{"id":605,"date":"2012-07-08T21:22:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2012\/07\/08\/blog201206\/"},"modified":"2012-07-08T21:22:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:22:07","slug":"blog201206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/blog201206\/","title":{"rendered":"Write What You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"erotica\"How does a writer get an idea for a story? The old saying \u201cWrite what you know\u201d comes to mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, a new follower on Twitter sent me the tweet \u201cYou\u2019re really beautiful, so I take it you write all your novels from an autobiographical standpoint \u2026 Research & all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She was sweet, and I took it as a compliment, but it got me thinking. Was she suggesting I\u2019d lived my characters\u2019 lives?<\/span><\/p>\n

I write erotica. It\u2019s fiction, though a lot of who I am shapes my female characters. They\u2019re strong women who love deeply, travel the world, and have sex with men\u2014sometimes multiple men at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

So \u2026 is my writing a thinly veiled autobiography? And if you write fiction, what does \u201cWrite what you know\u201d really<\/i> mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about events, as I can assure you I have not experienced everything I\u2019ve written. For me, it\u2019s about the emotions associated with events. The extent to which I can connect these emotions to an experience, whether real or imagined, is what breathes life into characters and their stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

How I can write about the beauty of Thailand without actually having been there? Research it. But how can I convey the magic of falling in love there if I\u2019ve never set foot in the country? The answer is I\u2019ve fallen in love before\u2014that<\/i> is the part I know. Along with fear, longing, lust and a range of other emotions, I weave stories from my imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n

The measure of good writing is how successfully you connect your fiction to your readers\u2014on an emotional and an imaginary plane.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eden Baylee<\/strong><\/span> writes erotica incorporating all her favorite things: travel; culture; and sex. She enjoys weaving together stories with edgy themes, and sex is but one way to do it. Her first book, Fall into Winter, a collection of four erotic novellas, is currently available on Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other sites located on her website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her second book, Spring into Summer is set for release July 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Connect with her via her Website<\/a>, on Twitter,<\/a> and on Facebook.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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