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Things to be thankful for... Usually, I save this entry for Thanksgiving week, but it's not going to wait this year. So much has happened this week and not just in terms of ranting against the machine here at Pursed Lips. First, I owe a big thanks to Roger of JournURL fame for setting up Pursed Lips as its own domain. You might think it's been a long time in coming, but I've had to run this site on a shoe string budget since its inception, thanks to my disabled son's costly care. Almost five years ago, I hit Roger up for some webspace -- a user request that he was totally unprepared for -- and he came through for me. Since then, he's looked for ways to make blogging better for me, kept it on the cheap by passing on savings to me wherever he saw them, and generally endured my fatigued thinking about html with the patience of a saint. The moment it became affordable for him to open the flood gates of domain ownership to me, Roger did, and I'm endlessly thankful to him for his friendship and tech support. I promise never to blame him for the spam I might now start getting. When we brought up the new domain, I wasn't sure exactly how the DNS would filter down, particularly in regards to the old redirect URL. Turns out, it went fine but several bloggers came to my rescue, just in case. So I owe great thanks to Richard, Dan, Evan, Bacchus, and SpankBoss for their aid and for their appreciation of my writing this past week. What a nice community of erotomaniacs we have here and if I missed listing anyone, spank me. (SBoss outta know how to do the job!) Finally, I want to thank the editors and publishers who've worked with me over the last year. You'd think by the looks of your local Borders or Barnes and Noble that the book business must be lucrative for everyone, but I'm here to tell you that those of us who write erotica would make more money cleaning the bird cages of Stephen King. We write smut because we love to and the publishers who print us do so because they're committed to giving us voice. Sure, they make some money off of us, but you'd be surprised how rough a business it is even on the publisher level. Indeed, since last year's demise of LPN distributors, many of my publishers have been struggling to keep their footing. That's why I'm going to list my two newest anthology appearances here on the banner page of Pursed Lips from now on. I'm happily obligated to push the books I'm in -- another instance of me doing my part, I guess! (Call me a gleeful New Media Whore, won't you?) Two things worth noting: I'm going to try to be part of regional readings for Best Lesbian Erotica, once I get my car road trip worthy. Watch for announcements here. As well, many of my current and next year anthology appearances will be in Venus Book Club editions, which won't be available in bookstores. A book club providing roughly 25% of the erotica anthology market is a new publishing development, and I suspect your purchases will ensure Venus Books Club's continued participation in this venue. Memberships work just like book clubs always have, except you can run the entire thing online. 'Nuff said, methinks. So there you have it. Why I'm feeling particularly thankful these days. It's good to be the smut queen. |
