I wrote a hardcore porn novel - AMA

[Pornauthor]

No, it wasn't 50 SoG!

Did you start with fan fiction?

Is it written about your secret fantasies?

How did you find a publisher?

Is it written in your own name?

Do your family and friends know?

Is it written about your secret fantasies?

Not secret, I was very much into BDSM at the time but it went a LOT further than my personal experiences.

How did you find a publisher?

I posted an excerpt on a BDSM forum and a publisher contacted me. It needed a lot of editing (several thousand commas!) but the story remained as written.

Is it written in your own name?

No, my name is very unusual so would have outed me instantly.

Do your family and friends know?

Friends yes, family, no ;)

Did you start with fan fiction?

No, started by complaining to a friend that there was no good porn to read so he suggested I stop moaning and start writing!

Did you make decent/any money from it?

Has it earned you a 'living wage'?

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I associate a 'novel' with proper literature.

Are you my old English teacher?

Did you make decent/any money from it/ Has it earned you a 'living wage'??

A few hundred quid - nice pocket money and some authors do make a living but my imagination only stretched to one story.

Do you have an agent?

What would your mum say if she knew?

She would probably giggle but given she's never read a novel in her life I doubt she'd start with mine!

I associate a 'novel' with proper literature.

Try The Story of O.

Are you my old English teacher?

Haha - no!

Do you have an agent?

No - are you offering??

If I were a literary agent I'd gladly represent you, but sadly my job has no connections to the interesting world of publishing.