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I'm working on a new book, and I'm about a third of the way through. I am really enjoying the book -- it's back on Qetesh, the world in which my first SciFi Erotic Romance took place. And I'm with a new sexy Alien, and a heroine who is trying to rescue her friends, and it's great fun.

So, why is it so hard to write?

I have an outline -- I know where I'm headed. I have characters that I love, that I enjoy throwing into situations that are tenuous or dangerous or emotionally wrought or sexy. So what's the deal?

I don't think it's the book itself, because I'm struggling with all my projects. I'm writing a play that I love, and those characters have stopped speaking to me altogether. I'm writing a YA novel -- I mean, I'm in the middle of it. I haven't written it in weeks. I mostly just sit down at the computer and wonder how to use words like a goddamned writer.

I know some days are harder than others -- that's part of the gig. Some days, I can pump out ten thousand words like it ain't no thang, and some days I feel happy to get to 500. But this week has been particularly tough.

Fortunately, today, I've had a breakthrough.

I think it was just a matter of how I was organizing my tasks. It's kind of daunting to put "WRITE A BOOK" on your to-do list. Here are the items I had on my list for last Wednesday (this is verbatim from my planner):

- Write SciFi Erotic Romance
- Finish Part 2 of [Redacted YA Title]
- Finish Act 1 of [Redacted Play Title]
- Finish Taxes
- Rewrite [Redacted Title of Another Play]
- Playwriting Class Lesson Plan [I teach playwriting at a local college]

The items I'd already crossed off were all freelance writing work for several clients, and the reason I was able to cross them off was because they were each 300-500 words of writing. Not ENTIRE BOOKS.

My breakthrough is that I'm not struggling with the actual writing, per se, but how I organize it. I'm not a bad writer, I'm just a bad list-maker. And it clicked because I did a google search for something inane like: HOW TO OVERCOME WRITERS BLOCK. And I stumbled across this amazing quotation: 

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” — Mark Twain

I'm not blocked. I'm not broken. I just mismanaged my list. So now, I am going to sit down and revise my tasks, breaking everything down into small, chewable pieces. So that hopefully I'll have something more than eye strain to show for a full week's worth of work.

As my publisher is gearing up to release my new Sci Fi Erotic Romance, I've been thinking a lot about the fact that I'm kind of all over the place, genre-wise. As you are probably well aware, Juniper Leigh isn't my real name (Gasp!), but what you may not know is that one writer may have numerous pen names under which they write and publish their work. It's actually a fairly common practice. The idea behind this is branding: maybe someone who is looking for a Young Adult Thriller doesn't want to read one written by the same dude who wrote a Paleo Diet Cook Book, and that makes total sense.

However!

My Juniper Leigh pen name is branded to write all sorts of erotica from a feminist bent. I considered long and hard as to whether or not I wanted to launch a separate pen name for Science Fiction Erotica, since my previous forays into the world of smut had started somewhere in strict contemporary realism, then moved onto the paranormal. Now, we're in space. And it's all written by the same girl.

Is this dumb? I'm not sure. I have separated my Young Adult fiction and my Contemporary Dramatic Writing from my Erotica because I wanted the freedom to explore my various kinks and curiosities without having to worry about what people who knew me thought about what I was writing. But It was probably 

In this video, actress Uzo Aduba -- who plays Suzanne in the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black -- discusses the element of Alien Erotica in the show. Her character was encouraged to explore her imagination and creative expression while in prison, and the writing she generates is explicit alien porn that her fellow inmates just eat up. (In fact, here is everything we know about Suzanne's Time Hump erotica.)

As I am gearing up to release my first Alien Erotica book -- and outlining my second -- I got curious: Why is it so damned appealing? Some of the other niche genres are more straight forward: the billionaire is a Cinderella fantasy; the Bear Shifter is a hyper-masculine fantasy, etc. But what is it about monster erotica that people -- myself included -- are so into?

In an article for io9, Cecelia Tan said, "People who are buying erotic fiction for their Kindle are looking to be satisfied in all senses of that word. They want to be satisfied as readers of fiction, with exciting and intriguing stories, and they want to be satisfied sexually, which is why they are buying erotic fiction in the first place. I don't think those who like mythological beings are fundamentally different from those who buy any other flavor of erotica. That's like asking if people who satisfy their hunger with Thai food are somehow different from those who prefer Italian."

