Exploring Publishing Opportunities for Women Over 50 in Erotic Writing with Stella Fosse

In this special addendum to episode 114, the host revisits their interview with Stella Fosse to discuss additional publishing opportunities for women over 50 interested in writing erotica. The script highlights several key resources: Ageless Erotica by Joan Price, Unmasked edited by Marcia Meyer, and Stella's own book, Aphrodite's Pen. 

It also mentions the annual collection of best erotic stories curated by Rachel Bustle Kramer. Stella concludes with an inspiring quote from Maggie Kuhn, encouraging lifelong learning and enjoyment of sexuality.

Don't miss this deep dive into how we can all live more fully and creatively tomorrow, August 21st at 5:00 AM MST! Tune in for a conversation that will inspire you to live and create vibrantly!

Book links:

Write & Sell a Well-Seasoned Romance, author Stella Fosse

Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex, author Joan Price

Ageless Erotica, author Joan Price

Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After 50, edited by Marcia Meier

Aphrodite’s Pen: The Power of Writing Erotics After Midlife, author Stella Fosse

LADIES' OWN EROTICA: TALES,RECIPES,AND OTHER MISCHIEFS BY OLDER WOMEN 

Author: Kensington Ladies Erotica Society

Best Women’s Erotica, anthology series, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Article written by Stella Fosse quoting Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers:  “Learning and Sex Until Rigor Mortis”

We just wrapped the interview with Stella Fosse and

realized, "Oh my God", we left out something really, really important

that you are going to want to know!

So first, I'm going to say, make sure that you tune in for the entire

fabulous episode 114 with Stella!

We're going to talk about seasoned romance, seasoned women, and

serious business of writing.

But right now, I want to pop back in for a moment here with Stella and ask

her to share a little bit about what other publishing opportunities there

are for women who want to write erotica.

So if you're out there and you're a woman over 50 and you're interested in writing

and publishing erotic writing about characters our age, there are a couple

places to look that will give you ideas about what's already out there, and one

of them is Ageless Erotica, which is a collection put together by Joan Price.

You might know Joan Price from her nonfiction books, where she explores

how people of a certain age can maximize their enjoyment of their sexuality.

Books like Naked at Our Age, which is one of my absolute favorites, but

Ageless Erotica is a collection of stories by people of a certain age

sharing their erotic imaginings.

Another great one is called Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy

After 50, edited by Marcia Meyer.

That's a really interesting book that shares stories and also shares essays and

ideas about the importance of intimacy after 50 and the challenges to women in

terms of their sexuality later in life.

Of course, my book, Aphrodite's Pen, The Power of Writing Erotica After Midlife,

gives you all kinds of ideas for prompts and creating characters and generally

having a good time, including how to put together an erotic writing group

for women of a certain age and shares a bunch of stories written by those women.

Then way, way back in the day, the very first collection that I'm aware of is

called Ladies Own Erotica that was written by the Kensington Ladies Erotica Society.

It's very fun!

Now, In terms of publishing your own erotic stories, think about the annual

collection that Rachel Bustle Kramer puts together, where she collects

the best erotic stories of the year.

Rachel is very interested in putting forth stories that are erotic and sensual and

vivid that are written by women after 50.

So keep that opportunity in mind and keep on the lookout for other calls

for submissions because every once in a while one of these books comes along

that someone is putting together with erotic stories by women of a certain

age and or humans of a certain age.

So it's all out there for you if you want to start writing that kind of story.

Thank you very much, Stella, for sharing that.

And another time, I think if everybody's follows both of us, we're going to talk

about different opportunities to take what you write and get it out in other

modalities like screens, scripts, etc.

So stay tuned for that.

All right, before I let you go this time, you shared with me a fabulous quote.

Share it with everybody now.

Absolutely.

Maggie Kuhn was the founder of the Grey Panthers, and she famously said,

learning and sex until rigor mortis.

And on that note,

stay tuned, you will never, ever be able to guess what Stella and I are up to next.