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Pod-forgers #1

Pod-forgers #1

Download Link Pod-forgers is the official podcast of Pathforgers Publishing and Darknest owners, J.E. & M. Keep (aka Alexis Abbott, Candy Quinn). Schedule: (01:00) Contemporary Romance Author Alexis Abbott's success with the books Sold to the Hitman & Saved by...

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Free & Discounted Steamy Fantasy Books

Possessed by the Vampire: Claimed (Book 1) - $.99 FREE Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca Amazon.com.au   Possessed by the Vampire: Hunted (Book 2) - $3.99 $0.99 Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca Amazon.com.au (Unfortunately the $0.99 deal is not available in...

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The Warlord’s Series – Free Weekend!

The Warlord's Concubine (Book 1) - $3.99 FREE Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca Amazon.com.au   The Warlord's Queen (Book 2) - $3.99 FREE Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca Amazon.com.au   More free & discounted books this weekend: Possessed by the...

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Keepers of the Library #16

Keepers of the Library #16

Join us as we talk about changes to Darknest, the launch of our newest fantasy novel, what we're working on now, and what we'd do with a million bucks! Download Link

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Keepers of the Library #14

Keepers of the Library #14

Today we're going to talk about finding a partner, even if it's just for casual sex or erotic role play, and also our top 10-ish horror movies! Direct Download Here's our complete list of what horror movies we've recently loved in no particular order: Haunting /...

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Win a Kindle Touch!

All our fans here know we love a good giveaway, so we hooked you up with another one! 6 chances to win either a Kindle Touch or gift certificates 🙂 a Rafflecopter giveaway Meet Our Sponsors: The Happy Endings Book List sends the best FREE and discounted Romance...

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Find Your Next Favourite Author!

Find Your Next Favourite Author!

Hey! We've teamed up with 19 other authors to share with you some awesome chances for you to find new-to-you authors, and win some fabulous prizes while we're at it! We've asked the authors to introduce themselves, so check them out 🙂 J.E. & M. Keep (that's us!)...

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Keepers of the Library #13

Direct Download Criminal: http://amzn.to/1eT0Rh9 Her Descent: http://amzn.to/1Iprqmt The Warlord's Concubine: http://amzn.to/1M4YZir Email: admin [at] jmkeep (dot) com https://jmkeep.com https://jmkeep.com/newsletter http://www.darknestfantasyerotica.com

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Half-a-cent per page is not a living wage for novelists

Amazon has made some huge changes to how it's paying authors for borrows under its Kindle Unlimited program. Previously, all authors were paid the same for all books, regardless of length - an average of $1.39 that has constantly been dropping over the last 6 months....

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Keepers of the Library #10

As our spooktacular Halloween episode, we talk to fellow monster erotica aficionado, E.K. Sabins, about Amazon, taboos, and Gauis Baltar. https://jmkeep.com/halloween-2014/ https://jmkeep.com/newsletter http://www.amazon.com/E.-K.-Sabins/e/B00H2NUT7W Youtube: Libsyn:...

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Scifi, Fantasy, Romance & Erotica Podcast #8

Big news in this podcast! http://thewriterskeep.libsyn.com/scifi-fantasy-erotica-podcast-8 Also available for download on Libsyn https://jmkeep.com https://jmkeep.com/newsletter http://patreon.com/jmkeep https://jmkeep.com/coming-soon-theodoras-descent...

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Enter to Win: Name Our Podcast!

So the J.E. & M. Keep Fantasy Scifi Erotica Whatever podcast name just isn't working for us. We have no idea why. Something about 'constantly forgetting the name of our podcast' or 'moving away from erotica kind of' or 'what the fuck who names their podcast that?'...

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The Ways In Which We Write and Reach Out

The Ways In Which We Write and Reach Out

Normally we talk a lot about the typical sort of thing, us authors do enjoy talking about our for-sale books, and why wouldn’t we? That’s what puts the food on the table for many, that’s the substance of our dream before us: our physical (or at least e-physical) proof...

