🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1993Jan27.163418.23913@digi.lonestar.org> gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo) writes:
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>As for the literary quality of purely pornographic books, I
>heard from the instructor of a writing class I took that 
>almost all successful writers have written porn books, and
>most of those who don't command high royalties regularly
>do it.  These are those 175 page paperbacks for which they
>receive about $1,000 flat fee, which a seasoned writer can
>crank out in a week or so.  It comes in handy when the 
>rent is due.  Does anyone in this thread know whether this is
>true? 

Almost *all* successful writers have written porno books?
Well, I can imagine how that instructor defines successful
writers!

I'm not much interested in the difference between erotica and
porn, although I will say that books containing rude bits which
were written before explicit stuff became printable are more likely
to shape up to the label erotic, inasmuch as their authors
had to use art and subtlety to convey the sex.

Nigel