Interview with Congressio
Q. What ambitions do you still have?
To die in post-coital bliss.
Q. What are the most important components that go into making good erotic fiction?
A believable plot and characters, and good writing ideally based on personal experience.
Q. How do you like to relax when you’re not at work?
Would you believe it? Making pâtisserie!
Q. What makes you laugh?
Really bad descriptions of sex. Continue reading “Author Interview with Congressio”
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Interview with Stone Franks
1. How did you end up being an erotic writer?
I was sent an e-mail with lots of different calls for submissions and one of them was for lesbian erotica and I just thought “I could do that”. The deadline was only a week away and I managed it, so I realised that it was quite easy to bang them out quickly pulp style, which appeals to me. I once read about a guy writing bondage pulps who would make all the titles up and advertise them, then only write the actual story if he made a sale. That’s what I’m into, writing as a craft.
2. What are the most important components that go into making good erotic fiction?
You have to approach the writing like you are having sex with the reader through the story. They have started reading the story, so we can assume they are into the general theme which is what you have in common with them and how you have “pulled” them. Then you do something you know they’re into, put a new twist on it, get them to try something they didn’t know existed, take them to the brink and then when they think it can’t get any more intense turn it up past 10. Make them squirt, or make them hurt. Continue reading “Author Interview with Stone Franks”
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Name: Brenda Knight
Q. What was your childhood ambition?
To be a writer!
Q. What ambitions do you still have?
To edit and publish books that are truly helpful to readers.
Q. What was your first job?
I worked at a department store.
Q. What is your role at Cleis Press & Viva Editions?
I’m an Associate Publisher.
Q. How did you end up working at Cleis Press & Viva Editions?
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