Nobilis Reed

Nobilis Reed is the creator of Nobilis Erotica, one of the most successful erotica podcasts. Specialising in science fiction erotica, Nobilis Erotica has become one of the most popular podcast platforms in the erotica genre, thanks to its generous rates for commissioned erotica writers and its prolific audio production. In this blog post, we’ll learn more about Nobilis Reed, his successes, and how Nobilis Erotica became the most prolific erotica podcast.

Your podcast is one of the most if not the most prolific podcasts in Erotica, what is it about and what is the secret behind your work ethic?

Primarily, stubbornness, but also a sincere desire for there to be a
podcast like mine, out there in the world.  I call my podcast “the
best speculative fiction erotica anthology podcast in the known
universe” because it’s the only one; no other podcast anthologizes
erotic science fiction and fantasy short stories. Unfortunately that
also means it’s the worst speculative fiction erotica anthology
podcast in the known universe… but that’s how these things go.  I
sometimes wonder what I would do if another one appeared, and hung in
there long enough to establish itself, but so far that question hasn’t
really come up.

What inspired you to start an erotica podcast?

That’s a bit of a story!  Way back in the day–and I mean WAY back,
’05 or ’06–there was a podcast called “Slice of Sci-Fi.” They
mentioned, from time to time, the idea of starting an erotic anthology
podcast, which I thought was a great idea; I emailed them several
times about being involved in this project, but never heard back. It
was going to be a sexy take on “Escape Pod” which was a science
fiction anthology podcast, another of the early pioneers in the
podcasting world. I thought it was a great idea, but it never seemed
to end up happening.

I eventually got frustrated and started my own podcast.  At first, I
recorded my own stories, but eventually started presenting a more
diverse set of authors. Looking back, I think perhaps the “show” the
hosts of Slice of Sci-Fi were talking about was a running joke, but I
think at this point the last laugh is mine.

You’re quite the prolific self-publisher with a wealth of books in your back catalogue, what do you tend to write?

I tend to write what-ifs–and the answer to “What if” usually goes
beyond “That would be hot.” I want to consider, in addition to the
eroticism of the idea itself, how the world would be if those things
were true. To me any good science fiction story has some kind of
answer to the “what if” question.

What if someone made a robot double to have sex with?  What if real
magic power were contained in a woman’s breasts? What if there was a
taboo against people meeting in groups? What if tentacle monsters were
real, but what they wanted more than anything was consensual
submission? What if a couple used a time machine in order to have a
threesome? What if sex with tentacle monsters was the key to
interstellar travel?

Which characters have you created that you’re the proudest of, and where would we find these characters?

I’m usually proudest of whatever character I’ve published most
recently, which right now would be Ensign Sandra Tevins, the main
character in “Monster Whisperer: Second Class.”

What’s the one piece of advice you would give to your fellow aspiring creatives?

“There’s value in being persistent.” and “There’s value in walking
away from something that isn’t working.”

The hard part is knowing which is better advice in any given situation.

What kinks do you add to your characters to make them appealing to the reader?

Being really, really INTO whatever is happening, sexually.  The main
characters of my “Monster Whisperer” series are really, really into
tentacle monsters, for example. Consent is sexy, and the more
enthusiastic it is, the sexier it is. Dubcon exists, and there are
people who love it, but it’s not for me.

Which Erotica Writers and Creators are you the most fond of?

Ah, there are so many!  Did you know that N K Jemisin (author of the
acclaimed “Broken Earth” series) wrote and published erotica early in
her career?  Her work is brilliant. Cecilia Tan‘s “Magic University”
series is not to be missed by anyone who likes stories set in a magic
school, and nobody knows BDSM better than she does. Megan Hart‘s
“Dirty” was recommended to me a while back and I’m very glad of
it–even though it’s not science fiction! Ursula Vernon‘s “Paladin”
series has some wonderful erotic moments, though they’re not marketed
as “erotica,” they’re listed as fantasy romance.  Of course any author
whose work has appeared on my podcast holds a special place for me,
and that’s a pretty long list.

What’s the next project that you’re working on?

I am notoriously unfaithful when it comes to works in progress. I have
SO MANY. Most of them never get finished. There’s a near-future
polyamorous erotic pastiche of the “Thin Man” movies in my Google
Docs, alongside an anti-billionaire story (I think real billionaires
make TERRIBLE romantic heroes, they’re way too self-centered) and a
parody of old “planetary romance” serials like Flash Gordon, Buck
Rogers, and John Carter of Mars.