Ten Baffling Things That People Say to a New Erotic E-Book Publisher
Ten Baffling Things That People Say to a New Erotic E-Book Publisher
1. So, I wrote this manuscript from the point of view of a male Dom. Is that okay? Editors don’t usually let me do that, seeing as I’m a woman.
2. I’m sorry, we can’t review your collection because only three out of the seven stories are gay. That still doesn’t count as a gay book. We’re a gay review site.
3. Well, the story with the transgender character is from the point of view of a heterosexual woman, so that doesn’t count as queer erotica because the heterosexual woman doesn’t know that the trans woman isn’t a man until the end.
4. How come your anthology has both queer and straight stories? Do you not know who your audience is or something?
5. Just because it’s written by a queer author doesn’t make it a queer story, right?
6. So, is erotica different to porn? Does erotica have more depth or something?
7. But how come heterosexual erotica can turn you on if you’re a gay woman?
8. But people don’t think of Nabakov’s Lolita as being erotica, right? That’s why he gets away with the taboo thing. Erotic publishers stay away from taboo. Except you, I guess.
9. But your female character has a cock! That’s crazy.
10. Erotica with depth? Are you kidding?
Lana is a Senior Editor and Publisher at Go Deeper Press.
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