Ask the Author: Elia Winters
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Elia Winters
I would love to write MFF polyam, since it's closest to my actual life experience. I have been exclusively trad publishing until this point, and MFF is a hard sell for trad. As I do more self pubbing, I'm open to writing more MFF and also FF.
As for sex toy reviewing, I have always been a toy user, so I started writing posts based on my own collection. With my existing following on social media, it was easy to just start reaching out to companies about reviewing, explaining what I had to offer in the way of a platform and readership. Most have been very receptive. It's fun!
As for sex toy reviewing, I have always been a toy user, so I started writing posts based on my own collection. With my existing following on social media, it was easy to just start reaching out to companies about reviewing, explaining what I had to offer in the way of a platform and readership. Most have been very receptive. It's fun!
Elia Winters
The Slices of Pi series came from an idea I had to really capitalize on my geekiness by writing about a game design company. I started to imagine what kinds of people worked there, and what challenges they might overcome, and then I put a couple of them at a gaming convention and let the story go from there. It became a trilogy that I'm so excited to release.
Elia Winters
Honestly, i don't get inspired to write all the time. Sometimes, yes, I'm dying to get to a really hot scene or resolve a big conflict, but other times, I'd rather lie on the couch and stare at the ceiling. I write anyway because I'm always working to cultivate self-discipline, and each day writing builds the habit. I'm doing the 365K challenge in 2016 and it's forcing me to be focused and productive even when it's hard.
Elia Winters
Write for yourself first. Have fun with it! If you always write what you think will sell, and you always write for the market, you're not going to have as much fun. You have to consider those things when it becomes your career, but you should always be your own first audience, and that can keep it fun.
Elia Winters
Probably creating worlds and characters from nothing at all, and doing it all without wearing pants.
Elia Winters
I'm doing the final edits for SINGLE PLAYER, book 3 in the Slices of Pi series, which feels like a huge milestone. I'm so excited for this series. I'm also writing a sequel to PURELY PROFESSIONAL which I'm hoping to pitch in the coming weeks.
Elia Winters
I try to write with a timer when I get stuck, so I can just pound out some words even if they're terrible. That's key, I think: giving myself permission to write terrible first drafts. Revision is my savior.
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