I’m a writer. I love writing stories of all kinds, but what I write most often are romance stories with a naughty side. I’ve had books up on Smashwords. I thought about putting them up on Amazon, but I’m not sure if Amazon likes my type of story. Barnes & Noble sure didn’t. The story I added to B&N wasn’t exactly just erotic romance as it contained a little but of dubcon and a few other extra material concepts that I’m sure the average romance reader might flag. It was more intended for the guys.
There’s a difference between the stories men and women enjoy reading and I write for both. The stories for women contain more of the romance aspect and the men, well, they usually like the nitty gritty. Even the femme men like the nitty gritty stories that involve more sex than the stories for women. Don’t get me wrong, both are full of naughtiness and both have a story told instead of just gratuitous sex. Writing a story just for sex would be boring!
I also enjoy writing stories about weird topics like aliens and monsters. Sometimes I’ll involve adult fairy tales and other things that go bump in the night. If we all just wrote about “man meets woman, they have a fight, they fall in love, they have sex, they get married and have a baby, the end” then life would be extremely boring. Sometimes it seems that is what people want, but isn’t a book something that should be about a fantasy life? Who wants to read what you’re already doing or would be if you had a partner? Why not make him or her something else instead of just another boring human being?
I sometimes come up with the title first, then the characters, and then the plot. I love shaping a story around a good title. You’ll find my titles fun and creative. There is not reason that my stories cannot contain anything from tiny humans to giants or aliens to monsters. And some are just human beings. I don’t add violence between the lovers except for maybe a little consensual BDSM. OK I might include some humiliation and dubious consent, but usually that is when the person has already agreed to it in their own mind. There is never any need for violence or bloodletting unless there is a vampire involved then one expects the vampire to do a little biting. And for the guys, if you don’t want to read the romance then just skip the pages of love and adoration and go right for the gusto!
I’d love to know what you think. Let me know in the comments.