Why is Ana smoking a stogie? This is the one and only time she has ever smoked a cigar. Naturally it was an expensive hand-rolled Cuban-style cigar from Gran Havana of San Diego. If you’re going to smoke a cigar, that’s the way to go.
Here’s Ana as a young whippersnapper in the Eighties, dressed in Elizabethan garb for an SCA tourney (Barony of Califia, Kingdom of Caid…aka San Diego).
Ana Felix fearlessly writes toe-curling steamy romance (the ‘new’ moniker for “erotica,” a term that often consigns writers of that sub-genre straight to Amazon’s dungeon). Ana Felix is also the nom de plume and alter ego of a writer of various genres which include science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, mainstream fiction, and horror fiction. Both are fans of the Oxford comma.
And the nom de plumes don’t stop there. Ana has also written short erotica under the pen name, Careena Caress. Ana decided that writing gratuitous sex scenes was a tad boring, hence she never made it to the ubiquitous “dirty thirty.” The bestseller of her Iris the Nympho Cryptozoologist series is Iris the Nympho Cryptozoologist: Alien Sex Experiments (for obvious reasons). So Ana has decided to focus on full length steamy romance fiction.
You’re probably wondering what the difference might be between “erotica” and “steamy.” Even though both of these romance sub-genres are essentially the same, Amazon shies away from the word “erotica,” yet accepting “steamy” as the respectable adjective in its place. Use of the word “erotica” as your main category will send your fiction straight to Amazon’s dungeon (no pun intended), and will make your offerings difficult to find.
Ana currently has two works in progress (WIP), both available to read via Kindle Vella (check out Ana’s Books for more information). Once each work is completed, they will be available as e-books and print books.
Ana is based in San Diego, California, but dreams of living part time in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK.
Ana Felix fearlessly writes toe-curling steamy romance (the ‘new’ moniker for “erotica,” a term that often consigns writers of that sub-genre straight to Amazon’s dungeon). Ana Felix is also the nom de plume and alter ego of a writer of various genres which include science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, mainstream fiction, and horror fiction. Both are fans of the Oxford comma.
And the nom de plumes don’t stop there. Ana has also written short erotica under the pen name, Careena Caress. Ana decided that writing gratuitous sex scenes was a tad boring, hence she never made it to the ubiquitous “dirty thirty.” The bestseller of her Iris the Nympho Cryptozoologist series is Iris the Nympho Cryptozoologist: Alien Sex Experiments (for obvious reasons). So Ana has decided to focus on full length steamy romance fiction.
You’re probably wondering what the difference might be between “erotica” and “steamy.” Even though both of these romance sub-genres are essentially the same, Amazon shies away from the word “erotica,” yet accepting “steamy” as the respectable adjective in its place. Use of the word “erotica” as your main category will send your fiction straight to Amazon’s dungeon (no pun intended), and will make your offerings difficult to find.
Ana currently has two works in progress (WIP), both available to read via Kindle Vella (check out Ana’s Books for more information). Once each work is completed, they will be available as e-books and print books.
Ana is based in San Diego, California, but dreams of living part time in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK.
“Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.”
— Isabel Allende