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............................................................................................................................................. ========================================== We're a community of erotica lovers! Gay-friendly, bi-friendly, kink-friendly. Stories, articles, reviews, and discussion forums. Now FREE! http://www.brilliantsmut.com editor@brilliantsmut.com ========================================= This last week has been long and brutal for everyone, not only for Americans but for all those pouring out their support and empathy from other countries as well. My fervent hope is that everyone is well and safe and my heart goes out to those of you touched personally by this tragedy. I've decided to go ahead with this week's issue, but have kept it rather short... We have a great article from Edo van Belkom that talks about his new sexual horror novel, "Teeth," some great Market Listings and Goings On, a bit of Market News and, of course, the winner of the Fall, 2001 Short Story Contest. Take care, Katy =========================================== And the winner is... by Barry William. All of the stories were great this time; each and every one was well-written and unique. Matter of fact, they were so good it took me until this morning to decide! In the end, Barry won because of superb characterization - his big-city cop is excellently rendered - and great dialogue. Take a look at his story here , I'm sure you'll agree. If you'd like to get a jump on the next contest, scheduled for December, take a look at the rules and guidelines and/or check out the Winner's Page to read our previous winners' stories.
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In just about every review of my current novel TEETH, the reviewer has mentioned that the book started out as a short story. This little gem of information is included in the introduction to the novel by the late Richard Laymon who says that he first bought the prologue to the novel -- called "Lamia" -- for his BAD NEWS anthology, and that story went on to become the novel TEETH. While it's true, I did sell the prologue to Dick as a short story, the sequence of events on the novel are far more complicated than that and span a period of almost ten years. And so, for the sake of clarity, and to give you an idea the patience required in the publishing game, here's the full story of how the stories "Teeth" and "Lamia" and the novel TEETH came into being. In the early 1990s I was writing all sorts of stories just trying to get them published. After wondering what I might write about next, I thought up a scenario in which a man who is afraid to go down on women wants to get help, but the sex therapist he finds intimidates him and charges too much money, so he decides on a do-it-yourself kind of treatment and winds up getting eaten by a prostitute/mutant alien when he tries to go down on her... confronting his fear head-on, so to speak. The story worked out okay, and was accepted for something called POTENT APHRODISIAC which promptly folded. Then it wound up in the July 1993 issue ABERATIONS. By this time I'd published plenty of stories, and a couple of work-for-hire books, and it was time to try a novel. A real novel -- as opposed to the ones I'd done for other people and the three or four of my own I'd practiced on -- in which I could put all the craft I'd learned writing all those stories. Without an idea, I had a talk with my friend Rob Sawyer and he suggested a novel about the idea in "Teeth" would be different. Well, I couldn't argue with that, so I wrote the novel about a woman who has a special set of teeth -- not in her mouth -- that she uses to kill men with misogynistic tendencies. Sounds like a good premise but this was the mid-1990s and horror was a dirty word in publishing, especially a sexual horror novel (rather than erotic) that straddled the line between two genres, horror and mystery. And so my agent shopped it around getting nice responses that all ended up talking about how it didn't fit the list, or how they wouldn't know how to sell it. Of course, I began to wonder if the book was just plain bad. After all, editors can say anything when they turn down the book, so how can you tell? Well, the book's last-best shot at mass-market came with a publisher who was just starting to publish horror again and has since become a leader in the genre's revival. The editor there brought the book to the sales force and told them what it was about, to which they replied, "We can't sell that in Wal-Mart." Sigh. So much for being different. And so the book sat for a few years -- six to be exact -- and I didn't write any new horror novels because I obviously couldn't sell one. But if I couldn't sell the novel, then maybe I could sell parts of it. So, like any writer trying