tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5918885681237889378..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Seafood Cocktail with Naughty-SauceAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10561794506545713132015-08-31T15:20:28.690-04:002015-08-31T15:20:28.690-04:00Years ago I bought 2 of the "wet erotica"...Years ago I bought 2 of the "wet erotica" waterproof books for the husband to take into the Jacuzzi with him. He was most grateful! <br /><br />Honestly, I don't think I've made $200 in the 6 years I've been published, even with 15 books out there. I might have taken the $ just to be able to pay some bills.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-8349401231781663752015-08-31T07:09:56.014-04:002015-08-31T07:09:56.014-04:00This one is certainly new to me, Sacchi! And defin...This one is certainly new to me, Sacchi! And definitely qualifies for the topic, though I didn't really understand how perfectly until the end.<br /><br />As for the ghost writing story--I write for Custom Erotica Source and honestly, it's tough sometimes to swallow the characters the clients dream up. I take it as a challenge, but it's a very different experience from spinning my own tales.<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-20999206128163769662015-08-25T21:24:16.764-04:002015-08-25T21:24:16.764-04:00I've been thinking since I posted that if I ev...I've been thinking since I posted that if I ever managed to write a novel, i probably wouldn't make even $200 on it, but at least I wouldn't be pimping somebody else's dim characters and dumb plot. Just as well to stick to short stories, and my own dumb plots.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55953829101230172312015-08-25T20:09:14.059-04:002015-08-25T20:09:14.059-04:00Well, yes, I did ask myself whether I could make m...Well, yes, I did ask myself whether I could make more than $200 free and clear by writing a novel on my own and getting it published. (Self-publishing didn't seem to be thing yet.) But as you say, Sacchi, it wasn't unusual for $100 to be paid for one-time rights to one story. The factor that really decided me was the question of whether I could take the plot premise seriously enough to flesh it out to novel-length -- within a fairly strict time-limit. (Before 2000, I actually did write an over-the-top spoof of a romance titled "Catch the Wind." I had a lot of fun writing it, but didn't think a romance publisher would pay $200 for a spoof.) I don't regret missing that opportunity.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-37293355061159391082015-08-25T18:13:07.708-04:002015-08-25T18:13:07.708-04:00Though I do have to note that $200 is probably mor...Though I do have to note that $200 is probably more than I made on my last novel. (Not that I would accept that from a book packager.)Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-29407652496904714082015-08-25T17:38:13.458-04:002015-08-25T17:38:13.458-04:00Sounds remarkably similar, Jean. I also pointed ou...Sounds remarkably similar, Jean. I also pointed out what kind of thing I usually write, but they were going by this story so they still thought I could do it. $200, jeesh! Way back then we could make $100 or $200 for a short story in some circumstances. These days we're lucky to make that much, but $200 for novel length would still be out of the question. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84239691139818243442015-08-25T12:36:32.563-04:002015-08-25T12:36:32.563-04:00Good stories, Sacchi (both the witty story in Aqua...Good stories, Sacchi (both the witty story in Aqua Erotica and the true-life story about how you resisted an offer to sell your soul to the Devil, heh). Years ago, someone who claimed to represent an erotic romance publisher sent me an email saying I had been recommended to write a similar erotic novel ("innocent" girl, rich, powerful boss) for $200 (US currency, I think). I was taken aback -- not sure what to do, I asked the sender if she had seen my list of publications. She wrote back to say I might not be the best choice to write the novel her company wanted. I agreed. End of story.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-50977432797660434202015-08-24T23:31:13.755-04:002015-08-24T23:31:13.755-04:00Thanks, guys, glad I could entertain you!
I menti...Thanks, guys, glad I could entertain you!<br /><br />I mentioned way up above that I have an anecdote to share about this story. Soon after it first came out, back in 2002, I got a request from a "book packager" to ghost write a book for them, using characters and plot they had developed. They thought the time was ripe for a BDSM chick book, and liked the way I'd worked humor into my story. It would have been "work for hire," meaning I'd get a sum up front but no royalties and no rights to any of it. I was somewhat interested, until they sent me their character descriptions and plot outline. Sucksville, Ditzy girl with an office job, rich powerful new boss she hasn't met yet, much angst about keeping him from finding out that she's dabbled in kink a time or two (something the book people clearly knew nothing about), various slapstick-ish shenanigans, until--guess what?--the boss turns out to be a guy she met at a play party.<br /><br />Hmm, it doesn't sound as bad here as it did to me back then, but still not for me. I turned it down. I mean, who'd want to read a potboiler about a ditzy girl and a rich, kinky boss?<br /><br />Well, even if I'd done it, all I'd have made was the unimpressive sum they offered up front. I don't think that "book packager" outfit is in business any more; a couple of years later they got into legal trouble with plagiarism. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31252625435622522242015-08-24T21:24:32.870-04:002015-08-24T21:24:32.870-04:00Love the playful frolicking and the witty narrator...Love the playful frolicking and the witty narrator!Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84029639528309981532015-08-24T18:21:48.695-04:002015-08-24T18:21:48.695-04:00Hah! Fun stuff. Gave me a stirrin' in me loins...Hah! Fun stuff. Gave me a stirrin' in me loins. Thanks for that!!Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com