More than anything else, I want to tell you these stories. I want to rub these words against you, smear you with the pollen of possibility, infect you with nostalgia for places you’ve never been or have forgotten. That is what books have done to me since I was old enough to read. They made me a carrier of a strange sickness and now I have to pass it on.
Words are worlds. They carry a different message to each of us. And so the story I wrote is not the one you read. In reading it, the story becomes yours. Draped in all the things you brought with you when you stepped onto the page and began to read.
I write stories about people and their desires, and the strange ways in which those desires twist them into new beings.
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Born in Canada, educated in Madrid and London, Remittance Girl has spent the last 12 years of her life exiled to a small Southeast Asian country. She writes and grows orchids in a house with an enormous mango tree and a psychotic cat named Seven. She holds a Master of Arts in Writing.
Driven by the conviction that eroticism is an essential lens through which human nature can be examined, Remittance Girl uses it to offer insights into what motivates us, frames our social interactions and forms our interior sense of self. Erotic fantasies, even very dark ones, give us clues with which we can decipher the symbolic language we use to express who we are and how we fit into our world.
Her novellas and short stories have appeared in electronic form on her own website, at Cleansheets.com and in the Erotica Readers and Writers online gallery. She has novels published through Constable & Robinson (Beautiful Losers) and through Burning Book Press. A number of short stories have appeared in print anthologies, including the single author collection Coming Together Presents Remittance Girl. All proceeds from the sale of this anthology go to the ACLU.
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Some of you will have cleverly noticed that Remittance Girl is not the name I was born with. I decided to use a pseudonym because it is in keeping with the tradition of the Victorian pornographers. I could have chosen a name that sounded like a name, but where would be the fun it that. This is my identity for my writing, and for my online persona. I’ve had it for many years now.
The name itself is a reference to a “remittance man”. Wikipedia describes a remittance man thus:
Remittance Man
In the 19th century, the English usage of the word usually referred to money sent from England – the opposite direction to today’s usual usage of the term. A remittance man was an exile living on money sent from home. Within Victorian British culture, this often meant the black sheep of an upper or middle class family who was sent away (from the UK to the Empire), and paid to stay away. These men were generally of dissolute or drunken character, and may have been sent overseas after one or more disgraces at home.
If you wish to contact me, please email me at remittancegirl@gmail.com
I love your short story “Beautiful Loser”. It is incredible and beautifully written, please continue writing about Sebastian, Jean, and Shira.
Your work is truly beautiful….for there is nothing more beautiful than a becoming of true self through fine creative expression. Your writing makes my heart pump harder. You tell the deep truths, exquisitely. Admiration – Tony.
Thank you!
I stumbled over your blog and think I have found my newest addiction; the way you write is beautiful, sensual, amazingly empowering and makes me want more… Thank you for sharing your words with the world, it would be such a waste to simply write and not share…
I look forward to reading more soon. – Your Faithful Reader Beck
I’m really glad I came across your site. I’m writing erotic romance … and developing as a writer. You have a terrific site and it makes me think I have so far to go. But one step at a time. I like the richness in writing erotica which I think is going to come out in my third story. I don’t want to just churn out stories too quickly but I like seeing the characters develop.
Thank you, DD. Well, I wish you luck in your writing endeavor.
I’ve been online more than ten years. Seen all kinds of sites begin, some end and some just keep on going. Those who stick around for the long haul are the ones that give themselves some space. You need space to grow, to evolve and that requires taking a break. Don’t feel bad about stepping away. When you come back it should be because you couldn’t keep away and have a ton of new ideas, maybe a whole reformat or revamp for the site too. You can’t keep a big project like this going without recharging your batteries.
I discovered your site today, after reading about it in Asialife, by which you will guess my location.
I’ve only read a fraction of your work in the last hour, and I find your writing style compellingly beautiful. It shall surely become one of my daily visits online.. but after living here in D2 for 10yrs, I’m both surprised I didn’t hear of your work before, and awed by the fascinating melange of local culture and erotica. What a shame I find you a few days after you have bowed off stage – enjoy your break, the empty summer expat haunts, and the lychee season.
Dear RG –
I don’t know if you’ll remember; we were in extensive touch six or so years ago, about the time I started my blog devifemme.livejournal.com Am I right in recalling you had a blog then, as well?
I chanced to see a reference to you, and I came here, happily rediscovering the quality and vigor of your erotic writing. I read a couple of delicious stories and just read your piece on the difference between erotica and “stroke fiction.” I’m in love with the same girl, still with the hassles/hangups from years ago. (Surprised? I am, too, I guess.) Ergo I’m plenty meedful of both genres — though I’d enjoy both were I long-term bedding
a nymphomaniac, I think. (Okay, Fate: try it on me.)
Kisses, Justine
Hello RG, I have missed reading your writing and was happy to stumble here once again! Once a member of ERWA, I have kept the monthly reminders of new editions. You are, as always, a very talented writer. I am delighted to see you are still enjoying the focus of your life and have developed it into such strong rich colors. Hugs and bright blessings to you!
Wow! Just wow!
I saw your text on Hazel Dooney Lo-Res Nudes, very nice and prettyiteresting, I do like the set of photos and your text is rich.
I am not that much on the “voyeur” idea directive but in that way it does rings many bell, more intimate and we do not have to close our eyes.
best wishes, Lyllie