Pollygraph (interviews with erotica authors): Carl East
Why erotica? I found out in the year 2000 that I was reasonably good at writing erotic stories and have never looked back.
What kinds of erotica do you write? I write anything from PI to paranormal. Basically, whatever takes my fancy? I've even written a romance or two. Tell us about your experiences as an erotica author. What have the big challenges and successes been? My experiences are mostly positive, but occasionally I've hit a bump along the road. For instance, in 2010 Apple decided to ban all erotic titles from appearing on the front page of their IBook Store. I had three titles on the front page, which suddenly disappeared. I can't complain though, as I've seen a lot of success in this business. I do wish though, that with all of this banning going on by people like PayPal, that people would realize that the stories I write are fictional. Do you write in other genres, too? I've written PI, Incest, Romance, Sci-fi and Paranormal. Not necessarily in that order. lol Do the people around you know what you write? How have they reacted, or how would they react? I'm not sure if my family knows that I write erotica, mainly because they all live in England and I live in America. I don't really care if they do or don't though. As far as my wife's parents are concerned, they don't know what I write and that's how it will remain. They are very old fashioned; both of them are in their eighties and wouldn't understand. Tell us about your most recent titles. I'm working on two at the moment; one is called "The Monster in my Closet 2" and the other is "The House on the Hill 2" both of which are paranormal stories.
Do you have a favorite, or favorites, among your stories? My favorite story is "Hell's Gate" I enjoyed writing that more than any other and it was well received, at least by people with open minds. How do you normally go about writing an erotic story? Is there much, ahem, research involved...? I normally wait for an idea to strike me and one always does, and then I start to write it down. I might only get a page done before going onto something else, but that page reminds me at a later date that I had another idea and that I should finish it off. Most of the time stories just flow, but occasionally they are stubborn and don't want to be born. I normally end up having to rewrite those ones. lol Do you have any favorite erotica authors? Piers Anthony What can we expect to see from you soon? I will be doing more paranormal stories, because it's what I love to write.
How old are you Carl, if you don't mind me asking? 55 years young. Are your books eBooks only, or do you have any in print? Yes, they are only eBooks, but I do have six that are also Audio Books. I might get around to putting one or two up for print, but I'm not in any hurry to do so. What do you see as the future of eBooks? I see a time when there is more competition and prices are lower. At the moment, the big publishers are still over pricing their books and that has to change. I've even seen an eBook priced as high as the printed version and that's just ridiculous, although greed plays a strong part of it. What is your opinion on what PayPal is doing? Oh, don't get me started on them. They have no clue what they're banning. I mean, how it is ok to marry someone who is a step-person in the family (Woody Allen, Morgan Freeman, etc.) but you can't write about it. How utterly absurd is that? Like I said, don't get me started on PayPal? lol Do you know many erotic writers? Oh yes, a few hundred of them actually. Most of them are good people and all of them are from every walk of life, whether it be a lawyer or a minimum wage earner. What I've found with these people is that they are more passionate about the important things in life than anyone I know. They are open and compassionate, whether that has anything to do with the fact that they write erotic stories, I don't know, but I would guess it's because they have no hang-ups. They are people of the world or worldly people if you prefer. Finally, I wish you well Carl and look forward to your latest stories. Thank you for answering my questions. You're welcome.
More about Carl East:
Carl's author page at AmazonCarl on Facebook
What kinds of erotica do you write? I write anything from PI to paranormal. Basically, whatever takes my fancy? I've even written a romance or two. Tell us about your experiences as an erotica author. What have the big challenges and successes been? My experiences are mostly positive, but occasionally I've hit a bump along the road. For instance, in 2010 Apple decided to ban all erotic titles from appearing on the front page of their IBook Store. I had three titles on the front page, which suddenly disappeared. I can't complain though, as I've seen a lot of success in this business. I do wish though, that with all of this banning going on by people like PayPal, that people would realize that the stories I write are fictional. Do you write in other genres, too? I've written PI, Incest, Romance, Sci-fi and Paranormal. Not necessarily in that order. lol Do the people around you know what you write? How have they reacted, or how would they react? I'm not sure if my family knows that I write erotica, mainly because they all live in England and I live in America. I don't really care if they do or don't though. As far as my wife's parents are concerned, they don't know what I write and that's how it will remain. They are very old fashioned; both of them are in their eighties and wouldn't understand. Tell us about your most recent titles. I'm working on two at the moment; one is called "The Monster in my Closet 2" and the other is "The House on the Hill 2" both of which are paranormal stories.
Do you have a favorite, or favorites, among your stories? My favorite story is "Hell's Gate" I enjoyed writing that more than any other and it was well received, at least by people with open minds. How do you normally go about writing an erotic story? Is there much, ahem, research involved...? I normally wait for an idea to strike me and one always does, and then I start to write it down. I might only get a page done before going onto something else, but that page reminds me at a later date that I had another idea and that I should finish it off. Most of the time stories just flow, but occasionally they are stubborn and don't want to be born. I normally end up having to rewrite those ones. lol Do you have any favorite erotica authors? Piers Anthony What can we expect to see from you soon? I will be doing more paranormal stories, because it's what I love to write. How old are you Carl, if you don't mind me asking? 55 years young. Are your books eBooks only, or do you have any in print? Yes, they are only eBooks, but I do have six that are also Audio Books. I might get around to putting one or two up for print, but I'm not in any hurry to do so. What do you see as the future of eBooks? I see a time when there is more competition and prices are lower. At the moment, the big publishers are still over pricing their books and that has to change. I've even seen an eBook priced as high as the printed version and that's just ridiculous, although greed plays a strong part of it. What is your opinion on what PayPal is doing? Oh, don't get me started on them. They have no clue what they're banning. I mean, how it is ok to marry someone who is a step-person in the family (Woody Allen, Morgan Freeman, etc.) but you can't write about it. How utterly absurd is that? Like I said, don't get me started on PayPal? lol Do you know many erotic writers? Oh yes, a few hundred of them actually. Most of them are good people and all of them are from every walk of life, whether it be a lawyer or a minimum wage earner. What I've found with these people is that they are more passionate about the important things in life than anyone I know. They are open and compassionate, whether that has anything to do with the fact that they write erotic stories, I don't know, but I would guess it's because they have no hang-ups. They are people of the world or worldly people if you prefer. Finally, I wish you well Carl and look forward to your latest stories. Thank you for answering my questions. You're welcome.
More about Carl East:
Carl's author page at AmazonCarl on Facebook
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