Attract & repel

Most writers need some kind of support network, whether it’s from a writing group, mentorship or tutorial group. It’s so important to find the right balance of encouragement, advice, constructive crit

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The last time erotica had a moment, Fifty Shades turned bondage into water cooler chat. Now, the genre’s back – only this time, the safe words are spells. But while fans of ‘romantasy’ say the sex is out of this world, what does our collective appetite for so-called ‘faerie smut’ say about the sex we’re really having...or not?

The opening of my first novel Heatstroke came to me in what Stevie Nicks would call a ‘crystal vision’. I was at work, seized by an impulse, and typed straight into an email what are still – give or t