Review: Comprehensive and Succinct - the Perfect Balance!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
For a beginner just starting out, or an intermediate who is still on shaky ground, this book is indispensable.Successful author Dalia Daudelin combines both the finer points of brevity and a comprehensive overview of the erotica genre as a whole, making sure to touch on important topics such as fetishes, taboos, and keywords, and what they can mean to your career.Plenty of useful information abounds, such as appropriate search terms on stock photo sites for the discerning cover artist (a section I found particularly helpful!), links to little-known sites of advertising importance, a plethora of resources regarding tips and tricks of the trade, and why adhering to certain unspoken guidelines in erotic fiction is not only important for the titillation of your audience, but for the prospect of lining your pockets, as well.All of this information is presented in an easily readable, pleasing format with simple yet sophisticated language. Dalia is obviously a skilled writer and this guide reflects that in an uncomplicated, straightforward manner that eludes many how-to authors. Dalia does not deal in the abstract. She affords guidelines and rules, remarks that they can be bent or broken at your own discretion (and peril), but knows better than to delve into the myriad of possibilities that writing holds. Instead, she upholds the intelligence of the reader by allowing them to decide how these things can fit into their stories and career path, a perfect, hands-off approach to instruction that stimulates the imagination while also providing the comfort of a wealth of information and referential material as a safety net to the budding eroticist.I am very pleased to have read this book and look forward to implementing the suggestions within, hopefully to a level of success comparable to that of the author herself! You simply can't go wrong with this purchase.