Thread: Ask an erotic author who pays his bills writing porn anything.

Thought this might be an interesting AMA for people here. About two years ago I decided I needed a side gig and I'd always been a writer back in the day. Getting into erotica is easier than most people think, but making decent money at it isn't.

I've published over 50 short novellas (think as short as 40 pages and as long as 100+) across various sites. Had three #1 sellers in my categories and wrote over a million words last year. Originally I got into it hoping to make coffee money, and now it pays my rent. About a year ago I got into writing commissions (so requested stuff) where people send me their fantasies and I write the story for them. Sometimes VERY twisted and weird stuff. Recently I've also gotten into editing.

Hoping that by the time I'm 50 (I'm 46 now) I can quit my day job and work at this full time. Working on my first full novel (crime thriller) and also writing a children's book with my seven year old daughter I'm hoping to publish for her birthday this year.

Ask away!

how much have you made doing this

can you post a paragraph of a example of what you write

any phaggy requests from people

I tried my hand at writing a CNC story on Literotica a while ago, would you be able to give me some tips?

Originally Posted by Tunechii

how much have you made doing this

can you post a paragraph of a example of what you write

any phaggy requests from people

It's increased steadily. My first goal was $100 a month. Then my car payment of $450 a month. My goal for end of this year is to be making 2k a month and it's part time.

Here's a fisting tidbit I wrote just this morning:
"Stretching one more time Ellie gasped and looked down and then she could clearly see that Greta had her entire hand inside her *****. It was impossible to imagine it fitting, but there it was. And the sensation of stretch was making her whole body almost convulse with pleasure. She wasn’t even moving it, just slowly penetrating inch by delicious inch."

Lots of them.

Originally Posted by overtrainbrah

Mirin bro.

- What are some of the weirdest requests you've gotten?

- Do you refuse requests that are too fkd up or do you just up the price?

- How much are people willing to pay for custom stories and how long are the stories? Do they get refunds if they don't like what you've written or ask you to make amendments?

- Have you considered setting up your own platform e.g. On Patreon where you can potentially have a guaranteed source of income over an extended period?

- What's your writing routine - hours / words per day?

Worst request ever (and the only one I've ever reported) was a guy who wanted me to write a story about killing a woman and having sex with her corpse. But not just sex traditionally, he wanted me to write about him having sex with the gaping hole he'd carved into her. And the woman just happened to be his wife's best friend. He sent me pictures and everything. It was super disturbing that he was having such sick fantasies about a woman he actually knew.

I refuse requests about kids, animals and anything like the above. The amount of guys who try to justify writing about fourteen year olds because it's legal in their country is amazing.

I charge about 2 cents a word - so a 10k word story makes me $200. That takes me about 7-10 hours to write, so about $25 an hour. And I always include a revision.

Thinking about Patreon - mostly for my novel because it's a slog to write and chapter by chapter might be easier.

I shoot for at least 3k words a day and usually get closer to five. I write in the morning mostly right after I get up because it's when I'm most productive. My day job usually kicks in around 10 so I spend a couple of hours banging out words. Editing I'll do in front of the TV at night. Probably spend about 2-3 hours a day total.

Originally Posted by Kev1972

How do you feel knowing some fat whore made bank off a softcore twilight fan fiction?

It's called write to market. People eat that stuff up. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Originally Posted by thedarrenestes

Do you find any correlation to better or worse writing on a no fap streak?

Don't think I've ever done a no fap streak beyond a few days and getting sex isn't an issue for me.

Can you write something erotic about sliencespeaks ?

Originally Posted by Sublime25

Can you write something erotic about sliencespeaks ?

I've done stories before where men dress up like women so no problem.

OP, do you have any insight in the ratio of men to women that request commissions?