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............................................................................................................................................. ========================================== Includes Paying Markets! By Katy Terrega This e-book has EVERYTHING the aspiring porn writer needs to know! Click on http://www.KatyTerrega.com/dirtyjob.html for chapter headings and excerpts. Or order here - http://www.KatyTerrega.com/orderebook.html ========================================= My husband and I worked at the house yesterday (we're doing some of the work ourselves so that we can use part of the insurance money to pay for the furnace that turned out to be broken, argghhh...) and are just about ready to start moving in. Our yard is burnt to a crisp from the long stretch of 90-and-up days, and the mole ate all the green stuff anyway, but it'll sure be nice to be home. I forgot to mention before that when the cleaning company packed up the rather fried contents of my living room work-space, they labeled the boxes "Porno Desk"! Lordy, I can't begin to imagine what they must think. As for the newsletter... In this issue we've got a fantastic article - Writing Erotic Flash Fiction - by Tom Myer. He's got some really good advice and info for those of you enjoy writing and publishing this unique brand of story. His new site - Brilliant Smut - is also going live this week, so be sure and check it out. There are a couple of Goings On this week and we've got some good markets. Plus check out the Market Info section for answers to the questions I posed to y'all last issue. Hope your summer is going well and that you're writing lots of sizzling porn to pass the time! As always, enjoy the newsletter and keep in touch! Katy ===========================================
You've seen these little powerhouses of narrative everywhere. Short little stories (1000 words is almost too long) that convey a powerful story while implying an entire novel's worth of story, characterization, and conflict. The flash fiction (or short-short story) market is gaining in popularity, as editors can pack in more variety with each anthology or zine they publish. But how do you crack this market? Anyone who has tried to write a piece of flash fiction (erotic or not) quickly realizes how difficult it is to build a good story in so little acreage. Here are some tips for getting off on the right foot. 1. Start strong. Flash fiction in many respects is like advertising copywriting. Without a strong headline and lead sentence, there's no way anyone will pay attention to it. Same with flash fiction. Here are some suggestions to help you get started: · Dialogue. An excellent beginning, especially if we are thrust into a conversation halfway through it, as though we'd just entered the room where two people are talking. This draws us in, makes us want to read on to figure out what's happening. · Description. More than other prose forms, flash fiction attracts a lot of poetic diction. Many flash fiction pieces can sustain lyrical prose because of its brevity. An effective beginning for an erotic piece is to describe in depth one of the character's physical characteristics. This will lead you to other discoveries. · Metaphor. Again, flash fiction can sustain higher levels of metaphor, analogy, and allegory than other prose forms because they're so short. Readers will forgive--even enjoy--the tangents you take. Beware, though: if you have something allegorical to say, don't dawdle. Economy of words is everything. 2. Forget plot. Let your characters and situations take their natural course. Especially if the piece you are writing has to be 100 or 200 words. Don't cranialize the experience, get it out on paper. The best way to approach this kind of writing is to get the hell out of the way of the first draft. You'll have plenty of time later to edit and shape. With just two or three characters, a situation, and 300 words, you'll have no trouble at all getting the words out. 3. Imply as much as you can. Every word, every action, every sentence should imply way more than it actually says or expresses. If your two characters are divorced, try not to say this outright. Show us, show us, show us. Their words and actions around each other will tell us not only if they are divorced, but whether it was amicable, painful, etc. 4. Think tone. Flash fiction pieces are about tone, not just form. They are more like poems than prose in this way. Although flash fiction pieces can take many forms (letter, diary entry, vignette, slice of life, anecdote, joke) it's their tone that sets them apart as a literary form. What is tone? I can take the easy way out and say "You'll know it when you see it," but I won't. Tone is what underlies any of your writing. An emotion or edge. Maybe the entire tone of the story is hurried and paranoid, but the characters themselves are placid. This sets up a nice conflict. Or maybe the tone is comic, although the matter is tragic. Tone is painted with diction, rhythm, and syntax. Most prose writers find these fields hard to master. Take a poetry class or write some poetry that doesn't rhyme. Paint a picture with word choices, word phrases, word arrangements. A delicious conflict arises when one character tra-la-la's while another feels like a dead anvil sitting in the middle of the page. 5. Conflict and contrast. I've said it a number of times, but it bears saying again. Always throw yourself into the path of conflict. The conflict can be physical, emotional, spiritual, internal, external, whatever. Same goes with contrast--the bolder, the better. 