Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 at
7:00 pm
I received a freelancing request last night, and the communication spilled over to this morning.
The request was to create a 15,000 word piece on female masturbation. In the job spec, they were looking for writers from the UK, USA, or Canada, and wanted a number of sample pieces before the interview process began.
This came through oDesk (a freelancing site that I used at the start of my career and still keep a profile on). I don’t actively seek out work on oDesk any more, but I do keep the profile up and running as sometimes those looking for adult writers come across my info, then make their way to my site. I tend to brace myself when I get oDesk job interview requests through, for a number of reasons. First, it’s not unheard of for the interviewees to take the samples you send them and do a runner. Get 100 people applying to a job, you’ve got yourself 100 free pieces of writing. The site is also used by a large number of contractors from countries where the standard of living is quite low, and as a result, the payment rates are very minimal. I’ve often seen writing jobs posted for less than half a penny a word.
Given the fact that the job poster was very specific about wanting native-English speaking writers, though, I was thrown for a bit of a loop with the offer – $250, or around $0.017 per word. I usually just click the ‘Decline’ button on these and send the reason as “Rate Too Low”, leaving it at that. For some reason, I thought I’d find out a bit more about this, so I accepted the interview and sent this message. Keep going…I want more…
Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at
6:59 pm
Fifty Shades of Grey – not a single book has divided the erotica and BDSM community more in the last fifty years as this one. Yes, I have read it – more than once. Do I think it’s ‘bad’ for the erotica and bondage lifestyle? In a way, yes. Did I enjoy reading it? Kind of. Am I riding out the insane popularity of this set of novels like the cash cow rodeo that it is? OF COURSE I AM!
I’m not joking in the slightest when I say that every single employer I have worked with in the last three months wants pieces relating to the 50 Shades novels. People who I have contracted with in the past who have NO connection to BDSM are trying to find ways to get the traffic from the Fifty Shades phenomenon. I’ve even bought into the hype and dabbled with my own possible way to cash in (outside of my writing, of course).
Credit to @HypnoPeter on Twitter for this image!
In the last 90 days, I have:
- Rewritten Fifty Shades of Grey scenes in order to make them more ‘hardcore’ and ‘lifestyle friendly’ for BDSM porn sites, as a guide for their movies
- Added Fifty Shades themed keywords to existing sex toy descriptions to hook into the Google traffic
- Created shopping lists and how-to guides for sex toy web sites trying to get the attention of new shoppers
- Designed and ghostblogged an entire new website from the point of view of a ‘first time reader’ for another sex toy shop (with posts pointing them in the direction of their store)
- Ghostwritten two fan-fic style erotica novels using the 50 Shades characters to be sold on Amazon
- Started my own affiliate web site for a major bondage furniture web site using a Fifty Shades theme
I kinda feel like a bit of a whore about this whole thing. Fifty Shades is this awfully written book that is spreading misconceptions about the bondage and dominance community, yet I’m playing it out for every single penny it can give me.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at
8:47 pm
While at Eroticon this weekend, something came up that I think deserves a bit of a discussion. While watching a S&M demo, I looked around the room at the audience in attendance, and noticed that there were a few members who did not seem comfortable with the situation. After the demo was done, there was a brief discussion about what we (as the audience) just saw. One individual brought up what I had noticed. In turn, Rubyyy Jones asked those in attendance who had never seen an actual session before.
A small number in attendance raised their hands. Rubyyy then asked those who had their hands in the air if they had ever written about BDSM before. The conversation kind of fizzled out from there, which was a shame, since it really could have expanded on the concept as a whole – do some fetish authors write without experiencing the activities they write about, and on a lesser note, does the reader ever notice the difference?
Keep going…I want more…
Sunday, March 4th, 2012 at
3:34 pm
I had an amazing time at Eroticon this weekend. It’s given me a much needed battery recharge and reaffirmed that what I do is valid, appreciated, and profitable. Rather than go into a long journaling session, I thought I’d list a few thoughts I had about my experiences at this erotica writer’s conference.
Keep going…I want more…
Saturday, February 25th, 2012 at
12:00 pm
Although I currently don’t publish my erotica at Smashwords, there are some that might find this news interesting.
