@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#EroticMusings 54. Why/when/how did you start making #erotica?
When I was in the Death Note fandom and discovered kink memes. For those who don't know, a kink meme lets you post story prompts anonymously and then someone inspired by it writes a story based on the prompt. I also did m…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 63: Do you create cultures, ethnicities, or even sentient species for your work? How do you go about it?
Yes and no. I didn't create the place and species specifically for the novels - the first Moonmoth was my text-RP character who really wanted to become a vampire and fled to a community where plenty of those lived. She was lucky and became the servant of a very…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 54. Why/when/how did you start making erotica?
I started writing and doing stuff like "making social media accounts and a website" in 2019. At first, it was "I want to write mainstream erotica to get some additional money" but I soon realized I can't write anything I don't actually enjoy writing - so it turned into "sapphic why choose …
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 58. PoV (any character): Describe your first time.
Fenia: We weren't much older than fourteen and after knowing each other for a while, one day we couldn't keep our hands from all the places that felt nice. It was messy and we were giggling like the school girls we were.
Alexis: I was fifteen and hiding in a tree house with Avalina after lessons. We thou…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 62. Do power imbalances exist within the romantic or sexual relationships between your characters? Is this a challenge for you? Does it present unique opportunities?
I'm writing BDSM novels, so power imbalance during a session is the point and centerpiece of the writing.
I like to explore the tension between the kinky roles and the out-of-play roles of charac…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 53: What fields of real-world study (e.g. history, geography, science, ecology, etc.) inspire your settings?
Literature studies feature a lot. Most overtly in the fairy tales, since the framework for those is a scholar publishing popular semi-critical editions of fairytales from my setting. Think Reclam or Penguin Classics.
Less overtly in other aspects, like the…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#eroticMusings Week 57 (June 28 - July 4) Craft: What do you try to achieve with the opening scene of an erotic work?
I don't treat erotica different from any other work, so it depends on what I generally want to do with a particular piece and what topics I want to tackle.
"The queen's pleasure girl" has a classical fairy tale beginning and a dreamy start to d…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 55. How do you show the initial spark of lust or love between characters? Share!
I realised while I enjoy reading slow burn written by others, I don't write it when writing erotica. If it's slow it's mostly offscreen and allows some leaps while the main story has some progress.
Mela and Camelia slowly falling for each other? They stare at each other u…