[FONT="]Hi, everyone. I’m new to the boards. Of course, I’ve been lurking for awhile and it’s been a great help, but it’s time to have an account now that I’ve started writing for real.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I’m about to self publish (for the first time ever) some erotic stories in the gay and/or M/M genre. To give you an idea of their nature; they are all linked together as a series (i.e. same characters, same world) and are very much about plot and character as much as they are about the sex. In other words, they’re the kind that if you took away the sex—or at least lot of the description—it would still be a solid story.[/FONT]
[FONT="]One difficult aspect I’ve ran into is what to promote it as: Gay or M/M?[/FONT]
[FONT="]From what I can tell, those labeled M/M tend to focus a lot more on world-building and narrative depth than those labeled Gay. And when those labeled Gay do have that, they tend to be more about characters living the “gay lifestyle” while M/M can be about any lifestyle, just as long as men are having sex with each other. Mine definitely fits more into M/M as far as that goes, but my concern is that M/M also seems to mostly deal with romance and relationships, and I’ve gotten the sense that two M’s could mean that the sex is limited to two characters only. If that’s the case, it may not work for mine, since—while my two primary characters do share a lot of intimate connection and tension—there are other main characters and they all have multiple sex partners.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Maybe I’m overthinking this, but I don’t want to mislead readers who are looking for characters going to gay clubs and pride marches, and I don’t want to blow potential sales from readers who like gay sex going on in wild motorcycle gangs and werewolf packs, which is much closer to my style. I just want to be upfront about what I’m offering.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Also, if you put something like “(M/M Erotic series)” or “(Gay Erotic series)” after the title, will Amazon filter you as Adult? I’m not sure how bad it is to be filtered, but reading Selena Kitt’s articles has me sort of scared of it, haha.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks for reading, and many thanks to any advice.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I’m about to self publish (for the first time ever) some erotic stories in the gay and/or M/M genre. To give you an idea of their nature; they are all linked together as a series (i.e. same characters, same world) and are very much about plot and character as much as they are about the sex. In other words, they’re the kind that if you took away the sex—or at least lot of the description—it would still be a solid story.[/FONT]
[FONT="]One difficult aspect I’ve ran into is what to promote it as: Gay or M/M?[/FONT]
[FONT="]From what I can tell, those labeled M/M tend to focus a lot more on world-building and narrative depth than those labeled Gay. And when those labeled Gay do have that, they tend to be more about characters living the “gay lifestyle” while M/M can be about any lifestyle, just as long as men are having sex with each other. Mine definitely fits more into M/M as far as that goes, but my concern is that M/M also seems to mostly deal with romance and relationships, and I’ve gotten the sense that two M’s could mean that the sex is limited to two characters only. If that’s the case, it may not work for mine, since—while my two primary characters do share a lot of intimate connection and tension—there are other main characters and they all have multiple sex partners.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Maybe I’m overthinking this, but I don’t want to mislead readers who are looking for characters going to gay clubs and pride marches, and I don’t want to blow potential sales from readers who like gay sex going on in wild motorcycle gangs and werewolf packs, which is much closer to my style. I just want to be upfront about what I’m offering.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Also, if you put something like “(M/M Erotic series)” or “(Gay Erotic series)” after the title, will Amazon filter you as Adult? I’m not sure how bad it is to be filtered, but reading Selena Kitt’s articles has me sort of scared of it, haha.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks for reading, and many thanks to any advice.[/FONT]
