Now that I’ve got your attention, I want to talk about, well, sex. I’ve been thinking about sex a lot lately. On the positive side, I’m thinking about sex a lot because I’m getting some after a very long drought, … Continue reading
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About Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts by Ursula K. Le Guin In the summer of 1985 my friend Elinor Armer and I were sitting around on ancient iron chaise-longues in the Napa Valley discussing how a composer and a … Continue reading
These are my class notes from LaunchPad Astronomy Workshop, 2011, Sex is such an interesting topic to so many people, and gets portrayed so often, I think the notes are worth repeating.The focus was on heterosexual activity, but some of … Continue reading
We’ve had several recent posts on erotica and its cousins. Jennifer Stevenson contributed “Writing Sex: Who’s Your Horny Reader?” and Deborah Ross wrote “The ‘S’ Word.” Both got me to thinking. Sex is an important part of life, so it … Continue reading
Last week, Jennifer Stevenson posted a great blog on erotica, pornography, and the reader audience (not to mention a few salient words on the difference in sales and hence revenue from women’s erotica versus men’s pornography). I had some interesting … Continue reading
by Jennifer Stevenson I frequently host a “road show” at science fiction conventions called “Smut & Nothing But” where half a dozen authors read aloud explicit sex scenes from science fiction, fantasy, romance, and erotica. There are only two rules: … Continue reading
A few interesting things came across my desk in the last couple of weeks. Unrelated things but interesting none the less. Recently a collection of hunter gatherer tribes in Africa were whole-genome sequenced. (See here.) Africa is the source of … Continue reading
We all know sex sells. Whether or not you like that fact is irrelevant. Because editors know sex sells, they appreciate writers who recognize the value of a marketing tool. Which has unfortunately led to an abundance of inappropriate sex … Continue reading