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Censorship, the End of Erotica, A Hope?

Censorship, the End of Erotica, A Hope?

Despite our best efforts to play by Amazon’s rules (their rather unhelpful “about what you’d expect” rule that is) our publishing account was suspended this week. We watched in horror as our whole livelihood -- my full time job -- was threatened before our very eyes,...

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The Perfect Ending

One of the comments that we’ve gotten about The Mistress is that people weren’t satisfied with the ending. For a long time, this really confused Joshua and myself. There may be spoilers here, so go buy the book, read it, return here and discuss with us J So, now that...

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Stoic Characters

Stoic characters have always fascinated me. I’m a chronic oversharer and an all-around incredibly open person. My heart is on my sleeve, and I don’t hide my emotions very well. So these characters that can avoid the lure of truthfulness are really interesting to me....

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Scifi Must Breed!

I really love Scifi fiction, especially when it’s paired with the popular ‘must breed!’ trope. I think it ties in with my desire to see this hang-up about sex and sexuality get abolished. I’m tired of monogamy being touted as the only way, despite being in a...

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Lovecraftian Endings

As you should likely know by now, Joshua and myself are big fans of H.P. Lovecraft. His mastery of horror and suspense is astounding, especially as it has held up so well against the test of time. But what I like most about his books are his endings. I talked before...

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Polygamy in Erotica and Erotic Romance

*Originally posted on OneHandedWriters, a blog for romance and erotica readers & authors.* I always thought that polygamy would be the lifestyle for me. When I was 16, I was friends with a woman on Livejournal. She was a sweet, if tortured, soul. Some said that...

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Sex Workers & Canadian Laws

Sex Workers & Canadian Laws

Prostitution has never been illegal in Canada. However, there were certain things associated with being a certain type of prostitute that were. In the end, being a prostitute was legal, unless you were poor and unable to work in the comfort and security of a safe home...

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After Christmas Presents

INSATIABLE READS "Secret Santa" Christmas Giveaway! December 26-28 Insatiable Reads wants to be YOUR "Secret Santa!" Follow the Rafflecopter link, join an author mailing list - and you could win a Kindle HDX! And entered to win an author giveaway! What's behind each...

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Feelings

Feeling is very important to me. One of the greatest gifts I could possibly give to our readers and fans is emotion. Raw, honest, heartfelt emotion. After all, what more personal way can you reach out to someone than by tugging their heart strings? As a society we...

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Empathy and Beautiful Sorrow

Maybe it’s because I’m an empathetic person, but I didn’t really find it funny or strange that the character in American Beauty was able to find such beauty in nothing more than garbage. Some days I, too, feel like I will be overwhelmed by the sorrowful beauty in the...

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Death, Mourning, and Loss of Friends

Death doesn’t wait for everything to be perfect. There was this silly saying that I used to mindlessly repeat, that no one dies with an empty inbox. I thought I got it – that there will always be things to do. But that’s not really what it means it all. It means that...

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(Never) Judge a Book by Its Cover

Anjasa is an enigma. She seems to be one thing – a calm seductress, a gold digger. She should be a courtesan or a stripper, parting men from their hard earned money, but she’s left those things behind. Instead, she’s looking for fun. A good time. But even someone so...

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Male Kinks and Fantasies

When Dreamers Wake was my baby. My present to Joshua after he plotted out a bunch of stories that played on my kinks and desires for stories. It was a lot of fun to plan the overall story arch, from the innocent beginnings with a random tryst to something so much...

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Inspiration, Promotion and Creativity

*Originally posted on OneHandedWriters, a blog for romance and erotica readers & authors.* I have to admit. I love writing. I love exploring new characters that are so different from myself, and writing books that I want to read. But publishing, too, affords me a...

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Hiding in Plain Sight

*Originally posted on OneHandedWriters, a blog for romance and erotica readers & authors.* No individual is one-dimensional. We're all different, depending on who knows us. Depending on what parts of our personalities we let people in on. We can be depraved or...

