@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…
@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 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…
@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 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 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 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…