WHY I WRITE EROTIC FICTION
I'm
also lucky to live in NYC where the erotic spoken
word scene is exciting, full of super talented
people and growing.
I've also written for magazines, although I now concentrate entirely on writing fiction. I loved being a freelance magazine writer and think it's some of the best training for being a fiction writer, and I always advise any aspiring fiction writer to spend at least five years writing for magazines and/or newspapers. You learn how to tell a story quickly, understandably. You see your work published and you have an audience who responds to you. And you learn about working with deadlines.
My magazine humor was published in The New Yorker, and the New York Times. I wrote on movies, food, books and music for magazines such as Elle, Health, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, The Modern Review.
For the last five years I've been writing erotic fiction. You could say I was always pushing the boundaries of what was publishable in the mainstream. And I have little or no interest in what's called "literary" fiction, which these days means "writing from the neck up" as my poet-friend Michele Madigan Somerville says.
I want to entertain and excite -- and yes, turn on -- my readers. Whether it's with supernatural erotic fiction, such as the stories you'll find in my collection DEEP INSIDE: EXTREME EROTIC FANTASIES. Or with a comic soap opera, such as SEX SCENES, which takes place in current day Hollywood. I also love writing comic books and I'm thrilled to be working with the super talented young artist, Jess Fink.
I'm often asked if I think of what I do as "erotica" or "porn." As far as I'm concerned, you can call it what you want. I'm having a great time writing hot fiction, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
I've also written for magazines, although I now concentrate entirely on writing fiction. I loved being a freelance magazine writer and think it's some of the best training for being a fiction writer, and I always advise any aspiring fiction writer to spend at least five years writing for magazines and/or newspapers. You learn how to tell a story quickly, understandably. You see your work published and you have an audience who responds to you. And you learn about working with deadlines.
My magazine humor was published in The New Yorker, and the New York Times. I wrote on movies, food, books and music for magazines such as Elle, Health, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, The Modern Review.
For the last five years I've been writing erotic fiction. You could say I was always pushing the boundaries of what was publishable in the mainstream. And I have little or no interest in what's called "literary" fiction, which these days means "writing from the neck up" as my poet-friend Michele Madigan Somerville says.
I want to entertain and excite -- and yes, turn on -- my readers. Whether it's with supernatural erotic fiction, such as the stories you'll find in my collection DEEP INSIDE: EXTREME EROTIC FANTASIES. Or with a comic soap opera, such as SEX SCENES, which takes place in current day Hollywood. I also love writing comic books and I'm thrilled to be working with the super talented young artist, Jess Fink.
I'm often asked if I think of what I do as "erotica" or "porn." As far as I'm concerned, you can call it what you want. I'm having a great time writing hot fiction, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
I'm not
one of those erotica writers who hides behind a
pseudonymn. I'm proud of what I write.
Honestly, when people ask me "Why do you write erotic fiction?" -- first thought is, "Well, why don't you?"
And think about it: some of the best fiction writing is highly sexual. And it wasn't called "erotica" -- it was simply called great literature.
I'm lucky enough to be married to Ray Sawhill, and we also co-write erotic fiction together. I believe that all couples should write erotica together.
Honestly, when people ask me "Why do you write erotic fiction?" -- first thought is, "Well, why don't you?"
And think about it: some of the best fiction writing is highly sexual. And it wasn't called "erotica" -- it was simply called great literature.
I'm lucky enough to be married to Ray Sawhill, and we also co-write erotic fiction together. I believe that all couples should write erotica together.
