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TOP DOG PRESS
Elements
of Arousal: How to Write and Sell Gay Men's Erotica by
Lars Eighner, 288 pages, Masquerade Books,
The
Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers by
Elizabeth Benedict, 256 pages, Owl Books
How
to Write a Dirty Story : Reading, Writing, and Publishing Erotica
by Susie Bright, 304 pages, Fireside
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29
Ways to Write Great Erotica: Proven Tips for Creating Sexy Prose
by Sage Vivant
$12.95 US
http://www.customeroticasource.com/29ways.shtml
Succinct and enormously helpful, this 33-page PDF probably contains all the advice you’ll ever need for writing erotica.
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If
you want to WRITE erotica, you should READ erotica!
Pansexual
or mostly heterosexual:
The Story of O, by Pauline Reage -- the very readable classic work of BDSM
My Secret Life, by Anonymous – curious and exhaustive Victorian sex diary
Sleeping Beauty, by A. N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) – the first (and best) of a trilogy including Beauty’s Release and Beauty’s Punishment
The Marketplace series, by Laura Antoniou – BDSM at its best
Best American Erotica, edited by Susie Bright – erotic short stories in a yearly anthology
Best Women’s Erotica, edited by Marcie Sheiner – yearly anthology of erotic short stories by women writers
Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, edited by Maxim Jakubowski – yearly anthology of erotic short stories
Best S/M Erotica, edited by M. Christian
Zaftig: Well Rounded Erotica, edited by Hanne Blank, Cleis Press 2001
Queer:
Mr. Benson, by John Preston – seminal novel of gay BDSM
Macho Sluts, by Pat Califia – classic short stories
Run Little Leather Boy, by Larry Townsend – another gay classic
The Leatherdaddy and the Femme by Carol Queen – genderfuck masterpiece
Best Lesbian Erotica series, edited by Tristan Taormino – yearly anthology
Best Gay Erotica series, edited by Richard Labonté – yearly anthology
Best Transgender Erotica, edited by Hanne Blank and Raven Kaldera, Circlet Press 2002 – I wish this one was a yearly anthology!
Best Bisexual Erotica and Best Bisexual Erotica 2, edited by Carol Queen and Bill Brent