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Who loves fantasy romance?

Who loves fantasy romance?

I know we have a lot of fantasy romance fans here! Stay tuned because later this week is BIG news, but until then we're going to save you some money! A bunch of other awesome authors and us are participating in this really awesome promo for readers. Everything here is...

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Banned Books – October 2013

Banned Books – October 2013

Hey, We just wanted to let you know that things have gotten rather serious with our vendors as Joshua wrote about the other day. Kobo has temporarily removed all of our books along with many other authors. Amazon has removed the Teenage Slut series from sale and we're...

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Book Burning in the Digital Age

A crusade is reignited and a new witch hunt has begun. As the past has always indicated to us, yet again it’s the weak who shall suffer and the strong who proper, regardless of the intents of the morally indignatious. If you’re not aware, the media, abetted by a...

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Reviewing Systems

Reviewing Systems

I admit, I’m the person who reads the reviews. I select ‘4 stars or greater’ on Amazon. And I think it’s a terrible habit I need to break. Why? Because it’s paralyzing. Because it leads to excuses not to buy something I probably would have liked. Because there is...

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Making Readers Feel…

Making Readers Feel…

When I was younger, there was one song that I absolutely loved and identified with. It was actually from a movie, a Kevin Smith movie, no less. It was called “Alive” and was belted with such emotion by Joey Lauren Adams. The ballad is absolutely beautiful, I think,...

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Scifi, Fantasy & Erotica Podcast #3

Join J.E. & M. Keep (https://jmkeep.com) for their third podcast on scifi, fantasy and erotica! You can get 3 free ebooks (including Part 1 of In Search of Innocence) by signing up here: https://jmkeep.com/newsletter Purchase Bound as the World...

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Themes in Scifi / Fantasy

Themes in Scifi / Fantasy

One of the things that Joshua and I love doing is discussing themes and characters from our favourite entertainment. We went to see Elysium a couple of weeks back, and the next 24-48 hours was a joy of discussing the underlying themes (the division of rich and poor,...

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Weak Characters

Weak Characters

Some people think that Cassidy, the female lead from Bound as the World Burns is dumb. An airhead. I mean, the apocalypse is here, right? Why isn’t she out there, kicking some ass? And I just have to boggle at that mindset. The story is this: Cassidy is an 18 year old...

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Happily Ever Afters

Happily Ever Afters

Some people want romances to always have a happily ever after. I can get that, get behind it even, but that’s not what I want. I want the characters to be real, and I want them to have problems they don’t always overcome. I want them to love each other, even though...

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Love and Twisted Relationships

Love and Twisted Relationships

We’re junkies for twisted relationships. Dominant characters with murky intentions, who have secrets and hoard them away. Characters who are opportunistic but find with this one person, they can be themselves. Their true selves. I think that’s what we really managed...

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What is Paranormal Romance?

What is Paranormal Romance?

It’s kind of strange to call The Warlord’s Concubine a Paranormal Romance. When I hear paranormal, I’m still thinking of ghosts and the occult. Of modern day Satanists and wiccans. Yet calling it a fantasy romance makes me think of, like, a vacation cruise where you...

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How to Write Erotica

How to Write Erotica

When we were the keynote speakers for the Risque Sex Expo in May, one of our speeches was on how to write erotica. We really want to share with you what we think are our top tips for burgeoning fetishists. Some people think that writing erotica is easy – I mean, how...

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Mystery in Books

Mystery in Books

One of the things I’ve always loved about books is mystery. Not the detective with the magnifying glass, but just things that are left unspoken. Before writing, reading has always been a chance to flex my creative muscles, and to help spin the web of stories that the...

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Is Having Rape Fantasies Normal?

Is Having Rape Fantasies Normal?

I know this is a common question. It’s one of the things that people want to know. Male, female, trans, cis, gender fluid… it doesn’t matter. People of all genders, of all sexes, of all orientations may, at times, have rape fantasies. And yes, it’s okay. I won’t go so...

