as many of you know, i’m an editor. i work pretty much exclusively with romance/erotic romance and specialize in specfic subgenres when i can. i also very strongly believe that fandom is the best training ground a romance/erotica writer can have and frequently lament the quality of the slush i have to write reports on.
WHERE IS THIS GOING YOU ASK?
do you happen to have some completed original romance lying around? are you interested in getting into the pro industry? if so, hit me up. send me an ask with what you’ve got and who you are, and i’ll pass on my pro details.
Further info re what I’m looking for in particular:
- unique twists on the paranormal, science fiction, and horror subgenres
- intense love stories at the higher end of the heat scale (read: I love good porn! and trust me, it sells well too)
- M/M, M/F, and M/M/F romances
- creative world building and engaging characters
- complicated romances between humans and non-humans of any kind (if it also ticks all the other boxes on this list, and is a particularly non-humanoid non-human, you will be my new favourite person)
- anything that pushes the envelope of weird, different, and sexy
And on that note, if anybody ever has any questions about the pro publishing industry/writing original stuff/writing professionally, just give me a shout. I’m always more than happy to help interested fannish peeps get into it. :3
OK LISTEN UP, my friend @cthonical is a professional erotica/romance editor and if you have a publishable manuscript, you should call her. Seriously. Call her. Say hi from me. She spends a lot of time reading intensely terrible badfic-style porn, and I think we can all agree that fanfic writers can do a lot better than many “professionals” when it comes to sex scenes. LET’S ALL WRITE BOOKS AND MAIL THEM TO @CTHONICAL. xxxx
Another heads-up for those of you wanting to get published.