Like Suzanne, and her incarcerated fanbase, they are wanting to fully engage their imaginations. Maybe that's all it is: maybe fans of alien erotica are hoping to be more than just sexually stimulated. Maybe we want to see new worlds, experience new cultures, and read about things that could never happen in the world we inhabit. Maybe this type of Erotica -- SciFi, Paranormal, Fantasy -- is really just a fairy tale for grownups. 

In this video, actress Uzo Aduba -- who plays Suzanne in the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black -- discusses the element of Alien Erotica in the show. Her character was encouraged to explore her imagination and creative expression while in prison, and the writing she generates is explicit alien porn that her fellow inmates just eat up. (In fact, here is everything we know about Suzanne's Time Hump erotica.)

As I am gearing up to release my first Alien Erotica book -- and outlining my second -- I got curious: Why is it so damned appealing? Some of the other niche genres are more straight forward: the billionaire is a Cinderella fantasy; the Bear Shifter is a hyper-masculine fantasy, etc. But what is it about monster erotica that people -- myself included -- are so into?

In an article for io9, Cecelia Tan said, "People who are buying erotic fiction for their Kindle are looking to be satisfied in all senses of that word. They want to be satisfied as readers of fiction, with exciting and intriguing stories, and they want to be satisfied sexually, which is why they are buying erotic fiction in the first place. I don't think those who like mythological beings are fundamentally different from those who buy any other flavor of erotica. That's like asking if people who satisfy their hunger with Thai food are somehow different from those who prefer Italian."

Like Suzanne, and her incarcerated fanbase, they are wanting to fully engage their imaginations. Maybe that's all it is: maybe fans of alien erotica are hoping to be more than just sexually stimulated. Maybe we want to see new worlds, experience new cultures, and read about things that could never happen in the world we inhabit. Maybe this type of Erotica -- SciFi, Paranormal, Fantasy -- is really just a fairy tale for grownups. 

And furthermore! A surprising number of the aforementioned genitalia snapshots that I received were of flaccid members, and I just want to put this out into the universe: no one likes that. It doesn't even look good on The David, and that shit is art. So, here are my Top Five Tips for Sending Dirty Pictures:

1. Know the individual to whom you are interested in sending a snap of your cash and prizes.
2. Ask him or her, "Would you like to see a picture of my junk?" 
3. Wait for their response. If -- and only if -- they reply with an unqualified "YES!" then drop trou and get to work.
4. Make sure you're at full attention, and remember that most women do not like disembodied penises as much as you think they do. So maybe snap it in the mirror, get a little ab and thigh action goin' in that photo. 
5. Slap a filter on that bitch and make it all artistic. Because remember that once you put it out there, it's out there for good. THE INTERNET IS FOREVER.

And now, for the ladies who want to get all sexified and send a sultry selfie to the men and/or women in their lives, I give you this: Buzzfeed's 33 Impossibly Sexy Boudoir Photo Poses. You're welcome.

I don't have much of a following on Facebook yet, but I've been trying to do what I can to grow my audience. As such, I sort of just unabashedly accept all friend requests. Maybe that was a dumb move.

Because, you guys, I just get tons of unsolicited dick pics. So many, in fact, that I posted this status to my page this morning:

Hi Friends, old & new!

I feel compelled to to make clear the following: This Facebook account is strictly for my erotica, which I sincerely hope you check out, sample, purchase, and enjoy thoroughly. To do that, please see my new website, with my brand new, shiny URL!

I accept all friend requests, largely because I don't spend much time actually ON this account. Most of the content you see will be reposts from my website, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts.

That being said, I have had to turn off Facebook Chat because of the really just insane number of unsolicited dick pics I've received. It's just crazy. I've been on sites like Alt.com and AdultFriendFinder and FetLife and received fewer images of stranger's dongs. Your junk does not impress me; stop sending it. Please, and thank you.

Now, with that unpleasant business out of the way, why not head to my website and snag one of my latest publications? It'll give you something to do with all that genitalia.

