An Interview with Rival’s Rapture
Questions by by Fights.Sexy’s own Literarurefan | July 17, 2026
1. Literarurefan: Rivals, you are an absolutely stunning sexfight erotica writer. In fact, I think you are a superb writer in general. I am a voracious reader of both mainstream fiction and erotic fiction, and the way your writing reflects such deep emotion makes reading your work a memorable experience. I get the feeling that you are a strong empath in your life because it shows in your writing. Please tell us how you cultivate this skill of drawing readers in and getting them so emotionally involved in the story. I mean, I was just rooting for Riya, Brenda, Jessica, Guiying, Nica, etc.
Rival’s Rapture: I don’t know that I “cultivated” it as much as it is a strong pull I have always felt when writing. I really had never done any notable creative fiction writing until around 2013. At that time, I followed an account that was roleplaying as a comic character. She pulled me into the hobby, and from almost moment one, people reacted positively to not only what I wrote but also how I was writing the characters, the scenes, and the emotional undertones of all of it. So, at least in my memory, it’s something I’ve always had in me? That said, were I a writer trying to find the emotion in my own characters or scenes, I would say… while you’re writing what is happening, ask yourself WHY it is happening. Why are the characters doing these things and feeling the way they do? Then, don’t keep that to yourself. Share it with the reader.
2. Literarurefan: I’m Indian and a passionate reader of erotic fiction, and Parent-Teacher Confluence was the first RR story I read. Thank you for the diversity. You are among very few writers who embrace diversity. I am a passionate supporter of Riya, and that is a massive credit to your skillful writing. I was blown away by the writing, the emotional narration, and the feelings coursing through Riya. I am hoping that you will pen a longish, sensual sexfight sequel. I think you have created an antagonist in Katie who makes the story very intense. Can you tell us if you have any plans to write a sequel?
Rival’s Rapture: So, I am in an odd place with my writing right now. I have often talked about new stories and sequels I planned to write. And in my mind, I still WANT to write them. But the effort each of those stories requires is substantial: hundreds and hundreds of hours per story. And so, with every story I write, I kind of weigh the reception I get against the effort I put in. Recently (over the last four stories or so), the scale has been telling me that perhaps my time is better spent creating a space for others to have fun in our fetish, like with the forum or the site. Or maybe even stepping back and just being a consumer like many others. I can’t say I have reached a conclusion yet, and I may never actually reach one. But that’s where I am currently.
With that said, I wanted to address Parent-Teacher Confluence (PTC) specifically, and Riya and Katie.
I’ve said this elsewhere, but in scattered places across the various forums in our corner. There was a time when I was receiving the criticism that in my stories, the “good girls always win.” Further, there was even a suggestion that I was not capable of writing a story where the good girl would lose. As you might imagine, that criticism was a little painful, and I set out to write stories where the good girl did not win. That led to two stories specifically, but it has kind of always colored the way I tell my tales since. The first story I wrote (which I wrote on my own) was “Who is This?” That story is perhaps my most popular and involved the mistress winning and claiming the wife’s life; at least the reader can assume that by the way the ending plays out.
The second was PTC, which I wrote with Sprite by my side. He didn’t write any of the words, but he would suggest where we might take things to best suit his desires. Sprite has/had a very particular enjoyment of racial heat as the driver of animus. PTC, like Peace Talks, reflects that preference. I have always been very certain about the way I want to handle racial heat in my stories. Sometimes, that certainty led me to bend characters or situations in a certain way, so that there may be racism and hatred, but they’re either driven by basically being a villain (like Katie), genuinely held but perhaps dogmatic (like the girls in Peace Talks), or more of a form of catnip/kindling, like for Neha and Holly.
To this day, I feel a certain uneasiness about the stories I wrote where racial heat was involved. As hot as they may be, and as popular as they became, I still wonder if I did the right thing by writing them.
A sequel for PTC would represent either stepping back into that mud to double down or to soften. Not cheaply, by retconning or justifying what Katie did or said, but instead by having her experience some level of growth, which Riya could then accept or deny/believe or distrust.
With all that as a backdrop, I offer this: of all the stories I still have planned out, I think PTC 2 is one of the top ones. But, as you might imagine, it carries with it a burden that also makes it a little daunting.
