I would like to start by thanking each of you who sent emails and kind thoughts about my father. In my last email, he had just been admitted to the hospital after collapsing at Walmart. At that point it was unclear if he was going to survive. I am elated to tell you that my father has been released from the hospital and is making a miraculous recovery. He's the only person I personally know who has died and come back to life. My hero. Very happy he's still here in this world with us. Thank you again for your support.
I've been interviewing our Cyber Smut contributors, and excited to let you know five interviews are now on our blog. Some are written and some are video. Yeah, I had no idea how much I was going to love doing this! These are sensitive, intelligent, hilarious and highly creative people. In short, I think you're going to enjoy these.
1. Liam Hogan - 'Plastic People'
2. Ellie Stewart - 'Send Nudes'
3. Erica Buist - 'To All the Avatars I've Loved Before'
4. Drew Pisarra - 'Actinium'
5. Julian Bishop - 'Tracker'
I'll be posting new interviews daily. Here's our blog link: www.gutspublishing.com/blog
Our first Cyber Smut review/blurb is in! Many thanks Nate Ragolia.
“In Cyber Smut, editor Julianne Ingles has collected a dynamic batch of essays, poetry and short fiction that joyously celebrates and thoughtfully questions how advancing technology has altered the course of human sexuality, and love. It's a playful, raucous, and sincere literary survey of digital diddling in all its forms.”— Nate Ragolia, publisher, Spaceboy Books LLC, author of The Retroactivist and There You Feel Free
As well, many thanks for your Cyber Smut pre-orders. I am overwhelmed and so grateful for your support. Just a reminder, the retail price is £9 and pre-orders are £7.25 (until 14 Sept). Here's the shipping info:
UK - one book £2.14, additional books add £1
EU - one book £5, additional books add £1
USA & Canada - one book £7.25, additional books add £2
Australia - one book £8, each additional add £2
To confirm, the release date for Cyber Smut is 15 September 2020. We will ship your books a few days or a week before, depending on where you live.
Stories About Penises
We are offering signed copies of our Stories About Penises paperback from today until 23 August. To make that even sweeter, here's a promo code for a £2 discount - SignMine - the offer is valid while supplies last. I have 9 copies. Here's the link: gutspublishing.com/books
Sending Nudes
Many thanks for your submissions. We're really excited about this anthology. Keep those stories and poems coming! And spread the word to your writer friends. Closing date is 1 Sept. For details visit our submissions page.
Euphoric Recall
Very excited to reveal the cover for Aidan Martin's debut memoir! Aidan and I have been editing this manuscript and we're both pleased with the progress we're making - and looking forward to sharing this story with you. It is grit, in all its glory. And accessible. Here's a short description by Aidan:
