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 in production costs for 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 write the sleazy shorts we all won't admit to reading.
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 in production costs for 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 write the sleazy shorts we all won't admit to reading.
Used availability for Tori Ross's Confessions of a Reluctant Erotica Writer