by Taryn Moreau | Jun 14, 2023 | Genre, Musings
I write upmarket fiction and prefer to read it as well, but it’s very much “genre” upmarket fiction. But what distinguishes upmarket fiction from literary fiction and commercial fiction? What the hell distinguishes “genre” upmarket...
by Taryn Moreau | Jun 13, 2023 | Genre, Musings
What’s funny (read: endlessly frustrating) is that I think my fiction could be very popular if it weren’t for one stupid fixation. I find virile, prolific men hot. Virile and prolific, as in they have a lot of casual sex and a lot of offspring—more...
by Taryn Moreau | Jun 12, 2023 | Genre, Musings
The author P.J. Fox has taken up a good amount of space in my brain lately. I don’t even remember how I got to thinking about her so intensely again, but it led to me perusing her Amazon author page and buying two of her paperbacks (which is pretty much the only...
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...