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S.M. Leonard

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http://www.smleonard.com

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Erotica, Science Fiction, Romance

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Harlan Ellison, Philip José Farmer, Robert Silverberg, Philip K. Dick ...more

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Men love sex. Okay, obvious statement. Men love reading. Not so obvious. Women are responsible for the largest percentage of book sales in this country. Men love reading about sex. The least obvious statement of all. We are said to be visual creatures. We prefer porn if we like our sex mediated at all. Photographic and videographic pornography is mostly the province of men the way erotica is mostly the province of women. Never the twain shall meet, right? I don't think so. Majorities are simply statistical averages, trending peaks at a given moment in time. They neither represent immutable laws of nature nor account for the rich diversity of human personality. I am a man. I enjoy sex, reading, and reading about sex, not always in that order ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

S.M. Leonard If I have a weapon handy I shoot it. The headache is terrible but it relieves the pressure and lets me write again, assuming I don't die. That's annoy…moreIf I have a weapon handy I shoot it. The headache is terrible but it relieves the pressure and lets me write again, assuming I don't die. That's annoying. Writer's block for me usually results from being overly tired and underly inspired. It's kind of like being sick. You treat it with lots of bed rest and plenty of fluids. Bombay Sapphire gin works the best. I also need to do things that are fun and sexy, things that re-fire the coals of desire. Music, dancing, writhing in small clubs against sweaty bodies: these are the things that make life worth living. Swimming, communing with nature - these help, too, by taking me out of my mind and into my body. That's where the inspiration lives.(less)

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What are you currently working on?

S.M. Leonard Several things: I'm writing the fourth and last installment of the Bonobo World series in anticipation of revising and rewriting the four to be publis…moreSeveral things: I'm writing the fourth and last installment of the Bonobo World series in anticipation of revising and rewriting the four to be published as a novella. When I started the series I had planned to continue it for a long time but now that I've decided to end it there are subplots that need to be removed or altered so that the entire work flows better. When I began it I had no thoughts of where it was going so the pacing is off: it meanders in the beginning then turns into an action series as it goes along. That needs cleaning up and tightening. I also don't think I need as many characters so I'll boil it down to the essential ones.

I'm also in process of writing the third chapter (fourth installment since chapter one was in two parts) of the free Goddess Stone erotic fantasy series on my website: smleonard.com.

I also have plans to significantly expand my three-story anthology, Beast Beyond the Gate, to an even dozen stories, each about some element of the sex industry and each three typewritten (so to speak) pages long. By placing limitations on the content and length these stories act as a kind of haiku for me: I am forced to abandon verbosity and excess in favor of tightly told erotic fables. If this new version is successful I plan to publish further anthologies every few months. These stories are fun, varied, and helpful to the person who just wants a short read, perfect for our postmodern A.D.D. attention span.(less)

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Summer Shadows Interrupt Long Hibernation

Mmm, good morning. Where am I? Hey! Why is it so light out? Who turned up the heat? It looks like summer out there. Wow! I've been asleep for a very long time. Guess I'll have to swear off that chamomile crap before bed from now on. Huh, have you ever noticed how the summer sun makes so many shadows? That probably makes sense. Only with light come shadows. Whoa! That would make an awesome tag Read more of this blog post »

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