I have five stories in my Work in Progress, and I’ve used older people as the main characters in two of them. They are involved in their pastime secretly, mainly because of their regular lifestyles, just like in the real world.
In the other tales, the characters are introduced to the general LGBTQ scene differently. They find themselves, like many others, with the same worries about acceptance, how far to go with their alter-ego, and the constant issue of whether or not they will find fulfilment and some sort of regular lifestyle.
Readers might wonder how prolific I appear to be, noting that I seem to have a regular flow of story ideas. Some authors, irrespective of their chosen genre, are content to work on a single book, and until that is completed and published, they don’t spend time on anything else. It’s a good method, but I don’t work that way.
I toyed with the idea of becoming an erotica author for quite a while before it became my passion. I had started and stopped several projects, wondering if I’d ever see something through to completion. After much soul-searching and consulting with the author who would become my mentor, I finally produced my first book. He suggested that I should always have more than one story on the go, allowing me to move from one to another easily.
He once wrote in his blog that an author, or someone aspiring to be one, should hold onto all their notes, ideas, and unfinished stories. Thankfully, I remembered those wise words.
Much of what has now become my catalogue has evolved from fresh ideas, mixed with resurrected notes and segments of incomplete work I’d saved and filed over quite a while. As you might expect, I occasionally slip in a scene which is based on personal experience, but I’m not about to highlight those.
The categories of my work are not accidental but chosen after reading a range of erotica and investigating popular themes. One major difference between my tales and that of some of my contemporaries is that I don’t only write sex scenes; I produce a ‘story’ as a vehicle for sexual adventures.
I’m delighted to say that I now have a following after a couple of years of effort and regular output. I’m grateful to all of you out there for every copy of every book I see sold or borrowed on Kindle Unlimited, and I’ll go on until that interest wanes.
Click on any of the covers above to see the blurb for the story.
Much love to you, all my friends.
Katya xx
p.s. I’ve updated this news post with another idea added to my Work in Progress.
Available came to mind while I was walking in the countryside, and the story idea blossomed, so I had to create a cover and blurb while it was all still clear.
Katya Cumming Erotica 