Whelp, here I go (self-publishing on Smashwords)

I've been writing for years, mostly fantasy and sci-fi, and only ever as a hobby. But over the past couple of years, I have switched to erotica. I blame it on my Parkinson's. One of the symptoms/side effects can be hypersexuality. Anyway, I've accrued a bunch of short and long stories and the urge to share them has grown. The feedback I have received on the stories I have posted/subbed in various places has been very positive and encouraging. So much so that I have taken the plunge and self-published on Smashwords.

I don't expect for it to ever be lucrative, or even successful to any degree, who knows?

If you like long Mother/Son erotica stories with a bit of build-up and romance (I am a sucker for romance), then please consider giving one of my stories a try. Right now I have 3 up for free.

One is 6k words story of a mother looking for the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for her adult son. Another is 12k words story of a mother driven into the arms of her son when she learns of her husband's infidelity. And the last is 23k words slow-burn romance of a mother recovering from depression and grief after the death of her husband, with the steadfast and loving support of her son. The last is the first entry in a 3-part series, each 22k+ words, and focuses on the romance and the consequences of the relationship.

I have many other stories that I will publish in the weeks and months to come, and I am always writing.

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/YourMomThinksIAmCute5320

Best of luck and I hope you get a ton of downloads. I’ve published two novels (non-erotica) on Smashwords. I’m not a best seller by any stretch of the word. It feels good to publish.

Well, I am winding up my second calendar month on Smashwords and have had a surprising amount of success. Nothing huge, but I was expecting nothing, so it was a pleasant surprise. I have caught up with my backlog of stories I felt were publish-worthy, and now, things should slow down. I have a handful of stories that I am cleaning up and rewriting to hopefully add to the library, plus a couple of new stories I bounce back and forth between, so hopefully, I can settle into a steady pace, but we'll see.

If anyone else has had success on Smashwords or ePublishing in general, I'd love your insight into things like pricing, frequency of publication, book covers, coupon codes, and all the other ins and outs.