Money and the Writing of Sexy Short Stories on Triond

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Money and the Writing of Sexy Short Stories on Triond

Posted on July 20th, 2009 in Online Writing by Guy Hogan

The difference between pornography and erotica is the lighting.

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My strategy for making money on Triond was to pick two topics that I knew enough about that I could generate an endless amount of content and that would be popular, get me lots of page views. I picked sex and writing. When you’re a 62 year old man who got his MFA in fiction writing in 2006 you know something about sexuality and writing, enough to write about until the day you die.

I was pretty sure that the writing content might get a moderate number of hits. And I was really convinced that the sexy content would get a lot of hits. Well, the plans of mice and men and women often go astray.

The writing content is getting moderate hits. And the sexy content is generating two to three times the hits of the writing content. But as far as I can tell, the sexy content (flash fiction stories) only gets about a penny every ten or so hits while the writing content gets maybe a penny every five or six hits.

26 Responses to “Money and the Writing of Sexy Short Stories on Triond”

Holo808
July 20th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Smart! TRUE Provacative sex and writing! Go GUY go!
Guy Hogan
July 21st, 2009 at 9:38 am

Hello Holo808:

Welcome to my little part of the Triond community. As my page views go up I hope to expose more people to flash fiction as a true art form.
kfuentes1216
July 21st, 2009 at 7:33 pm

I would have to agree that that is a great idea. But are you also putting your time in sharing it with the other sites to add more money your way ?
Guy Hogan
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 am

Hello, kfuentes1216:

I spend so much time on Triond and with my personal blog http://www.pittsburghflashfictiongazette.com that I haven’t been able to really search the web for any site or two that I could share my work with.
Uma Shankari
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:18 pm

You sure create compelling headlines.
Guy Hogan
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:48 pm

Hi, Uma:

Well, if the headline doesn’t grab a reader’s attention the reader doesn’t read the content.
therussian876
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:12 am

Great article man
Guy Hogan
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 am

Hello, therussian876:

It is one of my better articles. Thank you for stopping by.

http://www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Orgasm.869803
A W H
July 24th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

smart
MizzKayW
July 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

This is a very interesting take on how to get attention for your writing and thereby increase revenue. Innovative. .
deklin42
July 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

Exactly, great advice. Write things you know about. And sexy content definitely lures people in. Curiosity about the sex in your articles is a very good tactic.
Guy Hogan
July 30th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

Anders Hegelund:

Well, there’s no secret that sex sells but I didn’t want to write porn and I wanted the stories to be well written, a showcase for flash fiction. I’m happy with how the stories turned out. http://www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Flash-Fiction-Lesbian-Lust.840407
Guy Hogan
July 30th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

MizzKayW:

I guess every writer concentrates on one or two subjects or even more. I feel comfortable with sex and writing; or maybe I should say I feel comfortable about writing short stories about sex and writing articles about writing. http://www.authspot.com/Fan-Fiction-Like-a-Virgin.805565
Guy Hogan
July 30th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

deklin42:

Well, there are billions of people on the planet. Sex is pretty important; and I wanted to show a writer can write about sex without using profanity or making sex dirty. http://www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Flash-Fiction-Black-Stockings.812413
deep blue
August 1st, 2009 at 4:08 pm

Another bright idea my friend.
Chris Marlowe II
August 15th, 2009 at 2:07 am

Having sex and making money, yeah… that sounds an awfully lot like me!
Guy Hogan
August 15th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Chris, the two are a great combination. A lot of people are interested in both. I though I would write about the combination.

http://www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Flash-Fiction-Lesbian-Lust.840407
Ann
August 16th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Hello,
could you please email me at girls_and_ann@yahoo.com? There’s something I want to ask you.
LOVELY HONEY
September 8th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

Sex is central in the human body,

As well as all human life and activity

Be ye a man,

A woman

A gigolo

Or pros

Or simply

Hetero,

Lesbian,

Homo,

Sex is the only centrality

That forces humanity

Forwards
Guy Hogan
September 9th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

LOVELY HONEY, without sex there is no life. I absolutely agree with you. Sex is central.
R.B. Parsley
September 30th, 2009 at 11:09 pm

Guy,
Read your article. When I write, I look at each subject with an open mind, because that’s what writers do. But so many people put writers down for writing erotic scenes in their stories. If they would only stop and think for a minute, they would come to the realization that to tell a story realistically, a writer sometimes has to include sex to make the relationship between two characters more natural and the characters more real. Its all apart of holding reader interest to the last word is read. If sex is cleverly written into a scene, there should be no objection to it. Sex is a great way to write about the attraction between two characters. It gives a story that certain feeling that a lot more is going on. So press on. Sex between your characters is a great thing. Excellent article, Guy. Keep ‘em comin’…. and the sex too!

Randy
Guy Hogan
October 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm

R.B., sex is a valid subject for any serious writing. I like to think my sex stories are really more about relationships than they are about sex.
PR Mace
November 30th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Guy, really 62 years old, I would have never guessed. The title caught my eye and I pulled up the story before I even knew who had written it. I should have guessed it was you. You,re right sex does sell. My try at Flash Fiction is still a sexy short story and I am surprised at how many views I have received and by new people. I may have to try it again once I come up with another idea. I have to work a lot the next two weeks so I don’t think I will have much writing time. Again I enjoy your articles and look forward to seeing what you will come up with next.
sihana
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Do you plan to write till you die or to have sex till you drop dead?
A W H
March 15th, 2010 at 9:01 pm

Lol SIhana
This is a good idea. But I write because I enjoy it. And I don’t enjoy writing sexy short stories lol I enjoy writing stuff like this:

http://gameolosophy.com/games/world-of-warcraft-vs-runescape-who-beats-who/

Thanks
A W H
Gina Magini
May 9th, 2010 at 7:50 pm

Thank you so much for sharing. I hadn\’t heard of Triond before. Now I can\’t wait to check it out.
Best wishes with your writing!