Articles & Updates
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...
The Frustration of Having Unpopular Kinks (AKA Female Harems)
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,...
To the Writers of Non-Commercial Fiction
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...
Writing Update: I’ve Crawled Out of the Slump!
May 25, 2023 | Musings, Updates, Writing Journey
After a good week or two of being in a slump, I think I've escaped it. Thank God. I think I'm luckier than most in that I rarely lose my passion for...
Why I Write Dark Erotic Fiction
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...
Writing Update: On Losing the Motivation to Write
May 17, 2023 | Updates, Writing Journey
Have you ever struggled with feeling completely unmotivated to write? Not so much butt-in-chair day-to-day motivation, but that bigger motivation...
I Finished the First Draft of my Novel: Here’s What’s Next
Apr 29, 2023 | Updates, Writing Journey
So I finished writing the first draft of my erotic gothic fiction novel about two months ago. I've tried to write various iterations of this story...
What is Erotic Horror?
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...