to maximize his output, I packaged up the prologue as a story, calling it "Lamia" because I'd already used "Teeth" on the earlier story, and shopped it around, but every market seemed to be full or folded. While this was going on, Steph Pagel of Meisha Merlin put out a set of guidelines asking for manuscripts that pushed the envelope. That seemed to describe my novel perfectly, so my agent sent it to Meisha Merlin. Steph was hesitant at first, but took the novel saying that if you put out a call for manuscripts that explore the boundaries of a genre, and one lands in your lap, you have to publish it. However, while Pagel took the book, it would have to wait two years to see print. Two years is a long time, even in publishing, so when Dick asked me to contribute to BAD NEWS, I thought I could give him "Lamia" and even if he had it a year, the novel would still be coming out well after the anthology so there would be no problem on timing. But BAD NEWS was delayed and the story and novel came out relatively close together so the connection and confusion between the two was even stronger. So, there it is. "Teeth" became TEETH, but in a more roundabout way than most can imagine. If there's a lesson in all this, it's about patience and timing. My agent believed in the novel and never gave up on it, even after a dozen or so rejections. And as for timing, in the time between my writing TEETH and its publication, others have stretched the horror envelope in many new and different directions. In fact, I recently spoke with the editor who had the book turned down by his sales force and he now harbors a tinge of regret over not publishing it. Well, he's not the only one. But all good things come to those who wait, and I'm thrilled to see the book in print after eight long years. My only regret is that I wasn't writing new novels in the interim. --- Edo van Belkom is the award winning author and editor of 20 books and more than 175 short stories. His current novel is TEETH, while other books out in 2001 include WRITING EROTICA, a how-to of the erotic field, and SIX INCH SPIKES, a collection of erotic horror stories. Visit www.vanbelkom.com. =========================================== Paying Listings: CLEAN SHEETS MAGAZINE - FICTION: Fiction editors: Bill Noble and Isabelle Carruthers Founded in 1998, Clean Sheets is a premier venue for literary erotica on the Web, with over 2,000 thousand readers a day, viewing millions of pages every month. We publish all new material every Wednesday. An impressive percentage of what we publish is picked up by major print anthologies each year, including Susie Bright’s Best American Erotica series, Marcy Sheiner’s Best Women’s Erotica series, and Mammoth Books’ new Best Erotica series. Clean Sheets welcomes tales of all sexual persuasions, and we are open to both established and new writers. We have two special-issue months -- July is our Erotic Feast, and February is devoted to the eroticism of travel. A. What We Want Clean Sheets Magazine has many sections, each with its own editors and guidelines. For fiction, we want intriguing characters, compelling plots, fresh, intelligent perspectives, and sex that sears your motherboard. We don't want "stroke" stories, but we love steamy lyrical pieces. The best way to catch our drift? Browse our archives, which are open, without cost or password, to everyone. We want stories that represent the broadest possible range of lifestyles, cultures, red-hot play, and deep emotion. We accept reprints and simultaneous submissions (be sure to tell us when you submit). We generally publish fiction from 1500-3500 words. Shorter pieces may be submitted to our Exotica section. We ask you to attest that your work is original in its entirety. You may publish under a pen name, but for publication and payment we'll need your real name, an address, and, for US authors, your Social Security number. These are strictly confidential. We take editing seriously, and if your work is accepted, we will take the time to work with you to polish your story to the highest standards. B. Payment Payment is on publication: $50.00 for unpublished material. Excerpts. We are open to publishing promotional excerpts from print publications (selections, individual stories, or chapters), often along with reviews. Promotional excerpts are considered as donations. Donations. We ecstatically accept donations; they're a key part of the economics of making this community-oriented volunteer magazine work. We evaluate donations by the same editorial standards as all other subs. Rights, archiving and links. We buy one month, one-time electronic rights. We'll also ask you if you'd like your story placed in our archives, where it can remain until you ask us to withdraw it. We happily supply any links that are useful to you. C. How to Submit We receive hundreds of stories each year. Please follow our guidelines exactly to assure you get careful consideration. We reply within one month. If you have not heard back from us within that time, please contact us. 1. Send one story at a time, in plain ASCII format in the text of an email, to fiction@cleansheets.com. 2. Subject line: FICT SUB: story title 3. Bracket italics or other text with special formatting in asterisks. 