@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 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 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…
@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 39: Does your erotica explore themes of the "exotic" and/or of "otherness"?
I describe different bodies, but I do my best to have my characters marvel at all of them. Fenia and her pink skin is as wondrous to behold as Fabiolas dark one with the silvery strech marks, as wondrous as Alexis and her freckled knees.
My characters share a deep ado…
@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 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…