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From The Editor
Katy Terrega
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Well, I'm slowly starting to get caught up. That may come as news to those of you who are waiting to hear from me, but it's true. If you haven't heard from me in a while, feel free to email me again, I may have missed something. With the fire and the kids being off school for the summer, it's been a little difficult to get anything done. But we're looking to get back into our house in about four weeks and the kids'll be back in school in five or six weeks, so the end, such as it is, is in sight. Thanks to all of you for your support and patience in the last month!

On to business...

We've got a winner for the Short Story Contest! See below for details. Thanks to all who entered, I had a great time reading the stories. As usual, it was hard to choose between them.

There's another bunch of good stuff for 'Goings On' in this issue of the newsletter and I've answered some questions about simultaneous and multiple submissions in 'Q and A.' Plus, we have a great article by Lancelot Knight on "The Young Girl's Market."

As always, enjoy the newsletter and keep in touch!

Katy

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--- Short Story Contest Winner - Summer, 2001 ---
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Drum roll, please.....

The 5th Quarterly Short Story Contest, Summer 2001, is officially over and we have a winner...

Congratulations to C. Ashleigh for her great story - "Foolish Games."

She won a copy of the ebook of her choice, $25.00 and, of course, lasting fame on our Winners' Page!

You can read her story HERE!

Stay tuned for contest #6, due sometime in September. In the meantime, you can check out the oh-so-official rules and regulations at http://www.KatyTerrega.com/contestrules.html.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

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--- The Young Girl's Market ---
--- by Lancelot Knight ---
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The porn field is no different than any other field of writing in that it seems to have its own trends. For awhile it was racial, and you saw all kinds of magazines for African-Americans and magazines with Asian models and Hot Latinas, etc. Oh, they're still around, but not to the degree they once were. Then for awhile there a number of Older Women magazines. For awhile it was amateur magazines all over the place. The last few years the field of young girls seems to have blossomed.

Before I get any angry letters denouncing me as a molester, I want to make it clear that I am not talking about magazines of 12-year old girls here. I am talking about those nubile young women who are 18 or older. (Although as an aside here, I am quite astonished that boys and girls absolutely do not know anything about sex until they are eighteen. I guess I was a pervert when that 17-year old sweetie took me, a 15-year old novice, into the back of her Chevy and . . . oh, but that is a different story entirely.)

There are a number of magazines catering to this interest in (supposedly) 18 and 19 year old girls. I guess, they're old women by the time they are 20. I think most of the readers here know of Tight and Young. There is also Baby Doll and 18eighteen [sic], Just Eighteen, and any number of others on your local newsstands.

However, this sub-genre presents its own set of problems and difficulties specific to itself that you need to be aware of.

First, and most obvious, is the one of age. While it is perfectly all right-indeed, it is preferable-to call your nubile heroine a young girl every so often, you want to make darn sure that somehow or another you bring in the fact that she is in truth at least 18 years old. You really don't need some shifty-eyed sheriff in Georgia denouncing you as a child pornographer.

Another funny issue to do with age is that, while she might be old enough to screw at 18, frequently she cannot do other things-such as drink, for instance. I wrote a story once that featured a young man in a dead-end job as a gofer for an ad agency. He's told to go down into the lobby and bring up a case of cold champagne. A young woman (just 18, of course) boards the elevator with him and his case of champagne. The elevator gets stuck. It is a hot day and the two of them end up drinking the champagne. Of course, they eventually have sex in the elevator. (Hey, who said porn had anything to do with real life?). Eventually, the elevator works again, and they go up. He finds out his new girl friend is actually the boss's daughter, and his career is suddenly looking bright indeed. A silly little light-hearted romp, right? The story was rejected because in most states an 18-year old girl cannot drink champagne.

Magazines can be very touchy when it comes to issues that might cause them legal problems--in this case, they felt it might be viewed as encouraging under-age drinking. Heaven forbid. (That's right, Sir, I didn't drink my first bottle of beer until I was 21. I swear.) As I said elsewhere, it does you no good to argue the point. That is the reality of the situation.

Another odd contradiction about such stories is between the young woman's "supposed" innocence and the swiftness with which she succumbs to some stud's lusty charms. One way to accomplish this is to have her not be totally innocent-that is to say, she shouldn't be a virgin. In fact, it is probably a wise idea that she not be a virgin, but this isn't mandatory. But in any case she should not be promiscuous or terribly experienced. That way you can have her be experienced but not too experienced.

