Pollygraph (interviews with erotica authors): Sir Jaerls
Why erotica?
Erotica is one of those genres that can cover many topics. There is Science Fiction, Horror, Humor, Historical, Romantic, Fantasy and the list goes on. I love a genre that allows me that kind of freedom to play in different styles.
Erotica has the intensity too that you don’t find in many stories. Sex, whether good or bad, romantic or violent has its rhythms. It’s a lot of fun to write the intensity and try to match the flow and feeling of the text to the action. I like to to draw the reader in, give him/her the feeling along with the words.
What kinds of erotica do you write?
All of the above, really. I mostly write in BDSM, as I am more comfortable there. I have a historical book out called Allette, and am working on a dystopian horror called Sentence. I have three others in the works too. I just need to learn to type faster.
Tell us about your experiences as an erotica author. What have the big challenges and successes been?
There is a great stigmatism with erotica, one that says “in erotica, it doesn’t have to be good writing.” I find this appalling that people would actually defend mediocrity. The result of that is a general expectation that ALL erotic writing is flawed or bland, when that could not be further from the truth.
I have had publishers and agents tell me that someone only writes erotica if they cannot write anything else. As though it was the “special ed” of literature.
Do you write in other genres, too?
I do, but right now, I have so much on my schedule that is erotica, I won’t have time to write anything else for a while.
Tell us about your most recent titles.
I was honored to be part of an anthology with Sara Pierce, Delilah Fawkes, Victoria Foxxe, and Stella Kingston, called Some Like it Rough, which is free on Amazon. I have a full length novel (almost, it tops out at about 47K) called Allette, about a girl in the late 1800s who is essentially sold to a Lord and learns from him and his very sensual staff. It’s really a D/s BDSM historical romance, except it’s girl meets small community.
Do you have a favourite, or favourites, among your stories?
The one I haven’t written yet. Perpetually.
How do you normally go about writing an erotic story? Is there much, ahem, research involved...?
Sad to say, but almost all of my stories manifest as dreams. I have a constant barrage of erotic dreams, and on the occasion I have nightmares, there is still an erotic flavor to them.
I have been in the BDSM lifestyle for a long time and so my dreams and fantasies will carry that too.
Do you have any favourite erotica authors?
Yes, I have many. I will point out Virginia Wade because she is a great and wonderful person as well as author and has helped me get a toe hold, and Lacie Grayson because she is both talented and my publisher.
And finally, what can we expect to see from you soon?
Campfire should be out by the end of June, it’s a short, probably 8K or so about a sexual slave in the current day that begs to go on a camping trip with her Master and be shared among his friends.
Sentence I already mentioned. I have Alice in the works which is a bizarre comedy horror mix of Alice in Wonderland. I have Brothel which is an erotic ghost story, and Succubus, a sword and sorcery tale.
More from Sir Jaerls:
Sir Jaerls' blogSir Jaerls at Amazon
Erotica is one of those genres that can cover many topics. There is Science Fiction, Horror, Humor, Historical, Romantic, Fantasy and the list goes on. I love a genre that allows me that kind of freedom to play in different styles.
Erotica has the intensity too that you don’t find in many stories. Sex, whether good or bad, romantic or violent has its rhythms. It’s a lot of fun to write the intensity and try to match the flow and feeling of the text to the action. I like to to draw the reader in, give him/her the feeling along with the words.What kinds of erotica do you write?
All of the above, really. I mostly write in BDSM, as I am more comfortable there. I have a historical book out called Allette, and am working on a dystopian horror called Sentence. I have three others in the works too. I just need to learn to type faster.
Tell us about your experiences as an erotica author. What have the big challenges and successes been?
There is a great stigmatism with erotica, one that says “in erotica, it doesn’t have to be good writing.” I find this appalling that people would actually defend mediocrity. The result of that is a general expectation that ALL erotic writing is flawed or bland, when that could not be further from the truth.
I have had publishers and agents tell me that someone only writes erotica if they cannot write anything else. As though it was the “special ed” of literature.
Do you write in other genres, too?
I do, but right now, I have so much on my schedule that is erotica, I won’t have time to write anything else for a while.
Tell us about your most recent titles.
I was honored to be part of an anthology with Sara Pierce, Delilah Fawkes, Victoria Foxxe, and Stella Kingston, called Some Like it Rough, which is free on Amazon. I have a full length novel (almost, it tops out at about 47K) called Allette, about a girl in the late 1800s who is essentially sold to a Lord and learns from him and his very sensual staff. It’s really a D/s BDSM historical romance, except it’s girl meets small community.Do you have a favourite, or favourites, among your stories?
The one I haven’t written yet. Perpetually.
How do you normally go about writing an erotic story? Is there much, ahem, research involved...?
Sad to say, but almost all of my stories manifest as dreams. I have a constant barrage of erotic dreams, and on the occasion I have nightmares, there is still an erotic flavor to them.
I have been in the BDSM lifestyle for a long time and so my dreams and fantasies will carry that too.
Do you have any favourite erotica authors?
Yes, I have many. I will point out Virginia Wade because she is a great and wonderful person as well as author and has helped me get a toe hold, and Lacie Grayson because she is both talented and my publisher.
And finally, what can we expect to see from you soon?
Campfire should be out by the end of June, it’s a short, probably 8K or so about a sexual slave in the current day that begs to go on a camping trip with her Master and be shared among his friends.
Sentence I already mentioned. I have Alice in the works which is a bizarre comedy horror mix of Alice in Wonderland. I have Brothel which is an erotic ghost story, and Succubus, a sword and sorcery tale.
More from Sir Jaerls:
Sir Jaerls' blogSir Jaerls at Amazon
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