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Keepers of the Library #15
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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...
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,...
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,...
Horror, Inspiration and a Review of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
What follows is something of my thoughts on inspiration but mostly a review of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs: One of my favourite genres to write in is horror. The macabre, the creepy, the gross and disgusting. That’s not to mention the more cosmic-horror of a...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...