How do erotica writers get their inspiration?

I'm asking the contributors to Best Bondage Erotica 2014 exactly that in mini interviews on the book's Tumblr. So far, these writers have answered that question along with their favorite sentence or paragraph from their story (I'll be answering soon about my dom with two subs story "Dual Mastery"):

Lucy Felthouse, author of "Clipped"

Annabeth Leong, author of "Eel"

Elizabeth Coldwell, author of "Wearing Purple"

Kay Jaybee, author of "Behind the Door"

James McArthur, author of "No Strings Attached"

Annabel Joseph, author of "The Neckcloth"

Emily Bingham, author of "Pegged"

Happy kinky New Year: Best Bondage Erotica 2014 is out now, and more sexy reading

I'm so vain I started the new year with a new book selfie (actually more excited about this gorgeous kinky book)

What a way to start the new year: Best Bondage Erotica 2014, the 4th in my annual series for Cleis Press, just came out and I'm so thrilled with how beautiful the cover is and how hot the stories are. I'm also reading submissions for Best Bondage Erotica 2015 (deadline is March 1st, so get writing!). This one is especially exciting because I'm publishing many of these esteemed authors for the first time, including ones like Annabel Joseph, who already have readers clamoring for their next sexy book. Here's what reviewers are saying:

The Frisky Fairy has excerpts from "Roping the Cowboy" by Teresa Noelle Roberts, "Tart Cherry" by Kathleen Delaney-Adams and "The Neckcloth" by Annabel Joseph, and wrote:

There are not enough words in the English language to tell you how much I loved this book. I was able to find new and exciting stories that turned me on, and that is a rarity. The language and content were able to thrill me on multiple levels, and I really feel that this book has enough content for everyone that it would be hard to be disappointed. I was incredibly impressed with the diversity across the pages, as I feel there is not enough diversity in erotica and many erotic anthologies. There was diversity in body types, relationship types, gender roles, sex, gender, and gender presentation. The bondage itself ranged from beginner to advanced, but the stories still displayed the same feeling of intimacy in all the various types of relationships.

We Love Kink gave it 5 love taps and wrote in part:

I did not realize just how many ways there were to tie some up up. There were your basic ropes in Rope Dance a circus themed story, a funky use for a necktie in Neckcloth, some interesting usage of paper clips in Clipped, a leather chastity belt in Belted In, some very very different ways to use a simple shoelace in Pegged, ribbons in Wearing Purple and also the invisible usage of bondage in Mind Fuck.

There were plenty of toys, dildos in all shapes and sizes, spanking brushes, whips, floggers, birches, handcuffs, ropes and an innovative device that Anna is strapped down on from her arms to her legs. I loved the way that so many toys were talked about. It was new, fresh and completely different story after story. Sure there were similar themes, bondage being it, of course but the way it was achieved was always very different. In Mind Fuck, Cari has a muscle disease so she could only pretend to be tied down. And let me tell you Quinton did a great job of talking her through it. He was hot stuff.

Here's the Table of Contents (click on the highlighted text below to read my introduction at the book's Tumblr):

Foreword: No Bondage Please, I’m Kinky Laura Antoniou

Introduction: Cruel to Be Kind, and Vice Versa Rachel Kramer Bussel

Rope Dancer Kathleen Tudor

Behind the Door Kay Jaybee

My Own Device Raziel Moore

The Neckcloth Annabel Joseph

Anyway Sommer Marsden

Eel Annabeth Leong

No Strings Attached James McArthur

Roping the Cowboy Teresa Noelle Roberts

Meeting L. C. Spoering

The Snake Jacqueline Brocker

Clipped Lucy Felthouse

Tart Cherry Kathleen Delaney-Adams

Ring of Fire Michelle Augello-Page

Belted In Roxanna Cross

Pegged Emily Bingham

Tight-Rope Walker Tilly Hunter

An Appreciation for Beautiful Things Giselle Renarde

Mind Fuck Kissa Starling

Wearing Purple Elizabeth Coldwell

Dual Mastery Rachel Kramer Bussel

Buy Best Bondage Erotica 2014 from:

