Flowers of Eros

It's no surprise that red roses are the flowers of erotic love, but I'm always quite taken with the reason for this. In Elizabethan England, the rose was seen to mimic the female genitals: the soft, red folds of the sex, the complexity, the elegance.

Red roses are some of my favourite flowers, but I'm also a fan of birds of paradise. I do wonder if I'd be so enamoured if they'd been differently named, though. There's something about the metaphor that's just so flippin' perfect -- I can't really look at the flowers without seeing the bird. Perhaps what makes them such a sexual flower is their fieriness. The spiky petals are redolent of flames.

Whenever I'm fortunate enough to be sitting near a vase of roses or birds of paradise, I can't really stop myself from touching them. It's to do with their fragility and the perfection of their construction.

I do love touching. As you know.

Any More Where That Came From?

Thanks to Cory Silverberg for this fascinating blog post and article on increasing semen volume. No, seriously. This is apparently a new fad among straight guys, and in spite of the fact the pills are fakes (and I can't imagine what the fuss is all about) Corey argues the preoccupation does make human sense. After all, we're used to seeing all that gushy stuff on porn, and it's not like there's a whole load of reality checking happening -- it's seldom a straight man sees another guy come. "But in porn, it's all flour and water!" I hear you cry. Well, yes, but as we know, fantasy and reality screw on a regular basis. Hang on though, flour and water ain't that beautiful, is it? I'll take the real stuff, any day. Full of calcium, they tell me...

I suppose this got me thinking about breast implants. No, not for me, silly. Just making boobs bigger in general. I mean, it's so about texture, isn't it? Softness, no? Well, heck. I'm just in love with us the way we are, be the bumps small or big, and the semen a gush or a spatter. If you're just yourself, I'll probably think you're gorgeous. My take? What's hot is someone who's at home in their skin.

That said, I shave. So I can't really talk, now, can I?

Right. I'm off to mix some flour and water. And I might buy a bicycle pump...

Blogging About Orgasms - Yes, That'll Be Me

I'm a guest blogger at the Orgasmic blog this week. If you visit, you'll even get sneaky peek at my story Frosting First.

Honey, You're a Doll

Thanks to Violet Blue for this amazing short film by California is a Place: "Honey Pie: A Mini Documentary with Doll Creator Matt McMullen." Stick with this - it's quite amazing, and confirms the fact that sexual fantasy can give rise to truly creative and thought-provoking art. Some beautiful anecdotes in this film, too.

Fabulous photo: the jewellery (sp. Brit!) of Margaux Lange

The Orgasmic Fantasies of Lana Fox

Firstly, I received two copies of Orgasmic: Erotica for Women today, and it's gorgeous. A glossy cover, and delicious pages. What an honor to be published among such a star line-up.

Secondly, I do wish some tall, dark stranger would just scoop me up and take me far away from here. To Paris, per chance. Yup, it's been a month I wouldn't care to repeat. But oh, the power of fantasy when life's being brutal! (See left). And of course, there's been publishing luck too. For instance, I have a nice, new erotica book to read this evening, plus this lovely smooching pic, courtesy of Eros Blog. (I warn you he's addictive).

By the way, if you're prepared to review "Orgasmic" on Amazon, Rachel Kramer Bussel, the editor, might just give you a free copy.

Fox, In the Flesh, This October

For the past two years, I've been longing to visit New York's Happy Ending Lounge on the third Thursday of the month for Rachel Kramer Bussel's In the Flesh erotic reading series. At these events, Rachel introduces some wonderfully sexy readers and is generous enough to provide free cupcakes. Sometimes there's even belly dancing. What more could we desire? Yet every time I've visited NY, my timing has been off. Dammit, I said when I was last in the city. Next time, I'm going to plan this.

Well, on Thursday October 21st, I've been invited to be a reader at the In the Flesh Orgasm Night, along with Heidi Champa and Velvet Moore. So yes, I'll be there, in celebration of the anthology Orgasmic edited by Rachel, and there will be frosting all over my gob - which is fitting, I might add, since the story I'll be reading is entitled, Frosting First. So come and join me for my first public reading as Lana Fox, and we will all slather ourselves in the best sort of buttercream.

That there, above, is a pic is of Rachel with her cupcakes. Past readers at In the Flesh have included: Stephen Elliott, Cecilia Tan, Susie Bright, Violet Blue, Maxim Jakubowski, Zane, and M.J. Rose, to name but a few. Woah! Lana Fox feels suitably humbled.

Live From Chicago and Sexy as Heck!

At Chicago Borders today: my first sighting of Alison's Wonderland in a bookstore! Doesn't it look good, snuggled up in the romance section? It's even facing outwards. Nice. Well, speaking for my own story in the collection, I have to say being spanked with a leather-bound book is romance indeed!

Check out Alison Tyler's blog for the book for more sightings of this beautiful (spanking new) cover...