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Erotica and Silliness

I just spent the last half hour going over my personal hero's Amazon page, Chuck Tingle. For those who don't know who Chuck Tingle is, he's an erotica author who specializes in gay sex, and ultimately silly scenarios which are somehow heart warming and deep. I'm not quite sure how he managed that, but reading about space raptors invading butts is what convinced me to start writing erotica.

I started with the Janus Key Chronicles... which was MY attempt at silly erotica. Now that I'm writing th...

Delilah Devilshot #2: The Brothels of Brimstone is LIVE on Amazon!

I know, I know, I'm behind. But that's ok, because it just gives me a chance after the big push to talk about a book I loved writing!

This series (well, this one and Villainess) are really close to my heart. I know in order to make money from erotica, I should write in the "Golden 12" and do contemporary, or MC, or billionaire or something else that's just... yawn-worthy for me. I know there are others out there who think the same as I do. I like smut. I like reading stories about people getti...

Normalization (Serious Post)

I'm taking a break from sexy writing and not-so-sexy editing to talk about serious shit for a minute. Or ten. If you don't want to hear about serious business, then move on to the next blog. I also want to say that I'm not right on everything. There's NO WAY I can be right on everything, and thus, all I can share is my opinion, and that's what this is.

Tonight, I blocked someone for trans hate on Facebook. I made a quick post about it, because it skeeves me out, and I noted I had a lot of mutu...

Basic Things Every Erotica Writer Should Have and Should Know

I was talking the other day with Bryce about how to make covers, and what tips and stuff would be good, and then I thought about it... if I really wanted to do something here to help beginners get off the ground, I should really start with the basics, rather than just covers... of which I admit I know very little about since I don't make my own.
What should an erotica writer possess in order to start writing?Basic Understanding of the English Language: You'd be surprised how often I open up an...

Reviewing as an Author

What's this? Another reviewing blog post? Well, it's important! And it's something I enjoy doing. Everyone likes to have their opinion heard! However, reviewing as an author is tricky. It is. There are some rules you need to obey from Amazon, but they don't tell you these rules.

First and foremost, if you are an author and you are reviewing something in the genre you write (and I've heard it anything at all, but especially the genre you write in), if you leave a bad review--one or two stars--A...

Why Do I Write?

It's a simple question, isn't it? Why do I write? It both is and isn't that simple.

Of course, I would love to hit it big and become rich. Fame I can live without, but that would come with it, I think. I would love to just do this for a living, to just write, to just create things. I have an active enough mind I would never be able to get all of my stories out. Never ever. Just for instance, tonight I figured out a character for Delilah Devilshot who will make an appearance... but then I reali...

Dominating Her Intern Audio Book is Live!

I'm a little late on this one! Dominating Her Intern is now an audio book! While some of the narrator's other stuff I didn't care for, I thought she was a perfect fit for a femdom book. Her voice is smokey and husky, a little deep, and just perfect for a mistress. Of course, most of the Dominating books are from the male POV, and this IS a female narrator... I think it's a great choice as the men who may be listening will want to hear their mistress' voice! You can purchase the audio book dir...

Hump on Inn LIVE on Amazon!

The next book in the "Witches of Back End" series Hump on Inn is LIVE on Amazon! Instead of having a single lead character, I'm choosing to have several leads with this one, no more than three or four at the most. It gives me a little bit of variety in the same series without deviating from the storyline, which is being given in bits and pieces. There's definitely something afoot in the sleepy town of Back End! We'll find out bit by bit.

I'm not sure how long this series will end up being. It...

Smut for Your Ears

Villainess: The Queen of Swords AUDIObook went live today, which was amazing. It was a lot of fun working with the producer, who nailed Caprice's voice completely, I think. Jotham did up a audio book cover for it since the dimensions are different than an ebook. Now I REALLY need to investigate putting a sidebar up on here to show all the different buy links! Just really, really busy at work at my day job and in writing.

For those who don't know, I am writing a story set in the Villainess worl...

Prince of Cups Release Event News Report

Yes, I get Dark Phoenix, eater of
asparagus people.Well.... not really news, but sorta? I guess as much news as this blog gets.

The Prince of Cups is out! (PS--go buy it!) I think the event went pretty well. Seven other authors came to help with takeovers, and they were all pretty nice. One was Bryce, of course, who is my writer BFF, but I'd consider a few of the others as friends too, or at least getting to be.

"Bloom" = Poison Ivy. DO YOU
GET IT YET?!One thing that I want to give a shout out ri...