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That's my website above - soon to undergo some major changes. :3
I write some erotica.
I do not write porn, the pieces are intended to be romantic and do not use "graphic" or "crude" terms. Mainly I write until whatever was in my system is gone, and if what's in my system at the time is a lot of estrogen you get erotica. *shrug*
That said,
I also
do not always write erotica. xD I have many stories and pieces up that are not about that kind of thing.
SOMETIMES I WRITE TOO MUCH. I try and space my pieces I submit out so that I don't flood the system because it's irritating when that happens for everyone, I know. But sometimes, just sometimes, I can't help myself.
Elly Sketchit (sometimes known as Sanji's Angel, previously known as L4J, maiden name Mango) is actually Michelle Taylor, a 30-something insane artist. I'm dyslexic. I tend to type quickly and reverse words when I'm excited, and despite frequent spell checks I often twist words around. Be kind if you find a mistake.
Speaking of which I don't really want in depth critiques on my work - technically I'm an artist, not a writer and I gave up editing my own pieces a long time ago. I can always find things wrong with them. So unless it's a major inconsistency or something you really wanna help me fix don't bother pointing it out. LOL.
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Man, I'm such a princess. You would not beleive the pout I've got going on right now!
I am the baker of the cookies!!
is a lie!
If it's not confusing with multiple meanings that folks have to ponder it's not special.
Even if all you were talking about was a broken heart or a godforsaken breakfast cereal - what does it matter?
As long as it's poetry, it's gold.
I dislike poetry for a simple reason - it's really not that hard in my honest opinion to write and yet it gets praised more so than other forms of writing. Poetry doesn't give me the depth that I need of characters and emotions; I prefer prose, stories and good solid plots. Now that's difficult - juggling characters and keeping everything neat and still interesting after many stories in a series.
But poetry writers and lovers seem to turn their nose up at my work. It's 'too much to read' for some, while others just sniff and think there's not enough feeling or thought put into the pieces. You know, I could put up a hundred crappy little haiku or poems ... and I bet I might actually get a featured piece on one of them. I'm really, really amazed that my one featured piece is - out of all my pieces -- shit. It's fan-fiction in play form, and while I was happy to get a feature I was thinking I'd get it for sure on some of my longer series.
I should have known better.
I'm not asking for recognition for recognition's sake, but how on earth do you get people to read your work without kissing up and faving a ton of other pieces? I suppose I could embark upon a massive scale of reading and commenting on others' works, but I'd rather write more of my own stuff.
I really, really want some of my series to be seen more and haven't the faintest clue how to do this!
*flails*
Kind of babbled there for a bit, but it's how I was feeling at the moment. Ha.