Amazon

Kindle ebook edition

Amazon UK

Bn.com

Nook ebook edition

Books-a-Million

Powell's

IndieBound (find your local independent bookstore)

Cleis Press

When you're done reading Best Bondage Erotica 2014, check out my other books as well as these hot books by contributors (I'm linking to the Kindle versions, but many are available in print as well as other ebook formats):


The Best of Kay Kaybee by Kay Jaybee


Waking Kiss by Annabel Joseph, part of her BDSM Ballet series


Boys Next Door by Sommer Marsden


Design and Scandal by Annabeth Leong


Knowing the Ropes by Teresa Noelle Roberts


The Best of Lucy Felthouse by Lucy Felthouse


Miranda's Tempest by Tilly Hunter


My Mistress' Thighs by Giselle Renarde, "A cross-dressing cowboy, a post-war pin-up, and a wolf in grandmother's clothing all find a special home in My Mistress' Thighs."


Everything to Him by Elizabeth Coldwell


The Marketplace by Laura Antoniou, the first of her classic kinky series, free for Kindle as of this posting

Girl Crush: Women's Erotic Fantasies out now!

It's June, Gay Pride month, and R. Gay's first anthology Girl Crush: Women's Erotic Fantasies is out now. I haven't read the whole thing but did reread part of my story, "Great Lengths," which opens the book, and marveled at the power of a true crush, the way it can push you to do crazy things and still linger in your mind years later, maybe because of the gap between desire and reality. I also loved Gina de Vries's story "Girl Crazy," about a punk rock zinester crush. I also liked that bisexuality is very much a valid identity in this book, and a range of queerness is presented. Visit www.girlcrushbook.com for more on the authors and don't miss June 17th's In The Flesh where I will read from Girl Crush along with Annabeth Leong and Julia Peters. More on crushes from me...tomorrow.


Girl Crush: Women's Erotic Fantasies

Here's a tiny snippet from "Great Lengths:" (based on a real crush)

Yet as much as we said everything to each other, I couldn’t say the most simple thing of all: I like you. I want you.

So instead, I said it to other people: her landlord, her roommate. I befriended them because they came with her seal of approval, because I thought maybe if they liked me, so would she.

Here's the table of contents:

ntroduction Diana Cage
Great Lengths Rachel Kramer Bussel
Mirador Teresa Lamai
Craving Madeline Shanna Germain
Call Me Cleopatra Gabrielle Foster
Skinny Dipping Angela Caperton
The Things I Can Do For Her David Erlewine
I Told A Stranger All About You Yesterday Vanessa Vaughn
Cut & Dry Heidi Champa
Cecily Kris Adams
The Leopard Print Menace Melissa Gira
The Bachelorette Julia Peters
Girl in a Gorilla Suit Lori Selke
The Out-of-Towner Delilah Devlin
Rebel Girl Kirsty Logan
The Best Kind of Revenge Geneva King
One Eighty Carrie Cannon
Running Away and Running Home Again Annabeth Leong
An Introduction G.G. Royale
Seduction by Proxy Evan Mora
Discovering Donnie Cheyenne Blue
Good Neighbors Jennifer Geneva
Girl Crazy Gina de Vries
Psychology 101 R. Gay


In The Flesh logo by Molly Crabapple

There is no RSVP requirement, but if you'd like to RSVP and/or spread the word on Facebook, click here for the True Sex Confessions event listing. See also the In The Flesh Reading Series fan page on Facebook.

IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
GLBT EROTICA NIGHT
June 17, 2010, 8 pm - 10 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)
Between Forsyth & Eldridge. Look for the hot pink awning that says "XIE HE Health Club."
Admission: Free
Happy Ending Lounge: 212-334-9676
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In The Flesh goes gay for you! Our annual GLBT Erotica Night is back. Featuring Porno Bingo host and former porn star Will Clark, novelist Dario Dalla Lasta (The Three Red Lines), performer Cas Marino, PANIC! reading series host Charlie Vázquez and Girl Crush: Women's Erotic Fantasies contributors Annabeth Leong and Julia Peters. Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Editor, Peep Show, Bottoms Up). 100 free copies of Sexis Magazine will be distributed. Free cupcakes by Kumquat Cupcakery and chips, cookies and candy will be served.