Happy Reading -
*Juniper Leigh

So what is the deal with the cockshots? I just had to know. I mean, granted, I work on the fringes of the sex industry, but this is happening on facebook, not on dating sites where it can be more safely inferred that I'm looking to get laid. So, I did what anyone in my situation would do. I Googled "Why Do Men Send Unsolicited Dick Pics To Strangers On The Internet?" Here are some of the responses I collected:

“I think that 'lashing out' towards women on online dating sites, whether harmless annoyance or genuine harassment, is caused by being ignored so thoroughly by so many women. After a while, women on these sites aren't people with feelings; they're just thousands of profiles who all seem to dislike you for completely unknown reasons. Dick pics are, I think, a very specific form of this harassment — probably from guys who are more on the narcissistic side and perhaps overly confident about their bodies... The end goal of this little game is to elicit some kind of reaction — good, bad, or otherwise.” -- "Peter" [HA!] via Refinery 29.

“Men who send off penis pictures probably aren’t thinking at all, they’re responding to an unconscious, evolutionary urge likely inherited from our primate ancestors: male monkeys and apes routinely display their penis (usually erect) to females to indicate sexual interest.” -- Ogi Ogas, cognitive neuroscientist, via Salon.com.

And, finally, niceguyfl86 said, "...because I am 100% convinced that my penis is the greatest thing in the world." (Via PlentyOfFish) So. There you have it.

Sometimes, people just aren't going to enjoy what I do. Them's the breaks. And I totally understand that: tastes vary, preferences change, and sometimes I just write something that isn't as good as I had hoped. And I genuinely don't mind when people write reviews that reflect their disappointment with the writing. Didn't think the character development was there? Tell me about it. Thought the prose was messy? I want to hear it. Was it poorly paced? Shout it from the rooftops. If you hate a thing, by all means, give it One Star and go about your day. I would never begrudge a reader their opinion. My only hope would be that they might give me another try some day.

Of course, I love my positive reviews, and my Five Star ratings. They give me the Warm 'n Fuzzies, that goes without saying. However, there is another kind of review. The review that addresses not the quality of the writing, nor the content of the story, but only the length of story itself. What purpose does it serve to give One- and Two-star ratings to something just because it's short? Why leave a negative review because a book is serialized?

When I do a series, the first book in that series is always free, so I am getting a lot of flack for free content that's too short. And I just don't understand that.

There is a long history of serialized fiction. It rose in popularity in 19th century and the early 1900's, due largely to a rise in literacy during the Victorian era, and the advancement of printing technology. Many books originating in that time period appeared as serials, beginning with the booming success of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, first appearing in print in 1836. And one of my favorite books, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, was stretched to 139 installments. Back then, there was no distinction between "high literature" and "commercial fiction" -- they were one in the same. I am by no means claiming to be composing the next great classic; I'm just saying that my style of storytelling isn't new, by any stretch of the imagination. 

I like serialized storytelling. My publisher likes serialized storytelling. And if you don't, hey, that's cool, you don't have to read serialized books. But imagine if you were in Russia in 1873 -- would you really want to miss out on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina? 


Also: TV. Television is serialized, but many platforms offer a per-episode payment so that you can enjoy them one bite at a time. I couldn't find a way to transition into that point gracefully, so it's kind of just stuck on here at the end. Because not everything I write is good.

I am trying to learn what my readers are most interested in. So, I've constructed a little poll. Why don't you tell me exactly the kind of stories you want to be reading? That way, I can write them for you. What kind of smut do you want to read? What is your age? * 18-21 22-30 31-40 41-50 51+ Prefer not to say What type of Erotica do you prefer reading? * Paranormal Erotic Romance BDSM Erotica Billionaire Erotic Romance Cowboys (Western Erotic Romance) Historical Romance Taboo Erotica (PI and DubCon) Lesbian Erotica Gay Male Erotica Monster Erotica Other If Other please specify: * How long do you like your stories to be? * Quickies (1k to 8k words) Shorts (8k - 10k words) Series (~15k words per installment) Novella (~20-30k words) Novel ( 65k+ words) Don't care, so long as it's hot. Is there something you've always wanted to read? * Submit