So I've been writing for a couple of years now, some of my work has been posted on this site. A few of the pieces I've submitted here I've shopped around to other magazines, publishers, etc., and I've noticed I've been getting a lot of the same responses. My work doesn't seem to fit into the erotica niche, and therefore isn't marketable. It's too graphic to be considered general fiction, so it isn't marketable.
I'm starting to get the distinct impression that the vast majority of the market for erotica is either 1) fetish/specialty/gay/lesbian or 2) straight women who aren't so much interested in the act as they are the feelings and circumstances surrounding it. Now it might just be that my work isn't all that good (the only thing I've written that I'm really proud of is Pendulum, and of course, Transmutation).
So, what am I getting at? I don't only write Erotica, but this is where I started out and I'd like to know if I've misjudged the market, or if my writing just isn't all that noteworthy. I can't be the only straight man who reads this stuff, am I?
I'm starting to get the distinct impression that the vast majority of the market for erotica is either 1) fetish/specialty/gay/lesbian or 2) straight women who aren't so much interested in the act as they are the feelings and circumstances surrounding it. Now it might just be that my work isn't all that good (the only thing I've written that I'm really proud of is Pendulum, and of course, Transmutation).
So, what am I getting at? I don't only write Erotica, but this is where I started out and I'd like to know if I've misjudged the market, or if my writing just isn't all that noteworthy. I can't be the only straight man who reads this stuff, am I?