Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Erotica Networking: Not as Kinky as One Would Think

Most erotica/erotic romance writers do occasionally sit around a table, library, or chat room talking about favorite sexual positions. Although, this doesn't have to be every day and it's hardly the basis of most networking conversations. Sometimes it's not all about bullwhips and spankings. That could get someones attention by breaking the ice, but mostly networking starts with a general questions of "What do you write?" followed by "Who do you write for?" Then the fun stuff breaks into the conversation: word count, agented/non-agented, RWA membership, e-books vs. print.

What? What did you think I was going to say? Maybe this:


Or this.....




Or sometimes, on a really boring day, this:

11 comments:

Keta Diablo said...

Love the pics, Elise. Brightened my day,

Keta

An Open Book said...

**Sigh** All in the day of a life of a writer. The things we have to do to write erotic...it's all worth it. Great pics Elise
Dawne

Anonymous said...

Writing is a tough job but someone has to do it! Great pics!

Renee Vincent said...

So true...every bit of it.

Love the pics! I lingered a bit too long on the first one especially. *snide grin*

craft brag said...

Exactly - calls for submission (and not the Dom kind), Hook lines, blurbs, etc... The fun never ends.

Eliza March said...

A little this and a little that ... funny we were on the same wave length today ... I posted some hunks today and chatted about getting out of a funk. These help.

ELiza March ;D

Sara Brookes said...

I always get a kick out of explaining what I *don't* do as a erotic romance author. LOL

Savanna Kougar said...

Yep, those are day brightners... with all the authorly biz stuff it takes these days... the writing and hunk pictures keep it worthwhile... thanks!

Amanda Leigh said...

Ha! Love the last pic.

Elise Hepner said...

Thanks everyone for commenting! It's completely amusing some of the expectations people have when you say you write erotica or erotica romance or even romance. Oh, preconceptions.

Chloe Waits said...

"Exactly - calls for submission (and not the Dom kind)" LOL Jenna
Hey Elise, great post, so true and awesome pics!
nice, uh, networking shot!!