New Respect for LGBT Writers
I’ve spent the last week or so working on a couple lesbian BDSM short stories. They’re coming along really well, but one aspect of writing lesbian erotica (which would apply equally to gay male erotica) is giving me periodic headaches. When writing a straight scene pronouns and possessives are easy; he/she, his/her, etc. All of [...]
Minimalistic Descriptions in Short Stories
I often argue with myself about how vividly to describe characters in short stories. Many readers and editors like to see pictures painted of what characters look like. That’s all well and good, but when writing a piece that’s only a few thousand words the on-page real estate becomes more valuable than it is in [...]
When Capitalization Goes Wrong
I write erotica with a definite flavor of kink, specifically various aspects of BDSM and other fetish oriented subjects. For my first novel I have the Kink-o-Meter turned down quite low, but like all authors working with BDSM I’m faced with decisions regarding capitalization of select lifestyle-oriented words. At some point far enough in the [...]
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