Heya, folks. I'm new to this forum, so bare with me if I seem uninformed or ramble a bit. I'm the webmaster/co-owner of a website called Darker Pleasures (www.darkerpleasures.com). The site specializes in original and exclusive material focusing in the very tight niche of female breast torment. Our stories are all accompanied by custom shot images that are spaced throughout the story and galleries which include all of the pictures shot for that story.
Until very recently, my partner and I have written all the stories, each of which ranges from 3000 - 5000 words. When we began the site, I was also the photgrapher/webmaster and she was the model. We went the first year with that arrangement, at which time we began hiring out the photography and modeling. I learned the ins and outs of pricing and negotiating for these types of exclusive images and have finally become well-versed enough to deal with real models and photographers with some knowledge.
Now, after moving into the third year, I am beginning to look for writers that would be willing and able to write stories for this somewhat restrictive niche. The stories generally have to be written one of two ways, either crafted around a pre-shot series of images that I provide contacts for, or written and then shot.
In either case, I find myself at a bit of a loss, as I did when I first began contracting pictures, as to what is fair to pay (or not to pay) for what would be a 3000 - 5000 word story that focuses primarily on the BDSM sub-group of breast torture - a niche that may appeal strongly to some writers, but not en masse.
In the beginning I thought such an enterprise would be relatively inexpensive. After all, I'm paying $250.00 - $350.00 for 100 - 150 images, and these women have to actually submit to the torment (whether actual or semi-simulated), so just writing about it (as I have done for three years) seemed fairly far down the scale, particularly since writing about it is fun, right? Well, as I've been called down recently, I realize I may be mistaken, so, in my very long-winded way, I'm asking you folks... What's fair? What's not? And how many writers would even be interested?
Thanks for putting up with the long read...
Until very recently, my partner and I have written all the stories, each of which ranges from 3000 - 5000 words. When we began the site, I was also the photgrapher/webmaster and she was the model. We went the first year with that arrangement, at which time we began hiring out the photography and modeling. I learned the ins and outs of pricing and negotiating for these types of exclusive images and have finally become well-versed enough to deal with real models and photographers with some knowledge.
Now, after moving into the third year, I am beginning to look for writers that would be willing and able to write stories for this somewhat restrictive niche. The stories generally have to be written one of two ways, either crafted around a pre-shot series of images that I provide contacts for, or written and then shot.
In either case, I find myself at a bit of a loss, as I did when I first began contracting pictures, as to what is fair to pay (or not to pay) for what would be a 3000 - 5000 word story that focuses primarily on the BDSM sub-group of breast torture - a niche that may appeal strongly to some writers, but not en masse.
In the beginning I thought such an enterprise would be relatively inexpensive. After all, I'm paying $250.00 - $350.00 for 100 - 150 images, and these women have to actually submit to the torment (whether actual or semi-simulated), so just writing about it (as I have done for three years) seemed fairly far down the scale, particularly since writing about it is fun, right? Well, as I've been called down recently, I realize I may be mistaken, so, in my very long-winded way, I'm asking you folks... What's fair? What's not? And how many writers would even be interested?
Thanks for putting up with the long read...
