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When Marilyn Friedman isn't working on her memoir about her experiences as a swing dancer, she's helping writers hone their craft and feed their bellies at her Silver Lake home, otherwise known as The Writing Pad. Miss her Erotic Writing Workshop on February 8? Read on for some tips on how to cure erotic writer's block. —Elisa Jacobs 
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Does LA need more book clubs and fewer nightclubs?I’d love to see a book-club/nightclub hybrid. I’d name it “Bookshelf,” “Reading Room” or “Word.” It’d have multi-level reading lounges with comfy couches, good lighting and free-flowing libations to keep the conversational vibe going.
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What's your advice for aspiring screenwriters?Several of my students and instructors are writers at Disney, DreamWorks and in TV. Most of them got their start as writer’s assistants, script coordinators and script readers. Be persistent, keep generating new writing, and network at this writing conference.
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Do you have any suggestions for where or how aspiring erotic writers can get inspiration?There’s a store I shop at regularly called Bittersweet Butterfly in Silver Lake. It sells beautiful lingerie, flowers and chocolates—these are the things that help me get into the erotic-writing zone.
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Where are your favorite places to write?I live in Silver Lake so I prefer Silverlake Coffee and Tea. They have free internet, and the vibe is relaxed.
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Do you have any favorite places to buy books that don't have an in-store Starbucks?Skylight Books—it’s in my neighborhood and feels like the funky, independent bookstores you find up in San Francisco.
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You serve some rather delicious food in during workshops and classes. Where should we get our next meal to fuel our creative and erotic fires?I love Hungry Cat in Hollywood. They have fantastic oysters, out-of-this-world tangerine margaritas and a chocolate bread pudding that’ll give you a food orgasm.
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What is the most inspirational place in the city?The highbrow answer is The Huntington Art Museum—smell flowers, have high tea, see the Blue Boy!—but the fun lowbrow answer is Graumann’s Chinese Theatre. I love to watch the tantalizing mix of Midwestern tourists, poorly costumed superheroes, and prostitutes.
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Writing Pad classes are held in your home, which happens to be adorably hip. Where do you buy your furniture?Thanks [curtsies]. I bought my furniture at Blueprint and Shelter in West Hollywood which have reasonably priced, modern furniture.
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Do you have any favorite literary scenes in LA?I really like Vroman’s bookstore in Pasadena and Dutton’s Brentwood for poetry and prose readings.
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If you had to choose between going to Skylight Books, Skyla or Skybar, which would you pick?Skybar is probably a good place to do research for your next chick-lit novel, if you can get in.
 
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 "One of the main reasons why I started Writing Pad was to create a safe space for writers to break through their blocks and stop censoring and criticizing themselves. I think a class is only successful if writers leave feeling inspired."
---Marilyn Friedman
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