Episode 114 BONUS - Stella Fosse : The Business of Erotic Writing and Seasoned Romance

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We just wrapped the interview with Stella Fosse and

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realized, "Oh my God", we left out something really, really important

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that you are going to want to know!

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So first, I'm going to say, make sure that you tune in for the entire

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fabulous episode 114 with Stella!

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We're going to talk about seasoned romance, seasoned women, and

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serious business of writing.

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But right now, I want to pop back in for a moment here with Stella and ask

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her to share a little bit about what other publishing opportunities there

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are for women who want to write erotica.

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So if you're out there and you're a woman over 50 and you're interested in writing

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and publishing erotic writing about characters our age, there are a couple

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places to look that will give you ideas about what's already out there, and one

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of them is Ageless Erotica, which is a collection put together by Joan Price.

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You might know Joan Price from her nonfiction books, where she explores

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how people of a certain age can maximize their enjoyment of their sexuality.

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Books like Naked at Our Age, which is one of my absolute favorites, but

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Ageless Erotica is a collection of stories by people of a certain age

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sharing their erotic imaginings.

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Another great one is called Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy

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After 50, edited by Marcia Meyer.

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That's a really interesting book that shares stories and also shares essays and

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ideas about the importance of intimacy after 50 and the challenges to women in

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terms of their sexuality later in life.

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Of course, my book, Aphrodite's Pen, The Power of Writing Erotica After Midlife,

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gives you all kinds of ideas for prompts and creating characters and generally

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having a good time, including how to put together an erotic writing group

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for women of a certain age and shares a bunch of stories written by those women.

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Then way, way back in the day, the very first collection that I'm aware of is

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called Ladies Own Erotica that was written by the Kensington Ladies Erotica Society.

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It's very fun!

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Now, In terms of publishing your own erotic stories, think about the annual

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collection that Rachel Bustle Kramer puts together, where she collects

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the best erotic stories of the year.

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Rachel is very interested in putting forth stories that are erotic and sensual and

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vivid that are written by women after 50.

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So keep that opportunity in mind and keep on the lookout for other calls

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for submissions because every once in a while one of these books comes along

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that someone is putting together with erotic stories by women of a certain

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age and or humans of a certain age.

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So it's all out there for you if you want to start writing that kind of story.

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Thank you very much, Stella, for sharing that.

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And another time, I think if everybody's follows both of us, we're going to talk

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about different opportunities to take what you write and get it out in other

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modalities like screens, scripts, etc.

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So stay tuned for that.

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All right, before I let you go this time, you shared with me a fabulous quote.

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Share it with everybody now.

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Absolutely.

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Maggie Kuhn was the founder of the Grey Panthers, and she famously said,

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learning and sex until rigor mortis.

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And on that note,

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stay tuned, you will never, ever be able to guess what Stella and I are up to next.