Small Gesture - Huge Impact
Erotic writers are not as talented as mainstream fiction writers, by and large. Writing an epic high fantasy like Song of Ice and Fire is obviously deserving of more rewards than a story about Lucy getting railed from behind over the kitchen counter.
But they do have a place.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be reading them. And since George R.R. Martin has no plans to write about the budding kitchen romance between Lucy and John, it is up to erotica writers to provide that for you. But if they get zero dollars for their work, how long can they keep providing it?
It's not on you to give erotic writers hundreds of dollars. But can you do one tiny thing? Click the 5-stars button. It takes almost no effort. Burns zero calories. But boy, does it go a long way. If five of you did it, then just like that there is interest from others in buying the story. Suddenly, the erotic author makes a couple of bucks. Most of the stories you find in the erotica genre will make the author fifty bucks. Maybe a hundred. The really popular authors will make several thousand dollars.
But how many talented erotica authors fall by the wayside because they didn't sell anything. The two dozen people who read their book - which may have been the best damn erotica piece ever written - didn't bother to rate it at all. And so, nobody else noticed it because it quickly became buried in erotica book purgatory amongst all the others. After a handful of books, the author gives up.
Click the 5-star button. It goes a long way and can be the equivalent of giving the author a few bucks without costing you another cent. And if you're really appreciative, then leave a nice comment. On the flip side, if the book wasn't to your tastes, don't kill it with a 1-star. Save that for the true trash - terrible grammar, weak story, horrible stuff. No, if you don't like the story give it a 3-star and write a review explaining way (so that future customers can decide for themselves if they agree with that reason).
This is the best way to keep stories that you enjoy continue getting published. Myself, early in my career I have had hundreds of sales... but only about two dozen ratings. Thankfully mostly 5-star (though one guy keeps giving me 1-star...the same guy...if he doesn't like it, why does he keep reading? But that's another blog for another day!). But my readership would quadruple if more of you would just click that rating button on Goodreads AND on Amazon or where you buy your e-books and paperbacks.
We thank you!
But they do have a place.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be reading them. And since George R.R. Martin has no plans to write about the budding kitchen romance between Lucy and John, it is up to erotica writers to provide that for you. But if they get zero dollars for their work, how long can they keep providing it?
It's not on you to give erotic writers hundreds of dollars. But can you do one tiny thing? Click the 5-stars button. It takes almost no effort. Burns zero calories. But boy, does it go a long way. If five of you did it, then just like that there is interest from others in buying the story. Suddenly, the erotic author makes a couple of bucks. Most of the stories you find in the erotica genre will make the author fifty bucks. Maybe a hundred. The really popular authors will make several thousand dollars.
But how many talented erotica authors fall by the wayside because they didn't sell anything. The two dozen people who read their book - which may have been the best damn erotica piece ever written - didn't bother to rate it at all. And so, nobody else noticed it because it quickly became buried in erotica book purgatory amongst all the others. After a handful of books, the author gives up.
Click the 5-star button. It goes a long way and can be the equivalent of giving the author a few bucks without costing you another cent. And if you're really appreciative, then leave a nice comment. On the flip side, if the book wasn't to your tastes, don't kill it with a 1-star. Save that for the true trash - terrible grammar, weak story, horrible stuff. No, if you don't like the story give it a 3-star and write a review explaining way (so that future customers can decide for themselves if they agree with that reason).
This is the best way to keep stories that you enjoy continue getting published. Myself, early in my career I have had hundreds of sales... but only about two dozen ratings. Thankfully mostly 5-star (though one guy keeps giving me 1-star...the same guy...if he doesn't like it, why does he keep reading? But that's another blog for another day!). But my readership would quadruple if more of you would just click that rating button on Goodreads AND on Amazon or where you buy your e-books and paperbacks.
We thank you!
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