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SUMMARY:Summer Sweat Series: Queer Erotica Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:BGSQD and Hive Mind Books invite writers of all levels and ba
 ckgrounds to join author Christian Pan in a Queer Erotica Writing Worksho
 p!\\nREGISTER FOR THIS EVENT\\nDo you have fantasies\\, desires\\, an ove
 r-active imagination? Have you ever wanted to put some of that into a sho
 rt story? Do you like reading erotica\\, and ever thought\\, “Yeah\\, I
  could do that!” Do you feel like your particular kind of YUM is not sh
 owing up in the LGBTQIA+ lit out there?\\nThen grab pen &amp\\; paper (or
  a laptop)\\, come to the Bureau\\, and let´s sweat it out onto the page
 .\\nOver the course of 5 in-person sessions\\, this workshop will provide
  prompts\\, tools\\, readings\\, and discussion of how each of us can bri
 ng our erotic story to life. We´ll talk character\\, dialogue\\, place\\
 , and ways to activate the senses. We´ll read excerpts from other people
 ´s work\\, and welcome you to submit excerpts to be workshopped by the c
 lass. We will try to get you as close as possible to finishing a draft of
  that story by the end of the workshop.\\nParticipants will also be invit
 ed to read an excerpt from their work to invited guests at the Bureau dur
 ing a special event in September.\\nSound like fun? Cost is only $15 per 
 session\\, or $50 for all 5 if you pay in advance. This fee will go to su
 pport the bookstore as well as to pay Christian for his time.\\nClass siz
 e is capped at 15.\\n***\\nWorkshop Dates: \\nMon\\, 17 August 630-830pm
 \\nMon\\, 24 August 630-830pm\\nMon\\, 31 August 630-830pm\\nTues\\, 8 Se
 ptember 630-830pm\\nMon\\, 14 September 630-830pm\\nPublic Reading: Frida
 y\\, 18 September 7pm\\n***\\nChristian Pan is the author of over 20 book
 s of erotic fiction which often center bisexual characters\\, identity\\,
  and experience. His writing has been published by Cleis Press\\, Incisio
 n Press\\, Folly\\, Rebel Satori Press\\, the Indie Authors Collective\\,
  and the Erotica Consortium\\; he´s co-authored numerous titles with Jen
 na Citrus and Olivia Lawless\\; and his books have received recognition f
 rom the Passionate Plume Awards\\, the Golden Pigtails\\, and The Interna
 tional Impact Book Awards. He is the editor and publisher of The Best Bi 
 Erotica of the Year anthology series\\, whose 3rd volume will appear on B
 i Visibility Day this September 2026\\; was Patreon’s A Club Captain fo
 r the Queer Erotic Content Creators Club from 2022-25\\; and hosts the Pu
 lse Session for the Podcast All the Filthy Details. He lives in New York 
 City.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/s
 ummer-sweat-series-queer-erotica-writing-workshop-2026-08-17
LOCATION:The LGBT Center NYC
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/summer-sweat-series-queer-erotica-writing-workshop-2026-08-17
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