I could be wrong here-Lord knows, as my wife will tell you, I frequently am-but I suspect part of the appeal of such magazines and such heroines is in their very "innocence"-real or imagined. I have found it a successful ploy to emphasize the innocence of the heroine. The male stud is always the teacher, the mentor, the guide, the more experienced one. If she-the heroine-isn't inexperienced, I at least have her look like an angel-or some other suitable cliche‚ that will absolutely substantiate her carnal inexperience. Of course, with the Older Woman magazines it is usually the opposite case. Not that the male is inexperienced, but the female is certainly more knowledgeable. Interestingly enough, in both cases, the heroine is always grateful, at the very least, for the attentions of our studly hero.

Like any field-inside or outside of porn-there are conventions. If you follow them, you are much more likely to have success. Violate them, and if you are a genius, you will still succeed. But if you are a mere mortal like the one writing this article, then you will find it best to adhere to their guidelines, written and unwritten. Your chances of getting a check instead of a rejection will be much higher.

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Lancelot Knight has been writing fiction, plays, articles and reviews for thirty years for many national and international magazines. He enjoys traveling (Europe is his favorite destination) from which he often culls travel articles. In recent years he has taken up ghost story writing, for which he received an Honorable Mention in the "Year's Best Horror and Fantasy."

Knight has written hundreds of short stories, articles, fantasies, and letters for many porn magazines, including Score, Tease, Naughty Neighbors, Just Eighteen, Chic, Fox, Gallery, Exotic Women, Leggs, Rear View, Gent, Letters, Hustler Fantasies, Jack, Night, Swingers, and even Playgirl, to name just a few. He has written porn for gays, for couples, for women, for lesbians, as well as-gasp!-straight porn for straight men. Knight feels that pornography is an honorable profession for which he need not apologize, unlike, say, politics.

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--- Market Listings ---
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Erotica Writing Class by M. Christian
Sex Sells: How to Write and Sell Erotica

Course 406, Sec. A
Saturday, July 14, 2001
10am - 1pm
$39/Learning Annex Members, $34
Downtown San Francisco (location revealed after registering)
To register: (415) 788-5500
Or: wwwlearningannex.com

The market for erotic fiction and nonfiction is booming! There's a secret to writing erotica, and that's what you'll discover in this fun, hands-on workshop with well-known erotic writer and teacher M. Christian.

For the beginning writer, erotica can be just the place to begin writing, publishing, and -- best of all -- earning money. And for the experienced writer, erotica can be an excellent way to beef up your resume. M. Christian will explain the varieties of personal and literary expression possible in this exciting and expanding field -- teach you techniques for creating love and sex scenes that sizzle.

Learn how to: * get started writing for and selling to this growing marketplace * free your creativity and get past inhibitions * avoid cliches, common mistakes and pitfalls * Write what editors and publishers will want to buy. Plus: current pay rates, how to write for a wide variety of erotic genres, from magazines to websites, where and how to submit your erotic writing ... and more.

M. Christian, widely known in the genre of new erotica, has published over 100 stories and articles, and edited five anthologies. His fiction can be found in Best Gay Erotica, Best American Erotica, Friction, and many, many others. A collection of his fiction, Dirty Words, will be out later this year from Alyson Books.

CYBER-MISTRESS.COM: I would like to announce the grand opening of an adult website, www.cyber-mistress.com. It features erotic/fetish/bdsm stories, poetry, naughty photos and I have started a 'featured artist' of the month. It also has links to some rather kewl sites and a list of e-zines and e-publishers and a page set for fellow writers with published erotica books. In other words, it's a site full of things to get lost in!!! :)

I'm also looking for *submissions* please check out my guidelines before submitting your work. The guidelines can be found at www.cyber-mistress.com/guidelines.htm and it *is* a paying site for the works that just knock me outta my seat or haunt me :)

Any questions, comments may be sent to: webmistress@cyber-mistress.com

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BONETREE: Due to many reasons, BONETREE ONLINE MAGAZINE is now closed. We will not be accepting any further submissions. Those currently in our queue are being returned unread.

Thank you for your patience, and for your past patronage.

All the best to you and yours. Janice Statham
Co-Editor, BONETREE
www.bonetree.com
bonetree@bonetree.com

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OPHELIA'S MUSE: We are accepting both previously published (you must own the copyright) and unpublished works. Must be erotic, must be tragic, must be under 3000 words. May be in contemporary or classical theme. We recognize experimental formats. Absolutely no non-fiction.

