if you buy directly from OC Press, the set of e-book files includes a Kindle-friendly MOBI version?)

And speaking of such things: Did you know that even if you don't have an e-book reader, you have e-book–reading options besides .pdf? Various software can be downloaded for free for one's computer, to give a more "e-readeresque" experience. Personally, I've been using the Sony software.

Quick Update #2:

Every Night Erotica recently published a piece of mine that's never been seen on the Web before. It's called "Showstopper," and it originally appeared in an anthology called Sex and Shoes.

“I want to tap dance naked for you,” said Melinda.

“Yes! I feel the same way,” I reciprocated with zest. I thought she was articulating a creative metaphor, one whose whimsy evoked the euphoria of erotic love.

“No, I really do.” Melinda, it turned out, had taken tap lessons before we’d met, and she’d been speaking literally. She still had the shoes somewhere, she said.

The Knack of Avoiding Anachs.

2011-11-24T08:15:00.002-05:00

You can read all about my recent adventures in linguistic anachronism avoidance at Lisabet Sarai's Beyond Romance blog. And Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you, Lisabet!

Casting My Characters

2011-11-22T08:27:00.002-05:00

"I don’t recall ever doing the 'Protagonist A looks sort of like Celebrity Z' thing—even in my head—until I wrote The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio. But something about the early-1930s setting of my new opus brought the phenomenon forth."

Read my whole guest post—and see the pictures—at Erotica For All.

Thank you, EFA!

Dial G-B for Guest-Blogging!

2011-11-21T08:41:00.004-05:00

This week, I'll be making my first two guest-blogging appearances of the season, exploring a couple of tangential topics related to my new book The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), I'll be at Erotica For All, where I'll reveal which old-time celebrities my three main protagonists resemble in my mind's eye. Then, on Thursday, I'll be over at the Beyond Romance blog, discussing the process I used for avoiding anachronistic language in this book with an early-1930s setting.

Here's guest-blogging at you!

(Have I mentioned there are mannequins in this book?)

Launching Today: The Pleasure Dial and OC Press!

2011-11-16T09:15:00.025-05:00

One day nearly six years ago, a lovely, elegant webmagazine called Oysters & Chocolate Erotic accepted a piece of mine called "Any Day of the Week." I was brand new to publication as an erotica author, and the O&C site was only six months old itself.

We've both had a lot of exciting adventures in the past six years, the Oysterers and I—many of these adventures hand in hand, as they published my stories again and again on the site, included my work in the two fiction anthologies they've edited, and hooked me up with terrific opportunities in both the cyber universe (Dr. Dick's "Inside the Erotic Mind" podcast series) and the brick-and-mortar world (the Erotic Literary Salon).

What could give me greater pleasure, now, than to watch my newest erotocomedic novel launch today as the first publication of OC Press, their brand-new e-book line!

We've worked hard together, the Oysterers and I, to bring The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio from manuscript to product in a relatively short time, without cutting corners. Edits were discussed, negotiated, and collaboratively executed. Cover art was lovingly created (by Hilary Stojak), and tweaked until every detail felt right to us. Someone behind the scenes labored quietly over internal book design until one day, voilà, I was shown pages of aesthetically rendered type—with formatting intact! : )

Having had the privilege of a stateroom on the maiden voyage, I can say that I think OC Press will go far. Here's to you, O Oysters! Not that I was the least bit surprised by their passion and dedication, their attention to detail, their commitment to the author's individual voice, and their knack for making a labor-intensive process easy every step of the way. Hey, like I said, I've worked with these people before! And I can't wait to see the fabulous releases to come, including works by Kay Jaybee, Gregory Allen, Simon Jacobs & Amanda Woods, and Kris Williams.

So today we bring you The Pleasure Dial, the Oysterers and I! You can find the book summary, a spicy excerpt, and a video of the author reading another spicy scene on the OC Press purchase page... and you can visit Erotica For All for a chance to WIN A COPY FOR FREE!

Erotica Readers & Writers Association's Ashley Lister had this to say: “Sex-positive and upbeat ... hurtles along at the unmissable pace of a Buster Keaton car chase.... [Edwards] knows how to tell a story that excites and entertains and his fiction is never less than a must-read.” And I'll have more to say soon, about the hows and whys of writing this novel: watch this space for guest-blogging announcements, starting next week!

The year is 1934, and amiable New York gag writer Artie Plask has taken the West Coast plunge. His first day on staff with a top radio show introduces him to the irresistible Mariel Fenton, a wit among wits who immediately takes an interest in all aspects of Artie’s life—especially his private life. As Artie finds his feet in a world of blustering comedians, pansexual sex goddesses, timid screen legends, exhibitionistic scriptwriters, and self-infatuated geniuses, Mariel leads him on a zany journey up and down the pleasure dial—a giddy romp through Hollywood that’s chock-full of airwaves showdowns, writing-room counterplots, devious impersonations, naked meetings, and a sensuality-drenched assortment of erotic escapades.

Discounts and Ditties, Tickles and Tires

2011-11-10T11:01:00.004-05:00

First, a reminder: You have one week left to pre-order The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio at that zany, madcap 40%-off price!

Here's a mini-ditty to help you get into that early-1930s-entertainment mood:

Second, a few notes (muted trumpet and vibraphone notes, per above) on recent story reprints: You'll find "Do Friends Tickle?" at Every Night Erotica (part 1 here; part 2 there), enjoying its first appearance in an online setting; and, for the duration of November, you can read "Tire Stud" at Justus Roux's Erotic Tales. Thanks, ENE and JR!

Dial R for Review Copy!

2011-11-09T08:00:00.003-05:00

Quoth the Oysterers:

"Hey all - looking for some lucky bloggers who might be interested in reviewing from a selection of new releases from OC Press. Can you please email us... [books AT oystersandchocolate DOT com] if you're interested? Check the link for upcoming titles."

The selection includes, but of course, The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio!

“You’re pretty happy hanging around here, aren’t you?”

“Yes. I love witty men,” she confessed in a drawn-out moan. “And women. And I’m the luckiest girl in the world, because the wittiest people in Hollywood come to my house every day and make me wet from morning to night.”

“On Tuesday and Thursday nights, you mean.” According to Mickey, those were the only evenings the team worked late.

Pre-order Pleasure Now!

2011-10-31T18:53:00.003-04:00

“Sex-positive and upbeat ... hurtles along at the unmissable pace of a Buster Keaton car chase.... [Edwards] knows how to tell a story that excites and entertains and his fiction is never less than a must-read.”
—Ashley Lister, Erotica Readers & Writers Association

Official release date for The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio isn't until November 17... but OC Press is taking pre-orders now—at 1930s prices! To learn how to reserve your brand-new Jeremy e-book with a brand-old setting, go here. You'll be paying $2.99, which is 40% off the cover price!

And now, for your additional pleasure... please welcome, uh, me, to read you a scene from the book. (Password: jerotic)

The year is 1934, and amiable New York gag writer Artie Plask has taken the West Coast plunge. His first day on staff with a top radio show introduces him to the irresistible Mariel Fenton, a wit among wits who immediately takes an interest in all aspects of Artie’s life—especially his private life. As Artie finds his feet in a world of blustering comedians, pansexual sex goddesses, timid screen legends, exhibitionistic scriptwriters, and self-infatuated geniuses, Mariel leads him on a zany journey up and down the pleasure dial—a giddy romp through Hollywood that’s chock-full of airwaves showdowns, writing-room counterplots, devious impersonations, naked meetings, and a sensuality-drenched assortment of erotic escapades.

Stories New and Old

2011-10-10T10:51:00.002-04:00

The lineup for Sacchi Green's forthcoming Girl Fever anthology was recently announced! Girl Fever: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex for Lesbians is going to look like this:

Introduction Sacchi Green
Look At Me Now, Your Holiness! Cheyenne Blue
Answering the Call Shanna Germain
A Wet Pussy Rachel Kramer Bussel
An Hour Sommer Marsden
Good Morning Emily Moreton
She Writhes Beneath Me Roxy Jones
Oh Captain, My Captain Cha Cha White
At the Hip Anna Watson
Clean Sweep Fran Walker
Taste of My Woman Giselle Renarde
Off and On Allison Wonderland
Clothes Make the Woman D.L. King
Yab Yum Sacchi Green
Love Las Muertas Kirsty Logan
System Jeremy Edwards
Project Runway Sharon Wachsler
I Do Catherine Paulssen
Shane Jessica Lennox
Six Minutes or It’s Free Tigress Healy
In Hot Water Elizabeth Coldwell
Love On A Real Train Michael M. Jones
Second Time Around Sara Lynde
Routine Jessica Lennox
Defenseless Nat Burns
Coasting Anya Levin
Front Door Sex Zoe Egan
Ignition Switch Delilah Devlin
Dressing Down Heather Towne
Signature Jean Roberta
The Airplane Story Victoria Janssen
Backstage Nerves Heather Day
In the Bush Debra Anderson
What Next? MJ Williamz
The Virtues of Being Forward Veronica Wilde
Pierced Maxine Marsh
Final Exam DD Symms
Stiff Peaks Rose William
Birthday Dance M. Marie
Desperate Measures Geneva King
An Explanation Sharon Wachsler
Floating in Space Dena Hankins
Freeway Falling Cal Gimpelevich
The Flight Home Nicole Wolfe
Patience Jennifer Baker
Train Whore Gemma Parkes
In the Closet Emily Moreton
Born to Ride Piper Trace
The Real Thing Anna Watson
Femme’s the Breaks Allison Wonderland
In the Sculpture Garden Cha Cha White
When Life Is Interesting Leigh Wilder
Cowboy Dirty Roxy Jones
Saucy Cheeks Giselle Renarde
Last Minute Catherine Paulssen
Breathless Ariel Graham
Caramel Louise Blaydon
Cats and Dogs Fran Walker
Mina’s Train Ride J. Caladine
Season Finale Lea Meadows
Auto Correct Evan Mora
Lure Nikki Magennis
Little Miss Goody Two Shoes Lucy Felthouse
Submission Letter Tara Young
Stacked Reina Sobin
Snowbound Sacchi Green
Written on Stone Toby Rider
Here and Back Again Shanna Germain
I Wish I Knew You Cheyenne Blue
Heat Lightning Sommer Marsden

And the beginning of my piece, "System," looks like this:

The first thing Gail did was show me the crotch seam of the peach shorts she wore under her employee apron—making me juice my panties right there in aisle 14B.

