Reading at Sh! in London

Yes, I know, this actually happened last month -- actually almost a full month ago, but I keep telling you I'm a crappy blogger.  It's taking me a while to get all the pictures sorted and these aren't the best ones of the readers floating around out there, but I did really want to get them up here so the three of you who read this blog could see them!  So, here we are, fresh from reading at the Sh! Women's Store in Hoxton Square.

From left to right are Jacqueline Brocker, Jacqueline Applebee, K D Grace, moi, Janine Ashbless and N J Streitberger.  This is our staid pose with the Sh! wall of toys as an apt backdrop.  Yes, that is one of the signature Sh! girls' glasses of pink bubbly in my hand.  I must say, they kept that glass well-filled! (Thank you, Joanna!)  You might notice that Remittance Girl is conspicuously absent.  We started taking pictures before realizing she'd ducked outside for a quick one (not going to say quick what, though).

And here she is now!  Yes, we are holding, or brandishing (depending on your point of view) cocks.  Well, it is a sex shop, after all.  N J, as the lone male in the picture, got to lovingly hold a velour vulva.

This was such a wonderful evening.  We had quite a crowd but still, I wish you could have all been there -- all three of you.  

Reader not pictured: Ciara Finn

And by the way, I was so late getting there.  I'd spent the entire day at the Tower of London.

What an amazing museum.  Here was our Beefeater guide.

I spent all sorts of time wandering.  I saw the crown jewels and spent the majority of the time in the armory.  I'll post all my tower pictures on facebook soon (I promise).  I spent so much time in the armory that I didn't even have time to see the bloody tower at all!  Yes, that's the place I really, really wanted to see and I didn't get to.  It's just that the armor was so amazing, I couldn't drag myself away.  Then I looked at the time and realized I had to run back to the hotel to change for the reading!  (Next visit for the Bloody Tower!)

So, I got back to the hotel, changed and primped and went downstairs to ask about a cab.  It was rush hour and the cab company said it would take 45 minutes to get there, which was exactly how long I had before the scheduled start, so I hopped back on the tube.  I didn't check the address again and got off at the wrong stop, ten minutes before the reading was to begin.  I asked a cop where the address was and he'd never heard of it (can you imagine?) so I grabbed a cab and told him where I wanted to go.  I was a ways away, as you might imagine.  He got me there about ten minutes late, but most everyone was late.  Evidently the traffic was really bad.  Yay!  So, after I stopped sweating and got rehydrated, and everyone else arrived, we had the best reading ever.  I can't wait to do it again!

Thanks Sh! Girlz.

Hey, I have a hot fem dom story in this book, Ageless Erotica, edited by Joan Price.  Here's a copy of her latest blog about the upcoming release.  Don't you just lurve the cover?

Ageless Erotica coming soon!

I'm thrilled to announce that Ageless Erotica will come out at the end of February 2013 from Seal Press! In this groundbreaking anthology, 29 writers age 50+ write steamy erotica featuring sexy characters who are also age 50+.

This is not your usual erotica with a few wrinkles slapped on -- these are stories that show how hot sex can be at our age. This collection embraces the agelessness of sexuality while still realistically acknowledging the changes that accompany aging.

Some selections are tender and loving, while others are edgy and kinky. But whether characters are going solo, having spicy sex with partners they love and have loved for decades, or engaging in casual encounters, every story included in these pages aims to arouse and to rejoice in the sensual side of aging.

Ageless Erotica is a stimulating celebration of the many pleasures of “well-seasoned” sex.

Check out the contents:

INTRODUCTION Joan Price

TO BED Erobintica

SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE Nancy Weber 

DOLORES PARK Dale Chase

INVITATION TO LUNCH Donna George Storey

OTHER PEOPLE’S STUFF Susan St. Aubin

LADY BELLA I.G. Frederick 

HAND JOBS Kate Dominic

SMOOTH AND SLIPPERY Doug Harrison 

TONY TEMPO Tsaurah Litzky 

BETTER THAN VIBRATORS Cheri Crystal

AFTER TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS Dorothy Freed

MY NEW VAGINA Audrienne Roberts Womack

TRAIN RIDE Harris Tweed 

AT THE WANE OF THE MOON Bill Noble

PEAS IN A POD Maryn Blackburn

ENDLESS PRAISE, TIMELESS LOVE Linda Poelzl

THE HOTEL LOUNGE Skyler Karadan

COMING FULL CIRCLE Cela Winter

GEORGE Lorna Lee

IN THE MEANTIME Miriam Kura

MR. SMITH, MS. JONES WILL SEE YOU NOW D.L. King

JAGUAR DREAMS Evvy Lynn

TOAST FOR BREAKFAST Cheyenne Blue

BY THE BOOK Rae Padilla Francoeur

BLIND, NOT DEAD Johnny Dragona

AFTER DINNER EUPHORIA Peter Baltensperger

THE WACKY IRAQI, THE SHAMAN LOVER, AND ME Erica Manfred

BEYOND THE DOUBLE DOORS Sue Katz 

MORNING Belle Burroughs Shepherd
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
ABOUT THE EDITOR 

