It was an idea I’d been toying with for a while: making my first foray into writing erotica. I was curious as to what it would be like, whether I would enjoy it, and whether I’d be any good at it. Even so, I was reluctant to go through with it for a variety of reasons. Part of it was worrying that I would fall into the same traps I’d seen other writers fall into. Part of it was good old-fashioned fear of being judged. I…
