He said he knows now he's never going to get rich off it, but he's making his way from writing short stories to more novellas, and feels like he's getting better at it, and is enjoying himself.
I don't know about getting rich, but an online friend of mine made $35K a couple of years ago, doing that. Paid for her grad program. It's apparently very by the numbers, but if you put out content on a regular schedule, if it's even okay quality, you get a lot of people dropping $3.99 a hit on you. If I had any interest, I'd give it a try for kicks, but I'm crap at writing erotica.
Hm. I'm actually good at writing erotica. I should look into this.
I am now envisioning you all becoming characters on Questionable Content. Please make this happen.
we also discussed bizarro things like shifters (he thought it would be hilarious to write a were-buffalo)
Yeah, this sounds similar to the things I'm hearing from fannish friends doing this. I'm not surprised there's a market for it, but I do find it cool that a straight dude is writing it and having fun. If I actually could get myself writing again I'd consider giving it a whirl.
Your firefighter sounds like a Marty Stu. Did he have violet eyes by any chance?
Heh, I could pull an EL James and swap out names on my fanfic....
Heh, I could pull an EL James and swap out names on my fanfic....
Oh, man, I could totally do that. Most of my fanfic was never even published anywhere. Where do we go for information on how to do this?
Have mowed the lawn. Decided to mow around the salsify this time, which I think looks okay but my neighbors will probably not be happy about.
Really need to eat lunch before I take on anything else...oh, right, I have lamb and cauliflower! Sweet.
Hah, total Marty Stu. Except if he were, I'd have fallen for him, right? Instead I was mooning over our hostess.
That's because this is just the meet cute in act 1. Now the goofy hijinks must ensue! Although not likely to change his gender. Maybe he's the rarely seen magical straight guy who, with no thought of personal gain, conveys his worldly wisdom to you so you can win the heart of your girl.
