title: How to Write a Dirty Story: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Erotica
author:  Susie Bright 
description: Authors of erotica have it rough, says Susie Bright in <i>How to Write a Dirty Story</i>. Their work is often judged before it is read. They are assumed to be sex gurus. And if memoirists find it tough to share their work with friends and relatives, imagine what it's like for sex writers. A third of Bright's book is devoted to general publishing issues. The rest deals specifically with erotica and should appeal to anyone whose writing includes sex scenes. Bright, who has been dubbed the goddess of American erotica, is refreshingly straightforward about her subject. She likens a great erotic story to a great striptease act. Ideally, an erotic story takes all the time it needs, arouses both the reader and the author, is judicious with clichs and dirty words, and doesn't involve a complicated description of body-part placement or an excess of sex noises. Most important, a sex scene propels the story forward. If the story would work just as well without it, the sex scene shouldn't be there. And the good news? Even "really bad lovers can write great erotica." <i>--Jane Steinberg</i>
zlib_text: Warning
  This e-book contains erotic scenes that some may find
  objectionable. Store your e-books carefully where they cannot be
  
  accessed by younger readers.
  
  Talk Dirty To Topaz
  Copyright @ 2009 and 2012 Amber Skyze
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  Dedication
  To my loving husband who believes in my dreams.
  
  Chapter One
  “Get a life!” Teagan slamm