Ralph Greco
Ralph Greco, Jr. is a professional writer of blogs, columns, reviews, interviews, fiction, poetry, songs, SEO copy and one-acts plays for both mainstream and adult clients. Ralph is also an ASCAP licensed songwriter and recording artist and with fellow writer, M. Christian, teaches classes across the US at kink conventions. Ralph & Chris also host a podcast about writing smut and the naughty world around us., called "Licking Non- Vanilla." You can visit him at https://www.rgreco-and-mchristian-presents.com/
Join Ralph every two weeks here on Sexpert.com for his new column "How to Become a Sex Writer".
Pressing On Your Vanity
I just received an email acceptance and then the contract from a vanity press for one of the children's books I wrote (my buddy illustrates them).
Yes, writers of naughty stuff can write other stuff as well. Even stuff 360 degrees from smut.
While this publishing...
Saying “NEXT”: When Fired From A Sex Writing Job…
Saying “NEXT”: When Fired From A Sex Writing Job, When Losing Your Fuck-Buddy, To Life In General
I lost a job today (well, by the time you read this, a few weeks may have gone by). I feel kinda shitty about it; I have to...
Should You Take That Writing Gig? Five Red Flags Your Potential Employer Might Wave
Part of the freelance writer life, at least mine, un-agented as I am and writing across lots of formats and genres (it’s not all just chocolate sauce dripping on robots’ nipples with me), is to consistently look for writing jobs. There seems to be...
Hooray For The Erotic Anthology
In the book publishing game, authors are usually advised a few months prior to their book being published, so as to gear up the old P.R. machine. I was just told about an erotic anthology I’ve placed a story in, coming out in November,...
Self-Publishing & Erotica: The Cold Hard Facts-Part 3
Ok, so here it is. Sorry, it took me three columns to get here, but the stuff I laid out in part 1 and part 2, I thought necessary. If you are still with me and want to furrow forward into self-publishing, here are...
How Dirty Is Demi’s Diana?
In a brilliant social media marketing move, Demi Moore posted a picture on Instagram, showing her sitting on a couch in her bathroom, poised over her laptop. This led to many fans asking about the placement of that couch, in that particular room, and...
5 Ideas For The Erotica Writer’s Writing Routine
And Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Masturbation: 5 Ideas For The Erotica Writer’s Writing Routine
I can’t tell you when/where and how to write any more than you could tell me. How you come to set your writing time/place/habits, has to work best for...
Self-Publishing & Erotica: The Cold Hard Facts-Part 2
Sorry to leave you hanging in the last column, spurting through a ruined handjob, left with aching clit or blue-balls. But there is lots to say about this subject, and I needed to get through part one, regale you of the prickly potential of...
The Question Of The Non-De Plume For The Erotic Writer
We writers of smut often get a very bad rap. First of all, we scribble sex stories. Secondly, it’s often assumed we jerk or Jill-off while scribbling those stories (tough to do with one hand, I assure you). Thirdly, we are often criticized for...
Self-Publishing & Erotica: The Cold Hard Facts-Part 1
Nobody wants your book.
Let’s face it. You write smut, stuff where people, puppies or even big globs of electrically infused jelly-like masses are doing nasty things to other electrically infused jelly-like masses. Do you truly think there is an audience ‘out there' waiting for...
