Make $10k a Month Writing Erotica

You'll definitely want to listen to this podcast interview with a successful erotica writer.

Listen here: http://authormarketingclub.com/blog/podcast-how-to-make-10000-a-month-writing-erotica-books/

The highlights

• Pure smut can command higher prices at lower word counts.
• Deviating from erotica and erotic romance causes a decrease in my sales
• Follow the top 100 best selling titles and the top 100 best selling authors and you can't go wrong.
• I need to stick to writing 3 part series because I have a bad tendency of ditching a series if it's not performing.
• I will no longer be turning non-performing titles into paperback books, regardless of length. My time is better spent elsewhere.

1.) How long are my titles?
My shortest story is 2,500 words long. My longest title is 50,462 words long (my novel). Though I do have combined serials that are much longer. On average, I strive for at least 10,000 words, which usually gets cut down to a little over 8,000 after editing.

2.) What is my pricing strategy?
I follow a modified version of the Selena Kitt pricing strategy. My current pricing strategy is as follows:

$0.99 > Short Shorts: Under 3k
$2.99 > Stories: 3-15k
$3.99 > Stories: 15-35k
$4.99 > Stories: 35-50k
$5.99 > Novels: 50-70k
$6.99 > Novels: 70-90k
$7.99> Novels: 90-110k
$8.99> Novels: 110-130k
$9.99> Novels: 130k-150k

Points above from the author's original Kboard post here: http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,162157.0.html photo credit: Bridal Boudoir via photopin (license)