4. We do not accept attachments. --- FULL BODY CONTACT: Alyson Books is seeking submissions for a gay erotic anthology. Submission deadline: October 1, 2001 Sex is a contact sport, and stories submitted should be built around that premise. Especially welcome are stories built around (but not limited to) wrestling, rugby, football, boxing, and other contact sports. Explore the line between sport and sex, and don't be afraid to cross it. Guidelines: Stories should be 1000-5000 words in length. Payment upon publication. Send all manuscripts to: Greg Herren 5500 Prytania Street #215 New Orleans, LA 70115 Return to submissions menu (Also see guidelines at http://www.alyson.com/html/Manuscripts.htm) --- Non-Paying Listing: VELVET MAFIA: Velvet Mafia ill be live on November 1st, but we are looking for submissions now. The best gay fiction contains an element of the erotic, the adventure of sexual conquest, and the mystery of unexplored territory. Velvet Mafia seeks alternative gay literary fiction and erotica for its premier issue due out November 1st, 2001. We are looking for work that dares to step over the line, fiction with teeth. It can be sensual, dark, sexy, indecent, experimental, hard or raw, so long as the story makes us sit up and pay attention. Stats: Keep it under 4,000 words, longer work will be accepted, but it better keep our attention. Keep it short and riveting. Work must be gay male focused. Does this mean that all the characters must be gay men? No. Does this mean that the author must be a gay man? No. Does this mean we will publish fiction by women? Yes, as long as the story is focused on gay men. The work must be unpublished. What is unpublished? If it's seen print, either online or off, it's published. If it's on your own web page, it's published. Compensation? Not yet, but we're working on it. Right now we can offer banner space to advertise your site and offer global exposure for your work. Print and anthology rights published by Velvet Mafia will be negotiated with payment. The first collection is slated for 2002. Send work as the body of an email or as a Microsoft Word or Rich Text File (RTF) attachment. Make sure to include your name, an email address where you can be contacted, your mailing address and a short bio. Mail to: editor@velvetmafia.com Website: www.velvetmafia.com Velvet Mafia is brought to you by the editors of Suspect Thoughts and Outsider Ink. Only $3.95! As Originally Published In AbsoluteWrite.com! "Targeting Your Markets" "Fetish Writing Can Be Fattening" "Lifestyles Of The Dull And Boring" And Lots More! This Ebook Brings Together Some Of Katy's Most Popular Columns! Click on http://www.KatyTerrega.com/Porn101.html for excerpts and information or Order your ecopy at http://www.KatyTerrega.com/html! =========================================== Amoret has closed two of its categories (General and the Special Feature) until after the end of the year, and are only accepting submissions in Carte Blanche & BDSM until September 20, 2001. =========================================== --- Sheri White's story, "Water Sports 101," is now up at http://www.daremag.com. Also, her erotic horror story, "Reunion," currently online at http://www.cyber-mistress.com, was recently recommended for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award. --- Michael Bracken's mystery novel, ALL WHITE GIRLS, received a 4-Star Review in Sunday's DETROIT FREE PRESS. Read the review at: http://www.freep.com/features/books/myst9_20010909.htm --- Ellen Tevault received two acceptances for short stories: 1)Her lesbian erotic parody of the Charlie's Angels titled "Leather Angels" at Lavender Lounge will be published in Wishful Thinking TV. 2)An erotic story telling of her first lesbian experience titled "Summer's Frisky Kitten" will be published in Early Embraces III. --- Congrats to all of you! If you sent me your Goings On but don't see it here, just let me know and I'll get it out. --- Tell me what's going on! Have you made a sale? Do you have a piece being published? Let me know and I'll print it here for all to see! --- I've got my revamped website up and running here - www.KatyTerrega.com. --- Check out my column at http://www.AbsoluteWrite.com on - what else?! - writing porn. This week I wrote Part II of the "Sad Truths About Porn Writers," which admits that porn writers are just as boring and average as the rest of society...
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