Are you saying the stories here are teasers, incomplete? Be aware that that contravenes Lit policy: the site doesn't allow teaser chapters, where the rest of the story is behind a paywall.
How does this square with what I heard is a relatively common practice of releasing chapters to Patreon subs first? Even if they all land on Lit eventually, the published one are teasers for those that are yet to come.
While Literotica does allow us to link to another site, it is entirely up to each person to click on it and support the author. They generally don't bother (nice to know, ha?)...
Define "incomplete"!
It's when the teaser is on Lit that matters. The site has no interest if it's the other way around. It's a site policy, and when you publish here, you sign up to it.
If chapter one is here, but readers have to go to your Patreon to read chapter two, that's a teaser.
Well, it isn't an 'idea' for me. It's just the way I have always been. The way my mind works. Regular kids had diaries written in first person, by them. I had a diary written in first person.... by five different individuals.
Honey, I have posted WAY more than one measly chapter here.
Sure, but the problem (for me, anyway) is connecting with the paying audience, in a world where "erotica" is still seen as dirty and talking about sex is taboo. Is it any wonder that, in my most recent sci-fi erotic book, I have aliens teaching humans about how to be sexually free? I have to give vent to my frustrations somewhere...
Writing has been my passion since I was old enough to read (age 5). I write, because I am alive. I write naturally, without much effort, and I write because the muse tells me to. I also derive personal benefits from writing erotica. It makes me horny, which my partner appreciates. It makes other people horny, which they tell me about, and which always puts a smile on my face. It allows me to deal with a lot of angst and problems, as well as big life questions, in a really fun way and without resorting to counselling. It excites me, lifts me up, keeps me awake, makes me dance with joy.
Then you aren't optimizing your enjoyment of writing. Most people don't make enough money off writing to pay all of the bills and have peace of mind left over. You just can't force that square peg in a round hole. I made enough to live on through retirement in a profession where I could make money. I wrote too (and have made some money off that--but not enough to live in the style I want to live). It was extraordinarily freeing for my livelihood not to rely on making money from the writing. I thoroughly enjoy writing because I took realistic stock and realistic pathways.
Yes, this is what I have been doing lately. But I still set aside time to write, because it is a serious addiction for me. Like, I get totally depressed if I can't write. You have to understand that my characters are always with me, always talking to me, and new story ideas are always coming along. So stopping is NOT an option.
Sure, tons are being given away for free, but very few people can write as good as I can. FACT.
If a sustaining market isn't there, it doesn't matter how good you can write (which is a pretty hollow self-proclaimed claim anyway). But other than suggesting grounding common sense to you, I have no responsibility to enable your expectations. Bravado and a nickel render you three cents in publishing.
Well, that is exactly where you are wrong, my friend. Do please try and do some research. You will find that the market for erotica is huge. Absolutely huge.
You are an idiot, plain and simple. Have you seen what passes for professional erotica out there?
