Rachel Bussel's Blog
RSS
Jun.09.2012
Another shot at my orgasm anthology, which is rapidly filling up! Here's my update (the anal sex anthology is closed):<br><br>I am especially looking for stories dealing with more than one partner (threesomes or group scenarios), stories from male POVs, stories about submissive males,...
Continue Reading »
Aug.23.2011
My Salon essay, "I'm a sex writer with a secret shame - hoarding" was just published
Continue Reading »
Apr.29.2011
I have two new essays that, coincidentally, both went up today.
One is at the new site Modern Love Rejects. It's called "The Unlikely Other Woman." It feels dated to me, because it's from a while ago, but as part of my new try, try, try again attitude, I thought it fitting to send a...
Continue Reading »
Mar.13.2011
Call for submissions: Best Sex Writing 2012
To be edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, selected by guest judge Susie Bright, author of Big Sex Little Death
Publication date: December 2011
Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2011 (earlier submissions welcomed!)
Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is...
Continue Reading »
Mar.13.2011
Read them at The Nervous Breakdown
Recently, I've noticed an uptick in authors asking for a critique of the stories I've rejected from my anthologies. Most of them ask politely, and I send back the shortest reply I can explaining that I have a rule against giving any sort of critique. This latest...
Continue Reading »
Mar.13.2011
Click through to read my latest SexIs Magazine column, "Why I'm Taking The Year Off From Sex and Dating."
Continue Reading »
Mar.13.2011
Best Bondage Erotica 2012 To be published by Cleis Press in late 2011 Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Best Bondage Erotica 2012 will collect the best bondage erotica stories around, focusing on a range of techniques, implements, characters and scenarios, from newbies to seasoned bondage players and...
Continue Reading »
Aug.20.2010
Click through to read my interview with comedian Kristen Schaal and The Daily Show writer Rich Blomquist about their new book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex. It's my first piece for excellent AOL blog Lemondrop, of which I'm a big fan!
Continue Reading »
Aug.13.2010
I think the title to my Crushable piece "5 Good Things About My Worst Date Ever" says it all. I don't know that I'm up for tons more online dating after this experience, but I'm glad I went.
Continue Reading »
Feb.04.2010
I'm excited about these workshops because I like hearing what others cook up, like incorporating our surroundings, like learning new things about people. Yes, I'm teaching, but I am, even more, there to encourage people to put forth the erotic ideas they already have inside them (and help...
Continue Reading »
Dec.04.2009
As you may or may not know, the theme of Best Sex Writing 2010 is "Sexual Outlaws," taken from Betty Dodson's essay of the same name (click above to read the introduction) that's in the book. In a week when affairs, Tiger Woods' in this case, are omnipresent in the news, let's have a look...
Continue Reading »
Nov.25.2009
Call for Submissions
Best Bondage Erotica 2011
To be published by Cleis Press in late 2010 Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel Best Bondage Erotica 2011 will collect the best bondage erotica stories, original and previously published, focusing on a range of techniques, implements, characters and...
Continue Reading »
Nov.25.2009
Remember when I said that my erotica doesn't sell? Well, a lot of it doesn't sell that well, at least, not in proportion to the time it takes me to edit the books/money+effort spent promoting them. But I just got yet another royalty check for Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women and was thrilled to...
Continue Reading »
Nov.23.2009
I wrote a piece for The Daily Beast called "8 New Internet Sex Fads." I tested the Passion iPhone app and this is what I came up with:
Continue Reading »
Nov.16.2009
My interview with burlesque performer and fashion maven Dita Von Teese is up now at The Daily Beast!
Continue Reading »
About Rachel
I'm an author, editor, blogger and reading series host. I've edited over 20 anthologies, including Tasting Him, Tasting Her, Spanked, Rubber Sex, Dirty Girls, First-Timers, and the non-fiction Best Sex Writing 2008. I've written for numerous publications...