@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 35: Porn, romance, erotica, smut, etc.—how do you define and distinguish them? Does it matter?
The only distinction that matters to me is that romance doesn't belong on this list. Romance may or may not have any erotic scenes at all, and erotica, regardless of the particular name, may or may not include romance. Sex only happening if there is love legitimating the…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#EroticMusings Week 33
Craft: Is creating erotica an erotic act in itself?
It can be. As a hobby writer, it usually was because I wrote only for my own enjoyment. As a professional writer, I have a "craft mode" where I just get something written without needing the spark of inspiration or arousal.
What part, if any, does your own arousal play in creating or eval…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings Week 28—With erotic works, do you begin with the end in sight, or discover the finished work as you go?
I plot my fairytales, depending on
- is it an original (like "the queen's pleasure girl"?
- is it an erotic retelling/mash-up? (Like "the princess' frog")
- what kind of meta writing do I want to do around it?
My fairy…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings Week 33: Is creating erotica an erotic act in itself? What part, if any, does your own arousal play in creating or evaluating your work?
Adding some ace-spec representation, because some of us ace-specs also like erotica. For me (focused exclusively on books, comics and drawings) it's either about aesthetic ("the lines on this butt are neat and the slime tent…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings Final Question?
At the start of June, I decided to trial Erotic Musings until the end of the year and then decide if it was worth continuing. Would you like Erotic Musings to continue into the new year? If so, is there anything you'd like to change about it, or do you want it to carry on how it is?
I would love to! My attempt at carrying it into the German bu…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#eroticMusings Week 31 (December 28-January 3) Studio: Are you making any New Year's Resolutions that relate to, or will affect, your erotic work?
I'm not doing resolutions. But I'm about to write my 2026 plan and it will involve some erotic writing and publishing.
I've spend lots of this year being overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by the further enshittification of ama…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 32: Do you make use of symbolism? For erotic and/or romantic purposes, or other reasons?
I use it rarely and with care, mostly in my fairy tale books - and I explain what I did afterwards in the words of a fictive scholar. It's not because I don't know how, it's more a deliberate choice.
Symbolism fits a fairytale. But layering too much of that into a…