She didn’t do it intentionally (though I later learned it’s the kind of thing Gail would do intentionally). It was simply that she was squatting down and bending forward to crack open a case of soup when I came up behind her.

This is my first time publishing with Sacchi... and if that's not a reason to crack open a celebratory case of soup, I don't know what is!

Meanwhile, a vintage-2008 piece of mine, "Dropping the Hint," was recently republished (in two parts) at Every Night Erotica. You can find a variety of my pieces at ENE; this particular story has never previously appeared at an online venue.

The Pleasure Dial, and other adventures

2011-09-27T08:07:00.009-04:00

Hello!

The big news in Jeremyland is that I have another erotocomedic novel coming out soon! The Pleasure Dial: An Erotocomedic Novel of Old-Time Radio will be published in November by OC Press, a new e-book enterprise that's being launched by the lovely people behind (and in front of) the Oysters & Chocolate Erotic website!

Here's a summary:

The year is 1934, and amiable New York gag writer Artie Plask has taken the West Coast plunge. His first day on staff with a top radio show introduces him to the irresistible Mariel Fenton, a wit among wits who immediately takes an interest in all aspects of Artie’s life—especially his private life. As Artie finds his feet in a world of blustering comedians, pansexual sex goddesses, timid screen legends, exhibitionistic scriptwriters, and self-infatuated geniuses, Mariel leads him on a zany journey up and down the pleasure dial—a giddy romp through Hollywood that’s chock-full of airwaves showdowns, writing-room counterplots, devious impersonations, naked meetings, and a sensuality-drenched assortment of erotic escapades.

Meanwhile, other terrific things have been happening for me. Witty literary maven Matt "Wordpill" Ellis gave Rock My Socks Off a write-up that thrilled and delighted me the way praise from someone who thoroughly gets what one is trying to do always thrills and delights. Harley Moore at the fabulous new 4-Letter Words blog featured an RMSO excerpt and my RMSO theme song. And the Oh Get A Grip! bloggers permitted me to take the floor with my Wodehouse imitation.

Big thanks to all concerned!

Tribute

2011-09-14T07:51:00.004-04:00

Over at the Oh Get A Grip! blog this week, they're playing a delightful game: writing imitations of favorite famous authors!

And when OGAG regular Charlotte "Mighty Viper" Stein said she didn't do impressions, it got me thinking... Charlotte Stein is one of my favorite authors, and I wanted to try to write an imitation of her work! And with her kind permission, I did.

What follows is a fake story beginning inspired by the incredible Ms. Stein. It's merely a pale imitation of her genius, of course; but what fun it was to play dress-up!

Then, after reading my pastiche, you'll naturally want to spend some time with the real thing.

Here's to you, glorious Charlotte!

When Winifred invites me out for coffee, I almost don’t go. In fact, I not only almost don’t go, I also almost throw the West Chelmsford Harvest Society commemorative quilt over my head and hide under my bed for three days. The only thing stopping me is the fact that when Winifred asks me out for the coffee, I’m at least two miles north of my bed, and four flights down.

Also, I recall that I finally took the West Chelmsford Harvest Society quilt to a jumble sale last month, because it was the ugliest thing I’d ever seen apart from Ezekiel, my pet toad, whom I miss terribly.

If I still had a pet toad, I could now tell Winifred I have to hurry home to feed it warm moss. Winifred, who is the most witty and sophisticated woman who has ever spoken to me, is probably too sophisticated and witty to know that toads don’t actually eat moss—of any temperature—so she would hopefully believe my cowardly lie and be secretly relieved that she didn’t have to have coffee with me after all, since she probably thinks I’m uglier than Ezekiel the departed toad and has only asked me out in a moment of time-delayed temporary insanity caused by glimpsing a hideous quilt at a jumble sale over the weekend.

Except of course women like Winifred don’t go to jumble sales. Women like Winifred go to bohemian-chic parties with art installations and remix DJs and men approximately ten million times handsomer than me, and maybe I should pretend I do still have a toad and run away now before I melt into a pool of unhandsome patheticness at her bohemian-chic feet.

But somehow I’m too cowardly even to be cowardly, so instead of lying or running away or melting I agree to have coffee with this fabulously arty and remixy woman. And my hard-on.

Oh yes, my hard-on is always here tagging along when Winifred and I are in the same room. You couldn’t pay my hard-on to miss a glimpse of Winifred. So what’s going to happen is we’ll arrive at the cafe, and Winifred will lead me to a table for two, and I’ll have to bring over an extra chair for my hard-on, and then I’ll promptly die from embarrassment—leaving Winifred to step elegantly over my ugly, hard-on’d corpse and move to a table for one, which is where she would have been seated in the first place if she hadn’t succumbed to the insane, quilt-induced impulse of inviting me along.

So, really, things will work out all right for Winifred, one way or another.

Here's What's Going Down

2011-09-07T19:15:00.004-04:00

Coming in 2012!
(Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel!)
No, that isn't the book cover—it's just my story-specific blog-post decoration. : )

Going Down

Pretty Dull Charlotte Stein
Milk Moustache Jacqueline Applebee
Lavender Cynthia Hamilton
Etiquette Sylvia Lowry
Stacked Logan Zachary
Sucking Casey’s Cock Shanna Germain
Getting Something Out of It Annabeth Leong
Bubble Dance Jeremy Edwards
Seriously Jeanette Grey
Shuck It Dusty Horn
Dover to Victoria Station Roxy Rogers
Blush Mary Borsellino
Clean/Dirty Lucy Felthouse
Trimming Tenille Brown
Your Body is a Temple Neil Gavriel
New Additions Rachel Kramer Bussel
Do You Speak French? Chrissie Bentley
Close Your Eyes Viktoria Michaelis
Snowjob A.M. Hartnett
The Perfect Shade Elizabeth Coldwell
The Thousand-and-One Ways Graydancer

Happiness Is a Bookish Hamster

2011-08-18T13:58:00.020-04:00

Hooray! Rock My Socks Off is a staff recommendation at Berkeley, California's Pegasus Books! I feel immensely honored.

Quoth the adorable, accessorized hamster:

Imagine the delightful silliness of a 1930’s screwball comedy, add the twist that the protagonists (and their friends) get to have a lot of really great sex, dress it in prose that dazzles with wit and intelligence, with Nicholson Bakeresque wordplay and oh so groanfully delicious punnery, and you’ll begin to get a taste of Rock My Socks Off. Everything about this novel scintillates, from the vibrant streets of current day San Francisco to the sparkling banter of the central pair of lovers which artlessly weaves the narrative together. To crown it all: the sex scenes are genuinely sexy—imaginative, explicit without being pornographic, always good fun. So hang on to your socks and enjoy the ride!

Wow—now there's a hamster who really gets what I'm going for! I am so thoroughly chuffed by her praise.

Speaking of Nicholson Baker: Baker, as it happens, was the subject (not the author) of a recent New York Times piece at which many of us took umbrage (because of how the article's author—again, not Baker—stereotyped erotic-fiction writers). In the course of discussing this on Shanna Germain's blog, I mentioned that I loved Baker's early-1990s erotic novel Vox, saying also that I thought the book had had an influence on my own style. And now, while I'm glowing with pride from having seen Baker's name mentioned in an RMSO write-up, I'd like to elaborate a bit on what Vox meant to me.

I believe Vox was the first thing I'd ever read that fully embodied what I'd always especially wanted a work of erotic fiction to be: an expertly and cleverly written, unabashedly sex-positive and sex-focused tale of sweet, likeable, intelligent, articulate, witty, self-aware contemporary characters making a connection with words and personalities and play and sex . . . tenderly but cheerfully indulging their lust and fulfilling each other's needs.

Whew! That's a lot to say.

It's a lot to ask.

But this was what I especially wanted to read. This, ultimately, was what I wanted to try to write. I knew I could never match Baker's prowess, but he had demonstrated that the general approach I'd longed for could work.

Now, knowing what I do today, I realize that by the mid-1990s, when I discovered Vox (several years after its publication), we already had story collections assembled by Susie Bright and Marcy Sheiner and Maxim Jakubowski, and novels by people like Alison Tyler and Portia Da Costa. But in the mid-1990s I was only vaguely aware of these trends, and I really hadn't done much exploring down those avenues. Had I been more familiar with the blossoming literary-erotica scene, I would no doubt have seen numerous works that fulfilled my personal desiderata. But I wasn't and I didn't, and therefore Baker's book was a revelation.

