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Mike McGrady was convinced that popular American literary culture had become so baseâwith the best-seller lists dominated by the likes of Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susannâthat any book could succeed if enough sex was thrown in. To test his theory, in 1966 McGrady recruited a team of Newsday colleagues (according to Andreas Schroder,3 nineteen men and five women) to collaborate on a sexually explicit novel with no literary or social value whatsoever.1 McGrady co-edited the project with Harvey Aronson, and among the other collaborators were well-known writers including 1965 Pulitzer Prize winner Gene Goltz, 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner Robert W. Greene, and journalist Marilyn Berger.4
The group wrote the book as a deliberately inconsistent hodge-podge, with each chapter written by a different author. Some of the chapters had to be heavily edited, because they were originally too well written. The book was submitted for publication under the pseudonym âPenelope Asheâ who was portrayed by McGradyâs sister-in-law Billie Young for photographs and meetings with publishers. The back of the first print runâs dust jacket features a black-and-white picture of a fully clothed Young with her pet Afghan Hound and the accompanying caption âPENELOPE ASHE is a demure Long Island housewifeâŠ.â5
Easy Peazy , Lots of moaning And Oh Gods Oh Godâs Iâm Cu⥠ing , Iâm Cu⥠ing , everything else is just filler , oh yes I forget to add in AAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGGGGGG ,
Lady loves a joke 1 day ago
It worked for Candace Bushnell, and her âSex and the cityâ series!
Imagine 1 day ago
Who needs a plot?
Qiset 1 day ago
Might win the best picture award.
mokspr Premium Member 1 day ago
Canât wait for the bidding war between Harper Collins, Random House and Penguin for those publishing rights!
electricshadow Premium Member 1 day ago
So another knock-off of â50 Shades of Gray?â
Jayalexander 1 day ago
Donât bore me with stories get those legs in the air.
phritzg Premium Member 1 day ago
Where can I pre-order a copy of your book?
PraiseofFolly 1 day ago
The title is kind of redundant â âNymphomaniacs Gone Wildâ.
Differentname 1 day ago
âNaked Came The Stranger.â
Mike McGrady was convinced that popular American literary culture had become so baseâwith the best-seller lists dominated by the likes of Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susannâthat any book could succeed if enough sex was thrown in. To test his theory, in 1966 McGrady recruited a team of Newsday colleagues (according to Andreas Schroder,3 nineteen men and five women) to collaborate on a sexually explicit novel with no literary or social value whatsoever.1 McGrady co-edited the project with Harvey Aronson, and among the other collaborators were well-known writers including 1965 Pulitzer Prize winner Gene Goltz, 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner Robert W. Greene, and journalist Marilyn Berger.4
The group wrote the book as a deliberately inconsistent hodge-podge, with each chapter written by a different author. Some of the chapters had to be heavily edited, because they were originally too well written. The book was submitted for publication under the pseudonym âPenelope Asheâ who was portrayed by McGradyâs sister-in-law Billie Young for photographs and meetings with publishers. The back of the first print runâs dust jacket features a black-and-white picture of a fully clothed Young with her pet Afghan Hound and the accompanying caption âPENELOPE ASHE is a demure Long Island housewifeâŠ.â5
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member 1 day ago
So will it be posted in âArchive of Our Ownâ, or âLiterotica.comâ?
mourdac Premium Member 1 day ago
More research needed.
nosirrom 1 day ago
Iâd be happy to collaborate if you want it to be published as non-fiction.
scote1379 Premium Member 1 day ago
Easy Peazy , Lots of moaning And Oh Gods Oh Godâs Iâm Cu⥠ing , Iâm Cu⥠ing , everything else is just filler , oh yes I forget to add in AAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGGGGGG ,
pat sandy creator 1 day ago
sex sells!
Zebrastripes about 23 hours ago
Most romance novels have no solid plotâŠ.LOL
ajr58(1) about 22 hours ago
Can I help her with research?
Packratjohn Premium Member about 22 hours ago
Well, sweetie, they say write what you know.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 22 hours ago
The movie Anora which won the Oscar as Best movie has an over load of sex scenes initâŠâŠâŠthat is Hollywood!
Ontman about 21 hours ago
Heâll just skip to the best parts.
Calvins Brother about 20 hours ago
If itâs all sex and no plot, then itâs basically porn. Write on!
davewhamond creator about 19 hours ago
Just add in the pizza delivery guy and youâve got a plot.
lawguy05 about 18 hours ago
Um â do you need to go to the eye doctor?
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 16 hours ago
Sex sells â or my case it costs.
Jayalexander about 3 hours ago
Is that banging I hear?