Tag Archives: S.V. Rowle

PayPal, eBay, Visa, and MasterCard Equate All Kinky Erotica with Pr0n

Trouble in the Erotic Midlists The latest bad news in the fight against moral prudery has reared its ugly head in the erotica writing community. Here’s a short timeline of what happened: 1. Smaller independent ebook vendors like Bookstrand and … Continue reading

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Don’t Waste Your Career

Dean Wesley Smith has another great blog post up explaining the shifts in the role of agents over the past 100 years in the publishing industry. Go read it. It’s good. It made me wonder how I ever managed to … Continue reading

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When Even Google’s Lawyers Are Worried, Your Legislation Probably Sucks

I was reading Dean Wesley Smith’s blog post about Kris Rusch’s discussion of how legacy publishers are (mostly) going to survive the digital revolution. Someone in the comments section brought up the Stop Online Piracy Act, which is basically the … Continue reading

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The Soapbox: On Political Correctness

[This post is a few days overdue. I've been furiously writing to finish and publish my books for the holiday schedule. I get that this is old news now, but it needs to be said.]     I’d suggest that … Continue reading

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Bigotry Is the Main Reason I Chose to Self-Publish

Here’s yet another example of an experience I never want to have on the path to publication of any story of mine: Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay Characters in YA Since apparently this is hardly the first time … Continue reading

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