The Light Between Us: Developing Desire Through the Female Gaze
An analysis of what Bunny Yeager’s pin-up photography can and cannot offer writers considering gaze, comfort, direction, and sensory setting in sapphic erotica.
The Monroe Papers
This is where the ideas are finished.
The Monroe Papers are long-form essays on storytelling, structure, and the discipline of writing well. Each piece is built deliberately—examining not just what works, but why it works, and how it can be applied.
If the Monroe Minute (my blog) is exploration, the Papers are conclusion.
The Weight of a Narrow Room: Erotic Sovereignty in Toni Morrison’s Fiction
Using Erotic Sovereignty as an interpretive lens, this essay considers how Morrison’s characters confront racial violence, imposed beauty standards, trauma, intimacy, and the difficult work of claiming a self.
The Story of a Dildo
A verified look at an anonymous Victorian erotic work, its 1891 edition in the BnF’s Enfer collection, and one contemporary adaptation.
Crafting Frisson in Narrative
Frisson is a variable reader response, not proof of a story’s truth. This guide offers adaptable techniques for building moments that may produce chills, surprise, or emotional recognition.
A Writer's Guide to Women's Erotica
Erotica can centre physical experience, psychology, fantasy, relationships, or transformation. This guide offers flexible craft questions and practical distinctions among erotica, erotic romance, and romance.