Good Question. I can only speak for myself and all I can say is that it’s come easy to me. So why not. Whether or not it is good… I’ll let each of you be the judge of that. But let me tell you a little bit where it all came from.
I’ve always been a storyteller! I’ve dreamt of being that old dude sitting in the middle of a pack of grandkids telling true… maybe slightly embellished, stories about my life, travels, and adventures. But that vision grew into being a literary author one day. I read my favorite authors and developed ideas for my own stories. I had one once and was maybe 50 pages into a children’s story. I was a kid at the time, so what else did I know to write about? Unfortunately, my spiral notebook that I wrote in was lost and I had no heart to rewrite it.
As a young adult, I grew up in the age of Penthouse Letters when it was still being published and you could buy those little half-sized books at the local convenience store. Reading about other people’s erotic experiences, stories, and lifestyle intrigued me. Then I got into Anaïs Nin and became enthralled and captivated. I didn’t know of any other guys reading erotica. I kept that shit to myself! To me, it was educational. Unlike porn, I felt like I was learning something that wasn’t readily privy to me. I was learning to be creative and imaginative. I’ll probably do a blog post on the differences at some point.
I still desire to be a storyteller. I still plan to write mainstream books, as well. Erotica is something I can cut my teeth on. As a photographer, I’ve done art nude for quite some time. As a professional, I never got bored with my photo work that paid the bills. I’d do commercial, product, portraiture, and sometimes I’d shoot boring subject matter because it paid the bills. However, I never got burnt out, even to this day. Why? I always had my nude art to fall back on! It refreshed me and helped me stay in the game! I improved myself, but learning better techniques, learning more about the use of light, and I stayed in a constant state of educating myself. i also bought new gear all the time. A new camera does not a great photog, make. HOWEVER! I upgraded my gear or bought a new lens to do better nudes. And that same gear helped me do better with the shots that brought in the money!
I think I hold the same concept with erotic fiction. I write because it’s fun and I have a passion for it. But in turn, it keeps me from being burnt out when I write other things that bring in the money.
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