Well, I promised a recap of EroticonUSA 2013, so here it goes…and it was fun. Definitely over too fast!
First of all, I lost all my photos so I’ll have to use my Instagrams to tell this story. So…the venue was 595 North in Atlanta. It was a pimpalicious place. Black leather, lots of levels, lots of beams overhead, lots of tucked away private spaces. It would make a great sex club. For reals.
The first session I watched was by Jincey Lumpkin of Juicy Pink Box. All I really remember is that she was amazing and pretty and a really savvy freaking erotica-based businesswoman who used to be a lawyer. Now she produces classy lesbian porn and I thought that was hot. Then I did a session with my friends Linzy and Tasha about starting a successful critique group. They really killed it! Well, we all killed it but they are the organizational geniuses so I bow down to them. Here are my wonderful friends with another cool gal and erotica writer named Kristen who also goes by PoeticDesires.
Then I attended a workshop on blog dos and don’ts by Molly Moore of Molly’s Daily Kiss. In that workshop I learned that I’m doing tons of stuff wrong! But that’s okay. Now I know some tricks to be better at blogging. Following that I took another workshop on complicated internet stuff by her partner, who goes by DomSigns on Twitter. Again, I learned all the things I’ve been doing wrong. When I get a few extra hours in my day I’ll go back and fix all the stuff I’ve done wrong, haha.
After that I did a workshop of my own on Sensation vs. Emotion in erotic writing. I envisioned it being more of a round table discussion than a class I was teaching (cause I’m not a teaching type of person.) Thanks to the attendees it really exceeded my hopes as far as the discussion. Everyone was generous about sharing ideas and pitching into the conversation and hopefully everyone left feeling inspired.
Afterward I gave out some swag, and the super cool Renee Rose asked for an Annabel Joseph paddle and we posed with it together. I was so happy to meet her and she was so nice! Renee writes super HAWT spanking fiction and I’ve definitely got her books on my Kindle. We are both spankos at heart.
The last thing I did was attend a BDSM demo and info session by Graydancer. He is pretty much a legend in kink circles and me and my gals agreed he has got some mojo going on. I was sad I had to leave before it was over but believe me, a fun time was had by all!
There were a lot of parties and social events connected to Eroticon that I couldn’t attend due to family engagements. But I can say that everyone who attended LOVED it and I’m sure it will only get bigger and better every year. Thanks for stopping by to read about my adventures. With all my conferences finished for 2013, I hope to get back to my Snippet and Snapshot Sundays soon!
And next year, I plan to be at TNEE (The Novel Experience Event) in Atlanta in March, Authors After Dark in Charlotte in August, and an as-yet-unnamed-and-unplanned BDSM author event out west in October. If you want to keep up to date on my appearances/book releases/works in progress/etc., be sure to sign up for my newsletter list here or by clicking on the link in the bar above.