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What is Dark Erotica?

What is Dark Erotica?

What is dark erotica? Dark erotica is typically taboo erotica where the lines of consent or right and wrong become blurred. This might be because of a close, family relationship (daddy/daughter, brother/sister, mother/son, etc.) It might be because of lack of consent...

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Urge to Breed – Musings on a Picture

Urge to Breed – Musings on a Picture

My greatest sexual desire is probably the urge to breed. To shove my dick into a warm, fertile cunt and dump my load with full knowledge of the chances of knocking her up. Yet, I love and respect my partner so much, and cherish her for being my equal, and don’t wish...

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Dark Fantasy Erotica

Dark Fantasy Erotica

I sometimes have a really difficult time reading dark erotica in contemporary settings. It’s fairly popular (if you know what you’re looking for) to find kidnapping, and sexual slavery, and rape erotica. There’s a lot of absolutely fantastic authors like Skye Warren,...

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Why Can’t I Find Porn on Tumblr?

Why Can’t I Find Porn on Tumblr?

This week there was a rather huge change to how Tumblr interacts with search engines, and how its own internal search engine works. And neither change is good for those of you looking for adult material. Right now, Tumblr has three settings. Safe for Work, Not Safe...

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Inspiration: The Warlord’s Concubine

Inspiration: The Warlord’s Concubine

One of the most common questions you get as an author is: where do you get your inspiration? It’s also one of the most complicated and yet simple questions to answer. Anywhere and everywhere, sums it up. Though that’s not particularly helpful or informative to...

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Erotic Podcast #1

Erotic Podcast #1

We're erotica authors, smut peddlers, purveyors of awesome scifi and fantasy filthy. We write twisted romances, and epic adventures. Join us for our very first podcast as we discuss erotica, Darknest, kinks, and address fan questions! Podcast: Download

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Sex in the Media

Sex in the Media

St. John’s, Newfoundland, hosted our first annual Risque Sex Expo earlier this month. We were invited to speak on our erotic works, and give some erotic storytelling over the two days. Needless to say, we were thrilled to be involved in such an awesome, positive,...

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Romance / Erotic Series

Originally posted on One Handed Writers. I read an interesting discussion this week on Goodreads about serialized erotic stories. For those of you that don’t know, serialized erotica is usually a bunch of shorts that blend together to form a full novel, however...

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Amazon Filters Gangbangs, Orgies and Breeding

Amazon Filters Gangbangs, Orgies and Breeding

Originally posted on One Handed Writers. Amazon has now quietly made it harder for you to find the taboo kinks you want on its site, without notice to its readers, authors, publishers, or anyone. They’ve simply quietly slapped a bunch of titles under an adult filter...

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Erotica for Men

Erotica for Men

Originally Posted on One Handed Writers. It’s a common misconception that only women read erotica, that men don’t bother with it. After all, we’re told from a young age that men are ‘visual creatures’. Isn’t that on every page in every Cosmo? But it’s not true. In...

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Amazon’s Censoring Taboo Erotica

Originally Posted on One Handed Writers. I write the niches that I know and love. Rape and incest are on almost every ‘no list’ out there, but readers want it. Regardless of what you think about the kinks, erotica is fiction, and those people deserve their kinks...

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Does Writing Erotica Turn You On?

Originally Posted on One Handed Writers under "Does Writing Erotica Make You Aroused?". A lot of people have asked if our writing gets us hot. Well, I wrote not too long ago about how one scene led to some of the best sex I’ve ever had, but I have to say that, as a...

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Dark, Taboo Romance

Dark, Taboo Romance

Originally Posted on One Handed Writers as "Valentine's". I’ve never been one to celebrate Valentine’s. I never really saw the point, and from a feminist perspective, I always found it offensive in how it upheld so many stereotypes about women, and men, and how they...

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Cock Worship

Cock Worship

Originally Posted on One Handed Writers. I’ve been thinking about cock worship quite a lot lately, though much of what I’ll say will apply to you pussy or breast worship fans too. Worship is something I’ve always felt a little too shy to do, both in real life and in...

