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So, I might not be so well informed about what erotica writers do and I haven't been around. This is my first time hearing about something called mirroring in another erotica community.
Mirroring means essentially duplicating a story, changing key bits to fit a different market (change that vampire to a werewolf, make it m/m or interracial), and then publishing it under a different pen name. I can't believe people actually take such an assembly line stance to writing erotia. It seems completely dishonest and it's self-plagiarism. They also talk about copy-pasting sex scenes between stories.
How do you feel about this? They say, since the reader likely won't know, it doesn't matter and it's cheap so if they do find out, they can return the book on Amazon. Does this stance make sense to you? Do you use mirroring?
Mirroring means essentially duplicating a story, changing key bits to fit a different market (change that vampire to a werewolf, make it m/m or interracial), and then publishing it under a different pen name. I can't believe people actually take such an assembly line stance to writing erotia. It seems completely dishonest and it's self-plagiarism. They also talk about copy-pasting sex scenes between stories.
How do you feel about this? They say, since the reader likely won't know, it doesn't matter and it's cheap so if they do find out, they can return the book on Amazon. Does this stance make sense to you? Do you use mirroring?