Help for Erotic Authors

As erotic authors, you might write epic smutty novels or you may write sexy flash fiction — or anything in between. This is the place to get advice on building an audience, writing your next steamy story, and making money as an erotic writer!

Below are the blog posts we’ve published that can help you as an erotic author. For more resources, check out these pages:

Start Here: This will give you an idea of what else is available through the site.

Erotic Writing Opportunities: Looking for places to publish your erotic writing? We’ve compiled a few options on the site.

The Smutlancers Podcast: We share our experiences, things we’ve learned, and our thoughts on a wide variety of topics.

episode 85 of the Smutlancers podcast hosted by Kayla Lords talking about growing on patreon

Growing on Patreon

It can be a struggle to find the sweet spot of enough patrons to make a difference in your income […]

episode 83 of the Smutlancers podcast discussing how to deal with shitty comments

Dealing with Shitty Comments

When you put yourself out into the online world, shitty comments (sadly) will happen. Should they? Of course not. But […]

Figuring Out Who Your Audience Is

Figuring Out Who Your Audience Is

In a recent group chat for Smutlancers community members (through Patreon — you do know about our Smutlancers Patreon, right?!?!), […]

episode 67 of the smutlancers podcast talks about burn out

Dealing with Burn Out

This week, Molly and I are talking about something that effects all of us at some point or another — […]

episode 61 of the Smutlancers podcast is hosted by Kayla Lords and discusses navigating non-adult platforms when you create adult content

Using Vanilla Platforms for Adult Content

As adult content creators, we’re constantly shadowbanned, kicked off platforms, and told our content isn’t welcome. Censorship is wrong and […]