I think Baker's influence on my writing voice is a subtle one. I certainly never set out to imitate him, and overall we differ more than we resemble one another (even apart from considerations of prowess). By the time I began writing erotica for publication in 2005, Vox was only a part of the literature that was inspiring me—I'd been reading a lot of Clean Sheets and Mammoth in the early aughts.

But it made me very, very happy when the hamster saw a similarity.

Phil-ing You In on Tuesday's Salon

2011-08-18T09:49:00.005-04:00

As always, I had a marvelous night at the Erotic Literary Salon in Philadelphia this Tuesday. What made it beyond extra-special this time, of course, was sharing the spotlight* with Helia, who delighted us all with her exquisitely, enthrallingly seductive "Over the Line" (which you can read in Gotta Have It). I'm so proud!

*The spotlight comes out dark in photos.

Props to salonnière Susana Mayer for having built an event that is now attracting a full house, month after month—on Tuesday evenings, no less. It's so heartwarming and inspiring to see a bar full of friendly, enthusiastic people who are intent on performing and listening to erotic literature. I heard so much fabulous work on Tuesday—breathtaking poetry by the one and only Robin Sampson; Monica Day's stunning selection from her paradigm-altering masterpiece Song of the Sacred Whore (coming soon to Philly Fringe); a hilarious piece by past presenter Walter that was probably the best sexy humor essay I've ever encountered; a delightfully inventive and moving excerpt from another upcoming Philly Fringe show that explores a woman's wish to be a book... and more, more, more, a wealth of fantastic poetry and prose, leaving me with images such as "body language is literal" and the merging of two naked humans as evoked by a photograph of colliding galaxies.

The story I read, "Doing the Math," is one I'd long wanted to read live. If you were unable to attend the salon but wish to simulate the Jeremy portion of the evening, you can find this story online in the several webzines in which it's been published over the years, most recently Every Night Erotica (where, in compliance with their story-length parameters, it appears in two parts; I call them "part 1" and "part 2").

Thank you, Erotic Literary Salon!

Read my latest guest post at Oh Get A Grip!

2011-08-13T09:05:00.001-04:00

Here's how it begins:

People sometimes assume that because I’m a songwriter (among other things), I always have music at my elbow. “What have you been listening to lately?” “What’ve you got loaded onto your mp3 player?” “What’s that by your elbow?”

More here...

Jeremy & Helia in Philly: Next Tuesday!

2011-08-11T08:53:00.002-04:00

Just a reminder for anyone within salon-attending distance of Philadelphia that our Erotic Literary Salon appearance is Tuesday, August 16! Details here. (And look here for a parking deal.)

Portrait of the author...

2011-08-08T19:08:00.006-04:00

...making sidelong glances w/ bleached face:

And now... the apple-cheeked direct gaze:

[For Shanna. Photos by Mayumi Yoshimaru.]

August 16 in Philadelphia: Jeremy & Helia!

2011-07-27T09:11:00.003-04:00

Here's the official press release for our Philadelphia appearance—coming up in just a few weeks now!

Contact: Susana Mayer, Ph.D., Salonnière 215-840-5830
email: PCSalons@gmail.com – reserve a time slot to read at Salon (5 min max)
www.PhiladelphiaCulturalSalons.com – blog of all things erotica, Salon notices, guidelines.

The Erotic Literary Salon will be held Tuesday, Aug. 16. Part of the evening will feature two erotic-fiction authors who have been a married couple for over a quarter century, Jeremy Edwards and Helia Brookes. Widely published author Edwards, whose work has been described as “witty, charming, intelligent, raunchy, and wildly arousing” and whose erotocomedic novel Rock My Socks Off was released last year, returns to the Salon to read from his short stories. http://www.jeremyedwardserotica.com/

Brookes, who has been writing erotica for several years and has been published both online and in print, makes her Salon debut this month. She will be reading her story from the recently published collection Gotta Have It. One copy each of two new anthologies containing stories by Helia and/or Jeremy—Gotta Have It and Nice Girls, Naughty Sex—will be given away in the course of the evening. http://heliabrookes.blogspot.com/

Helia will lead a discussion about the challenges of making time to write, revise, and submit when writing erotica is important to you but not always a top priority. This talk will be held at the end of the Salon for erotica writers and those interested in becoming writers.

PHILADELPHIA: The Erotic Literary Salon, unique in the English-speaking world has launched a growing movement mainstreaming erotica. Salons attract a supportive audience of 50 or more individuals. Approximately a dozen participate as writers, readers, storytellers, spoken word performers of original works/words of others, the rest just come to listen, enjoy and applaud. Frances, our resident nonagenarian (94 years young) often recites her original erotica.

Salons gather the 3rd Tuesday of every month at TIME (The Bohemian Absinthe Lounge), 1315 Sansom Street, Center City, Philadelphia. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. (limited seating), for cocktails, food and conversation. The event begins promptly at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $10, discounted for readers, students, and seniors (65+) to $8. Salon attendees must be 21.

Creator of this event, Dr. Susana, is Philadelphia’s best-known sexologist. She lends her voice to the Salon by offering relevant information to support the discussions that arise in the Salon/blog.

“…surprisingly comfortable….Salon devotees praise her for the space she has created….”
“I think Susana is doing a very brave thing.”
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2010
“There are laughter and tears along with the hot rush of blood – to the face.
Daily News, March 15, 2010

I know a couple of erotica veterans who are planning to be there as well, and I hope we'll also hear them read from their fantastic work.

Here's to you, Helia Brookes!!

Salon! (And thanks for all the fish.)

2011-07-18T07:48:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 19) is Erotic Literary Salon night in Philadelphia! Here's this month's exciting program:

The Erotic Literary Salon will be held Tuesday, July 19. The gifted writer Sistah J.R. Nate will deliver her “kinky and taboo” stories in her special tantalizing prose style, always leaving her audiences wanting more. Daniel Sperry, world class cellist will share his original music and the poetry of Rumi, Kabi, Mary Oliver, and others. www.cellomansings.com The freelance Burlesque dancer, Eris Vayle will close the evening with an exotic performance.
Salons gather the 3rd Tuesday of every month at TIME (The Bohemian Absinthe Lounge), 1315 Sansom Street, Center City, Philadelphia. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. (limited seating), for cocktails, food and conversation. The event begins promptly at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $10, discounted for readers, students, and seniors (65+) to $8. Salon attendees must be 21.

[P.S. Go here to get a special parking coupon.]

Next month's salon (Tuesday, August 16) will feature a husband-and-wife pair of eroticists—us (i.e., yours truly and the fabulous Helia Brookes)!

Friday Is My Day

2011-07-08T09:01:00.002-04:00

I guess it is! Today two (count 'em) never-before-published Jeremy pieces have gone live: "Dr. Olsen's Loquacious Automaton," at Oysters & Chocolate Erotic; and "Sweater Sparks," at The Erotic Woman. Yippee!!

"Dr. Olsen's Loquacious Automaton" is a lesbian steampunk piece, a tale of vaudeville, feminism, and technology:

Even in two pieces, thought Sal, Nora was absurdly fetching. Before Danny closed his case again, she stole a fond glance at the exquisitely curled woolen head of black hair; the glimmering marbles painted to resemble cerulean eyes; and the rubber lips that had been dyed the brightest scarlet, to ensure they’d show up pert and pretty as far away as the balcony seats.

"Sweater Sparks" is a story of camaraderie, serendipity, and sparking moments set at a summer festival in Ottawa:

While he wandered the festival, he replayed their history in his mind. And he laughed at himself for thinking of it as a “history”: technically speaking, they had no history together—or at least no History. Had they ever even interacted outside of business hours? Calvin couldn’t remember a single time when he and Louise had headed in the same direction after locking up the store, or when they’d deliberately or even serendipitously intersected at a party or club. As discussed, she was always heading east when he was heading west; going home when he was going out; seeing a play when he was hearing a band; walking toward the quays when he was biking toward the park.

Thank you, TEW and O&C!!

To Dream the Possible Dream

2011-06-28T19:08:00.003-04:00

Lyrotica is an anthology of erotic poetry and prose that has just been released by Vagabondage Press. The collection, currently available as an e-book and soon to be out in print as well, includes a new story of mine called "Possibility":

It was not the mere fact that she was reclining on her bed, alone in her room with Malcolm, that had given rise to this sense of possibility. In a world of one-room dorm habitations, many a platonic study session, TV night, and chummy heart-to-heart near a bed-qua-chair or a bed-qua-desk had been shared between Malcolm and various women friends. No, being alone with a woman who was on her bed in her room was nothing unusual and did not automatically imply sex. There was something more than walls and furniture informing the atmosphere tonight.

Just thought you might possibly be interested!

Catching Up

2011-06-10T14:18:00.001-04:00

Hello! I believe I left off with Sweet Confessions. As I pick up that thread after some travels, allow me to mention that the aforementioned book includes such talents as Jacqueline Applebee, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Angela Caperton, Heidi Champa, P ortia Da Costa, Andrea Dale, K D Grace, Kay Jaybee, Sophie Mouette, and Alison Tyler!

And here's a pic I took of the collection on display at Powell's C ity of Books in Portland, Oregon.

Meanwhile, I discovered that close to Powell's main store is a little place called CounterMedia (927 S.W. Oak St.) that's so erotica friendly I would say that erotica and the store are actually "more than just friends." And look what I saw there!

And here's another exciting pic from Powell's!

Sweet!

2011-06-01T11:49:00.002-04:00

Just a quickie post, in away-from-home mode,* to say, "Sweet! Sweet Confessions, edited by Violet Blue, is now available!"

