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Valerie Roney

The Erotica Files

If you were wondering, I did not spontaneously combust in awkward embarrassment last night. In part because the show ran really late, and reading last, I was tired beyond even registering what I was reading. That and the fact I had edited and practiced reading so much beforehand it had all become an academic exercise and my brain barely registered it as erotica. What’s that Green Day song?… “when masturbation’s lost its thrill, you’re fucking low.” Yeah that.

Unfortunately, reading last and reading late, I never really got a chance to mingle afterwards in that room full of brilliant, bizarre, and brave people to talk about what I’ve been working on, and would like to be working on. So I’m gonna lay it out here, and get the conversation started online.
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See Valerie Blush

So, this should be entertaining for ya’ll – one way or another….

I’ve agreed to read – out loud… in public – an erotic short story I wrote. It’ll be part of some big hullaballo with lots of other artists and performers (most of whom probably like doing public readings) so should be a great night of culture and entertainment and all that. If that doesn’t draw you, coming out just to laugh at me while I turn 50 Shades of Pink should be worth the trip down.

It’s a free event, but I think they will be passing the hat to accept donations. I’m not sure if you guys throwing money on stage while I read would make it better or worse, but hey starving artists gotta take what they can.

So come down for a kick-ass night of art and music and poetry and prose.Read More »See Valerie Blush

ToV 24 – the idea of you isn’t YOU

The idea of the thing is not the thing. This is a throwback to chapter 1, and a more personal extrapolation of the same idea. This chapter is full of couplets like:

He who stands on tiptoe
doesn’t stand firm.

But the one I really like is:

He who defines himself
can’t know who he really is.

For me this is all about stop trying to be the thing you think you should be and just be whatever it is you are. Granted, who we are are ever-evolving beings and what we are now is not what we were, or what we may become; but that is all the more reasonRead More »ToV 24 – the idea of you isn’t YOU