6. Twist the hook at the end. You open with a hook to reel in the reader. By the end, you need to twist that hook in the reader's mouth. Because the form is so brief, the twist will be no more than a paragraph, and is usually just a sentence or phrase. The hook at the end is what will make your flash fiction totally unforgettable. It can literally seal the memory of it in the vaults of your reader's mind. But don't overdo it. Sometimes a quarter turn of the hook is enough. 7. Forget everything I told you. Someone will come around and break all these rules, and that's fine. This form is ripe for harvesting unusual fruit. Just write and see what happens. I think you'll find the form very gratifying. Editing Advice Now that you've got a first draft down, more than likely you have too many words, either for your own liking or for the editor's. Here's how you can knock down the word count. 1. Murder all adverbs. Keep the emphasis on the nouns and verbs. Instead of saying "he ran quickly" say, "he sprinted." You just saved 1 word. 2. Likewise with redundancies. Instead of saying things like "she moaned with pleasure" say "she moaned." We'll figure out from the context that it was pleasurable. Double kudos to you if the piece becomes a little more ambiguous (maybe she moans from pain? despair? fright?) because of the edit. 3. If a word doesn't add to tone, conflict, or the upcoming hook-twisting, then flush it. There's no room for excess baggage in this genre. Every word must lead to the conclusion, even in a roundabout way. Further Reading Several online erotica sites publish flash fiction, including Amoret (http://www.amoretonline.com), Mind Caviar (http://www.mindcaviar.com), and Clean Sheets (http://www.cleansheets.com). Over here at Brilliant Smut (http://www.brilliantsmut.com) I don't get enough flash fiction submissions, and I love to see them. Feel free to share them with me. --- Thomas Myer is a freelance writer. He is also the editor and cofounder of Brilliant Smut - http://www.brilliantsmut.com . You can drop him a line at editor@brilliantsmut.com. ---
Only $3.95! As Originally Published In AbsoluteWrite.com! "Targeting Your Markets" "Fetish Writing Can Be Fattening" "Lifestyles Of The Dull And Boring" And Lots More! This Ebook Brings Together Some Of Katy's Most Popular Columns! Click on http://www.KatyTerrega.com/Porn101.html for excerpts and information or Order your ecopy at http://www.KatyTerrega.com/html! =========================================== Paying Markets: SINSTORY: P.O. Box 34253, Essex, MD 21221. P(410)574-9381 9-5 (EST only!), F:(410) 574-9541. E-mail: pkesales@singate.com. Website: http://www.sinstory.com. CONTACT: Kathryn Hudson, President. Sinstories is a free erotic stories web site, updated daily, with links to other adult web sites. Stories are also delivered to handheld computers at http://www.sinpalm.com. Circulation: 10,000+. 100% percent freelance written. Enjoys working with new writers? Responds within 3 weeks. Purchases one-time rights, revert back to author on publication. Pays writers within 3 weeks of publication. Publishes manuscripts approximately one week after acceptance. Obtain guidelines at http://www.sinstory.com/guidelines. Submit complete manuscript. Short bio is welcome (two lines max). Include an email for fan letters if you wish. CURRENT NEEDS: More gay content. Also, we do feature a lot of celebrity stories and they are becoming a hot trend. Readers can read about what Angelina Jolie is really like in bed. PAYMENT: $5/story. More for frequent contributors. Will offer more when new subscriber site is finished. WORD COUNT: 1500-2500 words. REPRINTS?: Yes. Please specify where story was previously published. HINTS: Please pay attention to grammar and spelling. Also, tell a story! A nice set up makes for a great climax (pun intended!). RIPE FRUIT: Well-Seasoned Erotica. Submissions wanted for an anthology of erotica about women over 50, edited by Marcy Sheiner, to be published by Cleis Press in spring 2002. Writers should be women, not necessarily of 'une certain age,' but it helps. I want literate, hot stories that tell us what¹s happening in the sex lives of women as they age‹-positive, negative, or a mix. The good, the bad, the ugly: honesty is the best policy! Heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian or transgendered orientations welcome. Payment will be in the range of $100 per story. Marcy Sheiner is editor of Herotica 4, 5 and 6, as well as of the Best Women¹s Erotica series and of The Oy of Sex: Jewish Women Write Erotica. Take a look at these books to get a sense of my taste. Send stories no longer than 20 pages, double-spaced with SASE and email address to: Marcy Sheiner, 4096 Piedmont Avenue, #136, Oakland, CA 94611. Deadline: October 31, 2001 Non-Paying Market:
PEEPSHOW MAGAZINE: Short, Scary Tales Publications. 15 North Roundhay,
Stechford, Birmingham, B33 9PE, England Contact: Paul Fry, Editor. E-mail inquiries (NO SUBMISSIONS VIA E-MAIL) at E-mail inquiries ditor@peepshowmagazine.co.uk Twice yearly (June and December) magazine containing approximately sixty pages of erotic horror fiction. Submit complete manuscript with cover letter that includes author bio to above address in hard copy format. If accepted, e-mail version will be required.