*That's when one is out of town with ice cream on top.

I'll be back when I'm less a la mode to say who else is in the book and maybe post a li'l excerpt from my story. For now... Yay!

August 16: Twofer Tuesday!

2011-05-23T08:29:00.002-04:00

Just a brief announcement of an upcoming event: On Tuesday, August 16, I will be returning to Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon. And this time I'll be sharing the bill with none other than the love of my life, the incredible Helia Brookes! We love the Salon, and we're very excited about our "twofer" appearance there.

And the sex becomes the laughter

2011-05-18T07:48:00.001-04:00

(In "Laura the Laugher," part 2.)

"With so many interesting storylines and characters in these stories..."

2011-05-14T14:43:00.002-04:00

"...I could not help but find myself being pulled into the worlds that this author created [in Spark My Moment]."

Read the whole review of at The Forbidden Bookshelf!

"The laughter becomes the sex."

2011-05-11T08:15:00.004-04:00

House lights down! Every Night Erotica is running my lesbian burlesque tale about erotic laughter, "Laura the Laugher," and part 1 of 2 is now taking the stage.

This is the first time this vintage Jeremy piece has been available for online reading.

Bridge Candy Tuesday

2011-05-10T09:18:00.002-04:00

Check out Connecting Two, a suite of photos by Mayumi Yoshimaru that bridges eros and civil structural engineering!

Slightly Ajar

2011-05-01T07:38:00.002-04:00

My vintage story "Slightly Ajar" is featured this month at Justus Roux's Erotic Tales. It's a gently kinky triptych about a couple's discovery of a new* erotic interest.

*New to them, that is—not to me.

Thanks, Justus!

I left my forecast in San Francisco

2011-04-19T08:13:00.008-04:00

Sex in San Francisco is a new erotica anthology edited by the brilliant M. Christian and published by Renaissance eBooks.

M.C. asked us to send him our San Fransexiest stories, and the brightly painted Victorian he's erected houses Donna George Storey, PM White, Renatto Garcia, Adele Levin, Shanna Germain, Craig J. Sorensen, Theda Hudson, Jude Mason, Neve Black, Mykola Dementiuk, yours truly, and Anna Reed with Lily Penza.

I'm so delighted to be part of this West Coast wingding! Here's a San Fransample of my contribution, "Microminiclimates":

I knew it was an indefensible fancy of mine that Clara could only have existed in San Francisco. But it was a harmless one, and I clung to it like a teddy bear.

It was Clara who first explained to me about the microclimates—how, even within central SF, a damp, rainy day in one neighborhood could coexist with a warm, sunny day elsewhere, at the same moment... that, if she were to be believed, this sort of thing went on all the time. And venture farther afield around the Bay, she maintained, and a veritable “meteorology’s greatest hits” was on offer.

“You can’t really understand San Francisco unless you understand the microclimates.”

I didn’t doubt it. But I’d never said I intended to “understand” San Francisco. It seemed that to aspire to this might smack of hubris. After all, I wasn’t sure I would even claim to “understand” Erie, Pennsylvania, though I’d lived there my entire life.

My knee-jerk response, I’m sorry to report, was to dismiss the microclimate paradigm as “silly.” That was my typical reaction, in those days, to anything I was reluctant to make room for in my world. It wasn’t that I didn’t credit what Clara was telling me; I just didn’t feel any need to embrace the phenomenon. Clara was disappointed by this, and she vowed to seduce me with the charm of her beloved microclimates.

She began, early in my visit, by instructing me in area geography. This I was receptive to—especially the way she taught it, using her body. The left leg was Oakland; the right, San Francisco....

Strange Little Drawing

2011-04-05T08:54:00.003-04:00

What's it all about? Well, you tell me. In a poem. Over here.

Iamb Not Fooling

2011-04-01T08:39:00.005-04:00

Not Without Poetry is literary marvel Shanna Germain's poem-a-day project for this year's National Poetry Month, which begins... NOW! Each day, you'll be offered a new poetry prompt from a guest prompter; I'll be prompting from the wings on April 5. (Or maybe I'll get to peek out from one of those nifty downstage air-vent thingees!) Woof!

"You are part of the answer!"

2011-03-29T07:58:00.002-04:00

That's what Erika Lust says to Erobintica—and I can certainly see why. Visit Robin's blog to read her in-depth discussion with Erika about her important, paradigm-challenging book Good Porn: A Women's Guide.

Essence of Essensuality

2011-03-22T08:21:00.006-04:00

It was such a fun privilege to be part of Saturday's Essensuality event in New York!

It's difficult to summarize the extraordinary variety of sexy entertainment I got to see and hear... it ranged from luscious erotic poetry to delightfully bawdy songs to upliftingly raunchy comedy to exquisite burlesque and inspired genre-defying performance pieces. My darling Helia Brookes wowed me—and them—with her squirmingly hot "Over the Line" (we were squirming and drooling; Helia was poised and polished).* Amy Ouzoonian, Andy Izenson, Ariel Jacobson, Essence Revealed, Judith Z. Miller, Kim Weeter, Rob Lytle (and other people whose names I can't find now but, damn, how fabulous they all were!); featured performers Epstein & Hassan, Aimee Herman, and Lydia Love; and host-performer Monica Day each had a different method of setting the night on fire with sex and art and laughter. The space was great; and, thanks to MD and the backstage crew, everything ran smoothly as sensuous silk. Plus we got to hang out with Erobintica!

As for my bit: I had sooooooooo much fun presenting the quiz-show scene from Rock My Socks Off as an audience-participation happening. My audience volunteers were absolutely amazing—it's largely thanks to those brave and supertalented individuals that the whole crazy thing worked!

Future dates for Essensuality are listed here.

*We thought we had pictures of Helia reading. When we checked her camera, however, it turned out that the guy whom she'd asked to operate it while she read (cough-cough) succeeded merely in pushing the shutter hard enough to focus but not snap. He has asked me to tell you all how sorry he is.

Tonight in New York: Rock My Socks Off Goes Theatrical!

2011-03-19T08:48:00.001-04:00

Details here.

Gotta Have More Rachel Radio!

2011-03-17T08:36:00.002-04:00

Last week's online-radio book club discussion with Rachel Kramer Bussel was tons of fun... and Rachel will be continuing the fun this Saturday afternoon, March 19, from 2–3 p.m. EDT. Go here to tune in for Rachel and her contributors—and, if you're listening live, remember that listener call-ins are welcome!

I've Got Answers!

2011-03-15T08:44:00.004-04:00

Pop over to Oysters and Chocolate Erotic to read my answers to their Nice Girls, Naughty Sex contributor-interview questions—including that appealingly audacious "If you could have sex with any famous character..." question.

Follow all the contributor interviews here.

Thanks for having me, O Oysters!

This Week! Essensuality and The Sexual Act

2011-03-14T09:09:00.006-04:00

My featured reading/performance at Monica Day's Essensuality is coming right up this Saturday, March 19, in New York! Excitement is running high; avant-garde dancer Lydia Love has been added as a guest performer; and all manner of talented people have been signing up for open-mike slots . . . including our own Helia Brookes, who will be reading "Over the Line," her exquisitely seductive story from Gotta Have It!

Essensuality will take place at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at the WOW Cafe Theatre, 59-61 East 4th Street (between Bowery and 2nd Avenue), 4th fl., NYC. Featured performers are Aimee Herman, Epstein and Hassan, Jeremy Edwards, and Lydia Love. The full program can be found here, and the program for the entire four-day Passionate Persuasions series The Sexual Act (March 16–19) is here.

P.S.
Essensuality tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at door
To sign up as an open-mic performer, call 215.901.1327 or write to monica AT thesensuallife DOT com .
No cover charge for performers who reserve ahead. (Limited space available.)

Get Yer Archived Radio Show Here!

2011-03-10T07:42:00.004-05:00

Here's a handy widget encapsulating last night's radio show about Gotta Have It! The program featured (in order of appearance) editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, Elizabeth Daniels, Heather Lin, your friendly neighborhood Jeremy here, and D. L. King. I had a wonderful time listening, chatting, and reading. Enjoy!

Listen to internet radio with rarebirdradio on Blog Talk Radio

Live chat TONIGHT, 7-8 EST!

2011-03-09T17:06:00.004-05:00

Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel will be joined this evening by authors Elizabeth Daniels, Heather Lin, and Yours Truly for a live radio chat about Gotta Have It ! Tune in here at 7:00 PM EST TONIGHT for an hour of discussion and readings. (Additional info can be found at Goodreads.)

EDIT: Also D. L. King!

An Eye for Aesthetics

2011-02-25T09:15:00.002-05:00

Attention, UK aesthetes! Hook up with Desire Presents Swinging v. 4 no. 2 to read my story "An Eye for Aesthetics":

She’d never even fantasized about a foursome, let alone contemplated it seriously. She’d never fantasized about a threesome, for that matter. Colleen had healthy carnal appetites and a vivid sexual imagination, but her creativity generally ran to exotic one-on-one vignettes.

But the two characters hogging the cruise ship’s billiard table were so aesthetic to Colleen.

The Essensual Jeremy Edwards

2011-02-24T08:18:00.006-05:00

I'm very excited to announce that I will have the honor of appearing at the marvelous Monica Day's fun and sexy New York event on Saturday night, March 19!

Edwards historians will note that this is my second time on a bill with the sensational Aimee Herman. As for Epstein and Hassan: Well, they had me at "Burns & Allen"—I can't wait!