Tragedy can embrace the themes of loss, unrequited love, longing, death, addiction, romance, co-dependency, unhealthy relationships, suicide, murder, abandonment, mourning, grief, insanity. We will accept necrophiliac themes so long as they are not purposefully gross. Tread carefully with that theme, please. Erotic means sensual as well as graphic sexual content. We want to see beauty in tragedy, not whining, no saccharine or maudlin prose. Make us cry, make us feel something. Give us art that connects us as humans.

Sorry, we offer no payment, however your art will be displayed and promoted as elegantly as possible. Publishing schedule is ongoing. Submissions are ongoing. As we accept work it will be posted periodically.

Send your submission, word count, bio, along with a polite cover letter addressed to Jamie Joy Gatto. - sexcats@earthlink.net. No Formatting. NO ATTACHMENTS. Subject: Ophelia's Muse Submission

Erotic tragedy is my favorite genre. I dedicate this webzine to my Muse, Melpomene. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I do! ~Jamie Joy Gatto, Ed.

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--- Goings On ---
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Sheila Jay writes...

I sold two stories to Satin Heat. "Vanilla, Anyone?" is on Adult Story Corner, and "Slick 'n Slide" will go up on the Passions site sometime this week.

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Mel Smith writes...

My first story ever, Nasty, which appeared in In Touch in June, was just bought for Friction: Best Gay Erotica vol. 5, published by Alyson Publications.

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Ron Gibson, Jr. writes...

My story "Saint Agnes Goes Down on the Virgin Mary" was recently published online at Suspect Thoughts: A Journal of Subversive Writing www.suspectthoughts.com . Its e-address is: http://www.suspectthoughts.com/agnes.htm

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Writer Kelly Steed will be profiled in the 2002 edition of Marquis Who's Who in America. To nominate colleagues for a Marquis publication, you may visit the official Marquis Who's Who site at www.marquiswhoswho.com.

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Emma Kaufmann writes...

Imagine a cocktail, one part Anaïs Nin, another part John Grisham, laced with a secret ingredient, a little something that gives it that extra zing, and what have you got? The new erotic thriller by Emma Kaufmann: Lawless Games.

Published July 2001, paperback (ISBN: 1931391696) from http://www.booklocker.com for $13.95, ebook for $6.95 Also available in the UK as an ebook for ₤5.00 from http://www.amatory-ink.com READ FREE CHAPTER: www.emmakaufmann.net/lawless.html

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Congrats to all of you! I think I included everybody, but if I missed your Goings On, just holler...

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I've got my revamped website up and running here - www.KatyTerrega.com.

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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!

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Check out my column at http://www.AbsoluteWrite.com on - what else?! - writing porn. Okay, so I haven't written a new column in awhile, I do have a good excuse, after all! But the last one - "Grab 'Em By The Throat!" - about how to catch an editor's attention, is still there! I'll try to get a new one out next Monday...

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--- Q & A ---
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A reader asked about simultaneous and multiple submissions.

To clarify, a simultaneous submission is when you send the same story or manuscript to more than one publisher or market at the same time. Many editors frown on this, as they don't want to waste their time reading and analyzing a story only to find out it's been accepted elsewhere. Of course, given the long lag time between submission and acceptance/rejection, many writers disagree with 'no simultaneous submissions' policies.

A multiple submission is a little different. That's when you send more than one story to the same market. For example, you might send out two different stories to Just 18, hoping they'll like one or both. Some markets (but not all) frown on multiple submisssions as well, they prefer to concentrate on one piece at a time.

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Send me your questions! I'll answer the most common ones here, and if I don't know the answer, I'll do my best to find a pro who does. (Of course, failing that, I'll ask y'all for help...)

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---Looking for Writers---
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Send Me Your Stories And Ideas!

I'm looking for essays/articles that will inspire and/or instruct other porn writers. Success stories, how to break into certain markets, unique views on the genre, etc. Around 800 words is good, although I'm flexible.

I'd love articles on specific markets. There are so many sub-genres of porn and it's hard to know the subtleties of each. If you've got a specialty, from BDSM to Watersports to Leg Sex to Amputeeism, feel free to share your knowledge.

You can either suggest a topic (query) or send something whole. I'll get back to you within a week as to whether or not I'll be able to use it.

Right now I'm paying with a copy of the updated It's A Dirty Job...(plus credits) but as SOON as this site is self-supporting I'll be able to offer some cash.