Writing

A selection of my favorite pieces:

  • Good In Bed
    Good In Bed is a sex education site founded by Ian Kerner, the author of She Comes First. My first project for the site? An ebook called 52 Weeks of Amazing Sex, co-authored with Kerner himself.

  • I’m not a parent — yet — but I did have the pleasure of writing about the awkwardness of babymaking sex for Babble. Click through for more than you ever wanted to know about my attempts to get pregnant.
  • Your Tango
    I was an Assistant Editor at YourTango, and wrote a lot for them during my time there. One of my favorite pieces is “How I’m Saving Our Marriage,” a personal essay I wrote after my husband suggested a trial separation. 
  • Sex with StephI’ve written several pieces for The Frisky, but feel as if my sex column — Sex with Steph — deserves its own space. After all, who knows the next time I’ll have my very own (super sexy) logo? Sex With Steph was an advice column in which I answered questions about sex toys, swinging, sexual dysfunction, disabilities, and more.

  • It’s not just sex and relationships up in here. When I’m not doing the sex writing thing, I’m a career coach who also generates biz-related content. This piece is on creating a personal marketing plan.

  • In fact, my affiliation with the YEC has afforded me some great business writing opportunities. This piece for Business Insider gave me the chance to share what I’ve learned as an entrepreneur.
  • Time Out New York
    In “Sex Play for Prudes,” I had the pleasure of chatting with some New Yorkers who were working hard to demystify sex for the perpetually, sexually shy.
  • Inside JerseyOut of everything I’ve written, the piece I wrote for Inside Jersey — on wine spots throughout the state — was the most fun to research. Over the course of several months, my husband and I hit up every single winery in NJ, and checked out wine bars, upscale restaurants, and wine shops. We even made our own Cabernet Franc!
  • Nerve
    I wrote a good number of pieces for Nerve when I worked there as an editorial intern, and also led a products blog on the site. But the piece I’m most proud of is “Pulling It Off,” a personal essay on body/intimacy issues, and being painted in the nude.

  • howaboutwe is a dating site with one cool concept: meet people based upon compatible date ideas. They have a blog as well, The Date Report, on which I wrote about having fantastic, new-relationship sex.
  • Playgirl
    Playgirl is the very first glossy magazine I managed to break into. Here’s my travel piece on sex parties around the world.
  • The Frisky
    Long before I ever had my sex column with The Frisky, I wrote several, one-off pieces for them. One of them? A fun piece on how sex parties helped me overcome my intimacy issues.
  • New York Press
    I’ve done a few pieces for New York Press, but this is the only personal essay. It’s about finding (temporary) love on NJ Transit.

  • What you may not know about me, considering my roles as sex writer and career coach, is that I’m also a hardcore cat lady. Over at Petside, I got the chance to indulge this particular part of me with a piece about raising pets… and how my abilities there might predict my abilities as an eventual parent.
  • Bella Magazine
    My piece on fitness classes that make you smile for BELLA, a fairly new, regional magazine.
  • Lemondrop
    I had a lot of fun as a sex toy reviewer for AOL’s Lemondrop. One of the weirdest toys I tried? The Sexerciseball.