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Girls, grab your batteries!
You won’t be able to slap that sappy smile off your face.
An erotic short
story with heart!
This story is
told from the POV of the male hero.
** Warning: This book contains the same
scenes as the original story “Behind Closed Doors”, so don’t get your panties
in a bunch over the same scenes. However, there will be plenty inside that gets
you hot and bothered. **
Have you been dying to hear Tad’s side of the
story? Now’s your chance!
He’s a
prosecutor eighteen years older than his new intern. She’s the daughter of a
judge, who happens to be one of his long-time friends.
Tad has had a
crush on Skye for four years, but there is no way she’s interested in him. Or,
is there? Even if she is interested, what would be the fallout if they succumb to
their desires?
Will their
relationship remain behind closed doors?
This story
features graphic depictions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for 18+
readers only. All characters depicted are over the age of 18.
Be prepared for
dirty words and even dirtier sex. Enter at your own risk.
When preparing a manuscript for publishing, several
components need to be included. In this chapter, I’ll explore those required
components.
Book Title
You will need to identify a book title that is the appropriate fit for your manuscript. Think of something that is a catchphrase from the book or summarizes the theme of the book. Don’t get too cute. People haven’t read the book yet, so they aren’t going to get adorable or quirky titles that you think are funny.
Book Cover
When designing a book cover, you should scan through books in your genre. Are other authors using faces? Bodies? Couples? Clothed or unclothed models? Symbols? Vector images? Dark backgrounds? Light backgrounds?
Once you’ve identified a feel that fits with your genre,
then consider how you could use that concept with your book cover. If you are
comfortable with designing your own book covers, then there are YouTube videos and programs that can
easily be used to make your own covers and save you money.
If you are uncomfortable with designing your own covers,
there are people on Fiverr that can
do a decent job with designing covers. Or there are numerous sites available
that sell pre-made covers. However, those take forever to go through and may
not fit your book perfectly. I prefer to find a stock image that matches my
book and have a Fiverr designer to make
my covers. The most important thing is that for erotic short stories, I would
not spend a large sum of money for a top book cover designer. It isn’t
necessary.
When selecting the picture for your book cover, it is recommended that you spend a little extra money and get a stock photo plan. There are a wider variety of images to choose from and the images are better quality. Not to mention, you will have less likelihood of ten other people in your genre using the same image. With free photos, you will find numerous people having used the same models for their covers.
Title Page
On the title page, you will need to type the title of your book, author name, and year of publication.
Publisher’s Page
If you are your own publisher, you can put down the same information as the title page and yourself as the publisher. Additionally, you can make your own publishing company name if you would like to have a more professional look for your book.
Copyright Page
All professional quality books should include a copyright page. This page directs the reader not to copy, duplicate, or use your property as their own. There are examples of copyright pages online, or you can have an attorney draft one for you.
Table of Contents
If you are using a Microsoft Word document, you can use headings for your chapters to develop hyperlinks. These hyperlinks will allow your reader to click on the different chapters or sections to switch to that location in your book.
This can be helpful if the reader wants to go back to a
specific area in your book and re-read the information. More importantly is if
they’re going to your author page for your contact information or the review
page to leave you a book review. The table of content’s function is under the
references tab of a word program.
Excerpt
Next, you will want to include a page with your book excerpt. The book excerpt should be approximately two to three paragraphs of your story where the action or intensity is beginning to heat up between your characters.
This passage should entice the reader to want more. If you
publish on Amazon, a reader can
download a “free” sample of your book or click on the “look inside” feature.
When a reader gets this free portion of your book, the excerpt should be a part
of that sample. By including a tantalizing excerpt, you can pique the reader’s
interest and get a sale.
Story
Now’s the place for the good stuff. Your manuscript should go here. Each chapter should have at least the “number” of the chapter and “chapter” listed at the top of the page. After these words are typed, then you need to “click” on the “heading 1” tab on the home page, if using Microsoft Word. This allows the chapter to be a hyperlink and can be automatically added to the table of contents once the book is complete.
About the Author
After the conclusion of the book, you should add a section about the author. This doesn’t need to be extravagant. A small blurb about you and how to contact you is sufficed.
Book Review
The last thing that must be included in your book is a request for a book review. As Indie authors, we need book reviews like drug addicts needs their fix. Without social proof that a book is good, there won’t be any sales. Moreover, please review the books of your favorite Indie authors. They’ll love you for it.
Event those negative reviews can be helpful. They can
assist you in improving your future writings, give advice on how to update the
current work and re-publish, or provide insight to another author hoping to
avoid the same pitfalls. Most importantly, it let’s future readers know what to
expect and how to spend their money and time wisely. Because we know both money
and time are the most essential commodities.
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She’s the daughter of a judge with a crush on the prosecutor she’s interning for. He’s eighteen years older and friends with her father.
Skye has had a crush on Tad for eight years. After saving herself all these years, she’s ready to submit to her man. Tad is worried that her father would flip out and the reporters would have a field day if he acted on his desires. Will Skye be able to convince Tad that she only wants him to fulfill her desires? And, what happens if he does?