I'll share excerpts and tell you more about the writers soon. If you'd like to be emailed when Ageless Erotica is available for purchase, please email Joan Price with "Ageless Erotica notification" in the subject header, and I'll let you know the moment copies are available. You can also pre-order on Amazon.

Blackpool!

Yes, I know, I've been back for a week now and I'm just getting to blogging about my trip to Britain.  But I've told you on many occasions that I'm a crap blogger so it's your own fault if you were thinking you'd get this sooner. (Yes, when all else fails, blame the viewer...)

I went to work on Monday, the 19th and left for the airport that evening.   Got to London at 8 in the morning, took the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station, then the tube to Euston Station to wait for my train to Blackpool.  I arrived around threeish in the afternoon and grabbed a cab to my hotel.  This is a picture of Blackpool outside my window!

I love Blackpool.  I love the rock and the fish and chips and the beach, but mostly I love getting to see Ashley Lister and his family.  We've been friends for years but I don't get across the pond very often to visit.  This time I ate the best fish and chips ever at Harry Ramsden's. I wandered around with the two Ashleys.  I spoke about editing and publishing to a class of creative writing students at Blackpool and Fylde College.  I bought lots of Blackpool rock and I had the privilege of reading at one of the coolest erotic readings ever at the #5 Cafe.  For better or worse, Ashley the younger recorded several of the readings and two of mine appear on You Tube.  You can watch me read an excerpt from my story "Whore" (One Night Only, edited by Violet Blue for Cleis Press) and my story "Hound and Hare" from my upcoming anthology, Under Her Thumb (Cleis Press).

You might also enjoy a reading of Ashley Lister's story, "Kiss and Make Up" from my anthology, The Sweetest Kiss (Cleis Press).  This one was read by Vicky Ellis.  Or perhaps Remittance Girl's "The Dark Garden" from Coming Together Presents Remittance Girl. There were more recordings made and if they are put up on You Tube, I'll include them here.

I'll tell you all about my trip to London and my cheap day return to Paris in the next installment.

Call for Submissions!

Slave Girls: Erotic Stories of Submission

Edited by D. L. King

To be published by Cleis Press

Deadline: January 15, 2013

Payment: $50 plus 2 copies of the anthology

D. L. King is looking for Master/Slave erotica that will turn her into a mass of quivering flesh.

Let me warn you: I’m a dominant woman.  It will take real work to make me go all gooey from stories of female submission, but you can do it.  I know you can do it because I’ve read fem sub stories that have really turned me on.

But to do that, they’ve got to be well written and smart.  The girl can’t be a doormat or a cipher; she’s got to be just as smart as the story.  And the dom can’t be an alpha male wannabe or clone; he’s got to be real; flaws and all.  He can be a sadist or he can be kind, but he’s got to care about his slave.  And don’t forget the girl; she’s got to know who she is and what she wants (or learn that in the course of the story) and go after it.  And what she gets has to be hot.  You know me; I’m going to need to feel her pain – and her pleasure.  Her need to submit or to serve has to turn me on as much as it does her master.  And, by the way, I’m going to need to feel his pleasure, too.

The majority of these stories will be male dominant/female submissive, but I won’t say no to a few female/female stories, as well.  The characters must connect but please remember that this is an anthology of erotica, not erotic romance.  I am not interested in stories of humiliation.  I am interested in stories of sex and pleasure and pain – and need.

Stories should be between 2,000 and 3,500 words, double-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman. Please indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch and do not include extra lines between paragraphs. No fancy fonts, no weird sizes, no bizarre formatting, no strange colors, please. Do not put a cover sheet on your story.

Send your story as a .doc (NOT a .docx. You can assure this by saving your story as a Word 97-2003 document.) attachment and include the title, pseudonym (if applicable) and your legal name and mailing address to slaveantho@gmail.com. The subject line should read: Submission: TITLE. Please include a professional bio of 50 words or less. Direct any questions to the same address. Original stories only. (If you are absolutely unable to send a .doc attachment, I will accept an rtf—but I won’t be happy about it.)