TVS:  Lux Zakari is an editor/erotica writer, whose work has appeared on several Web sites and in anthologies, including Best Women’s Erotica 2009 and the upcoming Racy Pages’ Surprise.

First, thanks for the guest blogging opportunity!

Something to ponder: Once upon a time, a friend with Ernest Hemingway literary aspirations explained to me why he could not bring himself to write The Great American Novel. This time, his idea was too brilliant for his own abilities. I insisted he had to get the story out of himself first, then concern himself with revision. He then told me he’d heard an author, at most, could only be two of the following: prolific, communicative or good. Perhaps he feared not being the last.

I wish I knew where my friend learned this Two of Three Rule from, because it’s something I think about often. Is it true?

According to the above theory, those who write book after book nonstop can only, in addition, be amazing in their abilities or retain good communication skills.

Those spending time socializing with their peers and reaching out to fans via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, etc., are only, if anything else, wonderful writers or perpetually producing.

And the authors penning works of genius may be so focused on perfecting their craft that there’s no time to be both corresponding with readers and outputting a great number of material.

Is this theory correct? Is it possible to be all three, to be an author constantly creating, communicating and producing brilliant work on top of it all? I shall always strive for yes.

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MTVS:  The Erotic Woman.Her story, Love on the Side of the NJ Turnpike, is available now via Paper Bag Press. To view the book trailer, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL5skNv-1s4.  Coercion, her first erotic novel, will be released summer 2010 via Lyrical Press, Inc. For more details, free erotica and author interviews, visit www.luxzakari.com. She can also be found on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

COMMENT:

We'll never know. A lot of the great American novels were written in a time before twitter and the internet. And the writers who wrote them were mostly obscure during their own time.

Ashley Christman

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