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Full Exposure
I was pleased to be able to spend some time over at the lovely Miss Bebe Balocca’s blog this week. An erotica author herself, Bebe does a wonderful job of helping spread the word about the genre and its authors. Thanks for having me, Bebe! You can read the blog here.
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Tagged as: authors, Bebe Balocca, erotica, guest blog, interview, writers
The pigeon-holing of erotica (and no, that’s not sexual)
It seems to be a flaw common to most of humanity—the desire to categorize and label absolutely everything we need come into contact with. If the world doesn’t have a clear classification scheme into which everything we encounter will fit, we just freak out! But it’s also one of the most frustrating things about being […]
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Tagged as: algorithms, Anne Rice, authors, categories, categorization, e-readers, erotica, Globe and Mail, Jane Drummond, novelists, pigeon-holed, pseudonym, taxonomy, writing, Yann Martel
Alan in Exile
Last week I left you with this: “It was to be the last book I would read for three years.” And you did indeed read that correctly—for three years, the time it took me to write Spank, I did not pick up a novel by another author. I’m sure you’re asking “why?” and with good […]
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Tagged as: Accordian Crimes, Alan Daniels, Annie Proulx, authors, Autograph Man, book clubs, book list, Brick Lane, Don De Lillo, erotica, fiction, Hemingway, inspiration, literary giants, literature, Monica Ali, novels, reading, reading list, Theroux, writing, writing process, Zadie Smith
Confession of a grateful writer
Writers are often asked who inspires them, what writers have most influenced them on their literary journey. The number of authors I admire and enjoy are too numerous to list here, but I thought I might tell you about one writer who influenced the creation of Spank. That would be author and journalist Daphne Merkin, […]
Amazon and Writers Who Write…
This week, a controversial practice at Amazon HQ was brought to light by an author and blogger in the US. It seems that officials at the world’s top online retailer of books has decided that authors are not permitted to post reviews—either positive or negative—of other authors. Yes, you read it correctly. Writers have been […]
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Tagged as: Alan Daniels, Amazon, authors, book reviews, competition, critique, genre, New York Times, policy, product reviews, publishing, reviewing, reviews