Promises “a speedy reply.”
CURRENT NEEDS: Erotic Horror Fiction to 6000 words max---Please query for slightly longer work. The submission must be “well written and of a high standard.” E-mail address is required for response. All overseas submissions are disposable and will not be returned. UK disposable submissions are preferred, however, if you require your work to be returned, you must include a SAE. If not included your work will be classed as disposable.
PAYMENT: contributors receive one free issue containing their work
REPRINTS: N/A
PHOTOS/ART: N/A
SUBSCRIPTIONS: NONE LISTED
HINTS: Please note: Accepted manuscripts may be edited to ensure correct spelling etc. But the author will be consulted about any changes that need to be made.
Order the Porn and Erotica Market Report! Packed full of listings, market info, articles and interviews, the Market Report is an invaluable tool if you want to SELL your work! Delivered straight to your e-mail box on the first of every month! This month's issue includes includes an article by Plus a Q and A from Kerri Sharp, Editor of Black Lace Books! Click Here! for more information or order your subscription Here! =========================================== Thanks to those of you who sent information concerning Foggy Windows Books. They have discontinued their line and have shut down their website. As for which publishers might consider religious themes in erotica, one reader suggested Black Lace Books. She (reader/writer Maria Lyonesse) should know, as she has a story in their anthology "Wicked Words 4" about a vicar's son gone bad... =========================================== --- Kelly Steed was interviewed by WordThunder.com about her upcoming new sci-fi release, Stasis, co-authored by Colleen Elliott, at www.wordthunder.com. (Click on "interviews.") She also published the article, "Who's Been Walking on my Bed?" in the True Mystic Experiences section of the August issue of FATE Magazine. --- Congrats to Thea and Kelly! If you sent me your Goings On but don't see it here, just let me know and I'll get it out. --- Tell me what's going on! Have you made a sale? Do you have a piece being published? Let me know and I'll print it here for all to see! --- I've got my revamped website up and running here - www.KatyTerrega.com. --- Check out my column at http://www.AbsoluteWrite.com on - what else?! - writing porn. Last Monday I finally put my first column out since the fire, and I'm now officially back on track; I'll be writing a new one every other Monday. This week's essay is "Learning From Rejection." Thanks for your patience!
Only $3.95! As Originally Published In AbsoluteWrite.com! "Targeting Your Markets" "Fetish Writing Can Be Fattening" "Lifestyles Of The Dull And Boring" And Lots More! This Ebook Brings Together Some Of Katy's Most Popular Columns! Click on http://www.KatyTerrega.com/Porn101.html for excerpts and information or Order your ecopy at http://www.KatyTerrega.com/html! =========================================== =========================================== Send Me Your Stories And Ideas! I'm looking for essays/articles that will inspire and/or instruct other porn writers. Success stories, how to break into certain markets, unique views on the genre, etc. Around 800 words is good, although I'm flexible. I'd love articles on specific markets. There are so many sub-genres of porn and it's hard to know the subtleties of each. If you've got a specialty, from BDSM to Watersports to Leg Sex to Amputeeism, feel free to share your knowledge. You can either suggest a topic (query) or send something whole. I'll get back to you within a week as to whether or not I'll be able to use it. Right now I'm paying with a copy of the updated It's A Dirty Job...(plus credits) but as SOON as this site is self-supporting I'll be able to offer some cash.
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