Periodic blog posts around whatever thoughts I’ve conjured up or have been influenced by.
Life as I know it these days is a cavalcade of desirable interests riding down the rails like a freight train, while the boulders of reality, responsibility, uncontrollable redirection and retreat into the darkness...
I was thinking back on the thirty or so erotica stories I’ve published, and how my approach to writing has changed since I started four years ago. All of them started with a spark....
Welcome to LGBTQ+ Month. I love the awareness this brings to communities that are still misunderstood and marginalized, and quite frankly would love to see the day when people can simply be their true...
Blog Posts / Creative Writing / Reflections on Writing
by Ramone Quides · Published 04/14/2024 · Last modified 04/13/2024
About three years ago, at the ripe young age of 62, I took an assortment of erotic ideas, concepts, fantasies and inspirations from over the years into my first genuine attempt at creative writing....
Yeah. I’ve welcomed in 2024 with the dreaded writer’s block. If I believed in devilish karma, I’d say it was payback for taking my first true sabbatical since starting to write fictional literary erotica...
Blog Posts / Creative Writing / Erotic Short Stories / Reflections on Writing
by Ramone Quides · Published 12/27/2023
2023 turned out to be an amazing year of writing growth and discovery. A part of that was a sabbatical in Australia and New Zealand, where I was able to escape to visit friends...
Blog Posts / Creative Writing / Reflections on Writing
by Ramone Quides · Published 12/04/2023 · Last modified 12/03/2023
“Oh, what a nightLate December back in sixty threeWhat a very special time for meAs I remember, what a night” Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons had a #1 hit in 1975 with those...
What an amazing September! Looking back, I am filled with abundant gratitude for the generosity and grit fellow writers, pundits and critics have bestowed upon me. It has resulted in some of my best...
Blog Posts / Creative Writing / Erotic Short Stories / MF / Reflections on Writing
by Ramone Quides · Published 09/01/2023
Let’s replace lions and tigers and bears with musings and flashers and hope, oh my! Because that’s the surprise sources of inspiration I’ve received lately. By stepping back, I’m vaulting forward. It’s been a...
Blog Posts / Creative Writing / Erotic Short Stories / MF / MF
by Ramone Quides · Published 09/01/2023
I feel that the exploration of sensuality is best served when others involved recognize and honor vulnerability, and when communication forms the path to pleasure. This story hovers around those ideals, enabling the woman...