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The Writers’ Union of Canada ‘ethical’ AI

The Writer's Union of Canada has sent an email to its members, titled Global Author Coalition Launches Ethical AI Charter. October 14, 2026For Immediate Release Global Author Coalition Launches Ethical AI CharterAs this country’s cultural sector continues to wait for...

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Kingsport Knockout – Chapter 1

Kingsport Knockout – Chapter 1

Enjoy this teaser from Chapter 1. Everything was hot in The Hole, even the stripper pole that Natalia wrapped her supple hand around. Her black leather corset clung to her damp skin, her large breasts heaving as she walked the stage in stiletto heels. She could be...

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The Time for Monsters Teaser

The Time for Monsters Teaser

Enjoy this teaser from Chapter 3. “We should make the most of this moment. There’s no telling how this operation will go down. As good as we are, the company’s got big assets. Clever people who work for them, aside from me.” The gap between us closes. Lust prickles...

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Innocents by Cathy Coote

Innocents by Cathy Coote

Opening Thoughts Innocents is a masterstroke of storytelling wherein to understand, fully, the story, you have to understand the self protective lies a neglected, abandoned 16 year old girl would tell herself to avoid the reality of her powerlessness. Written when...

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Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

I've been wanting to read Tampa since it came out. Now the book is nearly as old as the teacher's victims, and had me yelling "What the fuck" with every turn of the page. In Alissa Nutting’s novel Tampa, Celeste Price, a smoldering 26-year-old middle-school teacher in...

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The Courtesan’s Curse

The Courtesan’s Curse

The last thing she remembers is a hot man's flesh against hers. In fact, that's the only thing that she remembers. In a quest to find out who she truly is she finds herself caught between thieves, murderers, the city guard and twisted cultists serving a dark god. Very...

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Pod-forgers #1

Pod-forgers #1

Schedule: (01:00) Contemporary Romance Author Alexis Abbott's success with the books Sold to the Hitman & Saved by the Outlaw (08:20) Newfoundland Library Closures & Book Tax and how Libraries have shaped us. (30:39) Sex work advocacy, strippers, Love &...

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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!

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War-torn

War-torn

Evil has triumphed. The Eternal War rages, devouring the lives and passions and dreams of everyone it touches. Society is corrupted after centuries of carnage. The rebels take action, but after a botched assassination attempt, even more than their lives are at risk....

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Possessed by the Vampire: Caught (Book 3)

Possessed by the Vampire: Caught (Book 3)

Her body can unite the vampire and the vampire hunter in bliss. Anjasa expected that Jaral, a vampire, and Luscius, a vampire hunter, wouldn't get along. After all, Luscius was intent on killing Jaral, but now she's taken them both as her lovers, and life couldn't be...

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Possessed by the Vampire: Hunted (Book 2)

Possessed by the Vampire: Hunted (Book 2)

Jaral sucking the blood from her throat gives her the rush of life she craves. Anjasa believed that vampires were only fantasy, until she's captured by one, and saved by another. The thrill of danger, the rush of arousal, entices her to stay by Jaral's side. But...

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Possessed by the Vampire: Claimed (Book 1)

Possessed by the Vampire: Claimed (Book 1)

In a never ending life, one must go to much higher extremes to feel alive. Anjasa is hundreds of years old, and though she's still beautiful and cunning, she's tiring of the routine. Her life takes a terrifying -- yet thrilling -- turn when she's kidnapped by a noble,...

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The Fembot

The Fembot

In the not-distant future, women are nothing more than a commodity to be traded and programmed for a single purpose. Andrea is special. She's all-natural. But before Mr. Raynor purchased her, she was also brilliant, stubborn, and kind. The medical procedure took care...

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Keepers of the Library #14 & Horror

Keepers of the Library #14 & Horror

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! Here's our complete list of what horror movies we've recently loved in no particular order: Haunting / Paranormal:...

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The Warlord’s Queen (Paranormal Romance)

The Warlord’s Queen (Paranormal Romance)

“Even if shame marked me as history’s fool, I would drag you back into the north, claim a dark, cold cave, and make it warm with our passion.” Mirella, the once slave, now lives a posh existence through a stolen life. Wed to the God-King Kulav, their passionate love...

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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 #12

Keepers of the Library #12

We talk about murderers, kinks, writing what we love, romance, and s-s-s-sluts. Listen on Libsyn: Listen on Youtube: Download Link: Libsyn.

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Darknest: A Dark Fantasy Anthology

Darknest: A Dark Fantasy Anthology

Darknest Fantasy Erotica presents a collection from seven erotic authors sure to push you to the limits of your psyche. In the darkest corners of your fantasies, these stories lurk. Waiting to tease and please, these shorts are darkly erotic, and will make you lust...

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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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Keepers of the Library #9

In which we talk about ethics, reviews, fantasy novels, D&D, guild wars 2, and how much we hate each other. Youtube: Libsyn: Download Link.

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Corrupted Hearts

Corrupted Hearts

After all, even demons deserve a chance at love. With her angelic wings and his demonic horns they were never meant to come together. But his red eyes trap her and her seductive wings lure him. Their hot demon blood crashes. What starts as one night of carnal pleasure...

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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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Her Descent

Her Descent

In the dead of night, the monsters call for her. A noble woman with a thirst for more feels the primal pull of beings that shouldn't exist when she falls beneath the surface of the earth. Saved by a monstrous man from the clutches of two vampires, she quickly realizes...

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Paranormal Romance Releases!

