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Hello everyone, and welcome to my blog.
In the world we live in, when people get to know you, one of the first questions they ask is "What do you do?"
I always answer "I'm a writer."
And when you give that answer, inevitably the next thing you're asked is "What do you write?"
I'll tell you what I say. Just not yet.
You see, what I write is smut. Some people (including me) refer to it as erotica, but that's just being polite. It's sex. I'm a pornographer. I do it with words, not people, but the effect is hopefully the same (though some of my readers have told me the clean-up can be more intensive, which I take pride in)
But you see, people don't always LIKE that answer, so I can't really give it, at least not to everyone. I have to come up with something else. It's not really a matter of shame, just what makes them comfortable, and the rather disturbed reactions of "Ahh... Oh, okay" can be awkward for us both. Just as bad as that, though, is the second most common response, which is pity. You see, for most people, an author of explicit sexual content is a separate, SPECIAL type of writer from most writers of fiction. Not only separate, but lesser. I'm told it's a shame, I seem smart and am probably good enough to write 'real' fiction.
Now the truth of the matter is, I DO have something of a YA novel in the works. It doesn't exactly pay the bills, but it is going to exist, one day possibly at least. And the story of that character is very important and personal to me. But that said, I DO write real fiction.
Now true, I'm not looking to write some slow-paced award winning Modern Novel (with capitals) that tells the story of the Fading American Dream or the Loss of Innocence, or perhaps just that ever-popular plot, "Depressed English professor fucks his students," which for some reason ISN'T smut, possibly because the sex is broken up by monologues about how depressed English professors are the only people who understand the hard truth of the world. What the popularity of this genre says about the culture of academic and literary criticism is left to my readers to determine for themselves.
I believe that when it comes to work, how you think about what you do is as important as the task itself. To me, what I do isn't provide a cheap thing to get off to. Sex is a part of life, at least for many people. It deserves to be explored and celebrated. There's no shame in wanting to get off. It's human.
There's a story that stuck with me that I heard once, about people in a hospital who were asked what it is they did there. One doctor said "I talk to patients, diagnose, and prescribe medication." A nurse responded "I check on patients and administer meds." But the janitor, who cleaned the waiting room at the ER, said "I make people feel safe and comfortable at the most stressful time of their lives."
And that, I think, is a good way to do it. You can think about what it is you do as an act. Or you can think of what the result is when you do it well.
And now, to answer that inevitable second question. What do I write?
I write things that make people feel good.
Please enjoy.
In the world we live in, when people get to know you, one of the first questions they ask is "What do you do?"
I always answer "I'm a writer."
And when you give that answer, inevitably the next thing you're asked is "What do you write?"
I'll tell you what I say. Just not yet.
You see, what I write is smut. Some people (including me) refer to it as erotica, but that's just being polite. It's sex. I'm a pornographer. I do it with words, not people, but the effect is hopefully the same (though some of my readers have told me the clean-up can be more intensive, which I take pride in)
But you see, people don't always LIKE that answer, so I can't really give it, at least not to everyone. I have to come up with something else. It's not really a matter of shame, just what makes them comfortable, and the rather disturbed reactions of "Ahh... Oh, okay" can be awkward for us both. Just as bad as that, though, is the second most common response, which is pity. You see, for most people, an author of explicit sexual content is a separate, SPECIAL type of writer from most writers of fiction. Not only separate, but lesser. I'm told it's a shame, I seem smart and am probably good enough to write 'real' fiction.
Now the truth of the matter is, I DO have something of a YA novel in the works. It doesn't exactly pay the bills, but it is going to exist, one day possibly at least. And the story of that character is very important and personal to me. But that said, I DO write real fiction.
Now true, I'm not looking to write some slow-paced award winning Modern Novel (with capitals) that tells the story of the Fading American Dream or the Loss of Innocence, or perhaps just that ever-popular plot, "Depressed English professor fucks his students," which for some reason ISN'T smut, possibly because the sex is broken up by monologues about how depressed English professors are the only people who understand the hard truth of the world. What the popularity of this genre says about the culture of academic and literary criticism is left to my readers to determine for themselves.
I believe that when it comes to work, how you think about what you do is as important as the task itself. To me, what I do isn't provide a cheap thing to get off to. Sex is a part of life, at least for many people. It deserves to be explored and celebrated. There's no shame in wanting to get off. It's human.
There's a story that stuck with me that I heard once, about people in a hospital who were asked what it is they did there. One doctor said "I talk to patients, diagnose, and prescribe medication." A nurse responded "I check on patients and administer meds." But the janitor, who cleaned the waiting room at the ER, said "I make people feel safe and comfortable at the most stressful time of their lives."
And that, I think, is a good way to do it. You can think about what it is you do as an act. Or you can think of what the result is when you do it well.
And now, to answer that inevitable second question. What do I write?
I write things that make people feel good.
Please enjoy.
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