Will their relationship remain behind closed doors?
This story features graphic depictions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for 18+ readers only. All characters depicted are over the age of 18.
Be prepared for dirty words and even dirtier sex. Enter at your own risk.
Click here for some hot heroes, strong heroines, smutty sex, and a happily ever after.
Girls, grab your batteries!
You won’t be able to slap that sappy smile off your face.
An erotic short story with heart!
** Warning: This book contains the same scenes as the original story “Wait for Me”, so don’t get your panties in a bunch over the same scenes. However, there will be plenty inside that gets you hot and bothered. **
Have you been dying to hear Nash’s side of the story? Now’s your chance!
She’s an employment recruiter who’s willing to sacrifice her reputation for her newest client. He’s trying to clear his criminal record.
Hilary sees Nash as more than an ex con and is willing to go out on a limb to get him a job, but at what cost? Nash is determined to overcome his past but needs six months to get his shit straightened out. Will Hilary wait for Nash? What happens if they don’t wait? And, can they overcome a lie that Hilary told to help Nash out?
This story features graphic depictions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for 18+ readers only. All characters depicted are over the age of 18.
Be prepared for dirty words and even dirtier sex. Enter at your own risk.
There are many different types of erotica. There is
straight, anal, oral, sex toys, virgin, daddy, older woman/younger man, bondage,
gay, ménage, harem, reverse harem, kidnapping, and countless other categories
of erotic stories. The scenarios are endless once you start thinking about
them.
However, if you did your background work, like you were
supposed to, you should know what you won’t do and stick with it. You will feel
better about yourself in the morning. No one wants to do that walk of shame at
3 a.m.
In my opinion, there are five main types of erotic stories.
Happily Ever After
The first type is happily ever after. This is the type of book that I focus on. I will always prefer the “ah” factor over the “shock and ah” factor. With a happily ever after book, whatever character configuration you’ve dreamed up, the characters will fall in love and ride off into the sunset together – unless they’re vampires and then you’d better keep them in the moonlight.
Happy for Now
Happy for now is the next type of erotic story. This storyline is where the characters are content with the sex acts that they’ve engaged in, but there is no long-term commitment desired or achieved.
Serials
The next type of erotic short story is the serial. These stories are those where the characters complete “episodes” in a longer story arch. They are more like television shows where the same characters participate in multiple sequential books.
Prequels
Another type of erotic short story is the prequel. People hate prequels unless they know about it ahead of time. Don’t trick people into reading a short story to get another part of the story later. It’s rude and will leave you with no fanbase.
Fetishes
The last category is fetishes. These are the bizarre types of situations that some people find erotic. Examples of these situations include – animals, aliens, urinating, defecating, incest, dressing up as animals, dressing up as babies, pregnancy, orgies, bondage, slavery, and kidnapping to name several.
Now, this does not mean that a specific kink can’t be used
in a different type of erotic story and turn into a happily ever after. For
example, bondage is one of the most popular kinds of fetishes that has been seen
in happily ever afters in recent years. However, I don’t want to be reading a
happily ever after where the dude is wearing a diaper and sucking on a bottle
or the gal for that matter. Not going to happen.
To further clarify, if the sole purpose of the short story is to focus on the kink and has no romance or character development, then the goal of the book is the fetish. And, to me, most of those books are kind of cringeworthy.
Which Will You Choose?
So, what will be your focus? Will you choose one type of storyline or mix and match? The only problem with changing from happily ever after to pure fetish is that your fanbase can get angry and leave nasty reviews. Granted, people don’t leave a lot of reviews, but if they are mad enough, they will.
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Writing erotic novellas or novels is not something I’ve
done yet. That isn’t to say that I won’t because it is a possibility in the
future. However, there are several reasons why I haven’t written a more
extended piece yet.
Short Story Fun
I’ve discovered the fun of writing short stories, and they
are quick and to the point. You don’t have to worry about as much character
growth, angst, or story arch. With a short story, the more straightforward –
the better.
Quantity – I could write a bunch, upwards of seventy-five
to one hundred, of them puppies in one year versus five tops if I wrote full-length
novels.
Accomplishment – The sense of accomplishment from writing
so many books in one year is fantastic. So many people get stuck writing a
novel and never publish the damn thing. I know. It took me twelve years to
publish my first contemporary romance and twelve days to post my first erotic
short story. There is nothing like the sense of accomplishment of producing
numerous works and getting them out there to others to read.
Satisfied Readers – With a short story, the highest
compliment you can get is that they wished there was more to the book. Or that
they didn’t want it to end. With a novel, you might hear that you should have
cut a bunch of it out because it was too dull.
Quick Reads – People don’t have a lot of time anymore.
There is so much to do. Netflix, Hulu, cable, kids, work, hobbies, and
spouses. With a short story, they can get more bang for their time. Whatever
bang that is. Fifteen to thirty minutes may be all a busy mom has before bed.
A novel might take her a week to read, and she won’t get
the full enjoyment because she had to put it down twenty times.
