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Signed the Publishing Contract

I signed the publishing contract and put it in the mail today. That means I can finally reveal that my book, Understanding Erotic Hypnosis, will be published by Gloria Brame’s Moons Grove Press (MGP). MPG is Gloria’s sex-positive imprint in partnership with CCB Publishing, a premiere global POD publisher. Gloria reviewed the second draft and… Read More »

4th round of edits finished

I just finished the 4th edit of Understanding Erotic Hypnosis. I couldn’t believe how much of my earlier writing had to be reworked. But so glad I went through it again. Now I’m waiting on instructions from the publisher.  

I need another term for ‘rape-fantasy’

I have found a publisher for my book, Understanding Erotic Hypnosis, and I’m currently working on the third draft. The book includes a few paragraphs that discuss the differences between forced arousal fantasies and rape fantasies. I think they’re important discussions. BUT the publisher has informed me that I cannot use the word ‘rape’ anywhere… Read More »

Writing a Contemporary Fantasy

So while I’m waiting to hear from my beta readers and potential publishers about the nonfiction book, Exploring Erotic Hypnosis, I’ve started writing another novel. Grayson (working title) is an contemporary fantasy about wolf who discovers he used to be human, and that he unintentionally abandoned a wife and child when he changed. Now he… Read More »

Sent the book to beta readers

I’ve given up on finding a literary agent for my book, Exploring Erotic Hypnosis .  But I’ve identified a few small independent presses that publish sexual health/instruction books, and I’m querying them now.  There’s a strong possibility I’ll be forced to self publish again, and I’m also preparing for that. Apparently when I self-published my… Read More »

Finished the first draft

I finished the first draft of my book today. Time to start editing and revising. Some chapters cover the same topics as my web articles. But the book expands on everything, providing more depth on each subject and many examples. In my query letters to agents and publishers, I’ve been describing the book covering some… Read More »

Preface for my upcoming book, Understanding Erotic Hypnosis

I’m thinking about using the following as the preface for my upcoming book, Understanding Erotic Hypnosis Note: text below is an early draft. I’ve revised it since this posting. In the 1960s and 70s pop culture was obsessed with hypnosis and mind control. It was literally everywhere, in comic books (Daredevil, Batman, etc), sci fi… Read More »

Discontinuing the CD editions

Amazon has announced that they will be closing down the Media On Demand program this coming summer. Ten of my recordings  are currently available on CD through that program. These CDs will be discontinued. They never sold that well. Seems like most people these days prefer to download MP3s. So it’s not worth the effort… Read More »

Status update – Books and Audios

I’m sure it looks like I haven’t done anything with Hypnotic Dreams for the last few months. But I have been working on a few things. Back in August 2020, I decided the articles I’ve posted here constitute about half of a book. But after the writing a book proposal and a detailed table of… Read More »

I think I’ve written half a book

Looking over the articles I’ve written about erotic hypnosis, d/s and sexual health, I realized that I’ve written half a book. So I’ve decided to assemble a book proposal and start looking for a literary agent.