I love tests.
Maxim provided a great test their self-help section. After quickly answering the questions and calculating my score the test advised me to curve my sexual perversions.
I was briefly offended that Maxim did not consider me kinky enough, until I realized I had read it wrong.
It suggested I ‘curb my sexual perversion’.
I glowed with pride.
Nothing to get one’s career in writing smut going like a bit of dirty dirty controversy. Unfortunately, to the great disappointment of scatophiliacs the world over, I refuse to fling my feces around, even at other people.
So, I was checking my amazon books, as an obsessive author is want to do every so often (every 5 minutes! I don’t have time to write anymore! what has become of me! let me check my books again!) and I noticed a little something.
You may know that Amazon, the clever buggers that they are have this little feature under each book.
Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed:
and this is what I found:
Holy SHIT!!! I thought (to the joy of scatophiliacs worldwide). Did I accidentally steal someone’s idea? I thought I was being original!
For those unaware this is my book:
No, it’s probably completely different. It’s just a coincidence the titles are so similar. So, I went ahead and read the description:
“When Medusa was beautiful, finding a man to love her was easy. Poseidon fought for glances from her heavy-lidded eyes against suitors who proposed whenever she left her house. Even goddesses weren’t treated with such worship.
Athena grew jealous. She allowed Medusa to be violated in the Parthenon and turned her into a monster for her indiscretion.
Now when Medusa stares into the eyes of men, they scream as their skin hardens into stone. A caress against her cheek will be rewarded with the poisonous bites of the snakes that slither on her head.
No man is brave enough to approach her, until Perseus is ordered by the gods to kill her.
When they meet, desire sizzles between them. They are willing to risk it all-death, the wrath of the gods, the destruction of their families-if it means they can spend one more night together.”
I thought to myself: HOLY SHIT!
That’s exactly the plot of my short erotica story, except elaborated into a full-length novel.
Here’s the brief description of mine:
“Medusa is loathed by the gods themselves. Their jealousy and hatred forcing her into solitude, she spent an eternity alone with her desires when Perseus finally comes to kill her.
Will Perseus be able to destroy the monster, or will he be consumed by her desires?”
Then, I checked the publishing dates to see if I should be worried Mrs. Black would be writing me a complaint letter.
I published my story in July 2012, hers was published in November 2012. So, I was first. Therefore I say:
pppthhhhhbrtttt!
Anyways, who knows if it is coincidence, I must confess I haven’t read the actual book by Mrs. Black, but it sure seems damn close from the title and description. Can’t really copyright an idea and a myth is a myth and by goodness she wrote the whole 224 pages, which is no small amount of work, but I would appreciate a shout out from Mrs. Black if my story inspired her!
So something like this:
Juliana Sliema’s Medusa’s Lover is a real inspiration!
Anyways, check out my other stories before someone else steals my thunder!
Juliana Sliema: Sexy, Literary! 