Here's the full press release:

Essensuality: An Evening of Erotic Expression

Sex, love, relationship…
Anger, passion, longing…
Unspoken desires, unrealized fantasies,
Unheard of sensual adventures…

...Essensuality invites out the essence of sensuality. The raw, vulnerable, uncensored, tender – usually private – moments step out into the spotlight to be shared. In poetry, spoken word, dance. Comedy, storytelling, music. Or some genre of your own imagination.

The evening will include: Featured acts, open mic performances, and spontaneous combustion…not necessarily in that order. Comfortable seating in the round, a limited bar, and an unrushed evening of erotic expression. Opportunities to laugh, cry…and blush.
(SCROLL DOWN FOR FEATURED PERFORMERS!)

Bring yourself, your friends, your lovers. Your desire, your embarrassment, your uncertainty. It’s all welcome here! After all, that’s what it is to be a sensual being. And that’s what we’re celebrating...the sensuality that lives — whether hidden or on the sleeve — of every single one of us.

FEATURED PERFORMERS 3/19/11

*She's Black, He's Jewish, They're Married, Oy Vey!
Essensuality welcomes back Epstein and Hassan, known on the NYC comedy circuit as The Black and the Jew, a husband and wife comedy team willing to talk about “all things that make us nervous!” New York Daily News has called them “the Burns & Allen or the Lucy & Desi of the new millennium.” They will bring their unique blend of shoot-from-the-hip truth-telling and hilarious insights on relationships, politics, families, race and, of course, sex. Epstein and Hassan will reveal how BlackJew Love Technology could save the planet!

*Jeremy Edwards (www.jeremyedwardserotica.com) writes quirky erotic fiction celebrating joyful sensuality, libidinous urgency, offbeat romanticism, and the pleasures of language and laughter. His novel Rock My Socks Off is an eroto-comedic romp through academia, live television, and a dysfunctional rocking-horse museum. The book takes on a theatrical dimension at Essensuality, as the author performs a favorite chapter in a live reading seasoned with improv and audience participation.

*Performance poet, Aimee Herman, works as editor of erotica for Oysters & Chocolate. She has performed at various reading series including In the Flesh, Queer Lit Carnival and The Red Umbrella Diaries in NYC. She can be read in the anthologies, Best Lesbian Love Stories (Alyson Books), Best Women’s Erotica 2010 (Cleis Press) and Nice Girls, Naughty Sex (Cleis). She promises to excite, enthrall, entice and...perhaps even reveal all!

Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door
For tickets and information: www.thesensuallife.com/events
TO PERFORM: Contact Monica Day by email monica@thesensuallife.com or call 215-901-1327.

*Special Note:*
This performance of Essensuality is the finale of the four-day festival:
The Sexual Act: An Experimental Erotic Performance Art Festival
"Exploring intimacy and how we relate to it"
Wed-Sat, March 16-19, 2011
To learn more about the other performances, and obtain a discounted festival pass go to http://passionatepersuasions.blogspot.com/

Nice Writers, Naughty Interviews

2011-02-23T08:52:00.004-05:00

The Nice Girls, Naughty Sex interview series has kicked off! Click on through to hop aboard. (Brace yourself, Donna—we're hopping aboard!)

Marriage of Convenience

2011-02-22T07:21:00.006-05:00

Even with the stars’ horny and often exhibitionistic antics complicating the typical shooting day, spirits were high on the set of Marriage of Convenience, a romantic comedy about a rivalry between convenience-store chains that ends in love, marriage and merger.

You can read the adventures of my made-up movie stars Trish Burton and Greg Levine in Sex at Work, now available. (Well, movie stars are always made up, aren't they?) Trish and Greg are in this anthology with lots of other frisky made-up people belonging, f'rinstance, to R achel Kramer Bussel, Heidi Champa, Justine Elyot, K D Grace, Kay Jaybee, Sylvia Lowry, Sommer Marsden, and Charlotte Stein.

An All-Out Food Festival

2011-02-01T09:04:00.003-05:00

The new Oysters & Chocolate anthology, Nice Girls, Naughty Sex, is now available!

NGNS is edited by those fabulous O&C honchos, Jordan LaRousse and Samantha Sade, and it contains my story "Eastern Daylight Time." (For complete lineup, go here.)

And, like my protagonist, you get a sample:

Today’s street fair, an all-out food festival, seemed like paradise, and Nancy wasn’t even hungry. She was simply happy to be here. She had donned the little peach dress that she’d picked up on clearance last October, and the white sun hat she’d had forever. Summer rippled through her blood vessels, and the vitality of the city pulsed up from the asphalt, straight through the soles of her sandals, to power her liberated strides.

She stopped just before an intersection. From her vantage point, the fair was infinite: The parade of delicacies continued in all directions, with the usual traffic diverted into another world. She hesitated while considering which way to proceed.

“Hey, Peach.”

She turned her head. The woman at the last booth on the block had beautiful gray eyes, and they were locked on Nancy’s.

“Want to try some vegan yummies?”

Why did the way she said that innocent word, yummies, make Nancy feel as if the woman were grabbing her ripe summer ass?

“Yes,” said Nancy, approaching the booth and forgetting that she wasn’t hungry. “I think I’d like that.”

She began to fish in her purse while the woman plucked some sort of dumpling from a curry-bright bath, depositing it on a plate with her tongs.

And then there was a hand on Nancy’s wrist, warm through the flimsy food-service glove. “Nothin’ doin’,” said the woman. “I’m giving you a sample.”

“Really? I mean . . . thank you.” Flustered but pleased, Nancy snapped her purse shut. She was turned on by the sensation of her flesh being handled, sanitarily, like a piece of food. It didn’t even occur to her to walk on, plate in hand, as she’d done with countless other tidbits at countless other street fairs. She felt she owed it to the gray-eyed woman to show her how much she appreciated complimentary morsels of inventive, skillfully prepared delectables.

The sauce was piquant and heady, like a complex perfume; and the filling tasted sharp, earthy, and savory—like an aroused woman, Nancy couldn’t help thinking. “Mm. What am I eating?”

The woman laughed. “I like your spirit, Peach: bite first, ask questions later.” The woman hesitated, and then her lower lip trembled almost imperceptibly as she extended her hand and added, “I’m Tina.” As they shook, Nancy saw hope in Tina’s eyes—for an instant her affect was ingenuous and vulnerable, rather than seasoned and breezy.

We love it when you watch (and listen)!

2011-01-31T09:49:00.004-05:00

Check out the book trailer for Gotta Have It, which editor Rachel Kramer Bussel and What That Noise Productions have created from the video and audio snippets sent in by some of the contributors!

Here's a program for the movie (for complete book lineup, go here):

Christen Clifford: “After Ten Years”

Giselle Renarde: “Meet Me In The Kitchen”

Andrea Dale: “Wasn’t It Good”

Shanna Germain: “Genesis”

Elizabeth Daniels: “Dining In The Dark”

Emerald: “Suggestion”

Marina Saint: “Eat Me”

Jeremy Edwards: “No Blame, No Shame”

Heather Lin: “Seven-Letter Word”

Kay Jaybee: “The Advantage of Working From Home”

Vampirique Dezire: “A Forced Witness”

Monocle: “Plotter”

Rachel Kramer Bussel: “Manners”

Kirsty Logan: “Pierced”

Anya Levin: “Continuing Education”

Helia Brookes: “Over The Line”

Donna George Storey: “Anal-yzed”

I love it! It's so great to see and hear so many friends and new-to-me colleagues at their sexiest.

Gotta Have It NOW? Well, okay!!

2011-01-25T16:38:00.003-05:00

You've Gotta Have It, and you can have it! Visit Cleis Press, Amazon, B&N, or your favorite indie to get this collection of sixty-nine quickies, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Complete lineup is here, and the blog for the book is here.

Coming soon to an anthology near you.

2011-01-17T09:54:00.003-05:00

[This is a fake ad for a fake movie in a forthcoming story of mine.]

ENE reminder

2011-01-11T10:56:00.004-05:00

Just a reminder that certain pieces from my back catalog will be showing up from time to time at Every Night Erotica. Their Jeremy offerings can be browsed here (in reverse chronological order by ENE publication date).

Thanks, ENE!

Let's Go Clubbing!

2011-01-05T14:36:00.003-05:00

Book-clubbing, that is. Rock My Socks Off is book of the month at Sex Toys UK's Vibe Erotic Book Club! This means a special sale price, a discussion in their forum, and one free copy of the book (which will be given away through the Vibe community).

Thanks, Vibe!

Three on a Match

2011-01-01T10:02:00.002-05:00

Happy 2011!

Now that it's January, my story "Three on a Match" can be found among the monthly offerings at Justus Roux's Erotic Tales.

“Would you like to spend a little time with me, Doug?” Renata asked abruptly.

“Huh?” I said stupidly. “What do you mean?”

Colin exchanged knowing looks with her, then grinned at me. “We
thought it might help you get the whole thing out of your system.”

I knew my face was as red as the official school sweats. I felt pathetic. “What, you mean like we go to the movies or something?” I asked weakly.

“No, Doug,” Renata said softly. “Not the movies.” Her weight shifted as she spoke to me, and I saw an instantaneous flash of pink silk lightning under her mini.

Thanks, Justus!

Happiness Is a Tickle Hole

2010-12-31T10:33:00.003-05:00

The great Alison Tyler has asked the world to post happy erotica. I'm always happy to oblige AT; and if there's one thing I can oblige with, it's happy smut.

Here's an excerpt from "Another Hole Week," which was my contribution to Alison's Afternoo n Delight collection. Happy reading!

