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Susie Bright is the first and reigning queen of contemporary erotica. In How to Write a Dirty Story she reveals her tricks of the trade and shows you how to heat up sex scenes in everything from traditional novels and romances to science fiction and humor. Easing the aspiring writer into the creative process, she tells you how to write the steamy plots and sensual characters that publishers and readers (and listeners) are looking for.

In this excerpt from In Bed with Susie Bright, Susie interviews Yale psychologist Paul Bloom about his fascinating best-selling book How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like. Paul and Susie talk about the pleasures of sex and how we perceive them.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. This anthology includes brand-new stories by: Tommy Moore, Jessica Breheny, Naomi Hirahara, Calvin McMillin, Liza Monroy, Elizabeth McKenzie, Jill Wolfson, Ariel Gore, Jon Bailiff, Maceo Montoya, Micah Perks, Seana Graham, Vinnie Hansen, Peggy Townsend, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Lou Mathews, Lee Quarnstrom, Dillon Kaiser, Beth Lisick, and Wallace Baine.

After Andrea Dworkin, the famous feminist philosopher and activist, passed away, her chief critic, Susie Bright, who many perceived as Dworkin's opposite, published a stirring obituary and series of essays in which she described the ways that Dworkin was a catalyst for the sex-positive movement in contemporary feminism.

They thought she'd be easy. They thought wrong. It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she’d been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means she’ll get to the bottom of what’s been done to her, even if she has to leave a trail of bodies along the way….

Susie talks with former porn star turned sex-positive CEO Candida Royalle. Candida is the founder and CEO of Femme Productions (www.royalle.com). Candida has designed her own line of vibrators, and Susie is more than willing to give them a try! Susie and Candida also talk about how porn stars have changed and how one goes about casting couples in porn who have chemistry. Then, in her mailbag, Susie helps a woman to fulfill her husband's fantasy for a three-way.

Susie this week says "Hats Off!" and a lot more to a Floridian whose bid for Congress might be stymied by his previous occupation as a male stripper. Then, Susie tries on the Fukuoku 9000, a small finger vibrator and ends up longing for something with a little more juice. In her Try this at Home mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a woman who hates giving blow jobs and Susie offers general advice to anyone who thinks they have to do something they don't like in bed.

Susie recently received her pre-press edition of Best American Erotica 2002, the annual series Susie edits. She whets your appetite this week by reading an extended segment of Ernie Conrick's sexy and clever satire of professional tennis, called "Backhand" - a petulant young blond tennis player named Anna discovers new things about sex and her game. Also, it's holiday time and Susie's got her picks for this season's best sex toys. Susie answers a question from a man who's engaged to the wrong woman.

Susie announces her new blog (http://susiebright.blogs.com) where you can get her latest musings on sex, politics, sewing, and more. Then, it's off to a triple-X knife store in Tennessee that is ruffling some feathers. And, in the mailbag, a listener's fisting story reminds Susie of a workshop she gave years ago.

Susie talks this week with writer, spoken work performance artist, former go-go dancer, and horse enthusiast Maggie Estep. As a child, Maggie's nomadic horse-training parents moved her from stable to stable in France and the U.S. While she says she doesn't get the "girls and horses" sex stuff, horses are becoming more and more prominent in her novels. Maggie Estep's latest novel is called Hex. In the mailbag, a listener offers his "Rules for Care of the Heart [and Self-Esteem] During Anonymous Sex."

This week, Susie's talks with erotica writer Tsaurah Litzky. In Susie's Best American Erotica series, Tsaurah is one of the most prolific and popular authors. Tsaurah tells Susie how a nice Jewish girl from Canarsie discovered her sexual appetite and about how she gets her writing students to loosen up and write about s-e-x. In the mailbag, Susie offers a listener specific tips for successful online dating.

Settle in for Susie's Year in Sex, Part 2. Susie takes stock of her favorite and least favorite trends in 2001's erotica and erotic photography books. In erotica, Susie's favorite is when mainstream authors put sex back in their stories and their characters' lives. She doesn't like the mainstreaming or "watering down" of erotica. Susie asks, "How Safe is Your Daughter" and, in her Try This at Home Mailbag, Susie answers a man who feels guilty about spending money on prostitutes.

Susie's guest this week is former Penthouse editor, Lavada Nahon. Lavada reveals the truth behind some of the magazine's best-known columns, including Penthouse Letters. She also talks about some of her own sexual and personal awakenings while at Penthouse, including a sex scandal that hit a bit too close to home. Susie and Lavada worked together on an erotic collection called Between the Sheets, which is available at audible.com®.

Susie's just read the controversial book, Harmful to Minors by Judith Levine. Taking Levine's cue, Susie offers her six tips to help your children develop positive, sexual images of themselves. Then, in the second part of her interview with Staci Haines, the author of A Survivor's Guide to Sex, Staci talks about confronting her father and her organization, Generation Five. In her mailbag, Susie offers tips to a woman who wants to become the exhibitionist her husband desires.

This week, Susie has a very in your face interview with NYC photographer Ashkan Sahihi. Sahihi's most recent exhibit Cum Shots features Sears-style portrait photos of men and women with a surprising twist: each one has cum all over their face. This exhibit grabbed Susie attention immediately and, during their chat, Susie gets the scoop on how Sahihi got these shots, how commercialization of sex, and much, much more.

Susie's just finished The Big Book of Masturbation by Martha Cornog and she's ready to celebrate self-love! She'll regale you with the best slang terms for jacking or jilling off. She'll list the pros and cons of masturbation. She'll quote Mark Twain! You'll learn more about masturbation than you expect! Then, in her mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a woman who is disappointed her new lover lasts all night.

Susie's eyes recently spied an article about a Florida elementary school teacher who quietly resigned after being spotted in a porn film. Then, in an expanded mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a man who wonders how many affairs he can pull off before he puts his marriage in jeopardy and a newlywed wonders if she should tell her hubby what she really wants in bed. Don't forget, you can send your sex questions, feedback about the show, and your picks for the best erotica of 2002 to susie@audible.com.

Best American Erotica 2002 and Susie's How to Write a Dirty Story are finally on the bookstore shelves. At last, Susie can talk about the great erotica she's been reading and editing over the last year. To whet your appetite, Susie reads the erotic story "Night Train" by Nell Carberry from Best American Erotica 2002 about a first date that gets much hotter on the subway ride home. Susie introduces her first Valentine's Day contest and offers some polyamorous etiquette tips.

It's a new year and Susie's ready. This week, it's part one of Susie's Year in Sex - a retrospective on the sex-positive news of 2001, such as: Since 9/11, more sex in America, aging baby-boomers keep having - and talking about - sex, and war distracts from indecency campaigns. Also, in the bad sex news of 2001 - the fetishization of nudity, abstinence education, and the virginal Britney Spears. Also, Susie reads a story about wedding shopping for Larry Flynt and follows up with some mailbag successes.

In scanning the recent sex news, Susie finds "family-friendly" editions of Titanic are hitting the video store shelves. Then, Susie invites one of her favorite sex radicals into the studio. Staci Haines is the author of A Survivor's Guide to Sex: How to Have a Great Sex Life after Sexual Abuse. In a warm and facinating dicussion, Susie talks with Staci about the process of sexual healing for incest survivors. In her mailbag, an intro to sex toys for men.