Paypal is requiring Smashwords to remove any erotica that contains bestiality, rape, or incest. I know that the first category is still a bit taboo, the second less so (especially in BDSM), and the third being quite common.
Here is the email that is floating around…
Keep going…I want more…
Monday, February 20th, 2012 at
10:24 am
Well, with my first free run on Kindle just over a week ago, I learned a few things that I will certainly take into account when doing my next run. One of those lessons is making sure that I contact web masters and bloggers that will advertise your free day on Amazon on their site. There are quite a few lists going around with links to these sites, but unfortunately, a good number of them don’t accept erotica or anything with graphic sex.
In preparation for my next free run I’ve checked out many of their sites to get their stance on erotica ebook submissions. I’ve compiled a list of sites that do accept erotica. If you come across any sites that are not on this list, or know about a change in any policies, please let me know in the comments.
I hope that other erotica writers out there will find this list helpful! (I’ve also listed other sites that DON’T accept erotica at this time, in the event that there are non-erotica authors looking for a list of sites to submit their free ebooks to.)
Keep going…I want more…
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at
12:30 pm
The Breaking of Bridgette is Ruby Goodnight’s second release under Ruby Goodnight’s own pen name. This fetish erotica ebook has an estimated release of March 2012 on both Amazon and Smashwords.
FemDom Arianna had been living quite happily with her dutiful slave Marcus for a few months, but after meeting the young and naive Bridgette at a local S&M themed night club, she couldn’t resist the thought of taking her home and making her part of the ‘family’. Presented as a collection of diary entries and emails, follow Mistress Arianna through her pursuit, seduction, training, and eventual breaking of Bridgette in the latest erotica by fetish author Ruby Goodnight.
Stay tuned for more details about The Breaking of Bridgette as the release date grows closer!
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at
10:53 am
Snow White and the Seven Fetishes is my first foray into writing ebooks under my own pen name. While I have created numerous fetish erotica stories for a number of employers, it took a bit of convincing for me to start it under my own pen name, Ruby Goodnight.
Unlike the fairy tale that we are all familiar with, Snow White and the Seven fetishes takes a bit of a twist. Rather than our heroine taking shelter in a house filled with dwarves, she seeks shelter at a brothel, run by seven men with seven very different fetishes. Snow White comes to learn how to please them all in their own very unique ways, both as a dutiful submissive and a controlling dominatrix. I love the mix of roles that Snow White takes, and the exploration of both her subby and FemDom sides.
It’s a very quick read, less than 5000 words, and priced accordingly. During St. Valentine’s Day, I listed this fetish erotica for free on Amazon, and it was downloaded more than 850 times between the US, UK and German versions of Amazon. I made a couple of posts about the process as it was going on, which you can read here and here.
You can read your own excerpt from Snow White and the Seven Fetishes on Amazon, as well as read the comments from readers who have downloaded this erotica ebook.
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at
10:36 am
The erotica ebook market is on fire at the moment, with internet entrepreneurs taking advantage of the surge in Kindle sales. I specialize in writing fetish erotica, and have written a number of best-selling erotica ebooks on Amazon. After ghost writing for a number of employers, I have also started publishing under my own pen name. Click below to see the details of the erotica ebooks that I have written recently.
Snow White and the Seven Fetishes, by Ruby Goodnight
Coming soon – The Breaking of Bridgette, by Ruby Goodnight
Ghostwritten Kindle Erotica eBooks
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at
8:55 am
Officially, Snow White and the Seven Fetishes was available for free download on Amazon for 48 hours. It’s still listing as free in it’s 49th hour, but I wanted to put up a post giving the results for those in the self-publishing community that read this blog.
In all honestly, I didn’t do a great deal of promotion around the whole event. I tweeted regularly, which was re-tweeted by some lovely followers, I posted on the Kindle Boards thread that I used to discuss the book, and mentioned it on my facebook page. I didn’t take advantage of the numerous other ways I could have promoted the book, but my thought process was to save those for closer to the time when I release The Breaking of Bridgette.
Right – so results. At the end of the 48 hours…here are the numbers!
Keep going…I want more…
