Articles & Updates
My 2024 Plans: Switching to Novel Writing
Feb 19, 2024 | Updates, Writing Journey
A very belated happy 2024, readers! I haven't been up to much except working on my Innocent series of novellas and getting more freelance work in...
What I Want From “Villain Gets the Girl” Novels
I was thinking quite a bit about what I really want when I say I want villain heroes, and while sometimes I am looking for that morally black hero...
On Author Branding, Marketing, and Universal Fantasy
Oct 26, 2023 | Writing Journey
So while exploring the concept of author ecosystem and learning that I'm a forest, I also learned that T. Taylor's book, 7 Figure Fiction: How to...
On Deciding to Write Dark Erotic Fantasy
Oct 15, 2023 | Genre, Writing Journey
So quite a few things have happened since my last post on where I want to go with my writing, and while it hasn't changed the direction I want to go...
Dark Eroticism + HEA = Dark Romance?
I came across an interesting conversation on social media the other day involving an erotic horror novel that a dark romance reader was raving about...
Writing Career Changes for Q4 2023 and the New Year
Sep 19, 2023 | Updates, Writing Journey
Well, it's been a few weeks, which means it's that time again: time to announce that I've once again changed my mind about the direction I'm heading...
Okay, Maybe I’m Selling Out Just a Little
Jun 29, 2023 | Musings, Writing Journey
Remember my very first post on this blog, about how I Gave Up Trying to Make It as a Writer? The one I only wrote seven months ago? I've tried to...
5 Excellent Upmarket Novels with Dark Erotic & Romantic Elements
Jun 14, 2023 | Genre
I was going to make this a list of my favorite dark erotic fiction and/or dark romance novels, but as I perused my Favorites shelf on Goodreads, I...
Defining Genres: Literary, Upmarket, and Commercial Fiction
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...