3. Literarurefan: You have created many memorable characters: Riya, Brenda, Jessica, Nica, Kareena, Neha, Anjali, Nisha, Guiying, and Jasmine. I especially love the representation of super-hot, sensual Indian/South Asian women and other women of color. There are also antagonists like Samantha, Katie, Darrisha, Erica Dane, Allison, Ms. Sheppard, Ellery, Victoria, and others. Do you have any inclination to write sequels to any story arc featuring the above characters? Do you have any inclination toward crossovers?
Rival’s Rapture: I do have a sequel in mind for Riya, Katie, Erica, Brenda, Anjali, Allison, Nisha, and Guiying. I do not believe that I have stories for Jessica, Jasmine, Darrisha, Kareena, Ms. Sheppard, Ellery, Victoria, or Neha mapped out yet. It feels like a cruel tease to tell you that I may be done writing and then lay out sequels that may never get written, so I will simply say: it is and has always been my intention to work the characters of my universe into stories together. Crossovers, but maybe more like the MCU than a one-shot Batman meets Spider-Man sort of thing.
As an example, my plan was to bring Emily (Pretender) and Guiying (Brother’s Keeper) together, as I wanted to explore the emotions and drivers that would come into play for two women who lost their battles in a fairly humiliating way.
4. Literarurefan: As I said before, you are a superb writer. You mix sensuality and sexuality with emotional depth and heft. There are a number of very hot, sensual sexfight stories out there with promising arcs and hot characters, but the writers have missed out on the emotional narration. What are your five points of advice to writers so they can write like you?
Rival’s Rapture: I don’t know that anyone should try to write like me. It’s exhausting, lol. And I actually don’t think that what I find important about fem fight tales is what most people actually want. I think that most fem fight readers want two women to hurt each other, hate each other, and never grow past that. Never have that fire dim or their feelings for each other advance. In the stories where I embrace that core idea, readers are very excited. When I pull the camera lens towards something less destructive and perhaps more intimate and transformational, the stories largely go ignored. So, I am going to give tips, but these are more things I have learned during my time as a writer that others might find useful.
1. Read your story out loud to yourself. Part of the reason it takes me so long to write my stories—other than how ungodly long they are and how long I sit thinking about creative directions—is that I listen to them and read them to myself again and again. Over and over. And any sentence that sounds wrong, I rewrite. Sometimes adding or subtracting pages just to make one block of text sound pretty when pressed against another. This not only helps the story read better, but also helps you catch mistakes in spelling and grammar (though you will always find more). I recommend using a text-to-speech program to listen to your story. Dream Reader for iOS is very nice for that purpose. Play your story to yourself before you go to bed. Listen to the way your words sound and sentences flow.
2. Try to keep in mind WHO is speaking and what their tone/vocabulary is. I find a lot of writers superimpose their own way of speaking over the character they are writing. A woman in her early thirties throwing profanities that sound like they should be coming from a NASCAR dad’s mouth just breaks immersion, at least for me.
3. Be willing to indulge in moments that are exciting. Some writers come up with a great story idea: two women are at odds because of X, they come together to Y, and then Y happens. The end. You can put as much effort as you feel is warranted into each of those sections, or even into the subparts that come about. But please don’t rush through or past the parts the reader came to your story to enjoy. Don’t rush the fight if the fight is the part you want the audience to enjoy. Don’t rush the buildup if it’s really the part of the story that you love. Let yourself, as the author, stay on the stage until you’ve told the story you are passionate about telling. Sometimes less is more, but sometimes more is more, too.
4. This one is a warning for writers who NEED feedback and encouragement. Be wary of people telling you to write only what YOU want to write or only what THEY want you to write. I feel like both sets of advice can be dangerous if your goals are A. to enjoy writing and B. to have others enjoy what you write.
5. Remember to put what you want people to understand on the page. I have had moments where someone comes to me and says, “I remember that scene with character X. They must have been feeling Y.” And I will say to myself, “What a silly thing to say! I wrote how she was feeling!” Or, “She was feeling the exact opposite of that!” And then I go look at the scene they are describing, and though in my mind character X was feeling Z, I didn’t write that. That context was only in my head and somehow I didn’t convey it to the reader. Now, having your readers decide for themselves what a moment meant or what a character was feeling is great! But if you need the reader to understand something key, tell them!
Thanks, Literarurefan, for giving me a chance to think about and answer those questions. It was therapeutic! Ha ha.