Top Twelve Must Read Great Erotic Fiction

1. Story of O, by Pauliene Reage

2. Fifty shades of Grey trilogy, by E. L. James

3. Bared to You trilogy, by Sylvia Day

4. Fear of flying, by Erica Jong

5. In Bed With, by Various authors

6. In Too Deep, by Portia Da Costa

7. Tropic of Cancer, by Henry Miller

8. The Apprentice, by Carrie Williams

9. Haven of Obedience, by Marina Anderson

10. Delta of Venus, by Anais Nin

11. The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by Anne Rice

12. Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, by John Cleland

Adult Magazine: The New Female Erotica

The Daily Beast published an article recently about a new adult magazine that explores sexually explicit literature and photography and asks what differentiates erotica from porn.

The tri-annual magazine is produced by women, but Adult manages to achieve the precise level of taste that can be difficult to obtain when printing, for example, graphic images of women masturbating. Its strong literary presence, combined with artistic photography, allows Adult to be so much more than the conventional idea of erotica.

"What I really thought was missing was a magazine that was very intelligent and also very beautiful… I [wanted] something that satisfied my need for a really good sentence, as well as hot and intense erotic action," says Prickett.

You can read the whole article here. Personally, I do not think erotica and porn are the same. Erotica is about telling a story and creating an emotional connection, not just about the act of sex but the feelings and emotions behind it. Pornography in my opinion is just about the raw act of sex with no attachment, it's kind of cold and meaningless, where erotic literature puts a story around it, you get to learn about characters, their emotions, thoughts and feelings around sensuality and sexuality. Also, lets not forget that erotica is fiction, whereas pornography is showing real people engaging in sexual acts. Erotica leaves a lot to the imagination of its readers and allows you to fill in any gaps depending on your own thoughts and imagination.

10 Tips For New Erotica Authors

I'm a brand new erotica author but I've already found some great tips and advice on Reddit. Here's what I've found so far:

1. Write often and keep writing. Write more books! Writing more books will increase sales and keep you as an active author with fresh content on Amazon or whatever platform you publish to. Many authors have said they start to make a decent income after 20 or 30 books. Always keep writing and be concerned with character development.
2. Use very descriptive language throughout the story, especially the sex scenes. Use an erotic thesaurus and/or search for synonyms online to add to the story to describe things differently.
3. In short erotic stories brief punchy descriptions and sentences can be very effective for maintaining a fast pace and compelling narrative.
4.  Follow this ratio loosely for your story: Introduction - 15% of content, Main Act/Meat of Story: 80% of content, Conclusion - 5% of content. Remember to include your copyright at the end of your story along with disclaimer.
5.  Do some editing yourself first by reading it yourself and then listening to your story read back to you. You can download Free Natural Reader to listen to your story. Get someone else to edit your story. This could be a trusted family member or friend or you could pay someone to edit for you. You can hire an editor on Fiverr or Quick Quills Editing.
6.  If you are designing a cover of your own view these helpful book cover tips on CreativINDIE. Also, check out this article by Scarlet Cox on how to find free erotic stock photography for your cover.
7.  To advertise your book create a blog/website and start a mailing list. Also, you can advertise on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. You can post to sites like Korner Kafe Exposed and What To Read After 50 Shades of Grey. Get as many recommendations on your book as you can. One of the biggest things that drives sales is recommendations. Get any friends or family that have read your book to post a review/recommendation on Amazon if they are willing.
8.  Price your books fairly. Some authors have said that .99 cents is actually not a great price point because it might seem like it's not worth it to the reader.
9.  Use a different font than what is available on your computer on your cover. You can find free fonts or fonts that you can pay for on several sites online. Dafont.com, Myfonts.com, 1001freefonts.com, fontsquirrel.com and fontspace.com are a few to check out.
10.  You will probably get bad reviews, returned books and some criticism from your work. Learn to take constructive criticism and filter out the stuff that really doesn’t matter.

New Release: Eliza's Party

A. L. Haddix is a new erotic fiction author who enjoys writing erotica short stories and sharing naughty scenarios from a rich, vivid and dirty imagination. Her first erotic short story is titled "Eliza's Party". It's a short story about a naughty housewife engaging in various sexual acts with multiple partners at once.

Short Description of Eliza's Party:
When Eliza finds her marriage is lacking the spark and passion that once aroused her, she realizes that just one partner cannot make her happy. To feel the fire that once burned inside her she needs the touch of many. To her disbelief her husband agrees to a hot arrangement that leaves them both wanting more.

Genders: M/F, F/F, M/M/F/F

Kinks: Oral, Naughty Housewife, Four way, Foursome, Round bed

Purchase Eliza's Party for only $1.99 on Amazon.com now!