Catherine Lundoff's Blog

• Some thoughts about doing a good public reading

  August 11, 2009

  • This is brought on by having completed 10 or so readings for this year, not including panels or workshops. Last year's tally was closer to 15 total and the year before that was around 8. While I'm not the greatest writer/performer on the planet, I do this enough to have strong opinions about it.Without further ado:Time yourself and stick to the time limit. If you're reading in a group, no one ...
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• Missteps and Stumbles on the Publication Road

  July 30, 2009

  • My first published book was an ebook collection of my erotic short fiction. I picked the publisher based not on any previous experience with them but because I liked their design sense and because they seemed like they might be a good fit. The collection was accepted and I turned out to be mostly right about the design sense. On the one hand, I got a lovely cover and the ebook looked pretty good ...
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• Teaching erotic writing (crossposted from my lj)

  July 19, 2009

  • I'm doing something I've never done before this week: namely, teaching 2 live (as opposed to online or deceased) writing workshops in a row. The first one, "Inflagranti Delicto: Writing Good Sex Scenes" took place yesterday at The Loft Literary Center and the second one, "Some Like it Hot: Writing Erotica and Erotic Romance" is scheduled for next Friday at the Golden Crown ...
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