Fiona Zedde
Fiona ZeddeÕs got a knack for making folks horny. February 2005, Zedde, a former employee of Charis Books
in Atlanta, made Creative Loafing readers drool when she was
featured on our annual Lust List of sexy service industry workers. And
in August, the Jamaican-born, Atlanta-based author got the literary
world all hot-and-bothered with the release of her debut lesbian
erotica novel, Bliss and her recently released book A Taste of Sin.
What is your process for writing erotica?
Usually what happens for me is I envision a scene, or a scene comes to
me and then I kind of build a larger story around that. Like if I hear
something on the radio and IÕm like, ÒThat sounds interesting and
freaky,Ó then IÕll try to build something from that point. IÕm trying
to be more disciplined in doing outlines and character sketches. ItÕs
been somewhat helpful, but, truthfully, I rarely do outlines.
So, how do you know when a story youÕre writing is particularly hot?
When I feel it! When IÕm getting all tingly, I know itÕs good!
Sometimes I use my friends as a test audience. But, really, if IÕm
writing it and I think, ÒThis is really good stuff,Ó then I know itÕs
great.
Did appearing on our Lust List change your life?
Um … no. It brought some publicity to the bookstore I used to work
at, Charis Books, which is great. My book is selling there, too, and
the book in turn supports Charis. So itÕs a nice little link.
This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 4, 2006.