erotic literature from a non-available man Hi CL'ers hope you are having a great time as we head to the begining of 2011!!! I wanted to draw from the wide range of people here and ask a question I have been too close to clearly see lately. I am a very talented writter (or so I am being told :) and have been creating scripts and storylines for most of my life. The range of subject matter has been very diverse, but lately I have been feeling the strong and clear drive to delve into erotic literature. Not for the purpose of money or fame, but simply put, to share what is in my mind with anyone interested in it. I have been thinking of putting together an anonymous blog, where I would be free to write and share such stories. I will not be expecting communication with those who read it, nor would I be interested in meeting anyone -just sharing what is currently bound in my mind. ...and here is the question: I am happily married, not interested in meeting, or having any sort of affair. Would what I want to do constitute cheating? Not legally, but morally. Would I be in the wrong? What do you think? I feel very strongly about sharing my thoughts, but at the same time also feel very...guilty about it. I know I would not feel right in telling my better half, but the need to express this is very, very strong! What do you think? thank you in advance for your responses, you are the first line of moral /ethical /what-have-ya filtering I have pursued on this; your comments are very welcome MagicLetters :)

I think you should use spellcheck :-)

What did he misspell? I can't see it, and now it's going to bug me. ;)

Hahaha: "I am a very talented writter (or so I am being ". Writer!

Two! I need a shower and coffee, clearly. ;) When I blog, I spellcheck that thing obsessively. And I have been known to go back even weeks later to fix an extra space.

argh, begin(n)ing. Whew. (Yes, I know I have a disorder!)

Oh, that one too!

ask your wife it's only her opinion that matters

*ding ding* -the correct answer

I'm not sure why you feel guilty about wanting to write erotic stories. Why can't you tell your partner about that either? I wouldn't consider writing cheating, but perhaps your partner would?

what does your wife think? does she understand what fiction means? i have an erotic picture blog, and i don't consider that cheating.

Cheating only means that you are outside of the "rules". That is it. Different games and relationships have different rules

Most erotic writers I know are married... it doesn't seem unusual at all. And no, none of the ones I know feel at all like they're cheating. People who write love stories aren't cheating, are they, if they happen to be married already to someone they love? Are you really sure that your spouse would object to this? I mean, it's fiction... we don't expect that writers of murder mysteries have really killed all those people. As long as you blog under a pen name and don't give out personal information, perhaps she would be OK with it.

Would it be cheating to blog? You'll have to ask your wife about that, as her opinion is the one that matters here. You should definitely be asking yourself why you can't tell her about it, though. Why can't you have an honest discussion about this with the woman you are spending the rest of your life with? Hmm?