Circlet Press started as a vision.  A vision to bring erotic elements into science fiction and fantasy.  To create genre literature that spoke to sexual communities.  To publish fiction that challenged norms.
And they’ve done so under the tenacious leadership of Cecilia Tan through thick and thin.  They’re survived the collapse of independent bookstores. They’ve withstood [...]

This past Sunday saw the tenth year anniversary of this here humble blog. Yes, Pursed Lips has reached the decade-old mark! My thanks to all of you who’ve followed me on this journey, whether you were among the few who joined me on day one or the many who discovered me after blogs [...]

At long last, I’ve brought Pursed Lips into the 21st century via WordPress. I’ve tried to preserve as much of the site’s overall look while turning clutter into consolidated clean lines and I still have some odds-and-ends wonkiness to clean-up, but the site is done enough to launch and I hope you find the [...]

I’m thinking of that party animal from the Tidy Cat commercial. You know, the cat with the lampshade on his head?
If I’m lucky, you’ve been asking that question about me, wondering if I’ve been partying like a dumb Persian cat. Well, sort of. I just haven’t gotten to the lampshade extreme yet. I’m too busy [...]

You can learn the low-down at my appearances listing. I’m going to do my best to attend and participate, but circumstances might prevent me. Regardless, I strongly and heartily appeal to you to attend or, short of that, simply donate to the cause for Paul.
On another note, I’m finishing up a short story and once [...]

Right after writing my fourth year anniversary statement, I went on a week’s vacation. I had expected to blog an addendum saying as much, but when I got to my destination, I discovered that I was without local dial-up access, the resort charged you a premium charge for making even local long-distance calls, and we [...]

When I realized that the fourth anniversary of Pursed Lips was just around the corner, I considered doing something clever. Like doing a state of the sexblog address to the tune of the Bare Naked Ladies’ hit, One Week. It was going to go something like this:
It’s been four years since I took the plunge
put [...]