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Fetlife Brings Back Issue of Paypal Erotica Censorship

Fetlife Brings Back Issue of Paypal Erotica Censorship

Fetlife is no longer allowed* hosting incest, zoophilia or scat.** It doesn't matter if it’s consensual, and between two adults. It doesn't matter if it’s fantasy. It doesn't matter if they’re just idle desires that no one would act out on. On their announcement...

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Obscenity Laws and Erotica

Obscenity Laws and Erotica

Obscenity laws are disgusting. In fact, over all, just the judgemental nature of other people disgusts me. Even in the fetish communities, or erotica publishers, or places where people with kinks congregate, you will always stumble upon someone who will be absolutely...

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One Handed Writers

One Handed Writers

I'm now a blogger over at One Handed Writers, joining the ranks of many other awesome erotica authors. I post every other Sunday, and my first post is now live! Check it out! Make sure to leave a comment over there!

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Popular Erotica

Popular Erotica

It was recently recommended to me to read 50 Shades of Grey, and while I was hesitant the way I always am about popular books, I started in. The first thing that struck me was just how conversational in tone it is. It is written in first person (which is another...

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Darknest

Darknest

I sincerely apologize for the lack of activity. Once more, life has snuck up on me and began eating all of my time. This time it was because my partner and I have recently taken over as owners and admins of Darknest Fantasy Erotica, a forum website dedicated to erotic...

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Taboo Erotica

Taboo Erotica

I've been exploring my sexuality since I was a six year old girl, when I first stumbled upon my father's Playboys. The first thing I did when I got the Internet was start looking up pornography - specifically hentai, since I loved Sailor Moon at the time. I also read...

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What is Erotic Roleplay?

What is Erotic Roleplay?

Erotic Roleplay (ERP) is the exploration of a character's sexuality through text between two people, simply put. It is the development of a character within sexual scenes. Some of these scenes are important, some are not, but all can be immensely satisfying and...

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Bodice Rippers

Bodice Rippers

Forced seduction. Bodice Rippers. Blackmail. Coercion. Stalking. Dominance. Romance novels are filled with rape that isn't called rape. If she says no, and he keeps forcing her into sex, that's not forced seduction. That's rape. If he tells her that she has to have...

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Eden Connor Interview

Eden Connor Interview

This weekend, I did an interview with Eden Connor about Paypal, Erotica, and Female Desires. Go check it out and say hello! She's also doing other interviews with readers and writers recently affected by the erotica ban like Sessha Batto and Remittance Girl.

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Paypal’s Corporate Power

Paypal’s Corporate Power

Last week soured me. Some of you have probably already heard about Paypal and their issues with Bookstrand and Smashwords, but for those of you that don’t follow those circles, Paypal has forced them (and paypal says they were forced by one of the credit card...

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Taboo Erotica

Taboo Erotica

Taboos are different for everyone. Sure, there are some overarching topics that are pretty standard across North America as being taboo such as incest, but for the most part, one person’s taboo erotica is another person’s vanilla pudding. This creates a little bit of...

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Women and Rape Erotica

Women and Rape Erotica

I get off on the fantasy of rape, non-consent, reluctance, dubious consent, etc. It's one of my favourite kinks to write erotica about. That’s not an easy thing to admit as a self-described feminist. Even though a large percentage of women (and men!) do have rape...

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Drow Society

Drow Society

I have spent a lot of time reflecting on sexism in the Drow society, how it reflects on our own prejudices, and specifically, how certain authors ignore the set world in order to better be able to relate with the society. For those of you unfamiliar with drow society...

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Ocera – Interview with a Self-Pubbed Author

Ocera – Interview with a Self-Pubbed Author

Ocera launched on December 4, 2011, and we have an exclusive interview with the author, Joelle D. Haskell, about the process, the characters in Ocera and more! So firstly, how about a little about yourself. How long have you been writing? I started writing as soon as...

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