7 X 7: Seven-Years of Herotica 7:
Writing, Publishing, Diversity and Political Correctness
Herotica 7, a collection of erotic fiction I edited in 2003, has suddenly and without fanfare finally been published. (The first print run of 2000 sold out, but a second printing is on the way.) Amazon shows it as a re-issue, [...]
As some readers may know, I recently uploaded my novel, Halfway to the Stars, on Scribd, a relatively new service that offers unpublished/unpublishable books for sale. I’d only sent it out to a few agents/editors since completing it two years ago, and then stopped trying to publish it: after four previous novels I no longer [...]
You can buy a copy of my novel, Halfway to the Stars, at Scribd, for a mere 5 bucks. I’m trying this out. If anyone else has used Scribd I’m interested in hearing your stories.
The Position
by Meg Wolitzer
Scribner 2005
I don’t know when I’ve been more disappointed in a novel. The topic allegedly under consideration is what first attracted me: a family in which the four children stumble upon a sex self-help book written by their parents, which includes sketches of the couple fucking in every [...]
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Viking Press, 1998
Whenever I get into a funk about writing, when I feel like it’s ultimately a wasteful self-indulgence that should be replaced by doing real political activism, I remind myself of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. A novelistic exposé of the slaughterhouses and meat-packing plants of Chicago written [...]
Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York
By Marge Piercy
In Sex Wars Marge Piercy takes on another historical era, once again making me wish they’d teach history this way in school. The time is post-Civil War up to 1915, the place, New York City, and three of the four main characters are real people—Elizabeth [...]
