"Who cares how often you have sex?"

Not me, and that's what I wrote about in this week's Philadelphia City Paper sex column. I quoted from Emily Nagasaki's new book Come As You Are, which has some interesting thoughts on how our sex drives do and don't work. Check it out online (in print tomorrow) and read the archives here.

Big in Canada: Globe and Mail article on me

Check out this great article about me, "Forget porn, gimme my smut" in today's Globe and Mail. Thanks so much to everyone who made that happen!


photo by Jennifer Roberts for The Globe and Mail

BlogTO covers my Toronto sex and cupcake adventure

Big thanks to Toronto blog BlogTO for such a great writeup of my entire weekend adventures! I myself very stupidly didn't put batteries into my brand-new digital camera and still don't have them in so don't have photos of my own, though BlogTO got some great ones. And on Friday, I think, the Globe and Mail is also running a story. There are many reasons i want to go back to Toronto, and one of them is the fabulous sex toy store Come As You Are, which is not only a worker-owned cooperative, but also had some very cool toys. I'd have shopped but was busy getting ready for the workshop.

What do you get when you mix smutty writing and extreme cupcake enthusiasm? You get Rachel Bussel (renowned erotica author and cupcake connoisseur), who was recently in Toronto promoting all of sex, sugar highs and buttercream frosting.

Anything I must see/do in Toronto

I'm trying to have a mellow weekend in Toronto in between all the various press and cupcake events and meetings, and visit with Cory Silverberg, who writes the About Sexuality blog. I'm very excited to be visiting sex toy store Come As You Are, which features my books in the window display, for the first time. Also excited about Saturday's cupcake meetup at The Drake Hotel.

I will post the official events tonight or tomorrow, but for now I'd like to know:

Is there anything I MUST see or do in Toronto? Museums, landmarks, food, whatever.

Am also perusing Torontoist and blogTO for ideas.

The Mile High Club in Toronto!

Window display at Toronto's Come As You Are sex toy store, where I'm teaching How to Write Erotica on October 26th, 7:30 pm.

With Rachel Kramer Bussel
Professional erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of The Mile High Club, Do Not Disturb, Tasting Him, Tasting Her, and Bottoms Up, will take you through the ins and outs of modern erotic writing, from getting started, finding your voice, writing against type, erotic love and lust letters, to submitting your work and keeping up with the thriving erotica market. You'll learn how to incorporate everyday scenarios as well as outlandish fantasies into your writing, and make them fit for particular magazines and anthologies. Whether you're writing to that special someone, penning longtime fantasies, or want to earn cash for your dirty words, this workshop is for you. Paper and writing implements will be provided. Price includes a copy of Rachel’s newest erotica collection.

Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Where: Come As You Are
Cost:$35/person (Sliding Scale Available) |
701 Queen St W | Toronto, Canada | M6J 1E6 | 416.504.7934 or toll-free 1.877.858.3160