by Taryn Moreau | May 17, 2023 | Genre, Musings
On the surface, I write for the same reason many, if not most, authors write: to create the stories I want to read. But why dark erotic fiction? Why dark love stories? Well, beyond the base answer (they turn me on and thrill me), it’s to scratch this itch that...
by Taryn Moreau | Apr 26, 2023 | Genre
Erotic horror is one of those genres I’m not sure I should use to describe what I write as an author. Some of my stories are certainly erotic horror, but others feel too much like dark fantasy or some other genre. But I’m getting ahead of myself. What is...
by Taryn Moreau | Apr 22, 2023 | Genre, Musings, Writing Journey
In my post So What, Exactly, Is My Genre? I described the primary characteristic of my writing as dark eroticism: mostly rape and/or extreme power imbalance fantasies. Pretty much everything I write and everything I want to write is dark erotica or fantasy/paranormal...
by Taryn Moreau | Apr 22, 2023 | Genre, Musings
I find it hard to categorize my fiction in a neat, marketable package that readers with a defined set of expectations can search for. It’s quite frustrating. But here are the major traits that define all or most of my fiction. Dark Erotic Fiction I originally...
by Taryn Moreau | Mar 6, 2023 | Genre
All too often, I’ve encountered people online declaring that erotica must have X or romance must do Y, and I strongly disagree. My approach to genres is to read around to find out what the general consensus seems to be and use that definition. I differentiate...