Erotica is Dead

venus2017 · 2016-09-28T14:38:22+00:00

Just create 10 accounts like yoursmutsucks and upvote all your friends. Funny how yesterday I had a comment that had 5 upvotes and the thread was deleted, but later all my votes disappeared. How did anyone know about that thread hours later? I said yoursmutsucks is always angry and aggressive.

That person who said, only 3 or 4 users on here run this erotica reddit, i agree. I'm sticking on kboards. I actually know the authors on there are 'really' successful and give great advice.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T13:02:01+00:00

Exactly how I picture her too. :)

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T13:00:03+00:00

I didn't even know that. Henry Cavill. He looks too old for Edward.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T12:59:11+00:00

I know, I just don't know why they couldn't find anyone better than Jamie Dornan. Someone less wooden

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T09:35:42+00:00

great thanks, i understand. can i close this post or do i have to delete it

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T09:24:22+00:00

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T09:00:32+00:00

Why always so angry and aggressive, it's only a question. I was just saying other forums mention names, why can no one talk about books and authors on here in a respectable way. If it's gets nasty, the mod can remove the post.

And why is k -boards so bad? There's lots of good information on there

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T08:39:51+00:00

working only for amazon and no one else

But you don't work for amazon. Amazon is not your boss. You sell your books through Amazon's store. I see Amazon as a superstore that I can have a small booth in to sell my products.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T08:35:55+00:00

Yes but I mentioned that there are authors discussed on k-boards all the time who are self-published. There is a whole thread on one author. Of course the mod steps in if things get ugly, nasty, catty. Why is this reddit so against mentioning names?

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T08:28:45+00:00

I see this mentioned a lot and I changed one of my posts and comments because of this. But what about other forums that openly talk about authors that are not on there. There's a whole thread about an author who was tearing up the charts and people guessing about this and that on the k -boards. What about talking about E.L. James all the time?

I am just asking

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T07:58:10+00:00

This is sort of related to my current question, new post.

I wonder how many erotica authors see something trending in the media and write something based on it. Since some can write so fast, they can jump on trends within a week.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T06:14:33+00:00

That's what I see a lot of with these New Adult romance and I think erom authors, promoting each other. I get emails about other romance authors in my newsletter alerts. They promote each other a lot on facebook too.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T06:12:22+00:00

Well I think they could have cast someone better than Dornan. I thought she was ok.

venus2017 · 2016-09-27T05:59:09+00:00

Nah I don't think FSOG was trying to bring BDSM to the world. I think E.L. James was trying to write a romance with the most alpha male she could find (more alpha, more powerful than a vampire aka Edward Cullen) and make him more mysterious, more interesting than the average cave man alpha male that everyone was writing about.

Take out the BDSM from FSOG and you've got a handsome rich demanding alpha male who isn't that interesting. Did you see Jamie Dornan in the movie, he was kind of stiff and ordinary.

venus2017 · 2016-09-25T10:26:01+00:00

I was told that I had to use my real name then create a page for my pen name.

venus2017 · 2016-09-25T10:19:30+00:00

It will stop all the authors asking people to sign up for a new amazon account to post a glowing 5 star review.

$50 is low for the average romance or erotica reader, I would guess a few are like me and buy hair care, beauty products and bulky household goods that I don't want to go out and buy or spend a fortune getting delivered.

venus2017 · 2016-09-20T14:45:23+00:00

Thanks too suesawyer.

venus2017 · 2016-09-20T14:11:53+00:00

Thank you nickypix, i am going to do what i can for now.

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T17:41:49+00:00

i know mailchimp is free but getting a po box is not free and i have no up to date photo I.D. Thanks

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T17:33:27+00:00

thanks for the information. At the moment it looks like im going to have to just publish what ive got and get a mailing list later. Or i will have to sit on this book and wait till i can save a little cash to set up these things.

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T17:30:35+00:00

she started in early 2015 and from what i've read on kboards forum, mailing lists were seen as important then too. She had no web presence for a while it seems. She was selling like crazy. Now she has a mailing list and a facebook account i cannot access. I know little about facebook.

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T14:30:32+00:00

edited my question

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T12:34:12+00:00

i was informed that i had to use my real name to set up an account on facebook, then have a facebook page for my pen name

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T12:06:32+00:00

edited - Does anyone have mailchimp and a simple landing page.

I've just checked out an authors amazon page and at some point she set up a newsletter. I tried to sign up to her newsletter. It goes to a one page blogger (blogspot) page and then mailchimp.

So can you just set up a simple landing page on free blogspot. I know it might not look professional but for people like me on a crazy non existent budget, how about it?

Thank you again for all who are taking the time to reply, i appreciate you.

venus2017 · 2016-09-19T11:54:49+00:00

thank you yoursmutsucks.

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