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EPISODE · Jan 18, 2026 · 52 MIN

#500: Abigail Mann, comedy writer turned queen of erotic fiction

from Collected: The Podcast · host Royal Literary Fund

In her first conversation about her hotly anticipated new erotic novel Wet Ink, written under the pen name Abigail Avis, RLF Fellow Abigail Mann tells presenter Ann Morgan about the importance of portraying a diversity of experiences in sex scenes, the perils of the productivity mindset and the fear of combining writing and motherhood. Abigail will be writing a series of articles for Collected following the process of Wet Ink's publication this year. Follow her journey on the RLF's Substack: https://royalliteraryfund.substack.com  © Royal Literary Fund www.rlf.org.uk

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