top of page


01:43

01:17

00:26

00:46

00:29

01:24

00:27

00:08
Search


Goodreads Does Not Equal Gospel
Anyone with an email address can create an unlimited number of Goodreads accounts. That means anyone can leave reviews — even without reading the book. And yes, groups of people absolutely do this to “cancel” authors they dislike. I know because it happened to me. Two years ago. And yet, the misinformation is still circulating.

Olympia Black
Sep 73 min read


Why I Don’t Use Trigger Warnings (The Way You Think I Should)
Because the kind of darkness I write doesn’t always fit into tidy trigger checklists. These aren’t stories about tropes or kink packaged for mass appeal. They’re stories about power. About control.

Olympia Black
Jul 282 min read


Women's Sexual Agency is also Human Agency
When women write about sex, especially in a raw, honest, or emotionally complex way, it often gets dismissed as "porn" or "smut" because it threatens the traditional boundaries that have long defined acceptable female expression. There's a cultural discomfort—especially in male-dominated literary criticism—with women owning their sexual narratives without shame, without permission, and without softening the edges.

Olympia Black
Apr 192 min read


Alien Encounters: The Impact of Social Media on Human Interaction
Alien Encounters: The Impact of Social Media on Human Interaction
My Inspiration for “I’m Bored on Earth, Take Me” wasn’t just a romp in spa

Olympia Black
Oct 28, 20244 min read


"23 Books You Should Read If You Loved Fifty Shades of Grey"
I was just goolging Olympia Black and found that I was mentioned in UK Cosmo in 2022. I never knew. But I know everyone of those other...

Olympia Black
Feb 9, 20241 min read


Being an Indie Author: Publishing My First Book by Olympia Black (Written for Bookcase and Coffee)
There is no question that being an indie author requires a larger skill set than going down the route with a traditional publisher.

Olympia Black
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Olympia Black Science Fiction Author
bottom of page