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1989 or 1990ish were my first freelance writer sales to publishers like LFP.
I went on to do freelance editing, writing, and photography for Hustler, Playboy, Penthouse, AVN, Magna, Crescent, all the big adult publishing house.
I founded Blue Blood Magazine, the print publication of counterculture erotica in 1992. Blue Blood inspired all the early goth sites and, after coming across a membership site which was largely just pages scanned from my magazine, I decided to toss up GothicSluts.com with some of my own work which had not found a magazine fit yet. Having one of the earliest banner exchange systems and publication sites online already, it had targeted traffic from the start.
I didn't even bother to finish filling out the payment paperwork for a while. When I got that first online adult check, I was stunned.
Eventually found that a revshare affiliate program was a big plus and SpookyCash.com became a lot of what I did for years.
As a GFY Hall of Famer and AltStar Hall of Famer, I think one is supposed to retire once those are the awards, but I can't imagine anything less fun for me than being retired. Come somewhat full circle to magazines in recent years.
If anyone reading this knows anyone looking to sell cool magazine titles (adult or non-adult) or a Vegas-based print shop, I'm interested in acquisitions. Sheesh, I'm barely awake and I could have just written 1989. ❤️ GFY.
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