I've been having a great time recently. Am getting my arse in gear a lot more and actually pitching people which - thank God, and fingers crossed it continues - is resulting in more work.
Have got a piece in the Daily Star tomorrow based on the most common questions people ask about sex (taken from the stuff we've been sent at Cliterati over the last three years and the texts that were sent to my show on Friendly TV, more of which later.) Got another two pieces from the Star as well - one written, another commissioned, as well as a couple of pieces for More! magazine ('Six Explosive Sex tips' in the current issue and interviewing women who'd had collagen injections into the G-spot for a future issue. Just say no, kids. To be fair, the women who'd had it done were enthusing about it but there is no way I'd even remotely consider an injection there - assuming the surgeon was good enough to be able to find any woman's G-spot anyway.)
When it comes to Friendly TV, my show is now defunct, giving me the shortest lived TV career ever. However, I was back in the studio again at the end of last week for another company, making QVC-style ads for the Jessica Rabbit. Apparently, I seemed nervous (which meant they plied me with champagne - never a bad thing at 10.30am) and, judging from the playback, I looked like a barking loon, gesticulating far too much and darting my head around madly. Mannerisms that are just a bit too hyper in real life come across as utterly ridiculous on TV. Am hoping that the edit is forgiving. Ah well, you live and learn. When it comes to me and TV, it's a case of 'don't give up the day job.' - although I am considering going on one of those media training course things to learn how not to look like a twat on TV.
In other news, there seems to have been a bit of a run on free sex toys and general nice saucy things for me recently. Got some gorgeous knickers, ergonomically designed toys and an erotic game and jigsaw to review from Truffle.me.uk, a wireless remote controlled (but for some reason teddy-bear shaped) toy from Naughtyru plus the most amazing sex toys ever from Amanda Kiss. They're Japanese and make the Jessica Rabbit look like an amateur.
Needless to say, I was thus surprised to read Em and Lo in The Guardian this weekend saying "One could, and many do, extrapolate that we spend our days...test-driving free samples of the latest vibrators." and citing this as a myth.
It *is* part of the whole sex writer thing; after all, how else do you know what to recommend?
As I've said before, wanking for a living; it's a hard job but someone's got to do it.
Posted by emilyd at June 04, 2003 11:22 PM