Ask the Author: S.P. Aruna
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S.P. Aruna
No, Stephen, sorry, only ebooks. Actually, writing these books was an experiment. GWG 1 and Carnality had strong plots with graphic sex scenes, and despite a few good ratings, I considered them failures. GWG 2 had some romance in it, which is what many women want in their erotica, but I didn't do a good job. I won't write again until my skills improve - which is more than writing sentences, but to put more feeling in the story. That's why now I'm concentrating on reading, and within a large range of genres.
S.P. Aruna
I'm glad you enjoyed reading it - I enjoyed writing it!
Of course there is a sequel - it will be available for pre-order by end of June for 99 cents ($0.99). Official release date will be September 3rd :)
Of course there is a sequel - it will be available for pre-order by end of June for 99 cents ($0.99). Official release date will be September 3rd :)
S.P. Aruna
Yes, OK, I'll send you a message
S.P. Aruna
If I knew how to deal with that, I could have written a slew of books by now. Writer's block is like a mood, it comes and goes, so I just wait for it to pass.
S.P. Aruna
I get to enter another world, somewhere between reality and dreaming where my imagination can run free and fantasies become tangible enough to touch.
S.P. Aruna
Peace and quiet, and having time alone are essential ingredients for me to get ideas, but these conditions are not so easily met, especially if you're married. Finding a time where I would not be distracted was the hardest challenge I faced.
As for other writers, I'm hesitant to give tips. I write my stories on the fly, letting the story and characters take on a life of their own. Others might outline the book before they even start. In any case, for fiction, sharp, crisp dialogue is crucial.
Another side of writing commercial fiction is to devote a lot of your time to promote, publicize, and market. If you fail to do that your book will be "dead in the water."
As for other writers, I'm hesitant to give tips. I write my stories on the fly, letting the story and characters take on a life of their own. Others might outline the book before they even start. In any case, for fiction, sharp, crisp dialogue is crucial.
Another side of writing commercial fiction is to devote a lot of your time to promote, publicize, and market. If you fail to do that your book will be "dead in the water."
S.P. Aruna
I'm currently writing Book Two of the series, Healing, and my plan is to have it released in February of 2017. I envision three books in the series Girl Within Girl and after that I'll go on to something else.
S.P. Aruna
I came across a book written in the 1970's, The Control of Candy Jones, by Donald Bain, a fascinating true story of a beautiful pin-up model who later discovered (while under hypnosis) that she had been hypno-programmed to act as a spy for the CIA. Strange as this tale may seem, it was so convincingly written that it lead me to do further research, and lo and behold, the CIA actually had a mind control program called MKULTRA, where subjects were hypnotized, given hallucinatory drugs, and were tortured in order to fracture their personalities. Although this plot was used in the 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate and the two film versions that followed, I thought to myself that this would make a great plot for a work of erotica.
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