Upcoming events: Book parties, erotica panel, cupcake blog anniversary, and In The Flesh!

I have a bunch of events, which you can find out more about on my website or just see the RSS calendar on the left-hand side here. I promise much fun at the parties and will try to pack as much info into our just-under-an-hour December 1st seminar as possible.



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
6PM Crossdressing book party

6PM Reception, 7PM Program, $10. With Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel & authors Helen Boyd & Veronica Vera, pictured below



"Explore the erotic thrill of crossing the gender divide and mixing things up in these sultry stories about slipping into something more comfortable. From a femme who channels Marlene Dietrich in the sexiest of suits to a high-powered male executive whose tearoom trick is thrilled by his lingerie, these characters boldly indulge their fantasies of being a girl . . . or a guy . . . for a night," according to Crossdressing. Rachel Kramer Bussel is senior editor at Penthouse Variations, host of the In The Flesh Erotic Reading Series, and wrote the popular "Lusty Lady" column for The Village Voice. Helen Boyd is the author of My Husband Betty, which was a finalist for a Lambda Literary award, and the follow-up memoir, She's Not the Man I Married. Veronica Vera (MissVera.com) is the author of Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls: Tips, Tales and Teachings from the Dean of the World's First Crossdressing Academy and Miss Vera's Crossdress for Success: A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls. Miss Vera's Academy is in New York City.

December 1, noon
Erotica panel at 20th Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair
[12:00pm - 12:50pm] In the Flesh: Writing and Publishing Erotica moderated by Rachel Kramer Bussel
With Polly Frost (Deep Inside), Tsaurah Litzky (Erotica Professor, The New School), and Sofia Quintero (Divas Don't Yield, Contributor, Iridescence and Dirty Girls).

The New York Center for Indpendent Publishing is located in the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Landmark Building at 20 West 44th Street (bet. 5th and 6th Aves) in midtown Manhattan.

December 6, 6 pm - 9 pm
Cupcakes Take the Cake Third Anniversary Party!

RSVP here (and sign up for our monthly Meetup!)

The number #1 blog about cupcakes is celebrating three years of "All Cupcakes, All The Time" with a sweet bash. It's not a costume party, but we encourage you to put on a little frosting because the best cupcake-inspired outfit will win a prize.
There will also be a raffle and CUPCAKES!

Sponsors include: Crumbs, Carolyn's Kitchen, Kumquat Cupcakery and Sugar Sweet Sunshine.

December 14, 7 pm - 8:45 pm
Sex and Candy: 22 Succulent Stories party - Books will be here by then, probably early December, I'll post when they're available for sale, on Amazon or from me. Free cupcakes at party from Kumquat Cupcakery, who makes the perfect size minis right in Williamsburg. Super yum! So yeah, excerpts and details when I actually have the book in my hands; for now, my publisher has a MySpace site and a blog dedicated to sex and candy.



December 20

IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th at 8 PM
AT HAPPY ENDING LOUNGE, 302 BROOME STREET, NYC
(B/D to Grand, J/M/Z to Bowery, F to Delancey or F/V to 2nd Avenue, http://www.happyendinglounge.com)
Admission: Free
Happy Ending Lounge: 212-334-9676
http://inthefleshreadingseries.blogspot.com

Celebrate the sexy holiday spirit with erotic writing from Judy McGuire (How Not to Date), Abiola Abrams (Dare), M. David Hornbuckle (The Salvation of Billy Wayne Carter), Marcelle Manhattan (Sexegesis), and Molly X reading erotic haiku. Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Best Sex Writing 2008, He’s on Top, She’s on Top). Door prizes include copies of Alison Tyler’s Naughty or Nice: Christmas Erotica Stories. Free candy canes and cupcakes will be served.

In the Flesh is a monthly reading series hosted at the appropriately named Happy Ending Lounge, and features the city's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by acclaimed erotic writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words. Since its debut in October 2005, In the Flesh has featured such authors as Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Lily Burana, Jessica Cutler, Stephen Elliott, Valerie Frankel, Polly Frost, Gael Greene, Andy Horwitz, Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Emily Scarlet Kramer of CAKE, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Edith Layton, Logan Levkoff, Suzanne PortnoySofia Quintero, M.J. Rose, Lauren Sanders, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Dana Vachon, Veronica Vera, Susan Wright, and many others. The series has gotten press attention from the New York Times’s UrbanEye, Escape (Hong Kong), Flavorpill, The L Magazine, New York Magazine, Philadelphia City Paper, Time Out New York, Gothamist, Nerve.com and Wonkette, and has been praised by Dr. Ruth. This is not Amanda Stern’s Happy Ending Reading Series.