Thursday

Why should I go to the trouble of tickling Lucille through the sweatband on her wrist, when the rest of her beautiful arm is entirely naked? Because I can’t resist a tickle hole, that’s why—and she knows it.

Oh, don’t worry: I also kiss up and down that sun-gold tennis skin; lick the shower-fresh underarm; and gently sample the parabola of her shoulder with my teeth. But it’s all to the tempo of that tickle-tickle-tickle on her wrist, where I stroke her like a whispering second hand.

This tickle hole frames her pulse, and the pulse, quickening, strokes me back. Can a finger have an orgasm? Mine could be the first.

Her arm swings with me, hedonistically, like a hammock that’s anchored to my pointer. Her cheeks flush, and she giggles languidly, in spurts, in a manner reminiscent of bubbles slowly birthing over ice cubes in a frosted glass. My mind is soon filled with a giant image of moist tennis panties.

Lucille never misses her game, and I know today will be no exception. I wish I could lie on the clay, squint up in the sunlight, and watch her juice baking dry under her skirt.

Tickle-tickle-tickle. Tickle-tickle-TOCK.

She’s saturated, for now. Satiated will come later.

In the midst of scrambling to gather her things, she tosses me an independent, pristine pair of white knickers from her dresser. She doesn’t have time to explain that she expects to find my come stains on them when she returns in two hours. I figure it out, though.

Philadelphia: The Emerald City!

2010-12-20T20:45:00.002-05:00

If you're in shouting distance of Philadelphia (I'm not, alas, but I'm speaking to you through a megaphone), be sure to catch the dazzling Emerald tomorrow night at the fabulous Erotic Literary Salon! That's Tuesday, December 21. Details here.

Mozart My Figaro!

2010-12-13T17:06:00.003-05:00

Attention, fans of classical-music kink: Liberator.com is featuring an excerpt from Rock My Socks Off that I hope will really mozart your figaro!

Liberator is now stocking RMSO among their sex-positive supplies of various kinds—and everything is 20% off through end of today!

Crackers, Salsa, and Me!

2010-12-07T10:54:00.004-05:00

The wonderful Donn a George Storey is serving parmesan crackers, chipotle salsa, and me today, as we chat about my story collection Spark My Moment.

See you at Donna's!

Barnestorming!

2010-12-06T16:19:00.006-05:00

Rock My Socks Off is now available directly through Barnes & Noble. This means those of us who are in the U.S. can now put it straight into our shopping carts at BN.com, for shipment within a couple of days at B&N's special online price.

This is great news; but even greater would be a decision by some of Barnes & Noble's brick-and-mortar stores to stock my brick-and-mortar book right on their brick-and-mortar shelves. And—who knows—perhaps if enough people order the book fast enough through the website, Corporate will recommend it as a stock item.

So here's my pitch to anyone in the U.S. who is contemplating picking up Rock My Socks Off in paperback:

1. You order the book from BN.com by midnight Pacific Time on Sunday, December 12. (For the purposes of my Barnestorming offer, you must order directly from B&N, not from their network of "trusted sellers." You may special order it through a brick-and-mortar sales clerk at your local brick-and-mortar Barnes and Noble—that would qualify for my special offer—but I believe you'll then be paying the full list price.)

2. You e-mail me [jerotic AT gmail DOT com] to tell me you've done so.

3. I send you a free copy of my six-story e-book collection, Laura the Laugher. (This is a .pdf—readable on any computer.)

And that's my Barnestorming brainstorm.

[For RMSO summary, reviews, etc., visit my website.]

Erotochanukomedy!

2010-12-02T08:40:00.003-05:00

The wonderful Erotica For All site is currently featuring my comedic tale of Chanukah chijinks, "The Golden Latke." This is the first time this piece has been available anywhere as a free read.

“I haven’t been with a man in a while,” Joyce confessed just inside the door to her room.

“Don’t worry,” said Bernie. “It’s like riding a—er, it’s okay.”

Joyce giggled, sounding tipsier than she was. “How do you expect me to stay in the mood if you’re constantly making me laugh?”

“Making you laugh is precisely how I’m hoping to keep you in the mood.”

See you in the Catskills!

Golly G!

2010-12-01T07:04:00.008-05:00

If you pick up a copy of Foreplay no. 6 from your friendly neighborhood UK newsagent, you'll find a new story of mine called "The Gushing Ghost of Grafenberg Falls." I hope this tale of paranormal fun hits the, um, spot!

Jean’s funny look deepened into a knowing one. “You may think this is crazy... but it’s rumored there’s a benign ghost in that house.”

The young man laughed. “You’re suggesting it’s a puddle of ectoplasm?”

“Not exactly,” said Jean, pushing a lock of hair away from her eyes. She walked to a bookshelf and brought an old photo album to the table.

(Also look for my work in Desire Presents Fetish, v. 3, no. 6.)

It's Beau nouveau season!

2010-11-29T08:01:00.003-05:00

And my story of the same name has just been published at Oysters and Chocolate Erotic!

The fact that she asked for only one bottle of wine could be a good sign. Maybe the rest of them have a concert tonight. Hooray for concerts. Tonight, I would gladly underwrite a symphony or two if it would clear Barbara’s house of extraneous musicians.

Thanks, O&C!

Bed. Breakfast. Brussels.

2010-11-27T10:24:00.001-05:00

I hope you'll join me for some "Bread & Bedfest" over at Clean Sheets! It's a little erotic slice of Europe that even includes a cameo appearance by the little slice of Europe known as Mini-Europe [shown].

I didn't come to Brussels with the goal of figuring out when a stranger was getting it. But that's only because my guidebook didn't tell me about the entrancing aroma of coffee and newspaper and satisfied woman that fondles me every time I walk by Nathalie.

Thank you, CS!

I gotta, she gotta, we gotta have it!

2010-11-26T15:53:00.003-05:00

The table o' contents has now been announced for Rachel Kramer Bussel's Gotta Have It: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex! I'm thrilled to be playing this quickie wicket with so many of my favorite writers, INCLUDING my wife, the superwonderful Helia Brookes. Not counting the metaphorical "book of love," this will be the first book in which we've appeared together. : )

Introduction: Short, Sweet and Totally Sexy

Seven-Letter Word Heather Lin
No Blame, No Shame Jeremy Edwards
Wasn’t It Good? Andrea Dale
The Things a Woman Will Make a Man Do for Her Isabelle Gray
Special Collections Fiona Curtis
Wonderland Madeline Elayne
Red Light Angela Caperton
My Femme Evan Mora
Genesis Shanna Germain
Serious Moonlight Michael A. Gonzales
Too Wondrous to Measure Salome Wilde
Hors d’Oeuvre Stan Kent
Missed Connection Tigress Healy
Ties That Bind Daniel Burnell
Eat Me Marina Saint
Jarret Shane Allison
Lucky Number Fifty-One Jennifer Peters
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler Tara Young
Spunk Sylvia Lowry
Time Cecilia Tan
Dining in the Dark Elizabeth Daniels
Downpour Elle
Need-Leash Mike Kimera
Crushed Satin Organza Carmel Lockyer
Not on the Mouth Cole Riley
Hot Buns on a Sunday Afternoon Erica Rivera
Feel the Burn Thomas S. Roche
Trixie Jen Cross
Police Dogging Elizabeth Coldwell
Tip Me Kiki deLovely
Marxist Theory Elizabeth Hyder
The Dirty Things She Says Sinclair Sexsmith
Laughter in Hades Teresa Noelle Roberts
The Quick Stop Shashauna P. Thomas
Pain Surfer Cate Ellink
After Ten Years Christen Clifford
Over His Shoulder Maximillian Lagos
Manners Rachel Kramer Bussel
Veronica’s Ass Matt Conklin
Punishment Befitting the Crime D. L. King
Lies Kristina Wright
A Forced Witness Vampirique Dezire
Concensus Denise Hoffner
Don’t Struggle Valerie Alexander
Plotter Monocle
Intercept Burton Lawrence
Not a Bang, but a Whimper Jacqueline Applebee
Suggestion Emerald
Hands Free Effie Merryl
Remembering the Wrinkles Penelope Friday
Leaves Elise Hepner
The Copilot Mike Bruno
Pierced Kirsty Logan
Last-Time Lesbian Geneva King
Anal-yzed Donna George Storey
Independence Day Kate Pearce
Going Bald Craig J. Sorensen
Continuing Education Anya Levin
Meet Me in the Kitchen Giselle Renarde
Over the Line Helia Brookes
Not Just a Myth Heidi Champa
Hunger Maria See
The Tipping Point Lolita Lopez
The Advantage of Working from Home Kay Jaybee
For Dessert Jordana Winters
Good Neighbors Mercy Loomis
Laugh Sommer Marsden
A Good Stiff One Kathleen Bradean
Vacation Pictures Robert Peregrine

Bunny Slippers O'Clock

2010-11-24T07:51:00.004-05:00

That's the deadline for commenting at the witty and wonderful Sharazade's blog today, to have a chance of winning a copy of Rock My Socks Off. Once Shar's bunny slippers go on tonight, the giveaway officially closes. (I'll draw a winner tomorrow.)

Oh, and if you want to buy those actual slippers, they can be found here.

Mayumism!

2010-11-23T09:09:00.009-05:00

When I was looking for a New York–based photographer to take Jeremy portraits for my website last year, I was thrilled to find the glowing work of Mayumi Yoshimaru.

