tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post4401740382868305326..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: My Rules for WritingKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-7114118641005005392014-03-24T10:23:21.144-04:002014-03-24T10:23:21.144-04:00Excellent entry!Excellent entry!Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-38181161822053621462013-11-05T21:28:33.649-05:002013-11-05T21:28:33.649-05:00If you want to write erotica, rock on! If not, the...If you want to write erotica, rock on! If not, then don't. In general, I think trying to tailor one's writing to the marketplace isn't terribly likely to result in success, but I could be very, very wrong in that. In my own preferred genres, military SF sells robustly, but I have zero desire to write that. Besides, you never know what market trends will be in a few years, and by the time your erotica-filled story is hitting editors' desks, they may have moved on. Make the story you're writing as good as it can possibly be, trends aside.<br /><br />I don't think that you can make the lightning strike.Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-11405735857102633982013-11-05T20:52:58.475-05:002013-11-05T20:52:58.475-05:00And speaking of 50 ShadesAnd speaking of <a href="http://samuraifrog.blogspot.com/2013/11/smartass-summaries-are-returning-to.html" rel="nofollow">50 Shades</a> Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-66246835676645564062013-11-05T17:04:39.095-05:002013-11-05T17:04:39.095-05:00Thank you for posting this. Would you resort to ad...Thank you for posting this. Would you resort to adding erotica to a story if it meant sales? After fifty shades of grey the whole mommy porn thing is getting popular. I think its cheap but for those of us unpublished....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com