If you’re a fulltime author depending upon your writing to pay the bills and you’re putting all your eggs in the Amazon basket, think again. Many of you followed my saga last week with Amazon, detailed in my previous blog posts. For the Cliff’s Notes version: I went after a…
After nearly a full day and e-mails from two Guild members to Amazon execs, they finally unsuspended my account. However, my book “Victoria’s Other Secret,” which was the focus of Mr. Mccrea’s attack, is still in a “blocked” status. Following is the e-mail I sent to Amazon: Thank you,…
Recently, a blurb circulated the social media networks and blogs, purporting to contain details about recent changes to Amazon’s policy on erotica book covers. It was identified as being a fake. However, here’s a story which is 100% factual. I’m a director of the Erotic Authors Guild, and also run…
“Just throw whatever you’ve got.” If you haven’t seen the Kevin Costner classic, “For Love of the Game,” I recommend it. It’s one of those movies which is a metaphor for just about everything. In an instrumental scene, Costner’s character is pitching a no-hitter against the Yankees. He feels like…
Selective censorship by Amazon is nothing new, to those of us who write certain subgenres of erotica. My book “Road Trip” was blocked some months ago, and I received no reasonable explanation from them. The book cover features a woman kneeling mostly obscured behind a car door (think Warrant–Cherry Pie…
In any endeavor, we have to be ready to accept change. Those who don’t prepare for it, or stubbornly refuse to accept it, risk becoming obsolete or outdated. For erotic authors, two huge parts of what we do are Amazon and Facebook. Disturbingly, both are showing trends of restricting, censoring…
SECRETARY’S DAY a short story by Dylan Cross www.dontcrossdylan.com Good morning, Miss Wendy. “Good… good morning Sir.” How was your evening? “F-fine Sir.” Was it? Or are you just saying that to be polite, Wendy? You know how I feel about dishonesty. “Yes Sir.” What do I always tell you…
Dylan Cross is very excited to be a part of the Guild project!
