I've just had a nap so I'm in a good mood. (A sleepy one, before you ask).
Right. Well. I was thinking about how more people are posting in the bordello these days. Some good (stew21) and some stomach-churning (I don't need to name names but it rhymes with 'a bunneh called quickWit').
Sex is probably one of the most fun things to write about, but also one of the most embarrassing to put 'out there'. In my case it's not that I'm worried about what my mother will think because a) she's a whore (no, really. I was the kid with a thousand uncles) and b) I don't need a b 'cause the a was so good. She could probably teach me a thing or two about bumlove menages, to be honest.
It's possibly because I'm wary of people reading my stuff and thinking, "I bet she does this. I bet she does this and actually thinks it turns normal people on."
In short, much of our fear possibly comes from fearing others judging us as sick, twisted, perverted freakshows.
(Which of course quickWit is).
However, I'm not the sort of writer who wants warm and fuzzy crits, or for people to say "Hey, this is good!" just for the sake of being nice. Now I know what I've posted in SYW so far has been just for the sake of sharing rather than critting. A stepping stone to getting used to people reading my smexy smex, if you will. And people have been very kind, so either you lot are nicer than the majority of scumbags on AW, or I write perverted smex to the satisfaction of your average reader.
Which is surprising, as I'm such a virginal, innocent sort.
The purpose of this thread is twofold: firstly, to say thank-you to everyone who's been complimentary about what I've posted, whether genuine or not (I hope so).
And that thank-you goes to anyone else who's been brave enough to post filth. It takes a lot out of you.Secondly, a general 'keep up the good work'. I'm not going to lie to you if you haven't posted in SYW yet; it is nerve-racking, especially at the risk of rep comments from teh bunneh in which he discusses his fluids (no, really). But it's a good idea to post even short extracts. You can always edit your posts to remove them later, or specify that you're not looking for crits, just getting over that hurdle of letting people see what a dirty, rotten pervert you are.
With erotica more than any other genre, there's that 'giggling behind your hands' feeling, a sense of not just the writing being judged, but the author, too. With romance, sci-fi, YA, horror...sure, the writing gets judged but with erotica, there's the added feeling that a reader will want to know, "Have you ever done this? Do you honestly think this is a turn on?"
Well...maybe I have. Maybe I do. But you can bet there's a reader out there who'll think, "Oh thank God someone brought this out into the open; I thought I was the only one!"
So just think - we could be helping other people come out of the closet. Swell the ranks of the perverts' army!
The revolution has begun, people. Let us not shrink back from showering the world with filth.