Erotic Novellas and Novels
That doesn’t mean there isn’t a massive market for erotic
novellas or novels because there is.
Strength of Storyline – However, you need to make sure that
you have strongly developed characters, a good storyline, growth of the
characters, and an attention-grabbing plot outside of the sex scenes. That can
be a lot of work when you’re first starting out.
If you choose to write an erotic novel, I recommend you
hire a developmental editor to point out the weak areas of your manuscript. You
can be too close to your work to see the forest for the trees. I have a
wonderful developmental editor for my contemporary novels. When I can’t figure
out why in the hell my hero is doing what he’s doing, she can figure it out for
me. Thank God!
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Girls, grab your batteries!
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An erotic short story with heart!
This story is told from the POV of the male hero.
** Warning: This book contains the same scenes as the original story “Her One and Only”, so don’t get your panties in a bunch over the same scenes. However, there will be plenty inside that gets you hot and bothered.**
Have you been dying to hear Rob’s side of the story? Now’s your chance!
She’s an innocent schoolteacher with nowhere to go. He’s her brother’s friend with a spare bedroom. As the result of a fire, she’s stuck shacking up with him for a couple of weeks.
Rob has grown tired of ‘hit it and quit it sex’ but taking advantage of his friend’s sister is a no-no in his book. But what happens if Katie wants him to pop her cherry? Will Rob be able to say no?
Does Katie want Rob as a warmup guy or could she ever be interested in a bike riding, tattoo artist as her one and only?
This story features graphic depictions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for 18+ readers only. All characters depicted are over the age of 18.
Be prepared for dirty words and even dirtier sex. Enter at your own risk.
Click here for some hot heroes, strong heroines, smutty sex, and a happily ever after.
Girls, grab your batteries!
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An erotic short story with heart!
This is an interracial erotic short story.
As a curvy woman, she’s not used to men finding her attractive. Over the years, she learned to blend in with the woodwork. And, he’s a clothing designer who could have any woman that he wants.
Javion would love for her to model for his new line of clothing, but Lissa has no idea how beautiful she really is. Will Lissa be able to get over her feelings of inferiority and open her heart up to Javion? Will Javion get his virgin queen? Or will another model ruin their chance at happy ever after?
This story features graphic depictions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for 18+ readers only. All characters depicted are over the age of 18.
Be prepared for dirty words and even dirtier sex. Enter at your own risk.
Girlfriend, if you’ve got the balls enough to write erotic
short stories under your real name, I bow down to you. You’ve got a leg up on
the rest of us.
I write under a pen name. In a lot of ways, I wish that I didn’t. However, my job requires anonymity. Now, if I ever break into the best seller’s list of erotica, or when I retire from my day job, look out. My career will be toast, and my name will be out there. But for now, I will write in a cloak of darkness.
Real Name Benefits
What are the benefits of writing while using your identity? You can promote your works to people that you know. It is easier to gain traction when people can put a face and voice to the name on a book. You don’t have to worry about someone finding out your secrets and using it against you. And, you are living your true self. You don’t have to make up some crazy-ass reason why you’re always too busy to go out on the weekend because you’re publishing sex books. There are only so many times that people will believe you’re washing your hair.
Real Name Downfalls
However, there are problems with writing while using your own name. Your work can be compromised. People can hold it against you, and your family could be embarrassed. You probably won’t get to become President. Well, that might not be the case anymore. Furthermore, you might not be as free with your writing if everyone knows that you are behind the ink.
Pen Name Benefits
For most people writing under a pen name is the safer choice. You can avoid friction at work and keep your family free from scandal. Not to mention, you may be open to exploring certain relationships or acts that you wouldn’t if your name was tied to the document.
Pen Name Downfalls
On the other hand, when you write under a pen name, you are unknown. You have no traction. It makes it hard to get a following or to get those much-needed book reviews for social approval. It is hard to be seen and heard on the internet.
In most cases, it is reported that it takes thirty months to be known on the internet. That’s a long time to get the toehold you need in order to make a profit. This length of time is not always necessary. With erotica, if you put out quality material, and a lot of it, you can become known much quicker.
Choosing a Pen Name
If you decide to go with a pen name, the choice should not be as simple as tossing a dart at a board. Or pinning that tail on a donkey. Some consideration should be given to the selection.
To learn more check out the below book on how to choose the best pen name for your erotic fiction!
Click here for some hot heroes, strong heroines, smutty sex, and a happily ever after.
Girls, grab your batteries!
You won’t be able to slap that sappy smile off your face.
An erotic short story with heart!
She’s an employment recruiter who’s willing to sacrifice her reputation for her newest client. He’s trying to clear his criminal record.
Hilary sees Nash as more than an ex con and is willing to go out on a limb to get him a job, but at what cost? Nash is determined to overcome his past but needs six months to get his shit straightened out. Will Hilary wait for Nash? What happens if they don’t wait? And, can they overcome a lie that Hilary told to help Nash out?
This story features graphic depictions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for 18+ readers only. All characters depicted are over the age of 18.
Be prepared for dirty words and even dirtier sex. Enter at your own risk.
