From Tori Ross, the National Indie Excellence Award winner for The Cuffing Season Contract, comes a non-fiction account of her first year of writing erotica on the side. After an injury left her sidelined from her job, Tori Ross thought writing romance would be a lucrative career choice. But when the money going out for production costs, covers, editing, and promotion was more than what was coming in, she needed a way to help cover bills and buy food. Reluctantly, she said she would write erotica for one year to see if a genre in a level playing field that doesn't allow ads and heavy promotion would be more lucrative. In her first non-fiction foray, Ross explains how she ended up with a career she loves, even if she made thirty-five cents her first month writing erotica. Chapters cover: -How she started. -Picking a niche. -Coming up with a pen name. -Bundling and pricing. -Her surprise at reader shame and the Christmas boost. -Reactions from her friends. -Earnings and production costs. -The loneliness of not having coworkers you can talk to about what you write. Written with self-deprecating humor, Ross barrels through what it's really like to be one of the very real humans that write the sleazy shorts we all won't admit to reading.