Paranormal Romance Releases!

a Rafflecopter giveaway J.E. & M. Keep - The Vixen Arises A cryptic warning from a beautiful man, a desperate need for her blood from her vampire lover, and Anjasa is forced out of her apathy. For too long, she'd been hedonistic without purpose, and now the elven...

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The Vixen Torn & The Vixen Arises Giveaway

The Vixen Torn & The Vixen Arises Giveaway

Hi everyone, Make sure that you take the time to enter to win a very special, autographed paperback copy of The Vixen Torn or The Vixen Arises on Goodreads 🙂 You'll have an increased chance of winning if you add them to your Goodreads To-Read shelf, as well, or so...

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Ruby Fielding’s Hunted – An Erotic Shapeshifter Romance

Ruby Fielding’s Hunted – An Erotic Shapeshifter Romance

Hey guys! A friend of ours has a new paranormal release out, and she's here to tell you all about it! Ruby Fielding’s new shifter novella, Hunted, was published by James Grieve Press on 16th January. Should she struggle to survive alone or give in to desire and risk...

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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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Blog Tour: Siren Song by A.C. Warneke

  Siren Song by A.C. Warneke Description: A wolf For eighteen years Duncan Tremain has been able to control his wolf, only letting the beast out to play when the moon is full. This unyielding discipline has given him the ability to conquer whatever hardship...

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Switch by Janelle Stalder

Another giveaway of a really cool sounding book 🙂 Plus she grew up near me (Michelle!)   Switch by Janelle Stalder Description: All’s fair in love and war. Two thirds of the world's population has been wiped out, devastated by the worst war earth has ever seen....

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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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Magic Academy

Magic Academy

Out of a young woman’s ambition comes a love triangle that could destroy more than her heart. Firia is smart, ambitious, and a natural in magic. She's also a human, and thought to be a weaker spellcaster than the elves. She needs an edge to be accepted into the...

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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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When Dreamers Wake Trailer & Book Tour

When Dreamers Wake Trailer & Book Tour

When Dreamers Wake is going on tour! Come check out our trailer and our book tour 🙂 It's going on until November 27th and will include reviews, blog posts, interviews and... prizes! If you haven't entered the giveaway yet, do it now before you forget. We really want...

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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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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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When Dreamers Wake

When Dreamers Wake

The Old Gods have risen and moved on, leaving Earth in ruins. Leon liked that just fine. He got along better after the collapse of society, and has his own vision for how things should be run: with him in charge of his own fate, with many lovers beneath him. Yet when...

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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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Erotic Book Giveaway

Erotic Book Giveaway

This weekend September 13th – 15th the Erotic Authors Guild is sponsoring a huge Erotic Book giveaway.  Right now we have more than 30 titles and keep getting more.  So come join in the event and load up your favorite reading devices with lots of free titillating...

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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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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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Two Awesome Giveaways!

Two Awesome Giveaways!

So hopefully everyone has entered into our giveaway for $100 in prizes. If you haven't, well, what are you waiting for?! a Rafflecopter giveaway But as well, we have ANOTHER giveaway hosted by a lot of fantastic authors for the Magik and Mayhem Blog Tour starting...

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The Warlord’s Concubine Blog Tour & Awesome Giveaway!

The Warlord’s Concubine Blog Tour & Awesome Giveaway!

We're doing a book tour for The Warlord's Concubine, so it's an awesome chance to do a giveaway! Starting tomorrow, you'll have a chance to win the grand prize of $50 for Amazon, or one of five $10 Amazon Gift Certificates! Plus, for every friend you refer to the...

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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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Free Copy of our newest Epic Fantasy!

Free Copy of our newest Epic Fantasy!

To everyone who hasn't bought The Warlord's Concubine yet, you should! Here's what reviewers are saying: J.E. & M. Keep put forth a balanced story with strong characters and peppered it with exciting and well written smut that keep you wanting more. This is not...

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The Warlord’s Concubine

The Warlord’s Concubine

“You’ll serve me no matter what happens. If I come back defeated, and the witches sorcery has driven you mad, I’ll grab you by the hair and drag you into the north to rut still.” A dark warlord. A middle aged handmaiden. A stubborn princess. The warlord has plans for...

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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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Vile

Vile

The world is a wasteland. Viles -- humans warped into mindless monsters driven by rage -- roam the tortured and nuked land. Alex is a sheltered 'bunker babe', born and raised safely beneath the surface of the earth. Her people are dying, and despite the horrors of the...

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Bound by Forbidden Love (Banned on Amazon)

Bound by Forbidden Love (Banned on Amazon)

When young Glin is found on Angelique's doorstep, lost and abandoned by his family, she takes him in. Years later, she takes him in again when his friends turn their back on him. He's grown into a beautiful man, and though she tries to fight her needs, her lust, it's...

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One Charr’s Bauble – Pt. 3

She couldn’t remember how long it took her to pass out, thirsty, exhausted, and--above all else--pained. But when she awoke it was with a smack of a palm against her face, “You’ve been sleeping on the job,” that now familiar, hateful voice told her. The only...

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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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One Charr’s Bauble – Pt. 2

The next few hours were but a blur, though she could remember the brutish Ryzkar lifting her limply retching form up off the ground and flashes of him carrying her back to the camp in the dark of night. She jarred to consciousness inside a large command tent for a...

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Every Beginning is Also an End

As the horse-drawn carriage pulled up along the country road, the two misty eyed sylvari within gazed out to the source of the rising smoke trail. Looking simply distraught, the well-dressed male--attired in human clothes, an expensive mix of black, white and red--put...

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