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UPDATED QUESTION:
Instead of erotica, because I've almost certainly crossed that off the list...
Should I write "More Adult Theme'd" stuff on the side of my main UF series under a different series title (that plays off the original series title to let others know it is still related to that world, but definitely suggests a more adult-themed series. I already have this name in mind.) with warnings that this series is darker than the regular series and has more adult themes?
Does that seem more doable than writing erotica on the side?
I can tell the darker tales, but try not to get beyond "pretty steamy" with it?
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An idea my wife and I have been toying with is putting up Erotica of characters from the world I'm writing my UF in on the side of the main novels.
We have a really catchy name for the Erotica-only side of the series that incorporates the main world name.
We wanted to do this for two reasons: 1. To tell the stories of some of the more racy and taboo characters in the main world. 2. All those success stories we see with big numbers seem to involve erotica writers...
Though to be honest, the first thought was because we wanted to tell the stories of some of those characters that might be a little out there for typical UF stuff.
Not that I'm completely sure on that. Succubus, Demon, Devil... I imagine those can fit in UF pretty easily, even if they do some pretty Adult-oriented things, right?
Still, easier to tell their tales if the audience is expecting the full experience that they'd offer.
Ultimately though, what I'm wanting to do is tell their STORIES and sex would be involved, so I am considering how best to do that.
I picked up an erotica title last night on my Kindle Prime borrow just because I've never read one, ever. I did my best to find one that sounded interesting, but once I dug into it, damn it was boring. I mean, so, so boring. I like sex. I really enjoy sexy stories when I run across them. But the erotica I picked up was either AWFUL or it spells doom to me for what the genre is all about. I guess I just expected it to be more a story with awesome sex scenes than... I dunno, a play-by-play of someone's fantasy as written by someone who has no idea what real sex or worse, real people are like? Maybe I got a bad title. Maybe. But it left me wondering if my kind of "erotica" story is even really erotica. Or if it's something else. Maybe VERY adult fiction?
Anyway, to get down to the real questions here:
1. Does this sound like a good/viable idea? Putting out an erotic/more adult series that belongs in the same world as my main UF?
2. Does this sound more like erotica or something else? Is there something else?
3. Is it okay to write something very adult with my name if I write something more general UF first?
4. I also considered short stories on the side of my novel series with love scenes with more detail between the MC and her love interest. Thoughts?
Instead of erotica, because I've almost certainly crossed that off the list...
Should I write "More Adult Theme'd" stuff on the side of my main UF series under a different series title (that plays off the original series title to let others know it is still related to that world, but definitely suggests a more adult-themed series. I already have this name in mind.) with warnings that this series is darker than the regular series and has more adult themes?
Does that seem more doable than writing erotica on the side?
I can tell the darker tales, but try not to get beyond "pretty steamy" with it?
===
An idea my wife and I have been toying with is putting up Erotica of characters from the world I'm writing my UF in on the side of the main novels.
We have a really catchy name for the Erotica-only side of the series that incorporates the main world name.
We wanted to do this for two reasons: 1. To tell the stories of some of the more racy and taboo characters in the main world. 2. All those success stories we see with big numbers seem to involve erotica writers...
Though to be honest, the first thought was because we wanted to tell the stories of some of those characters that might be a little out there for typical UF stuff.
Not that I'm completely sure on that. Succubus, Demon, Devil... I imagine those can fit in UF pretty easily, even if they do some pretty Adult-oriented things, right?
Still, easier to tell their tales if the audience is expecting the full experience that they'd offer.
Ultimately though, what I'm wanting to do is tell their STORIES and sex would be involved, so I am considering how best to do that.
I picked up an erotica title last night on my Kindle Prime borrow just because I've never read one, ever. I did my best to find one that sounded interesting, but once I dug into it, damn it was boring. I mean, so, so boring. I like sex. I really enjoy sexy stories when I run across them. But the erotica I picked up was either AWFUL or it spells doom to me for what the genre is all about. I guess I just expected it to be more a story with awesome sex scenes than... I dunno, a play-by-play of someone's fantasy as written by someone who has no idea what real sex or worse, real people are like? Maybe I got a bad title. Maybe. But it left me wondering if my kind of "erotica" story is even really erotica. Or if it's something else. Maybe VERY adult fiction?
Anyway, to get down to the real questions here:
1. Does this sound like a good/viable idea? Putting out an erotic/more adult series that belongs in the same world as my main UF?
2. Does this sound more like erotica or something else? Is there something else?
3. Is it okay to write something very adult with my name if I write something more general UF first?
4. I also considered short stories on the side of my novel series with love scenes with more detail between the MC and her love interest. Thoughts?