Getting published

[Stella_Omega]

Bloch sez?

No, jimmy, he said. What happened fifty years ago is past tense, not present.

 

[Boxlicker101]

The ones who talk about porn published porn in the 50s & 60s. Recall that the trial involving Lady Chatterly's Lover occurred around that time.

I also remember trials over works by Henry Miller.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I also remember trials over works by Henry Miller.

Yep. About that time porn became legal.

 

[randallangdon]

Yeah. You're not going to make any money writing porn, not the kind of money you need to live on. A book with a small publisher might bring in $100 in royalties over the course of a year or so. A graphic romance--and it has to be a romance, not just porn--published with a name publisher might get you a few thou in royalties, but the competition is ferocious, and very good. Most web sites looking for stories pay <$25. I don't know of any erotic publishers who offer advances. It's all royalties: 5-11% on sales of hard copies, up to ~45% on E-books.

Selena's eXcessica is the best deal. You get to keep the rights to your work plus ALL the royalties, but that's still not going to keep you in cigarettes.

The most money I ever made from a story was with Harlequin, who paid me a flat $626 for a 12K word story for their Spice line of short erotica.

You don't become a writer for the money. You don't become a writer because you want to be one. You become a writer because you can't help it.

Thanks for that response. Good to hear for new writers like me.