Advice on Exploring Erotica in Your Writing
MediaBistro's Morning Media Menu had a conversation with author Jamie Brenner about advice for writers looking to explore this newly crowded genre. An excerpt from Brenner: My first erotic novel came out two years ago. The landscape feels completely different. There is not just the hope to reach a mainstream audience with erotic novel, but the expectation that success is reaching everyone, not just the genre readers. Fifty Shades of Grey really raised the bar for that. At the same time, working…See More
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Yes, I can help you with your novel. Please email me anitadiggs@aol.com and yes, I also handle writing jacket copy.
Since you are pursuing being published, I would recommend attending the Literary Breakthrough Conference that is being held in conjunction with the National Black Book Festival. At this conference, we'll have literary agents, publishers and book marketers who can help you take your book to the next level. Here's the link with more detailed information:
http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com/breakthrough.htm
Ethnic fiction, I don't know. I guess some would say that. But if nothing else, I think you should go for telling a unique and compelling story because it's kind of easy to fall into telling the same old story over and over but with different character names and in a different city. Tell a fresh story, put a spin on it. I think that if you can do that then you can get away from the urban stigma.
Urban includes stories about the bad parts of the city, the underbelly. Any story could be set in a large city but an urban book would focus on the bad parts and would include tales featuring drugs, sex, and crime. A forefather of today's urban lit would be Donald Goines.
HTH.