Get Started In Writing Erotic Fiction: How to write powerful, sexy and entertaining erotic fiction

: PART ONE – UNDERSTANDING EROTICA AND ROMANCE. HOW TO BLEND THEM.: Erotica roots: Defining erotica today: What exactly is a romance novel? Is there a secret formula?: HEA? What's that and why should i care?: Erotica loves romance: a match made in reader heaven?: Who reads erotic romance, and why?: Is Kinky Better? To menage or not to menage?: Don't be shy. Push the personal envelope. Write outside your comfort zone.: Body parts are not all created equal. Nor are there monikers.: The multi-sensory approach: why plot when you have sex?: Heroes and Heroines. Do i need a bad guy?: Archetypes are not set in stone. Breathing life into your characters. The story lives and dies on character development. Make us care.: PART TWO – HOW TO WRITE IT.: Write from the heart. Don't be afraid. The first rule in publishing: it's all subjective.: Show me, don't tell me.: Purple prose is passe.: Don't make me laugh, unless that was your intention.: Single title? Series? Is one sub-genre more erotic-centric than another?: How do it begin? Where do i begin?: Story arc? What's that?: Goals, motivation and conflict, do i really need them?: How do i get to the end?: POV It's more than what your character sees.: Delivering the promise of a romance. Revisiting the Happily Ever After.: PART THREE – WRITING THE BOOK WAS THE EASY PART. PROMOTING YOURSELF, PROMOTING YOUR BOOK.: So, i wrote a book. Now what?: How to get it read.: Should i get an agent? Do i really need one? What do they do for me that i can't do for myself? All agents are not created equal.: Should i use my real name?: Who publishes erotic romance? Why a traditional publisher and not self-publish? What is a publisher's role in today's digital takeover?: Should i self-publish? What are the benefits/ the pitfalls. How do i do it? Do i need an editor? Copy editor? What are they anyway and what do they do?: Yay! I sold, now what?: Should i promote my book? Should my publisher? How do i promote it? Is it expensive?: Swag or not to swag? Are book signings a thing of the past?: MY book flopped, should i write another one?: Author brand vs book brand. How to develop one.: How to use social media to promote yourself. Does it really work?: Do you need an author assistant? What is their role?: Reviews: love them or hate them, use them.: Don't hide behind the cover, stand up for your genre.: Authors behaving badly: this should not be you.: Final thoughts.