@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#eroticMusings Week 47. (April 19-25) Studio: How much time do you spend making erotica in a week? Do you have a regular schedule?
I don't. It depends on a lot of things, actually. Including health (mine has been poorer than average for a while, acute stuff added to my chronic issues) and amount of overtime in other spheres I need to do for whichever reason.
But it's a…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#EroticMusings 47: How much time do you spend making erotica in a week? Do you have a regular schedule?
I'm not a hard schedule kind of person but I try to write on average something like 200 words per day at least. Didn't work out lately due to several reasons, including a nasty cold, but I want to get back into that stride.
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 42: Do you include different languages in your work? Tell us about it!
Deliberately no conlang from me. I try and find ways to convey multiple languages including language barriers without using anything but German (the language I write my novels in), sometimes using German neologisms for concepts not existing in our world or not fitting the tone.
(Like using &q…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 50: Is your creative workspace erotic in any way? Would a visitor guess that erotica is created there?
No. My workspace is "two large screens, a printer and tons of random clutter, including piles of books I either use for my vanilla job or have placed on my desk because my shelves ran out of space and I've been planning to organise them besser since at least…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 41: Are you self-taught, or have you been trained or mentored in your craft? Would you like more?
Trained in writing patterns by wolfing down absurd amounts of books starting at age nine.
Honed by writing novel-length stuff by hand during school out of sheer boredom (even though my wrist hurt badly).
Polished by receiving Bachelor and Master degrees related …
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 49: Do you come up with your characters before their relationships, or do you design characters to fit desired relationships or interpersonal dynamics? Any interesting examples?
At this point (I'm at book 4) it's hard to tell what came first. Stuff happens organically as a result of past decisions by the characters.
In book one, the relationship came firs…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 40: Where/how do you promote your erotica? Is it effective? How do you evaluate that?
It's almost exclusively on the Fedi, with some occasional outliers (there is a regular queer online reading thingy where my works are shown, a webpage I can send promotional material to and once a blogger reached out to me with interview questions).
It would have been effect…