Sorry to disappear like that. Life is weird sometimes. Here are the many, many updates from others.

First off, Poets & Writers has an updated list of writers' grants & awards deadlines. The complete listing is here (you might need to join the site to access it):

http://www.pw.org/mag/0707/submissioncalendar.htm

EroticaRevealed.com announces that their new reviews for July are posted. Read them here.

Rachel Kramer Bussel announces her In the Flesh line-up for July 18th:
IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH at 8 PM
AT HAPPY ENDING LOUNGE, 302 BROOME STREET, NYC
(B/D to Grand, J/M/Z to Bowery, F to Delancey, http://www.happyendinglounge.com)
Admission: Free
Happy Ending Lounge: 212-334-9676
http://inthefleshreadingseries.blogspot.com

July heats up with a mix of today's hottest erotic writers delivering
sexual demons, erotic fairy tales, and other naughtiness. With Louisa
Burton (House of Dark Delights), Myriam Gurba (Dahlia Season), Aimee
Herman (If These Thighs Could Talk), Lillian Ann Slugocki (The Erotica
Project), Maddy Stuart (Sexiest Soles) and host and curator Rachel
Kramer Bussel (He's on Top, She's on Top). Free candy and cupcakes
will be served.

NYC-based poet/author Thaddeus Rutkowski announces a reading with my good friend, Janice Eidus:

"I'll be reading on Monday, July 16, with three other excellent writers at the new Living Theatre. The theater was founded by Julian Beck and Judith Malina. This event will be the debut reading for Janice Eidus's new novel, The War of the Rosens. Books by all readers will be on sale, via Mobile Libris. Hope to see you there!

July 16, Monday, 8 p.m. Reading with Janice Eidus, Paolo Javier and Lee Slonimsky. Hosted by Dorothy F. August. Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street (just below East Houston Street; F train to Second Avenue), Manhattan. $6.

www.livingtheatre.org"

color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" lang="0" size="3">Paula Guran, over at Juno Books, has her own update for July:

BACK IN THE SADDLE?
NEW DIRECTION
NEW ACQUISITIONS
SNEAK PEEK SAMPLER: Blood Magic by Matthew Cook
BOOK UPDATE
E-Z BOOK SHOPPING
SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL DISCOUNTS
WEB SITE UPDATE
WARRIOR WOMEN
CONTEST: We Have a Winner!
MORE CONTEST FUN
SUBMISSIONS
QUOTATION

Check it all out at: http://www.juno-books.com/

NYC-based poet/writer/glam-slam personality, Emanuel Xavier, iss the guest editor of the current Suspect Thoughts Journal. Read all about it here.

Gala Fur in Paris has this update Grab your French-to-Enlgish dictionaries:

"le nouveau billet d'humeur sur LES FEMMES ENTRE ELLES est en ligne, avec des dessins évocateurs de JIM sur les pratiques SM entre femmes...."

 www.galafur.com"

Okay. I think that's it for now!