Lifestyle Agent

Why am I an erotica agent?

Reason #1 (the simple one): I’m a 27 year old woman who has a passion for written porn.  Smart writing turns me on.  Add in a strong plot and deliciously explicit descriptions and I’m yours.  Your agent that is.  In many ways, I represent the typical market for contemporary erotica and I have a good eye for quality salable work.

Reason #2 (the more idealistic one): There’s a new sexual revolution brewing, and it’s so timely, so sensical, that many of us have barely noticed it.  My generation has learned from our gender outlaws, ethical sluts and sexperts; we’re creating sexually authentic lives for ourselves.  Better yet, we’re blogging about it in beautiful orgasm-inducing detail.  Google your kink of choice,  and you’ll find a blog about it, someone else adding their struggles and triumphs to our collective cultural/sexual history.  The thought that a mother turned lifestyle submissive and a queer femme Daddy can both find a voice for their personal stories makes me proud to be living in this age.  My work as an agent helps to ensure that these stories get heard (read) by as many people as possible.

This reason is why I have a strong bias towards sex bloggers turned authors and/or authors who live the lives they write about.

Reason #3: I get to make money reading porn.

It’s me, the no-longer mysterious erotica intern at L. Perkins Literary Agency.  I’m joining in the footsteps of my colleagues, Lori Perkins and Jenny Rappaport and starting my own blog.  What better way to celebrate my promotion from erotica intern to full-fledged literary agent?!  Woo-hoo!

I know you’ve got questions (how does someone become an erotica agent, how do you turn an addiction to quality smut into a job, what does it take to go from intern to agent) and I’ve definitely got answers but those are all for other posts.

For now, let’s start with a simple hello.