About Me-Violet Valentine

A Violet Valentine Tell-All

I think the reason I never really did a proper introduction on here was because I was trying to figure out my place. If you’ve been in the publishing sphere for awhile, you may know what I mean. You’re put into a box and you’re told that you won’t have audience retention if you stray too far from your niche. My main niche when it comes to erotica is breeding, because that’s something I like to read myself and I know I won’t get bored of it. The primal desires of it all, it’s something we all have engrained within us. But I didn’t want to be put into that box and I guess now I’m here because I’ve realized I don’t need to be.

So, who is Violet Valentine?

Violet Valentine is my fourth pseudonym. It’s similar to one that I started to publish more experimental stuff on Amazon, but it let me stay separated from any of my previously published work. I guess the fear has been that if I mixed them, I’d be forced back into that box of only writing and publishing one type of thing. On my very-similar (Violet Moon) pen name, I write mostly fantasy breeding stories like:

The Fertility Tree

But then also more experimental fantasy stories like:

Monster Girl Inn

I love writing fantasy-based stories, but the inspiration doesn’t come as easily as real life.

Anyway, Violet Valentine is my breakaway pseudonym where I can (and do) write a little of anything and everything that inspires me. Some of my own life bleeds through, some fantasy, some love, and a lot of lust.

But about the person behind the pseudonym?

I’m 28 years old from the Chicagoland area. I’ve been writing ever since I could, which doesn’t mean I’m skilled or professional, but it does mean that I’m passionate. And as an erotica author, passion means everything.

I studied Psychology in college with a minor in Sociology. I think I’ve just always wanted to understand the human condition. Why we do what we do, how our brains are wired, how society itself conditions certain beliefs within us. It’s all really fascinating to me.

The goal was always that I’d go on to grad school after I graduated, but I did my Bachelor’s during covid and burnout happened. Instead, I wrote and published (on my main pseudonym that I won’t be sharing quite yet), played a lot of video games, and just worked on trying to cope with life itself.

There’s a real depression that hits when you realize you’re in charge of everything that happens next and there’s no guiding path anymore. Especially when you’re in the arts because that ‘starving artist’ trope is real, and suddenly all of the people who had always been supportive of your goals and hobbies aren’t so supportive when you’re flailing and struggling to get by. So you either persist or become a cog in the machine.

Why Erotica?

There’s actually a few answers I could give to this, and they would all be correct. So, I’ll condense the main reasons.

1. I’ve always read erotica.

I have always had a really high sex drive, and even before I figured anything else out—I was reading erotica online. At the time, it was mostly first time stories out of curiosity and intrigue. Then, it became a way for me to learn other kinks and things about myself. It’s probably the safest way to explore not only what turns you on, but what kinks are even out there in the world.

Once I did have my first time, I could draw inspiration from stories of other things I wanted to try, and my sex life bloomed.

2. I’m ADHD and like to write short-form content.

I’ve tried time and time again to write full-length novels, romance specifically. But I always tend to lose steam and give up. With Erotica, it can be however long you want it to be. A 25 word erotic poem or caption, or an epic story. With romance, there’s rules and beats and length that people expect for it to be realistic. With erotica, it can be anything.