Since I was a teenager writing romance has been a passion of mine. More recently my writing has focused on Erotic Romance. Join my exclusive newsletter group today! Copy and paste this link to join: eepurl.com/BGkVPAre you on Facebook? So am I! I really love connecting and talking to my readers on Facebook. I hope you will send a friend request so we can talk more about erotic romance and the stories I write.facebook.com/vivien.sparxI also have a exclusive Reader Fan Page where you can join in competitions and win prizes and free giveaways. facebook.com/viviensparxauthorAs a writer of erotic romance, the beauty of the genre is not in creating lavish settings for my stories.Nor is my fascination for erotic romance drawn from the opportunity to create handsome heroes and beautiful heroines.My real love for the genre stems from the opportunity to take my readers on a journey and engage as many of their emotions as possible. I believe writing erotic romance gives authors the most influence over how a reader feels as we engage them in our stories.Writers of action books, or horror books certainly can create compelling situations, but with erotic romance we writers can immerse our readers in a multitude of emotions unprecedented in any other form of creative fiction.I can frustrate readers, make them laugh, make them cry, delight them, intrigue them, inform them - erotic fiction is a total emotional experience, and it is gratifying to hear readers respond to stories with passion.I believe readers want to be engaged and drawn into the pages of a story, and as a writer of erotic romance, we have the greatest opportunity because our stories are always relatable. They may be fictional worlds and fictional characters, but the themes of love and romance and erotica are so universal, and so personal to each of us that we all respond to stories in different ways.But we all respond.And that's the true joy of writing erotic romance. It matters not so much how you respond as you read... it matters only that you do respond. If a writer can engage you and make you feel, then the story's journey is one well worth taking.I have several authors who I admire and who have been an influence on me in one way or another:Wilbur Smith, Gail McHugh, Lee Child, Jasinda Wilder and Julie Kenner to name just a few.