First things first, you have to avidly read in the genre you want to write. If you don't like it and are just doing it because it's trendy, it won't work. Read as much as you can get your hands on, analyze, figure out which books you like better and why, and then pinpoint what you'd want to put in your writing.

From there check industry blogs about the publishing niche you want to be a part of so you know what they expect in terms of page count, genre requirements, and query letters. Then, you have to actually write a completed, totally edited, manuscript that you can send out with a query. This is the hardest part for me because I tend to go overboard on my editing until I'm convinced it's all evil and I have to take a break.

Then, there's the waiting. It never gets easier. I'm a refreshaholic when it comes to my inbox, I'll admit it. But once you can distract yourself with a new shiny manuscript then the waiting to hear back from a publisher becomes a little easier. But make sure you write down when you sent to a publisher. So you can check if you haven't heard from them after their appropriate window of submission time has lapsed. No one wants to end up in the spam folder by accident.

My daily schedule shifts from day to day in terms of times I wake up and go to sleep but my routine stays the same. When I get up I get a cup of tea, read my followed blogs on Blogger, check Tweetdeck and Facebook. Then I respond to emails and open up the newest work in progress or WIP that's banging around in my brain. I write at least 1k a day and that can switch from different projects. At the end of the day I check any calls for submission for publishers and plan my tasks over the next month on my calender. Pretty boring, average stuff.

I enjoy reading Francescia Lia Block, Kim Harrison, Richelle Mead, Kate Pearce, Sommer Marsden, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Portia De Costa, Emma Holly, Charlotte Stein, Sasika Walker and Stephanie Draven. Those are just a taste and most of them are in the erotic or erotic romance genre. I also read HQN Blaze's like it's my job, will pick up anything from Spice, and love Kensington Aphrodesia.

I really enjoyed reading erotica anthologies and I started entering a series of contests that Alison Tyler, an erotic writer and editor, would have on her blog. The contests were to write a short 500 word story based on a theme for the week and the winner would get a button. From that I branched out into short stories and then novella's and novels.