@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 37: Does any of your erotica take place during festivals or cultural celebrations? Why do/don't you include such events in your work?
One of my participations in either Kinktober or Aprilkink featured the Erytan new year/winter solstice celebrations with their different rituals and traditions.
The corresponding summer festival gets a brief mention in tome 4 o…
@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…
@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 36: Do any of your characters, like the waxing and waning moon, show different aspects of self that they cycle/transition between? Natural cycles like menstruation, or more fantastical?
Not really, but Alexis and her friend Avalina always meet for sex when Kera (Avalinas partner) is having his period. Avalina then proceeds to tell Kera all the details for Kera to mast…
@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 26: How is masculinity visually expressed, highlighted, or accessorised in your work or setting?
My current roster of main characters are three cis lesbians (I plan to un-cis one of those in later books, though) and Erytan society has no other visible gender marker beyond "self-declaration".
Book three even makes the conscious decision of depiction tran…
@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…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 34: Are you especially fond of how any of your characters met? Share their meeting!
Fenia meets both friends in awkward situations.
Fabiola literally knocks her over when stomping out of the palace. She treats a very upset Fenia with a late lunch which leads to banter. Which leads to "Want to come to my place and play?"
Alexis metaphorically knocks…
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 25: Does your erotica ever explore chronic or terminal health?
I plan to write a short series focused on that topic - Namalenia is suffering from a progressing illness that picks up speed as she ages and Rhaise is suffering from a chronical condition after literally falling off an airship, almost drowning and barely surviving the ordeal. They meet on the island where …
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.social#EroticMusings 24: Body hair - Does your work include and/or eroticise hairy bodies?
I try not to fall into the trap of either eroticise hairless bodies (as in most middle European cultures) or over eroticise the hairy ones. Rather, I attempt to keep the level of hairiness realistic for my current setting, which is mediterranean to subtropical, so beings (regardless of gender) are m…
@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…