WW- thanks for the awesome advice. I write as often as possible, given my study schedule. I'd love to be a professional author, but right now getting a real career is taking presidence
I'm going to be sure to take your advice. However, and this may just be me...but I'm not sure if this answers my question. What I was wanting to know is, is there a market out there for erotica of a more hardcore nature, offline. I ask because the (admittedly few) 'romance' or 'adult' novels I've read offline have featured softcore content, and been obviously written in a romanticist angle for women (no offense ladies).
My stories, while usually involving romance, are definitely of a hard-core nature, often going into alternative sexual venues (AKA anal sex, possible partner swapping, etc). Obviously, these different forms of erotica are very successful and marketable online.
But what about paperback, an actual published novel? Would such hardcore content be well recieved? Or am I going to have to tone down to a slightly more standard level of novel sexuality before I have a chance of being published?
I've tried doing some research, but thus far I'm still turning up the soft-core stuff. I'm wondering if that's pretty much what's out there and what I'd have to cater to, or if I'm just as blind as I've been told I am.