When I first contacted her, I was a little concerned that she might be uncomfortable doing something like this:

But as we corresponded, I was soon reassured that shooting subjects in sexually suggestive and anatomically revealing poses was definitely not outside her parameters [NSFW].

In fact, Mayumi has such a gift for erotic photography that she is represented in the great Maxim Jakubowski's just-released Mammoth Book of New Erotic Photography! Congratulations, Mayumi!

Mayumi's photography comprises a variety of subjects and tones. And if you know my erotic sensibilities at all, you won't be surprised to see which image from her RedBubble store I've selected to close this post:

"Curves" copyright © Mayumi Yoshimaru. Used with permission.

Jeremy Edwards portrait by Mayumi Yoshimaru.

All rights reserved.

Erotic Literary Salon videos

2010-11-22T07:40:00.006-05:00

I had a marvelous time last Tuesday reading excerpts from Rock My Socks Off at Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon! I was featured alongside the fabulous poet Robin Elizabeth Sampson, and the open mike was graced by the likes of Emerald (next month's featured reader) and Ricc Berra, who delighted us with their mesmerizing stories. What a fun evening! Thank you, Susana the Salonnière, for hosting me again.

And thanks to the fantastic Helia, I have video footage from my readings. (Sorry it came out so dark—the side effect of a groovy atmosphere, don'tcha know.)

Because of the nature of the prose being recited, I have password-protected these videos so that Vimeo users at large won't wander in without knowing what they're getting. Password: jerotic

Violin (excerpt from Rock My Socks Off) from Jeremy Edwards on Vimeo.

Photo Session (excerpt from Rock My Socks Off) from Jeremy Edwards on Vimeo.

Dance (excerpt from Rock My Socks Off) from Jeremy Edwards on Vimeo.

Game Show (excerpt from Rock My Socks Off) from Jeremy Edwards on Vimeo.

Alison's Meta-Offer

2010-11-20T08:11:00.009-05:00

As you will recall, Cleis Press is currently giving us 20% off orders we place via their website for in-stock books (use special-offer code GG).

Now legendary eroticist and pot sweetener Alison Tyler is offering a meta-offer:

If you buy any of my Cleis books using their 20% off coupon, drop me a note at msalisontyler at yahoo dot com and let me know which title or titles you purchased.

I'll send you the $1.49 PDF of your choice (check out Pretty Things Press for your selection) as an added bonus!

Both the offer and the meta-offer are valid through December 31. (Also note that Cleis offers free shipping if you make their minimum.)

When I originally posted about the Cleis deal, I proudly included thumbnail images of all the Cleis anthologies in which I've appeared to date—many of which were edited by AT. Today I'm displaying a few of my other favorite Tyler-edited Cleis collections. Inside these classic volumes you'll find such hot-glowing talents as Lisette Ashton, Tenille Brown, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Andrea Dale, Shanna Germain, Michael Hemmingson, Jolene Hui, Tsaurah Litzky, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Jean Roberta, Thomas S. Roche, Savannah Stephens Smith, Donna George Storey, Sage Vivant, Saskia Walker, and of course Alison herself:

Polished Prose

2010-11-19T08:35:00.005-05:00

Today I have a brand new story up at Oysters & Chocolate Erotic. I'm very pleased to offer you the emotionally delicate and slightly weird "In My Father's Footsteps."

“There was a picture of you with his things. I found it years later, when I took stuff out of storage.”

“That’s sweet. A snapshot from the seventies, huh?” She chuckled. “God, what was I wearing?”

I shook my head “no,” and Vicky caught my meaning and blushed.

I'm also very pleased that I lucked into finding the perfect image to place here in conjunction with my story announcement:

Thanks, O&C! (And Kiwi.)

Interview and (oh, what a) giveaway!

2010-11-18T12:08:00.002-05:00

Drop by Sharazade's to see her Q my A! And we'll be drawing a winner from the comments, giving away a copy of Rock My Socks Off. (Deadline to enter = Nov. 24).

Thanks, Shar!

Jeremy at the Erotic Literary Salon: Tomorrow!

2010-11-15T10:24:00.003-05:00

Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, November 16, is Jeremy Edwards and Robin Elizabeth Sampson night at Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon!

I'll be reading from Rock My Socks Off, while* Robin will read some of her erotic poetry, including finalist poems from the Seattle Erotic Art Festival.

*Well, not while, technically—I believe we'll be taking turns.

Signed copies of my book will be available at the Salon at a discounted price, and one free copy will be raffled off.

Here again, nuts-and-bolts lovers, are the nuts and bolts about the Salon:

Salons gather the 3rd Tuesday of every month at TIME (The Bohemian Absinthe Lounge), 1315 Sansom Street, Center City, Philadelphia. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. (limited seating), for cocktails, food and conversation. The event begins promptly at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $10, discounted for readers, students, and seniors (65+) to $8. Salon attendees must be 21.

Part of the evening is devoted to open-mike readings. To reserve a slot (five minutes), e-mail PCSalons AT gmail DOT com with the mandatory subject line "PCS."

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SALON VENUE, THE SALON WEBSITE, AND THE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR OPEN-MIKE RESERVATIONS HAVE ALL RECENTLY CHANGED. The information in this blog post should be up to date.

Twenty Percent Off at Cleis

2010-11-13T18:12:00.009-05:00

Cleis Press says:

We would like to extend a special invitation to Cleis Press & Viva Editions friends, family and colleagues to take advantage of our 2010 Gratitude and Giving holiday special. This is our way of saying we’re incredibly grateful for your enthusiasm, talent and support!

From now until December 31st, we offer you and your network (your friends, family, coworkers, colleagues and neighbors) a 20% discount on all titles.

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy—they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”—Marcel Proust, quoted in Living Life as a Thank You: The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude

We happily encourage you to post this invitation to your blog or webpage....

Enter special offer code GG on your web order to receive your discount.

www.cleispress.com / www.vivaeditions.com

Here’s the fine print: Order as many or as few books as you like. Order as many times as you like. Offer good on any book in stock at time of ordering. Order through our web sites to receive discount. Must enter special offer code GG to receive discount. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Fall Sommer Sale!

2010-11-09T08:44:00.002-05:00

Sommer sez:

I am putting the 'villes on sale. 40% off on All Romance Ebooks, Bookstrand and 1 Place For Romance (and the collection which is both volumes in one is on 1PFR only~also 40% off!)

Charlotte Takes Control!

2010-11-08T09:37:00.003-05:00

Or rather, Charlotte gives Control... to the world! Today!!

Happy launch day, Mighty Viper!! Your brand of literary genius is like nothing else, and I'm very proud to call you a friend.

Eastern Daylight Time

2010-11-07T07:49:00.004-05:00

Just as we eastern North Americans exit Eastern Daylight Time, I want to talk to you about "Eastern Daylight Time." That's my story in the forthcoming Oysters & Chocolate anthology, Nice Girls, Naughty Sex. The full table of contents was recently announced, and here 'tis!

VANILLA

A Technicality, by Sommer Marsden

Behind Bars, by Saranna DeWylde

Siestas and Spanish Leather Boots, by Rosalía Zizzo

Name Your Price, by A. M. Hartnett

Looking for the Wintergreen, by Trish DeVene

DIRTY MARTINI

At a Standstill, by Heidi Champa

A Welcome Threat, by Venerato Petronius

Dirty Cop Doesn’t Mean What It Used To, by Emily Croy

Blow Me, by Rachel Kramer Bussel

For His Pleasure, by Sienna Conroy

LICORICE WHIPS

Good Doggy, by Janine Ashbless

Evelyn, by Julian Augustus Finisterre

Corset, by Kay Jaybee

A Lesson for Claire, by Kestra Gravier

Serving Ms. Paden, by Talia Kelley

OYSTERS

Phoenix, by Valerie Lewis

An Open Letter, by Aimee Herman

Dragon Lady, by Kristina Wright

Honeymoon Suite, by Donna George Storey

Eastern Daylight Time, by Jeremy Edwards

Quick Reminder: Salon Countdown

2010-11-06T09:18:00.002-04:00

Just a quick reminder about my November 16 appearance at Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon (w/ Robin Elizabeth Sampson). That's the Tuesday after the coming Tuesday! Details here.

"These stories left me breathless"

2010-11-04T08:37:00.004-04:00

There's a new review in for my erotic story collection, Spark My Moment. It's by Samantha at Oysters and Chocolate Erotic, and it totally makes my day!

Here's one snippet:

There’s something about the characterization in these stories that blew me away. His characters are not only quirky, funny, and arousing, but so singular and real that I found myself wishing I could meet them (and yes, have sex with them) in real life.

And here's how the review winds up (yes, I'm spoiling the ending):

This is a brilliant collection of short stories, refreshing, entertaining, and down-right (gasp) sexy.

Read the entire thing here!

To my North American readers

2010-11-01T15:08:00.005-04:00

If you're having trouble finding the Rock My Socks Off paperback, I recommend you order it either from the publisher or from The Book Depository. Both sources offer free worldwide shipping.

Nov. 16: Jeremy Live in Philadelphia!

2010-10-25T08:47:00.004-04:00

Three weeks from tomorrow, Tuesday, November 16, I will return to Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon!

When I was featured at the Salon in 2009, I had a fabulous time reading from my piece in Oysters & Chocolate: Erotic Stories of Every Flavor. This time around, I'll be reading from my erotocomedic novel Rock My Socks Off—my first live reading from RMSO. I've been looking forward to this all year!

Signed copies of my book will be available at the Salon at a discounted price, and one free copy will be raffled off.

