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As mentioned above, I agreed to allow D2D to take my erotica to the libraries systems this time because they made it sound like it would be ok. Though I've been wary of that and have not previously sent my erotica to the library systems.

Guess who just got a "we detected erotica in your erotica tagged book so we're not sending it to the libraries" email?

There's nothing I need to do unless I care to argue that the erotica I wrote as erotica and tagged as erotica is not, in fact, erotica.

Setting this public and tagging it to save anyone else the irritation.

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Eve Ventually Jan 11

Is creating erotica an erotic act in itself?

I think so.

What part, if any, does your own arousal play in creating or evaluating your work?

Evaluating, probably not much. But creating? It's definitely a factor. If it's not something I'm interested in, I'm going to have a harder time writing it. In some cases, I may not write it at all. I'm the first reader for all of my fiction. Whether I'm interested in something may not guarantee that anyone else is but if I'm not? It's hard to believe that someone else will be either.

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Eve Ventually Sep 19, 2025

Delving into some historical erotica reminded me of a refrain I hear sometimes: that we should use technical terms even in our smut. I think we should use the full nuance of the language.

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The Full Nuance of the Language

Image by Alessio from Pixabay I read a fair amount of erotica, some of it historical. I ran into The Horn Book: A Girl's Guide to the ...

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Eve Ventually Jul 27, 2025

How important is it for characters to be distinct from each other? (visually, emotionally, other ways)

It kind of depends on what you're doing. If the character is an audience insert, you can probably be a little repetitive without it being too much of a problem. I've read an acre of stories where the real differences between the characters basically amount to what world they're in and what powers they have in it. That can work. It's just not what I'm doing.

Do you use any frameworks (e.g. astrology, MBTI, elements) or techniques to distinguish them?

No. I let the characters tell me who they are in the process of developing them and the process of telling their stories.

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Eve Ventually Jul 20, 2025

Do you consume much erotica?

Yes, fairly regularly. It's a significant portion of what I'm reading at any given moment.

Is it similar to your work?

In some ways. Particularly in the fact that I'm writing stories with character development and plot.

Share your favourite works or creators!

Sure. Counting just the ones I can get at easily ... Paul Lucas, Cornelia Quick, Victoria Rush, Winter Lynx, and Ellie Wylde.

All of those are Smashwords links and most have titles discounted for the #Smashwords #SWSale2025 through July 31. @plucas1 and @corneliaquick are both on Mastodon. Paul has some stories under his name that aren't erotica.

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Paul Lucas

I grew up on the shores of Lake Erie, just a few snow drifts away from Buffalo, NY. I am a life long science fiction and fantasy fan, and avidly keep up on developments in the fields of science, technology, and ancient cultures. Currently I am a freelance writer and artist, with fifteen years of experience in the field. In 1998 I had a tabletop RPG published, and in 2005 my first novel CREATURA came out. My shorter works have seen the light of day in publications such as Strange Horizons, Afterburn, Tales of the Talisman, Fables, and others. Currently I do a lot of personal commissions and ghost writing work.

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Eve Ventually Jul 20, 2025

#PennedPossibilities 730: 2nd Anniversary Edition: Share a blurb, summary, or tiny snippet explaining your WIP to everyone in the hashtag.

From the Beware Of Fangs! synopsis:

Nicole has a strict 'no fangs, no women' policy when it comes to dating. Things go awry when she sees a gorgeous woman from across the bar and realizes her feet aren't touching the floor.

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Eve Ventually Jul 6, 2025

Do you prefer to work with constrained settings or expansive?

I'm not sure how to read that, really. The two main worlds I'm working with from the Hollerin accounts at the moment are the Tikud Empire setting and the Sylvestris world (Dryadis Romances). The Tikud Empire is a region of space that's very large and some of my planned stories will take place at least partly outside its limits. The Sylvestris setting happens generally within a few hours of the city of Sylvestris (counting realms like Fairy). I don't feel like either setting is constrained exactly beyond the implied limitations of the genre. (i.e. I'm unlikely to include magic in my SciFi setting and unlikely to include technology more advanced than present day in my fantasy setting.)

Revisit locations or move on?

Overall, I've got a mix but I think at this point I have to admit I like establishing settings and then using the established settings ... a lot.

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Eve Ventually Jun 29, 2025

Culture: How does your work explore, challenge, and/or exploit gender stereotypes?

It's difficult for me to answer this because I don't really set out to do any of those things. I think they tend to happen incidentally because of who I am.

The Taking Command series challenges them in part by having different gender conceptions in the species that inhabit the Tikud Empire (and its surrounds). Don't Get Seduced By A Fairy! may theoretically challenge them in that Effluvia is the main instigator and Mike ends up being the primary caregiver to their child(ren). The things Beware Of Fangs! is exploring don't relate particularly to gender stereotypes but rather things I think we can all resonate with ... that happen to be happening in a fantastical setting.

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Eve Ventually Jun 22, 2025

Characters: Is your MC the kind of person you'd want a relationship with?

Oddly enough, I've dated people like both Nicole and Paige. I don't think I would today. (To be clear, I didn't develop them based on exes. When I saw the question, I realized they had personality similarities to people I have dated in the past. Except in limited cases involving satire of public figures, I don't base characters on real people.)

How would they feel about you?

I don't think either of them would give me a second look. Which is fine. I generally date people older than I am. I'll go a bit younger than I am today but not 20+ years younger. Not a value judgement. If it's not dating someone who 'just turned eighteen', the age gap by itself is mainly an issue when combined with extremely uneven power dynamics.

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Eve Ventually Jun 15, 2025

Is your work in erotica integrated with your day-to-day life and work, or somewhat separate?

My roommate, my friends, and some of my former colleagues know I write smut. I've been releatively open about that with those folks. My family don't know but some of them could probably guess. Since I'm ... self-employed and what little money coming in is coming from publishing erotica / erotic romance, I'd say it's currently fully integrated.

If you haven't heard of #EroticMusings and this sounds fun, check out the announcement post.

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