Confessions of a Reluctant Erotica Writer

From Tori Ross, the National Indie Excellence Award winner for The Cuffing Season Contract, comes a non-fiction account of her first year of writing erotica on the side.



After an injury left her sidelined from her job, Tori Ross thought writing romance would be a lucrative career choice. But when the money going out for production costs, covers, editing, and promotion was more than what was coming in, she needed a way to help cover bills and buy food.



Reluctantly, she said she would write erotica for one year to see if a genre in a level playing field that doesn't allow ads and heavy promotion would be more lucrative.



In her first non-fiction foray, Ross explains how she ended up with a career she loves, even if she made thirty-five cents her first month writing erotica.



Chapters cover:

-How she started.

-Picking a niche.

-Coming up with a pen name.

-Bundling and pricing.

-Her surprise at reader shame and the Christmas boost.

-Reactions from her friends.

-Earnings and production costs.

-The loneliness of not having coworkers you can talk to about what you write.



Written with self-deprecating humor, Ross barrels through what it's really like to be one of the very real humans that write the sleazy shorts we all won't admit to reading.