And—woohoo!—I'll be sharing the bill with my friend Robin Elizabeth Sampson, aka Erobintica. Robin will read her erotic poetry, including pieces that were finalists in the 2010 Seattle Erotic Art Festival's Literary Art Showcase.

Here are the nuts and bolts about the Salon:

Salons gather the 3rd Tuesday of every month at TIME (The Bohemian Absinthe Lounge), 1315 Sansom Street, Center City, Philadelphia. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. (limited seating), for cocktails, food and conversation. The event begins promptly at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $10, discounted for readers, students, and seniors (65+) to $8. Salon attendees must be 21.

Waiting for the other sock to drop

2010-10-21T10:10:00.011-04:00

Still waiting for "Socks" stock at the U.S. Amazon et al.... but I'm in Amazon-review heaven with statements such as

Edwards' characters are intelligent and passionate, rushed off their feet even as they are swept off them. They are authoritative, but with nothing to prove.

and

It's been said that the brain is the biggest erogenous zone, and this highly imaginative, intricately-plotted farce celebrates the fact that "smart" and "sexy" go hand in hand. The breezy, deliciously irreverent wit is reminiscent of Stephen Fry.

and

Protagonists Jacob and Normandie are like a modern-day Nick and Nora Charles, except their Thin Man-style adventures leap quickly from clever innuendo to hot and explicit erotic encounters of every flavor.... I highly recommend you read this with a glass of champagne by your side.

Yes, some of the champagne-worthy reviews have familiar names attached to them. I not only acknowledge this fact, I embrace it.*

*And maybe rub my hard-on against its thigh and give it a little squeeze on the ass.

Attention: Philadelphia

2010-10-19T08:11:00.003-04:00

Featured guest tonight at the Erotic Literary Salon: Heida Champa!

Next month: Me!

That's Philadelphia's Erotic Literary Salon! All details here.

Progress at Harrods

2010-10-18T06:59:00.003-04:00

My most distinct memory of Harrods is having trouble finding my way out. The mazelike, fantasy-world character of what I'd mistakenly believed to be a mere department store was enchanting; but I was running late, and though the spot where I was scheduled to meet Helia—just outside one of the exits—was in theory just a few seconds' journey away, the "outside" part of the equation proved a challenge.

But this was years ago, and I'm very happy to learn that they've since solved this problem. How? By stocking Rock My Socks Off, of course! The compact solution to all your household and department-store inconveniences. [Advt.]

Big thanks to the awesome Lucy Felthouse for the photo!

Croissandwich

2010-10-16T08:45:00.003-04:00

My flash piece "Croissandwich" is now on the menu at Every Night Erotica! (And click here to see more of my work at ENE.)

Thanks, ENE!

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Socks!

2010-10-15T08:41:00.005-04:00

Are you going to Scarborough shops?; (Banter, sex, personae and plot); Remember there to buy "Rock My Socks"; It's the only novel I've got

[Photo from the Scarborough Waterstone's courtesy of the magnificent Saskia Walker. Thanks, Saskia!!]

"Hot and Hilarious"

2010-10-10T11:03:00.010-04:00

As of this writing, the U.S. Amazon is being a little coy about showing stock on Rock My Socks Off and other Xcite releases. (They still come up as "Marketplace only.") That should change soon; but I'm ready to celebrate now, because the fabulous Polly Frost, author of Deep Inside and Sex Scenes, has given me that celebrity-ribbon-cutting, champagne-christening feeling by launching me off with a fantastic Amazon review. Entitled "Hot and Hilarious," it begins with "Jeremy Edwards is one of the best writers of erotic fiction," and concludes with "How can you not love a book that features museum rocking horses and threesomes?" : ) Thank you so much, Polly!!

Eminent eroticist, humorist, and playwright Polly is currently in the midst of a marvelously entertaining and thought-provoking conversation with the delightful Dr. Dick. The first half of the interview can be heard here [some NSFW images on Web page], and the second installment of Polly's penetrating wit and Richard's irrepressible waggery will become available at Dr. D.'s site tomorrow. Don't miss it!

Champagne and Luxury

2010-09-27T07:00:00.004-04:00

Two more Xcite e-books that include my work are now on the market:

Blame It on the Champagne contains "Open Bottle Policy":

While the car ascended with a soothing whir, Becky broke the silence. “I don’t know if this was strictly necessary, according to the open-bottle rules. But I am going on break ... and I can do whatever I like on my break.” She stepped closer to me. “Whatever I like,” she repeated. And she reached forward and tapped my chest, ever so briefly.

And A Little Bit of Luxury contains "Half Measures":

I never did learn exactly why Millicent showed up at my place with no pants on at 1:30 in the morning. I had a general idea, of course, of the type of evening out that might have resulted in this scenario. But I still don’t know any of the specific details.

Sunday Somethings

2010-09-26T10:15:00.003-04:00

Something #1:

I'll be drawing the winner in the Erotica For All Rock My Socks Off giveaway tomorrow morning (Monday, Sept. 27, GMT-5). So as of this typing, there's still time to enter!

Something #2:

This coming Thursday, September 30, is the day Rock My Socks Off officially becomes available in North America! I'll be blogging on or around that day to post retailer links (as soon as they become available) and present my special offer whereby hasty—er, I guess I should say speedy—RMSO purchasers will earn a free JE e-book.

Something #3:

Speaking of JEs, the "other JE," Justine Elyot, has a new book out! Congratulations, JE!!

Something #4:

A few more gems from The Endangered English Dictionary :

kalon (KAL-on): beauty more than skin-deep

Despite sounding like a detergent or a character from Superman's home planet, this word appeals to me.

lingible (LING-i-bul): meant to be licked

The EED illustrates with the phrase "some lingible name labels." Yeah. Name labels. That's exactly what I was thinking.

And remember, if your jactitation is keeping your bedmate awake... it only means you have a tendency to "toss and turn." ; )

Chance to win your socks off!

2010-09-20T08:17:00.005-04:00

Drop on by Erotica For All this week for a chance to win a copy of Rock My Socks Off! We're featuring a short excerpt in which a character says things he doesn't intend to while making a speech; and you're encouraged to recall (or create) other such incidents.

You can also visit The Erotic Woman to read a vintage Jeremy story called "If We Were..." This piece references both Michelangelo and the Marx Brothers—something for everybody, right?

Thanks, TEW and Lucy "Erotica For All" Felthouse!

Doing Impressions

2010-09-13T16:09:00.005-04:00

This new e-book from Xcite contains my story "Impressionism," in which an art exhibitor exhibits her exhibitionism.

The LoveHoney Book Club once called this story "a fascinating piece of erotica"; they chatted with me about the tale here. The great Ashley Lister was also kind enough to get my impressions on my "Impressionism," in an interview that's archived here.

From Socks to Fedora, It's Jeremy

Story-Publication Update

"It reminded me of the works of P.G. Wodehouse"

Arts Night and Jeremy and Pleasure Dial--Oh My!

Sushi? Honeywell? Yum-yum trail?

Reminder: Jeremy Live in New York--This Friday!

Guest Post by Janine Ashbless: The Sofa of Pleasure

Pleasure Dial Excerpt: The Missing Feather

Upcoming Attractions

Live Reminder, and New Giveaway

Review Roundup—and 25% off!

Professor Daniel Olsen Rides Again!

Dial "B" for Bonus

The Story Behind the Story

January 6: Jeremy Live in New York

A couple of quick updates

The Knack of Avoiding Anachs.

Casting My Characters

Dial G-B for Guest-Blogging!

Launching Today: The Pleasure Dial and OC Press!

Discounts and Ditties, Tickles and Tires

Dial R for Review Copy!

Pre-order Pleasure Now!

Stories New and Old

The Pleasure Dial, and other adventures

Tribute

Here's What's Going Down

Happiness Is a Bookish Hamster

Phil-ing You In on Tuesday's Salon

Read my latest guest post at Oh Get A Grip!

Jeremy & Helia in Philly: Next Tuesday!

Portrait of the author...

August 16 in Philadelphia: Jeremy & Helia!

Salon! (And thanks for all the fish.)

Friday Is My Day

To Dream the Possible Dream

Catching Up

Sweet!

August 16: Twofer Tuesday!

And the sex becomes the laughter

"With so many interesting storylines and characters in these stories..."

"The laughter *becomes* the sex."

Bridge Candy Tuesday

Slightly Ajar

I left my forecast in San Francisco

Strange Little Drawing

Iamb Not Fooling

"You are part of the answer!"

Essence of Essensuality

Tonight in New York: Rock My Socks Off Goes Theatrical!

Gotta Have More Rachel Radio!

I've Got Answers!

This Week! Essensuality and The Sexual Act

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Live chat TONIGHT, 7-8 EST!

An Eye for Aesthetics

The Essensual Jeremy Edwards

Nice Writers, Naughty Interviews

Marriage of Convenience

An All-Out Food Festival

We love it when you watch (and listen)!

Gotta Have It NOW? Well, okay!!

Coming soon to an anthology near you.

ENE reminder

Let's Go Clubbing!

Three on a Match

Happiness Is a Tickle Hole

Philadelphia: The Emerald City!

Mozart My Figaro!

Crackers, Salsa, and Me!

Barnestorming!

Erotochanukomedy!

Golly G!

It's Beau nouveau season!

Bed. Breakfast. Brussels.

I gotta, she gotta, we gotta have it!

Bunny Slippers O'Clock

Mayumism!

Erotic Literary Salon videos

Alison's Meta-Offer

"The laughter becomes the sex."