{"id":144,"date":"2007-06-25T23:49:20","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T03:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2010-06-12T20:22:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T01:22:06","slug":"iridescence-blog-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Iridescence Blog Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Iridescence\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Five Questions from Jolie du Pre, editor of Iridescence, for Tawanna Sullivan<\/a>, author of The Getaway<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Why do you write erotica?
\nWhile revising submission guidelines for my webzine (Kuma2.net), I thought about the themes and scenarios I wanted to see more of. It hit me–why not try writing the stories that I wanted to read?<\/p>\n

2. What do you like best about lesbian erotica?
\nWell, I get bombarded with images of hetero sex (real or implied) nearly 24\/7, so lesbian erotica is refreshing to me. Characters that I can usually relate to are at the center of the action.<\/p>\n

3. What is the theme of your story The Getaway<\/em> in Iridescence: Sensuous Shades of Lesbian Erotica?
\nIn The Getaway<\/em>, Sarah and Nicole try to redeem an incredibly bad day by taking an improptu trip. I suppose the theme would be sticking together.<\/p>\n

4. Name some other books where we can find your work<\/a>.
\nPublished stories include The Souvenir<\/em> in Hot + Bothered 4 and Homecoming<\/em> in Longing, Love, and Lust: Black Lesbian Stories. I also have Sufficient As I Am<\/em>, a nonfiction essay, in Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay\/Lesbian Identity.<\/p>\n

5. Just for fun! Gym Shoes or Stilettos?
\nGiven that choice–gym shoes all the way. I’m really more the steel toe, oil-resistant workboot type.<\/p>\n

The next stop on The Iridescence Blog Tour is Isabelle Gray aka R. Gay<\/a> – June 27, 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five Questions from Jolie du Pre, editor of Iridescence, for Tawanna Sullivan, author of The Getaway. 1. Why do you write erotica? While revising submission guidelines for my webzine (Kuma2.net), I thought about the themes and scenarios I wanted to see more of. 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